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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Volume 33, No. 2
Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, Jan. 13, 1977
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GIFT OF APPRECIATION - Per
quimans County Sheriff Julian
Broughton presents a gift of apprecia
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FOR DEDICATED SERVICE - Lester
Simpson, chairman of the Perquimans
County Commissioners, presents a pla
Retired
Retired county employes
Julian Powell and Silas
Whedbee were guests of
honor at a dinner held in
their honor Jan. 5 at
Angler's Cove Restaurant.
Powell, who served as the
county's Register of Deeds
from 1952 until 1976,
received a plaque for his
service from the County
Commissioners and a
barometer, as a gift from
county employes in the
courthouse.
Whedbee was honored by
the County Commissioners '
with an engraved plaque for
, his service as County At-
torney from 1948 until 1976.
- He was also recognized as a
past mayor of Hertford and
past Hertford Postmaster.
Lester Simpson, chair
man of the Perquimans .
County Commissioners,
made the presentations on
behalf of that board and
Sherrif Julian Broughton
made the presentation for
the county employes.
About 40 county employes,
Ci:riL-3 ZCZy.ZS Perquinians residents had a double dosage of Old
LI;n VV1' ' t lc:t week as the snow fell tui the temperature dropped. In
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tion to Julian Powell, retired Register of
Deeds, on behalf of the county employes.
que to Silas Whedbee who served as
county attorney, for his service to the
county. (Ward photos)
Personnel
commissioners, and other
guests were in attendance at
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RIBBON CUTTING - A ribbon cutting
to mark the official opening of the new
Bus Station and 79 store in Hertford was
held Monday morning. Pictured above
(1. to r.) are George Hall,
Honored
the dinner honoring the two
men. ,
News
Program
Begins
A five-minute, weekly
news program devoted en
tirely to the activities of the
1977 North Carolina General
Assembly is : now being
broadcast in the Per
quimans County area.
The program, titled
"Legislative Review,"
recaps activities of the
General Assembly during
the previous week and ex
amines issues expected to
come before the body in the
weeks ahead, featuring in
terviews with legislators
and state government
officials.
It is aired each Sunday at
12:30 p.m. by WGAI,
Elizabeth City.
Veteran newsman Fred
Taylor, who has covered the
legislature for several years
for Raleigh's WRAL-TV and
the North Carolina News
Network, will produce the
weekly program.
The newscast will be
presented each week
throughout the 1977
legislative session on a
statewide network of SO sta
tions. It is sponsored on the
entire network by North
Carolina's Electric
Membership Corporations.
Tax Listing
Expanded
Keith Haskett, Per
quimans County Tax Super
visor, announces that for the
convenient the residents .,
of the Woodville section of
New Hope Township, Helvin
Eure, List Taker, will be at
the Fire Station on Friday,
Jan. 21 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
and on Friday, Jan. 28 from
1 to 9 p.m.- Those in the
Woodville section who are
interested may come by the
fire station at this time.
ownermanager; Bill Cox, Mayor of
Hertford; Waldo Wlnslow, county com
missioner; and Jimmy Nixon, an
employe at the new business. (Ward
photo)
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framed In a snewy-ley setting. At right, some
manage to find enough of the white substance
the Whlteston Community. (Newborn photos)
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THE GOVERNOR AND FIRST LADY Governor James
Hunt and Mrs. Hunt were guests of honor at the Inaugural
Ball held Friday night at Raleigh's Reynolds Coliseum.
Thousands of Tar Heel citizens attended the ball sponsored
by the North Caroluna Symphony Orchestra and the
Raleigh Junior League. The. Hertford Fifes and Drums
were featured in the Saturday parade. (Photo courtesy of
Bessie Culpepper, The Daily Advance)
'Democrats Are
Alive And Well'
By FRANCINE SAWYER
Special Report
RALEIGH The Democrats are alive and well and
back in town, thank you.
The official welcome came Friday evening when
the 1977 Inaugural Ball honoring Governor James B.
Hunt Jr. was held, with a record 10,000 persons cram
ming into the William Neal Reynolds Coliseum to
celebrate the arrival.
Some 7,000 "anyone who was anybody" paid $100 to
$500 for tickets which provided a table, light food and
sparkling grape juice (white) from Catawba County.
More importantly, the heavy tariff offered the op
portunity to see and be seen by the most politically
and professionally "clouted" persons from across the
state. It's been more than four years since so many
headline makers have assembled under one roof.
Everyone seemed happy about the reunion.
It was pure North Carolina. From the master of
ceremonies, Tarheel born Andy Griffith, to the ham
biscuits and the singing of "The Old North State."
At 8 p.m. the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra
performed overtures and fanfares. Then at 8:30 p.m.,
the star of the show, Jim Hunt and members of his
family appeared. The audience applauded heartily.
Next came the Council of State members. If an ap
plause meter had been judging crowd response, Jim
Graham, Commissioner of Agriculture, would have
won top prize, followed by Thad Eure, Gates County
native who has served as Secretary of State for years
and years.
After all dignitaries were seated, dancing began
with the Governor and his wife. Dancing space was
limited in proportion to the number of guests, but
those who wished to twirl and dip to the music of The
Bob Haas Orchestra somehow managed.
Security was tight for the Big Bash. SBI agents and
North Carolina Highway Patrolmen were visible
throughout the evening. No incidents were reported
however.
The working press, along with photographers, were
out in full force. The members of the fourth estate
wandered around looking for important people and
made every attempt to look bored about the entire
event, which goes along with the occupation.
Actually no one was bored... no matter that the
largest number of Democrats ever was assembled
together under a "dry" roof, it was just exhilerating
to be back home.
diligent young workers did
to build this snowman near
Civic Calendar
SUNDAY, JAN. 16
The Snug Harbor Civic League will meet at 1 p.m. in the
clubhouse.
MONDAY, JAN. 17
The Perquimans County Chapter of the American Cancer
Society will meet at 8 p.m. at the Albemarle EMC Building.
The public is invited to attend.
The Perquimans County Board of Commissioners will
meet at 7:30p.m.
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The Perquimans County Senior Citizens Club will meet at
2 p.m. in,the County Office Building on Highway 17.
The Hertford Memory Lane Senior Citizens Club will
meet at 2 p.m. at the Albemarle EMC Building. Members
are requested to bring their, tickets to the meeting. ,
' ' TUESDAY, JAN. 18
The Belvidere-ChappellHill Ladies Auxiliary will meet.
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The Hertford Rotary Club meets. "' ' $
District Court
Is Held Here
Judge John T. Chaffin
presided at the Wednesday
session of Perquimans
County District Court and
heard the following cases:
On the Civil Calendar, a
divorce was granted in the
case of Marjorie P. Fields
vs George E. Fields.
Other cases were:
Ricky Stevenson received
a 30-day sentence for failure
to deliver registration
plates;
Charles Ray Edwards,
charged with driving under
the influence of intoxicating
beverages, (3rd offense),
was given a 12 month
sentence. The court
recommended treatment
for alcoholism. An appeal
was noted and the case was
placed on the Superior
Court Docket for trial;
Shirley Moore Thomas,
charged with failure to
report an accident resulting
in property damage,
received a 30-day sentence
suspended for two years, a
fine of $25 and cost. The
defendant was told not to
violate any Federal, State,
or local laws for 12 months;
William Foreman was
given a 90-day sentence
suspended for two years, a
fine of $250 and cost, and
told not to operate a motor
vehicle in North Carolina
until licensed to do so, or
violate any Federal, State,
or local laws for 12 months,
when found guilty of driving
with license revoked. An
appeal was noted; '
Clayton Gilliam, charged
with misdemeanor and
possession of marihuana,
was given a 90-day sentence
suspended for two years, a
$200 fine and cost. The
defendant was told not to
violate any Federal, State,
or local laws for 12 months,
and not to possess a con
trolled substance for term
of suspended sentence;
Joseph Riddick was found
not guilty of assault on a
female;
New Books In
Local Library
New books in the local
library include three
memorials: A Biography of
Admiral Nimitz is in
memory of Captain
Nathaniel Fulford; Garden
ing and Home Landscaping
is in memory of Captain
Charles Ford Sumner; and
Angels by Billy Graham is
in memory of Mrs. Bessie
Thomas.
A contribution to the
Memorial Fund has been
given in memory of Mrs.
Jay Winslow, who for many
years served as a member
of the Perquimans County
Library Board.
Two of the new books are
of special interest to local
people: Secrets of a Silent
Stranger, the setting of
which is the Jockey's Ridge
Tommy White Hurst was
found guilty of receiving
stolen goods and was given
a 90-day sentence
suspended for two years, a
fine of $75 and cost and
ordered not to go on the
premises of Colonial Store
for two years, and not to
violate any Federal, State,
or local laws. An appeal was
noted;
Clarence Harris, charged
with driving under the in
fluence, was given a 90-day
sentence suspended for two
years, a fine of $100 and
cost, and ordered not to
operate a motor vehicle
until licensed to do so, and
not to violate any Federal,
State, or local laws for 12
months;
At the preliminary
hearing of Leonard White,
charged with first, degree
burglary, probable cause
was found. Secured bond
was set at $25,000;
Tommy Alexander
Whitehurst was found guilty
of larceny in general and
received a 90-day sentence
for two years, a fine of $100
and cost, and ordered not to
violate any Federal, State,
or local laws for 12 months.
An appeal was noted;
Donald Jackson Riddick
was taxed with a fine of $10
and cost for exceeding a
safe speed;
Kenneth Donald Ward,
charged with reckless
driving, was given a 30-day
sentence suspended for two
years, a fine of $75 and cost,
and ordered not to violate
any Federal, State, or local
laws for 12 months;
Glejin Alvin Eltnore was
taxed with a fine of $10 and
cost on a charge of im
proper passing;
John L. Rouse, charged
with speeding, received a
10-day sentence, with credit
for time served in jail;
James Andrew Stronski
was taxed with a fine of $10
and cost for speeding
greater than prudent and
safe.
area of Nags Head is by
Ruth Reid Bundy Hallman,
daughter of the late Edgar
Bundy and Mrs. Bundy of
Elizabeth City; and New
Voices in American Poetry
contains a poem by Mrs.
Edith Thompson of Snug
Harbor.
Other new books in the
library are as follows:
Forgetting My Affair with
Dwigbt Eisenhower by Kay
S. Morgan; Not So Wild a
Dream, the autobiography
of Eric Sevareid; Slapstick
by Vonnegut; To The Far
Blue Mountains by Louis
L'Amour; Ceremony of In
nocence by Taylor
Caldwell; Heartbreak Hotel .
by Siddons; Marsanne by
Coffman; Deveron Hall by
Johnston; and The Secret of
Thundermyer House by
Burnett. Two new children's
books are Lighthouses by
Smith and Those Traver
Kids by Bradbury.
Purchase
Approved
The Board of Perquimans
County Commissioners
voted their approval for the
pruchase of a compactor for
trash to be used at the
Sanitary Landfill located in
Chowan County. Per
i quimans and Chowan Coun
ties are co-owners of the
Sanitary Landfill.
JELLY SALE
Wayne Winslow; president
of the Perquimans County
Jaytees, announces - that
members are once again
participating in the annual
Jelly Sale to benefit the
North Carolina Jaycee Burn
Center.
The jars of grape jelly sell
for$leactt M