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Volume 33, No. 11
Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C, Thursday, Mar. 17, 1977
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Library Update
By WA YNE HENRITZE
. 295 New Children's Paperbacks
' The library has just received 295 new, high Interest paper
backs for students in grades three through eight. These
were purchased as a set of books of proven popularity with
intermediate grade and junior high students. Although too
numerous to mention here, the books include mysteries,
science fiction, sports, riddles, games, and fantasy.
Coverage ranges from George Washington to Charlie
Brown, Tarxan to Malcolm X, ghosts to movie monsters,
. and the American Revolution to Happy Days. Regardless of
how well or how enthusiastically your child reads, there is
something here for him. '
; Story Hour
For younger children, we will have our usual pre-school
story hour from 10-11 a.m.
' ' New Books for Adults
Tallantfor Troubleby Andrew York tells how a Carribean
police chief battles an assasination plot.
Case Closed by June Thomson is the story of a Scotland
Yard detective who is in danger when he finds clues to two
related unsolved crimes. -
Take Time td TakeSidesby Sharlys Gold is a young adult
book about a student put in a dilemma by a teachers' strike:
Blood Flies Upwards by E.X. Ferrars tells of murder,
blackmail, and revenge in an English country house. "
American Poets in 1976 by William Heyen is a collection
of 140 poems by 29 major poets and includes biographies
and photographs of the writers. '
The Widow's Children by Paula Fox reveals a wealthy
family's true feelings at a family reunion.
Changing by Liv Ullman is an autobiography of the
famous actress and former wife of Ingmar Bergman.
Total Fitneis in 30 Minutes a Week describes an unusual
approach to physical fitness which ignores many orthodox
rules. , . , .. 1
New Books for Children "
Will Tell You of Peach Stone is about a wise old Chinese
storyteller and his dog.
The Days ot the Week studies the gods the days are
named for.
' . - Soup with Quackers: Funny Cartoon Riddles. When does
a car look like a frog? When it's being toad. Enough said.
For primary grades. V
GARY KENNEDY
Named
" Gary Kennedy was named
Executive Secretary of the
Perquimans', County
Chamber of Commerce at
the Monday night meeting of
the Board of Directors.
A native of Gouverneur,
N.Y., Kennedy has been in
Perquimans County five
years: He came to the area
then to assist in the building
of Angler's Cove Restaurant
by owner Henry Carney. He
has been working at that
establishment since then.
Kennedy was employed
by the chamber office on
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INVOLVED IN CANCER CAUSE Don'Abernathy of
V.'ZIar z'.on, N.C. (second from right) was named Area IV
Vi'' CL-'rnan for the American Cancer Society's annual
cr -: a ty termer State Senator George Wood, (left) State
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Secretary
Dec. 30 in a temporary posi
tion working for the
chamber and in the license
division.
As Executive Secretery, it
will be Kennedy's job to pro
mote the chamber of com
merce to merchants and
members; to promote Per
quimans County to in
dustries; and to encourage
the betterment and growth
of the county and its com
munities. He will be assisted
at the chamber office by
Mary Sue Roach on a part
time basis.
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JOINT EFFORT - Pictured above
Raleigh Carver, (left) vice-chairman of
AACT talks with R.L. Stevenson, chair
man of AADA prior to the Thursday
Regional Groups Want
Highway Improvements
By KATHY M. NEWBERN
Two regional organiza
tions agreed to unite efforts
Thursday night to improve
highways in northeastern
North Carolina.
The agreement was the
result of a meeting of the
Albemarle Area Develop
ment Association (AADA)
and the Albemarle Associa
tion of Counties and Towns
(AACT) which met at
Angler's Cove Restaurant in
Perquimans County.
" Raleigh Carver, vice
chairman of "AACT, said,
"We are working for a con
centrated effort jr. this arer
to try to get more highway
and road improvements in
this area in the next few
years." ' V
Also on hand . for the
Thursday night meeting
were Sen. Melvin Daniels,
Sen. J.J. "Monk" Har
rington, and Rep. Stanford
White. In his comments,
Sen. Daniels pointed out that
in his opinion northeastern
North Carolina is "getting
the short end of the stick" in
several areas. He also
School Enrollment
The 1976-77 non-public
.school enrollment of 55,242
students represents the
largest Increase, over 1,000
students, in non-public
school enrollment since ma
jor increases durng the ear
ly 1970's. Figures on non
public school enrollment '
have been bade in recent years with new drugs and more
advanced methods of surgery and radiation." "Every
dollar that is given to the American Cancer Society helps
support vital programs of public education, research, and
patient services," noted Wood at the meeting attended by
approximately 300 North Carolina volunteers. Wood and
guest speaker, Gale Gordon, (right) popular TV personality
o! the "Lucy Show" are shown above with Aternathy and
Jchn Eisners (seco-d from k't) of Perr-.iirans County.
EiZSers is a director of the North Carolina LivLIon Board. '
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discussed a Seven-Year
Plan in the state concerning
road improvements. He
pointed out that the
Albemarle area "is ; not
treated kindly" in this plan
but then reassured those
present that he has good
reason to believe if the plan
is not totally; abandoned, '
then it will be drastically
revised. , s
Both Sen. Daniels and
Sen. Harrington discussed
an upcoming state bond
referendum in the amount of
$300,000 for highway im-
' provements. Sen., Har
rington Said, "I think the
tongjsnieiis the only-way;
Twe're going to get any real1
money. I feel like we can get
this passed and if so, I feel
like this can give us a lot of
help." :n
Also speaking before the
group was Levin Culpepper,'
past chairman of the once
active AADA Highway Com
mittee. Culpepper recalled
how this committee drew up .
a list of priorities in 1971 and
none of those projects have
been completed today. At
the time, two projects were
were recently compiled by
the Department ,of Public
Instruction's non-public
schools coordinator. ' -
Non-public enrollment
made only slight increases
over the past few years, ris
ing from 53,300 students in
1973-74 to 53,600 in 1974-75
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night meeting to discuss needed highway
improvements.- Both groups agreed to
reactivate a joing highway committee
for this purpose. (Newbern photo)
named as top priority: the
four-laning of U.S. 17 from
the Virginia line to the four
lane north of Elizabeth City;
and U.S. 17 by-pass Eden
ton. Culpepper said, "I think
there's a need for unifica
tion in this area. I think this
group or one like it is the one
to do it."
Comments were also
heard from two former
State Highway Commis
sioners, Joe Nowell of Per
quimans County and Gillam
Wood of Chowan County.
Following comments and
questions from the floor, the
AADA and AACT members
vcted reactivate . joint
highway committee. Com
mittee members will be ap
pointed by the presidents of
the two organization with
each county represented by
one member. The two
groups also went on record
endorsing the upcoming
bond referendum for
highway improvements
with the stipulation that this
endorsement depended on
the amount of highway
money northeastern North
Carolina would receive.
Increases
and 54,200 in 1975-76. Total
non-public school enroll
ment continues to represent
about four percent of the
total student population in
-North Carolina which is
roughly 1.2 million students.
A non-public school is
defined by the State Board
of Education as "a school
not established, maintained
and operated by a county or
city board of education ap
pointed or elected in ac
cordance with State law."
There are generally two
types of non-public schools,
according tq Calvin Criner,
non-public school consultant
for the State Board of
EduoMon, sectarian and
non-VVEtarian schools. Sec
tarian schools are those con
trolled directly or indirectly
by a church or an individual ,
acting on behalf of a church
or sectarian body. All other .
non-public schools fall into
the nonsectarian category.
A non-public school must
be approved by the State
Board of Education in order
for the students attending
that school to satisfy the .
State mandatory attendance
law, Criner emphasized. If,
for example, a student is at
tending . a school not ap
proved by the State Board of
Education, the parents of
that student are in violation
of the Compulsory Atten
dance Act.
Correction
In last week's edition of
The Perquimans Weekly, an
error appeared in the
cutline under the
photograph of Gina Steven-
son receiving a savings bond
in connection with the ion
servation . poster contest.
The cutline read that the
presentation was made by
Carroll Baker. It should ,
have read Carroll Williams.
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Law Revised For
Burning Permits
The North Carolina Burn
ing Permit Law has been
changed and a burning per
mit is now required
throughout the year ac
cording to Perquimans
County Forest Ranger
Lewis Stallings. The old law
required a permit only from
October through May. The
law was revised by the 1975
North Carolina General
Assembly and is enforced by
the N.C. Division of Forest
Resources.
Historically, the major
cause of wildfires in North
Carolina has been debris
burning. The burning per
mit law was originally
enacted to help reduce the
number of wildfires caused
by debris burning by spell
ing out the responsibilities
of each citizen or company
to control their outdoor
burning.
"The intent of the law is to
insure that people who want
to do outdoor burning take
the precautions that a
reasonable and prudent per
son would take using fire. As
long as people take these
precautions and comply
with the laws established to
protect society, they have
the right to burn," said
Stallings.
"There is an exception to
this law," he said, "A land
CONTRACT SIGNED - Above, 1. to r.,
Robert Hollowell, Frank Wooten, and
Carlton Goodwin look on as Archie Lane
signs the contract on Bear Swamp
Watershed Project
Chowan County Drainage
District No. 3 has awarded
the contract on Bear Swamp
Watershed to Dowat Inc. of
Winston-Salem. Dowat was
the low bidder on this pro
ject when bids opened on
Jan. 20 with a bid of $459,711.
Other bids submitted were
John H. Malbon Contracting
Co., Inc. - (492,520.75; Mac
Construction Company
$464,633.35; Central
Builders, Inc. $625,292.74;
and Higgerson Buchanan
Inc. $755,814.25.
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FOR SERVICES RENDERED - Mrs.
Eldora Eason is pictured above receiv
ing certificate of appreciation for her
51 years of service to the community as a ,
mid-wife Making the presentation pn
owner does not have to have
a burning permit for burn
ing within 100 feet of his oc
cupied dwelling if the burn
ing is done within an
enclosed container from
which no burning material
can escape, or within a pro
tected area under the con
stant supervision of a com
petent watchman who has
adequate fire protection'
tools readily available."
An example of an enclosed
container is a trash barrel
with wire screen attached
and in place. This will pre
vent burning materials from
flying out of the barrel and
possibly starting a wildfire.
Another change in the
burning permit law con
cerns the cancellation of
permits. Originally, permits
could be cancelled only
because of extremely hazar
dous forest fire conditions.
"Permits can still be
cancelled because of hazar
dous fire conditions," Stall
ings said, "but now they can
also be cancelled because of
air pollution episodes. This
means that when weather
conditions will not enable
smoke from controlled fires,
such as burning fields or
brush piles, to be carried
away, burning permits can
be cancelled."
The Division of En
vironmental Management
This construction will con
sist of clearing a right-of-way,
excavating about 17
miles of channels, installing
pipe inlets and private road
crossings, and stabilizing
the project with permanent
type vegetation. Construc
tion will probably begin
about May 15 and be com
pleted within a year.
The Soil Conservation Ser
vice worked up the design on
the project and is cost shar
ing on about of the con
struction cost. The land
of the Department of
Natural and Economic
Resources will determine
when air' pollution episodes
exist.
"When burning permits
are cancelled," Stallings
continued, "all outdoor
burning, regardless of the
distance to the nearest
woods, will be prohibited."
As in the past, burning
permits will be issued for a
four day period. A permit is
not required for outdoor
burning between the hours
of midnight and 4 p.m. Stall
ings pointed out that com
pliance with this law does
not relieve the permitee
from having to abide by Air
Quality regulations and any
local burning ordinances.
Anyone with questions con
cerning the new burning
permit law whould contact
Perquimans County Forest
Ranger Lewis Stallings at
his office in Winfall Tower
(426-5551) or in Elizabeth
City (335-4373).
The following is a list of
burning permit agents for
Perquimans County who are
authorized to issue the new
burning permits: Dick's
Drive-In, Wink's Service
Station, Chapanoke,
William Corprew, New Hope
Post Office, and A.D. Chap
pell's Service Station.
Watershed. Hollowell, Lane and Good
win are commissioners for the water
shed and Wooten is attorney for the
group.
Underway
owners in the drainage area
will be assessed for the re
maining cost.
Chowan Drainage District
No.3 was formed in 1911 and
the original channel were
excavated shortly after that
time.
The channels were
cleaned out again in the ear
ly 40's. Since then many of
the channels have silted in,
trees have grown up and the
capacity for drainage has
been greatly reduced.
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behalf of the Town of Hertford is John
Beers, Vice-Mayor. In a feature story on
page four, Mrs. Eason recalls some of '
the highlights of her career. (Newbern
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