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' I STANDARD PRINTING CO XXX I LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY 40200 THE WEEKLY Volume 33, No. 40 Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, Oct. 6, 1977 15 CENTS I FOR A JOB WELL DONE - Ray Ward (left), Presi dent of the Perquimans County Jaycees, presents Rescue Squad Captain Em mett Elmore a plaque from the club in honor of their ten years of service to the coun ty. The presentation was made at the steak dinner Thursday night sponsored by the Jaycees. ? FOR SERVICE AS DISPATCHER - Receiv ing special recognition at the Thursday night dinner was E.W. (Dick) Long (left) who served in the volunteer position of dis patcher for the squad for nine years. Captain Elmore presents Long with a plaque in honor of his ser vice on behalf of the squad. THANK YOU FROM THE CITIZENS - Hertford Mayor Bill Cox thanks Cap tain Elmore and the squad members for their dedica tion and service. Cox made a presentation to the squad on behalf of all the citizens they serve. (Staff photos by Kathy M. Newbern) ? Rescue Squad Honored By KATHY M. NEWBERN The spotlight was centered on the Per quimans County Rescue Squad Thursday night when those volunteer men and #omen were publicly recognized for ten years of service to Perquimans County. Members of the Per quimans County Jaycees hosted a steak dinner honoring the squad on their tenth anniversary at Hert ford Grammar School. Special guest speaker for the occassion was Joseph W. Grimsley, Secretary of the N.C. Department of Administration. Grimsley told the large crowd that the rescue squad is a "living example that citizen and community responsibility saves tax payers dollars, builds a sense of community, and in stills good citizenship in participants." "Governor Hunt feels very strongly that nothing is more important in the daily lives of all North Carolinians than the understanding of the im portance of citizen and community responsibility," Grimsley continued. The secretary advised the group, "The way to make things happen in your community is for you to do the things you can do and do them here. Don't go to Raleigh to get them done. Don't go to Washington to get them done.'' Grimsley praised the squad for their continuous involvement for their com munity. He said, "Your rescue squad is as good as the paid services in Wake County, a big area. I think you're very lucky to have people that will serve you without pay." Grimsley also applauded the Jaycees for honoring such a deserv ing group. Before ending his ad dress, Grimsley also took advantage of the group set ting to endorse upcoming state issues in the Nov. 8 election. Following comments from the guest speaker, several individuals were recognized and several presentations were made. Organized on August 14, 1967, the Perquimans Coun ty Rescue Squad currently has 60 members, with 39 certified Emergency Medical Technicians. Em mett Elmore serves as squad captain. Charged With Murder Charles Cooper, 57, of 3512 Blaines St., Ports mouth, Va. is being held without bond in the Tri County jail as the result of a shooting incident early Sun day morning that left one man dead. Cooper is charged with the murder of Johnny L. James of Rt. 2, Hertford who was 47 years of age. Cooper is also charged with Election Update With only a few hours left to file for office, the race for council seats in both the Town of Hertford and Win fall is shaping up. Noon tomorrow (Friday, Oct. 7) is the deadline for all interested to file for the offices to be elected on Nov. 8. As of press time Tuesday morning1, four candidates had filed for the two Town of Hertford council seats to be elected. Incumbents John Beers and T. Erie Haste Jr. had filed earlier. Now added to that list are Jesse Harris and Rev. John H. London Jr. Also to be elected Nov. 8 are two councilmen for the Town of Winfall and the of fice of mayor. As of press time, incumbent Douglas Umphlett had filed for reelection as councilman. While the other two in cumbents have not yet filed, sources indicate that they will run for reelection. The other incumbent coun cilman is Jack Symons and David Trueblood is incum bent mayor. Also facing Perquimans County voters Nov. 8 will be the special election to ap prove or disapprove school bonds for construction and renovation of Perquimans County High School. Several statewide issues are also listed on the Nov. 8 ballot. These include the constitutional amendment question of succession of the governor, clean water bonds, and state highway improvement bonds. ? All Perquimans County citizens wishing to vote in the Nov. 8 election must register no later than 5 p.m. tomorrow (Friday, Oct. 7). The Board of Election of fice is located in the Agricultural Building at 104 Dobbs Street in Hertford. People who have moved in the city limits or to another precinct should check to see if they are registered cor rectly before that 5 p.m. cut-off. DEMOCRATS TO MEET The Perquimans County Democratic Party will meet Oct. 11 at 8 p.m. in the Perquimans County Court house according to an an nouncement by party chair in aa Archie T. Lane Sr. Lane explained that the purpose of this "important meeting" is to get local Democrats together to discuss issues to be voted on in the Nov. 8 election. Priscilla Hardle, District 1 Democratic Coordinator, will also be present. Outer Banks Soil Survey Is Discussed . Howard Lee, Secretary of Natural Resources and Community Development, add officials of other state and federal agencies pro viding policies and guidelines for the develop ment of North Carolina's land aad natural resources, gathered Thursday to rec ognise the first detailed soil survey report on the Outer Baaka at the September session of the Coastal Resources Commission at Nags Head. The meeting ' ; <. 1 to make essential land plan ning information available to planning officials and to the public. Also present were Bill Harris, Superintendent of the Na tional Parks Service. G. Samuel Cox, District Con servationist with; the Soil Conservation Service. Agencies involved in the survey are the Soil Conser vation Service. U.S. Department of Agricul ture; the North Carolina State University Depart ment of Soil Sciences and NCSU Extension Service; Department of Natural Resources and Community Development Divisions of Earth Sciences and Marine Fisheries; the Coastal Resources Commission and the National Parks Service. The survey, entiUed "Soil Survey of the Outer Banks, North Carolina," is a direct result of Coastal Area Management program ef forts to consider the ability of land to support various uses and to protect North Carolina's natural resources. The sorvey is an inven tory in two parts of the various soils of the Outer Banks area including por tions of eigkt North Carolina counties (Cur rituck, Dare, Hjrde, Carteret, Onslow, Pender, New Hanover, tnd Brunswick). Part I of the survey iden tifies SO soils in the Outer Banks and describes the physical and chemical properties of each soil in cluding tack soil's water table, susceptibility to flooding, permeability, and erosion , potential. The survey identifies the degree and kind of limitations on use of each type of soil for dwellings, streets and roads, and septic tanks. It also rates each soil's poten tial for wildlife bab<tat. Soil maps of the entire Outer Bank* area depicting the locltion of the soils identified are included in Part II. The Outer Banks is a critical area of North Carolina. County meetings are be ing planned to discuss and distribute the survey. carrying a concealed weapon. Perquimans County Sheriff Julian Broughton reported that James and his alledged girlfried, Rosa White, also of Rt. 2, Hert ford were at an establish ment near the Whiteston section of the county. An argument broke out be tween the two around mid night on Saturday. Ac cording to the sheriff's report, Rosa White cut James' hand with a knife. Then, James' brother took him out of the establish ment. She then asked her cousin, Charles Cooper, to escort her home. The sheriff reported this was around 3 a.m. on Sunday. When she returned to her home, she found James at the house and another argu ment developed. During the argument, Cooper alledgedly shot James in the chest four times using a .22 caliber revolver. The in cident occurred between 3 and 3:30 a.m. Sheriff Broughton was on the scene by 3:35 a.m. and the arrest of Cooper was made at 3:45 a.m. The sheriff added that investigation is still continuing. FOR LUCKY WINNERS - Pictured above are some small electrical ap pliances which will be given as attendance prizes for consumer-members present at the Annual meeting of Albemarle EMC set for Saturday. Annual Meeting Planned The 30th Annual Meeting of the members of Albemarle Electric Member ship Corporation will be held Saturday, Oct. 8 at the Perquimans County High School auditorium in Hertford, according to James A. Whitehurst of South Mills, president of the electric cooperative. Items of business at the meeting will in clude the election of directors and report on the year's 1976 operations. A nominating committee of member consumers has nominated a slate of direc tors to be elected at the meeting. The com mittee was composed of J.C. Rountree and Franklin Griffin of Camden County, Sid White Jr. and Milton Jordan of Chowan County, Mildred Hunt and Haywood Bright of Pasquotank County, and Joe Tunnell and Robert Hollowell of Perquimans County. The nominating committee has made the following nominations: for District No. 1 (Camden County) ? W W. Meiggs of Camden and Tom White of Rt. 1, South Mills; District No. 2 (Chowan County) ? Marvin Ashley of Rt. 1, Edenton and Joseph Byrum of Tyner; and District No. 4 (Perquimans County) ? L. Wayne Howell of Rt. 2, Hertford and Floyd Matthews Sr. of Rt. 4, Hertford. The main speaker will be Alton P. Wall of Asheboro who is Acting Manager of N.C. Electric Membership Corporation ? the statewide association of electric cooperatives which represents Albemarle EMC in power supply matters among other services. Wall, a long-time distribu tion cooperative manager, will speak on problems associated with power supply and plans for EMC's to gain ownership in generation facilities. Registration will begin at 1 p.m. and the annual meeting will begin at 2 p.m. Each member who registers will receive a silver dollar and over 30 attendance prizes will be awarded to lucky winners. President Whitehurst urges all members of the cooperative to attend "your meeting to tend to your business." Members can exercise their ownership and interest in their own business by attending, White hurst added. Albemarle EMC serves some 5,500 member-consumer families in parts of Chowan, Perquimans, Pasquotank, Cam den and Currituck Counties. Board Of Education Meets By KATHY M. NEWBERN Policy matters, educa tional programs, and the upcoming school bond referendum were airiong items discussed in a short meeting of the Perquimans County Board of Education held Monday night. A policy related to staff reduction, if necessary, was adopted by the board as presented by Superinten dent Pat Harrell. The policy points out reasons why staff reduction in the local school system would be necessary such as: pro gram elimination, reduc tion in funding, elimination or consolidation of teaching positions, or reduction in teacher allocations. The second part of the policy in cludes three regulations for reducing staff. This section outlines how staff would be cut, based on a variety of criteria including certifica tion, degree held, ex perience in (and outside of) the county system, and an "earned points" system. Harrell pointed out that all teachers in the school system would receive a copy of the policy following approval of the policy by the board. The second policy matter discussed regarded Drug Use and Abuse. This policy, approved at the Oct. 3 meeting, prohibits the presence of all drugs, ex cept those used medicinal ly, on school grounds, in all school buildings and facilities, and at all school sponsored activities and events both on and off campus. In personnel matters, the board approved the employment of Janice Dillon at Perquimans Union School in the area of social studies. Several program areas were also discussed at the Monday night meeting. Plans for the recently ac tivated Family Life Educa tion Committee were highlighted by Morris Kornegay, Coordinator for Secondary Instruction. Kornegay explained to the board that this citizens' parents' group would be meeting Tuesday night to discuss developing a course in family life education. He added that representatives from the local health department, social ser vices, and local ministers had been invited. Kornegay also extended an invitation to Board of Education members to attend. Follow ing Kornegay's report, board chairman Clifford Winslow commented, "This is an area I think is vital. It's something the school system has been needing for a long time." Harrell announced the substitute teacher workshop planned for Oct. 6 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. adding that pre-registration has showM much interest exists. Also in program area an nouncements, Harrell told board members of local plans for American Educa tion Week, Nov. 13-19. As part of that observance, plans are to invite area legislators and local of ficials to visit and tour the school system one day dur ing the week. Several other an nouncements were made including: Nosth Carolina School Boards Association (NCSBA) convention Nov. 3-5; District School Board meeting on Feb. 8 at Bertie Senior High School; and a computer workshop spon sored by Alliance for Pro gress (AFP) Oct. 17-18 in Williamston. The need for school security personnel was also discussed briefly. Harrell explained that he had discussed this need at the Monday morning meeting of the Perquimans County Board of Commissioners. As a result, the Commis sioners went on record allocating soon to be received Title II CETA funds to the Board of Education to use as they see fit. Although no action was taken, discussion by Board of Education members showed that the group favored having part of these funds go toward ac quiring the needed security personnel. Discussion was also hekl on the Nov. ? special elec (See BOARD, page 8) > ion To Close ? * J
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