Judge Beaman Presides In Court
.Judge Grafton Beam an
presided at the Wednesday
???sion of Perquimana
County District Court and
disposed of the following
caaes:
Jimmy Bateman had his
first appearance on a
breaking and entering and
larceny charge and the
probable cause hearing
date was set for December
1;
Prayer for judgment was
continued in the case of
Daniel Lee Matthews, who
was tried at an earlier date,
with the following condi
tions; 1. report to the
Albemarle Mental Health
Center within 5 days; 2. not
consume any intoxicating
beverage for < months; 3.
keep all appointments; 4.
pay all fees to the Health
Center;
The first appearance vas
held for Joseph Mandel
.Jolly, Sr., who vas charged
with bigamy, and the pro
bable cause hearing vas set
for a later date;
The case of Raymond S.
Harrell, who was charged
with malicious damage to
personal property, was con
tinued until December 7;
Vernon Paul Garrett, Jr.
was found guilty of aban
donment and non-support
and was given a one hun
dred twenty days sentence
impended upon payment of
cost, was ordered to pay in
to the office of Clerk of
Superior Court the amount
of 1100.00 that day, and on
or before the 23 of each
month thereafter;
The case of Donald Lee
Bare lift was dismissed due
to lack of evidence;
Thomas Wayne Sawyer
failed to make support
payments and was ordered
to 1. pay at the office of
Superior Court the amount
of 146.00 2. pay the Clerk of
Superior Court Clerk 110.00
and arrange to make like
sum each week; 3. notify
District Attorney 1 if
payments are not made; 4.
certified copy furnished to
H.T. Mullen, legal counsel
for 4D Agency ;
The court found insuffi
cient evidence for probable
cause in the case of Mllford
Darrell Jones, who was
charged with breaking and
entering and larceny ;
Motion for dismissal was
allowed in the case of
France Jones, who was
charged with malicious
damage to personal
property;
John Edward Brown, who
was charged with giving
false report of auto theft,
was given a fine of $35.00
and cost (to be paid by
December 7) if not iuue
order to show cauae for
contompt;
Larry Stephen Harris,
charged with exceeding
safe speed, received fine of
160.00 and cost;
William Richard Harrell,
II was charged with
reckless driving and was
taxed with a fine of 135.00
and cost;
Jerry Wayne Dail was
taxed with a fine of $15.00
and cost, on a speeding
charge;
Barbara Ambrose was
taxed with costs on a
speeding charge.
LOUIS MIDGETT prunes a
rose, one of the many
flowers grown at
Elizabethan Garden at
Manteo, North Carolina.
(Photo by Clay Nolen.)
Police Report
The Hertford Police
Department has released
the following police report:
CRIMINAL SUMMONS
A criminal summons for
assault was served on
James Louis Riddick of
Winfall in Nov. 22 by Of
ficer R.L. Harvey.
CITATIONS
Stanley Francis
Samuelson of Rt. 1, Box 876,
Hertford was charged with
reckless driving on
Wednesday, Nov. 23 at 6:45
p.m. on Market St. by Of
ficer R.L. Harvey.
Curtis Ray Stillings of Rt.
1, Box 123 Edenton, was
charged with speeding 42 in
a 25 zone by Officer J.R.
Logan on Tuesday, Nov. 22
on Church St. at 7:36 a.m.
Jeffery F. Haskett of 107
Carolina Ave. Hertford was
cited for speeding 37 in a 25
zone on Church St. at 1:05
a.m. on Nov. 23 by Officer
Greg Harrington.
Michael B. By rum of Rt.
2, Box 1ST Hertford was
charged with speeding 37 in
a 25 zone on Church St. at
10:20 p.m. by Officer Greg
Harrington.
Thomas Gary Russell of
Rt. 3, Box 1S1 Elizabeth
City, was charged with
speeding 37 in a 25 zone on
Church St. at 8:30 p.m. by
Officer Greg Harrington.
Recreation
Happenings
By BILLY WOOTEN
The Midget Basketball league will begin
play this Tuesday night at the Union
School. At 6:30 the Devils will play the
Royals, and about 7:30 the Nuggets will
play the Bucks. Admission is free and the
public is invited. The Cookie Contest will
be held on Monday, December 12. There
will be two divisions, one for the children
16 and under and one for adults 17 and
over. This will be a great event, so make
your plans now. Next weeks Perquimans
Weekly will carry all the necessary in
formation. There are only eleven days left
until the Cookie Contest.
If you are planning to enter a team in the
Adult Baaketball League, which will start
in January, try to let me know toon. I am
presently trying to plan for the league and
need to know bow many teams are going to
pl*y.
The Basketball teams at the Union
school open their season on Monday Dec. 5
at home against Elisabeth City. The girls
game will start at 3:30 with the boys
following. Best of luck to the teams and
their coaches. See you next week.
Midget Basketball Starts
The Midget Basketball
League sponsored by the
Perquimans Recreation
and Parks Department,
will begin play Tuesday
night, Dec. 6 at the Union
School. At 6:30 the Devils
will play the Royals. At 7:30
the Nuggets will play the
Bucks.
Following is a list of local
games. The schedule for
the extra games with Eden
ton will be released next
week. Sat. Dec. 10 ? 10:00
Royals vs. Bucks, Devils vs
Nuggets. Sat. Jan. 7 ? 10:00
Devils vs. Buck*; Royals
vs. Nuggets. Sat. Jan. 14 ?
10:00 Nuggets vs. Bucks;
Devils vs Royals. Tues.
Jan. 17 ? 6:30 Nuggets vs.
Devils ; Bucks vs Royals.
Sat. Jan. 21 ? 10:00 Nug
gets vs. Royals; Bucks vs.
Devils. '
Farm Business Organizations
There .will be a meeting
on Family Farm Business
Organization at the
4-rL ers Meet
The Pioneers 4-H Club
met Thursday, Nov. 10 at
the home of Linda Grieve at
7 p.m. with nine members
present.
The metting was called to
order by President Richard
Skinner. Various upcoming
activities were discussed.
Midgett Keeps Garden In Shape
ROANOKE ISLAND,
N.C. ? Nineteen years ago
Xouis Midgett retired from
the Coast Guard with vi
sions of doing some fishing.
I He has been fishing
maybe three or four times
'since 1958. Since that time
he has been father, mother,
protector and gardener for
the world famous Eliza
bethan Garden here.
? The Elizabethan Garden,
created and maintained by
!the Garden Club of North
'Carolina, Inc., is on
Roanoke Island near
Z Manteo and adjacent to the
!- LOST COLONY Waterside
Theatre and historic Fort
Raleigh.
- The gardens were begun
- in 19S1 on 10 acres of in
: digenous growth and are
- the imaginative concept of
an Elizabethan Pleasure
Garden.
"The Garden contributes
so much to the State, and it
1 compares with the gardens
I of Europe," explains
* Midgett.
* Midgett admits to being
; in the Garden seven days a
* week and he says you never
! really catch up.
? "It's a labor for love. You
'r can just feel history when
1 you walk among these ma
- jestic trees and flowers,"
* he said.
; The Garden is some 100
yards away from the birth
place of Virginia Dare, first
child bom of English paren
tage in the New World.
1 A new attraction is the
: Queen Elizabeth rose sent
by Her Majesty, Queen
i Elizabeth II, from the
Royal Garden at Windsor
Castle in the Bicentennial
year.
All the bricks in the
Garden are made by hand,
and many of them came
from an old church in Bath.
How many flowers are in
the garden?
Midgett just laughs and
says, "I have no idea. We
have 15,000 summer an
nuals and 10,000 pansy
plants in winter." Mountain
rhododendron also grows in
the Garden.
Midgett says he may be
little prejudiced, but he
thinks it's the prettiest
place in North Carolina.
It is a special place. One
can sit and listen to the
wind, waves, birds, and in
hale the fragrance of the
garden. One oak is
estimated to be 500 years
old and is thought to have
been alive when the first
English colonists landed on
North Carolina soil. '
The rare Venus' Fly Trap
and jack-in-the-pulpit grow
among the wild areas.
Eleven feet high yaupon
hedges surround the formal
sunken garden. The foun
tain and other valuable an
tique garden ornaments
were given by the
Honorable John Hay
Whitney, a former Am
bassador to Great Britain
and Mrs. Whitney.
The fountain is estimated
to be between 900 and 1,000
years old, and deep pit
marks show the results of
centuries of rain.
The Knot Garden has 32
knots. Each year some $100
in pennies is removed from
Ellis Graduates
H * N
wavy Aircrew survival
I Gquipmentman Airman
J Wayne W. Ellis, son of
i Millicent W. Ellis of Route
'? 3, Hertford, N.C., was
r graduated from Aircrew
I Survival Equipment
; School.
? During the self-paced
t course at the Naval Air
Technical Training Center,
Lakehurst, N.J., students
received instruction on the
; survival equipment and
' system installed aboard
Z Navy and Marine Corps air -
? craft. They studied the
? operation, inspection and
v maintenance of aircraft
oxygen systems; inflatable
life jacket and rafts; rescue
- and survival kits; plus the
inspection, repair, rigging
and packing of parachutes.
They were additionally
provided the opportunity to
participate in voluntary,
free-fall parachute jumps.
He joined the Navy in
January 1977.
In The
News
Mr. and Mrs. Glen White
and family of Fayetteville
were Holiday guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Edwin White at
Belvidert.
The Rev. and Mrs. Amos
Stone and family spent
the Holidays at Lake
Junaluska.
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the Garden and goes into
the Garden fund.
After day-in and day-out
work does Midget have a
favorite spot? "No, not
really, but I do like pansy
time."
"We like to think we have
the type of garden the
colonists would have built
had they the chance. The
great lawn is, of course, a
part of a formal English
garden," he said.
Sitting under the huge
oak tree, Midgett said,
"You know they say it takes
an oak 300 years to grow, it
lives 300 years and then
takes three years to die."
Oldest plants in the
garden are 16th century
varieties, and many come
from Europe.
One plant, the epaulet,
was named by George
Washington. History has it
that Washington asked his
gardener the name of the
plant. When the gardener
didn't know, Washington
said name it "epaulet."
The camellias present a
beautiful background, and
during azalea time 15,000
plants bloom. A special
wildlife area is set aside.
Visitors can walk down to
the waterfront and see
Wright Brothers monument
in the distance.
Bluefish, king mackerel
? Louis Midgett has long
forgotten them. He now
thinks in terms of roses,
azaleas, and a multitude of
flowering plants and
shurbs.
He has his rewards too.
They come from thousands
of visitors who tour the
Garden each year. Their
oohs and ahs are his
rewards. Now and then he
has a chance to sit down in
a quiet moment and reflect
on one of the true beauty
spots in America.
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The Pioneers had one to
join, T.W. Hurdle.
The meeting was ad
journed. Refreshments
were served by Sarah
Goodwin and Sharon
Edenfield.
Also, the Pioneers 4-H
Club completed one of the
activities discussed at the
meetings. The pioneers had
a hayride. It took place on
November 18 from 6:30 to
9:30 p.m. with 19 people
present.
Albemarle Electric
Membership Corporation
Building in Hertford on
Tuesday Night, December
6, 1977 at 7:30 p.m. Charles
E. Hammond, Extension
Area Management-Market
ing Specialist will discuss
the advantages and disad
vantages of different types
of business organizations.
The form of business
organization, sole pro
prietorship, partnership or
corporation used in family
farming operation depends
on several factors. There is
no one best form of business
organization. The size of
the operation, crops or
livestock produced by the
farm and the objectives of
the family members are i
important when deciding
which form of business
organization to use.
The increase in the
amount of capital invested
and the increase in the
number of family members
involved in farming opera
tions are two important
reasons for having a
business organization for
your farming operation.
When two or more people
are involved, conflict can
be expected, but many dif
ferencees can be avoided if
proper planning is done.
Proper planning also aids
in the transfer of property
at death of family
members.
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