Volume 33, No. 50
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Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, Dec. 15, 1977
15 CENTS
New EIC Program
Receives F uncling
The Economic Improve
ment Council, Inc. has
recently been funded by the
State Economic Oppor
tunity Office for a new pro
gram, Criminal Justice
Project. The program if
detigned to anist the
Department of Correction*,
the Parole and Probation
Officers in providing ser
vices for their clientele.
This is a volunteer program
designed to include all the
citizens of Region "R".
There are many services
needed in our Criminal
Justice System, Governor
Hunt, being aware of this
need and wishing to provide
a solution without putting
undue demands on the tax
dollars of the citisens
of North Carolina, en
dorses this program of
volunteerism.
Locally, the Economic
Improvement Council, Inc.
is in the process of im
plementing this program.
Fentress T. Morris,
Executive Director of EIC,
Inc. has appointed Mrs.
Maggie Griffin as Project
Supervisor. Three Com
munity Resource Coor
dinators have also been
hired, whose major func
tions will include wording
with field personnel in the
Department of Corrections,
Division of Adult Probation
and Parole; and recruiting
.and training of volunteers
Ms. Doris Harris has been
assigned to work with the
Minimum Security Unit of
Gatesville and will recruit
volunteer* from the coun
ties of Gates, Perquimans,
and Pasquotank. Mrs.
Bettye Whitehurst has been
assigned to work with the
Medium Security Unit of
Maple, and will recruit
volunteers from the coun
ties of Camden, Currituck
and Dare. Mrs. Whitehurst
and Mrs. Harris are located
in Elizabeth City Ad
ministrative Office. Miss
Lois Jordan has been
assigned to work with the
Medium Security Unit of
Cresswell and will recruit
volunteers from the Coun
ties of Washington, Hyde,
Chowan and Tyrrell. Miss
Jordan is located in the
Edenton EIC Adminis
trative Office.
HONORED FOR SERVICE - Albert
Moore (right), District Conservationist for
the Hertford-Edenton field office, is shown
receiving a certificate for outstanding per
formance from Jesse Hicks, State Conser
vationist. The presentation was made at
an awards banquet held in Raleigh recent
ly, (SCS photo)
bCS Awards Given
Twenty-two employees df
the Soil Conservation Ser
vice were honored at an
awards banquet in Raleigb
recently for special
achievement and outstand
ing service.
Albert Moore, District
Conservationist for the
Hertford-Edenton field of
fice, received an Out
standing Performance
Award for his assistance to
the Albemarle Soil Conser
vation District during the
1977 fiscal year.
During 1977, the regular
district conservation and
drainage program was car
ried out. In addition, a soil
survey was started in the
two comities, and a plan
was developed and funded
for the Hertford Recreation
Park through the Albe
marle Resource Conserva
tion and Development Pro
ject. Construction was also
begun on the Bear Swamp
Watershed.
Local Man Killed
An accident occurring
late Monday afternoon in
Perquimana County
reaulted in the death of one
man.
According to a member
of the Perquimana County
Reaeue Squad, reaponding
to the accident call, it ap
peared that Eddie Mallory,
83, of Rt. 3, Box 380, Hert
ford, had been using a trac
tor to pull a load of firewood
in a smaller trailer. While
detaila of exactly how
the accident oveurred are
sketchy, the tractor ap
parently turned over on the
man. Several men in the
area managed to release
the man from beneath the
tractor, but Mallory was
reported dead when the
squad ambulance arrired'
on the scene. The accident
occurred off the Seuola
Beach road in Perquimans
County.
Due to a gas leakage, the
rescue squad put in a call to
the Hertford Volunteer Fire
Department. Firemen
responded and sprayed the
arei preventing a potential
fire.
Mallory's body was taken
to Albemarle Hospital.
Correction
In the honor roll listing* tor Perquimans High School
which appeared in last week's edition, several names were
inadvertently left off.
Karen Lane should have been among those listed for the
A Honor Roll achievement.
Also included on the A-B Honor Roll should have been
Donna Dail, Bonnie Underwood and Lyn Winslow.
Our apologies for the oversight.
RECKIVKS AWARD - Donald Madre
(center), prwridat of Um Perquimani
County Farm Bureau, moivea a special
award (ram John Sledge, president of the
North Carolina Farm Bureau at its i
m
insurance agents in the county in ?
statewide contest in which agents had an
opportunity to win this honor for thoir
county presidents who torn oa a volun
tary basis Shown at left making the
presentation is Sledge At right is Agency
Manager Waiter Humpblett. f .
WORK CONTINUES - The Newbold
White House, shown above, was among
sites recently visited by the Secretary of
the Department of Cultural Resources and
other state officials. The picture at right
shows a close-up of replaced brick, part of
the most recent restoration work at the
house. (Staff photos by Kathy M.
Newbern)
State Officials Tour Albemarle:
Newbold-White House Is Visited
Perquimans County's
Newbold-White House, the
oldest brick home in the
state, is once again receiv
ing attention from Raleigh
officials.
The most recent activity
at the site was a visit there
last Wednesday by Mrs.
Sara Hodgkins, Secretary
of the North Carolina
Department of Cultural
Resources. Accompanying
her were State Senator
Melvin Daniels and Patrick
Sears, Communications
Director with the depart
ment. It was reported that
all were favorably im
pressed with the work and
progress going on.
The visit to the Newbold
White House was one stop
made by Mrs. Hodgkins as
she viewed several historic
areas in the Albemarle.
Mrs. Hodgkins pointed
out that Governor Jim Hunt
and his administrative staff
are putting great emphasis
on travel and tourism in the
state for economic develop
ment.. She pointed out that
North Carolina offers ex
cellent cultural resources
and said efforts would be
made' to provide ac
cessibility of such areas to
all the people.
Members of the Per
quimans County Restora
tion Association joined pro
ject contractor W.M. Kemp
in showing Mrs. Hodgkins
the recent work done in
renovating the Newbold
White House.
It was pointed out that the
following work has been ac
complished since June:
sub-pointing of brick mor
tar joints on the outside
making the building water
proof; deteriorated brick
has been replaced both in
side and out; one chimney
has been rebuilt over ridge
level; both chimneys have
been repaired extensively
on the inside with fireboxes
and the hearth at the se
cond floor level of one
chimney rebuilt; a large
crack on one corner has i
been closed; preparation
has been made to lower the
floor joists to their original i
level; the stairway in
stalled during the 1725 I
renovation has been i
removed; and workers are
currently in the process of i
rebuilding parapets and ]
constructing dormer
frames.*
A meeting to review pro
gress and set goals for the 1
coming year was held i
recently. At that time the <
restoration association I
Board of Directors and con- I
tractor Kemp met with Dr. !
Larry E. Tise, Director of i
the Division of Archives 1
and History State Historic
Preservation Officer;
Brent Glass, Administrator
of Archaeology and Preser
vation Section; Ms. Janet
Seapker, Grant-in-Aid Ad
ministrator; and A1
Honeycutt; Supervisor
af the Restoration
Preservation Services
Branch.
To help with the
Vewbold-White House
renovation, the North
Carolina General Assembly
tias appropriated $25,000 to
i)e used over the next two
pears, 1977-79 provided
3 like amov t is raised
locally.
Agreement Should Speed Soil Surveys
The Soil Conservation Service and North Carolina
Department of Natural Resources and 'Community
Development have signed an aggreement that will
utilize state-employed soil scientists to speed comple
tion of the National Cooperative Soil Survey in North
Carolina. Such a survey is being done locally for Per
quimans and Chowan count!**
Secretary Howard N. Lee signed the agreement for
the State and Jesse L. Hicks, State Conservationist,
for the SCS.
Secretary Lee commented that "This Federal-State
cooperation is going to greatly help farmers,
developers, homeowners and local government of
ficials plan for better land utilization in this state.
Most counties who do not yet have a modern soil
survey are seeking one.".
FIRST IN NATION
State Conservationist Hicks added that the agree
ment is one of the first of this kind in the nation, and
praised "both the Department of Natural Resources
and Community Development and the North Carolina
General Assembly for their support of a needed
program "
The legislators appropriated $400,000 for a two year
period in support of soil surveys. The Soil Conserva
tion Service pat approximately $700,000 a year into
the survey program. In addition, county governments
havefceen providing local funds to accelerate surveys
for soveral years.
Modern soil surveys have been completed in 25
additional counties. With State assistance, it is hoped
all 100 counties can be mapped by 1990, twelve years
ahead of the previous target date of 2002.
j Under the agreement, additional soil sceintists will
lie employed by the State of North Carolina and will
work under SCS snpervision in counties that are pro
viding local funds for the survey.
TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP
The Soil Conservation Service will continue to pro
vide technical supervision and leadership in the soil
survey, as provided in Public Law 46 of the 74th Con
gress. SCS will also provide field training equipment
? including trucks ? and supplies for soil scientists
employed for the program.
The Department of Natural Resources and Com
munity Development will assist SCS with technical
support and leadership, help with review of .field
work, soil descriptions, and preparation of descrip
tive materials and soil maps.
In addition to the two agencies in the newly signed
agreement, the soil survey ih North Carolina also in
volves the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment
Station and the North Carolina Extension Service.
AO agencies concerned will constitute a afewly
established Administrative Review Committee which
will provide administrative direction to the survey.
ENTIRE COUNTY COVERED
Soil surveys in North Carolina normally cover an
entire county although smaller surveys are
sometimes made tor an industrial park, residential
dtvelopment or for other purposes. A current survey,
for example, will map the entire Port Bragg Military
g Reservation.
Original beneficiaries of soil surveys were farmers,
who used the data to determine which land should be
used for crops, which in forest or pasture. But today
tbe scientific data provided by a survey can ve used
for urban planning, best land use, whether or not an
area is suitable for bousing ? and for septic tanks --
for a sanitary landfill.
hopes, schools, or perhaps oven a now mankipai
JOINS SOIL SURVEY
TEAM ? Roger Hansard, a
Florida native, has begun
work with the Chowan
Perquimans soil survey as
of Dec. 1. he joins current
survey members Phil Tant
and Joe Covington. (SCS
photo)
Hansard Joins Survey Team
Roger Hansard, a 1975
graduate of the University
of Tennessee, has been
assigned to the Chown
Perquimans Soil Survey.
He will be working with
Phil Tant and Joe Cov
ington out of the Edenton
field office.
Before joining the cur
rent survey party, Roger
worked a year for the
University of Tennessee do
i
ing soil bio-assays which
relate to chemical residues
in the soil. He then worked
with a world renowned
agri-chemical firm based in
Georgia and Florida. He
comes to the two counties
from the small Florida
town of Molino, near Pensa
cola.
Hansard is married and
enjoys the outdoors,
especially hunting.
An agreement with the
Department of Natural
Resources and Community
Development and the SCS
was signed to implement
state assistance to the pro
gressive soil survey,
bonded by a $400,000 ap
propriation by the General
Assembly for fiscal year
1978 and 1979. The Chowan
Perquimans survey is one
of eight surveys in North
Carolina to be accelerated
under this program.
PROM W ALERT TO FIDDLDT - Dave
McKnight, the democratic candidate for
the U.S. Senate, who received much
publicity for hia walking campaign tour
from Manteo to Murphy waa back in Hert:
lord Monday. Shown above, McKnight,
who has gone from walkin' to fiddiin' joins
members of the Hertford Cafe Coffee Club,
for their ^aily afternoon session WhUe in
Perquimans County Monday, McKnight
alto visited Belvidere and other areas to
renew acquaintances made daring his
walking swing through the Albemarle
earlier in the year. IfcKnight said he
learned a lot While walking across the
state and is now risking each county, this
time Tin car. (Staff photo by Kathy M.
Newborn)
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