.THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Volume 34, No. 8 Hertford, Perquimans County, N.?., Thursday, Feb. 23, 1978
15CENTS
Citizens oppose action by Commissioners
A delegation of five local citizens
was present at the Monday night
meeting of the Perquimans County
Board of Commissioners to express
their opposition to recent Board ac
tion concerning funds for construc
tion and renovation at Perquimans
Connty High School.
The delegation consisted of Clif
ford J. "Pete" Perry, Henry Elliott,
Wallace Cartwright, Billy Pierce,
and Tommy Dail. They said they
disapproved of the Board's recent
action turning $500,000 over to the
Perqnlmans County Board of
-Education for Phase I at the school
|)n the grounds that detailed plans
outlining exact work are not
available.
The Board responded that the
money would be used for construc
tion and renovation at Perquimans
County High School and would sup
plement the $500,000 the Board of
Education has on hand from the
.1973 Statewide School Bond
Referendum.
A telephone interview with School
Superintendent Pat Harrell
revealed that the Board of Educa
tion architect is working on the
specifics of the plan, work that is
necessary since the plan must be
revamped following defeat of the
November school bond referendum.
He explained that specifics are be
ing outlined for Phase I working
with the close to $1 million on hand.
The Board of County Commis
sioners also emphasized that the
money represents funds from
revenue sharing and is not tax
money. The $500,000 results from
revenue sharing funds set aside
yearly for the past four to five years
for the purpose of school construc
tion. The Commissioners then sug
gested that the delegation meet
with the Perquimans County Board
of Education for more detailed in
formation on Phase I of the high
school project.
In other action, the Board heard
from George Ogg, resident of the
Long Beach section of Perquimans
County. Ogg requested that Long
Beach be' made a bird sanctuary.
The Board explained that such ac
tion is taken by the General
Assembly and agreed to make the
request.
County to receive
$119,000 from
highway bonds
RALEIGH ? Perquimans County
can look forward to receiving more
than $119,000 in benefits from the
highway bond funds that will be
used to improve secondary roads.
The North Carolina Board of
?Transportation has approved an in
itial ^location of $30 million from
the fiinds authorized by the State
Highway Bond Act of 1977 to be used
to improve the State's Secondary
Rozds System.
Perquimans County's share of the
$30 million allocation is 9119,407 and
is based on a formula prescrived by
law. This formula puts all counties
on an equal footing by considering
the number of umpaved miles of
secondary roads in any given coun
ty and the relationship of this
mileage tc the overall mileage of
unpaved secondary roads in the
State.
Perquimans County has 81 miles
of unpaved roads, while the total
mileage of unpaved State main
tained secondary roads in North
Carolina is 20,476. The $30 million
allocation, approved by the Board
of Transportation during its
February meeting in Boone,
averages out to approximately
91,465 per unpaved mile.
The "Bone Fond Allocation" is in
addition to the 9107,601 already
allocated to Perquimans County for
secondary road improvements
^cartier this fiscal year.
Qr are glad to be able to put
Bway Bond Funds to work im
mediately for the people. It was
thfir overwhelming support at the
poBt that made the State's Highway
Bond Act of 1977 and these initial
funds a reality," commented State
Secretary of Transportation
Thomas W. Bradshaw Jr. "It is
such continued citizen participation
and support that will enable us to
make vast improvements in our
-*fctgkw?y and transportation
systems that will benefit all North
Carolinians," concluded Bradshaw.
The $300 million highway bond
act, approved by the voters last
November, directs that, over a
five-year period, $75 million Will be
used to improve the State's Secon
dary Roads system, while $175
million is for improvements to the
primary system and $50 million is
for the State's Urban road system.
The Highway Bond Funds will be
used to meet a variety of improve
ment needs on the State's secon
dary roads system. These needs in
clude new paving, needed widening
of paved roads, improvements to
unpaved roadways, the repair and
replacement of substandard
bridges and the strengthening of
paved roads to releive present
? weight restrictions on this system.
"Board members and State
Highway officails will work very
closely with local and county of
ficials in determining the best
usage of these highway bond funds
and in selecting local highway pro
ject priorities," explained Board of
Transportation member Marc
BasnightofManteo.
"Once priorities are established
the plan will be presented to the full
Transportation Board for formal
approval," added Basnight
? Lawrence
. _ t), Democratic can
> for U.S. Senate waa in Hert
as part of a
. Young Democrat* Davis
will face the other Democratic can
didates in the May primary to select
the candidate to fare incumbent
Senator Jesse Helms. (Staff photo
bylathy M Npwbern ;
Also present at the Monday night
meeting ?ws a delegation represen
ting the Hertford Business and Pro
fessional Women's Club. Thejr were
present to discuss a facility to house
the club's loan closet program. In
earlier action, the Board had ap
proved space for that purpose in a
building1 to be constructed. The
delegation explained that the equip
ment must be moved due to the con
dition of the building currently
housing it. The Board agreed to try
to find temporary housing for the
loan closet.
In other action, the Board agreed
to advertise positions available with
the Perquimans County water
system and discussed future adver
tising plans for bids on equip
ment for operation of the water
department.
<? Paul Gregory and Thomas Nixon
representing the Perquimans Coun
ty Department of Social Services
also met with the board. They
discussed the need for building
renovation at the present site of the
department's offices and the
possibility of relocation of office
space. No action was taken.
GUEST MODERATOR - Ms.
Becky Livas, producer and hostess
of WTAR-TV's "People, Places and
Things" was in Perquimans County
Saturday night as moderator of the
Little Miss Perquimans pageant.
During intermission and following
the pageant, Ms. Livas signed
autographs and posed for pictures
with the contestants.
TITLE WINNERS - Heather
Umphlett (left) and Sarah
Elizabeth Winslow were named
winners in Saturday night's Little
Miss Perquimans pageant spon
sored by the Perquimans County
Jaycettes. Above, the two join the
pageant contestants in a grand
finale. (Staff photos by Kathy M.
Newbern)
Little Miss winners are named
Sarah Elizabeth Winslow and
Heather Umphlett were named
Little Miss Sweetheart and Little
Miss Perquimans Saturday night
when the Perquimans County
Jaycettes sponsored the Little Miss
pageant at Perquimans County
High School.
Miss Winslow is the daughter of
Mrs. Ellis Winslow of Rt. 1,
Librarian
is selected
Perquimans County represen
tatives on the Board of the Pet
tigrew Regional Library have an
nouneed the appointment of John J
Wozny aa Regional Librarian
Wosny replaces Nellie M. Saunders
who recently resigned from that
position.
Wozny has worked as Assistant
Director of the Fontana Regional
Library in Bryson City, N.C. and
worked as both Extension Librarian
and Reference Librarian for the
Wake County Public Libraries in
Raleigh, N.C.
He holds a B.A. degree from
Wayne State University in Detroit,
Mich, where he majored in English.
He was awarded his M.A.L.S. from
the University of Michigan and is
working on his M.P.A. at North
Carolina State University in
Raleigh.
His professional memberships in
clude farmer chairman of the Inter
library Cooperation Committee,
Public Library Section. N.C.L.A.;
chairman, University of
n Chapter of the American
for Inform ation Science:
lp in the North
Association
a native of Detroit, Mich,
to the former Sandra
of St. Marys, Ohio. The
itwochttdrya.
Belvidere and performed a song
and dance in the talent segment of
competition. Miss Umphlett is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas
Umphlett of Rt. 2, Hertford. In the
talent segment, she danced to and
sang "Sugar Time."
The winners were crowned by Ms.
Becky Livas, guest moderator for
the pageant. Assisting her were
Perquimans High School homecom
ing queens Chery Jones and Sharon
Riddick.
All the participants performed an
opening number which was
followed by talent performances in
the Little Miss Sweetheart competi
tion. The Little Miss Perquimans
talent competition highlighted the
second half of the show.
Following the crowning of the
winners, all participants performed
a grand finale to "Good Night
Ladies."
Proceeds from the pageant will
be used by the Jaycettes for a
scholarship fund for a student at
Perquimans County High School.
TRAINING HELD - Permit of
ficers who will enforce the Coastal
Area Management Act (CAMA)
minor development permits
received formal training in early
February at the University of North
Carolina at Wilmington. Sponsored
by the Department of Natural
Resources and Community
Development and the Institute of
Government, local governments
throughout the 20 coastal counties
sent over 40 local officials to learn
the CAMA permit-letting process.
Funding for the operation of these
local minor development permit
letting programs wHl be provided
by the Department of Natural
Resources and Community
Development. Pictured above, local
officials P. Quigley and Gene
Broughton from Pamlico County
and Keith Haskett from Per
quimans County are shown during
the training session.