District Court is held here
Judge Grafton Seaman
presided in a aeasion of Per
?luni County District
Court Wednesday and
jjgHnil of the following
John Edward Brown,
charged with driving with
license revoked, received a
90-day sentence suspended
for three years, a fine of $200
and cost, and was ordered
not to operate a motor vehi
cle until licensed to do so;
Clyde Ray IfcCotter was
found guilty of abandon
ment and was ordered to
pay |30 per week starting
April a, and like amoupt
each succeeding Friday un
til changed by the court.
Payment it to be distorted
to Yvonne McCotter for me
tod benefit of child;
The firit appearance wu
held (on Clement Dakota
Hotly, charged with being
an acceatory after the faet,
and probable cause hearing
was set for April 26. The
defendant wu released on
hit own recognisance;
Probable cause was found
in the cases of John Henry
Ayscue, Kelvin Linwood
Hunter, and Charlie Elwood
Sutton, who were charged
with breaking and entering
and the cases were placed
on the Superior Court docket
for trial;
John Elbert Layden was
found |uilty of driving under
the influence of intoxicating
liquor (second offense) and
was sentenced to MMays in
jail suspended for three
years, a fine of $310 and
cost, was ordered to surr
render his driver's license to
the Clerk of Court, and was
ordered not to operate a
motor vehicle until licensed
to do so;
Delma Lee and Doris
O'Neal were both charged
with assault. O'Neal was
found not guilty and Lee was
found guilty and given a fine
of $15 and cost;
Louis Franklin Lane was
found guilty of shoplifting
and received a 60-day
sentence suspended for two
years, a fine of $25 and cost,
and was told to be on good
behavior ? not to violate
any federal, state, or local
laws. The defendant was
ordered to remain off pro
perty of Colonial Stores for
period of suspended
sentence;
Johnnie Ed Barefoot was
taxed with a fine of $10 and
cost for public drunkeneps;
Calotta Lawrence Jordan
was taxed with a fine of 135
and cost on a speeding
Charge; and ,
An absolute divorce was
granted in the case of Becky
B. Spivey vs. Michael
Spivey. .
Police report recent activity
The Hertford Police
Department has released
the following activities for
this week.
CRIMINAL SUMMONS
A criminal summons for
assault on a female was
served on Delamr Lee of 204
JTiag St., Hertford on April
Patrolman J.R. Logam
was the investigating of
ficer. A criminal summons
for simple assault and
assault and battery was
served on Doris O'Neal of
102 White St., Hertford on
April 7, with Patrolman
R.L. Harvey as ohe in
vestigating officer.
CITATIONS
Roy Edward Danaher of
5510 Coriolanus Ct.,
Charlotte, was cited for im
poroper passing by Chief
Merritt on Sunday April 9, at
12:48 p.m.
James Louis Wills of 222
King St. was cited for public
intoxication by Partolman
R.L. Harvey on Friday,
April 7 at 8:35 p.m.
James Thomas Harrell of
Rt. 2, Box 6-C, was cited for
imporper equipment (tires)
by Patrolman J.C. Boyce on
Thursday April 13 at 4:09
p.m.
ARRESTS
Odell Slade of 1424
Moultrie St., Mt. Pleasant,
S.C. was arrested for im
porper passing by Chief
Merritt on Sunday, April 9 at
2:55 p.m. He was taken
before Magistrate J.D.
Young. He pled guilty and
paid a fine and cost of Court.
Noah Anthony Bunch of
Rt. 1, was arrested for Inde
cent Exposure by Sheriff
Juliam Broughton on Mon
day, April 10 at 8:40 p.m.
Bunch was also charged
with resisting arrest by
patrolman R.L. Harvey in
connection with the same
incident.
John L. Ruble of 8905
Avalon Dr. Richmond, Va.,
was arrested for driving
Under the influence and im
proper passing by
Patrolman M.G. Harrington
on Friday, April 14 at 8:30
p.m.
Public hearing on
library proposal
Mrs. Sara M. Hodgkins, Secretary of Cultural Resources
(or the state, is considering a formula for the distribution of
state money to public libraries that would limit the amount
coming to the public libraries in Chowan, Tyrrell, Per
quimans and Washington counties to what is currently
received.
No additional state aid would come to this area until all
other public libraries in the state were raised to the per
capita state aid level of the Pettigrew Regional Library,
which serves this area.
"The acceptance of this formula will be a great setback
for the Pettij?ew Regional Library," said its director, Jay
Wosny. Wozny added that the burden of public library fun
ding will begin to fall on the county governments much
more heavily if this formula of aid distribution is adopted.
"We seem to be getting penalized under this new formula
for the progress we have made under the current method of
state aid funding," Wozny said.
He urged all interested persons to attend a public hearing
called to discuss the proposed forumla. That hearing is set
for April 25 at 2 p.m. at the Municipal Building in Edenton.
Mrs. Hodgkins and other state officials will be on hand to
take statements for and against the proposal.
The Perquimans County Board of Commissioners went on
record at their Monday night meeting adopting a resolution
in opposition to the proposed formula and agreed to have a
representative at the public hearing.
Any person desiring more information on this issue may
contact the Perquimans County Library.
The Perqt,im?ru Weekly, Hertford. N.C., ThurvUy, April 20, Wt? Pafif
Results released
on Quail Open
Results of the First Quail
Open held Sunday, April 16
at the Beaver Dam Gun
Club near Winfall are as
follows:
In Class I, first place win
ner was Ronnie Foreman
with 40 out of 50; second
place was Billy Lane with 39
out of 50; and third place
was Thomas Wade Stanton
with 38. In Class II first
place was Ricky Trueblood
with 35. The second, third
and fourth places were
decided in a shoot-off to
break a tie of 34 with Jimmy
Powers coming in second
place and Carl Wayne
Bateman third. Winners of
the TwoMan Team were
first place team, Thomas
Wade Stanton and Milton
Elliott; second place team
was Ronnie Forman and
Pete Proctor; and third
place team was Ned Nixon
and Melvin Eure Jr.
The next shoot will be held
April 30 at the Beaver Dam
Gun Club near Winfall.
Those interested in more
information may contact
Ned Nixon Jr.
In the news
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bass
and family of Virginia
Beach, Va. spent the
weekend with Mr. and Mrs
Leroy White.
CELEBRATES 90th
W.D. (Binks) Rogerson of
Rt. 2, Hertford celebrated
his 90th birthday on April 13
at his home.
Dog vaccinations are required
W. Ray White, County Dog
Warden and Rabies Inspec
tor, reminds the public that
law requires every dog
owner in North Caroina to
have his or her dog vac
cinated against rabies.
The vaccination price is
$1.50 and several vaccina
tion clinics have been set up
throughout the county from
now through May. A com
plete the dates, times, and
places of these clinics ap
pears elsewhere in this addi
tion in an advertisement.
White also reminds the
public that stray dogs may
be taken to the pound,
located off Grubb Street Ex
tended, anytime of the day
or night.
AAD A impressed with Howard Lee's comments
By KATHY M NEWBERN
Although no business was
discussed when the'
Albemarle Area Develop
ment Association (AADA)
met last Thursday night in
Washington County, the
evening was described as a
productive one.
Over 130 people from the
Albemarle attended the
meeting surpassing the ex
pected total of 80, to hear
comments from Howard
Lee, Secretary of the North
Carolina Department of
Natural Resources and
Community Development.
Wayne Ashley of Hert
ford, AADA president, in
troduced the speaker as a
man who "lends a listending
ear and does a good job
wherever he can."
Lee opened his remarks
recalling his campaign for
lieutenant governor when an
elderly white man told him,
"I've been told that as long
as we've got to have one (an
elected black official),
you're as good as any." Lee
recalled this encounter with
a sense of humor and said,
"I believe that we've come
to a time when we've got to
stop being so uptight. We've
got to learn to laugh
together again."
That remark set the tone
for Lee's evening address
which centered around
citizens working together
for community and state im
provement. He said, "My
philosophy is one that
citizens who band
themselves together beyond
every conceivable boundary
can reach solutions." He
then cited the AADA
organization as a prime ex
ample of his quoted
philosophy.
Lee attacked elected
public officials who tend not
to face the people "because
it's tought." He said,
"Sometimes it'stough to de
fend some of the action we
take." The secretary added,
"I believe that we have to in
volve people in governmen
tal decisions to a greater
degree than we have up to
this point."
During the course of his
address, Lee commented on
several issues and areas
that he saw as needing em
phasis across the state. He
called for a statewide land
use plan and then went into
some detail of the
Albemarle Basin project
which will involved a
"broad concept of develop
ment" from education and
job opportunioies to
tourism.
On that project, he said,
"It's presently little more
than a dream, but
monuments starts as
dreams." He also com
mended the Alliance for
Progress for initiating the
project which is having a
snowballing effect.
Then, getting more
specific, Lee asked, "What
is community develop
ment?" He "It's a program,
it's a plan, it's a concept.
Those things are part of it,
but community develop
ment is a spirit ? people
believing in themselves and
believing in each other to
get the job done."
Getting back to his ihem
of people involvement and
planning their own future,
Lee closed by saying, "I
believe people want to do for
themselves. They simply
need a place to turn where
they can get the answers
and the results, when they
need them. Let us be the ad
ministration that is
remembered for saying,
'You have control of your
destiny and we want to sup
port you in that process to
determine where you want
to go and let us walk with
you.' "
Lee then used the now
popular jingle urging the
state's citizens in his feel
ing, "I like calling North
Carolina home."
Lee's remarks wefe then
met with a standing ovation.
Before adjourning, Ashley
urged the members to be
present at the next meeting
scheduled for 1 p.m. May 4
in Perquimans County.
Special guest will be Gover
nor Jim Hunt.
V
( Continued from page 8)
Commissioners
vide the following coverage
per fireman: $1,000 for ac
cidental death, $5,000 for
hospitalization, and $100 per
week for injuries up to 104
weeks or two years. The
plan, Skinner said,
be purchased for
$1,310.40 per year. This
would cover the US firemen
throughout the county. In
return for this coverage,
firemen would be required
to complete necessary train
ing. Hue total amount would,
Skinner explained, break
down to about $262 per
department per year. The
Board went on record adop
ting the proposal and to
have the necessary funds in
cluded in the coming year's
budget making it effective
Julyl.
Keith Haskett, County
Tax Supervisor, then ap
peared to discuss a problem
in back taxes of property
now owned by the Town of
Hertford but not owed at the
time of purchase. The Board
instructed its attorney to
contact the North Carolina
Attorney General to get an
opinion on the matter which
involves several
complications.
Next, the Board heard
from Mrs. Grace Dizon re
questing county financial
support of the PACE pro
Sam. PACE, an acronym
r Plan Assuring College
Education and involves
summer work for college
students. The work payment
is then In turn used to pay
for additional college educa
tion. The Board agreed to
use one student in the
Register of Deeds office.
The county payment for par
ticipation in the program
will be $362. Mrs. Dizon
pointed out that actual pay
ment could be less,
however, depending on the
length of time the student is
needed.
The Board then discussed
several items relating to in
spection of new buildings,
both residential and com
mercial. The result was
adoption by the Board of the
North Carolina Building,
Plumbing, and Electrical
Codes. The Board then
authorized its inspector to
enforce these codes and
report to them his activities.
Before adjourning, Chair
man Simpson informed the
Board of a letter he has
received from the State
Department of Cultural
Resources announcing that
the Perquimans County
courthouse has been
nominated for inclusion in
the National Register of
Historical Places.
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HERTFORD, N.C.
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suance of food stamps. For several
years, food stamp offices have been
allowed to issue food stamps on an
emergency basis without first re
quiring full proof of need of stamps
to households with little or oo in
come (usually less than $90 .per
month). However, before food
stamp pffices would issue these
stamps, they did have to either con
tract a person who was not a
member of the household in order to
get some confirmation of the
household's need for stamps or have
the household itself provide proof of
its need. And no household was
allowed to receive these emergency
stamps more than once every six
months. So, if you applied for or
asked about food stamps since
August 1974, you may be eligible for
additional benefits or a reduction in
your current purchase price, if you
fit into eighter of the following
"STvi
(1) You received food stamps at no
cost but did not begin receiving the
in the same month you
(2) Eventhough your household
had little or no income (this would
most likely mean income less than
$90 per month), you contacted a food
stamp office bat did not apply, or ap
plied but did not follow up on your
application, because you thought
there would be difficulty or delay in
obtaining proof of your need to
receive stamps immediately.
(Some, although not all of the your
need to receive stamps immediate
ly. (Some, although not all, of the
persons in these two grows will
qualify for these additional
benefits.)
If you think you fit into either of
these groups, contact the Per
quimans County Department of
Social Services, or contact the FNS
Regional Office at the following ad
dress: Southeast Region Food and
Nutrition Service, USDA, 110 Spring
Street, Atlanta, 6a. 30909.
You do not have to be currently
eligible for food stamps in order to
get the month's worth of benefits you
lost in the past"
The Man of
Experience and
Proven Ability
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Letters From Oar Readen:
Editor's
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Mailbag
Urging support of
recreation program
TO THE EDITOR:
Last night Billy Wooten, Recreational Director in Hert
ford, was the guest speaker at the Snug Harbor covered dish
supper. He told of the work that is being done to provide
recreation for people of all ages throughout Perquimans
County.
I hope that our Commissioners will support this wonderful
program as far as possible. Nothing is more important than
learning how to use leisure time wisely. With temptation all
around us, how easy it is to be led astray.
EDITH THOMPSON
Program Chairman
Snug Harbor Civic League
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