Burning Permits Needed Watch That Fire Perwbaans County Forest Ranger, John Hurdle, Aninded the county residents Friday that burning per ?its are required year round for any open burning within 500 feet of any woodland between midnight and 1 p.m. It is possible to burn debris within 100 feet of an oc cupied dwelling without a burning permit only if one or both of the following steps are taken Prevention Step 1: The fire is confined in an enclosure from which burning material cannot escape. Prevention Step 2. The fire is in a protected area and is being watched constantly by someone having ade quate fire protection equipment with him such as a charged water hose, bucket of water or sand, and shovels or rakes. Hurdle added that all burning may be cancelled dur ing extremely dry conditions or during air pollution advisories. Permits may be obtained from County Ranger Hur dle or from any of several burning permit agents inrougnout uie county at no charge to the landowner. Violations of this law could result in a fine of $50 or 30 days in jail or both, so please be very careful with fire at all times and remember to obtained a burning permit. To help citizens understand more about now fires start, Hurdle released the Fire Occurance Report for 1978 that included information pertaining to Per quimans County fires in the past year. Fifteen fires were reported in the year, fewer than usual spring fires due to an above average rainfall. However, when the rainfall became scarce, In the sum mer and fall, fires became more frequent. ^The average fire size was 2.5 acres, excluding one W^ris fire which burned 40 acres. The reason this was excluded from the other fires is because it was on new ground and did not involve any woodland. Debris burning fires were responsible for over one half of the county fires. Hurdle stated, "These could have been prevented it the proper precautions were followed." Causes No. of Fires Acres Burned lightning 1 6 Smoking 1 4 Debris Burning 8 62 Incendiary 2 ^ 1 (intentionally set, arson) Miscellaneous (electric 3 2 fences, broken power lines, fireworks) The Union School Tigers made it six in a row last week by defeating Chowan 47-32 and D.F. Walker Junior High Schools by a 48-28 score. Scorers were in the Chowan game: Troy Jackson, 24; James Rid dick, nine; Gilbert Lightfoot, eight; Brad Frier son, six; George ?ig,two. "corers in the D.F. Walker were: James Rid dick, Melvin Coston and Troy Jackson with ten each; Gilbert Lightfoot, eight; Brad Frierson, six; Sam Holley, two; and Ron nie Freebee with two. The girls lost a heart breaker to Walker, 17-16. Scorers for Union were: Jackie White with six points and Jaundice Tolson and Elizabeth Towe with six. The loss drops the team to 1-3. The next game for the two teams will be in Win .fa" ? J-y against Class sewing class . offered by Mrs. Underwood, Home omics Extension .1 Registration will be on Tuesday, January ? p.m., at the Per lans County Office _ with classes start ingin February. The class number will be limited. Anyone interested in learning to sew, please contact the Agriculture Extension Office by telephoning 426-7697. Thursday Meeting The January Meeting of ? Albemarle Advisory Coincil on Aging will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Jai. 25 at the Edenton Municipal Building in A film win be titled, "Step . Aside" which M3& the Elizabeth City Junior High. ... r- r- iMjipr-TirTni-ifriir ? TH? Hrqulmn* HtHt*. W.C.. T ImrKw, Imwry W. 1W- Put 5 Adult B asketball Schedule ' f t \ T ' ? y-7 ZTr-'v . ? 9 ? : : ? ? Thursday, January 11, 7:30 Hornets vs. Woodards i Pioneer Seed vs. All-Stars Monday, January 15, 7:30 Jackson Wholesale vs. 76ers Independents vs. Hornets Thursday, January 18, 7:00 Woodards vs. Pioneer Seed All-Stars vs. Jackson Wholesale 76ers vs. Independents Monday, January 22, 7:30 Pioneer Seed vs. Independents ' Jackson Wholesale vs. Hornets Tuesday, January 23, 7:30 Woodards vs. All-Stars 76ers vs. Hornets Thursday, January 25, 7:00 Woodards vs. Independents Pioneer Seed vs. J acton Wholesale All-Stars vs. 76ers Monday, January 29, 7130 All-Stars vs. Hornets Woodards vs. Jackson Wholesale Tuesday, January 30, 7:30 Pioneer Seed vs. 76ers Independents vs. All-Stars Thursday, February 1, 7:00 Hornets vs. Pioneer Seed Woodards vs. 76ers Independents vs. Jackson Wholesale Monday, February 5, 7:30 Pioneer Seed vs. All-Stars Hornets vs. Woodards Tuesday, February 6, 7:30 Independents vs. Hornets Jackson Wholesale vs. 76ers Thursday, February 8, 7:00 76ers vs. Independents Woodards vs. Pioneer Seed All-Stars vs. Jackson Wholesale Monday, February 12, 7:30 Jackson Wholesale vs. Hornets Pioneer Seed vs. Independents Tuesday, February 13, 7:30 76ers vs. Hornets Woodards vs. All-Stars Thursday, February 15, 7:00 All-Stars vs. 76ers Woodards vs. Independents Pioneer Seed vs. Jackson Wholesale Monday, February If, 7:30 Woodards vs. Jacksoo Wholesale > All-Stars vs. Hornets Tuesday, February 20, 7:30 Independents vs. All-Stars Pioneer Seed vs. 78ers Thursday, February 22, 7:00 Independents vs. Jackson Wholesale Hornets vs. Pioneer Seed Woodards vs. 76ers Adult Scores HORNETS 47 /yp WOODARDS 45 6. McLen y 11 B. Stallings 19 H. Jackson 14 S.Jordan 14 76ERS73 JACKSON WHOLESALE 59 HIGH SCORERS ALL-STARS 69 PIONEER SEED 51 C.Jordan 22 Rod Lassiter 17 J. Winslow 31 J. White 10 INDEPENDENTS 69 HORNETS 48 Recreation Happenings By BILLY WOOTEN Both adult men and midget basketball leagues got under way last week. The adults play every Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday at the Union gym. A schedule appears elsewhere in this week's paper. The midgets play every Saturday morn ing at the high school. Spectators are welcome. I still need some coaches for girls basketball. Please call or come by the Recreation Department. A Ceramics Class will begin the end of this month. There will be some cost to the students for the class. Call the Recreation Department for more in formation and to sign up. Space in this class is limited. The basketball team at Union School is having a very good season. The team, made up of seventh and eighth graders, is 4-0. They are coached by Billy Stallings. See ya next week Midget Season Begins By Jim Underwood Midget basketball spon sored by the Perquimans County Parks and Recrea tion Department, began for this year, last Saturday morning. In the first game, the Falcons downed the Royals, 37-25. The Falcons are the new team in the league. Alton James scored 17 points while Billy Hollman with eight carried the Falcons to the victory. For the Royals, Doug White had 11 and Charles Elliott had eight. In the second game, defending Midget champs, fought off a scrappy Nug gett team, 32-19. The game was tied at halftime 12-12, but the Devils pulled away in the second half, led by Richard Thach. Thach led , all scorers with 21 points. Washington Lyons led the Nuggets with 10. LARRY'S DRIVE IN FRIDAY NIGHT PICKLED HERRINGS 5:00 - 8:00 P.M. *2.25 List Yoiii hoperty With William F. Ainsley Realtor | Hertford, N.C. 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If you're not presently a Perdue grower, but are interested in earning up to $16,000 per year, plus saving as much as $6,000 on your 1979 income tax, contact Perdue today. The Perdue broiler house tax credit... making a good thing even better. Talk chicken with Perdue. II Tell me how ! can grow with Perdue. Name Address. Gty | Phone .State. .Zip. I I L Smd to fVrdut, P.O Bo? 753. Ahosiir. NC 77910 Or call our uln offict ? (919) 332-81 1 1 . N#?i c?l HaraU HoDomar * (919) 3454121. Nmiy Smith ? (919) 357-1875, kts Cri*? (919 ) 798-1291. or |*y WMm ?(9I9) 587-2221. KT7.1.1IU I PERDUE

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