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Volume 3S, No. 33 USPS 421-080 Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, Aug. 23/ 1979 : ? ^ * 20 CENTS
Hertford is visited
by award committee
By JACK GBOVf
Last Thursday was the big
day for the town of Hert
ford. After a lot of effort by
a lot of people, the town
made its presentation to a
state team, here to evaluate
Hertford for the governor's
Community of Excellence
Award.
? On the team were: Steve
Holer and Keith Painter
,q|rom the Department of
Natural Resources and Com
munity Development;
Marilyn England from the
Federal Department of
Housing and Urban Develop
ment; and Roger Crithcer
and John Radford from the
Department of Commerce.
Making presentations to
the committee were Mayor
Bill Cox, Recreation Direc
tor Billy Wooten, County
Commissioner Joe Nowell,
Wayne Ashley, Town Coun
cilman Erie Haste and
Home Economics Extension
Agent Paige Underwood.
Facts made known in tb?
presentation included the
population, of the town
(2,200) and county (1,000);
the existence of the Hertford
Industrial of 90 acres (where
Don Juan Mfg. is located)
and three other projected in
dustrial sites; the town's
clean-up, fix-up effort; the
county recreational pro
gram; and boards and com
missions set up specifically
to welcome industry to the
town.
The town has a Visitation
Committee, available to talk
to visiting industry prospects
and to maintain liaison with
existing industry. The com
mittee members are Mayor
Cox, Joe Nowell, Ed Nixon,
Wayne Ashley and R.L.
Stevenson.
Also brought to the atten
tion of the visitors was the
county's and town's rich
historical background. Coun
ty Historian Ray Winslow
presented this portion of the
program.
After the oral presentation
was given, a color slide and
sound recording presentation
was given ' which depicted
the various subjects
previously touched on. ?
At the close of the presen
tation; Mayor Cox announc
ed, "I would like to express
my deep application to
Pam Whitley (of the
ARPDC) and all others in
volved in making the Com
munity of Excellence Award
program in Hertford possi
ble."
In comments after the
presentation, Marilyn
England said, "The river is
a tremendous asset here,
both in recreation, scenic,
and industrial possibilities.
John Radford urged that
the town keep the visitation
committee active with pre
sent industry, to keep in
touch with them. He also
said, "I encourage you to
keep the clean-up, fix-up ef
fort going as an on-going
project."
Radford said that the town
would receive a letter in
about two weeks indicating
if the town had been chosen
as a Community of Ex
cellence. He stated that the
state-wide winners would
have a personal presentation
made to them by the gover
nor in Raleigh of plaques on
November 15, 1979. Each
town will also receive two
lar|e signs.
The award is for one year
at a time. Radford said that
a town could conceivably
win the award year after
year.
He also said, "Decide ex
actly what you want in the
way of industry. Let the
Department of Commerce
know and they will work
with you. " Pollowing the
presentation, the committee
was taken on a tour of the
town and
county. Included were the
Hertford Industrial Park, the
senior citizens building, the
town's recreation area and
park, the car dealerships in .
Winfall, Front St., King St.
and a visit to the Newbold
White House.
Ingram to participate in
hurricane awareness week
North Carolina Insurance
Commissioner John Ingram
announced his staff would
participate in "Hurricane
Awareness Week" for the
ye?r in J. .row . TOe
lorth Carolina Marine
Resources Center and will
be held in Kure Beach,
Bogue Banks, and Manteo
during the week of Aug. 20,
1979.
According to Kenn Brown,
Director of Consumer Ser
vices, Barry M. Clause, Con
sumer Services Liaison, will
represent Ingrain during the
event. Clause will, in one of
many Seminars, discuss
State and Federal insurance
? North Carolina Insurance
Underwriting Association or
"Beach Plan", that relates
to general insurance needs
for coastal property owners,
and the Insurance Commis
sioner's participation in the
National Flood Insurance
Program.
The "Beach Plan" pro
vides for fire and other ex
tended coverage to residen
tial or commercial property
owners that cannot obtain
such coverage on a volun
The National Flood In
surance Program provides
coverage in the evjj^ of
flooding either front* hur
ricanes or heavy rains which
accompany hurricanef. It is
administered through the
Federal Emergency Manage
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meat Agency. Insurance
coverage for flooding is not
provided under the usual <
homeowners policy available
to property owners. Brown
tt\id it has been close to
tweitty yam since, a major
storm has hit the North !
Carolina coast. "People have i
relaxed their vigil", he add
ed, "and many have never
witnessed the destructive
force of a hurricane."
Brown stated, "These people
need to know what to do in
case of such a catastrophe."
Leaving could
benefit Vepco
- When Governor Jim Hunt
suggested, two weeks ago,
that VEPCO should consider
selling its electric distrubution
system in Northeastern North
Carolina and leave the state,
)ie may have been offering the
power's company's
management a way out of a
Sticky financial situation.
. Some stockholders of
VEPCO say the company is
badly in need of capital funds
-Jo make alL the improvements
?pi its plants that need to be
'Ipade.
Others say the company is
?lightly shaky on the New
York Bond Market and could
qot count on that avenue for
capital investment funds.
. The sale of VEPCO's North
? Carolina holdings, however,
would bring the company a
windfall that could bail it out
for its entire system and make
its holdings in Virginia and
West Virginia secure.
"I think it's a matter of time
before VEPCO makes a sale
and moves out," Richard S.
Coiner, Chairman of
Operation Overcharge, ob
served today.
doesn't support him. Why does
he need any more support?"
But, Coiner said VEPCO is
badly in need of financial
support and leaving North
Carolina would be a good way
to get it.
from Operation Overcharge PoilOHk*
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Family
loses home
The home of Herbert
lfallory, Jr., of New Hope,
was destroyed by fire on
Aug. L Alerted at 9:30 p.m.,
responding units from Inter
County Fire Dept. found the
house already consumed by
fire, j
Aided by a mutual aid
response from the Hertford
Fire Dept., the two depart
ments extinguished the m??>
and prevented the spread of
the fin to a nearby shed.
Cause of the blase, which
totally destroyed the house,
was undetermined.
ACCIDENT ? Thii is the remains of the car driven by Ted
Douglas Harrell in a fatal accident that occurred early last
Saturday morning. There were ho passengers in the car
and no other vehicles were involved. (Staff Photo by JACK
GROVE)
ACCIDENT DAMAGE - This mobile hone and farm
equipment were damaged in the tingle ear accident that
took the life of Ted Douglas HarreU of Hertford. (Staff
Photo by JACK GROVE)
Aircraft owners should fil
special returns by Aug. 31
Return on Qrfl Air
**< m ?y Federal
<h? by Aagwt U,
filing Fern ?ss,
mait include the
fee for eecfa alr
plus the tax of SM
for each pound of
the tax bated on weight is
pmntrtbf mathJ j&IIh
Form 4fS? and IBS
Publication 582. "Federal
Uae Tax on Civil Aircraft,"
are available free from any
IRS office. For foraa,
nnhllritkw and ?"Ul
call the IRS toll-free number
MOtttMM any weekday.
(Occasionally this line is
uqnttored to ensure accurate
fnd cowteooa reapeMe. )
PRESENTATION - This wai the scene at the presentation
to the state team for the Community of Excellence Award.
The team is to the right of the picture with town and coun
ty officials to the left. (Staff Photo by JACK GROVE)
LOOKING US OVER ? Members of the state team visiting
Hertford in connection with the Community of Excellence
Award return to their van after visiting the Newbold-White
House. (Staff Photo by JACK GROVE)
Hurricane
season is here
Although the gasoline
crunch is keeping thousand
of tourists away from
coastal North Carolina this
summer, the energy shor
tage won't have much of an
effect on some of the area's
most unwelcome visitors,
hurricanes.
It has been almost twenty
years mm* * major storm
nit the state, but coastal
residents should not be un
concerned. "We're in a lull
of hurricane activity," says
Dr. Neil Frank, Director of
the National Hurricane
Center in Miami, "but no
one should assume it's not a
problem."
Next week the Perquimans
Weekly will print hurricane
safety rules that jnay help
save the Hves of residents in
an emergency.
Hertford man
killed Saturday
An automobile accident
early last Saturday morning
took the life of Ted Douglas
Harrell, 21, of Rt. 1, Hert
ford.
The accident occurred on
the Lake Road (S.R. 1214),
three miles north of Hert
ford when Harrell's 1975
Firebird left the road com
ing out of a curve.
The car hit the driveway
culvert in front of the Ned
Nixon home and became air
borne for about 100 feet.
Upon striking the ground,
the car continued on, strik
ing a trailer on which a
bean picker was loaded.
The trailer rammed into a
parked mobile home which
then struck a utility pole as
the car rolled over into the
roadside ditch. Harrell was
thrown from the car.
According to Highway
Patrolman Y.Z. Newberry,
the car traveled a total of
315 feet and became air
borne at least twice.
Newberry said that the car
was traveling at an ex
cessive speed.
Damage to the farm
equipment and mobile h?me
owned by the Nixon's was
estimated at 110,000.
ft'-. '**.
Highway 1 7
rally is held
A rally was held in Eden
ton oo Aug. 14 promoting the
development of Highway 17.
The leader of the effort
asserted that adequate
highways opening North
eastern North Carolina to
the Norfolk Port would
"make the region one of the
very hest areas for in
dustrial development. "
William H. (Bill) Page of
Washington, N.C., President
of the Highway 17 Transpor
tation Association in North
Carolina, called on State
transportation officials to
develop as overall develop
ment plan for Highway 17
from the Virginia border to
the South Carolina line.
"Right now, their plan is
and a stop light every three
miles."
Page was speaking at one
of three rallies being con
ducted up and down High
way 17 in North Carolina to
spark leaders to get the
highway developed.
The first rally was held
previously at New Bern. The
Edenton rally was the sec
ond and was attended by
leaders and supporters of
the City. K third rally wfll
be conducted later in the
Wilmington area.
According to Hertford
Mayor Bill Cox, about M
people attended the rally. He
said that 52 tickets had been
u i_. IT. -if ? il ..J ft
sold in Hertford and rer
quimans County.
Tom Campbell of
Elisabeth City, M??er
WOUam Cox of Hertford,
and Robert Moore, Exe
cutive Vice-President of the
Edenton-Chowan Cham
ber of Commerce, coor
dinated the rally which was
conducted at the Jaycee Hut
in Edenton
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guest Hefe
U.S. Senator Robert Morgan
was the guest of honor at a
reception last Friday af
ternoon at the ARPDC
building. Archie T. Lane, Sr.,
County Democratic Chair
man, introduced speakers at
the affair.
After short welcoming
remarks by Mayor Bill Cox
und County Commission
Chairman Joe Nowell,
Representative Vernon James
was introduced. State Senator
Melvin Daniels then in
troduced Senator Morgan.
In his remarks, Senator
Morgan said, "I know that this
area of the state has been
called the promised land.
You've been promised this
and you've been promised
that."
"But you have gotten 30 per
cent of the EDA money, $6
million of the $20 million for
the state. You've put it to
work. I commend all of you for
what you have done with the
EDA money in the ten county
area in erecting new court
houses, a new airport and this
building," Morgan continued.
In speaking of inflation,
Morgan said "we have to
become self-sufficient in oil.
We have to learn to conserve.
We are wasteful in our
automobiles and wasteful of
electricity in our buildings."
Morgan spoke of the efforts
of Congress to ensure that the
nation achieves a balanced
budget in the near future.
"But," he said, "Don't have
any illusions that if we
balance the federal budget,
inflation will level off."
After his remarks, Morgan
fielded questions from the
audience. In answer to one
question, he said, "President
Carter has not backed down
from difficult positions." He
was asked, "What are the
people saying about President
Carter?What is his re
electability?"
Morgan said, "I don't
believe anyone is bitter about
President Carter. I hear
people say they think he's
honest and trying to do a good
job. I believe that if he wants
the nomination, he'll get it and
will be re-elected."
In addressing the Cabinet
shakeup, Morgan said,
"Califano (former Secretary
of Health, Education and
Welfare) had to go. His
biggest problem was that he
wasn't loyal to the President.
He went on to say, "I think
he's got the best Cabinet
possible."
AND SO SHE SAID . . . State Senator Melvin Daniels
seems to have the undivided attention of, from left, Mayor
Bill Cox, County Democratic Chairman Archie T. Lane, Sr.
and U.S. Senator Robert Morgan. (Staff Photo by
JACK GROVE)
HELLO SENATOR ? Senator Robert Morgan chats with
guests at the reception in his honor. State Senator Melvin
Daniels is at right. (Staff Photo by JACK GROVE )
F oundation
grants are
announced
Grants from the Elizabeth
City Foundation, the
Albemarle area's community
trust, in the sum of $65,900,
have been announced by
Levin B. Culpepper, Chair
man of the Foundation Com
mittee. The Foundation was
organized in 1859 as a pro
ject of the Rotary Club of
Elizabeth City.
The grants just announced
are made possible by the
generosity of the donors of
the Foundation's three prin
cipal Funds: the late Phillip
P. Gregory of Camden Coun
ty. Mr. and Mrs. W.G.
Gaither of Elizabeth City,
and the late Paulioe B.
Clark of Elizabeth City. . - *
Each fund is held ia trust
by ? bank selected by fee
donor and administered as
an endowment. The income
is distributed ia accordance
with the donor's directions
or, if the use of the income
is not restricted, u the
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From the Gaither Fund in
come, the foundation com
mittee awarded to the
Pasquotank-Camden Library
the sum of $2,500; to
Roanoke Bible College
$1,500; to the Perquimans
Restoration Association
(New bold- White House pro
ject) $1,000; and to Pride in
Pasquotank Organization, for
community beautification,
$500 and $1,000 to the Salva
tion Army. Additional grants
during the current fiscal
year are anticipated.
Culpepper stated that
Albemarle area residents
who are financially able to
consider lifetime gifts or
making provision by will for
the lasting good of their
community, should consult
with their attorney, who has
information about the foun
dation and can draft the
necessary document. Gifts to
the foundation are deductible
tor income aad estate tax
pa-pam.be said
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