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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY Volumt 31, No. 21 USPS 42S-0M Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, MAY 27, 20 CENTS i^ngnp.' ^ \ Local factory to reopen Blouse manufacturer may hire 250 A new factory which will bring employment to perhaps 250 county residents will be opening its doors the first week in June, says one of its owners, Gregory Terranova. DiJop Sportswear, an operation presently located in New Jersey, will open a branch firm on Grubb Street in the building previously occupied by Don Juan and later by Hertford Ap parel. "I should have people working the week of June first," Terranova said Monday. Terranova's two brothers will arrive Friday with 20 machines from the New Jersey plant with which to begin operations here. Machinery and manpower will be added as needed. The ultimate goal of the Terranova family is to move their business from New Jersey to Hertford, a move which would boost the couaty economy tremendously. "I should be employing between 125 and ISO people by the end of this year," Terranova said, adding, "Hopefully by the end of 1983 1'U have 250 people working." Vacant for about two years, the building DiJop will be moving into in is good shape. Building owner Jesse Harris was pleased as he tried elec trical, plumbing and air conditioning systems for the first time since Hertford Apparel shut its doors. DiJop manufactures junior-sized blouses on a contract basis for such well-known retailers as K-Mart and J.C. Penney. The company has no brand name of its own, but rather uses the retailer's label. "The reception's been fantastic," Terranova said of his welcome to the town. If all goes well, Terranova will be moving his parents and two brothers and their families to the area when the company move from New Jersey is completed. Although he visited sites in Chowan County before Jesse Harris showed him the building here, Terranova was more satisfied with the Hertford area. Terranova will be taking ap plications next week for 20 machine operator positions. No office per sonnel will be hired at this time, although Terranova indicated clerical help may be needed at a later date. Even though no public an nouncement of the firm's intended opening had taken place before this week, three people asked Terranova for jobs Monday. The Hertford Apparel building on Grubb Street, which will house a new clothing manufacturer in June. Weekend rains come at a critical period for county crops The rains that hit Perquimans County late last week and early this week came just as farmers were beginning to get desperate after anywhere from two to five weeks of bone dry weather. The effect of the rain was clear even from a casual glance, as corn shot up from ankle-height to knee-height in a matter of a few days. County Agricultural Extension Chairman Bill Jester noted that the rain ? recorded in some place at over eight inches ? came at a critical time for corn growers. Corn, he said, requires more rain as it gets older and its growth accelerates. Rain will become most critical during late June and early July, just before and after the corn comes into tassel. A dry spell last year during this period destroyed a great deal of the county's corn crop. Though the rain came in time to save the corn, Jester noted some problem with other crops. Many farmers stopped planting peanuts and soybeans early in May because the dry weather makes herbicides inef fective. And at $25 an acre for peanut herbicides and $12 an acre for soybean herbicides, farmers naturally don't want to waste their money. And some of those who did plant soybeans may have to do some replanting. Jester added. He said that there were some "very erratic stands" of soybeans in county, due he believes because the dry weather stopped germination of the seeds. But sizing up the situation so far this spring. Jester said, "Overall, it looks fairly good. Hopefully we can con tinue to get rain at the critical point s." Small grains, which will be har vested in the next few weeks, "won't be as good as the last two years," said Jester, though increased acreage in wheat will probably mean another record crop in the county and across the state. Jester noted that wheat won't be as profitable as it was in the past, because prices have dipped and yields have slacked off with the increase in wheat-related diseases, which become more common as the crop becomes more popular. But large yields won't do the farmer much good if the economics of agriculture ? read low prices and high interest rates ? continue through harvest time. The war ill Argentina could be a boon for far mers, in a grisly sort of way, if Argentina's foreign grain customers turn to the United States. But interest rates don't appear to be going down soon. Jester summed up the situation: "If the federal government wants to save the family farm, they should en courage exports and make some direct inputs. Certainly lower interest rates would be a help." County students win five awards in state history contest Perquimans County's history minded young people showed up the rest of the state in the Tar Heel Junior Historian Awards ceremonies at Peace College in Raleigh last week. Students in this county walked away with five awards among more than 80 projects submitted from around the state. The "Yeopim Esquires," the Tar Heel Junior Historian chapter at Perquimans Union School, won first place in group literary history again this year for their oral history of earlier life in this county, "Kiskitano Sun." They tied for first with the Gates County Central Junior High chapter, which produced "Gates County lifestyles, Vol. II." Last year, the gifted-and-talented class at Union School won first place with their "Yeopim Moon." Elizabeth Towe, a junior at Perquimans High School, ? won the other four awards in four different catagories of the photography con test. She won third place ir. the ar chitechtural detail catagory for here photograph of the Newbold-White House, second place in the barns " **f * I HjO ?* catagory for her photo of a barn in New Hope, second place in the in stitutional or public buildings catagory for her photo of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Hertford, and her photo of the Cove Grove in New Hope won second place in the houses catagory. All five winning entries will be on display with the other state winners in the Junior Historian Gallery at the Museum of History in Raleigh. Tom Belton, executive secretary of the Tar Heel Junior Historians and one of the judges in the literary contest, explain his decision to award first prize to the Union School students: "There were a variety of different stories and interviews in the entry," he said. "You could see that a lot of work was done on it." He added that besides the Gates County entry, "there was nothing with even close to that amount of research," and in addition gave it extra consideration because it was done by the whole class rather than just a few students. Davyd Hood of the Archaeological and Historical Preservation Society of the state Division of Archives and History, a judge in the photo contest, noted that Towe's photos ? besides sticking closely to the limits of the catagories ? "convey a sense of place. They weren't sterile, but rather captured the quality of the buildingV spirit." He noted, for example, that though the Holy Trinity Church "wasn't such an incredibly distinguished building," the photo nevertheless "was as flattering as any photographer could make it." In just two years, the Union School students have shown themselves to be top-notch historians, but if their success continues they may find the awards will be tougher to get. Ac cording to contest rules, if a chapter receives a least one first prize in two of the annual contests and an honorable mention in a third, they will be named a "special achievement club" and will from then on compete with other such clubs. The two-day awards program in cluded history workshops, square dancing, contests, skits, music and a cookout, with special guests Sara Hodgkins, state Secretary of Cultural Resourses, and Dr. William Price, director of the Division of Archives and History. Reid explains the local issues Giving his reasons for running of local office, George Reid said he "felt like it would be advantageous to do something rather than to hide. I want to give some assistance to the place that made me what I am." In explaining his campaign, Reid outlines what he believes are the issues in the county commissioners' races. ReM, a candidate for the District I seat on the county Board of Com missioners, sees the encouragement of industrial growth as one of the biggest jobs for future commissioners in the county. He puts creating new employment at the top of the list of issues. A land use plan supporting the farmer but also leaving room for development is one way to encourage Industry to move to the county and is another major point of his campaign. Proper planning, he believes, wiU show that the county Is concerned aboutitsftitpre. . ! but government aid. Held thirflfilKWr needs "should be noticed more closely than those able to get jobs." And Anally, Reid said the county must control tax increases, keeping them at the level of a few cents a year at most. Explaining what would make him the best man to do these things, Reid sites his educational background. A graduate of ECSU and Pennsylvania State Uni vanity, Iw taught history, ?octal sciences and sociology at ECSU, and was a social studies teacher and basketball coach at Perquimans Unior >ooL wan named an nf America and ( nf 2SP White relies on his years experience As an encumbent, County Commissioner W.W. "Welly" White plans to use his experience to promote his campaign for the District I seat on the county Board of Commissioners. But in addition, White em phasizes his concern for and desire to serve the people of the county. "I hope that through my in volvement in county government," he said, "I can make Perquimans County a better place to live for both my family and all of the people," adding that, "I feel my four years experience as a com missioner will enable me to serve more effectively. In the four years that White has been on the board, he notes that he has been involved in obtaining an agricultural extension chairman for the county, served as chairman of the the county-wide police-fire rcscue squad communications system, the Perquimans-Chowan Sanitary Land Fill Board and the Advisory Board on Recreation He alao worked closely with the other commissioners on the ex pansion of the county water sycten, which is now nearing construction. This work, he mentions. Involved getting federal and state grants, hard-earned money in these times. , he said,' Perquimans County," he said, "by making our county more attractive to industries that might locate here." He also said he looks forward to working with the Board of Education to "provide the best possible education for our young people. "As I see it, Perquimans Couuty's two main resourses are ?White"" its people and its water, and we need to work to utilize these resources to the fullest extent possible." Though the economy will make his plans more difficult to achieve. White said, "Despite the economic problems we now faro, I (eel op timistic about the future of Perquimans County, and I am oxcited about the potential progress we tan make by working 1 . ? i ? i Howell stresses the need for efficiency Campaigning for the District I seat on the county Board of Com missioners, Wayne Howell em phasizes the need for efficiency in running the county. "These times with the economy like it is," he said, "you have to be ef ficient in handling public funds and see that the money is used to the best advantage of the people." He believes the ellimination of waste in the county budget and careful spending of tax money is the most important job of the com missioners. "I think you should handle public money the same way you handle your own," he said. "It's not right to be conservative with you own funds and liberal with the public funds. If anything, you should be more conservative with the taxpayers money than with your own." Howell sited as one of the main reason why he decided to run that "I was requested by a lot of my friends and acquaintances." A farmer in the county since he graduated from North Carolina University in 1963, HoweU has a good deal of experience in handling other people's money during his involvement with both church and agriculture groups. As president of the county's N.C. State Alumni Association, and coordinator of the 13 county area, he has kept Perquimans County among the top ten fumiraisers in the association. He has alao been a member of the county committee for the Agricultural Stabilisation and Conservation Ser vice since 1963 as well as a mcmbor of -the board o i directors for the North Carolina Peanut Growers Association and the Hertford branch of the Bank of North Carolina. He is also on the board of stewards at the Evangelical Methodist Church in Woodville. Along with efficiency, Howell ex pressed his support of volunteer organizations such as the fire department and the rescue squad, and favored helping those groups whenever possible, as for example, Howell the county's plan to set up a retirement fund for the rescue squad. And though a commissioner "shouldn't disagree just to disagree, or argue just to argue." he should "have an opinion and voice Mi opinion." And he adds that "If I didn't think 1 could get the job done, I wouldn't be running." ,* v , ? JkiXB
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