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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY Volume 3?, Mo. U USPS 428-080 Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, November 18, 1982 20 CENl Local man wounded in shooting A Hertford man was shot and seriously wounded during a domestic argument last Sunday. Hertford police reported. Aaron Wilson of Stokes Drive suffered gunshot wounds in his back and left side after his sister, Bertha Elizabeth Foster, apparently fired at him with a shotgun. Wilson is in satisfactory condition at Chowan Hospital. Police charged Foster with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious bodily injury. According to Hertford Police Chief Marshall Merritt, Wilson was playing cards with a group at Foster's residence at 107 White Street in Hertford when the incident occurred. Sometime around 2:30 Sunday morning, Merritt said that Wilson and Foster began to argue, Wilson calling his sister "dumb" and "stupid." Then, according to police evidence, Foster went to another room and came back with a 12-gauge shotgun, pointing it at her brother. Merritt said that Wilson attempted to push the gun away, and as he did the gun went off, hitting Wilson on the left side. Though seriously wounded and losing a good deal of blood. Wilson nevertheless managed to leave the White Street house and stumble along from there to Stokes Drive, where Officers Michael Jasielum and Dean Cartwright, as well as the Perquimans County Rescue Squad, found him. Merritt added that it was Foster who had notified the police of the shooting. Foster was released on $1,000 bond, with a probable cause hearing set for December 1. '=??? _ -1 CWvwtjiifc Holiday hours Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, the Perquimans Weekly will be published a day early, on Monday. November 22, and received by subscribers in the mail the following day. BECAUSE OF THE EARLIER PUBLICATION DATE. DEADLINES FOR NEWS AR TICLES AND ADVERTISING FOR THAT ISSUE ONLY WILL BE FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 20, AT 5 P.M. The Perquimans Weekly offices will be closed on Thanksgiving Day. N.C. Attorney General Rufus Edmisten speaks during the Annual Democratic Fund Raising Dinner last Monday. At the table with him are, from left, Geri Layden and her husband, party Second Chairman Douglas Layden, Treasurer Anne Young, Chairwomen Estelle Felton, Tim Brinn, who introduced Edmisten, Secretary Gloria Thomas, and First Chairman Rev. John London. At Democratic dinner Attorney General hits Helms By TOM OSTROSKY State Attorney General Rufus Edmisten highlighted a festive occasion for county Democrats with his attack of state and national Republican leaders during last Monday night's Perquimans County Annual Democratic Fund Raising Dinner at Anglers Cove Restaurant. Congratulating the turnout of about 190 persons ? he noted his secretary had asked "How do you expect to get five people together this soon after Election Day?" ? Edmisten then took aim at a favorite target for state Democrats, N.C. Senator Jesse Helms. In his only, though oblique, reference to Helms, Edmisten ? sometimes mentioned as a con tender for Helms' seat in the 1984 ? cautioned the group to avoid political organizations that "package people, as the Congressional Club (a political action committee that finances the campaigns of Helms and his supporters) does, and sell them like a box of soap." Reading into the recent election results, Edmisten said that voters "will not continue to go for this extremism," and that voters rejected the position that "if you don't believe as I do, then you're an .enemy of the state, an enemy of the nation." Uttering the name of North Carolina's most honored Democrat, the attorney general said, "I've got too much Sam Brvin in me not to believe that freedom is the most precious possession we have. "I don't believe government should exist for the rich," he added, again alluding to the Republicans, "and the people voted against that sort of government." But in his attack of Republicans, Edmisten also warned the group that Democrats should not return to the philosophy he called "making a law for everything in society. "I hope we never go back to the belief that their must be a law for everything that happens," he said, adding, "Our local senators and representatives have fought excessive rule-giving." Again reading into election results, Edmisten interpreted a voters' desire for better education, tougher laws against le^al appeals, and increased development of clean industry in the state. On education, he noted that 80 percent of all criminals came from families in which the parents had less than a sixth grade education. "The voters believe," he said, "that every child should have an education. Education is the number one priority." On criminal appeals, he said, "I will fight to the death for the rights of the accused, but this has gone too far." He sited criminal cases that he was aware of that have been in appeal for as long as six years, yet victims of crime are treated as "fourth class citizens." Calling North Carolina's en viorment a "national treasure in this state," he warned against encouraging new industries that might pollute it. "We are stewards of this state," he said. "I'm a great believer in government," he said. "I don't believe there is anything evil or sinful about politics. We built roads, we built hospitals, we educated our children through politics. "It's to your advantage to get involved in government," Ed misten concluded. "We have to bring in young people. In every human being there is a spark of illumination that just needs to be touched off." County proposes restricting hunting By VAL SHORT A petition from the people of the Harvey Point area calling for deer hunting restrictions in that area was submitted to the Perquimans County Board of Commissioners at their meeting Monday night. The petition, given to Com missioner Charles Ward by Winston Lane Jr. of Harvey Point, was signed by approximately 95 percent of the property owners in the area, ac cording to Ward. The signers of the petition would like the county commissioners to request the state legislature to pass an ordinance that would restrict deer hunting with trucks and dogs from Burgess to Harvey Point. Still hunting in the area would not be restricted. "We will have to recommend to the legislature to pass this ordinance," said Ward. Since the next session of the legislature convenes in January, "the ordinance probably wouldn't affect this year," he continued. "This has been a problem here for years," Ward commented. The petition requests to "prohibit hunting of deer with dogs and trucks due to damages to crops, private driveways, roadways and other property." The board directed county attorney John Matthews to investigate the matter and to find out how Chowan County has handled a similar problem. "I don't think isolating a small spot is going to work," commented board member Lester Simpson. "I'd like to see the whole side fixed." In other business, the board : ?Heard the results of the recent recreation referendum from county attorney John Matthews. The board decided to publish a notice that the referendum was held and approved by a majority. ?Discussed painters for the sheriff and dispatcher offices in the cour thouse and decided to award the job to Henry Jenkins, who had presented the lowest hourly rate of $6. ?Decided to purchase a state seal for the wall behind the judges bench in the courtroom for $25 from the Department of Corrections. School Board sets new policy on discipline , class rank , diplomas By VAL SHORT Policies on discipline, class rank determination and the high school diploma program were approved during the Monday night meeting of the Perquimans County Board of Education. The policy on discipline includes statements regarding corporal punishment, suspension, expulsion, and student conduct codes. According to the policy, corporal punishment, suspension and ex I pulsion will be used in the schools if necessary, but certain steps must first be taken. Before corporal punishment can be used, less severe forms of punish ment must have been tried and the student has to be informed o( his offense. A second school official must be present and informed of the reason of the punishment in the presence of the student. The policy also states that school officials must never administer corporal punishment while angry. "As long as the force used is reasonable, school officials are free to employ corporal punishment for disciplinary purposes in order to maintain order and discipline in the Perquimans County Public Schools," states the policy. Before a student can be suspended, he must be advised so by the prin cipal, given an oral or written notice of the charges against him and given an opportunity to defend these charges. Upon suspension, according to the new policy, the parents are notified immediately and parents and students have 24 hours to appeal. Regarding student conduct, con duct problems will be handled on an individual basis at the two county elementary schools. A demerit system was developed for Perquimans Union and Perquimans High School. With the high school diploma program policy, the board granted approval for students to enroll in the diploma program at a community college. The student must have been withdrawn from Perquimans High for at least 12 months, must be 18 years of age or older or a student whose class has already graduated. The diploma issued will have the name Perquimans County Schools and will indicate that the diploma was issued through a community college. Also approved was a class rank policy which states that students can receive .2 point for completing any of the following courses: algebra II, geometry, advanced math, calculus, foreign language, gifted and talented English, chemistry, physics and advanced biology. Benefit supper scheduled for local house fire victims By TOM OSTHOSKY A group of local residents have organised a benefit supper this Sunday to help a Hertford family left homeless when their house burned down early last Sunday 'The Ed Nina Benefit Supper" wU be held from noon until 7 p.m. this Sunday at Jimmy Hunter's garage, five miles west of Hert ford. The $3 sapper charge will iactade a raffle ticket for fMO worth of gas. Tickets will be available at Woodard's Pharmacy. Larry's Drive-in, Jimmy's Barbecue. Layden's Grocery. One Step Ante Parta, Bah Tanner's Store, Wink's , MliB Service Center and along with any other donations residents wish to make, will go to the family of Ed and Barbara Nixon, whose Balahack Road hone burned down last Sunday while the family was away. Both Nixona are very active in com munity organisations. The benefit was organised during an ad hoc meeting of about ? local residents and civic group members last Monday night At least It pigs have been donated to the affair, as wall as potato salad, col* slaw and com bread. Organisers expect aa many as 1,000 persons to attend. The fin. for which this Is all being torn. occurred at about * 11:43 a.m. Sunday. No one waa at home at the time. '? The Hertford Volunteer Fire Department received a call tram a passerby, bat by the time they reached the scene, "the fire had already busted oat the top," ac cording to Chief Pate Riddiek. The bouae was completely destroyed, with even the brick walls in the rear caving in, though some clothing stored in chests waa recovered. Prom the fir* departments investigation, Riddiek listed the probable cause as a malfunction in the baseboard heating. The Nixons are now stayfcw with relatives. Douatieatt to the Nixon family can be made to The Ed Nina Benefit Supper, in care of Nancy Hadre, Route 1. Box 3?. Local wtJ?li hdp dNi 9 followinf the fire at Ed Nixon's house.
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