THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Volume 38, No. 52 USPS 428-080 Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, December 30, 1982 20 cent
Hearing planned
on hunting ban
By TOM OSTROSKY
The Perquimans County Board of
Commissioners will hold a public
hearing soon to decide whether to
ban deer hunting with dogs or from
pickup trucks over a portion of the
county.
County officials haven't set a date
yet for the hearing, but expect it to be
sometime early in January.
In order for the board to ban cer
tain types of hunting, they must
adopt such a resolution that then has
to be approved by the state Wildlife
Commission and the General
Assembly. The General Assembly
will meet in January.
hunters compound the situation by
being rude and occasionally
threatening when approached by
land owners. Most of these hunters
are from out of the county, say land
owners.
Charles Phillips, who helped draw
up the petition in Bethel said, "I
knew one fellow who said they tore
down 200 yards of electric fence.
They drive through a wet field and
cut tracks half-a-knee deep. They
turn their dogs loose in a soybean
field, and when you say something to
them, they give you a hard time. How
would they like it if I turned eight or
ten cows loose in a corn field."
The shaded area on the map
Indicates the area where the
county will decide whether to
ban deer hunting with dogs or
from trucks.
In order for the board to pass the
resolution, they must first hold a
public meeting. If the board adopts
the resolution, and it is approved by
the state, deer hunters will be
prohibited from hunting with dogs or
from pickup trucks in the area east of
U.S. 17 between Chowan County line
and the Perquimans River (the area _
-Bethel Township), effective next
hunting season.
Still hunting for deer and hunting of
other animals would be allowed.
Chowan County has a similar ban .
over the area east of U.S. 17.
The issu^ came before the board
when citizens of the Bethel and
Burgess-Harvey Point areas
presented two petitions to the board
last week asking that the ban be
adopted.
Though the board usually avoids
limiting the extent of such a popular
sport as deer hunting, the feeling of
board members seems to be in favor
of adopting the ban, unless they
receive a great number of objections
from the public.
According to some of those who
drew up the petition, about 95 percent
of the large land owners and renters
in that township signed the petition.
Though board members have heard
many complaints from all over the
county about hunters, a few of them
during public board meetings, this is
the first time a petition has been
brought before the board.
The land owners in the area, many
of them hunters themselves, com
plain that deer hunters drive trucks
and run dogs through their fields,
digging ruts and breaking fences.
Usually they hunt without per
mission of the land owner, and very
often they hunt on posted land. Some
Phillips, a member of the Bear
Swamp Hunt Club, added, "I wish I
could stop it without banning hunting
(with dogs). When you take away
something it's hard to get it back. But
I can't think of any other way."
Phillips said he doesn't have many
problems with county residents.
"You can go to the people in the
community. But the people outside of
the community just leave, and your
stuck with it."
Another Bethel man who signed the
petition but asked not to be identified
said, "They'll talk nasty to you right
quick. It doesn't take them long to get
started. They know what they're
doing is wrong.
"Anybody who would talk that
crazy will shoot at anything. If they
see a deer, they'll shoot at your house
or at the road, they don't care.
"I don't mind hunting," he added.
"I'll let people still hunt in my w>ods.
But these guys are rough charac
ters."
This week
Local residents offer up
New Year's resolutions.
Turn to page three.
Weather
Partly cloudy and colder,
with a chance of showers
through Saturday. Highs in
the low 50s, lows in the low
30s.
A fanner near Belvtdere geta the last at hit soybeans in before tt rains af sin.
Just like spring
You would think it was May rather than December, but the recent warm weather had Teresa and April Shallock riding
bikes in their shirt sleeves.
Year in review
County shows progress in development
By VAL SHORT
The year 1982 is about to come to a
close and it's time once again to
review the year and reflect on its
events.
Looking back on the headlines, it
was a good year for industry,
education and community
development in Perquimans County.
Tragedy struck all too often and farm
prices were down, but community
spirit and high yields prevailed.
Perquimans County saw new in- *
dustry in 1982 with the opening of
DiJop Sportswear, manufacturer of
blouses, in Hertford. New businesses,
such as One Stop Convenience Mart,
Mr. "G's" Diner, Seajay's, Jimmy's
Barbecue, Winfall Mini Mart and
BeLo Market opened during the year.
A Committee of 100 was organized
to help attract new industry to the
area. Erie Haste was elected as the
organization's first chairman.
Accreditation of the four county
schools and the County Office by the
Southern Association of Colleges and
Schools highlighted the year for the
Perquimans County Schools. Also,
the Tri-County Career Center
received endorsements from
Governor Jim Hunt and State
Superintendent Craig Phillips and it
began seeking funds.
Students in the gifted and talented
program at Perquimans Union
published a seguel to the award
winning "Yoepim Moon," which was
entitled "Kiskitano' Sun." The book
tied for first place in the TarHeel
Junior Historian competition.
New computers were purchased by
the county to expand the computer
program and Perquimans High
School. The North Carolina Marine
Resources Center donated four
microscopes to the Perquimans
County Schools.
In the 1982 California Standard
Achievements Tests, students in
grades I through 9 scored above
average.
The year 1982 was successful for
the Perquimans Marching Pirates,
directed by Bandmaster David
Ziemba. The band participated in
three parades and five contests and
received a total of 15 awards, two
superior ratings and two excellent
ratings. Six of the awards were first
place.
The Marching Pirate band has
grown in three years to include 82
members with a total band mem
bership of around 200.
Although both Hertford and Winfall
were denied their $500,000 Com
munity Block Development Grants to
revitalize the King Street areas in
each town, the Missing Mill Park in
Hertford was completed and
dedicated in June. Special guests for
the dedication included
Congressman Walter B. Jones and
State Soil Conservationist Coy
Garrett.
The park was a joint project of the
Town of Hertford, the Soil Con
servation Service RC and D program
and the Coastal Plains Resources
Commission.
The Perquimans County Chamber
of Commerce sponsored the very
successful three-day Indian Summer
Festival which featured farm
exhibits, craft booths, games, music,
dancing, historical re-enactments.
The festival, which hopefully will
become an annual event, brought
people in from surrounding counties
and states and was designated as a
great success by the Chamber.
Another successful festival was the
annual Extension Homemaker's
Festival of Skills, which included
over 30 crafts and food booths. Held
this year at the White's Boarding
House, the Festival of Skills drew
over 900 participants during the two
days.
In 1982 Don Juan. Bay Branch
Extension Homemaker Club. Pool's
Grove Church, Anne Young and
Suzanne Haste were among volun
teers and organizations in the county
who received Statewide Volunteer
Awards by Governor Jim Hunt.
Kimley Horn and Associates
recommended in their transportation
study that four-laning U.S. Highway
17 through Perquimans County
should be a middle-priority for the
state's hightway program and four
laning the Hertford By-pass should
receive low-priority.
The county water system was
deluged with problems during the
year, but the $1.22 million Phase II
water project was begun.
The county recreation program
saw changes in leadership with
former director Mac Sligh accepting
a position with the Walterboro. South
Carolina Recreation program Bobbi
Veon of Elizabeth City w as appointed
to fill the director's post.
The Recreation program received
the endorsement of the county people
in the referendum held in November.
The voters decided in favor of a
county-funded recreation program.
The voters also re-elected Welly
White as county commissioner.
Clifford Winslow. Board of Education
and Julian Broughton. sheriff. Also
elected were County Commissioner
William Wray Chappell. Mac Nixon.
Board of Education, State Senator
Melvin Daniels. State Rep. Vernon
James, and Congressman Walter
Jones.
The Perquimans County Extension
Service hosted the 1982 4-H District
Activity Day in which over 650 4-H
members from 17 area counties
participated.
The Newbold-White House
received a William and Mary pine
chair, dated around 1690 The chair
was purchased by the Guild of the
School board holds meeting
The Perquimans County Board of
Education adopted several school
policy and capital improvement
motions during its most recent
session Tuesday of last week.
The board approved a motion to
allow parents and students over the
age of 18 access to student records on
request. Personnel files on em
ployees will only he kept for three
years, rather than five. In addition,
the board endorsed a resolution by
the N.C. Association of School Ad
ministrators in appreciation to state
teachcrs.
In capital improvements. School
Superintendent Pat Harrell an
nounced that the state Department of
Transportation has agreed to con
struction .it the intersection of U.S. IT
Business and N.C. 37 in WinfaU. The
intersection, considered dangerous
for bus traffic, will have separate
access from U.S. IT and N.C. 3T. with
? triangular median strip between
them.
The board will decide at their next
meeting. January 3 at 4 p.m. at
Perquimans Union School, which
firm will replace the windows at
Union School. and how the hoard will
fund the project.
Museaum of the Albemarle Friends
for $364. The chair is part of the
growing collection of period furniture
at the state's oldest house.
In the area of agriculture, corn
prices were down, but County Ex
tension Chairman Bill Jester
reported record breaking corn yields
of 200 bushels per acre and over this
year.
The Perquimans County Soil
Survey was released which provides
valuable information to landowners,
farmers and industries.
Sponsored by the Soil Conservation
Service, the soil survey was com
pleted last year.
Tommy Harrell was recognized
this year for the highest soybean
yields in the county with 58.95 bushels
per acre.
Tragedy struck in Hertford when
the car driven by Charles Scott
Williams was hit by a train on Grubb
Street. The home of Barbara and Ed
Nixon was destroyed by fire and the
community succeeded in raising over
$10,000 for the family.
FHA interest rates for farmers
dropped in 1982 to 11.5 percent and
Hertford residents received a 15
percent cut on their utility bills.
Hertford customers also received
portions of the $119,000 refund the
town received from VF.PCO.
Names in the news in 1982 included
Fire Chief Charlie Skinner, who
retired after six years as the. Hert
ford Fire Department leader. Mary
Smith Lane celebrated her 100th
birthday and Hertford Mayor and
Town Manager Bill Cox was named
chairman of the Albemarle Regional
Planning and Development Com
mission.
State Attorney General Rufus
F.dmiston spoke at the annual
Democratic Banquet and Mary
Harrell was inducted as the new
president of the Perquimans County
Chamber of Commerce.
Four Perquimans Weekly
columnists published books during
1982. Jean Winslow, Chris Kornegay
and Edna Wolverton combined their
talents in "Inside Out." Ray Winslow
co-authored "The Historic Ar
chitecture of Perquimans Coun
ty"with Dru Gatewood Haley.
Wayne Ashley, former vice
president of Bank of North Carolina,
was sentenced to five years in prison,
five years suspended and five years
probation for embezzlement of bank
funds and falsifying bank records.
The year 1*2 has swiftly come and
gone and has brought many changes
to our Uves. But time seems to heal
the wounds o t tragedy and misfor
tune and accentuate the memories of
happiness and success, which leaves
as hopeful for a better year ahead.
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