THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Volume 41, No. 5 USPS 42S-M0 Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, January 31, IMS 25 CENTS
Perquimans
River
Winter tips
Avoid over-exertion in cold weather
(Editor's Note: The following
article has been prepared by
Keith W. Haskett, Perquimans
County Emergency Management
Coordiantor, and is based upon
information provided by the
Local students selected
Eleven Perquimans County
band students were selected
for the North Carolina
Bandmasters All-District
Bands. Our District is made
up of all junior and senior
high schools in Eastern North
Carolina.
In the Senior High
Symphonic Band, David
Johnson, a french hornist,
was selected. Johnson is a
junior at Perquimans County
High School.
In the Senior High Concert
Band, Tonya Walker, a
clairnetist, was selected.
Miss WaUntO| also * junior
at Perquimans High School.
In the Junior High
Symphonic Band, Jeff
Cartwright, a freshman at
Perquimans High School, was
selected on trombone, and
Payte Towe, also a freshman,
was selected on snare drum.
In the Junior High Concert
Band, eighth grade students
from Perquimans Union
School included Anita
Whidbee, clarinet; Richard
O'Neal, bass clairnet; Tim
Byrum, baritone saxophone;
and Scott Wlnslow, snare
drum.
Other students selected for
the Junior High Concert Band
include freshmen Alex
Cohoon, trumpet; Lee
Cooper, french horn; and
Joanna Haskett, mallets.
All of these students will
take part in a band clinic in
Greenville at the ECU School
of Music on February 1 and 2.
A concert will be given on
Saturday night before
returning home.
Three of these students
placed high enough on their
instruments to try out for the
AU-State Honors Band in the
spring. They are: David
Johnson (3rd in the East),
Payte Towe (2nd in the East)
and Jeff Cartwright (3rd in
the East).
Division of Emergency
Management. This is the third in
a series of five related articles. )
Stay indoors during winter
storms unless absolutely
necessary. If you must go out,
avoid over-exertion. Cold
weather itself puts an added
strain on the heart.
If you add to this exercise you
are not accustomed to, such as
shoveling snow, pushing an
automobile, or even walking too
fast or too far, you risk heart
attack, stroke, or other physical
damage.
If you must go outdoors, wear
loose-fitting, light-weight warm
clothing in several layers rather
than a single layer of thick
clothing. Entrapped insulating
air warmed by body heat is the
best protection against the cold.
The layers can be removed as
needed to prevent perspiring and
subsequent chills. Outer
garments should be tightly
woven and water repellant. Wear
a wool hat. The body loses
between half and three-quarters
of its heat through the head.
Wear mittens instead of gloves
? they allow your fingers to
move freely in contact with one
another and will keep your hands
much warmer.
Keep your clothes dry. Wet
clothing loses all insulating
value. Change wet socks and all
other wet clothing as quiekly as
possible to prevent loss of body
beat.
Watch for frostbite and other
symptoms of cold-weather
exposure. Frostbite causes a loss
of feeling and white or pale
appearance in extremities such
as fingers, toes, tip of nose, and
?arltfbas.
(Continued oa page V
Commissioners
voice opposition
to annexation
By JANE B. WILLIAMS
A proposal by the Hertford
Town Council to annex more than
2,000 acres of land surrounding
the city was questioned by
Perquimans County
Commissioners last week when
the two boards met in joint
session to discuss the town's
proposal.
I The proposed annexation has
met with major opposition from
landowners, primarily farmers,
who have stated that they neither
want or require city services.
The property owners have stated
that the added city taxation of
farmland would be unfair.
The commissioners questioned
the town's rationale for
annexation and the necessity of
taking in land used for farming.
Town officials have indicated
that their reasoning for
annexation of the area is to
entice industrial development.
The council has agreed that
future growth of the town would
probably occur in the area that is
proposed for the annexation.
The commissioners wre
unconvinced that the annexation
of the entire proposed are would
foster economic development.
"You should go where your
growth is, and then wait for more
growth to get more. It's not going
to help or hurt Hertford whether
you* take it or not," said
Commissioner Thomas Nixon.
The commissioners expressed
concern with the extent of the
proposed area, asking the totffe
council for an explanation of the
size. Hertford Mayor/Manager
W.D. (Bill) Cox said the the
s-urvey followed natural
boundaries, including the
Perquimans River and some
creeks. Cox also stated that
approximately 800 acres of the
proposed land is in a swamp or
marsh and could not be
developed.
Nixon said the annexation
would be a taxation burden on
owners of farmland in the area,
and other commissioners
suggested that the boundaries of
the annexation be drawn in to
include only areas that are
already experiencing residential
or industrial growth.
"It's the general feeling of this
board that you're trying to annex
too much land. You need to reach
a compromise with the
landowners," said W. W. White,
Jr., chairman of the
commisioners.
The commisioners also voiced
their concerns about the effect
the annexation could have on
county residents. Town officials
have indicated that the
additional land area could
possibly qualify them for more
and bigger government grants.
"But there's a possibility that
the tax money that the town
might get from the annexation
area could come from the money
the county might get. I can't see
making county residents pay for
this," said Commissioner Wayne
Winslow. . .
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( Continued on page 2)
Joe Nowell, former
commissioner ,
claimed in death
Perquimans County
residents mourned the
death of former chairman
of the Perquimans County
Commissioners, Joseph
Warren Nowell, Jr. last
week.
Nowell, age 60, of Route
1, Box 17-A, Belvidere,
died suddenly Thursday,
January 24, at his home.
Nowell served on the
Perquimans County Board
of Commissioners from
1976 until 1984. He was an
active member of county
government and an active
member of the
Perquimans County
Democratic Party.
Nowell served as a
board member for the
North Carolina Highway
Commission under
Governor Bob Scott's
administration.
He was a farmer, a
member of the Hertford
United Methodist Church
and an army veteran of
WorldWarll.
A native of Perquimans
County he was the son of
Mrs. Sallie White Nowell
of Route 1, Belvidere, and
the late Joseph Warren
Nowell, Sr. and the
husband of Mrs. Kitty
Shue Nowell.
Besides his mother and
wife, survivors include
three sons, Joseph Warren
Nowell, III of Greensboro,
Keith Melvin Nowell awl
Stephen CaoMfl Nowell.
both of Elizabeth Cttr; a
step-daughter, Miss Beth
Brown of Wilmington; two
sisters, Mrs. Robert
(Hattie) Alexander of
Norfolk, VA. and Mrs.
Selby (Ruth) Stokes of
Raleigh; a brother, Walter
Nowell of Route 1,
Belvidere and a
grandchild.
Funeral services were
held Saturday at 2:00 p.m.
in the Hertford United
Methodist Church with the
Bev. Henry Bizzell
officiating. A private
burial was held in the
Family Cemetery near the
homei
Pallbearers were Paul
Smith, Sr., Leo Ambrose,
Walter Humphlett, Bill
Cox, Julian Broughton,
Jack Symons, Welly White
and Jack Anderson.
Present and past
members of the
Perquimans County
Commissioners served as
honorary pallbearers.