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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY VoliMM SI. No. 17 usn 42MM0 li? Perquimans County. M.C Thursday April JS. IMS 23 CENTS National Library Week Observed The Perquimans County Library celebrated Na tional Library Week on Thursday, April 18, 1985 with a parade and balloon launch. Approximately 125 children and adults participated. Mr. W. W. White, Jr. gave a brief history of ' Perquimans County Li brary. After Mr. Wallace McLendon spoke briefly on the importance of li braries and National Li brary Week, more than 100 balloons were launched. Special thanks go to the Hertford Police Depart ment for their help, to Godfrey Enterprises, Farm Fresh of Elizabeth City, and Jimmy's Barbe cue for refreshments, to Jackson Wholesale for balloons, and to Miles Jennings for providing he lium for the balloons. (Photo by Monica Roach) FmHA celebrates anniversary date April 30, 1985, marks the SO year anniversary of Fanners Home Administration (FmHA), and its predecessor agencies. FmHA is the credit agency for Agriculture and Rural De velopment in the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Its history of financial and technical assistance, as a lender of last resort in Rural America, goes back to the es tablishment of the Resettlement Administration by Act of Con gress on April 30, 1935. When it began in the 1930's, the Agency's original function was to make loans and grants to Depression-stricken families and help them regain self-suffi' ciency in making their living on family farms. Throughout its half-century of opeartion, FmHA has been con cerned primarily with credit and counseling services that have supplemented resources of the private sector for building stronger family farms. Downed utility poles leave town without power By JANE B. WILLIAMS Residents of Winfall that re ceive their electricity from the Town of Hertford were without lights for nearly nine and one This Week... April 22-27 has been de clared National Volunteer Week. It is a time to re member and thank those individuals and groups that give so willingly of themselves to make our community better. This week our Feature Page is devoted to telling the sto ries of some of our coun ty's volunteers. In addi tion to the stories is a salute to the local volun teers from area busi nesses and organizations. Daylight Savings Time begins cm Sunday morn ing. Remember to set clocks forward one hour before retiring on SatUr day night ? ' 1 ' 1 half hours last Wednesday when four of the town's utility poles collapsed into a canal that bor ders the Norfolk-Southern Rail road. The trouble was caused when a VEPCp contractor, who was trimming and clearing the right of way, accidently cut two guidelines on a utility pole be longing to the town. Stress on the pole eventually caused it to collapse, and when the pole fell the pressure on the lines caused three other poles to fall also. The collapse of the four poles caused a power outage on the entire Winfall transmission line. The Town of Hertford Electric Department arrived on the scene shortly after the 9:30 a.m. incident and began working to restore electicity to the area. Utility crews worked through out the day to retrieve lines from the canal, and in up power was munity she shortly before 7:00 pjn HL - Bill Cox has . pm In 1984, Farm Credit ac counted for about one-half of all resources administered by FmHA. In addition, during the last two decades, Congress has used FmHA's local offices to deliver other programs of benefit to families and communities throughout the rural population. Programs administered by the FmHA have helped to bring rural housing, water and sewer systems, and other essential community facilities up to stan dard for rural people and have generated more development of job and economy boosting busi ness and industry in the State. In Perquimans County, the FmHA staff is headed by Mel vin E. Howell, County Supervi sor; and M. Kent Saywer, Vickie M. Winslow, Yvonne S. Cham bers, Jacqueline Felton and Deborah O. Sutton, his staff. The local office is located in the Albemarle Commission Building in Hertford. The latest reports revealed that in Perquimans County, FmHA provided $3,801,000 in credit to rural residents and communities during FY 1984, and has an outstanding loan bal ance of $15,586,000. Howell said that FmHA pro grams have touched the lives and improved the living condi tions of most residents in the county during the past 50 years. With expanded programs and servicing authorities available, Howell stated that he and his staff look forward to providing service to Perquimans County residents. W ater quality problems continue i to plague county By JANE B. WILLIAMS Complaints from a county res ident about poor water quality over the past four years have brought repeated assurances from county officials that al though the water appears dis colored, the quality meets state mandated criteria. Water in the Bethel commu nity throughout the four-year period has ranged from clear to brown to slimey. Currently some residents are experiencing black particles in the water. A sample collected and brought into the office of the Perquimans Weekly on Monday had a grayish tint with char coal-like particles floating in it. Dianne Riddick, a Harvey Point Road resident, said that the current water problem had been ongoing for more than three weeks. She stated that county water plant officials told her that the quality of water from the Bethel plant was within state regulations, but that the plant was in need of re pairs that could not be done now due to the increased demand during the summer peak. Mrs. Riddick said that the wa ter's appearance would be fine for several days or weeks and then she'd have a day or two of bad water. Problems stemming from the Bethel plant have occured infre quently during the past several years, but county officials were hopeful that the opening of the new plant in Winfall last No vember would help solve the problem of discolored water in the area. County Commissioner Wayne Winslow said in a telephone in terview Monday night that the Riddicks, along with other county water consumers experi encing problems, have "justifia ble complaints ? there's no ifs, ands, or buts about it ? and we're working to correct it." Winslow stated that he had been in touch with Russ Chap pell, supervisor for the county water system, and Randy Kea ton, county manager, earlier in the day regarding the problem and that engineers from Rivers and Associates, the company that engineered the county wa ter system, would be here on Tuesday or Wednesday to look into the problem. W.W. White Jr., chairman of the Perquimans County Com missioners, said that he had "no idea of what is causing the prob lem, we have contacted the en gineers to get them down here to solve this problem." In a telephone interview on Tuesday, Chappell stated that the discoloration and particles in the water appear to be rust; adding that chlorine added to iron causes it to darken. Pictured is a sample of wa ter taken last weekend from the home of Mrs. Dianne Riddick. (Photo by Monica Roach) Chappell said that he was not certain if the problem is coming from the plant itself at incon spicuous times, or if it was com ing from the pipes when water .flow was changed or chemicals were added. Chappell stated that the first priority now is to get the engi neers here and pinpoint the cause of the problem. "We are going to possibly try to see if we can shut-down the Bethel Plant and let the Winfall Plant handle the water demands until repairs at Bethel can be made," Chappell said. Chappell said that up until now the Winfall Plant was not capable of meeting the county's water demands. As of Tuesday the water department was still awaiting the delivery and instal lation of a microchip for the Winfall Plant that will enable the plant to go into an auto matic mode of operation. Cur rently the plant is being oper ated manually. Chappell said that he had received word on Monday that the microchip was ready and would be installed this week. With the Winfall plant fully Continued on Page 2 NCNB announces management changes NCNB National Bank has an nounced changes in area man agement that will take effect on May 1, 1965. O.B. Rawls, IV, has been named Branch Adminis trator of NCNB National Bank in Eden ton; Daisy Perry has been named Branch Manager of the Hobbsville Office and Charles Parker, Jr. will assume the duties of Branch Manager in the Hertford Office. Rawls will assume direct re sponsibility for the administra tion of NCNB's branches in Edenton, Hertford and Hobbsville in his new position. He joined the bank in 1077 as a Consumer Credit adjuster and has served in various capacities during his career, most recently serving as City Executive in the Hertford Office. Rawls earned a BS degree from East Carolina University in 1973. He attends Holy Trinity Epiacopal Church and is a member of the Hertford Rotary Club. He also serves as trea surer of the Perquimans County Restoration Association. Rawls is a native of Washing ton, N.C., and is married to the former Mary Litchfield. The Rawls have one son, Brad. Mrs. Perry, who joined the bank in 1977, was previously the Office Manager of the Hertford Branch. She studied at College of the Albemarle and has completed NCNB's Retail Branch Manage ment Training Program. She is an active member of Ballards Bridge Baptist Church and a member of the National Association of Bank Women. She is a native of Perquimans County, and is married to Car roll Perry. She has a daughter, Sheri Lane. ? Parker joined NCNB in 1962. He was previously the City Ex ecutive for NCNB in Hobbsville. He attended Holden Technical Institute and N.C. State Univer sity. He attends Hobbsville Bap tist Church and is a member of the Hobbsville Fire Department and Hobbsville Ruritan Club. He is a native of Pollocksville, N.C. and is married to the for mer Yvonne Small of Edenton. They have two children, ten-point bold cutlines O.B. RAWLS, IV DAISY PERRY CHARLES PARKER, JR.
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