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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY Volume 52, No. 20 USPS 42S-OSO Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, May U, 1915 23 CENTS COLLISION CLAIMS LIFE? A wreck on U.S. 17 near Win fall on Sunday claimed the life of an Englehard woman when the car she was a passenger in was hit from the rear and pushed into the path of an oncoming tractor-trailer truck. Five vehicles were involved in the incident that left two others in critical condition. (Photo by Jane Williams.) Keaton addresses A AD A meeting By SUSAN HARRIS "Perquimans County is a very unique, very dynamic county," County Manager Randy Keaton told the Albemarle Area Devel opment Association members in attendance at the meeting held last Thursday night at Angler's Cove Restaurant. Keaton painted the picture of county with great potential ex periencing a growth spurt, and embellished his statements with facts and figures on planned and speculative developments entering the county. First on Keaton's lengthy list was the recent groundbreaking for the new medical center in Winfall. With a target opening date of July 1, the $135,00 fa cility will house Dr. Neal De Nunzio and his staff. Although DeNunzio will be the sole physician opening the cen Ramsey to speak at Heritage Day A former Governor of North Carolina, Robert W. Scott, and the current Speaker of the North Carolina House of Rep resentatives, Liston B. Ramsey, will lead a delegation of North Carolina Legislators and other dignitaries to the oldest house in North Carolina on May 17. LISTON B. RAMSEY Built by Joseph Scott in 1685, the house was the meeting place for every branch of the govern ment in the early days of North Carolina's history. Former Gov ernor Scott will take the lead in telling the story of the house and its owners up to the Ameri can Revolution. Perquimans historian, Ray mond A. WinslQw Jr. ahs writ ten this story in tableaux form, and it will be played out by Der ryl Maddrey, WJV. "Billy" White, Albert Eure, Walter Ed wards Jr., jeanne C. White, Lo raine Simpson, Reggie White, the Rev. and Mrs. Rendel Co sand, Charles T. Skinner, and Mrs. J. Emmett Winslow. Speaker Ramsey will receive the Harvey Award during the program. Created by the Per quimans County Restoration As sociation to honor the most illus trious family in early Albemarle history, the award will be given annually to a person who has rendered distinguished public (Continued on page 2) Public meeting set ? for four-lane project RALEIGH? A state Depart ment of Transportation (NCDOT) proposal to a four lane a 5.7-mile section of US-17 between Hertford and Woodville in Perquimans County will be discussed at a public meeting June 4. I The meeting will be held from w 3 to 5 p.m. and from 6 to S p.m. in the Pequimans County Court house in Hertford. NCDOT representatives will be at the meeting to answer questions and receive comments concerning the proposed pro ject. The project is included in the department's current Trans portation Improvement Pro ? gram (TIP), a basic planning document which sets highway construction priorities for the next 10 years. According to information con tained in the TIP, US-17 will be widened to four-lanes from the north end of the Hertford By pass to the exisiting four-lane Stion at Old US-17 (Secondary id 1367) near Woodville. Con struction is scheduled to start in 1907 and will cost about 17.2 mil lion. The public is invited to attend, ask quesitons or make com ments about the proposed pro ject. Additional questions, statements or comments may be submitted to C.D. Adkins. manager of planning and re search, NCDOT, P.O. Box 3S2301, Raleigh, N.C. 27611. I ter, future expansion is antic ipated. The clinic will be an out patient facility affiliated with Albemarle Hospital. Now the area will have two clinics, one referring to Chowan Hospital and one to Albemarle, offering a choice to county resi dents. On the drawing board are plans for a new shopping center on highway 17 by-pass behind Sea Jays. Keaton said he had r e ceived unofficial word that the shopping area will house a gro cery store, a Revco Drug Store and a Family Dollar Store. At the helm of the project are the developers of Crabtree Val ley Mall in Raleigh, Davidson and Jones. The firm hopes to possibly attract a fast food res taurant, a bank and a motel to the complex. About 50 new jobs are ex pected to be created with the opening of the intial phase of the facility. Another 80 odd jobs will be available when Unifour Mdical Management, a Hickory-based nursing home developer, builds a home in Perquimans County. Keaton told the group that the company has an option to pu chase property near Don Juan Manufacturing Company on which to construct the planned 20,124 sq. foot home. The loca tion is not definite, and will not be announced until June, according to the company. A new clothing outlet recently opened beside the high school in what years ago was Harrell's Gas Company. t New rental space is under construction by Charles Ward adjacent to the Dixie Tire Store. Downtown Hertford has seen the recent addition of Jimmy's Place III, a fast food and conve nience store ? owned by Jimmy Winslow ? on the corner of Church and Grubb streets. The construction of the new Albemarle Sound bridge linking Chowan and Tyrrell counties should, provide jobs to county residents, Keaton said. ? The state has decided to dis pose of the old bridge by using it to make artificial reefs in area sounds and rivers to at tract fish. Keaton announced that Perquimans County has ap plied for two structures; one to be located near White hat and one off Drummond Point. Although the project is three or more years down the road, it is hoped that the measure will attract tourists. Soon 452 new street signs will arrive in Perquimans to clearly make all rural roads. The county commissioners, accord ing to Keaton, hope this effort, funded mostly by state grants, will enable the Rescue Squad, fire departments and law en forcement officials to respond to S 1 calls more easily by providing standard road names and clear, concise markings. Keaton also cited the N e w b o 1 d White House as an attractive county feature, and invited the group to visit during the upcom ing reenactment of the colonial (Continued on page 2) r Englehard woman killed in collision on U.S. 17 Sunday By JANE B. WILLIAMS Five vehicles were involved in an accident on Sunday af ternoon that left three people in jured and one dead on U.S. 17 north of Winfall. Lula B. Mackey, age 44 of Route 1, Englehard, was killed when the car she was a passen ger in was allegedly hit from the rear, forcing the car into the northbound lane in the path of a tractor-trailer truck. According to Trooper W.O. Wheeler of the North Carolina Highway Patrol the incident oc cured when a car traveling south on U.S. 17 slowed down to make a right-hand turn into a private drive. A second car, 1982 Chevette, operated by Deb orah Koraska Nixon of Route 3, Edenton also began to slow down to allow the first car to turn. The third vehicle, a Buick, operated by Erskine A. Mackey of Englehard, in which Mrs. Mackey and two other passen gers were riding, also began to slow down when a 1981 Oldsmo bile operated by Beverly Renee Mackey, daughter of the de ceased, apparently struck the vehicle from the rear forcing it into the right-hand lane into the path of a fully-loaded 1979 Freightliner truck owned by Grover Hollowell and operated by Kenneth Wayne Bowen of Route 4, Edenton. Terry S. Blanchard, age 7, and his mother, Lillian Blan chard, passengers in the Mackey vehicle were trans ported to Virginia Hospitals by the Nightingale emergency transport helicopter. Terry was suffering from multiple trauma and was treated at Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters. He was released to Norfolk General Hospital where he was reported to be in critical condition after undergoing a spleenectomy. He also suffers from extensive head injuries and pulmonary contu sions. Mrs. Blanchard was listed in serious condition, but stable, on Tuesday at Norfolk General Hospital with spinal injuries. Mr. Mackey, the driver of the vehicle^ was listed in satisfac tory condition at Albemarle Hospital. He suffered a leg frac ture, multiple lacerations and other minor injuries. An investigation is continuing and no charges have been filed. Trooper Wheeler, along with Troopers Ray Potts and George Mountain expressed their thanks to the following volun teer and professional emer gency personnel who aided in the rescue operations: The Perquimans County Vol unteer Rescue Squad, the Win fall Volunteer Fire Department, the Hertford Fire Department Special Rescue Team, the Per quimans County Sherriff's De partment, the Winfall Police De partment and the Hertford Police Department. Arts Extravaganza By JANE B. WILLIAMS Stressing the importance of art in school curriculum was the major goal of the Very Special Arts Extrava ganza held by the Perqui mans County School System last Thursday and Friday. The arts extravaganza in corporated the talents of lo cal artists and craftsmen as well as exhibiting the works of county students. Dramatizations, choruses, dancing and, bands added to the displays focusing on the many talents that are ex pressed as art. Deborah Coates, PCHS Arts Teacher and Chairper son of the arts extravaganza stated that the arts were of vital importance to the learning process. "Various forms of art are used in tea ching," she said. Coates- added that many students need art forms to encourage learning. "If we didn't have art everything around us would look like the generic section of the gro cery store," she added.
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