THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Spring Makes Appearance
The Grubb Street Squirrel has returned to the
trees at The Perquimans Weekly Office fol
lowing the arrival of Spring-time weather to
Perquimans County. Animals coming out of
hibernation, budding trees and blooming flow
ers have heralded the arrival of an early
Spring. (Photo by George Wilmore.)
Voter registration to close
April 7 for May 6 Primary
By JANE B. WILLIAMS
On Tuesday, May 6, 1986, Per
quimans voters will assemble in
the county's five polling places to
name their choice of candidates
for the November General Elec
tion.
Registration for the May Pri
mary Election will end on Mon
day, April 7, eligible persons who
are not registered to vote, or
those who have moved from one
precinct into another should do
so before the April 7th deadline.
All 17 year olds that will become
18 years old on or before Novem
ber 4, 1986 are also eligible to reg
ister now and vote in the May
Primary as provided in the North
Carolina General Statutes.
Locally, voters will choose one
of four democratic candidates
for Sheriff of Perquimans
County. Incumbent Sheriff Ju
lian "Little Man" Broughton is
being opposed by Winfall Police
Chief Joe Lothian, local building
contractor Donald Riddick, and
general maintenance contractor
B.F. (Ben) Shively.
The only other contested race
in the county is for the non-parti
san seat in New Hope Township
for the Perquimans County
Board of Elections. That seat is
currently held by Ivia^A. Nixofl,
who is being challenged by the
Rev. Walter Leigh.
Registration of voters is con
ducted Monday through Friday
at the Perquimans County Board
of Elections Office at 104 Dobbs
Street in Hertford.
Absentee balloting will be al
lowed in this election. Applica
tions for absentee voting will be
available through Tuesday, April
29 at 5:00 p.m.
Funeral services
held for Corprew
HERTFORD? Funeral serv
ices were held Friday, March 28,
at Bethel Baptist Church for
Billy Dean Corprew, who died
Thursday, March 20th while fish
ing in the Albemarle Sound.
Corprew, age 29, was reported
as missing to the Perquimans
County Sheriff's Department
that Thursday evening when he
failed to return home. A search
party was sent out from the
Bethel Fishing Center. The
search for Corprew, which was
aided by the Chowan and Perqui
mans Rescue Squads, the Coast
Guard and numerous individual
volunteers, found no trace of Cor
prew until Sunday morning when
a gas tank, believed to be from
Corprew's boat, was found in
Bull's Bay. Corprew was found in
the same area on Wednesday.
A native of Chowan County,
Corprew resided at Route 1,
Hertford. He was the husband of
Mrs. Judy Forehand Corprew
and the son of Lawrence and Inez
Harris Corprew of Route 1, Hert
ford. He was a commercial fish
erman and a member of Bethel
Baptist Church.
Besides his wife and parents,
survivors include two daughters,
Miss Christy Lynn Corprew and
Miss Billie Jo Corprew, both of
the home; a sister, Mrs. Patricia
C. Markham of Elizabeth City;
two brothers, Larry Corprew of
Rt. 4, Hertford and Bobby Cor
prew of Rt. 1, Hertford; and his
maternal grandmother, Mrs. Lil
lie Harris of Rt. 1, Hertford.
Funeral services were held
Friday, March 28, at 3:00 p.m. in
the Bethel Baptist Church with
the Rev. Gordon Shaw, the Rev.
Stanley Nixon and the Rev. Asby
Browder officiating. Burial was
in Bethel Cemetery with Swindell
Funeral Home in charge of ar
rangements.
Pallbearers were Johnny Cor
prew, Carl Lane, Ray Smith,
Ricky Nixon, Jim Harris,
Tommy Harris and George
Drawdy.
Standards changed for soybean seeds
By STAN WINSLOW
COUNTY EXT. CHAIRMAN
On March 18 the North Caro
lina Board of Agriculture tempo
rarily lowered the minimum ger
mination requirement for
soybean seed sold in North Caro
lina from 70 percent to 60 per
cent, with all such seed which
germinates from 60 percent to 69
percent to be marked "SUB
STANDARD GERMINATION".
Subsequently, the North Caro
lina Crop Improvement Associa
tion temporarily lowered their
minimum germination standard
for Certified-2 seed from 70 per
cent to 60 percent. Certified-2
seed germinating between 60
percent and 69 percent will be
marked "SUBSTANDARD GER
MINATION" with a large stamp
on the Certified tag. Both actions
will be in effect for the next 120
days only.
The reasons for the change are
pretty apparent? to increase the
supply of acceptable quality soy
bran seed to growers in a year
when quality seed supply is un
usually tight. The supply of Certi
fied? 1 soybean seed is very
short, with a very limited quality
of our varieties available from
other states. It is anticipated that
these temporary changes in min
imum germination standards
will increase the supply of accep
table quality soybean seed that
can be legally sold and or certi
fied in North Carolina by approx
imately one-third.
There are no differences in ge
netic (variety) purity among
-"Certified-l", "Certified-2'and
"Certified-2 Substandard Germi
nation" soybean seed. All are
three generations away from
Breeder seed and all have been
subjected to the same quality
control standards. The differ
ences are in minimum seed ger
mination standards only. "Certi
fied 1" equals 80 percent
germination, "Certified-2"
equals 70 percent germination
and "Certified-2-Substandard
Germination" equals 60 percent
germination.
Certified-2 soybean seed, in
cluding Certified-2-Substandard
Germination, can be successfully
utilized for planting with a little
attention to details in obtaining
an adequate stand. Be extra
careful about cloddy seed beds
which make good seed-to-soil
contact difficult. Check planting
depth closely (in the field, not in
lane). Be sure all seeds get ad
equately covered with soil, but
don't plant them too deeply. We
suggest no deeper than lVfe inches
deep unless a pre-emergence
broadleaf herbicide is used,
which case we suggest 1% to 2
inches deep (check the herbicide
label). Recognize that percent
emergence is usually lower when
planting in dry seedbeds than in
- soils with adequate mulatto e, or
in cool seedbeds than in warm
seedbeds.
This is more obviously true with
lower quality seed than with high
quality seed.
. A fungicide seed treatment, at
least for Certified-2 seed, would
probably be a good investment
for 1966 soybeans. Disease orga
nisms are plentiful in soybean
seed produced in 1985, which is
the situation fungicide seed
treatments are disigned to help.
A recent study on seed produced
in North Carolina in 1985, showed
a high level of Phomopsis infec
lation between degree of Pho
mopsis infection and laboratory
germination perccentage. Seed
treatment of these same seed lots
improved germination an aver
age of 17 percent. Adding fun
gicide in the hopper box will not
adequately coat your seed. It's
far better to have a seedsman do
it, and get it done right.
When using Certified-2 seed or
planting in less than ideal condi
tions, seeding rates can be in
creased somewhatto achieve
stands comparable to what we
usually expect from Certified-1
seed. If planting Certified-2 seed
ing rates can be increased by as
much as 15 percent. If planting
Certified-2-Substandard Germi
nation seed increase seeding
rates as much as 30 percent.
Buying certified seed, includ
ing Certified-2-Substandard Ger
mination, is still a good invest
ment in your soybean profits.
Cox to address
Democratics at
Convention
By JANE B. WILLIAMS
HERTFORD? Hertford Mayor
and City Manager W.D. (BUI)
Cox has been selected as the key
note speaker for the Perquimans
County Democratic Party's an
nual convention on Saturday,
April 5, 1886. According to county
chairman, the Rev. John H. Lon
don, the convention will convene
at 1:00 p.m. at the Perquimans
County Courthouse.
Cox has stated that he will
speak on the importance of unity
within the confines of the party.
He stated that there is a need to
stop talking about the current
condition of the party, and to be
gin a positive effort to re-build
the Democratic Party as a party
for the people.
Among the items on the agenda
for the convention will be the
election of delegates to the Dem
ocratic District Convention that
will be held on June 14 and the
State Convention that will take
place in Raleigh on July 12. Two
members will be chosen to rep
Students train for Special Olympics
By JANE B. WILLIAMS
Exceptional children
throughout the Perquimans
County School System have
been hard at work over the
past few weeks getting in
shape for the Spring Special
Olymnics that will be held on
April 15 at Perquimans Union
School in Winfall.
The Special Olympics are
held annually across the na
tion for handicapped children
and adults. "Hie program
gives participants a drive for
competition and a goal to
work towards.
Locally approximately 45
children will be competing in
this year's Special Olympics,
which will begin at 9:00 a.m.
and last until 1 : 00 p.m. Activ
ities that will be featured in
the program are: a Softball
throw, frisbee throw, shot
put, standing long jump, a 50
meter walk, 50, 100, 200 and
400 meter dashes, a 400-meter
relay race and a running long
jump.
All of the children that take
part in the program will be
awarded a certificate of par
ticipation, and winners for
first through sixth places will
be recognized in each cat
egory.
The participants will be en
couraged to by 'buggers'.
Hilt year's buggers will be
students from Perquimans
County High School and local
community volunteers.
All exceptional students
participating in the local
Olympic program will be eli
gible to participate in the re
gional competition that will
be held in Elizabeth City later
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tms spring
Funding for the Special
Olympic program cornea
*
through donations from busi
nesses and individuals in the
community. As with all spe
cial programs funding is es
sential for the success of the
event. Donations are still
needed and can be sent to:
Perquimans County Special
Olympics; In Care of Alma
Banks, Perquimans Central
School, Winfall.
In the event of inclement
weather the Special Olympics
will be held on April 17.
Kathy Ansink's TMH stu
dents are hard at work,
preparing for this year's
Special Olymics. The
event will be held on April
17 at Perquimans Central
School in Winfall. (Photo
by Jane Williams.)