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NNCT to host seminar
Northeastern North Carolina
Tomorrow, Inc., will host a
FREE seminar on "How to
Choose a Medicare Supplement"
on Monday, April 21st.
Medical Insurance Claims
Service (MICS) will conduct this
seminar designed to provide in
formation to senior citizens on
medical insurance. Questions to
be covered: What does Medicare
cover? What coverage do you
really need? Can you reduce
your insurance cost? What do
you ask your insurance
salesman? What about coverage
for skilled nursing care?
The seminar will be held at the
K.E. White Graduate Center in
Elizabeth City. Registration will
begin at 9:30. If you need additio
nal information, please contact
Jeni Foote at 335-3491.
BPW Meet the Candidates night set
The Perquimans County Busi
ness and Professional Woman's
Club will host a "Meet the Candi
dates Night" on Thursday, May
1st at 7:00 p.m. at the Perqui
mans County Courthouse. Candi
dates running for local offices in
eluding Sheriff, County
Commissioner, Board of Educa
tion and the First District House
of Representatives are invited to
speak.
The public is encouraged to at
tend.
Ommission
In the April 10th edition of The
Perquimans Weekly, the time of
the ceremony was inadvertently
omitted from the announcement
for Lisa Marie Copeland-Joseph
Mark Chappell engagement. The
wedding date is set for May 4,
1986 at 3:00 p.m. at Warwick
Baptist Church in Hobbsville,
NC.
Candidates
the Social Service Department
and the local law officials.
SHIVELY? I believe truth,
fair treatment and response to
the need of the people are a big
issue and concern of the voters of
this county. I have been out and
around this county for the past 20
years and a resident for almost
14 years. These are only some of
the concerns of the people.
Why are you seeking public of
fice?
BROUGHTON-To keep Per
quimans County a safe place to
live and raise families.
LOTHIAN? I am seeking pub
lic office because I see a need for
new leadership and a new direc
tion for law enforcement in this
county.
RIDDICK? Because I have a
sincere concern and care for the
people of this county.
SHIVELY? I have served my
country honorably in the past,
and deserve to serve my county
and state in the same manner.
Why do you feel that you are
qualified to seek office?
BROUGHTON? I have ac
quired 20-years of experience in
law enforcement. I have re
ceived numerous amounts of
schooling on crime prevention
and other techniques. I have
spent one-third of my life as
Sheriff of Perquimans County.
LOTHIAN? I have been in
volved in law enforcement for
about ten-years as a police offi
cer, deputy sheriff and a chief of
police. I am a law enforcement
officer only. It is all I do for a
living. I attend schools and semi
nars on a regular basis to keep up
with the changes that occur in
the law enforcement field. My
law enforcment education in
cludes courses in advanced crim
inal investigation, advanced
drug investigation, advanced
crime scene processing, and
cover investigation and intelli
gence gathering. I feel that I
know what the people of this
county want in the way of law en
forcement and I feel that I can be
of service to them. I have the ex
perience, the desire and approxi
mately 2,000 hours of police
training to offer.
RIDDICK? In working with
the Sheriff's Department some in
the past, I feel that common
sense and logic are the most im
portant factors in dealing with
anything. But, you can add those
two factors with years and years
of experience and training and
schooling and they add up to
zero, if you don't have a sincere
caring, with a desire and drive to
do the job.
. I'm a simple man, with a sim
ple belief that is, The people in
this county are most deserving of
law enforcement working for
them and with them.
SHIVELY? I have 22 years
service in the first line rating in
the Navy. I have served as chief
master at arms for ten years of
naval service. I have over 1,000
hours duty as shore patrol and
120 hours as senior shore patrol
officer. I served as a command
boat captain (C-lll-1) with an 11
man crew in Viet Nam.
Area obituaries
WILLIAM W. RUMPF
HERTFORD, NC- William
Warren Rumpf, 74, of Cherokee
Trail, (Snug Harbor), Hertford
died April 13, 1986, in his home.
A native of Hyde Park, Mass.,
he was the husband of Mrs. Mar
garet A. Rumpf and was retired
from the Norfolk City Fire De
partment.
Besides his wife survivors in
clude two sons, Warren Alan
Rumpf of Virginia Beach, Va.,
and Robert W. Rumpf of Dur
ham; and three grandchildren.
The body was sent from Swin
dell Funeral Home to Smith and
Williams Funeral Home, Vir
ginia Beach, for a cremation and
memorial service. Memorial
services were held Wed. (Apr.
16) 1:00 p.m. at the Smith & Wil
liams Kempsville Chapel, Va.
Beach.
Donations may be made to the
Diabetes Association.
HETTIE N. AMES
ELIZABETH CITY.NC? Het
tie Nixon Ames, 73, of the 1100
block of Perquimans Ave., a re
tired nurse, died April 12, 1986, in
Hertford Health Center.
Mrs. Ames, a native of South
Norfolk, Va., who grew up in the
Rocky Hock area formerly was a
medical secretary for Dr.
Mercer H. Bailey. She also had
been on the staffs of Lakeview
Hospital, Suffolk, Va., and Albe
marle Hospital. She was a mem
ber of Blackwell Memorial Bap
tist Church; Matoaca Council 10,
Degree of Pocahontas ; Elizabeth
City Chapter 62, Order of Rebe
kah, and American Legion Auxil
iary. She was a former member
of the Albemarle Hospital Auxil
iary.
survivors include ner n us band
William Thomas Ames; a sister,
Mrs. Henry Hughes of Shiloh;
and two brothers, Norman Nixon
and Elwood Nixon, both of Eden
ton.
The funeral was conducted at 2
p.m. Tuesday at graveside in
Westlawn Memorial Park Ceme
tery by the Rev. Charles Steven
son. Twiford Memorial Chapel,
Elizabeth City, was in charge of
arrangements.
MARION KAUFMAN OS
BORNE
Mrs. Marion Kaufman Os
borne, 79, of 32 Navajo Trial
(Snug Harbor), Hertford, died
Saturday afternoon, April 12,
1986, in Albemarle Hospital.
A native of Pittsburg, Pa. she
was the wife of Bernard E. Os
borne and a retired school tea
cher having worked in the Pitts
burg, Pa. and Portsmouth, Va.
public schools. She attended St.
Anne's Catholic Church and was
a member of the National Educa
tor's Association.
Besides her husband, survi
vors include a sister, Mrs. Oleta
Moniger of Atlanta, Ga.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. in the Swin
dell Funeral Chape! with Fr. Jo
seph Gaul officiating. The body
was cremated following the serv
ice.
Donations may be made to a
charity of the donor's choice.
NANCY C. MCPHERSON
HERTFORD? Nancy Carroll
McPherson, 54, or Route 3, died
April ll in her home.
THE VERY SPECIAL
ARTS EXTRAVAGANZA II
sponsored by
PerwUmans Co. School System
will be held
Thursday, April 24 -t- 9:00-3:30
Friday, April 25 ? 9:00-3:30
Saturday, April 26 ? 1 0:00-5:00
Open to General Public
Held at Union School, Win! all
Band Concert will be
held Thursday Night (April 24)
j at 7:30 p.m.
School and community crafts,
displays, exhibits, and perfor
mances.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CAU.4f-?741
Graveside services were con
ducted Tuesday at 11 a.m. in Riv
erside Memorial Park, Norfolk,
Va., by the Rev. Nolton R. Hill,
Jr. Gay k Oman Funeral Homes,
Francis A. Gay Chapel, Chesa
peake, Va., was in charge of ar
rangements.
Mrs. McPherson was a native
of Norfolk.
Survivors include her husband,
David L. McPherson, a daughter
Brenda M. Norman of Norfolk; a
son, Paul L. McPherson of New
Hope; a brother, Marvin Carroll
of Vienna, Va, and three grand
children.
ALETHIA I. COX
Mrs. Alethia Ivy Cox, 84, of
1206 Highland Avenue, died April
13 in Virginia Beach General
Hospital, Virginia Beach, Va.
The funeral was conducted
Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Twiford's
Memorial Chapel by Dr. B.E.
White, Jr. and the Rev. William
Roberts. Burial was in Westlawn
Memorial Park Cemetery. Twi
ford's Memorial Chapel, Eliza
beth City, was in charge of ar
rangements.
Mrs. Cox v/as the daughter of
the late Joe and Mrs. Pattie
Weeks Ivy. She was a native of
Perquimans County.
Survivors include her husband,
Walter Ralph Cox, Sr. of the
home, Walter Ralph Cox, Sr. of
the home; three daughters, Mrs.
Shirley Sanders and Mrs.
Mildred Berry, both of Elizabeth
and Mrs. Virginia Boyette of
Winston-Salem; a son, Walter
Ralph Cox, Jr. of Virginia Beach,
Va.; nine grandchildren and 14
great-grandchildren.
WINSLOW
Infant Christopher Winslow,
son of Gary Allen and Sharon
Basnight Winslow of 204 Hiland
Park, Hertford, died Sunday,
April 13, 1986, in Albemarle Hos
pital.
Besides his parent?, surviors
include his maternal grandpa
rents, Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Bas
night of Camden and the late El
eanor Basnight; his paternal
grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. Allen
Winslow of Hertford; his mater
nal great-grandmother, Mrs. Ha
zel Basnight of Hobbsville and
his paternal great-grandmother,
Mrs. Annie White of Hertford.
Private graveside services
were held Wednesday in Cedar
wood Cemetery with the Rev.
Raymond Needham officiating.
Swindell Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
COPELAND
TYNER, NC-Milton C. Cope
land, 75, of Route 1, a retired
farmer and trucker, died April
11, 1966, in a hospital.
Mr. Copeland, a native of Cho
wan County, owned Copeland
Truckig Co. He was a member of
Ballard's Bridge Baptist Church,
Tyner.
Survivors include his wife, Eva
C. Copeland; two daughters,
Madge C. Bunch of Eden ton and
Evangeline C. Wheeler of Vir
ginia; two sisters, Myrtle
Winslow of Corapeake, NC, and
Dori Blanchard of Tyner; five
grandchildren; and five great
grandchildren.
The funeral was conducted at 3
p.m. Sunday in Ballard's Bridge
Baptist Church by the Revs.
George Cooke and Ralph Knight.
Burial was in the church ceme
tery. Williford-Barham Funeral
Home handled the arrange
ments.
FmHA announces
program conditions
The Homestead available
through the Farmers Home Ad
ministration (FmHA), after they
have lost their farms due to
FmHA foreclosure, conveyance
or bankruptcy proceedings. Un
der certain conditions they can
rent their home and about five
acreas for five years with an op
tion to purchase the house within
that time if they are financially
able.
ELIGIBILITY
The Homestead program is
meant for full time, commercial
farmers who occupy the farm
house as their principle resi
dence and who do not have other
suitable housing. Among the eli
gibility criteria are the following.
1. The applicant must have had
gross annual farm or ranch
sales of at least $40,000 in at least
2 calendar years during the 5
year period beginning Jan. 1,
1961 and Dec. 31, 1965 (or the
equivalent crop or fiscal
years).
2. The applicant and any
spouse must have received
from farming or ranching opera
tions at least 60 percent of their
gross annual income during at
least 2 years of such 5-year pe
riod.
3. The applicant must cur
rently occupy the dwelling and
have engaged in farming or
ranching operations on adjoin
ing land or other land con
trolled by the borrower, during
the 5-year period.
4. The application for the
homestead provision must be
received during the 3-year period
commencing December 22,
1965, and ending December 22,
1968.
5. The applicant must be an in
dividual who was personally
liable for a farmer program loan.
6. The borrower must have ex
hausted all remedies for re
structuring the FmHA loan(s).
7. The applicant mut have been
released from liability or have
settled the FmHA debts, or the
debts must have been dis
charged in bankruptcy.
Borrowers who meet these re
quirements will be given the op
portunity to lease the dwelling
and a reasonable amount of land,
usually about 5 acres, for a pe
riod of 3 to 5 year with an option
to purchase. The amount of rent
under the lease will be based
upon equivalent rents charged
for similar residential properties
in the area. The option price will
be the appraised market value of
the dwelling as established by an
independent appraisal made
within 6 months after the receipt
of the borrower's request for
dwelling retention.
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NOTICE
I will advertise all unpaid 1985 Perquimans
County Tax Liens in this publication in May
1986. Please pay your 1985 property taxes
how to save advertising cost, interest and pos
sible foreclosure on your property.
Keith W. Haskett
Perquimans County
Tax Supervisor
ELECT
DONALD
RIDDICK
SHERIFF
of PERQUIMANS COUNTY
? Total commitment to the job.
? Immediate response to all calls for help or service with com-:
plete follow-up investigation.
? Good communication link established with all elected offi
cials representing the people, and all local and surrounding
law enforcement personnel.
Child abuse and drug use are the two most damag
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