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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY Volume $3, No.24 USPS 421-0(0 Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, June 12, 1986 25 CENTS Renovations will soon be underway at the People's Bank and Trust Building located on the corners of Market and Grubb Streets in Hertford. The portion of the building that occupied the corner spot has recently been demolished in order for the Bank to construct a drive-in window at that location. (Photo by Jane B. Williams.) Jaycees finalize community Fourth of July plans By SUSAN HARRIS The Perquimans County Jay cees are planning one of the big gest Fourth of July celebrations ever held at Missing Mill Park in Hertford. Wayne Layden, chair person for the project, and Jean nie Etheridge, who is co-ordinat ing the day's activities, said the Jaycees are excited about the day's events. A full day of family fun will kick-off at 10:00 a.m. with a Huck Finn Fishing Contest for children ages 12 and under. The contest will end at noon, with trophies awarded for first and second place winners. The top fisher man will also receive a rod and reel. From Noon until 2:00 p.m. chil dren will have a good time par ticipating in such favorites as a frog-jumping contest, an egg toss, wheel barrow races, a greased pole climb, sack races, frisbee toss, and other events. At two o'clock, Miller Lite will sponsor a tug-o-war contest. The registration fee is $25.00 per team. Winners will receive tee shirts and trophies. Also for adults will be a to bacco-spitting contest sponsored by Red Man Tobacco, a horse shoe pitching contest, and a rail driving contest. The Harbor Lites Square Danc ers will perform at three o'clock. The Ultra-Rad Bike Team has also been contacted about per forming. A gospel sing featuring the Warden Family Singers is sched uled for 6:00 p.m., followed bv a community church service in the park at seven o'clock. At 8:00 p.m., Bitter Creek Band featuring local musician Bob Reed will entertain at a street dance. The band will break around 9:15 for the ever-popular Fourth of July tradition, fire works. Lay den says the show promises to be spectacular as the Jaycees will send up over 200 shells. After the fireworks it's back to the dance. During the band's next break the winner of the beach week-end raffle will be Hertford Council proposes tax increase By SUSAN HARRIS Hertford Town Council mem bers are faced with increasing costs of operations for the Town during the upcoming fiscal year; a problem that has caused the Board to propose a five-cent tax increase that would bring the municipality's ad valorem tax rate to 48-cents per $100.00 eval uation. The Town faces a projected general fund expenditure budget that totals $543,900. Revenues from sources other than taxes will garnish an approximate $413,900. At the proposed tax rate of 48-cents, the Town will recover an additional $130,000. Expenditures and revenues to be generated from the Water and Sewer Fund are $158,500. The Electric Fund will cost the Town $1,512,700 according to the pro posed budget for the upcoming fiscal year, and the Revenue Sharing Fund will expend $8,000. Hertford Police Chief Marshall Merritt presented his depart ment's monthly report at the Hertford Town Council meeting Monday night. Some council members ex pressed concern over the over time accumulated by officers Robert Harvey and Timothy Spence. Harvey is due 99 hours, while Spence has an overtime count of 89 hours. Mayor Bill Cox asked Merritt about his plans to reduce and-or reimburse earned hours. Merritt said that he hoped with the addi tional officer, Steven Terrell, re cently hired, the situation will improve. He added that Officer Carlton James is still in training and cannot work a shift alone. Merritt hopes to give compen satory time as soon as he is fully staffed, and all officers have completed training. "It's going to be a slow process", Merritt stated. Answering other ques tions concerning overtime, Mer ritt said that court time also ac counted for additional work hours. Mayor Cox reported that liabil ity insurance for the town will be due in August. Last year the in surance premium jumped from $5,000 to (28,628, Cox said, just two days after the budget took ef fect. This year the present in surer, Pete Overman with Na tionwide Insurance Company, estimated that the premium would increase by an additional $8,000. The N.C. League of Municipali ties has begun a self-insured plan in which the council voted to par ticipate pending review by Town Attorney Walter Edwards. The plan calls for an initiation fee of $1,291 due this week, with an an nual premium of $25,814 due in August when the present cover age expires. The town will also be required to deposit an additio nal $25,814 in escrow. In other business the Council: Elected to donate $300.00 to the Perquimans County Jaycees to help with the funding of the Fourth of July fireworks. Adopted a resolution to estab lish just compensation for acqui sition of property in Phase III of the Town's rehabilitation pro ject. PCHS Class of 86 graduates By JANE B. WILLIAMS Hertford Attorney Janice McKenzie Cole addressed the 1986 graduates of Perqui mans County High School during the school's 61st com mencement at Memorial Field on Friday night. Mrs. Cole, a 1979 graduate of Fordham University School of Law in New York, challenged the group to con tinue in their achievement en deavors. Miss Angela Kay Spivey, class Salutatorian, welcomed the group that assembled for the commencement; and Va lendictorian Lori Anne Gard gave the farewell address. Among these students gain ing special recognition were the following honor roll stu dents: Gard, Spivey, Andrea Gay Spivey, Cynthia Louise Lovell, Karen Charlene Boyce, Bonnie Lynne Harris, Marisa Lynn Stevenson, and Brian Keith Williamson. The processional and reces sional were played by the Perquimans County High School Band under the direc tion of David Ziemba. Perry serves internship with Historic Edenton SHELIA PERRY ? Historic Edenton is proud to announce a new addition to its staff. Shelia Perry will be serv ing as an intern under the North Carolina State Government In ternship Program this summer. Miss Perry is a senior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, majoring in Second ary History Education. She is Perquimans County resident. Miss Perry will be locating, re producing, and documenting his toric photographs of the Eden ton-Chowan area. If you have any historic photographs, please contact her at the Barker House Visitor Center, 919-482-2637. 4 Tax hike anticipated for county in FY 86-87 By JANE B. WILLIAMS Perquimans County taxpayers may see a four-cent increase in their 1986 tax bill if a proposed bike is approved by the Perqui mans County Commissioners this month. The four-cent increase would bring the county's ad valorem tax rate to 70-cents per $100 evau lation. According to County Man ager Randy Keaton, the tax hike will be needed to cover the in creased anticipated expendi tures from the county's general fund, and the planned issuance of $2-million in general obligation bonds in December for the Per quimans County High School ren ovation project. The proposed 1986-87 Fiscal Year budget for the county esti mates $3,114,825.00 in expendi tures from the general fund. Kea ton indicated that a requested increase of $60,930 from the De partment of Social Services and a $15,000 appropriation for the re placement of the heating and cooling system at the Albemarle drawn. The club is selling $1.00 raffle tickets for two days and one night on the Outer Banks, or $100.00, whichever the winner chooses. Tickets are available from Jaycee members. In order to fund the gala event the Jaycees are sponsoring a pig picking on Saturday, June 28th at Central School in Winfall. Tick ets are available for $3.50 per plate from any Jaycee member. The Jaycees invite you to enjoy the activities, but they ask every one to remember that alcohol consumption at the park is pro hibited by law. The club, in con junction with local law enforce ment officials and ABC officers, will be patrolling to deter alcohol consumption on the premises. It is hoped that these measures will provide a family atmosphere throughout the festivities. Commission Building were among the reasons that the pro posed tax increase is needed. The proposed 1966-87 budget anticipates an ad valorem tax in come of $1,706,149, and income from other sources is estimated at $1,408,676, creating a pro jected revenue income of $3,114,825.00. Departmental increases in the county budget do not reflect an earlier proposal of a three-per cent wage increase for county employees, or merit raises based on employee performances. Due to the minimal increase during the past year in the cost of living, and the fact that all county em ployees received a cost of living raise in January, 1986, the County Commissioners did not approve any salary changes for the upcoming fiscal year. A copy of the proposed Fiscal Year 1986-87 budget is available for public inspection at the Per quimans County Courthouse dur ing regular business hours. A public hearing on the pro posed budget and the proposed uses of Revenue Sharing Funds for the upcoming fiscal year will be held on Monday, June 16, 1986 at 7:00 p.m. in the Commission ers' Room of the Perquimans County Courthouse. Bloodmobile Today The Perquimans County Jay cees will sponsor a blood drive this afternoon (Thursday) from three o'clock until seven o'clock at the Hertford United Methodist Church. The bloodmobile will be held by the Tidewater Chapter of the American Red Cross. The quota for today's drive is 60-pints. With the increase in travel dur ing summer months, it is vital that all counties achieve their quota. The Jaycees encourage everyone to stop by and "give the gift of life."
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