THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
frVolum* **' No.O, USPS 42?-0?0 Hertford. Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, December II, 1986 25 CENTS
Santa preparing for Christmas
TI
ixon receives award
The Albemarle Soil and Water Con
servation District met on Tuesday,
December 9th at the Hertford Fire
Department for their annual ladies
night meeting.
Mayor William D. Cox extended
welcome to all the guests, and recog
nized the Albemarle District and The
(foil Conservation Service for their
assistance in the Missing Mill Park
project.
Affiliate memberships were pre
sented to Hollowell Oil Company, Al
bemarle Fertilizer, and Albemarle
E.M.C. for their support of the dis
trict's newsletter. Grace Coston was
also presented this award for her
help and support in the annual poster
contest held in our schools each year.
Mrs. Elizabeth Winslow was made an
^filiate member after retiring from
the Albemarle district as secretary
early this year.
A special plaque was also given to
Mrs. Winslow who has given her sup
port, dedication and knowledge to the
Soil Conservation Service in Hertford
for the past 14 years.
The Thomas Nixon family was rec
ognized with a plaque as the Conser
vation Farm Family of the Year for
the Albemarle District. 'The Nixon
farm is a fine example of steward
ship of the land' stated Floyd Math
ews, Chairman of the Perquimans
district. 'Water Management, field
borders and other conservation prac
tices can be found on their farm.' he
added. 'These practices not only pro
tect the Nixon's cropland productiv
ity but are a benefit to the total envi
ronment.'
County Commissioners adopt school proposal
The Perquimans County School of
ficials learned Monday night that the
county school offices will be moving
into new quarters.
This comes as a result of a proposal
worked out between the two boards
at Monday's meeting of the county
f*>mmissioners.
? The proposal calls for a 5000 square
foot office building, and 6000 square
foot warehouse to be constructed on
Edenton highway near Perquimans
County High School in Hertford.
The cost of the building is esti
mated at approximately $200,000 dol
lars, and will be financed between
the two boards.
The commissioners voted Monday
to provide $75,000 dollars for the pro
ject, and the school board will be re
sponsible for the remaining money
needed to complete the project.
The new office complex is expected
to solve many problems for both the
school system, and the county by pro
viding much needed additional office
space.
The county will now consider using
the existing school offices to house
the Soil Conservation and Perqui
mans County Board of Elections of
fices, which are currently in need of
additional working space.
No details of the building design
have been worked out, and the pro
ject is still very much in the planning
stages according to Pat Harrell, but
the school board and the commission
ers stated that the project will be
completed as soon as possible.
Perquimans County schools are honored by Gov.
Programs in 16 North Carolina
school systems including Perqui
mans County have earned honors in
the Governor's Excellence in Educa
tion awards program.
^/jThe awards program, started in
**83 by former Governor Jim Hunt,
recognizes school programs across
the state that are doing an outstand
ing, innovative job of help students.
Perquimans County is being recog
nized foi their 10 page project cover
ing visual arts throughout the curric
ulum for grades K thru 12.
Susan Winslow of the Perquimans
County school system stated that
Perquimans County's Visual Arts
(uogram is exemplary for two rea
sons, community involvement, and
local financial support.
Representatives of the winning
school systems including Susan
Winslow, Deborah Coates - High
School Art teacher, and Joan Mans
field - Elementary Art teacher will be
honored at the Annual Winter Lead
ership Conference for superinten
dents and school board members
January 18 in Winston-Salem.
Nominations for the awards were
made by local boards of education
with winners selected by a panel of
education and business leaders.
The programs chosen from across
the state this year represent a vari
ety of programs, including the areas
of writing, health education, dropout
prevention, the arts and exceptional
children. These programs will serve
as models for other school systems.
State Superintendent Craig Phil
lips said he was pleased that 18 pro
Biggers honored by Lions
? Members of the Hertford Lions
club recently presented John T. Big
gers with an appreciation award for
outstanding and dedicated service.
t?Lion Biggers is retiring as the Li
on's club secretary after serving in
that capacity for 32 years.
* Biggers joined the Hertford Lions
Club in September 1948 as a transfer
member from tht Greenville Lions
Club.
Lion Biggers has served as Zone
Chairman of district 31-F, Deputy
Governor of district 31-F, President
of the Hertford Lions, and Cabinet
Secretary of dictrict 31-J in addition
to being the local club's secretary.
Members of the Lions Club also
presented Lion Biggers with a gulf
bag at the annual Christmas Ladies
night on December 4th at Anglers
Cove Restaurant.
Hearing held on Duckweed
County residents learned that there
(fttaybe no easy solution to the Duck
weed problem in the Perquimans
River at a public hearing held Mon
day night.
.Mr. Bo Burns, Division of Water
Resources, was on hand for the hear
ing, and stated that the state feels
that the Duckweed problem in the'
Perquimans River is the result of nu
trients building up and stagnation of
the water front lack of rainfall.
Mr. Burns stated that the state has
aquatic weed control program.
Tut that Duckweed is not included in
that program. The state has had good
success in combating other weeds,
but Duckweed has never presented a
major problem before.
Bums stated that he knew of no
other place in the state where the
weed was as prevalent as it is in the
Perquimans River and added that
before the state would treat the weed
a complete study would be done. The
'?udy is necessary to make sure the
^vironment would not be harmed by
He also said that the state is hoping
that the problem may correct itself in
time, but added that much is still un
known Duckweed.
The state does know that Duck
weed is found throughout the world,
and is one of the smallest flowering
plants, but added that no one cause is
known.
Burns stated that certain herbi
cides will kill the weed, but cautioned
that if the weed is killed and water
remains stagnate it will cause
greater problems.
Burnt added that the state must
get to the root of the problem, and
apologized for not having more an
swers. i
Mr. Burns closed the hearing by
stating that he would go back to the
state and report on the problem, and
report back to the county.
He said that be wanted to leave no
false impressions with anyone, and
added that he would do what he
could. However, he must go through
aU the proper steps.
grams, representee of hundreds of
the hundreds of innovative school
projects, have been selected for rec
ognition. ' I commend the teachers
and administrators in these school
systems for their initiative and will
ingness to find ways to better serve
all children. 'Phillips added, 'I en
courage all school systems in North
Carolina to continue to use all the re
sources available in the schools and
communities to help all of the one
million children in our schools suc
ceed.'
The Governor's Excellence in Edu
catipn Award is sponsored by Gover
nor James G. Martin, the State
Board of Education and the Depart
ment of Public Instruction.
Lion's Club President Ben Berry presents Mr. John Biggers
with a plaque for 32 years of service as club secretary.
Awards banquet held
The Albemarle Area Development
Association held their 24th annual
awards banquet and program De
cember llth at the Kermit E. White
Tenter in Elizabeth City.
The AADA works to promote a cli
mate in which economic and commu
nity development will occur, and
sponsors the awards program to rec
ognize organizations conducting
community improvement and indus
trial activities.
The AADA honored two Perqui
mans County organizations with
awards this year for outstanding con
tributions in the areas of economic
and community development.
Belvidere Farmers Exchange re
ceived the economic development
award for Perquimans County, and
The Bay Branch Homemakers Asso
ciation received a first place award
for community development.
Belvidere Farmers Exchange is
co-owned by Dan Nixon and Billy
Winslow. The company employs
seven people, and according to Stan
Winslow, County Extension Chair
man, Belvidere Farmers Exchange
has made significant contributions to
the county's economy, and to the
community.
The Bay Branch Homemakers As
sociation is made up of 12 members,
and received a first place award in
the category of Rural Community Or
ganizations. According to Mary Har
rell who was in charge of the commu
nity development awards the club
has been extremely active in commu
nity development TWajait summer
they fcli ding
program, antf'nave participated in
many activities to benefit their com
munity and Perquimans County.
Mr. Ray Wilkerson, Vice President
of Capital Broadcasting was the
guest speaker at the dinner. Mr. Wil
kerson is best known for his farming
broadcasts over the years.
Two men arrested
two men nave been arrested and
charged with felonies over the past
week by Hertford Police.
Toby Thomas Harvey of 407 Fac
tory Street, and Ernest James Dail of
40 Amsterdam West 61st Street, New
York, New York were both arrested
on Wednesday, December 10th in
Hertford.
Harvey was arrested and charged
with assault on a law enforcement of
ficial with a deadly weapon and Dail
has been charged with first degree
burglary.
Harvey was stopped by Officer
Tim Spence for an inspection sticker
violation on his vehicle. Upon stop
ping Harvey, Spence learned that
Harvey was wanted in Pasquotank
County for outstanding arrest war
rants covering various charges.
Spence arrested Harvey, and made
arrangements for his transfer to the
Pasquotank County Sheriff's Depart
ment.
Spence then allowed Harvey to re
turn to his car to retrieve some per
sonal belongings, when Harvey
reached the car he got inside and
locked the door. Officer Spence pro
ceeded to go in front of the vehicle to
the passenger's side, and when he
reached the front of the car Harvey
attempted to run over him. Spence
dodged the car, and Harvey sped off.
Officer Spence then got in his car
and followed Mr. Harvey down
Grubb Street into Barrow's Alley.
Harvey lost control of his vehicle in
the alley arid smashed into a brick
wall totaling his vehicle Harvey then
jumped from the car and fled from
the scene on foot. Spence followed
Harvey on foot until he apprehended
him on Dobbs Street where Harvey
resisted being arrested and struck of
ficer Spence several times.
Harvey was finally subdued by
Spence. and is being held in the Albe
marle District Jail. He faces charges
of resisting arrest, no liability insur
ance, inspection sticker violation,
and assault on a law enforcement of
ficial with a deadly weapon. His first
court appearance has been set for
January 7, 1987
In the other case, Dail is charged
with entering the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Edwards, Sr. on Dobbs
Street.
At approximately 6:05 p.m. on De
cember 10th a person entered the Ed
ward's house through the living room
window.
Mrs. Edwards, who was upstairs at
the time heard a noise and came
downstairs to confront a black male.
Mrs. Edwards instructed the man
to leave the house, and proceeded to
call the authorities.
Police answered the call, and at ap
proximately 10:00 p.m. Dail was ar
rested, and is being held in the Albe
marle District Jail on $5,000.00 bond.
His first court appearance will held
on January 7, 1987. He faces not less
than 14 years in prison if convicted.
Early deadlines set
Due to the upcoming Christmas
and New Year's holidays the Perqui
mans Weekly will observe early
deadlines for the next two editions of
the paper.
The deadline for all news and ad
vertising for the December 24th issue
of the paper will be 12 noon on Fri
day. December 19th. Deadline for the
December 31st edition of the paper
will be Friday, December 26th at 3:00
p.m..
Our office will close at noon on
Christmas Eve and will reopen at
9:00 a.m. on Friday, December 26th.
The office will also be closed on New
Year's Day.
Please bring your news articles
and advertising materials for these
two editions as early as possible to
insure placement. Due to the holiday
season, no materials will be accepted
for publication in any edition after
the specified deadlines.
We sincerely hope that these dead
lines will not present difficulties to
our advertisers or contributors. The
paper will resume normal deadlines
with the January 8th edition of the
paper.
Merry Christmas and best wishes
for the holiday season from the staff
and management of The Perquimans
Weekly.
Newbold-White closes
for winter season
Dear Santa:
I am North Carolina's oldest house,
Newbold-White, near Hertford. I was
built about 1685 by the Quaker, Jo
seph Scott, and I have been an impor
tant part in the growth of North Caro
lina from a wilderness to a great
state.
There was a time, around 1696-1697
when the General Assembly, and
nearly all the Courts met with me.
Why, forty or more people would
sleep within my 20 by 40 foot walls
back then. And all the food was being
prepared int he great fireplaces, with
hams and vension roasting as they
hung from the trammels, and sweet
potatoes baking in the hot ashes.
Some of the ladies brought tallow
candles to help with lighting my four
small rooms, and the men lighted fat
pine torches as they barbecued pigs
outside. Oh, I was considered a man
sion in those days, and to visit me
was an honor. So, you see, Santa, I
miss all my former glory, and I
thought you might bring me some of
the gifts I need to make people visit
me again.
First, I need about three feather
beds. I have only one bedstead now,
and not more than four people are al
lowed to sleep in one bed. I will make
feather pallets for most of the Gen
eral Assembly when they meet here
once again. The Govenor will have
I also need iron cooking utensils ?
all mine have disappeared through
the years. Griddles, spiders, trivets,
all with legs so that the coals can be
banked around them, are best. I can
use a nice, large pot outside for cook
ing and also for beiling clothes and
bed linens on wash day.
Santa. I simply must have another
building. When George Fox preached
here in 1672 people would have stood
in the rain to hear him. But. I as
sorry to say, people nowadays will sit
in the rain for football, but not gov
ernment meetings and religion. This
building would serve me as a recep
tion center, a museum, and gift shop,
all dedicated to showing people what
life was like when our state began
back in the 17th century. I do hope,
Santa, that you will speak with Sen
ator Marc Basnight, and Representa
tives Vernon James and Pete Thomp
son, about this if you cannot get it in
your sleigh on December 24th. It
wouldn't be a bad idea to tell Senator
Monk Harrington bout it too, as he is
my friend.
Finally, Santa please send mor lo
cal people to help with my preserva
tion and the telling of the history
within my walls. Arouse our citizens
to the need of preservng our past so
that it may help guide our future.
Joining the guardian of my future,
the Perquimans County Restoration
Association, is a way of helping with
this work.
Santa Claus, I was a good citizen
and served the Albemarle and the
state well in my youth. I am now
North Carolina's most senior house
tituen, aMt I wm4 your help. If you
wmmm these wishes, I
I?tt tateven better in the
years to come.
Sincerely,
The Newbold-White House
P.S. Although I am closed for the
winter to cut expenses, you may visit
me any time by appointment Just
phone 426-7567, Hertford.