Community
Legislative report
Hie past couple of weeks have been
hectic. The deadline for public bills
! has passed. As of May 18, a total of
? 1389 bills have been introduced in the
House and 943 in the Senate.
Funding for school construction
Z has a high priority here at the Legis
- lature and interest is high in three
plans that have been talked about.
Governor Martin's plan involves
' bonds for school construction. Sen
ator Royal has introduced a bill that
m would provide for issuance of bonds
- to provide funds to finance school fa
I cilities and also clean water projects.
*U?e third plan is Representative
? Watkin's House Bill 307 that has al
ready passed the House. The bill has
created the most interest up to now in
the First District. If enacted, this bill
I will increase sales tax in North Caro
? Una by 1 percent. This increase is to
? be spent on school construction only.
? It can be used to pay off school bonds
construction is not necessary and is
Available until 1995. Another interest
ing feature of this plan is that there is
a sunset provision that take* effect
four years from enactment. It would
take two-thirds vote in the House and
Senate for this tax to continue.
In the First District, the additional
1 percent sales tax is estimated to
produce in four years the following
amount of money: Camden,
$1,587,957; Chowan, $3,686,923; Curri
tuck, $3,644,169; Dare, 95,135,737;
Gates, $2,557,873; Pasquotank,
$8,088,751; Perquimans, $2,994,089;
Tyrrell, $1,171,731; and Washington,
$3,911,703. The sales tax bill is now in
the Senate for consideration. This is
where all three school construction
plans will be looked at closely. It will
be very interesting to see what comes
out. it is estimated that the sales tax
would equal an average 22 cents ad
valorem tax.
Please contact the Legislative Of
fice Building in Raleigh at 733-9598
for assistance.
Legionaires offer reward
, Legionaires of Post 40 are search
, ipg for 50 six foot landscaping timb
ers and a utility trailor that were sto
len from in front of their Post home
on Highway 17 South Business on Fri
day night, May 15, at approximately
twelve o'clock midnight.
The trailor body is approximately 4
ft. x 8 ft. with a blue tongue with a
|ack attached to the tongue. The
sides are 30 to 36 inches high and
made of 1 in. x 6 in. pressure treated
- boards and are eathered gray in
color. The license number is North
Carolina 592097.
The landscaping timbers are 6 feet
in length. The size cannot be pur
chased commercially.
Post 40 is offering a $500 reward for
information that leads to the recov
ery of the trailor and arrest of the
person or persons who stole the trai
lor and timbers.
Anyone having any information
concerning this matter should call
Chowan County Sheriff Fred Spruill
at 482-8484. Identity of caller will be
kept confidential.
Students receive awards
I RALEIGH? Lori Gard of Hertford
has received the 1987 Leigh Goodrum
Math Award at Peace Colege.
The Leigh Goodrum Math Award,
the top mathematics award at the
College, is given to the student who
has the highest average for two se
mesters of mathematics. The award
is a memorial to the late Leigh Good
rum of Cary, a 1974 Peace graduate.
It was established in 1984 by a gift
from the class of 1974.
Miss Gard, a rising sophomore at
Peace, is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. James M. Gard of Route 3.
Angela Kay Spivey of Belvidere
has received Honorable Mention in
the Penny Freshman English compe
tition at Peace College. She was one
of three freshmen to receive recogni
tion for their outstanding achieve
ment in English coursework this
school year.
The Penny Freshman English
Awards were established in 1973 by
Celeste Penny, a Peace alumna who
taught English for many years in
North Carolina schools. The award
recipients are selected by the En
glish faculty.
Miss Spivey is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry T. Spivey of Route 1.
Peace is a two-year, liberal arts
college for women.
Optimist club attempting
to form in Perquimans
, A meeting to make a final attempt
; to form an Optimist Club in Perqui
mans County will be held on Monday,
June 1st at the Hertford Municipal
Building on Grubb St. at 7:30 p.m. All
optimist activities are geared toward
service to the youth. All interested
persons are urged to attend.
North Carolina remains
Jeader in immunizing kids
North Carolina remains a national
leader in immunizing children
against communicable diseases,
according to State Health Director
Dr. Ronald H. Levine.
State records show that 99.2 per
cent of the 181,988 children who en
tered kindergarten and first grade
last September met the minimum re
quirements of the immunization law.
In Perquimans County, 98.2 per
cent of the students were properly
immunized.
"We're very proud of our immuni
zation record in North Carolina," Le
vine said. "The persistent efforts of
Our physicians, local health depart
ments, licensed day care operator,
and public and private school offi
cials have helped us significantly re
duce the incidence of some vaccine
preventable diseases and practically
wipe out others."
He pointed out that North Caroli
na's immunization law requires that
children entering school be imunized
against diptheria, tetanus, pertusis
(whooping cough), measles, mumps,
rubella, and polio. The law applies to
school children in grades K-12, as
well as those in licensed day care fa
cilities.
Levine stressed the importance of
having children properly immunized
and keeping medically verified re
cords signed by a physician or clinic.
"Parents should start their chil
dren's immunizations at two months
of age and then complete them on
time," he explained. "They also need
to keep their children's boosters and
records up-to-date. This not only pro
tects our children now, but also the
children of future generations."
Immunizations are available from
private physicians and local health
departments throughout the state.
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ALMOST 30. . .
and Mitch wants to know
where are the children.
Happy 26th
Nancy Futrejl Carswell
Above members of the Perquimans County Senior Center
prepare to journey to Norfolk, VA for a visit to Wells Theatre.
The group ate lunch at Morrisons' Cafeteria, and then
watched a show. The trip was enjoyed by all.
Women's health fair held
Concerned women of the Albe
marle Area visited Chowan Hospital
May 16 for a special event planned
just for them. The Women's Health
Fair was planned especially to help
women become more aware of their
health and fitness needs.
Mini-lectures on such topics as Ma
turing Gracefully, Self-Breast Exam,
Coping With Alzheimers, Calcium
and You, AIDS, Depression, and De
tecting Child Abuse were held
throughout the day in the educational
wing of the hopital.
Speakers included Dr. Bernie
Baker; Jodi Brantham, RN, BSN;
Joyce Pickrel, MSW; Jill Jordan,
Health Educator; Steve Braun,
MSW; Stephanie Nugen, RD; and
Frances Boling, BS, MT.
Exhibits by Dr. Ike Blakemore on
Vision, HOSPICE, Cancer Society,
Heart Association, and EMS on CPR
and Choking were complemented by
additional displays on Car Safety,
Nutrition, Physical Fitness (by Nau
tilus) Pregnancy (Health Depart
ment), Guest Care, Lifeline, Saving
Your Lower Back.
Blood Typing, Diabetes Screening,
and the taking of Blood Pressures
were free to those wishing to have
these areas of their health tested.
The event was covered by WZBO
with door prizes given away during
the day. Prizes included free mam
mograms, dental checkups, labo
ratory testing, Sunday luncheons and
a free physical. Several two-month
memberships wee given by The Nau
tilus.
Co-sponsored by the hospital and
the Edenton Women's Club, the day
was termed a success in furthering
women's knowledge about their
health and well-being.
Chaplains meeting held
at Chowan Hospital
AIDS: The Fear Of Caring was the
topic of the continuing education pro
gram given at the semi-annual meet
ing of the Chowan Hospital Chaplains
held recently at the hospital.
The program, presented by
Frances Boling, MT, ASCP, dealt
with the facts about AIDS, at the
same, dispelling most of the myths
which have surfaced about the dis
ease. The objective was to provide
factual informationto enable the cha
plains to be better ble to minister to
AIDS patients and their families.
Fifteen members of the chaplain's
program attended the luncheon
meeting. The Rev. Raymond Need
ham and the Rev. Donald Crowder
were the Perquimans County min
isters who attended.
North Carolina begins
work on bond forfeiture
RALEIGH? Governor James G.
Martin recently announced that the
state is making a change designed to
toughen enforcement of its motor ve
hicle laws. The governor's announce
ment will close what some have per
ceived to be loopholes in the legal
system.
The change will affect North Caro
lina motorists who are charged in
South Carolina with traffic violations
that are serious enough to result in
the revocation of their driver li
censes. Charges stemming from
manslaughter involving a vehicle,
racing and drunk driving are among
the offenses which could be affected
by the change.
In the past, many of these drivers
have not lost their North Carolina li
censes because of a long-standing le
gal interpretation of the South Caro
lina bond forfeiture procedure.
In making the announcement, Gov
ernor Martin said, "It is important
that our highway laws dealing with
serious violations are tough, and im
portant that they are consistently ap
plied. Under the changes we are
making, the Division of motor Vehi
cles wiU be able to accomplish both of
these goals. People who break the
law must be held accountable and
now they will be."
Currently, motorists who commit
serious traffic violations in South
Carolina are usually allowed to post
an appearance bond If they fail to
appear in court, the bond is forfeited.
For drivers from South Carolina and
many states, the bond forfeiture has
the same affect as a conviction. But
North Carolina legal opinions have
held otherwise, saying that the traf
fic citations issued in South Carolina
did not constitute a warrant and
therefore, the Division of Motor Vehi
cles could not revoke the license of
violators.
In the past the issue was clouded
further by the fact that South Caro
lina was using a non-uniform traffic
ticket.
Reportedly, North Carolina have
routinely been told of the quirk in the
law, and have been advised that they
could retain their driving privileges
by simply not appearing in court and
forfeiting their bond.
However, South Carolina bond for
feitures for offenses committed after
June 15, 1967 will be viewed in a dif
ferent light. After that date the Divi
sion of Motor Vehicles will treat them
as convictions and will revoke the
driver licenses of those charged if ap
propriate.
The state's new approach is based
on the conclusion of an attorney gen
eral's opinion requested by Wiliam S.
Hiatt, Commissioner of Motor Vehi
cles. Jane P. Gray, a special deputy
attorney general staffed to the DMV,
was instrumental in researching the
issue and developing the new policy
announced by the governor.
NOTICE OP RIGHT TO NOMINATE BY PETITION
The Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) is accepting nominations
for County Committee elections for Perquimans/Chowan Area Commit
tee. This notice is issued to jpform eligible voters of the rights to
nominate candidates by petition. Copies of the petition and instructions
on its completion can be obtained from your local FmHA office.
Persons nominated should be currently engaged in the operation of a
farm, have their principal farming operation within the County or area in
which activities of the County or area Committee are carried out, derive
the principal parts of their income from farming (that is more than 50
percent of their gross income must come from (agricultural produc
tion), be a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted to
the United State for permanent residence, not have an FmHA insured or
guaranteed loan, and be well qualified for committee work. Nomi
nations must be received in the Hertford Office, located in the Perqui
mans County Office Building, Church St. no later than June 10, 1987.
FmHA committee elections are open to all eligible voters without regard
to race, color, religion, national origin, age, political affiliation, marital
status, sex, and/or handicap.
Area obituaries <??
BAGLEY
Mrs Lee Bagley died May 2, 1987 in
a Houston hospital after a long ill
ness.
Mr. Shelon Bagley, 72, died May 8,
1987 in a Houston hospital. He was the
son of the late W.E. and Lena Bagley
of Hertford, NC.
Survivors include two sisters, Mrs.
Ethel Nccella of Babylon, N.Y. and
Mrs. Irma Ayscue of Hertford
Both bodies were donated to sci
ence.
ELIZABETH O. BUNCH
TYNER, N.C.? Elizabeth Onley
Bunch, 90, died May 21, 1987, in a
nursing home.
Mrs. Bunch, a Perquimans County
native, was a member of Center Hill
Baptist Church. She was the widow of
Elbert R. Bunch.
Survivors include a son, Rosser
Bunch of Chesapeake; a sister, Eva
Huxter of Edenton, N.C.; and a
grandchild.
The funeral was conducted at 2
p.m. Saturday in Williford-Barham
Funeral Home, Edenton, by the Rev.
David Hoffman. Burial was in Bea
ver Hill Cemetery.
MARY S. FLINN
Mary Frances Shepard Flinn, 78,
died May 16, 1987. She was the daugh
ter of the late Lyman Shepard and
the late Ellen Beautrix Thurkle
She was a teacher for 30 years in
the Brunswick County schools, a
member of the Poetry Society of Vir
ginia, a member of Hicksford
Chapter D.A.R., and Alberta Book
Club, and a member of Brunswick
Historical Society. A member of the
Trinity-St. Mark's Episcopal Church
in Alberta, she served on the Exec
utive Board of the Episocopal Church
Women for the Diocese of Southern
Virginia.
Survivors include her husband,
Meade Flinn of Alberta; sons, Ly
man Meade Flinn of Richmond and
Robert Sturdivant Flinn of Alberta.
Memorial services were held Mon
day, May 18 at 11 a.m. at Trinity-St.
Mark Mark's Episcopal Church in Al
berta. Interment was 2:30 p.m. in
Holy Trinity Episcopal Churchyard,
Hertford, N.C.
GLADYS R. KIKBY .t
EDENTON-Mrs. Gladys Rqgor
son Kirby, 72, o i Route 2, Box. #7,
Eden ton, died Monday evening, Hiy
25, 1987, in her home after a lengthy
illness.
A native of Perquimans County j#e
was the daughter of the late Johq a#d
Mary Winslow Rogerson and thevjife
of Erie T. Kirby. She was a member
of Bethel Baptist Church. (?
Besides her husband, survivors;in
clude two daughters, Mrs. Thoms
H. (Lois) Eure of Rt. 3, Hertford 93d
Mrs. Wallace (Linda) Evana
Eden ton; two sons, Alvin Kirby- pf
Route 1, Belvidere and John Kirby tf
Hertford; 3 sisters, Mrs. Roy (Myr
tle) Chappell of Rt. 1, Hertford, )(rs.
Norman (Viola) Smith and Mrs.
Elmer (Doris) Smith, both of New
port News, Va.; a half-sister, Mrg
George (Emma) Byrum of Hertford; 9
two brothers, Preston Rogerson>dkd
Melvin Rogerson, both of Edentoo;
and 5 grandchildren. ?
Funeral services were held
Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. in the Bethel
Baptist Church with the Rev. Gordon
Shaw officiating. Burial followed- in
Beaver Hill Cemetery, Edenton, with
Swindell Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements. >'
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Turtles give their young no care'at
all. The mother sea turtle digs a hole
on a beach and lays her eggs, covets
them with sand and then return*4o
the sea. The sun hatches the egg*.' ,
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REQUEST FOR BIDS
The Board of Commissioners of Perquimans County.;:
hereby requests sealed bids for the purchase of the
following item:
1 1981 Plymouth Gran Fury |
The car will be sold in its present condition (as is) and may be
seen at the Perquimans County Courthouse. Sealed bids mdsf
be submitted in writing to the Board of Commissioners, PerqDl*
mans County Courthouse, Hertford, North Carolina on or before
10:00 a.m., June 1, 1987 at which time and place bids will bcf
opened and publicly read. The Perquimans County Board $
Commissioners reserves the right to reject any and all bids. \
Randy Keaton, County Manage*
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