LOCAL
FEATURE
County extension news
see pg. 3
Middle School news
see pg. 9
COMMUNITY
Workshop scheduled
see pg. 2
THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
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Eure to attend course!
Carl Eure has received a scholorship to the modem farming
short course. The course will be held in Raleigh, and will
feature all sorts of information and new techniques involved
with farming. Carl, center, is pictured with Mr. Ben Berry of
Peoples Bank, and David Carter of NCNB as they present
him with a check for the course. The course is co-sponsored
by the N. C. Bankers Association and is an annual event.
Local NAACP to move forward with law suit
The Perquimans County NAACP has
announced following a meeting on
Monday evening that they will move
forward with a law suit against Per
quimans County to change the voting
system within the county.
According to Rev. John H. London
of the Perquimans County NAACP
the suit would hopefully force the
county to establish new voting dis
tricts, and will charge the county
with violating the national voting
rights act. The suit will seek to pro
vide members of the black commu
nity with better representation in all
aspects of local government in Per
quimans County.
The NAACP has hired Attorney
Ronald Penney to represent them in
the suit, and according to London the
NAACP has Tiled the suit because
they do not forsee any future for
blacks in the area of politics of Per
quimans County in the near future.
London stated that the NAACP cer
tainly welcomes the establishment of
a committee by the board of commis
sioners to study the possibility of re
districting, and stated that a letter
would be sent to the committee
urging them to hold a public hearing
on their finding before a decision on
redistricting is made or presented to
the commissioners.
The NAACP's announcement on
Tuesday that they are moving for
ward with the law suit was prompted
by the commissioner's recent ap
pointment of Durwood Reed last
Tuesday to fill a vacant seat on the
county board of commissioners.
Local races beginning to develop in elections
With just a few days left in the filing
period several races have developed
in the upcoming local elections.
In the first district race for the
county commissioner's seat incum
bents D. R. Reed and Lester Simp
son, acting chairman of the board
will be challenged by Leo A. Higgins.
In the second district race for the
county commissioner's seat incum
bents Wayne Winslow and Thomas
Nixon have filed to seek re-election.
A race has also developed for the
clerk of superior court's office. The
current clerk of superior W. W.
"Welly" White will be challenged by
Paul Douglas Umphlett.
Races are also developing for seve
ral seats on the board of education.
Benjamin C. Hobbs, and Edgar Rob
inson have filed seeking the Bethel
township seat. Emmett Long the in
cumbent canidate announced on
Monday that he will not seek re-elec
tion to the board. Long has served on
the board for 20 years, and stated
that he felt it was time for him to re
tire.
Two other have also filed to seek
seats on the board of education. In
cumbent Cliff Towe has filed for re
election to the Parks ville seat, and L.
Wayne Howell has filed to seek elec
tion to the Hertford seat. Incumbent
Preston Stevenson who currently
holds the Hertford seat has not filed
for re-election.
In the race for Perquimans County
Register of Deeds incumbent Jeanne
White has filed.
The filing period for all offices will
end at 12 noon on February 1st.
Pesticide recertif ication workshop scheduled
On February 2nd a workshop for area
farmers whose last names begin with
A thru F will be held at the Perqui
mans County Extension Officer for
the purpose of recertification for
their pesticide licenses.
Growing increases in the use of
pesticides, and changes which are
developing all the time with regard to
pesticide usage have caused state
and national officials to take a second
look at the pesticide certification
process.
From now on all farmers who use
pesticides will have to be recertified
and carry a valid license. All those
farmers in North Carolina whose
names begin with A through F must
be re-certified before June 30th 1988.
February 2nd's workshop will re
view material developed by the
North Carolina Pesticide Board, and
will cover all aspects of pesticide
useage.
According to Stan Winslow, County
Extension Director, the pesticide re
certification process is long overdue.
"Pesticide licenses should have to re
newed just like driver's licenses,"
said Winslow.
The re-certification process will
help area farmers who have been
asking for additional training in the
area of pesticides for some time
added Winslow who will be offering
the workshop.
Winslow added that area farmers
are concerned with pesticide useage,
and are concerned with using them
safely so that they do not endanger
citizens of the county or crops they
produce.
Winslow is encouraging all the
fanners who's names begin with A-F
to attend the workshop. Cost will be
$7.00. $6.00 will go for the N.C. Pesti
cide license fee, and $1.00 will go to
wards materials used during the
workshop.
The workshop will run from 10:00
a.m. until 12:00 a.m., and will be held
at the ARPDC building in Hertford.
For more information contact the
Perquimans County Extension of
fice.
Shirley Ferry files for 1 st district house seat
Perquimans County Resident Shirley
Perry has announced that she will
edce again ran for a seat in the North
Carolina House of Representatives
representing the first district.
- Perry who filed to run for the seat
on Tuesday as a Republican ran in
19M for the bouse of representatives
and was defeated by Representative
Vernon James, and Rep. R. M.
"Pete" Thompson.
Perry has been extremely active in
the polictical arena, and is also very
active in state and local affairs. She
has served as president of the cham
ber of commerce, is a governor ap
pointee on the rural rehabilitation
corporation, is currently the county
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Friday and Saturday's
weather will be clear and cold
with temperatures featuring
lows in the 20s, and highs in the
representative on the health systems
agency, and is a representative on
the local economic improvement
council just to name a few of Perry
accomplishments.
Mrs. Peny is a native of Chowan
County and has been a resident of
Perquimans County for 36 years. She
is married to Rudolph Perry, and
they operate Perry Hog Farm, Inc. in
Belvidere.
"I would like to represent the peo
ple of the first district in Raleigh,"
said Perry. "I will work hard in their
interest," she added.
Also running in this race are both
incumbents James and Thompson.
Distinguished service
award winners announced
The Perquimans County Jaycees
honored several area residents last
Thursday at their annual Distin
guished Service Awards Banquet.
Sara Winslow received the coveted
award of the evening, the distin
guished service award. Winslow, a
native of Perquimans County was
honored for her continuing service to
the area. Winslow is employed with
the North Carolina Department of
Coastal Resources In Elisabeth City,
and is a member of the Perquimans
County Jaycees.
Others honored during the evening
were Sid Eley, outstanding area Ore
fighter, Barbara Dancbeese, out
standing rescue squad member,
Tanya Howell, outstanding youth,
James Logan, outstanding law en
forcement officer, Mrs. Frierson,
outstanding senior citizen, Karen
Lures, outstanding young educator,
and Wayne Winalow, outstanding
government official.
James Lamb received the Roger
son Memorial award which goes to
the best softball player in Perqui
mans County, and Is voted on by the
coaches.
Coogradulations to all the winners.
Reed appointed
to county board
The Perquimans County Board of
Commissioners have appointed Mr.
Durwood Reed to fill the vacant seat
on the board . The appointment was
made last Tuesday evening during
the commissioner's meeting.
Reed will fill the seat vacated last
month by W. W. "Welly" White who
resigned to become Perquimans
County's new clerk of superior court
following the retirement of Mr. Jar
vis Ward.
Reed was one of three people rec
ommended for the appointment by
the Perquimans County Democratic
party. The other people recom
mended were Rev. John H. London,
and Mr. Jan Spruill, both of whom
are black. Reed's appointment to the
board was voted on unanimously by
the commissioners, and was neither
discussed or debated during Tues
day's meeting.
The NAACP had gone on record
earlier stating that they hoped a
black canidate would be appointed to
the board, and several NAACP mem
bers were present again at Tuesday's
meeting to let their feelings be
known.
Mrs. Estelle Felton, vice president
of the local NAACP stated that the
appointment of a black to board
would afford black members of the
community a voice in local govern
ment, and she hoped that the com
missioners would consider that fact
in making their appointment. Mrs.
Felton and the others present stated
that they had no negative feeling to
wards Reed, and added that they felt
no partiality towards either black
candidate.
Mr. Reed is native resident of Per
quimans County, and retired re
cently from Perquimans County af
ter serving 30 years as finance
officer.
Paul Gregory, Perquimans County
manager stated following the meet
ing that hefelt the commissioners
had a tough decision, and that all of
the candidates were qualified to
serve on the board.
Later during Tuesday's meeting
the board did appoint a committee
for studying the possibility of redis
tricting voting districts to offer the
black committees better chance at
having a representative on the board
of commissioners. The members of
the committee are Mr. Buddey
Tilley, Chairman of the Perquimans
County elections board, Mr. J. C.
Cole, Mr. John Matthews, Mrs. Jua
nita Bailey, and Mr. Paul Gregory.
The committee will be looking into
this issue at reporting to the commis
sioners at a later time.
County receives
good audit report
The Perquimans County Board of
Commissioners received a good re
port concerning the county's 1987 au
dit Tuesday.
Mr. Aiken, the county's auditor
was on hand Tuesday, and told mem
bers of the board that the county was
in good shape with regard to cash and
investments. Aiken did state how
ever that he felt the board should con
tinue to keep a close eye on the water
department which has lost money for
the past two years.
The department which lost over
$600,000 in both 1966 and 1967 is in bet
ter shape this year according to the
audit, but according to Aiken the situ
ation should still be watch carefully
by the county.
The revenue produced by the coun
ty's water department has greatly in
creased this year due to expansion of
water lines, and Paul Gregory says
he feels the system will make money
next year, and with no unforseen cir
cumstances may break even this
year.
"The commissioners and I are
really surprised that the water de
partment is doing as well as it's
doing. The department will come
close to breaking even for the year,"
said Gregory. "That's suprising con
sidering all the money that's been
spent in the department since the
early summer," he added.
Many of the problems with the wa
ter department losing money have
occurred because of depreciation of
equipment, and added expense for
replacing and repairing that equip
ment.
Hopefully with new rennovations
which have been done within the sys
tem these added expenses will be de
creased in the coming year.
In other areas of the audit Aiken
reported the county is in good finan
cial shape. Those areas included in
vestments, and undesignated cash
reserves.
Board of Education
seeks additional
funds for facilities
The Perquimans County Board of
Commissioners listened intently on
Tuesday as the Perquimans County
Board of Education presented their
long range facilities plan, and made
a request for additional funds on Tue
day evening.
The board of education came no
closer to getting any funds, but they
did make the county aware of the
school's long range facility needs.
The long range school facilities
plan presented by the school board to
the county was required by the N.C.
Dept of Public Instruction, and iden
tifies over $12 million dollars in needs
including rennovations repairs, and
replacement for each of schools as
indicted below: $3.15 million for the
middle school, $2.3 million in renno
vations to the grammar school, $1.16
million in rennovations to the high
schoo'. and $3.7 million for replace
ment oi Central School in Winfall.
The board of commissioners
praised the school board for their
plan of action concerning the coun
ty's needs, but expressed their con
cern about the cost.
The commissioners stated that
they did not know where the money
was going to come from to pay for the
repairs, replacements, and rennova
tions outlined in the plan.
The school board stated that they
can expect approximately $5 million
in school facility funds which have al
ready been allocated by the general
assembly, but according Clifford
Winslow, chairman of the board of
education, he does not feel the county
will be eligible for critical needs
funding because the schools in the
county are in good shape compared
to other county's facilities.
The commissioners stated that re
alized the schools have definite needs
for facilities, but added that other
needs in the county make it impossi
ble for them to committ any additio
nal funds at this time.
Both boards expressed on Tuesday
their hope that the state would come
through with some additional money
to help in funding the county's long
range school facilities plan.
Committee of lOO
sets annual meeting
The Perquimans County Commit
tee of 100 will bold it's annual dinner
meeting February 1 at Angler's Cove
Restaurant.
The guest speaker will be Ms. Gre
thel Boyette of Kenly, N. C. Ms.
Boyette is a graduate of Atlantic
Christian College. She taught school
for 6 years before retiring to become
a full time mother and a "profes
sional volunteer".
Ms. Boyette has been active in all
types of volunteer work? Boy Scouts
and Girl Scouts, fund raising and
drives for local charities, P.T.A., po
litical organizations and the Blood
Mobile? just to name a few. She has
served on boards and held offices in
many of these organizations. She was
named Johnston County Volunteer of
the Year, and in 1900, was the recipri
cant of Kenly's Public Service
Award.
Ms. Boyette's main interest and en
ergies in the past 4 years has been in
the founding and organization of the
Tobacco Museum located in Kenly.
Ms. Boyette will tell how Kenly hay
tapped into North Carolina's growing
tourist trade with the opening of this
museum.
Anyone interested in the devel
opment of Perquimans County is in
vited to attend this dutch dinner
meeting. Soda! hour will be at 6:00
p.m. and dinner will be at 7:00.