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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
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2393 vote in local
elections on Tuesday
Forty-seven percent of the regis
tered voters turned out on Tuesday to
vote in this year's primary election.
Democrats had 46 different candi
dates for local and state offices to
choose from and Republicans II, but
just under half of the county's 5057
registered voters visited the poles to
exercise their choices.
According to the unofficial tally of
the Perquimans County Bosrc of
Elections, 2393 persons cast ballots at
seven places througout Perquimans
County.
The last precinct reported their re
sults at approximately 1:00 a.m. on
Wednesday morning, as a crowd
waited patiently in front of the court
house for the results of several local
elections.
Non-partisan county school board
elections were the only balloting for
which the results are final, and Ben
Hobbs edged out Edgar Roberson in
a close race to gain the seat from
Bethel Township. In another fairly
close race, Cathy Terra nova gave
Wayne Howell a run for his money,
but Howell came through in the end
to gain the lead and the Hertford
Township seat on the Board of Edu
cation. Cliff Towe, who ran unop
posed, was again elected to the board
representing Parks ville Township.
Hobb6 faired well, carrying four
precincts, and received 1116 votes to
Roberson's 1013 votes.
Howell faired well in all the pre
cincts gaining 1222 votes, 56 percent
of the vote, compared to 949 votes, 44
percent, for Terranova.
Towe, the incumbent, who ran
unopposed received 1823 votes.
In the race for Perquimans County
Clerk of Superior Court, L. Gail God
win, scored an impressive victory
over two other candidates, W. W.
"Welly" White, and Douglas Umph
lett; however, Godwin fell 11 votes
short of defeating White and Umph
lett by the necessary two votes to
one, plus one vote, necessary to avoid
a run-off.
Godwin tallied 1140 votes com
pared to 518, and 575, respectively for
Umphlett and White. Godwin needed
1151 votes to avoid a run-off, and
according to state statute White has
seven days to call for a run-off in this
race. The run-off, if called for, will
take place on May 31, 1988.
Two candidates were to be selected
for two seats on the Perquimans
County Board of Commissioners, one
to serve two years, and one four
years.
In the race for the two year term,
Durward Reed, Jr., the incumbent,
just snuck by Jan Spruill 1203 votes to
1000. Reed did extremely well in West
Hertford and Parksville, while Spr
uill carried Belvidere, and East Hert
ford.
Incumbent Lester Simpson had
little trouble defeating two candi
dates in the race for the four year
term. Simpson received 1186 votes,
while Higgins and Allen received 566
and 409 respectively.
Simpson's greatest support came
from Parksville township and East
Hertford, while Higgins showed good
support in Bethel, East Hertford, and
Parksville. Allen's greatest support
came from East Hertford where he
received 77 votes.
Jeanne White, incumbent candi
date for register of deeds, soundly de
feated challenger Alice White Cope
land, 1731 votes to 488. White carried
all seven precincts, and received 78
percent of the vote.
Local voters also gave a nod of ap
proval to our present delegation of
state house representatives.
In the house of representatives,
race incumbent candidates Thomp
son and James led Perquimans
County easily. Thompson was the big
winner with 1428 votes, and James
received 1278. Foster and Walker, the
other two candidates, received 455
and 387 votes respectively.
Lt. Governor Bob Jordan easily
carried Perquimans County in his
run for the governor's office. Jordan
received 1484 votes, and was followed
by Martin with 365, Crawford with 51,
Lloyd with 50, and Friedman with 34
votes.
Senator Harold Hardison easily
carried the race for Lt. Governor,
tailing 945 votes, he was followed by
Rand with 381, Jordan with 251,
Helms with 213, and Hannon with 114
votes.
In the other state races of interest,
Edmisten led the race for Secretary
of State with 914 votes, Renfrow led
the auditor's race with 1300 votes,
Brooks led the Commissioner of La
bor race with 886 votes, Etheridge led
the race for Superintendent of Public
Instruction with 1090 votes, and
Hicks and Davis led the races for
judge. Hicks received 793 votes, and
Davis received 738 votes.
In the republican elections voter
turn-out was slim, but average.
In the race for Lt. Governor, Gard
ner took the county with 70 votes, fol
lowed by Sawyer with 13, ahd Boyd
with 10.
Carrington captured the Secretary
of State nomination with 51 votes
compared to 35 for Warner.
Levy was victorious in the Com
missioner of Labor office race with 46
votes, and Overby received 38 votes.
Rogers was successful in winning
the Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion race with 57 votes while Paquin
received 29 votes, and in the congres
sional races Moye defeated Wahl by
one vote, 45 to 44.
Arts Extravaganza scheduled
Perquimans County High School
will come alive next Thursday and
Friday, May 12th and 13th, during the
fourth annual very special "Arts Ex
i . travaganza".
This very special two day event
will get underway on Thursday and
will continue until Friday when the
Perquimans County High School
Band will perform a concert for the
public.
The "Arts Extravaganza" will fea
ture musicians, craftsman, perform
ers, and student exhibits, as well as
performances by the band and cho
rus, and the annual FFA chicken fry.
Make plans now to come and join
everyone at the 4th annual very spe
cial "Arts Extravaganza", May 12th
and 13th.
Commodities distribution scheduled
Perquimans County will receive
cheese, butter, corn meal, instant
milk, flour and rice for distribution to
the needy of Perquimans County on
. May 2Sth. We hope to have good
weather for the day of distribution;
however, we have made a rain date
of May 28, 1988 if needed. Distribu
tion will be held from 8:30-12:00.
The Hertford Lion's Club will begin
the distribution at 8:30 a.m. It will be
conducted at the Ice Plant, Grubb
Street in Hertford and will be avail
able to all income eligible households
in Perquimans County. Households
having four or more members should
bring a helper with them to assist iu
carrying the food to the car.
All households who will not be able
to pick up their commodities may use
a representative for this purpose.
The commodities card or application
must be signed in the correct places
for this to be acceptable. No house
hold will be allowed to pick up food
for more than themselves and one
other household as representative.
There will be two lines at the distri
botkw site. The second line will be for
the handicapped and -or disabled;
WHO ARE PRESENT AT THE DIS
TRIBUTION to pick up their food. A
Doctor's note, stating the disability,
must be provided.
Cars may not be driven into the dis
tribution area. Please remember to
park in only authorized parking
areas as the Hertford Police Depart
ment will be patrollng the area.
Applications may be obtained from
the following agencies beginning
May 16, 1968: Department of Social
Services, Health Department, Eco
nomic Improvement Council, Catho
lic Social Services, Senior Citizen
Center and the Open Door Ministries
at the Ice Plant.
The Commodities Distribution Pro
gram is available to all eligible per
sons without regard to race, color,
national origin, age, sex, religion,
handicap, or political beliefs. Infor
mation about regulations against dis
crimination and how to file a com
plaint may be secured from the N. C.
Division of Social Services, 325 N. Sa
lisbury Street, Raleigh, N. C., or
from your county Department of So
cial Services.
The income criterior are listed be
low:
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Household Gross Income Must Be Below
Level
of Appropriate Size Household
? Household Size
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3
4
5
6
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L*: 7
8
Add for each additional
household Berber:
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P6r Year Per Month Per Week
$ 7,150 $ 596 $ 138
9,620 802 185
12,090 1,008 233
14,560 1,214 280
17,030 1,420 328
19,500 1,625 375
21,970 1,831 423
24,440 2,037 470
$ 2,470 $ 206 $ 48
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Photo by George Wumore
Hertford landfill burns!
On Tuesday evening area fireman responded to a fire call at the Hertford landfill. For two days
the landfill burned. On Tuesday flames and smoke could be seen for miles around, and fireman
worked around the clock to control the blaze. Above is a view of the fire from the municipal
building parking lot in Hertford.
Area fireman battle fire at landfill
At approximately 6:30 p.m. last
Tuesday, Hertford and Winfall fire
men were called to a fire at the Hert
ford landfill, which kept them busy
around the clock for several days.
On Tuesday, flames from the fire
could be seen on U.S. Highway 17 as
the fire blazed out of control, and
thick smoke filled the air throughout
Hertford and the surrounding com
munities, making traveling difficult
in the area.
According to Edgar Roberson,
Chief of the Hertford Fire Depart
ment, the cause of the blaze at the
landfill, which is mainly used to
throw away trees and branches, is
unknown, but an investigation was
continuing last week.
For several days, firemen pumped
water from the Perquimans River to
fight the fire, and a bulldozer and
backhoe were also put into operation,
moving trash from the surface of the
fire, so that firemen could get to
smoldering trash buried beneath.
As early as 6:45 Tuesday, traffic
was diverted around the causeway,
because fire hoses were blocking the
road, and the roadway remained
blocked until Wednesday evening.
Fireman from Hertford and Win
fall fire departments stayed on the
scene all night Tuesday, and took
turns remaining on the scene around
the clock until late Wednesday. Fire
man from all the departments in Per
quimans County assisted in the fire,
and fireman were still checking on
the landfill for fire as late as Monday.
Roberson stated on Wednesday
that he expected the fire to be out for
the most part by that afternoon, but
expected it might smolder for seve
ral more days after that.
Hertford's Mayor Bill Cox praised
the firemen for their efforts in put
ting out the fire, and stated he felt
that they had gone above and beyond
the call of duty in fighting the landfill
fire. " This community has called on
our fire departments once again to go
beyond the call of duty. We are fortu
nate to have such excellent firemen
and departments in Perquimans
County," said Cox.
County spelling bee held last Friday
"Stadium. S-t-a-d-u-o-m. Sta
dium."
The girl looked over at the judges,
hopefully. "That is not correct," said
Susan Winslow, the word prouncer
kindly with a grimace.
Teary eyed and emotional, the girl
stepped down from the stage to join
the other youngsters, who had fallen
victim to other spelling words earlier
in the contest.
The scene was repeated over and
over again as students from the first
through fourth grades at Hertford
Grammar School and Central Gram
mar School competed in the Perqui
mans County Spelling Bee on Friday.
All of the contests were tough on
Friday, but as the fourth grade spel
ling bee drew to a close on Friday,
the contest was down to two young
ladies, Joy McMullian, and Amanda
Lawrence.
Two times it seemed as though the
contest would end, but both girls
spelled the same word incorrectly,
and it continued. After spelling words
for 45 minutes continuously, Amanda
finally emerged the winner, having
correctly spelled words such as
theirs, companion, and stadium.
Sharon Tunnell, a second grade
teacher at Central School, and co-or
dinator for the spelling bee stated
that she felt the competition went
very well, and that all the children
were winners.
The children also got a chance to be
in front of people, and that in itself
proved more difficult for them than
they imagined, often shifting back
and forth from one foot to the other
when spelling words.
Other winners of the spelling bee
included: 1st grade winner Jeremy
Tackett, 2nd grade winner, Tina
Knehr, and 3rd grade winner Mattie
Hurdle.
The other students from Central
School and Hertford Grammar
School who participated in the con
test included: 1st grade: Travis Hur
dle, 2nd grade: Tiffany Baker, Cris
ta Harrell, and Andriel Felton. 3rd
grade: Matt Tunnell, Debra Oder,
and Amber Curies. 4th grade: John
Sadler, and Renee Byrum.
" Catfish " writes book
about his baseball career
On Thursday, Jim "Catfish" Hunter travied downtown to
Woodard's Pharmacy in Hertford to autograph copies of his
newly released book. Catfish: My Life in Baseball. In a mat
ter of hours over 500 copies of the book were sold and auto
graphed. Hie book which was co-authored with Jimmy by
Armen Keteyian of Sports Illustrated, is currently in its third
printing with over 55,000 copies printed by McGraw Hill. The
book which tells the tale of Jimmy's baseball career proves
to be easy reading, funny, inspirttional, but most of all en
joyable. "Catfish: My Life in Baseball" b available for $10.05
in hardcover edition.
Old timers
is planned
for Saturday
The Perquimans High Baseball
Team will play a fund raising game
Saturday, May 7, 1988, at 7:30 P.M.
against the most impioved 1964 base
ball team. Plan to come early to get
the best seat in the ball park and get
your favorite autograph or picture.
The Old Timers will bounce back
from a defeat in 1987. The Old Timers
have acquired some new talent that
will surely strengthen their chance to
win. The Old Timers will have the
(Comb Twins) Freddie and Frances,
(The Nixon Gang) Billy, Ed, Mack
and Gene, (The Chesson Duo) Parker
and Don, (The Hunter Clan) Catfish,
Pete and Marvin, (The Winslow Look
Alikes) Wayne and Wayne and many
other players who will contribute to
the win.
The game is designed with alot of
excitement and fun. Come - May 7,
7:30 P.M., pay your $2.00 admission
fee and witness the Old Timers in ac
tion again.
The Old Timers will be coached by
(none other than) Bobby Carter.
Spring
program
held at
Newbold
White house
Despite cool weather the Perqui
mans County Restoration Associa
tion conducted a spring meeting on
Friday at the Newbold-White House.
The sun shone and the wind blew as
supporters of the Newbold-White
House gathered at the front door to
listen as Dr. James F. Deetz, Profes
sor of Anthropology and Archaeo
logy, University of California at
Berkley, discussed American life in
the 17th century briefly, and watched
as Mrs. Laura Boice from the Elea
nor White Dare Chapter, North Caro
lina Society of Colonial Dames of the
Seventeenth Century, presented the
Newbold-White House with two
chairs from the period.
Later in the program, Roy Reed,
Chairman of the building committee,
presided over a ceremonial ground
breaking for the Perquimans Center
for the Interpretation of Domestic
Life in Seventeenth Century Albe
marle. During the groundbreaking
ceremonies, the North Carolina Gen
eral Assembly and the College of the
Albemarle were recognized for their
contributions to make this center
possible.
The general assembly made fund
ing of the project possible, and draft
ing classes at COA developed and
drew the plans for the new center.
Work on the center, which will be lo
cated on the Newbold-White House
grounds, will begin later this month.
Following the program, a luncheon
was held at the home of Mrs. Lucille
Winslow in honor of the occasion.
Brian Center
to celebrate
nursing home
week
Brian Center, Hertford, will join
thousands of other nursing homes
across the country in celebrating Na
tional Nursing Home Week being
held May 8-14, 1988.
This year's theme, "The Heart of
Caring", serves as a reminder to the
community that nursing home resi
dents have a wealth of experience to
share. The residents have issued a
special invitation to come by and
visit during this special week. Brian
Center activities have been planned
throughout the week in order to make
each day special.
On May 8th, Mother's Day, Brian
Center, Hertford, will honor all moth
ers with a "Drop-In" between 3:00
and 4:00 p.m. for residents, families,
visitors and community. Come by!
Renew an old friendship or make a
new one. Enjoy our program and re
freshments.
Due to election
results
the article about a
Perquimans County
office will not
be run thi9 week.
That feature
will return
next week to
The
Pequimans
Weekly