LOCAL
LLATUKE
COMMUNITY
THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Volume 5S, No. 33 USPS 42S-OSO
Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., '
8, 1988
30 CENTS
Public
safety
building
dedicated
The Holiday Island Property
Owners Association dedicated
their public safety building on Au
gust 13, 1968. The building is home
for the fire brigade an the security
force at Holiday Island. It provides
garage space for the fire engines
and office space for the fire chief
and the security chief. After Mr.
Wayne Jarret made a short dedica
tion address, a large bronze plate
destined to be attached to the out
side wall of the building was un
vieled. Inscribed on the plate was
the name of the building: The He
len Moore Public Safety Building.
The building was named after
Mrs. Helen Moore, a long time resi
dent who has dedicated much of
her time to community service at
Holiday Island. She served two
three year terms as a member of
the board of governors; she orga
nized The Holiday Island Ladies
Auxiliary of the fire brigade, and
she spearheaded the drive to raise
funds to erect the building which
now bears her name. Through the
herculean efforts of the ladies aux
iliary, led by Mrs. Moore the dream
of a public safety building became
reality in less than two years.
New Bern's
river
homes to
be on tour
New Bern? Eight of New Bern's
finest private homes will be open to
the public during the first-ever
River Homes Tour set for Sept. 16
17.
Proceeds from the Tour will ben
efit the New Bern Preservation
Foundation, a non-profit organiza
tion dedicated to the preservation
of historical architecture in New
Bern.
The Tour offers the public the op
portunity to visit the historic ar
chitecture of the future today and
celebrates New Bern's long-time
relationship with the Trent River.
Homes to be open to the publip
range from the very elegant
Georgian-style home of Mr. and
Mrs. A. J. Ballard in Olde Towne to
the boldly contemporary home of
Dr. & Mrs. J. K. Chance. The other
houses on the Tour are the Dr. R.
B. Armistead home, the J. L. Davis
home, and Dr. R. F. Gorman
home, the T. Karam home, the G.
R. Perdue home and the Dr. R. F.
Wilfong home. All but one of the
homes on the tour face the Trent
River.
Tour tickets are $12.00 and may
be purchased in advance by writ
ing to the New Bern Preservation
Foundation, P. 0. Box 20V, New
Bern, N. C. 28560. Group rates are
available. Tickets may also be pur
chased at the following New Bern
locations: Be lk at Twin Rivers
Mall, the Sheraton Hotel and Ma
rina, Cooks and Connoisseurs, the
New Bern Area Chamber of Com
merce, and Bank of the Arts and
the Golden Girls Boutique.
Among the sights in store for
tourgoers is a painting in the living
room of the Ballard home that be
longed to singer Kate Smith. The
Ballard home also features exqui
site stained glass work designed by
Odyssey Glass of Raleigh. Visitors
to the Chance home will see a ca.
1821 Italian carved marble fire
place incorporated into the house
during extensive remodeling done
during 1985-86.
Many of the owners have imagi
natively combined antique furnish
ings and family heirlooms with
contemporary or reproduction
pieces.
, Chamber music will be per
formed in Dr. and Mrs. Robert Wil
fong's home on Saturday, Septem
ber 17.
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The Tour coincides with the
North Carolina Wildlife and Sports
man Show scheduled for Sept. 17-18
at various locations in historic
downtown New Bern. The show is
sponsored by the New Bern Area
Oiamber of Commerce.
For more information regarding
the toura, contact: Barbara Hewl
ett, Executive Director, New Bern
? Preservation Foundation, P. 0.
Box 207, New Bern, N. C. 28560
Vtaij) 633-6448.
Members look over new building!
Dedication of new Holiday IslandPublic Safety Building Fire and Security was enjoyed by
association members and others.
Indian Summer Festival
Indian Summer Festival is just
around the corner. Arts and Crafts
booths are still available.
Please contact the Perquimans
County Chamber of Commerce by
August 22nd, if interested.
For more information, call the
Chamber of Commerce at 426-5657.
Perquimans County Athletic Boosters Club are gearing up for the new season.
Commodities Distribution
August 24, 1988
8:30-12:00
(Rain Date: August 25, 1988)
Perquimans County will receive
cheese, butter, corn meal, instant
milk, flour and rice for distribution
to the needy of Perquimans County
in August. We hope to have good
weather for the day of distribution;
however, we have scheduled a rain
date of August 25, 1988 if needed.
The Hertford Lion's Club will be
gin the distribution at 8:30 a.m. It
will be conducted at the Ice Plant,
Grubb Street in Hertford and will
be available to all income eligible
households in Perquimans County.
Households having four or mem
bers should bring a helper with
them to assist in carrying the food
to the car.
All households who will not be
able to pick up their commodities
may us a representative for this
purpose. The commodities card or
application must be signed in the
correct places for this to be accep
table. No household will be allowed
to pick up food for more than them
selves and one other household as
representative.
There will be two lines at the dis
tribution site. The second line will
be for the handicapped and-or dis
abled WHO ARE PRESENT AT
THE DISTRIBUTION to pick up
their food. A doctor's note, stating
the disability, must provided.
Cars may not be driven into the
distribution area. Please remem
ber to park in only authorized park
ing areas as the Hertford Police
Department will be patroling the
area.
Applications may be obtained
from the following agencies begin
ning August 15, 1988: Department
of Social Services, Health Depart
ment, Economic Improvement
Council, Catholic Social Services,
Senior Citizen Center and the Open
Door Ministries at the Ice Plant.
The Commodities Distribution
Program is available to all eligible
persons without regard to race,
color, national origin, age, sex, re
ligion, handicap, or political be
liefs. Information about regula
tions against discrimination and
how to file a complaint may be se
cured from the N.C. Division of So
cial Services, 325 N. Salisbury
Street, Raleigh, NC, or from your
county Department of Social Serv
ices.
HOUSEHOLD GROSS INCOME MUST BE BELOW LEVEL OF APPROPRIATE SIZE HOUSEHOLD
Household Size
1
Add for each additional
household member:
Per Year
$ 7,150
9,620
12,090
H.560
17,030
19,500
21,970
2k,l*l*0
$ 2,^70
Per Month
$ 596
802
1,008
1.2H
1,??20
1,625
1,831
2,037
$ 206
Per Week
$138
185
233
280
328
375
l?23
*70
$ *8
Perquimans will need $25,000
for paid rescue squad
By SCOTT YATES
Sun Wrttor
HERTFORD ? According to a
tentative budget presented to com
missioners Monday night, the
county will need $25,000 to hire four
paid rescue squad members in ad
dition to the money already bud
geted for the rescue squad this
year.
Last month, commissioners
agreed to hire emergency medical
technicians (EMTs) to repond to
calls during weekday shifts. The
volunteer rescue squad members
will continue to respond to calls
from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. on weekdays
and to all calls in weekends and
holidays.
The paid squad will operate as a
separate organization but paid
members will be expected to main
tain the building and equipment
while they are on duty waiting to
receive a call. County Manager
Paul Gregory said the operation of
the volunteer squad will not change
except that the county will pay all
of the operational bills instead of
allocating money to the squad and
having the squad pay the bills.
Commissioners have also agreed
on charging residents for respond
ing to calls for both the paid squad
and the volunteer squad.
On Monday, commissioners
agreed to advertise the position of
emergency management coordina
tor, who will supervise the opera
tion of the paid rescue squad as
well as other emergency manage
ment duties in the county now han
dled by Tax Supervisor Keith Has
kett, who is currently serving as
the county's emergency manage
ment officer.
The county will accept applica
tions for the position until next
Wednesday. Commissioners
Thomas Nixon and Durward Reed
both said that a qualified applicant
from Perquimans County should
be given consideration over a can
didate from outside of the county.
Gregory presented a tentative
budget for nine months of opera
tion beginning in October. He esti
mated expenditures of $71,000. The
county had already budgeted
$21,500 for the rescue squad, and
estimated revenues from the fees
charged for the calls are $25,000.
That leaves the county with a
$25,000 shortfall in funds which will
have to come from somewhere else
in the budget.
Gregory said the tentative res
cue squad budget is only a rough
estimate. He said the revenues
from fees charged to residents is
based on a collection rate of 60 per
cent. Before announcing the
amount of the fees being consid
ered, Gregory said he plans to talk
with the new coordinator and the
members of the volunteer squad to
"reach a figure we can all live
with." Gregory said he expected
commissioners to adopt a budget
and a fee schedule at the Septem
ber meeting.
"We want all the input from the
volunteer squad we can get to
make this thing work," said Chair
man Lester Simpson. Gregory
plans to meet with the entire mem
bership of the volunteer squad be
fore next month's meeting.
House count
The house count being conducted
in the county is almost complete,
said Charlie Skinner, the coordina
tor for the count.
Skinner has been traveling the
county identifying whether a home
is occupied by a black or white
family. The information will be
used to assist the county in formu
lating new voting districts.
Skinner said all the work had
been completed except in the town
of Hertford, and he said that would
be completed this week.
Gregory said the information
will be sent to the Rural Devel
opment Institute in Greenville. He
said it will be determined if the
county will be able to establish five
voting districts, with one district
having a 60 percent black major
ity.
Dog owner
Jerry Gurganus, owner of the
Doberman pinscher which was a
topic of discussion at the Aug. 8
commissioner's meeting, came be
fore the board.
At the Aug. 8 meeting, Edna
Trueblood, a neighbor of Gurganus
in the New Hope area, complained
about the dog which she said bit
her.
Contrary to what was reported,
Gurganus said he did not kill pup
pies of the dog by slamming them
against a tree. "I'm not that kind of
man," he said.
Also, contrary to what Trueblood
said, Gurganus said he had offered
to pay Trueblood's medical bills,
"but I already have received a let
ter from her attorney, and she will
hear from mine," he said.
Gurganus said he has been "ha
rassed" by Animal Control Officer
Ray Winslow. He said Winslow
called him at 7 a.m. on Sunday
morning to remind him about keep
ing the dog confined to his yard.
"The reason he is calling is the
complaints he is receiving," said
Commissioner Wayne Winslow,
who said he visited Gurganus'
home and talked to his wife.
He said Gurganus' wife told him
the dog had gotten loose since the
biting incident, and Gurganus den
ied this. Also, he said he instructed
Gurganus' wife to have signs up to
warn people of the dog. Gurganus
said this was the first he had heard
of the signs and that they would be
put up in the yard.
Gurganus also said he had an
other Doberman put to sleep after
it reportedly bit a girl playing in
the neighborhood, only he later
found out from the girl that the dog
had only scratched her when she
called it out to play.
Hazardous waste
Gregory said he received a letter
from the state's Hazardous Waste
Commission asking if the county
would be interested in receiving in
formation about having a hazard
ous waste site located in the
county. The letters are being sent
to all counties in the state.
Gregory said sent the letter back
and told the commission that Per
quimans County is not interested in
hosting such a site.
Water department
Gregory read the commissioners
a letter from the Snug Harbor
Property Owners Association,
which said water quality was poor
and more hydrants were needed in
the area to flush water lines.
Gregory agreed that more hy
drants are needed for flushing
lines, but he said at this time, all
the money available in the water
department fund needs to be saved
for other improvements at the wa
ter plants.
Brochure funds
Commissioners tentatively
agreed to donate $500 to have bro
chures reprinted promoting Per
quimans County. T. Erie Haste,
representing the Committee of 100,
made the request.
Commissioners said they would
bring the matter before the Indus
trial Development Committee, and
both the committee and the county
would probably donate a total of
$500.
Highway Association
Commissioners agreed to donate
$500 to the Highway 17 Association.
WEATHER
Weather forecasters are calling for hot
weather through the weekend with af
ternoon and evening thunderstorms.
Temperatures will feature highs in the
90s with lows in the 70s..