THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Volume 59, No.39
US PS 428-080
Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C. Thursday, September 27,1990
30 CENTS
Sports:
• Pirates win conference opener: Page e
• Lady Pirates bow to Manteo: page e
Opinion:
• Should athletes have to pass to play: Pag* a
• Ciamillo brings discipline to football: Page 4 .
Briefs
Haines benefit
planned
The Newland and Whiteston com
munties will sponsor a benefit meal
for Kenny and Ben Haines on Satur
day, Sept. 29 from 11 a.m. until 7
p.m. at the Newland Fire Depart
ment. The barbecue chicken plates
are $5.00 each. Tickets are avail
able from Larry Stallings, Stan
Winslow and Scott Winslow (Wink’s
Store). Checks should be made pay
able to The Haines Family Funct.
The Haines were seriously in
jured in an automobile accident in
August.
Scouts organized
Be a part of me great adventure
join scouting. If you are in the first
grade through fifth grade, you can
become a Scout.
The Hertford Methodist Church
invites you with a parent to a gath
ering on the evening of Oct. 2nd at
7:30 in the Fellowship Hall for you
and your parents to find out how to
become a Cub Scout.
Bring back the world wide
fellowship of scouting to Hertford.
Fair trip slated
The Perquimans County Recre
ation Department-Senior Center is
sponsoring a trip to the State Fair
in Raleigh on Tuesday, October 16.
The bus will leave from the Senior
Center at 6:30 a.m., stop in
Williamston for breakfast, and go
on to the fair. We will leave the fair
at 4:30 p.m. and stop at Parkers
BBQ in Wilson for supper. We
should return home around 9p.m.
The cost of the trip will be $12,
which includes transportation only.
To reserve your seat, call the Cen
ter at 426-5404.
Nelson is trustee
College of The Albemarle’s
Board of Trustees have elected a
Manteo resident and Hertford resi
dent as chairman and vice chair
man for the 1990-1991 academic
year.
Robert G. Williams, president
and owner of Manteo Marine Inc.,
is the new chairman of the COA
Board. Wallace Nelson, director of
pharmacy at Chowan Hospital, was
elected as vice chairman. COA
President Parker Chesson will
again serve as secretary for the
Board.
A nominating committee pre
sented a slate of officers and asked
for additional nominations during
the Board’s regular monthly meet
ing held Sept. 10. No other nomi
nations were made, and the officers
were approved by acclamation.
Williams takes over the helm af
ter serving as vice chairman to
Ray S. Jones, Jr., an Elizabeth City
resident, for two years.
Wallace Nelson
...COA trustee
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Campaigning for Cole
Janice Cole supporters gathered Friday night at the Albemarle Commission building for a fish fry to
raise money for her judicial campaign. Here, District Attorney H.P. Williams, Donna Forbes, Cole,
Joe Forbes and Perquimans Sheriff Joe Lothian chat.
Winslow honored for service
Historic Albemarle Tour, Inc.
recognized Mrs. Lucille Winslow of
Hertford Tuesday for her outstand
ing contributions to that organiza
tion over the last 15 years. A
founding member of HAT, Mrs.
Winslow announced her retirement
from the board of directors in June.
At a luncheon meeting of the 17
HAT member sites, hosted by His
toric Washington, Mrs. Winslow
was presented a plaque by HAT
president Richard Bunch of Eden
ton. “We are honored to have had
Mrs. Winslow’s leadership and
committment to our organization
over the years,” he said. “Her
early contributions to the promo
tion of tourism in northeastern
North Carolina are well-known and
we hope to continue the good work
she started.”
Mrs. Winslow was general man
ager and part owner of the Carolin
ian Hotel at Nags Head from 1946
68. She helped to organize the Dare
County Tourist Bureau and was
awarded their Distinguished Serv
ice Award in 1955 for her early ef
forts in promoting the Outer Banks.
For 17 years Mrs. Winslow served
on the board of the Roanoke Island
Historical Assocation, serving a to
tal of 12 years as chairman and
vice-chairman.
As president of the North Caro
lina Hotel Association, Mrs.
Winslow was the first woman to
serve in that office. Her leadership
capabilities were recognized by
three governors who appointed her
to the following postions: North
Carolina Arts Council Board (four
year term under Gov. Dan K.
Moore); Edenton Historical Com
mission (served 16 years after ap
pointments by Govs. Terry Sanford
and James B. Hunt, Jr.): and
America’s Four Hundredth Anni
versary Committee (named Chair
man of Sub-Committee on Local
Observances by Gov. James B.
Hunt, Jr.). She has also served on
the Advisory Committee for the
Northeastern Historic Places Of
fice under the Historic Sites Section
of Archives and History. Most re
cently Mrs. Winslow has helped
with the acquisition and restoration
of the Newbold-White House in
Hertford, thought to be the state’s
oldest brick house.
As an advocate and supporter of
North Carolina’s history and heri
tage, Mrs. Winslow has received
many recognitions at local and
state levels.
Mrs. Winslow currently serves as
president of the Perquimans
County Restoration Association,
the organization that oversees the
conitinuing restoration and pro
gramming at the Newbold-White
House in Hertford.
Hospital opens Mental Health Unit
It was a day that Edenton officals
can be proud of. The ribbon cutting
and open house Sunday, attended
by more than 200, for the new 20
bed inpatient Mental Health Unit at
Chowan Hospital represents a co
operative effort between local
agencies and local government.
Those sentiments were echoed by
Don Taylor, director of North Caro
lina Division of Mental Health, who
was the keynote speaker. “It’s a
spirit of cooperation that has been
manifested with this new unit. It’s
simply about caring for people in
the community,” said Taylor, who
added.“It’s the only mental health
facility between Norfolk and
Greenville. There is also a desper
ate need in northeastern North Car
olina.
Arch Edwards, chairman of the
Board of Directors at Chowan Hos
pital noted.“It’s a big step for us.
It’s a program we haven’t provided
to the community before.”
The short-term facility (maxi
mum stay is 21 days), fills a need
for the Albemarle area, and be
came a reality through planning by
the Albemarle Mental Health Cen
ter, Chowan County and Chowan
Hospital.
With state funding allowing only
$1.9 million annually for capital
programs, projects like the Cho
wan Hospital Mental Health Unit
must be funded locally. While also
acknowledging the local cooper
ative efforts, George Jones, the
chairman of the Board of Directors
for the Albemarle Mental Health
Photo by Gary Cosby Jr.
The 20-bed inpatient mental health facility at Chowan Hospital was
dedicated Sunday. Officials said that the unit is badly needed in
Northeastern North Carolina.
Center also noted, “This new fa
cility alleviates a problem for peo
ple with mental problems. ”
In North Carolina, nine of 10 peo
ple are treated in their own com
munity Mental Health Centers and
impatient facilities. Research
proves that people treated locally
for psychiatric care can be reinte
grated into the community more
easily.
“The community recognized the
need for local mental health inpa
tient services, and secondly, they
organized it,” said Taylor.
The unit which begins recieving
patients today, will provide diag
nostic and evaluation services, in
dividual, group and family
evaluation services, and educatio
nal services.
The staff includes a program di
rector, a psychiatrist, psychologist,
social worker, occupatonal thera
pist, activity therapist, registered
nurses, licensed pratical nurses,
mental health technicians, and pro
gram secretary.
Carolina Telephone begins new program
TARBORO-Carolina Telephone,
hi cooperation with its unions, an
nouces the launch of a progra
througli which its employees volun
teer to help children in emergen
cies by providing a “friend” until a
police officer or safety offical can
belocated.
Carolina Telephone is calling the
program Childwatch.
f, “Children and parents will be in
formed of Carolina Telephone’s
new ChildWatch program through
school presentations, bill inserts,
postors, brochures and various
other ways,” said Wayne Peterson,
president. “Children will e told
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they can find a friend and help by
lowing for Carolina Telephone’s
white vehicles with the words ‘Car
olina Telephone.’
We want to inform the public, es
pically children, that there are now
many more ‘eyes and ears’ on our
streets and highways watching and
listening for ways to help and sup
port local law enforcement and
safety officals.” Carolina Tele
phone has over 1,600 company vehi
cles operating throughout our
service area. '
Under ChildWatch, telephone
employees in company vehicles
who come in contact with children
in trouble will be requested to stay
with the child and use their service
radios or other means to call for po
lice, emergency help or other assis
tance.
“Carolina Telephone employees
have a long tradtion of supporting
local safety and emergency groups
as well as community service invol
vement,"Peterson said. “Child
Watch is a continuation of our
commitment to improve the quality
of life in the areas and among the
people we serve.”
Gov. James G. Martin and State
Attorney General Lacy H. Thorn
burg have endorsed the program.
Hertford man arrested
on cocaine charges
By BONDA VANDOVEER
Daily Advance staff writer
A Hertford man was arrested
Monday on charges of trafficking
crack cocaine on a bus traveling
through Elizabeth City from New
York.
Marvin Skinner, of Route 5, Box
394E, Hertford, was arrested on
drug charges at 7:15 a.m. during a
random check of the buses driving
through town.
During the search, detectives Lt.
Joe Tade, Cpl. Randy Cartwright
and Capt. W.O. Leary found 4.5
ounces of cocaine worth a street va
lue of $12,000 in Skinner’s pants.
Skinner was on his way to Eden
ton from New York when he was
arrested.
“We believe he bought the co
caine in New York then he brought
it back here to sell,”Tade said. “It
was a substantial amount for an
Elizabeth City bust.
The cocaine was wrapped several
times in paper bags, plastic bags
and tape, which tade said was an
effort to deter the drug dog from
sniffing it out.
“It doesn’t work though,” Tade
said. “The dog can sniff through all
of that.”
Skinner is being held on a $50,000
secured bond.
Seven arrested for kidnapping
The Perquimans County Sher
rif’s Department reported the fol
lowing arrests:
Rubert Edwin Swayne, 49, of Rt.
2, Box 292, Elizabeth City, was ar
rested and charged with two counts
of felony first degree kidnapping on
Sept. 20. He was released on a
$1,500 unsecured bond.
David Glenn Benton, 21, of Rt. 4,
Box 897, was arrested and charged
wtih two counts of felony first de
gree kidnapping and one count of
misdemeanor assault on a female
on Sept. 20. He was released on
$1500 unsecured bond.
Charles Kevin Swayne, 21, of Rt.
4, Box 913, was arrested and
charged with two counts of felony
first degree kidnapping and one
count of misdemeanor assault on a
female on Sept. 20. He was released
on a $1500 unsecured bond.
Willie Edward Story, 40, of Rt. 2,
Box 322E, was arrested and
charged with two counts of felony
first degree kidnapping on Sept. 20.
He was released on a $1500 unse
cured bond.
Benjamin Earl Owens, 47, of Rt.
2, Box 6A, was arrested and
charged with two counts of felony
first degree kidnapping and two
counts of misdemeanor assault on
female on Sept. 20. He was released
on a $1500 unsecured bond.
Robert David Ferrell, 37, of 452
Dry Ridge Rd., Elizabeth City, was
arrested and charged with two
counts of felony first degree kid
napping on Sept. 20. He was re
leased on a $1500 unsecured bond.
Clarence Edward Ferrell, 39, of
Rt. 4, was arrested and charged
with two counts of felony first de
gree kidnapping on Sept. 20. He was
released on a $1500 unsecured bond.
The Hertford Police investigated
the following incidents:
an assault at Perquimans County
High School on Sept. 17.
a larceny in the 100 block of
Church Street on Sept. 18.
a breaking and entering and lar
ceny from a motor vehicle in the 100
block of Covent Gardens on Sept.
22.
a larceny of a bicycle in the 200
block of Dobbs Street on Sept. 23.
a breaking and entering and lar
ceny from Alexander’s Appliance
on Grubb Street on Sept. 24.
Photo by Beth Finney
On the campaign trail
Shirley Perry, who will run on the Republican ticket for the N.C.
House of Representatives against Democratic incumbents R.M.
“Pete” Thompson and Vernon James in November, visited Holiday
Island recently to speak with residents about their state government
concerns.
Fed approves merger
of Peoples, Planters
ROCKY MOUNT-The Federal
Reserve has approved the merger
of Peoples Bancorporation and The
Planters Corporation into a new
bank holding company, Centura
Bank Inc. The Fed also approved
the merger of Peoples Bank, Plant
ers Bank and Peoples Bank of the
Triad, subsidiaries of the parent
companies.
The Fed’s approval means the
merger can occur as early as Sept.
28, subject to the terms of approval,
which includes completion of the
previously-announced divestiture
of 11 Peoples and Planters offices.
“We are extremely pleased to re
ceive the Fed’s approval,” said
Planters Chairman J. Richard Fu
trell Jr., who will bold the same
postion with Centura, and Peoples
Chairman Robert R. Mauldin, who
will be president. “There are excit
ing opportunities ahead for Centura
Banks. Without any doubt, this
partnership is creating exceptional
value for everyone involved with
our banks-employees, customers,
communties and shareholders.”
Futrell and Mauldin said the di
vestiture should be completed in
early October and the target date
for the merger remains Nov. 2.
Peoples is the ninth largest bank
holding company in North Caro
lina, with total assets on June 30,
1990, of $1.4 billion. Its subsidiaries
include Peoples Bank and Trust,
Peoples Bank of Triad, Mid-South
Bank and Trust and Watauga Sav
ings.
Planters is the 10th largest bank
holding company in North Caro- _
lina, with total assets on June
30,1990, of $1.2 billion. Planters Na
tional Bank and Trust is its sole
subsidiary.
Centura Banks Inc. will be the
seventh largest bank holding com
pany in the state.