THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, October 18,1990
Volume 89, No.42
OSPS 428-MO
30 CENTS
Sports:
. • Pirates storm by visiting Hurricanes: p«g« «
r > Lady Pirates drop two to Currituck: p«g» e
Extension:
• Soybean workshop set in Hertford: paa« •
• Homemakers plan state meeting trip: Pag# •
Brief
Paoplas announces
quarterly earnings
Earnings for People’s Bancorpo
ration in the first nine months of
1990 were $9,344 million, represent
ing a 1.8 percent increase over
earnings for the same period of
1989. Fully diluted earnings per
share totaled $1.28 compared to
$1,26 one year ago.
Earnings for the third quarter
were $2,909 million compared to
$2,969 million in the third quarter
last year. Fully diluted earnings
per share were 40 cents compared
to 41 cents in the same period in
1989.
On Sept. 30, assets totaled $1,472
billion, and total deposits were
$1,262 billion.
Planters Bank
pays dividends
The Planters Corp. (NASDAQ:
FNBT) recently reported net in
come for the first nine months of
$8.5 million, equal to the amount
earned during the first nine months
of 1989. Earnings per share of $1.21
were the same as the comparable
period one year ago.
For the third quarter, net income
was $2.8 million compared to $3
million in the third quarter of 1989.
Earnings per share were 40 cents
compared to 42 cents per share in
the same period last year.
Republicans plan
Candidate rally
- A rally honoring Perquimans
County residents Shirley E. Perry,
Republican candidate for State
Representative and H. R. “Bobby”
Jones, Republican Candidate for
county commissioner for New Hope
township, is scheduled for Satur
day, Oct. 20 at the Albemarle Com
mission Building (ARPDC) from
5:30to7p.m.
1101(618 for the eat-in barbeque
dinner are available for a $5 dona
tion. For tickets or more informa
tion, contact either Charles
Woodard at 426-5527; Bobby Jones
at 264-2683 or 335-1500; or Charles
; Murray at 426-7349.
There will be a drawing for door
prizes and a limited number of tick
ets will be available at the door.
Jordan Joins
Swindell staff
The management of Swindell Fu
neral Home, Inc. in Hertford is
pleased to announce the addition of
Rodney Wayne Jordan to the staff.
Jordan, 39, of Route 1, Tyner, is a
licensed funeral director and em
-balmer and will be serving as an
assistant manager with the firm.
His duties will involve all aspects
of funeral service including arrang
ing and directing both at-need and
pre-need funerals. A graduate of
Gupton-Jones College of Funeral
Service in Atlanta, Ga., he entered
(Uneral service in 1966 and obtained
his Funeral Service License in 1969.
He had previously worked with an
Edentonfirm.
; The son of Wilber and Daisy
Monds Jordan, Rodney has three
children, Kristie, 15, Tony, 13, and
Mandy, 8. He is a member of Cen
’ ter Hill-Cross Roads Volunteer Fire
Department and the Center Hill
Baptist Church.
The management feds that Jor
| dan will be an asset to the staff at
Swindell Funeral Home and to the
\ community they serve.
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Schools will implement new bus system
Plan will cut 900 miles per day from routes
Bus drivers concerned over
transportation problems plaquing
the school system have worked clo
sely with administrators over the
past few weeks to find a solution to
those problems, superintendent
Mary Jo Martin and assistant su
perintendent Jake Boyce told the
school board Monday night.
“Several of our bus drivers need
to be commended,” Martin said.
She added that some drivers had
worked on their own time to help
alleviate long routes, increased ex
penses, and overcrowding.
Boyce told the board that the new
bussing plan, which should go into
effect next week, will be similar to
last year’s transportation schedule.
Students from Hertford Grammar,
Central School and Perquimans
Middle School will ride the same
buses. High school students will
have their own routes.
Last year Hertford Grammar
and Central School students were
forced to sit on buses for 10-20 min
utes waiting for middle school stu
dents to board. Boyce said there
will be three loading and unloading
areas established at the middle
school so that younger students will
not have to sit on buses for long pe
riods of time. Also to be used will be
staggered arrival and departure
times to alleviate congestion due to
buses arriving at one school en
mass.
In order to make the plan work
better, School Food Service Super
visor LaClaire Anderson has
agreed to begin serving breakfast
earlier. Boyce said there will also
have to be some arrangements
made in the schools to keep chil
dren busy until their turn to load
buses.
Boyce said letters will be sent to
parents and group meetings will be
held to allow parents the opportu
nity to voice their opinions on the
new system.
Bus drivers who are also em
ployed as teacher assistants have
met as a group and individually
with Transportation Director Tom
Monti to find the best possible
routes to save time and miles,
Boyce said. Monti has run the new
routes on the computer and has
checked to make sure all children
riding now have been accounted
for, but the routes have not been
driven. Boyce said that will be done
this week. The computer indicates
that the new plan will save 900
miles per day.
Board chairman Clifford
Winslow said that the good thing
about the original schedule for this
school year was the elimination of
heavy traffic and congestion which
could have led to accidents.
However, with gas prices spira
lingand state funds dwindling, all
school systems in North Carolina
are being forced to cut expenses
any way possible. The state had re
quested emergency transportation
plans from all school systems by
Oct. 15.
File photo by Susan Harris
Bus drivers Leo Chappell,Claudia Hurdle, and Mary Ann Ivey at
tended an earlier board meeting to express their concern over the
bus routes and other problems.
Photo by Susan Harris
Martin honored
School board members honored superintendent Mary Jo Martin Monday night for two years of service to the local school system with
areception and a placque. Martin’s resignation is effective Oct. 31. The board hopes to hire a replacement by Dec. 1 to begin work
oh Jan. 2. Pictured are (I to r) Cliff Towe, Ben Hobbs, Martin, Jake Boyce and Clifford Winslow.
Photos by Beth Finney
Jollification V
Town crier Billy White speaks with the grand dame of the Newboid
White house, Lucille Winslow, at the annual Jollification, Above Heat*
her Umphlett and Joanna Haskett, who served as waitresses for the
evening, pour drinks to serve guests. Complete with drama, barter,
old-timey harmonizing and native foods, the jollification was deemed
a success both financially and fun-wise by co-chairpersons Chris
Lane and Sharman Haskett.
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Police, sheriff
make arrests
Two arrests were reported by the
Perquimans County Sheriffs De
partment.
James Thomas Gralton, 21, 36C
Commanche Trail, Snug Harbor,
was arrested Oct. 3 on a Dare
County Sheriffs Department war
rant for one count of assault and
one count of injury to personal
property. He was released on a $200
secured bond.
John Charles Gralton, 19, 36C
Commanche Trail, Snug Harbor,
was arrested Oct. 3 on a Dare
County Sheriff’s Department war
rant for one count of assault, one
count of second degree tresspass
and one count of communicating
threats. He was released on a $300
secured bond.
The Hertford Police investigated
several incidents and arrested
three people.
incidents
shoplifting at Be-Lo on Oct. 3
larceny in the 100 block of Church
Street on Oct. 4
larceny from a vehicle on the 500
block of Pennsylvania Ave. on Oct.
5
damage to personal property at Be
Lo parking lot on Oct. 5
larceny at Perquimans County
High School on Oct. 5
larceny in the 100 block of West
Railroad Ave. on Oct. 13
arrests
Danford Lee Perry, 41, Rt. 2, Box
310, arrested on Oct. 3 for shoplift
ing.
Louis Franklin Lane, 62, Rt. 1,
Box 917, arrested on Oct. 7 for viola
tion of a court order.
Johnny Lee Flythe, 29,416 Dobbs
St., arrested on Oct. 10 for two
counts of simple assault and for
second degree trespass.
Festival reset
The Central School PTA Fall Fun
Festival was canceled last Satur
day due to the forecast that Hurri
cane Lili might storm through the
county. It has been rescheduled for
this Saturday, Oct. 20 from 10 a.m.
3 p.m. Crafts, novelties, baked
goods and other items will be for
sale. Also raffle tickets for a quar
ter side of beef, a ham, or $25 are
still on sale for only $1.
Production
scheduled
Tickets are still available for the
Perquimans Playhouse production
of “Hie Shame of Tombstone” by
Tim Kelly scheduled for Oct 19,20,
and 21 and Nov. 2,3, and 4. The din
ner theater will be held at Angler’s
Cove Restaurant and will feature a
buffet meal at 7 p.m.
Contact die Chamber of Com
merce for tickets. Pleae note that
Oct. 21 is a non-smoking night
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