THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Volume 60, No.6
Hertford, Perquimans County. N.C., Thursday, February 7,1991
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Sports:
Jayvees take two
conference wins
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Farm:
Local farmers win
state awards
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Briefs
ncnb reports income
NCNB Corporation reported net
income for 1990 of $365.7 million, or
$3.40 per common share. These re
sults compared to net income of
$447.1 million, or $4.62 per common
sure, in 1969. Results in 1990 in
cluded a $505.0 million provision for
loan and lease losses, more than
double the provision of $239.1 mil
lion in 1969. Additionally, net in
come in 1969 included $71.2 million
of after-tax gains on the sale of in
vestment securities versus $41.0
million of such gains in 1990.
Turkey shoot set
■There will be a turkey and ham
shoot at Perquimans Middle School
on Friday, Feb. 8 from 7-9 p.m.
Proceeds from the shoot will go to
the shooting teams. The middle
school will field a shooting team
this season for the first time. Head
cbach is Roger Morgan, who will be
assisted by volunteers Billy Owens
ahd Chad White. Wildlife officer
Jfcck Staley works with shooting
turns from both the middle school
and high school.
Fund raiser slated
'•The Belvidere Chappell Hill Vol
unteer Fire Department have tick
ets for sale for a BBQ Chicken
supper on Saturday, Feb. 16 from 4
£p.m. The cost is $4 per plate.
'Tickets are available upon re
quest from the Perquimans Weekly
or call any local fireman from the
department or 297-2901 if you have
not been contacted and would like
to purchase tickets.
EIC holds hearing
The Economic Improvement
Council, Inc, will hold a public
bearing in each of the 10 Albemarle
counties on the proposed 1991-1992
Community Services Block Grant
Anti-Poverty Plan.
In Perquimans, the hearing is
scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 14 at
10 a.m. at the courthouse.
' The CSBG Anti-Poverty Plan and
supportive documents may be re
ceived by the public at the EIC Ad
minstrative Office in Edenton,
between 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. of each
business day until the end of the
hearings.
NCNB declares
stock dividends
The Board of Directors of NCNB
Corporation declared the regular
cash dividend of 37 cents per share
on NCNB common stock.
The dividend is payable March 22
fo shareholders of record March 8.
' -In addition, the NCNB board de
clared the regular quarterly pre
' ferred stock divided of $1 per share,
'^payable April 1 to shareholders of
•record March 8.
>'NCNB Carp, is the seventh larg
’est bank holding company in the
WU.S with more than 365 billion in as
•jets and 923 full-service banks in
seven states,
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Re public information seminar,
•Straight from the Heart, in obser
vance of Heart Month. The seminar
scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 17 at
. ?p.m. in the COA lecture hall. Car
.diologist Lindsey White will be the
,'guest speaker. Other Albemgrle
’Hospital staff members will be
available to answer questions.
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Edenton man injured in Friday wreck
A Friday aftenoon head-on colli
sion left an Edenton man in serious
condition at Sentara-Norfolk Gen
eral Hospital’s trauma unit.
At about 3:30 Friday afternoon, a
1980 Toyota passenger car crashed
head-on into a 1979 International
school bus just south of the U.S. 17
bypass bridge, according to Hert
ford Police Chief Aubrey Sample.
Sample said the southbound Toyota
apparently attempted to pass an
other vehicle when it collided head
on with the northbound bus.
Mary Riggs Banks of Hertford,
the school bus driver, and her two
children were the only passengers
on the bus at the time of the inci
dent, Sample said. Operating the
Toyota wasCari Eugene Carter of
Edenton. Banks and her children
were treated and released at Albe
marle Hospital. Carter was air
lifted by Nightingale Air Ambu
lance to Sentara-Norfolk General
Hospital.
The accident and landing of the
helicopter forced law enforcement
officials to reroute traffic through
Hertford on U.S. 17 business. The
heavy traffic caused delays of up to
20 minutes for motorists.
Initial reports of the accident in
dicated that a log truck had col
lided with the school bus, sending
waves of panic through the small
community. School administrators
said that they felt fortunate that the
bus had unloaded at Wynn Fork
Courts minutes before the crash,
and that the passengers and driver
of the bus were not seriously in
jured.
Sample said no citations have
been issued and that the investiga
tion is continuing in the case.
Support group helps
elementary students
A very special group has been
formed at Hertford Grammar
School to provide support to those
students whose immediate family
members, are a part of Operation
Desert Storm.
Nancy Alexander, guidance
counselor in the county’s elemen
tary schools, began recently to
bring together the children and si
blings of military personnel sta
tioned in the war zone. The purpose
of the group is to provide children
with an opportunity to discuss con
cerns and express their feelings
with others who are in a similar sit
uation.
Five children meet each Wednes
day to try to understand the con
flict, and deal with their feelings of
fear, anger and sadness.
According to Alexander, the chil
dren were at first very fearful, but
as the days go by, that fear seems
to be turning to sadness and anger.
Six-year-old Amber Jones said
she is mad at Saddam Hussein. “He
doesn’t have a right to take over the
countries over there," Amber said.
“I was mad (at first) because he
(Hussein) was shooting missiles at
some of the countries and one of
them killed two people." Amber’s
brother, Darrell, is an Air Force
ground maintenance specialist.
Nathan Saunders, whose father,
Michael, is in the Air Force, is mad
for another reason. “Saddam Hus
sein won’t share the oil,“ Nathan
said.
Nathan’s brother, Michael, said
he is angry because Saddam Hus
sein blew up oil wells and polluted
the w$ter. Michael is also angry
over the plight of the POWs. “I was
real mad when the Iraqis caught
some Americans,” he said.
Gregory Catten, son of Ruby Fel
ton Catten, who is in the Army, is
just plain mad. “I’m mad at Mr.
Hussein,” he declared.
The students agree that talking to
each other helps them to deal with
the emotions they are feeling. They
also find solace in drawing, color
ing, and playing.
Gregory said his mother wrote
home and said that the Americans
have chickens in the Middle East.
Hie chickens, Gregory said, will
help the U. S. Forces detect any
signs of chemical warfare Hussein
might employ. If the chickens get
sick or die, the military personnel
will don their chemical suits and
gasmasks.
Michael and Nathan’s father was
one of the first to be deployed to the
Middle East. They send packages,
they said, and received toys at
Christmas from their dad. Nathan
said he sends his father paper air
planes. Michael drew his dad a pic
ture of a C-130 “like my dad rides
in,” the youngster said.
Sharia Murrill, whose brother,
Photo by Susan Harris
Amber Jones, Sharia Murrill, Gregory Catten, Michael Saunders and
Nathan Saunders are members of the support group at Hertford
Grammar School organized by guidance counselor Nancy Alexan
der. The purpose of the group is to help immediate family members
of Persian Gulf troops to deal with their feelings about the war.
Harold, is m Saudi Arabia, said he
drew her a picture of a big truck
like those used by the Army in
Saudi Arabia.
It would be easy for the children
to become absorbed by the war and
the possibilities it brings. Alexan
der encourages them to watch a
limited amount of news each day
and to do fun things to help alle
viate some of the fears brought on
by constant news coverage, and to
distract them.
Some of the classrooms at Hert
ford Grammar have adopted serv
icemen. They send letters,
pictures, and cards to military per
sonnel. Faculty and staff have also
put up a bulletin board in the hall
with pictures of and information
about servicemen and women in
the Middle East.
With support and understanding,
hopefully these youngsters will
deal realistically with the war in
the Middle East, and will carry no
emotional scars from the trauma of
having a loved one in a war zone.
Local schools participate in Vocational Education Week
■ Students and faculty in more,
than five vocational programs in
Perquimans County will observe
National Vocational Education
Week from February 10-16. Hie
theme, “Vocational Education:
Classroom of the Future," will pro
vide the focus for die celebration.
Anne White, Vocational Director,
said the week “will give students a
chance to show off what they know
and do in a variety of fields from
computers and agriculture to
trades and home economics." She
continued, “We want to educate the
community about the level of skills
our students gain here at Perqui
mans High School and encourage
them to find out how vocational ed
ucation teaches young people the
skills they’ll need to be productive
workers/*
Recently, President Bush noted
that 18 of the 20 fastest growing oc
cupations require vocational train
ing. The faster growing
occupations in the 1990s will de
mand 30 million workers with less
than four years of college. By 1990
an estimated three out of four jobs,
however, will require education or
technical training beyond high
school.
White explained that partici
pation in vocational student organi
zations supplements the practical,
technical training students receive
in school by giving them practice at
decision making, organizing, and
cooperating to meet a goal. Hie
classroom of the future prepares
students for a new world, one em
phasizing robotics, computer as
sisted manufacturing and design,
health fields, business and telecom
munications.
Perquimans County will join
schools in surrounding counties in
setting up displays at Southgate
Mall Feb. Id-16. The community is
invited to visit the displays. Those
interested in learning more about
vocational offerings in Perquimans
County should make an appoint
ment with Joe Stroud, Industry Ed
ucation Coordinator (426-5539) or
Anne White, Vocational Director
(426-5741), r
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Photo by Susan Harris
Vocational Director Anno White, Hertford Mayor Bill Cox and schools
Superintendent Randall Hen km view the proclamation Cox signed
declaring Fob. 10-16 Vocatational Education Week in Hertford.
Local Heart
Association
names new
officers
Perquimans county Heart Asso
ciation president Chris Lane an
nounced the 1990-91 officers at a
recent meeting of the Association’s
local board of directors.
The volunteer leaders are: Roy S.
Chappell Jr.-treasurer and memo
rial chairperson; Dr. Robert E.
Lane-fund raising chairperson;
Juanita Bailey-food festival chair
person; Susan Winslow, educatio
nal community program
chairperson; Susan Harris-public
information chairperson; Sharman
Haskett, telepledge chairperson;
Rita Basnignt-home witn heart
chairperson; Lessie White, rural
community chairperson; Paige L.
Underwood, rural heart fund drive
chairperson; Suzanne Haste, busi
ness day chairperson; and Rick To
bin, blitz chairperson.
Lane said, “The mission of the
American Heart Association is to
reduce disability and death from
heart disease. We know that if we
are able to make people more
aware that heart disease can, for
the most part, be prevented,
treated or controlled, then we have
accomplished a big part of our mis
sion.”
r or me rerquimans county
Heart Association, that means re
ducing the number of people with
undetected and untreated high
blood pressure, expanding public
knowledge on how to react in car
diac emergency situations, and in
forming county residents of the
medical and community programs
of the Heart Association.
February is Heart Month, and
many fund raisers to benefit the As
sociation are scheduled throughout
the month. Brian Center is partici
pating in home with heart activities
all month, including the crowning
of a king and queen of hearts and an
auction. The business blitz is sched
uled for Feb. 18, with a kick-off at
Hardee’s restaurant at 8 a.m.
At the high school, most home
room classes are holding individual
fund raisers, with the Student Coun
cil as the sponsoring organization.
A dance, bake sales, a beauty pag
eant, a fashion show, and raffles
are scheduled throughout the
month to raise money for heart re
search and education.
New to the Perquimans fund rais
ing effort this year is a pro- am golf
tournament to be hosted by Albe
marle Plantation on March 26.
Lane said she was very excited to
have Albemarle Plantation, the
home of the Albemarle’s premiere
golf course, join the local heart
fund effort. Information about the
tournament will be available as
plans are finalized.
Commercial
drivers get
CDL mailing
RALEIH-Division of Moto
Vehicles commissioner Wilma M.
Sherrill announced that the state
has begun a direct mail campaign
aimed at drivers who must have the
new federally mandated commeri
cal driver’s license by April 1,1992.
The campaign is being funded
through special state and federal
appropriations.
The purpose of the campaign is to
make commercial drivers, those
who currently hold a Classified A.
or B license, aware of the federal
mandate that says a commercial
driver’s license (CDL) will be re
quired of any person who drives a
vehicle that weighs 26,001 lbs. or
more, a vehicle in any weight class
designed to carry 16 or more pas
sengers, including the driver, or
any vehicle transporting hazardous
material requiring a placard.
“Drivers are not required to have
a CDL until April 1, 1992; however
we want to do all we can to inform
those affected by this mandate that
it is in their best interest to obtain
their CDL as soon as possible to en
sure being properly licensed by the
deadline,” Commissioner Sherrill
said. "Those who wait until the last
minute may experience difficulity
receiving their CDL in time to com
ply with the federal requirements.”
The mailing includes an informa
tional poster, a letter from the com
missioner of motor vehicles and
reply card that can be returned to
DMV for additional CDL informa
tion. . ftAa