THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Volume 60, No.7 Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, February 14,1991 30 Cents
Farm:
Sutton honored
by conservation
ssrvice Page 10
Features
Sweethearts
recall courtship
years Pag06
Briefs
Head Start accepting
applications now$
. . - Head Start is now accepting appli
cations for the school year 1991-1992.
Children must be 4 years-old by Oct. 16
in. order to qualify for the program.
Birth certificates, immunization re
cords, proofofincome, and applications
should be brought when signing up.
'Call Mead start at 426-7070 or 426
5949for more information.
Exercise class set
' Have you been looking for a safe,
healthy way to get off those extra
pounds that are still hanging around
from the holiday season? Are you tired
of wearing the same clothes over and
over again because you can’t get into
anything else in your wardrobe? Do you
want to learn exercises that help you
tone muscles as well as lose weight? If
you answered “yes" to these questions,
howls the time for you to enroll in a Nu
trition and Fitness class being offered
by the Perquimans County Extension
Sfryice.
The class, “Noonliting: Food Facts
and Fiction" will include fitness exer
cises, mini-nutrition classes and lots of
fun. Classes will meet from 7-9 p.m. at
t& Perquimans County Extension Of
fice 6n the Thursday nights from Feb.
2fi through April 18. The cost for this
scj^ies ig $5. This classes limited to 20
participants.
% To enroll and to obtain more infor
mation on this class, call426-7697.
• Members sought
• The North Carolina Association of
Teacher Assistants is seeking mem*
bers. The organization’s motto is
“lielping Hands in Education." The
1989-1990 membership exceeded
5,000 members across the state. The
current goal is to increase membership
by 25 percent. For more information
contact Charmayne Artis, c/o W.H.
Robinson Elementary, P.O. Box 509,
Winterville, N.C. 28590, or call be
tween 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. (919-756
3707).
Tax help available
The FBLA members of Perquimans
County High School are offering free
tax service through the Volunteer In
come Tax Assistance (VITA) program
this year. This program is sponsored by
the Internal Revenue Service.
This free tax service helps taxpay
ers fill out the 1040EZ, 1040A, and the
state forms. Volunteers also alert tax
payers to the special credits and deduc
tions for which they may be eligible,
such as child care and earned income
credit.
FBLA members will be available at
the site on Tuesdays and Thursdays
from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. until April 15 to
assist taxpayers. The service is located
in the Occupational Building at Per
quimans County High School on King
Street
Taxpayers coming to PCHS to use
the VITA service should bring with
them their tax package (1990), usually
received through the mail; wage and
tax' statement^) (Form W-2) from all
employers; the interest income
statements) received (form 1099); a
copy of last year’s return, if available;
and any other relevant information
concerning income and expenses.
EMT class slat«d
An EMT training class will begin on
Feb. 19 at the Perquimans County Res
cue Squad Building. Classes will be
held on Tuesday and Thursday nights
fhan' 7-10 p.m. The instructor will be
Earnest Mickey from Elizabeth City.
Students will receive 126 hours of
classroom and clinical instruction in
; basic emergency care. Those interested
\in attending should call 426-5646, or be
, present the first night of class for regis
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The town of Hertford recently hired clean-up
crews to demolish what was left of the for
mer police station. The plans being drawn
call for the building to be reconstructed on
the same site and to be larger than the for
mer building. The town council should re
view the tentative plans by next week.
Social Services plans commodities distribution
Perquimans County will receive
butter, corameal, honey, flour, pears,
mid rice for distribution in February.
The Hertford Lion’s Club will begin dis
tribution at 9 a.m. onFeb. 26. It will be
Conducted at the Ice Plant on Grubb
Street and will be available to all in
come eligible households in Perqui
mans County. A rain date has been set
for Feb. 27. Households having four or
more members should bring a helper
with them to assist in carrying food to
their 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 household will be al
lowed to pick up food for more than
themselves and one other household as
representative. There will be no excep
tions.
There will be two lines at the distri
bution site. The second line will be for
the physically handicapped and/or dis
abled who are present at the distribu
tion to pick up their food. A doctor’s
note stating the disability, or proof of
handicapped license plates for their ve
hide must be provided. Those persons
using the handicapped line may pick
up food for their own household only.
Again, there will be no exceptions.
Cars may not be driven into the dis
tribution area. Please remember to
park only in authorized parking areas
as the Hertford Police Department will
be patroling the area.
Applications may be obtained from
the following agencies beginning Feb.
11: Department of Social Services,
Health Department, Economic Im
provement Council, Catholic Social
Ministries, Senior Citizen Center and
the Open Door Ministries at the Ice
Plant.
The Commodities Distribution Pro
gram is available to all eligible persons
without regard to race, color, national
origin, age, sex, religion, handicap, or
political beliefs. Information about reg
ulations against discrimination and
how to file a complaint may be secured
from the N. C. Division of Social Serv
ices, 325 N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh,
N.C. or from your county department of
Social Services.
The income criterior are listed be
low:
HOUSEHOLD GROSS INCOME MUST BE BELOW LEVEL OF APPROPRIATE SIZE HOUSEHOLD
Household Size
1
2 ,
3
4
5
6
7
8 ■
Add for each additional
household member:
Per Year
$ 8,164
10,946
13,728
16,510
19,292
22,074
24,856
27,638
$ 2,782
Per Month
$
681
913
1,144
1,376
1,608
1,840
2,072
2,304
$ 232
Per Week
$ 157
211
264
318
371
425
478
532
$ 54
Art students at Perquimans High School and Per*
I quimans Middle School recently participated in
j the Superintendent’s Choice Art Exhibit.The beet
| art from each school was judged and one piece of
artwork was selected to be sent to Raleigh for dle
, play at the Department of Public Instruction or the
I Secretary of State’s offices during the 1991*92
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Tania Dali, Donna Syrum, Pam Smith, and Lyrone
Welch. Welch's artwork was chosen to represent
Perquimans County at the exhibit
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Firearm safety
stressed at
middle school
By NANCY ROYDEN-CLARK
Perquimans County reporter .
Teaching students about firearm
safety is worth the time and effort, es
- pecially if it saves a life, a teacher told
the Perquimans County Board of Edu
cation Monday night during a special
board meeting.
Roger Morgan, a seventh-grade
health and physical education teacher
at the middle school, told board mem
bers that students are using the North
Carolina Hunter Education Manual
during class to learn about firearm
safety.
“When I came to this town, I did not
have a lot of experience with firearms. I
saw a need...it’s amazing how many
kids get killed or injured by firearms,”
Morgan said.
Morgan said Jack Staley, of the N.C.
Wildlife Resources Commission, has
had a direct impact on the success of the
course.
The teacher said the course is defi
nitely a needed part of the student’s
overall education. He said he would not
be surpri sed if firearm safety education
classes eventually become required
course work.
Winfall man
dies following
Thursday wreck
A Winfall man died, appar
ently of drowning, at about 10
p.m. last Thursday night follow
ing a single-vehicle accident on
New Hope Road.
The victim was identified as
Glenn Alvin Elmore, 33, of Win
fall, according to N.C. Highway
Patrol trooper Craig Garris who
investigated the accident.
According to Garris, Elmore
was driving a 1981 Ford truck
owned by Joseph Elliott when he
apparently ran off the road on
the right side as he negotiated a
curve. It appeared that Elmore
pulled the truck back onto the
highway, then struck the left
ditch bank. Garris found the
truck turned in the opposite di
rection of that Elmore was trav
eling.
Garris said that when he ar
rived on the scene approximately
two minutes after receiving the
call, he found the truck in the
ditch with the motor running,
the headlights on and the vehicle
in park. He walked around to the
side of the truck and found El
more face down in a wide ditch,
with the water level at his waist
and his feet and legs on the oppo
site side of the ditch.
With the aid of a passing mo
torist, Garris said he pulled El
more out of the ditch. Although
he could not find a pulse, Garris
began administering CPR and
continued until the Perquimans
County Rescue Squad arrived
approximately lOminuteslater.
Garris said alcohol was in
volved, and that Elmore was ex
ceeding a safe speed to negotiate
the curve in heavy rain. He esti
mated that Elmore was travel
ing 55-60 miles per hour. Garris
noted no evidence offoul play.
Damages to the truck were es
timated at $ 1,200.
Restoration
group to meet
The annual meeting of the Perqui
mans County Restoration Association
will be held at the Perquimans Center
at the Newbold-White site on Feb. 22 at
6 p.m. Following a social hour, dinner
will be served. Reservations may be
made by calling the Newbold-White
site (426-7567), or by sending a check
for $7.50 per person to P.O. Box 103,
Hertford, N.C. 27944by Feb. 18. Direc
tors and officers will be elected for the
1991-93biennium.
The Perquimans County restora
tion Association was formed in 1971 to
acquire and restore Newbold-White,
North Carolina’s oldest house. This
was accomplished, and the house was
opened for public visits in 1981. Volun
teers have played a most important
part in the interpretive program by
serving as docents to show the house.
Members of the Board serve as chair
men and committee members who op
erate the site.
The importance of the site’s 17th
century history has been recognized by
t le State of North Car , and New
bold- White has received a challenge
grant of $9700. Few North Carolina
sites have been so honored. The Asso
ciation must match this grant. It must
also plan and stage programs which
show the part of Perquimans and other
Albemarle counties played in the ear
liest history ofthe state.
“Newbold-White is the symbol of
North Carolina’s earliest history as a
state," said Lucille Winslow, who has
worked on the Newbold-White project
since its inception. “As it enters the last
decade of the 20th century, there
should be a new resolve from all Caro
linians to preserve and share it with
those to come. That is the purpose ofthe
Perquimans County Restoration Asso
ciation."
Art show opens
at CO A campus
The February art display at College
of the Albemarle’s main campus in
Elizabeth City features a photography
show by local artist Mary Crutchfield
and is entitled “Back to the USSR."
The 23-work show includes views of
Moscow, the Georgian and Armenian
Republics, and Baku in the Azerbaijan
Republic. The colorful photographs de
pict city scenes, landscapes, and espe
cially studios of the people in their daily .
lives in the USSR.