PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Volume 60, No. 30
Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, July 25, 1991
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Briefs
Cotton balloting begins
Cotton growers have until
Friday, July 26 to return their
ballots in a referendum to deter
mine whether they favor a uni
form assessment program. The
voting period began July 17.
Growers should have re
ceived ballots by mall. The bal
lots must be returned to the
county offices of the Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
Service by July 26. Eligible vot
ers who didn't receive a ballot
may vote at the ASCS office,
according to the U.S. Depart
ment of Agriculture announce
ment
Information Is available from
local ASCS and Cooperative Ex
tension Service offices on the
Retails of the proposals being
decided by the referendum.
Comsdy to bo porformod
! The Bootstrap Acting Com
pany will perform the comedy,
.Love, Sex and the IRS” at An
gler's Cove Resturant on July
26, 27. 28 and August 2, 3 ana
'4. Tickets for the dinner theatre
Imay^be reserved by calling 426
Special board meeting set
♦ There will be a special board
meeting on Thursday, July 25 at
8 p.m. In the Administrative
SuMlng to discuss a mainte
nance matter.
All board members are urged
to attend. ■.
Spaces available
< The "Indian Slimmer Festi- '
Val” promoted by the Perqui -
mans County Chmaber of
Commerce is scheduled for Sep
tember 13 and 14. Entertain
ment and many events are being
planned for both days Including
a street dance, with music pro
vided by Overtime. Ibis band is
known for good music and is re
turning for the second year. Ap
plications for arts, crafts,
display and food booths for Sep
tember 14, are available at the
Chamber office or by calling
426-5657.
PractlOo to start
Football practice for both
varsity and Junior varsity teams
will begin ’mursday, Aug. 1 at
6:55 p.m. at Perquimans County
High School. Athletes who have .
; not turned in physical examina
tion forms should bring a com
pleted form to practice.
Following preseason scrim
mages with Pamlico and Ptym
outh, Perquimans gridiron
- action will begin on Friday. Aug.
30 with the season opener
against Camden in Hertford.
Workshop begins
Perquimans County Schools
will offer the Effective Teacher
Training Workshop on Monday
and Tuesday, July 29 and 30
and Thursday and Friday. Au
r t 1 and 2. The workshop will
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held at the Board of Educa
tion central office on Eden ton
Road Street and the hours will
be 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
If interested, please call 426
' 5741 pjior to July 29 to regis
ter... iVi'fci ’ 'IV
- JUMP mooting set
■ The Perquimans Chapter
, 4118 of AARP Inc. will meet
Monday, July 29 at 2 p.m. at
the .Senior Citizens Center. A
board meeting will be held at 1
1 Wiliam Meekins from Caro
lina Telephone will be the guest
speaker. For more information,
please contact Mona Sadler at
426-7044 or 426 5404.
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Hertford pair arrested in drug bust
By JULIAN EURE and SUSAN HARRIS
The Elizabeth City police arrested two
Hertford residents last Friday, thanks to
the nose of their aging drug dog. Dingo.
Arrested were Erma Lee Harris. 33, of
312 Market St., and Vernon Leon Fere
bee Adams, 49, of Route 5, Box 96. Both
parties were charged with possession
with intent to sell and deliver cocaine
and with transporting cocaine.
The couple was stopped by police on
suspicion of being drug traffickers Friday
at approximate^ 8:30 a.m. while travel
ling north on Hughes Boulevard in a
black 1988 Camaro. Then Dingo, Eliza
beth City’s aging police dog, went to
work. It took the German Shepard about
10 seconds to sniff out a 300-gram stash
of cocaine hidden in the car which was
impounded by police Friday morning.
The estimated street value of the drugs
was $70,000, according to police officials.
Elizabeth City Police Chief W.C.
Owens said he suspects the cocaine was
bound for distribution in Elizabeth City
before the pair was apprehended.
Both Harris and Adams were jailed at
Albemarle District Jail under $50,000
bond. The investigation Is continuing,
however, because the car used to tran
port the cocaine was registered to an
other Perquimans native, Valerie Perry, of
922 Prospect Ave., Westbury, N.Y.
Owens said that police found a .25
caliber automatic pistol in Harris’ posses
sion when they searched her pocketbook.
But the initial search of the car did not
lead police to the drug cache until Dingo
stepped In.
The dog began scratching violently at
a plastic panel In the right rear Interior
of the car, giving police a clue as to
where the cocaine was hidden. Owens
said.
“Once we got him up In the car It
didn’t take long. You can see where he
started scratching the side of the car,”
said Corporal-Detective Randy Cartw
right, who serves as Dingo’s handle
r.Cartwright said drug traffickers
typically stuff cocain packets in the
space between the exterior and interior
walls of cars and underneath spare tire
holders in a vehicle’s trunk.
Photo by Gary Cosby Jr.
Dingo, the Elizabeth City Police Department’s drug dog sniffed out a 300-gram cache of co
caine hidden in a car carrying a Hertford couple last Friday. The illegal drugs are worth about
$70,000, police said.
Thatch hearing
is set next week
Hertford man charged with murder
rrom sian KGpons
William Lloyd “Hawk”
Thatch, 42. of Meads Trailer
Park, will appear in Perquimans
County criminal district court
July 31 for his probable cause
hearing after being charged with
the murder of Joseph Richard
Kogerson Jr.
Thatch will re
tain his own
lawyer for the
case, a county
court spokes
man said Tues
day.Thatch Is
currently being
held in Albe
marle District
Jail without
bond.
Contacted
Thatch
iuesday, Hertlord Police Depart
ment Chief Aubrey Sample Jr.
refused to discuss a possible
motive in the alleged slajing.
Chowan County Sheriff Fred
truill announced the arrest of
atch July 18. Sample con
firmed that Hertford Police De
partment officials arrested
Thatch at the Hertford Police
Department.
A surveyor found Rogerson’s
body the morning of July 10 at
the north end of Bear Swamp
Road in Chowan County with a
gunshot wound to the head. The
gravel road lies off Center Hill
Highway and straddles the Per
quimans-Chowan County line.
Spruill said two abrasions to
Rogerson’s head were discovered
along with the gunshot wound.
Spruill said Rogerson had last
been seen alive between 11 and
11:30 p.m. the night before he
was found.No weapon was re
covered at the crime scene, he
said.
Rogerson’s body was sent to
Greenville for an autopsy but
the state’s medical examiner has
refused comment. No official
cause of death has been an
nounced. The State Bureau of
Investigation is continuing the
investigation.
Bulletproof: Donor provides protective gear
Perquimans County deputies
will be a little safer on the job.
thanks to the generosity of a lo
cal citizen.
Last Thursday, four bullet
proof vests arrived at the sher
iffs office. Sheriff Joe Lothian
said. Lothian described the vests
is “top of the line, the best
money can buy.”
Until last Thursday, the Per
quimans County Sheriffs De
partment had never had
mlletproof vests. E
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Lothian said a private citizen
approached him some time ago
and asked how much It would
cost to outfit the department
with vests. The sheriff estimated
the cost at $2,500. The citizen,
who requested anonimity, told
Lothian to order the vests. They
were delivered two weeks later.
Three of the vests are cus
tom-tailored to be worn under
uniforms on a dally basis. The
fourth is a tact vest which Is
worn on the outside of the uni
form. Lothian said It will be
worn by the first person in the
door on drug raids.
‘Tm really tickled that we
have some people out here in
the jommunity that appreciate
what my guys do,” Lothian said.
He said he appreciated a citizen
donating between $2,000 and
, $3,000 “to make things a little
safer for us out here.”
Lothian said he has Included
vests in his budget several
times, but they were not funded
by the county commissioners.
"We’ve asked for them (vests) on
occasion and been turned
down,” Lothian said. “Obviously
the commissioners didn’t feel
like they were necessary items.”
Lothian last requested the
vests the year before last. He
said he finds it hard to believe
that while bulletproof vests were
cut from the budget, the com
missioners funded their share of
the monies needed to provide
color television sets at Albemarle
District Jail.
The sheriff said his deputies
deserved the protection provided
by vests.
‘We’re running Into more
and more weapons,” said Lo
thian, whose department has
confiscated assault rifles and
small and large caliber hand
guns In the line of duty. Lothian
said that his department most
often encounters guns during
domestic calls and on drug
raids.
Group gives Hertford
S&L favorable ratings
A local financial Institution
was listed recently In a national
unking of strong and profitable
savings institutions for 1990,
he N.C. Alliance of Community
•'Inandal Institutions reports.
Hertford Savings & Loan As
sociation, was chartered in
1923, was ranked favorably.
According to the Alliance; “
while the problems of a segment
>f the savings Institutions in
lustiy and Its regulations have ;
seated an enormous burden for
he Industry and the American
axpayer.the majority of savings
nstitutions have continued fos
erlng the tradition of home f
swnershlp. The report noted ;
hat a significant portion of the
savings industry remains ad- |
squatety capitalized and is prof
table. V'i :r,t i’-v;.’-: ^
Hertford Savings falls Into ’
hat category. H. Gene Boyce,
hlef executive officer of the In
stitution, said that remaining a
sommunlty-based organization
neeting the basic needs of local
■esidents has contributed to the,
srganizatlon’s continued suc
:ess. Careful management, has
ilso helped. |
“We try to watch our ex
>enseS number one," Boyce,;
said. “We cut expenses wherever
we can*
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' Boyce added that careful in
vestment of the institution’s
funds is another factor in profit
ability.
Hertford Savings offers the
traditional passbook savings,
certificates of deposit. Christinas
Club accounts and first mort
gates.
"We don’t have any of these
sophisticated programs like
some of these (financial institu
tions) have that have gotten into
trouble. We try to Just meet the;
basic needs of the area,” Boyce
said.. . ;*'■ ' ;|
Long-term employees have
also been a boost to Hertford
Savings, Boyce said. He has
served in his capacity for 17
years. Gail Baccus joined the
staff IS years ago and Bettye
Winslow signed on seven years
ago: In adcution. longevity of the
board members has also been
positive.” he added.
Hertford Savings and Loan
reported assets of $7,980,407 as
of December 31, 1990. Boyce
said the institution has approxi
mately $5 million in outstanding
mortgages, most on properties in
Perquimans County. ; i
National Mortgage News, a
weekly publication tailored to
the savings and mortgages
banking industries, compiled the
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Photo by Anzte Wood
The Hertford Savings and Loan Association was listed recently in a national ranking of strong
and profitable savings institutions for 1990, the N.C. Alliance of Community Financial institu
tions reports.. 'r<:' "i’
vl
iy •
list of strong and profitable In
stitutions. The ratings were
based on Information provided
by the office of Thrift Supervi
sion. Office Thrift Supervision
listed all Institutions that had
, •< , iy; . .1 ■ ' '
Financial Institutions Reform,
Recovery and Enforcement Act
of 1989 and which posted a
profit in 1990.
The Alliance is a trade asso
ciation that represents 138 indi
vidually-chartered and federally
insured community financial In*
• ti
sdtutions In North Carolina. In
addition to Alliance memberships
Hertford Savings also partici
pates in a consortium of savings
Institutions which comes to
gether to fund low-income hous
ing, Boyce said.