THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
. Volume 60, No. 37
Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C.,Thursday, September 12, 1991
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Indian Summer Festival
promises great weekend
for county: inside ^
Opinion:
Mother Goose:
good or bad for
children?: Page 4
Briefs
4*H group to moot
',. The Friendship 4-H club will
•meet at 7 p.m. on Monday.
Sept. 30 at the Whiteston Com
munity Building. Also, on De
•cejnber 2. there will be a
‘workshop on making lamps and
.Christmas decorations. The
workshop will be from 10:30
;a,m. to 3 p.m. The cost is $10
per child to cover all materials.
‘The deadline for signing up is
•Sept. 15. and pre-payment is re
quired. Six volunteers are also
.needed to help with the
workshop. For more Information,
contact Vickie Haris at 297
2560.
Open house planned
.The Cornfield doggers of
Gatesville are having an open
house on Tuesday. Sept. 17 at
7:30 p.m. at the Community
Center on Highway 158 in Ga
tesville. Refreshments will be
served. For more information
-call C57-1336 or 465- 4166.
’.Applications bolng ac
cepted
; The Belvldere-Chappell Hill
-Volunteer Fire department is
currently accepting applications
for the 1991-92 Fire Queen. Ap- ■
-plicants must be between the
Ages of 12 and 21 and unmar
ried. Applicants do not have to
live in the Belvidere community.
If interested please contact
^Jennifer Layden at 297-2901.
Gotland workshop slated
A workshop on Wildlife on
Agricultural Wetlands will be
held Friday. Sept. 27 at Manns
Habor Community Center and
Alligator River National Wildlife
Refuge. The program covers all
aspects of permitting and man
agement of agricultural wet
lands. Preregistration is required
and you may contact Lewis
Smith at 426-5428 for more in
formation. Attendance is limited
to the first 80 landowners who
apply.
Lessons offered
The Harbor Lite Square
Dancers are offering two free
lessons on Oct 1 and 8 at Holi
day Island Clubhouse at 7:30
p.m. For more information call
426-8106.
Mooting sol V
The Hertford Business and
Professional Women’s Organiza
tion will Meet on Thursday,
Sept. 12 at 6 p.m. at Jimmy’s
BBQ on Edenton Road Street.
The subject of the meeting will
be "Women Helping Girls with
Choices Project."
MSEN Advisory board to
moot
The MSEN Local Advisory
Board will meet at the K.E.
White Graduate Center. Room
130. Wednesday. Sept. 11 at 6.
p.m. The Education committee
will meet before the Local Advi
sory Board at 5 p.m. in the
same room.
Library board to moot
The Pettigrew Regional Li
brary Board will meet on Mon
day. Sept. 16. at 8 p.m. at the
Shepard-Pruden Memorial Li
brary In Edenton.
Sonlor cantor boglns clasa
An excerise class for senior
citizens has begun at the Per-,
batmans Senior Center. The
classes are held on Thursdays
frpip 10-11 a.m. There is no
charge. For more information or
to, register, can the center at
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Hertford continues clean-up with CDBG grant
The Town of Hertford will
continue Its efforts to revitalize
the town with the receipt of an
other North Carolina Depart
ment of Economic and
Community Development Com
munity Development Block
Grant.
Gov. James G. Martin an
nounced recently awards for 14
county governments and 45 mu
nicipal governments across the
state. The award to Hertford was
for $583,235.
"The grant will give us an
opportunity to do some work in
the Market Street area that cer
tainly needs to be done," said
Hertford Mayor and City Man
ager W.D. “Bill" Cox Monday at
the Hertford Town Council meet
ing. “I think it's good.”
In its application, the town
requested funds to rehabilitate
30 housing units on Market and
Grubb streets extending from
West Academy Street to Edenton
Road Street. The town agreed to
contribute $30,000 in local
funds for demolition and hous
ing rehabilitation.
The grant represents the
fourth awarded to the town.
Most of the dwellings in the pro
ject area have been classified as
severely deteriorated. Three were
determined to be dilapidated,
and are scheduled for demolition
under the grant.
The town indicated in its
grant application that the grant
will effectively correct 100 per
cent of all housing needs in the
project area.
In 1984. the town identified
and prioritized areas of signifi
cant need with concentrations of
low- and moderate- income pop
ulations. Since that time, grants
have allowed the town to sys
tematically alleviate slum and
blighting conditions in those
areas where funds have been
made available. When work is
finished on tfie Market-Grubb
streets project, over 120 housing
units will have benefltted from
grant funds.
The town also adopted a
minimum housing code in May
1984. Since that time the code
enforcement program has been
applied to 45 structures. Of that
number, three have been demo
lished. two are still in the con
demnation process and 40 have
been repaired to standard condi
tion.
The community revitalization
grants, totaling over $29.1 mil
lion. are a portion of North aroil
na’s $39.7 million CDBG
allocation from the federal gov
ernment for the program year
that began on April 1. 1991. Re
quests for funds were received
from 105 applicants. The grants
are awarded on a competitive
basis and must meet minimum
eligibility requirements Including
benefit to low- and moderate-in
come persons. Local govern
ments may request a maximum
of $600,000 in any one program (
year.
Sox
Perquimans County
Schools moved one step
closer to completing the new
wastewater treatment facility
at Perquimans County Middle
School last week when Willis
"Jessup donated land to the
school system for the project.
Jessup gave the school
system a five-acre tract adja
cent to the school property,
valued at $19,000. for the
construction of the facility.
“By making this gift. Mr.
Jessup is making a statements
of financial support toward
the Perquimans Countv
Schools." said Dr. Randall
Henion. schools superinten
dent. ' ■>’ , '
Jessup was presented
with a letter of^mpmOattoa.
in Henion's office Friday. The
land donation was officially
§ accepted by the board of edu
cation in a Wednesday meet
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tog
state officials notified
school administrators in mid
1989 that a new wastewater
treatment facility was re
quired at the school. The
school board initially worked
with the planning department
®§tt North Carolina State Uni
versity and local agriculture
and conservation personnel
on the project, but plans
drawn with the assistance of
those groups were rejected by
state officials. McDowell & As
sociates. an Elizabeth City en
. gineering firm, has been
| working on the project since
"February. 1 f
£; Henion said that the per
mit to begin work on the fa
? clllty was issued on July 1,
and that construction was be
gun on the portion of the fa
cility located on property
owned by the school system at
that time.
The schools are working
under a tight timeline. The
state has mandated that the
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Photo by Nancy RoydenClarti
Schools Superintendent Dr. Randall Henion presented
Willis Jessup with a letter of appreciation Friday for his
donation of five acres of land to the school system. The
property will beused to construct a state-mandated wast
ewater treatment facility.
treatment facility be operable
by Dec. 31, a date Henion said
is possible to meet.
“The facility Is necessary In
order to accommodate the ex
panded student population,"
said Community Schools Coor
dinator Jeanle Umphlett. “Due
to the generosity of Mr, Jes
sup. the Board of Education
can move forward on the pro
ject."
Jessup Is a native of Win
fall who has made his home In
Perquimans County for 78
years. The retiree spent many
years farming properly in his
hometown.
Philanthropy is not new to
Jessup. He has supported
other local causes such as the
Perquimans County Marching
Pirates Band and the county
library. Jessup said he enjoys
giving to good causes in a
community that he proudly
calls home.
The school board must
submit plans and specifica
tions to the state for a waste
water treatment facility at
Perquimans Central School by •
Feb. 1, 1991.
Head Start sponsors nutrition program
The Economic Improvement
Council Inc.. Full Year Head
Start announces the
sponsorship of the Child and
Adult Care Food Program. Meals
will be available at no separate
charge to enrolled children at
the center including both cen
ters In Perquimans County, and
will be provided without regard
to race, color, national origin,
religion, sex or handicap. For
more lniormauon, caii wz-wvo.
The following family size and
income standards are used to
determine eligibility:
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256
316
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$8,606 $12,247
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2,066
2,415
2,763
3,112
14,482
17,420
20,358
20,609
24,790
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County hires fire marshal
The Perquimans County
Board of Commissioners filled
the position of county fire
marshal last Tuesday. John M.
Long. 42. was chosen from a
field of four candidates.
Long, currently a lieutenant
in the Winfall Volunteer Fire De
partment. brings to the position
over 20 years of fire protection
experience. He began his fire
joined Elizabeth City Fire Com
pany No. 1. In 1985, he signed
on with the Winfall department.
While In Elizabeth City, Long
took courses dealing with alco
hol, tobacco and firearms, He
has also had fire and rescue
training through the N.C. De
partment of Insurance.
“He has been involved with
the Elizabeth City Fire Depart
ment. He’s also dealt with large
fires, be it industrial, lumber
companies, warehouses, chemi
cal spills and plane crashes.
John has gone into the school
already in Elizabeth City. He
has also gone with the fire in
spector into the rest homes
where he was in Elizabeth City."
county manager Paul Gregory
told the commissioners.
Long began his duties imme
diately after his appointment.
His primary responsibilities,
according to Gregory, are in
specting public buildings includ
ing schools, and day care and
rest home facilities. He will work
with fire education and with lo
cal fire chiefs to apprise them of
training opportunities in the dis
trict.
Long was appointed to fill
the position which was left open
by Charlie Skinner’s June 30 re
tirement.
Gregory said all four appli
career in 1971 when he
Long
cants for the job were good
candidates. In addition to
Long. Parker Newbem, Ed
ward Leicester and Ray Cul
lipher applied for the
position. The men have
of experience in firefighting,
respectively. Newbern and
Leicester serve as officers on
the Hertford Volunteer Fire
Department. Cullipher is
chief of the Durants Neck
squad.
Long is employed at the
Harvey Point defense base.
He is a disc jockey at radio
station WKJX96 K1X and is
a member of the Parksville
Ruritan Club and PErqui
mans Masonic Lodge No.
106.
He and his wife, Belinda
Hurdle Long, have three
children, Wayne. Karen and
Holly.
18. 14 and 11 years
Hertford changes fishing law
The Hertford Town Council last
month passed an ordinance re
stricting fishing on the Hertford
Winfall causeway and the "S
"shaped bridge in Hertford.
Effective August 22. the or
dinance prohibits fishing on the
west side of the causeway and
the bridge. Anglers will be al
lowed to fish on the east side of
the causeway and the bridge.
The Council passed the ordi
nance because members feel
that fishing on the narrow west
shoulder ot the causeway ana
the side of the bridge with no
sidewalk is a hazard to both
fishermen and motorists. Coun
cilmen also reported receiving
requests from citizens to take
formal action.
Signs were recently erected
informing anglers of the new re
strictions.
Noncompliance with the or
dinance carries a civil penalty of
$50. according to Hertford Police
Chief Aubrey Sample.
EMC to hold annual meeting
The Albemarle EMC Board of
Directors has set a date for the
Annual Member meeting. The
electric co-op’s president of the
board. L.A. Harris, announced
that the Saturday. Sept. 21
meeting will take place In Hert
ford at Perquimans County High
School. Harris pointed out that
registration begins at 12:30 p.m.
and the meeting begins at 2
p.m.
The 1991 meeting will In
clude election of three directors
- District #1 Camden County:
District #3 Pasquotank County
and District #5 all counties
saved. Each district will elect
one director.
A nominating committee Is
submitting the following names
for election:
District #1 - Camden County -
James BurmaGlenn Carey -
Incumbent.
District *3 - Pasquotank County
- Robert Earl Hewitt - John
Winslow Spence - Incumbent
District #5 - All counties served
- Marjorie Allen Copeland -
Tommy Harrell - Virgie P. -White
hurst - Incumbent
Other business will include
the yearly report from general
manager. Dorris B. White. White
said that members need to at
tend the meeting and get in
volved with the co-op way of
doing business.
The local EMC covers por- >
dons of five counties - Chowan. « i
Perquimans. Pasquotank. Curri
tuck and Camden - and serves
approximately 7.800 member
consumers.
A number of attendance
prizes will be awarded. A mem
ber must be present to win.