THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Volume 60, Ho. 39
Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, September 26, 1991
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Briefs
•'^' Hertford VFW Post 8148 Is
currently seeking veterans who
served in foreign wars. For more
Information contact Tbm Lisenby
kt 426-5426 between 8 sum. and
• > . . Hit Central School FTA will
brid its annual Fun Fall Festival
.on Saturday, Oct 12 from 10
aim. to 2 p m. Food games, and
rummage sale items are on tap
.for the day. Anyone wishing to
rent a space for craft items may
■Call Gail Godfrey at 264-2361 or
.Arlene Layden at 297-2097,
Booths are $15 each.
NAACP youth to moot
> • The Youth of Perquimans
County NAACP will have a Drug
Awareness Rap Session on Sat
urday, Sept. 28 at 11 ajn. at
First Baptist Church.
' v Perquimans Chapter 4118 of
‘AARP Inc. will meet Monday.
Sept 30 at 2 pm. at the Senior
Center. A board meeting will be
held at 1 p.m.
Mrs. Emily Askew will be the
"speaker for the month.
Chapter 4118 is open to new
membership for all of the sur
rounding counties.
The winners for the AAEP
raffle were first prize afghan -
Cassie Spruill; second prize ra
dio - Becty Perry; and third
prize bunnies - Helen BtackwelL
ECSU Board to nw«(
The Elizabeth City State Uni
versity Board of Trustees will
bdd their quarterly Pan Meeting
oh Monday. Sept. 23 at 11 am.
iij the Board Room of the Uni
versity's G.R. Little library.
S SgL P.W. Tyndall of the N.C.
Wildlife Resources Commission
has announced a 10-hour
Hunter Safety Course scheduled
$jr Oct 1, 2 and 3 from 6-9:30
pna. at the Perquimans County
Cooperative Extension Service
ahdltorium. The commission is
offering the classes at no
charge. To register, can 335
Perquimans County 4-Hos
aie*,presently Involved in their
secbnd campaign for 4~H cookie
sales. Cookies can be ordered
from 4-H dub members and
Kates at a cost of $2 per pack
awe. Available varieties include
Mini Patties. Peanut Butter Ptf
ttes> Peanut Butter Wafer Sticks,
otfly Eclairs. Marshmallow
Puds. Spiced Delights- Coconut
Creme Sandwiches. Oatmeal
(ground Raisins, Assorted Sugar
Wafers. Crunchy Granola Creme
Sandwiches and Peanut Butter
Gtone Sandwiches- Cookies will
be delivered to patrons during
t^e week of Nov. 4-3. Par addi
tional information and to order
cookies, you can call the Penpjfr
ipans County Cooperative Exten
sion Service at 426-7694.
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Photo by SusanHarris
Winfafl Pofice Chief Date Vanscoy and Hertford Police officer Tommy Teague dismantled
a stereo speaker in a mobile home in Miller & Meads Mobile Home park last Wednesday
night. The officers, along with six others, raided the mobile home after officers received
tefomtation about drug violations and secured a search warrant. The investigation in the
is continuing.
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Officers raid mobile
The Hertford Police De
tiitent led a raid on a mo-"
tee home to Miller & Meads,
Mobile. Home Park last;
Wednesday night which offi
cers hoped, would result to gif;
‘nnfflddng arrest.
- Accocdteg to Hertford Por
Bee Chief Aubrey Sample Jr.,
he received information that
5 SOte^l drugs could be found
at the residence. After verify- i
: tog tire information, a search .
Tarrant was obtained for the
jroperty. Sample declined to
fflve the specific address of
Use dwelling or the name, of
the occupant.
An S-man team made up
of officers from the Hertford
Police Department.. Perqui
mans County Sheriffs Bepart
ne&t and Winfal! Police
. Department .searched the
premises around 9:15 p.m. {'
After the dwelling' was se
cured. Perquimans Sheriff Joe
Lothian brought to his de
partment's drug dog.. Kirby. f
“Kirby went and alerted ■
te .several locations to the
mobile home.* Sample said.
Various items of drug par- .
aplamraisa were -seized, Sam- "
pfo said, but no quantity of
drags was found. Sample said
s&ms of the seised items have
been seat to the State Bureau
of teeshgsttfoa laboratory for
toinfysto.
..The chief said he believes
due certain, evidence found
Photo by Susan Harris
Kirby, the drug dog owned by the Perquimans County'
Sheriffs Department, alerted on several places in the mo*j.
bile home, giving investigators an idea of areas where
drugs may have been hidden.
merit probably arrived after
the drugs had been removed
from the premises,
“We probably arrived too
late, due to. the:'time Involved
in verifying’ the information
|H IMI 8“rch m i
rants," he said.
•. No arrest has been itigfHL
in the case. Sample said
the investigation, along ■ wit&l
others, isoontinwirig.
Dogwood Trailer Park ‘visits’ continue
Spokesmen lor the Perqui
mans County Sheriffs Depart
ment and the Hertford Police
Department both reiterated the
determination of their depart
ments to rid Dogwood Trailer
Park of drug traffic this week.
Sheriff Joe Lothian last week
announced that law enforce
ment officers had stepped up
visibility in the area with
marked patrol cars and officer
presence in the neighborhood.
Often the officers working the
operation are volunteering their
tone.
Wednesday night Lo
thian and Hertford Police Chief
Aubrey Sample Jr. were on pa
trol in the mobile home park.
“How are you doing to
night?” the officers greeted
youth out for an evening stroll.
“Hey. you'd better get some
headhunts on that bike and a
reflectot.” Lothian told one
youth who rode his bike across
the street to Wynne Fork Court.
The officers warned at least
three bicycle riders to get bead*
fights on their bikes before oper
ating them on the road at night
Td tsaie to have to give you a
$51 ticket.' Lothian told them.
The bfcycfe risers were for
the most part cooperative. One
cursed at the officers under his
breath as he rode away.
“Ugh-oh." a pedestrian who
overhead the exchange com
mented. “You done messed up
now."
A late-model luxury sedan
pulled Into Dogwood.
“That’s a Virginia tag." Lo
thian said.
’ *T think we’ll check him
out." Sample said. > '
Sample and Lothian stepped
in front of the car after it nad
driven to the end of the street
and made its way slowly back.
“May I see youf drivers li
cense, sir?” Sample asked the
driver, who immediately began
to ask what he'd done. 1
Observing closely. Sample
saw money In the driver’s left
.hand. The officers noted that
when the driver reached over
with his right hand to pick up
his wallet which was on the
front seat, he slid his left hand
under his left leg and left the
money on the seat. Sample
questioned the move and asked
the driver to step from the vehi
cle. The officers found two $20
bills folded on the seat where
the driver had been sitting, ^ v *
wnats mis/ sample asKeu.
“Were you out here looking for a
40-cent piece (crack cocaine
with a sales price of $40)?"
“No. No.” the driver replied.
“But you knew what it was,
didn't you?" Lothian questioned.
When asked what he was
doing in the area, the driver
said ne’d brought a friend home.
The officers asked for the
friend's name and recognized it
as that of a white male. Know
ing that no white males reside
in Dogwood Trailer Park, the of
ficers questioned the driver fur
flier.
Lothian continued his talk
with the driver addle Sample ran
a check on his drivers license.
His residence was in Gates
County. ; , 'l
•We know who you are now.
We don’t want to see you back
here again, all right? Lothian
tpld the driver.
“We Intend to stop the drug
traffic in this park.” Sample
added. “You tell all your friends
we’ll be waiting when they get
here." ,
The officers shook their
heads as the vehicle pulled out
of the park. On the front seat
Iqgd a copy of the Bible. .
Board approves new
discipline policy
The Perquimans County
Board of Education unani
mously approved a new corporal
punishment policy at the Sept.
16 board meeting.
The policy prohibits corporal
punishment in the Perquimans
County School system, and
states that discipline will be
maintained without its use. The
policy states, “Corporal punish
ment is all forms of physical
punishment including, but not
limited to. spanking, paddling,
or slapping.”
Under the terms of the new
policy, school personnel do have
the authority to use "reasonable
force” to control behavior or to
remove a person from the scene
in certain situations such as to
quell a disturbance threatening
injuiy to others: to obtain pos
session of weapons or other
dangerous objects on the per
son, or within the control, of a
student: for self-defense: and for
the protection of persons and
property.
Discipline is defined in the
policy as "well-ordered, directed
behavior." The responsibility for
developing and maintaining dis
ciplined behavior is shared by
parents, guardians, students,
teachers, principals, administra
tive and support personnel, su
perintendent and the board of
education under the terms of
the policy.
The policy was updated in
response to N.C. General Statute
115-390, which was passed by
the General Assembly with an
effective date of July 1. 1991.
The legislation allows local
school systems to ban corporal
punishment.
“I was proud that the Per
quimans County Board of Edu
cation has moved quickly to use
their authority to develop a pol
icy in accordance with this new
legislation,” said Dr. Randall He
nion. schools superintendent.
“Research indicates there are
more effective ways of maintain
ing discipline and appropriate
conduct.”
Henion said that he has re
ceived results of studies indicat
ing that in school systems where
corporal punishment is preva
lent. there are higher drop-out
rates, suspension rates and fail
ure rates, as well as an increase
in liability insurance premiums.
"I think we send a real mes
sage to children that we don’t
hit people, we don't resolve our
problems by hitting,” Henion
said. “We like to put students in
charge of correcting their’behav
ior.”
Henion said the system uses
positive reinforcement to reward
appropriate behavior. When
steps must be taken to punish a
student, various methods, in
cluding loss of free time, parent
conferences, after school deten
tion and in-school suspension,
are used. Out of school suspen
sion is the last alternative or is
used in response to a serious of
fense.
The legislation was sup
ported by the N.C. School
Boards Association. N.C. PTA.
State Board of Education. N.C.
Child Advocacy Institute. N.C.
Academy of Pediatrics. N.C.
Council of Churches, N.C. Medi
cal Society, N.C. Society of
Nurses and a variety of other
groups, according to Henion.
Suspicious fire investigated
Local officials called for as
sistance from the State Bureau
of Investigation after responding
to an early-moming fire in Hert
ford Monday. Hertford Police
Chief Aubrey Sample Jr. said
that his department and the
Hertford Fire Department were
dispatched to 323 1/2 King
Street around 4 a.m.
Sample said Officer Tim
Bunch arrived at the scene to
find several people dousing
flames on the front porch of the
dwelling with water. Bunch went
in to investigate and found a
man getting dressed. Sample
said Bunch accompanied the
man outside.
Firefighting and law enforce
ment officials began their inves
tigation and determined that the
fire was suspicious in origin.
Sample said. The SBI was called
in at that time.
Sample said information ob
tained by his department indi
cated that the house is owned
by the Rev. Raymond GriswouM
and that the occupant is Gris
would’s son, William Earnest
Griswould.
Fire Chief Edgar Roberson
verified that there were no inju
ries resulting from the fire at the
one-story frame dwelling. He
said he also doubted that the
house sustained water damage
to its interior.
Sample said the three de
partments are continuing the
joint investigation.
Biggers honored for service
A local man was honored
earlier this month for his service
to the American Cancer Society.
John T. Biggers was pre
sented with an Honorary Life
Membership to the North Caro
lina Division Board of Directors.
Biggers is only the ninth person
to receive the honor from the Di
vision.
"We are happy to be able to
Ksnt this well-deserved honor
use of your long and out
standing sendee to the program
of cancer control and to this Di
vision.” Dr John T. Sessions Jr..
Division Nominations Committee
Chairman, wrote in a letter in
forming Biggers of his selection
to receive the honor.
Biggers has served on the
Board for over 30 years, has
served on numerous committees
and has conducted unit fiscal
reviews in five Albemarle area
counties.
A plaque recognizing Biggers’
service was presented to him at
a banquet held during the an
nual membership meeting in Ra
leigh on Sept. 14 and 15.
The American Cancer Society
is a nationwide voluntary health
organization dedicated to elimi
nating cancer as a major health
problem by preventing cancer,
saving lives from cancer and di
minishing suffering from cancer
through research, education and 1
service..
Local unltb.. such as the one
in Perquimans County, carry out
the objectives of the Society in
their communifbe. Funds are
John Biggers
solicited with events such as the
tele-pledge campaign and the
annual sausage and pancake
day. The unit works to educate
the community about cancer,
known causes, prevention and
the medical outlook. Programs
such as “Look Good-Feel Good"
are offered. Services and rehabil
itation are also offered on the to- r
cal level. |
President of the local unit is '
Kay Winslow. Over 30 commu
nity volunteers serve on the lo
cal unit board.
Any group or Individual
wishing to learn more about this
vital organization can contact J
Kay Winslow.:
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