THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
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Volume 60, No. 40
Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C.,Thursday, October 3, 1991
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Briefs
Rabies clinic planned
The Pasquotank-Perqui
mans-Camden-Chowan District
Health Department announced a
rabies clinci will be held on Oct.
5 from 3-5 p.m. at the Week
svjlle Volunteer Fire Depart
ment. Dr. L.D. Cooper will be
the veterinarian. Cost for the
vaccination is $5. All dogs and
cats are required to be immu
nized.
Skeet shoot scheduled
There will be a skeet shoot
on Saturday, Oct. 5 from 10
a.m.-4 p.m. at Perquimans Mid
dle School. Proceeds from the
event will benefit the Perqui
mans County shooting teams.
Ceramic classes set
Ceramic classes will begin at
the Senior Center on Friday,
Oct. 11 and last through Friday.
Dec. 20. Classes will be on Fri
days from 9 a.m.-12. Dorothy
Coates will be the instructor.
The fee for the class is $30.
Anyone age 65 or older may en
roll free. For more information
or to register call 426-5404.
Adult volleyball forming
' The Perquimans County Rec
reation Department is now hav
ing adult volleyball registration
through Friday. Oct. 11. All in
terested people should come by
or call the Recreation Dept, at
425-5695.
Dividend declared
' Centura Bank Inc. (NY
SE:CBC) has declared a fourth
quarter dividend of 15.5 cents
per share, payable on Dec. 16,
1991, to shareholders of record
on Nov. 29, 1991.
The dividend is 3.3 per cent
increase from the dividend paid
in the fourth quarter of 1990,
making 1991 tne 25th consec
utive year Centura, or its prede
cessor companies, has increased
dividends.
Legion to moot
The William Paul Stallings
American Legion Post 126. will
meet at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 10.
Theie regular meeting is held ev
ery month on the second Thurs
day at 7:30 p.m.
Jollification IV sot
North Carolina's oldest
home. Newbold-White, is pre
senting Jollification VI from 6-9
p.m. on Oct. 19. A tour of the
restored 17th century brick
house, a harvest moon dinner
and a musical program by Rosa
lind MacEnulty are included in
the $15 charge.
Reservations are necessary
and may be made by sending a
check for $15 to Perquimans
County Restoration Association.
P.O. Box 103. Hertford. N.C.
27944, or by calling 426-7567.
Sun outages to occur y
, MultlVision Cable TV's Dis
trict General Manager Kathy
Wynn announced recently that
customers will experience inter
ference on satellite-delivered ca
ble channels in October due to
fun outages. . ^
'‘’The outages occur in the
spring and fall each year when
the sun, the satellite and the re
ceiving station fall in the same
line, causing a temporary loss of
the satellite signal.
* The conditions will exist Oct
$^17 from approximately 4:50
5:10 p.m. daily. Those cable •
television channels received by
satellite will be affected, not lo
cal off-air broadcast stations.
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Seven netted in undercover drug sting
The Hertford Housing Authority recently celebrated its 30th anniversary. Present commis
sioners are (front to back, I to r) vice chairman Talmage Rose, chairman Henry C. Stokes
Jr., Jim Bass, Shelton Zachary and Julian White.
Housing Authority celebrates birthday
The Hertford Housing Authority celebrated
its 30th anniversary on Thursday. Sept. 13
with a pig pickin’ dinner for residents.
The Authority has seen positive changes re
cently, as residents have begun to take a more
active role in their community on quality of life
issues. A tenants organization at Wynne Fork
Courts was organized last year and has actively
sought to clean up the neighborhood, rid the
complex of trespassers, assist with the screen
ing of residential applicants and provide a tuto
rial program for youth. These measures have
strenghtened the community spirit and pride at
the complex.
The Housing Authority began with 34 hous
ing units located on Stokes Drive. King Street.
White Street and Church Street. An additional
44 units were constructed at Wynne Fork
Court in 1974 and 32 were added there in
1983.
Henry Clay Sullivan served as the first
Housing Authority Director and Henry Clay
Stokes Jr. was the first chairman of the board.
Charter commissioners were John Beers. John
Coston. Charlie Umphlett and Julian White.
Stokes and White have continued to serve
throughout the Authority's 30-year history.
Also presently on the board are Talmage Rose,
vice chairman: Jim Bass and Shelton Zachary.
Chris Komegay serves as director.
Home heating assistance available
The Perquimans County De
partment of Social Services will
begin accepting applications for
the Low Income Energy Assis
tance Program on Oct. 14. The
LIEAP provides a one-time pay
ment in February 1992 to low
income households to help eligi
ble families pay their heating
bills. Most households who re
ceive food stamps for October
will receive an application in the
mail. These households do not
need to go to the county Depart
ment of Social Services. An el
derly or handicapped person
may apply by telephone. He may
also send a representative to the
county Department of Social
Services to apply for them. •
We encourage all interested
low income households to call
and request an appointment
date ana time before coming in
to apply for heating assistance.
Appointments will be made be
ginning Oct. 1.
The Low Income Energy As
sistant program is not a first
come/first served program. Any
eligible household that applies
between Oct 14 and Nov. 27
will receive a payment.
The Crisis Intervention Pro
gram provides financial help to
households that are in a heating
and cooling- related emergency.
A household may a receive max
imum benefit of $200 per appli
cation. A household may also
receive benefits more than once
a year.
Contact the Perquimans
County Department of Social
Services at 426-7373 and 426
5478 between 8:30 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday.
Restoration Association holds workshop
The Perquimans County Re
storation Association will hold a
workshop on Oct 11 to discuss
Interpretive techniques for mu
seum and historic site workers.
The guest speaker will be Joan
Davis who works with South
Carolina Parks. Recreation, and
Tourism in Columbia, and as
sists rural communities with de
veloping cultural and natural
resources to be used for eco
nomic development and tourism
promotion. *
Davis attended the College of
Wiliam and Mary and the Uni
versity of South Carolina, and
interned at the Columbia Mu
seum of Art. She has put her
major in museology to good use
by serving as the curator for the
South Carolina Governor's Man
sion under three of that state’s
first ladies. Davis and Mrs. Wal
lace L. Reed developed the Gov
ernor's Mansion docent
program. Both will be participat
ing with the workshop.
Davis will begin the docent
training workshop at the New
bold- White House site from 2-4
pjD.
Anyone interested in be
coming a volunteer tour guide
and all current Newbold-White
House volunteers are strongly
urged to attend this workshop. ,
For more information call Steve :
Allen at the Newbold-White i
House at 426-7567.
Jaycees schedule bass tournament Oct. 5 j
The Perquimans County Jay
ees will host their sentf-annual
erquimans River Bass Touma?
lent on Saturday, Oct. 12.
Ians call for over $1,000 in
ash prizes to be awarded. ^ '
Registration and boat ln
pectlon vrill be held at the mu
lcipal boat ramp on Punch
lley in Hertford beginning at
:30 a.m. Fishing hours are
-om 7 a.m. until 4 p.m., with
elgh-in at Missing Mill Park.
Entry fee is $25 per person.
4th two-person teams fishing
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from' one boat No entrant can
fish alone.
v. The bass tournament is one
of several fund raisers spon
sored by the Jaycees each year.
Proceeds are used to sponsor
community activities such as
die Christmas parade. Senior
Citizens Christmas Party and
making Christmas happy for
children Santa might miss. In
addition, the Jaycees make do
nations local, state and national
charities including the Jaycee
Bum Center and Duke Compre
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hensive Cancer Center. The
Jaycees also assist families
overwhelmed by medical bills
resulting from a battle with a
lengthy disease.
For more information or an
application to enter the bass
tournament, contact Sara E.
Winslow or stop by The Perqui
mans Weekly office between 8
a.m. and 5 p.m. Entries will be
accepted the day of die tourna
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Alleged dealers arrested
An undercover drug opera
tion begun in Perquimans
County in April resulted in seve
ral grand Jury indictments
handed down last Tuesday,
according to Hertford Police
Chief Aubrey Sample Jr. Law
enforcement officers from all
three county agencies partici
pated in the round-up of seven
alleged drug dealers Monday
and charged them with a com
bined 45 counts of drug viola
tions.
Joe Willie Brothers. 30, 100
Brace St., Apt. 10, Hertford, was
arrested on eight counts of drug
violations including two counts
of possession with the intent to
sell and deliver crack cocaine,
two counts of sell and delivering
crack cocaine, one count of con
spiracy to sell and deliver co
caine, one count of conspiracy
to traffic cocaine, one count of
trafficking by possession of co
caine and one count of traffick
ing by sale of cocaine. He was
placed in Albemarle District Jail
under a $75,000 secured bond.
Wilbert Lee Jones, 31, Rt. 2,
Box 25. Hertford, was charged
with four counts of possession
with the intent to sell and de
liver cocaine, four counts of sell
ing and delivering cocaine and
three counts of conspiracy to
sell and deliver cocaine. He was
also placed in custody at Albe
marle District Jail under a
$55,000 secured bond.
Vincent Lee Foster, 25. 209
King St., Hertford was charged
with one count of possession
with the intent to sell and de
liver cocaine, one count of sell
ing and delivering cocaine and
one count of conspiracy tq sell
cocaine. He was placed in Albe
marle District Jail under a
$15,000 secured bond.
George NMN Harvey. 36, 323
W. Grubb St., Hertford, was
jailed under a $25,000 secured
bond after being charged with
possession with the intent to
sell and deliver cocaine, selling
and delivering cocaine and con
spiracy to sell and deliver co
caine.
Manuel Miller, 29, 329 Mar
ket St., Hertford, was arrested
and charged with four counts of
possession with the intent to
sell and deliver cocaine, four
counts of selling and delivering
cocaine and one count of con
spiracy to sell and deliver co
caine.
William Lloyd "Hawk”
Thatch. 42. Rt. 2. Box 114T,
Hertford, was arrested on eight
counts, including possession
with the intent to sell and de
liver cocaine, selling and deliv
ering cocaine, conspiracy to
traffic cocaine, two counts of
trafficking by possession of a
schedule II controlled substance
(cocaine), two counts of traffick
ing by the sale of a schedule II
controlled substance (cocaine)
and trafficking by transporting a
schedule II controlled substance
(cocaine). He was placed in Albe
marle District Jail under a
$70,000 secured bond.
Ronald David Dorsey, 29, Rt.
2, Box 114T, Hertford was
charged with possession with
the Intent to sell and deliver
cocaine, selling and deliv
ering cocaine and conspiracy
to sell and deliver cocaine.
He was taken to Albemarle
District Jail under a $30,000
secured bond.
The operation was
sparked in early April. Sam
ple said, when he was ap
proached by the Chowan
Edenton Task Force and of
fered assistance in operating
an undercover drug opera
tion in Hertford. Sample said
the out-of-town officers said
that the majority of their
drug problems stemmed
from traffic in Perquimans
County. During the planning
and implementation stages,
the Roanoke-Chowan Task
Force. Perquimans County
Sheriffs Department ana
Winfall Police Department
assisted with the operation.
Don Carter coordinated the
effort for the district attor
ney’s office.
Initially designed to be a
long-term investigation that
would run 12-18 months,
the operation was halted
three months after its
launch when an undercover
agent was put into jeopardy.
Sample said. He added that
the officer was put in a "life
threatening situation,” and
therefore operations were
ceased.
Investigation into the
drug transactions made dur
ing the operation has been
continuing since the street
work shut down. Sample
said officers have spent the
last few months compiling
information, completing re
ports and preparing cases to
present to the grand jury.
Targeted in the operation
were Wynne Fork Courts,
Miller & Meads Mobile Home
Park and the comer of Mar
ket and Edenton Road
streets, along with some in
dividuals.
“We basically had the
idea of targeting as high into
the system as we could.”
Sample commented. “It was
going real well until we had
the problem. It was unfortu
nate that it didn’t go any
further and that what hap
pened, happened.”
Sample estimated that
the operation costs will ex
ceed $50,000 including
around $10,000 in money
used to purchase drugs,
manhours, gasoline and ve
hicle maintenance. He said
his officers have spent hun
dreds of hours completing
paperwork. The total costs of
the operation cannot be tab
ulated until the cases are
tried, any appeals art dealt
with and paperwork is com
plete on any possible prop
erty forfeitures or tax
turnovers.
D.A.R.E. program is back
The DARE, program will
)nce again be a part of the cur
iculum for sixth grade children
n Perquimans County. County
nanager Paul Gregory and
DA.R.E. officer Ralph Robinson
nade the announcement during
i PTSA meeting at Perquimans
Middle School last Tuesday
light.
D.A.R.E., an acronym for
Drug Abuse Resistance Educa
lon, teaches children to stay
iway from drugs and alcohol by
lispensing accurate information
ibout alcohol and other drugs,
caches decision-making skills,
milds self-esteem, suggests
vays to resist negative peer
treasure and offers alternatives
o drug use. The program uses a
inlformed law enforcement offl
*r in the schools.
The program was disconti
med in August when Perqui
nans County Sheriff Joe
jothlan said budget constraints
had forced him to stop sponsor
ing the program.
Since that "time, the county
commissioners have Indicated
their total support of the pro
gram and have worked with the
sheriff to put it back at the mid
dle school.
"I was completely over
whelmed by the public support
for the DARE, program and
the sheriffs department." Perqui
mans Sheriff Joe Lothian said.
“I feel like that if for no other
reason than just doing it for the
kids, we need to make sure that
this doesn’t happen again. If it
hadn't been for the county com
missioners, Lester Simpson. Leo
Higgins and Mack Nixon, taking
the inidtative and looking into
the problems that we are having
with manpower and substan
dard pay for the deputies, I
don’t think that we could have
gotten this done."