PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Volume 60, No. 43
Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C.,Thursday, October 24, 1991
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Briefs
QED classes offered
College of the Albemarle Is
now offering free GED classes at
two sites In Perquimans County
for adults who wish to earn
their high school equivalency.
Perquimans residents who
are out of work or having diffi
culty finding a Job because they
do not have a high school di
ploma may come to the sites to
work on earning a high school
equivalency diploma. Basic read
ing. writing and math courses
are also taught Caring instruc
tors will enroll students for the
following classes: on Tuesdays
and Thursdays from 6:30-9:30
p.m. in the Perquimans High
School Vocational Building or on
Mondays through Thursdays
from 9 a.m.-12 Noon in the
.Snug Harbor Community
;Church.
Details are available by call
ing 335-0821, ext 278, or visit
*ing a class site to talk with one
of the instructors.
INAACP to meet
] The Perquimans County
; Branch of NAACP will hold its
’monthly meeting on Oct. 28 at 8
p.m. at the Senior Center. An
executive meeting will be at 7
P-m.
-‘SuKehearts’ hits stage
• Final preparations. are being
made for the upcoming produc
'tion of the award winning two
•act comedy “Suitehearts" by the
' -Perquimans Playhouse, a non
-profit community theater group
in Perquimans County. The per
— formances will- be held in dinner
theater format at the Hertford
Lions Club on Nov. 1, 2, 3 (Mat
inee), 8, 9 and 10 (Matinee). The
performances on Nov. 2 and 3
will be no-smoking perfor
mances.
For more information or to
make reservations contact Mary
Harrell at 426-5657.
Csntura records profit
Centura Banks Inc. (NY
SE:CBC) recently reported third
quarter net income of $2.0 mil
lion, a decline from $5.7 million
during the same period of 1990.
Fully-diluted earnings per share
were 15 cents compared to 40
cents for the third quarter of
1990.
For the'first nine months of
1991, net income was $9.7 mil
lion compared to $17.8 million
for the same period last year.
* Fully-diluted earnings per share
were 69 cents compared to
$1.25 for the first nine months
of last year.
NCNB reports samlngs
NCNB Corp. recently re
ported net Income for the third
quarter of 1991 of $131.1 mil
lion. an increase of 130 per cent
. from net income of $57.0 million
in the third quarter of 1990. For
the first nine months. NCNB’s
net income climbed 20 per cent
to $401.7 million, up from
! $334.5 million for the same pe
riod one year ago.
, - . In the third quarter, earn
ings per common snare rose 114
per cent to $1.09, compared to
third quarter 1990 earnings per
common share of 51 cents.
Year-to-date, NCNB has earned
$3.53 per common share, a 12
percent Increase versus the
$3.15 per common share re
ported in the first nine months
of 1990. NCNB’s return on com
mon shareholder’s equity was
15.67 per cent in the first nine
months of 1991.
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N.Y. Minister arrested for drunk driving
Two parked vehicles, Jim
Hunter monument damaged
A New York minister was ar
rested and charged with driving
while intoxicated after hitting
two parked, unattended vehicles
on Church Street Friday around
8 p.m.
Claude Mann, 73. of Box
204 Lincoln Station, N.Y., was
operating a 1984 Ford pick-up
truck traveling south on Church
Street when he hit a parked ve
hicle on the right side of the
street, then veered to the left
and struck a second parked ve
hicle on the left side of the
street. Mann’s vehicle continued
forward over the curb and side
walk onto the courthouse lawn,
struck the Jimmy Hunter mon
ument, veered left and came to
rest when it struck an oak tree,
according to Hertford Police Offi
cer Tim Bunch, who investigated
the incident.
The car struck by Mann
parked on the right side of
Church Street was owned by
Melody C. Hollowell. The 1984
Chrysler sustained an estimated
$500 In damages. The parked
vehicle on the left side of the
street was owned by Perquimans
County. The 1989 Jeep belong
ing to the sheriffs department
received damages estimated at
$6,000. According to Perqui
mans County Sheriff Joe Lo
thian, the vehicle might be
deemed a total loss by adjust
ors. Mann’s vehicle received an
estimated $3,000 in damages.
Lany Swindell, through whom
the monument to Jimmy Hunter
was purchased, contacted his
distributor to get an estimate on
damages to the monument. No
figure was available at press
time.
Mann, who Is employed by
the Church of Christ in Bronx,
N.Y., was charged with driving
while intoxicated and driving left
of center. He was placed in Al
bemarle District Jail under a
$1,000 secured bond.
Photo by Susan Harris
A New York minister hit two parked, unattended cars before careening into the Jimmy Hunter
monument on the courthouse lawn and knocking it off its foundation Friday night. Claude
Mann, 73, of New York was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated and driving
left of center after the accident.
Photo by Nancy Royden-Clark
Hertford mayoral candidate John Beers speaks to the audience about his political agenda dur
ing the “Meet the Candidates” forum sponsored by the Hertford BPW last Thursday evening.
Looking on are seven of the eight candidates also seeking offices in Hertford.
Candidates speak on issues
Candidates for Hertford
Town Council seats and the
mayor’s position presented their
platforms publically at the “Meet
the Candidates” program spon
sored by the Hertford Business
and Professional Women’s Local
Organization last Thursday eve
ning at the Perquimans County
Courthouse.
All office-seekers in the Nov.
5 non-partisan municipal elec
tions for both Hertford and Win
fall were invited to attend the
forum, however no candidates
from Wlnfall were present, nor
was Joe Towe White Jr., who is
running for the two-year seat on
the Hertford board left vacant by
the resignation of John Beers to
run for mayor.
All candidates were given the
opportunity to introduce them
selves and share their agendas
in a three-minute speech prior
to the question-and-answer seg
ment of the program. Participat
ing in the forum were mayoral
candidate John Beers: candi
dates for the two, four-year
terms, incumbents Billy Winslow
and Jesse Harris and challeng
ers Carlyn Brown and Larry
Chappell; candidates for the
one- year seat, John London,
Sid Eley and Franky Brown.
“As a candidate for mayor. I
want to represent you to the
fullest of my ability,” said Beers.
“It takes all of us together as
one body, the citizens of Hert
ford to challenge each other, to
move ahead. One mayor can't do
it. One foyr-man council can’t
do it It staked the board plus
' you." • -"
Beers summed up his
speech with an appeal. “I want
the opportunity to serve you and
,1 want you to challenge me to do
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so,” he said.
Candidates for the two avail
able four-year terms spoke next.
“With my experience In serving
for tiie last 20 years, I feel that I
am very well qualified to serve
you again, and I would certainly
appreciate the opportunity,
Winslow said.
“My slogan for this campaign
has beep ^preserve the past,
plan for the future.’ I think we
do need to preserve the
past...but If we’re going to have
a future, we need to start plan
ning for that now,” Brown said.
’’I've come here tonight to
ask for your support. I owe no
political favors. I do not own a
business In this town. I can
make fair and impartial deci
sions. I hope you will vote for
me and let me work for you the
next four years,” Brqwn con
cluded.
“I would like to say one
thing.” Harris began his com
ments. “My major goal is to me
the most Important thing that
we’re here tonight for. and that
Is the electrical rates. I sincerely
believe that they are too high."
Harris continued, “Enough Is
enough. We must stop this in
crease In electrical rates In par
ticular. Ihope that I can get
your support
Tm not making any prom
ises that I can't handle, said
Larry Chappell. “I have been the
captain of the rescue squad and
the fire department, and I have
made some very Important deci
sions. 1 would appeciate your
support In the election."
“I feel that I do have some
thing to offer to the town coun
cil, not because I think Tm
better than anybody who pres
ently serves, out feeling the
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need to help have an opportu
nity to shape the development of
the future of this community. I
would like to have your confi
dence by having your vote to
serve on the commission,” said
London.
“I've spent my life here and I
love Hertford, and I love the
people of Hertford..." Eley
stated. “I think that we have a
whole lot that we sell ourselves
short for. We don’t sell Hertford
as we should.”
Eley continued, "What I can
do for the town of Hertford, I
can do what you want, and Til
be willing to serve you,”
“My name is Franky Brown
and I’m 22 years old. Many of
you feel like that Is not old
enough to be able to run for the
town council In Hertford,”
Franky Brown began. “Person
ally, I feel like it’s an advantage
to the town because I look on
things different from what a lot
of people in the town are looking
Brown said that youth hav
ing nothing to do contributes to
the town’s drug problem, and
few jobs mean educated youth
do not return after college.
BPW forum chairperson Jua
nita Bailey was pleased with the
session,
“The reason we hold the
candidates' forum every year Is
to give potential voters an op
portunity to hear the platform of
the different people who are
running for office, Mrs. Bailey
said. ’T thought that It went
well. The speakers seemed to be
prepared. I was real glad the
turn-out was as good as it was.”
About 25 people were on
hand to meet the candidates,.,
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Hertford resident: Where
is town’s million bucks?
A Hertford resident ques
tioned Hertford Town Council
about the $1 million-plus sur
plus councilman Jesse Harris is
touting in his political advertise
ments and campaign speeches
when the council met in open
session Monday, Oct. 14..
“Is there a million dollar sur
plus?” Eldon Winslow asked
council.
Mayor and city manager
W.D. “Bill” Cox told Winslow
that the figure quoted by Harris
did not subtract restricted or
designated funds, and therefore
did not accurately reflect the
amount of surplus the town ac
tually has on hand.
The million-dollar figure Har
ris used was taken from a June
30, 1990 financial report com
pleted by the certified public ac
countant who performs the
town’s annual audit. The ac
countant, S. W. Hibbard of Eliz
abeth City, said in a telephone
interview Friday that the figure
Harris used came from a col
umn of figures to be used for
"information only.” Mrs. Hibbard
said that municipal financial re
ports are very complicated, and
no one figure can be drawn from
the statement without consid
ering its relationship to the en
tire report.
According to the June 30,
1990 financial statement, Hert
ford had $344,170 in undesig
nated funds on deposit. The
$1.19 million figure included
funds designated for utilities
needs, restricted funds and re
serve funds required by state
statute.
When summing up the
town’s financial status, Mrs.
Hibbard commented, “They’re
doing fine, but they don’t have
pots of money stashed away in
“They’re (town of
Hertford) doing fine, but
they don’t have pots of
money stashed away in
the vault.”
S.W. Hibbard, accountant
the vault.”
Cox said that there are capi
tal needs in the electrical de
partment which will take
millions of dollars over the next
15-20 years, and that the town
must be prepared for the future
expenses by setting aside funds
now. At present, Cox said, work
must be done on the deteriorat
ing lines between Hertford and
Winfall. Normal upkeep and ex
pansion will also chip away at
town coffers.
“We do need to update it
(the electrical system) for the
growth of Hertford,” Cox said,
adding that with the possibility
of Food Lion opening in Hertford
the present system will be ap
proaching its service capacity. “I
think we need to keep building
our electric system...keep it up
the best we can,” Cox said.
The town spent $135,000
three years ago for normal up
keep and repairs to the system,
leaving it in what Cox tagged
“fairly good shape” at present.
In addition to upkeep, Cox
said the state wants municipali
ties to keep funds in reserve
representing two months' utility
bills. At some points during the
year, Cox said, the town does
not have that much in reserve
in the electric fund. The town’s
bills from Electricities for power
is around $125,000 per month.
Beers states platform
1. What is the main reason
you decided to ran for office?
Being interested in our town
and having expressed this by
being a member of the Hertford
Town Council for 27 years, I
hope and feel that I can be a
strong contributor to the growth
and economy of our town.
2. What do yon think ia‘
the major problem the town
now faces?
I feel that we have two major
problems.. One is employment
and die other is our drug and
crime problem. ^
3. Should the town acti
vely seek grants and/or ear
mark local funds for
waterfront development?
Should any action be taken re
garding boat trailer parking,
boat speed in the bay or other
waterfront issues?
The town should take advan
tage of all grants that are avail
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