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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY Volume 61, No.31 Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, July 30,1992 35 Cents Sports: Lil Pirates are 9-12 girls softball champs^Page7 - , V . , , - . . '>3Mv . < —»-• •. *v> f ^ \ «?» 4» < s'., <,* \ >~.>yr*'~>-- <-->> ^ w ■ • ■ & r , -, - . t ,-t • . . v - j /> ’ 'S' ‘ * f>'-' •/ ,+*v ’ ' - y'v< { ,s' •r’ x ^ -V . .<* ' • I v%.;;: :v* — {■' ' ' 1 *'.% ■ ; v; Columbus discovered America, and lots of blOOms: Page 6 ’ Church: Late summer Bible schools coming UP SOOn: Page 5 Arrests reported The Hertford Police reported the following arrests: On July 4, Ella L. Harris, 45, of 1801 Orchestra Rd. Brooklyn, N.Y. was issued a citation for speeding. On July 4, Kirt Harris. 44, of 14-P Parsons Avenue, Freeport N.Y. was issued a citation for speeding. On July 17. Thomas Murrell Vaughn, 25, of Box 410 Wynne Fork, Hertford, was arrested and charged with carrying a con cealed weapon and resist, ob struct and delay. He was released on a written promise to appear. On July 18, Billy Reid Patter son, 63, of 103 Kings Mill Court, Newbem, was issued a citation for speeding. On July 19, Ferrante Down ing, 24, of 221 Kings Street. Hertford was arrested and charged with simple assault and was served with a notice to re voke unsupervised probation. A secured bond was set for $100. On July 19, Matthew Russell Ries. 26. of 3653 Walnut Hill Road, Virginia Beach, Va. was is sued a citation for speeding. On July 19, Richard Beny Jackson. 38, of 301 Dobb Street. Hertford was arrested and charged with shoplifting. He was released on a written promise to appear. On July 18, Allen Lee Wil kins, 26, of 308 Church Street, Hertford, was arrested and charged with two counts of fail ure to appear. A secured bond was setfor $400. _ __ On~ July l2fir Henry Louis Jones, 37. of 317 Dobbs Street. Hertford, was arrested and is sued a notice to revoke unsuper vised probation. A secured bond was set for $300. On July 21, Lionel Jones, 33, of 317 Dobbs Street, Hertford, was arrested and charged with assault on a female. She was re leased on a written promise to appear. On July 27, Edna Rebecca Freeman, 39, of 309 Brace Street, Hertford, was arrested and charged with expired regis tration and no insurance. She was released on written promise to appear. The Perquimans County Sheriffs Department reported the following arrests: On July 16, Delores Yvonne ■ Burden Taylor, 37, of 819 S. Curtis Street, Ahoskie was ar rested and charged with larceny | in general. She was released on a written promise to appear. On July 20, Jeannie Satter field. 16, of 142 Perkins Rd. { Camden, was arrested on a Pas- j quotank County criminal sum- I mons for communicating threats. No bond was set. On July 23, Jimmie Dale Ashley, 22. of Rt. 2122-J Dog wood Drive, Hertford, was ar rested and charged with possession of drug parapherna lia. He was released on a $500 secured bond. '■ rt,'. - 'v»' :av'-SK.',' • : * P»wfot*SusanMaoris . ■ •Harvesting sweat com for market has changed a lot brand is now collected with a three-row combine, over fits years. In larger operations, a combine has which cuts the com from die stalk and drops H into repiftced the large knives once used to cut com ear a tractor-pulled trailer which rides beside th com fc<¥ ear. Tommy and Cherry Harrell’s Bear’s Pick bine through the Bear Swamp fields. e c ’s Pick: Only the best com ?s& Farming is a way of life for Harrells, a good bet that Tommy and anwry H&.irett don’t eat too much;, corn in August:- After spending most of t. © ' hours harvesting and marketing the vegetable during the h*at of July, the couple said It takes^ a v iiiSr: hr'ibre being <bady to seeaii-* Other ear of the succulent seed. ; ?: Neither of the Harrells Is a. stranger to growing sweet corn. Tommy spent die summers of his ywush suit*-by-side with ’his.-, father.’, /rburm ui. and his brother, Bobby, v-diiufi, harvesting and marketing vt-gsiHbles - by; 'the truckload from BearSwarnp Farm. Sherry, like-: wise, grew up bn a farm where vege tables were raised for market, ; ' Sioee l9SI, Tommy and Sherry ?. own operation, raising cos <■ ■ ab.Mge, cucumbers and,, p > 1 ;»i f or distribution through v-ut the EasternUnited States and: 1 O ' .i ,. . e : ■ ^ : - ■ ’. ’. -a- the .com. however, that re ■ • *- nvitu timer From planting thh -e.'l'-- in -ISO .aeras, of the itch, dIkdk sII of,the Harrell's Bear . •*;. term in April to the harvest o n -:,rem like a short period ;; . .• .* i putting your money , - i.-id setting y war money bn: those months are filled; ao h hours ofIbirtf lapor. The young u,-,, e- i.t- \> ov.ee and cultivated. J ?-1 In at. -bp; oceuiedTof varmints and,; wVi.'b fcjld wipe out a crop'-, if *. ; caught La time, when the ears ; girt ?o bau,- a vigorous spraying: ' /■; n.!i© be T5.;:Unf:ained:to;keep>f! \b : vfu ibd oement.■worm-free. Thlsb Then comes the four-week hulla baloo of the harvest Tommy rises be tween 4:40 and 5 each morning to prepare for the day ahead. In addi tion to his two full-time employees, “about 50 people rise from'their beds and prepare to work the com harvest on the Harrell farm. The new three row harvester heads for the fields around 6:30 a.m. Grading and crat ing' begin around 7:30. The seasonal farm laborers work between nine and 10 hours each day, grading, crating, cooling and packing the com for dis tribution. Once the com is harvested with the combine, it is brought up from the fields in wagons. The wagons are backed under a huge shelter, where workers begin grading and crating it. Full crates are~placed on conveyors, which move the com to the precool ing area. The crates take about 20 minutes to go through the cooling machine. Then fee com is loaded onto trucks for distribution. The Harrells pride themselves on allowing only fee best com to cany the Bear’s Pick label. Inferior quality ears end up as Fodder for livestock. All corn which is Canada-bound must be inspected. A USBA inspector is on the grounds while the com is crated, choosing random crates for inspection. One bad ear can endan ger fee whole shipment. Next year. Tommy and. Sherry will oversee this huge operation alone. : Their children. Jason and Leah, will no longer be around to help out. Jason is in graduate school at North Carolina State University and is employed in Raleigh. Leah K2—* *■ m , Photo by Susan Harrli;? Only the best com grown y by Tommy and Sherry Harrell Is allowed to carry the Bear’s Pick label. plans a May wedding and will proba*) bly also be in the Raleigh area next summer- But Tommy ant! Sherry will be right back at it. rising before the sun and falling asleep late. -■ *•; Tommy, who has a bachelor's degree in horticulture'! from North Carolina State; UniversityJ explains. “Farming is not a living. It^p a way of life. That's the simplest way) to put it." . ' ' f, Hertford Savings rated high by industry magazine A local Institution received top marks 'from a national financial industry publi ‘ cation last month. According to Hertford Savings & Loan Association Secretary- Treasurer Gene Boyce, the savings and loan earned “strong and profitable" ratings from Na tional Mortgage News in its June 22 edi tion. i The rating, based on Office of Thrift Supervision data of all institutions which had regulatory capital meeting or exceed ing regulations and posted a profit, in-* eluded 104 of North Carolina’s savings institutions, all members of the North Carolina Alliance of Community Financial Institutions. ” “While the problems of a segment of ‘ the thrift industry and its regulators have created an enormous burden for the in dustry and the American taxpayer," the article stated, “the vast majority of sav ings institutions have continued the tradi tion of fostering thrift and home ownership.” ;; Boyce said the Hertford Savings & Loan Board of Directors has maintained a traditional, conservative approach to op erating the locally-owned business, which has hdped the institution to weather suc cessfully storms that have swallowed other financial institutions. While some savings ond loans ex , panded their services to offer checking ac counts, consumer loans and other account types traditionally offered by banks, Hertford Savings has opted to stay with passbook savings, certificates of de posits and mortgage loans. With assets of approximately $8.7 mil lion, Hertford Savings' depositors are pre dominately from Perquimans County, with some customers from neighboring Pasqu otank and Chowan counties. Another plus for Hertford Savings, Boyce, said, is personal attention, home town employees offering good old-fash ioned smiles and attention to detail. In addition to Boyce, who has man aged the Hertford Savings & Loan Asso ciation on a daily basis for 18 years, employees are Bettye Winslow, assistant secretary, who. has been on board for eight and a half years; and Jennifer Lay den, teller, who lias been with the institu tion for four months. * On the board of directors is Clifford Towe. president and chairman of the board; C.D. White, vice president; John Christensen; Benjamin Hobbs; Broughton Dail; Wayne Winslow; Walter Edwards; Fenton Eure and Boyce. # The association is sporting a totally new front and a remodeled interior in keeping with the move to renovate Hert ford’s downtown. Photo by Susan Hants Gene Boyce, secretary-treasurer of Hertford Savings & Loan Association, has helped to lead the institution through finan cial storms which have swallowed other financial institutions. ■ ' ■ i* ■ ■,.. .. ■■■■■> ■ ■ ;■ ■ • J; S ■ ■>. ’ Belvidere man charged with raping juvenile Bond set at $50,000 By SUSAN R. HARRIS Editor A Belvidere man was arrested last week on sexual assault charges. Hertford Police Chief Aubrey Sample said Tuesday that James Hill III, 31. of Route 1, Box 153, Belvidere was arrested on July 23 and charged with first degree rape. The charges stemmed from a July 22 inci dent. Sample said his department was notified by Chowan Hospital at approximately 10:55 p.m. on July 22 that they were treating a possible rape victim from Hertford, a juvenile. Officer Robert Harvey was dispatched to the hospital to investi gate. Harvey's investigation revealed that a 9-year old black female had been raped and sexually as saulted, Sample said. Further investigation led to the identity of Hill. Sample was called in when Harvey returned from Chowan Hospital. After ob taining an arrest warrant from the magistrate, Harvey and Sample arrested Hill at 2:30 a.m. Af ter his arrest, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant to obtain possible evidence. Sam ple declined to comment on any evidence ob tained as a result of the warrant. Hill was transported to Albemarle District Jail where he is being held under a $50,000 secured bond. The magistrate set a tentative date of Aug. 12 for a probable cause hearing at the time Hill's bond was set. The incident is still under investigation. Sam ple said. Achievement tests scores are good By SUSAN R. HARRIS Editor Perquimans County Schools students in grades 3-8 averaged at or above grade level on all sections of the California Achievement Tests ad ministered early last spring. According to figures released by testing coordi nator Paul Ward at the last board of education meeting, the total battery score, which takes into consideration scores in reading, language arts and math, was above grade level for all six grades who took the test. Students scored an average of one year above grade level. The strongest showing in the third grade scores was in language arts. The average score was fifth grade sixth month. Scores in reading and math categories both averaged a full grade higher than where the students were in their studies at the time the test was administered, fouth grade fifth month and fourth grade seventh month, re spectively. Fourth graders averaged on the fifth grade level in all areas. In grade five, students averaged seventh grade fifth month in language arts, seventh grade first month in math and fifth grade ninth month in reading, for a total battery average of sixth grade fifth month. Sixth grade students were on grade level in reading, and scored on the eighth grade level in both language arts and math. In the seventh grade, students were slightly above grade level in reading, and averaged eight grade fifth month in language arts and ninth grade second month in math. Eighth graders averaged on grade level in read ing, tenth grade second month in language arts r and tenth grade in math. Overall, scores have re ! malned strong over the past three fiscal years of test administration, with the sixth grade showing improvement each year in total battery averages. Ward said he was very pleased with the scores, and credited the school system’s teachers with working hard to improve scores. Statistics on each county in North Carolina, the state as a whole and the nation are not avail able for comparison. Ward said. He added that last year those figures were not available until October. LOOK PAGE 2 FOR COMMUNITY HAPPENINGS
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