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Vol. 68, No. 46 Hertford, North Carolina 27944
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Chinquapin Rd:
Rocks slashing
motorists' tires
SUSAN R. HARRIS
Editor
It’s like playing Russian
roulette with your tires.
Kathy Turner, a resident of
Chinquapin Road, said for
weeks now motorists have suf
fered flat tires when navigating
the rock road. She estimates 20-
30 tires have had to be plugged
or replaced over the past three
months or so.
■iThe problem started this
summer. Turner said, when
the road was re-rocked. Since
then, flat tires have been com
monplace. Her husband has
had five tires damaged, her
sdn, three. Others on the road,
including Glenn and Charlotte
Jones, have also had to replace
tires. Turner said several peo
ple who went down the road to
pick grapes at Perry Farms
also had to have tires repaired.
Turner said the expense and
inconvenience of having a flat
tire is a concern, but she is
more worried about the danger
of someone getting in an acci
dent. A driver losing control
and wrecking a vehicle or one
of the three buses that travel
the road dally being involved
in an accident is a real possi
bility, she said.
Jones also expressed his
concern over the safety of
those driving on the road in a
Sept. 12 email sent to J.
Jennings at the state
Department of
Transportation:
“I am very pleased that
paving of Chinquapin Road in
Perquimans County has pro
gressed as well as it has however
Continued on page 6
Festive Tablescapes
‘ ‘V'
The Perquimans County Restoration Assocation brought back the popular fund raiser
Festive Tablescapes earlier this month. The event groups homeowners, florists, jewelry
and gift shops, and caterers for an afternoon of touring beautifully decorated dining
rooms and kitchens with festive themes. Among the homes tourists enjoyed was the
gaily-decked, Mardis Gras theme of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Earl Lane in Winfall. Mrs. Lane
is the president of PCRA.
New
bank
opens in
Hertford
East Carolina
Bank joins local
community
SUSAN R. HARRIS
Editor
A new bank officially
opened in Hertford Friday.
The East Carolina Bank
held a ribbon cutting and
grand opening celebration to
mark the opening of its
Hertford branch. The full-ser
vice institution is making its
temporary headquarters at
Perquimans Village Shopping
Center in the building former
ly housing CVS Pharmacy
Plans are to build a perma
nent home for the bank near
the intersection of Hwy. 17
Bypass and Harvey Point Road.
East Carolina Bank employees and officers gathered for a grand opening celebration Friday.
The bank, which is operating out of the building formerly occupied by CVS Pharmacy, was
welcomed with a ribbon cutting sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. Government offi
cials from Hertford, Winfall and Perquimans County were on hand for the occasion.
While East Carolina is new
to the county, it is staffed with
several familiar faces. At the
helm is Becky H. Winslow, who
serves as vice president and
branch manager. She brings
over 20 years of banking expe
rience to her new position.
Winslow is also active in the
community as a member of the
Heritage Tourism Council, the
Perquimans Historic District
Committee, and the Chamber
of Commerce.
Another banking veteran,
Kathy Lassiter, serves as
branch operations manager.
Joining the management
team are tellers Anita Garrett
and Kevin Bennett.
“We are very excited about
bringing our unique style of
community banking to the citi
zens and businesses of
Perquimans County as well as
the town of Hertford, and we
are additionally pleased to
have someone of Becky
Winslow’s stature and experi
ence join the ECB team and
forge our success,” stated
Arthur H. Keeney III, ECB
President and CEO who was on
hand for the grand opening.
“Adding this branch in
Hertford furthers our mission
of providing multiple banking
options to our customers,
including convenient tradi
tional branch services, bank
ing through automated teller
machines, 24 hour access
through XPRESS Phone
Banking, and internet banking
and online access at www.ecb-
bancorp.com.”
East Carolina Bank has
already given back to the com
munity. The bank was a major
sponsor of the recent farm
tour. As part of the grand open
ing, a money ribbon was cut
and the $500 on the ribbon
given to the Perquimans
County Rescue Squad.
Branch hours are 9 a.m.-5
p.m. Monday-Thursday and 9
a.m.-6 p.m. Friday. The phone
number is 426-3839.
Based in Englehard, The
East Carolina Bank is in its
80th year of serving the citi
zens of eastern North Carolina
through 17 full-service offices
including new branches in
Hertford as weU as New Bern.
ECB Bancorp, Inc’s (The
East Carolina Bank) common
stock is listed on NASDAQ’s
SmallCap Market under the
symbol “ECBE.”
Hertford Grammar hosts
Veteran’s Day program
■ SUSAN R. HARRIS
Editor
“May history never write
my obituary...,” Eva Kalvick
read speaking as the American
flag at the Hertford Grammar
School Veteran’s Day assembly
last Thursday.
Kalvick represented Ladies
Auxiliary of the VFW, Post
6060 in Elizabeth City at the
ceremony. She said she was
glad to see each classroom at
the school display the flag
which had meant so much to so
many veterans over the years.
Kalvick gave a brief talk about
the flag, which she said was
horn on June 14,1777.
She encouraged the stu
dents to thank a veteran for
helping keep America free on
Veteran’s Day.
Dr. Ruth Guyer, a former Lt.
Commander in the US. Navy,
talked to the students about
the role of women in the mili
tary.
“Women are for the most
part treated equally” in the
military, Guyer said. While
women are not allowed in com
bat positions, they do support
combat positions and are often
near the front lines in military
action, she said. The other dif
ference in expectations is in
the physical fitness require
ments. She said the require
ments for women take into
consideration the physical dif
ferences between men and
Continued on page 6
Jones
gains
votes in
canvass
Incumbent -
actually carries ;
Perquimans *
SUSAN R. HARRIS :
Editor '
Thank goodness we’re not iif
Florida. 1
That is the sentimenf-
expressed by election official^
in Perquimans County, wher^
the election, for the most partP
went smoothly. I
Elections Director Eula
Forbes said Monday that there
was an outcome change in one
race after the official canvass.-
Election officials found that
Rep. Walter B. Jones Jr. actual-I
ly carried the county in theT
U.S. House District 3 race over7
Leigh H. McNairy. Jones got
2,085 votes to McNairy’s 2,078.'
Unofficial results on election
night showed McNairy on top
2,076-1,983. Forbes said a cleri
cal error caused the change.
Jones received 303 absentee
votes, but the number was
written down and added as 203.
There was another case of a
number being misread from a
voting machine print-out, but
that mistake did not change
any outcomes, Forbes said.
In Belvidere, a voting
machine would not work, caus
ing a back-up at that precinct.
Forbes said the poll closed
around 8:30 p.m., an hour after
the scheduled closing time, to
allow all those waiting in line
to vote. There was one func
tioning machine at the poU.
The only other problem on
election day was with a voting
machine in New Hope. It func
tioned properly all day, but a
programming glitch kept it
from allowing totals to be run
at closing time. Forbes said a
technician with the company
stationed in the county on elec
tion day was able to fix the
problem.
Perquimans had a big turn
out, with over 50 percent of the
county’s 8,155 registered voters
casting a ballot. Forbes said
4,488 people voted here. There
were 607 absentee votes
requested. Of those, 405 took
advantage of the law that
allowed one-stop, no-excuse
voting.
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The Hertford Grammar School Chorus sings and signs "Remembering You" during the
school's Veteran's Day program last Thursday.
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