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Decembers, 2004
Vol. 72, No. 49 Hertford, North Carolina 27944
Perquimans
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Alleged gunman in heist arrested
CHRIS WHIPPLE
Police have arrested the
alleged gunman in
Sunday's robbery of the
McDonald's restaurant in
Hertford but a second sus
pect remains at large.
Trelton Mallory, 27, of
Third Street, Hertford, has
been charged with armed
robbery. He was still being
detained at Albemarle
District Jail Monday in lieu
of a $50,000 secured bond.
According to police, two
men in a red hatchback
ordered a meal at the
restaurant's drive-thru
about 7:10 p.m. When the
drive-thru attendant
opened the register to make
change, the driver pro
duced a small handgun and
demanded money.
The attendant was able
to give police a description
of the driver, the car and
the partial license plate
number. With that informa
tion, investigators tracked
down and arrested Mallory.
Police have not yet locat
ed a weapon.
Hertford Police Chief
Dale Vanscoy said Monday
that the description police
have of the second suspect
is vague.
Mallory contended he
was at home when the
crime occurred, Vanscoy
said.
Vanscoy said Mallory
has not been in trouble
with the law for a while but
does have a criminal
record.
The Food Lion at that
location has been robbed at
gunpoint twice this year,
too, and management
recently decided to stop
keeping the grocery open
24 hours a day.
Vanscoy said manage
ment at the Hertford
McDonald's is considering
having a silent alarm sys
tem installed. As it is now,
store clerks dial 911 to sum
mon help.
Mallory's wife, Naomi,
told The Daily Advance
Monday that her husband
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Peace on Earth
4'’
Area fire units get
new technology
ERIN RICKERT
Every minute counts in
emergency situations
involving sudden cardiac
arrest patients and now
four area fire departments
have the technology to
assist EMS during such a
crisis.
Through Rural
Development grant funds,
six Heartstart defibrilla
tors costing close to $7,500
are now aboard area
tankers.
Each year sudden car
diac arrest kills more than
450,000 Americans,
accounting for nearly one
death every minute, and
making it the leading cause
of death in the United
States.
While drowning, electro
cution, choking, trauma
and Coronary Heart
Disease can contribute to
sudden cardiac arrest, a
seemingly healthy person
can suffer cardiac arrest
without warning.
For this reason, Larry
Chappell, director of EMS,
said he wanted to provide
one defibrillator to each of
the county’s six Hre units.
Continued on page 12
Christmas tree sales
on rise nationwide
Bagley Swamp Wesleyan Church won The Perquimans
Weekly Best in Parade award Saturday.
Parade draws hundreds
PHOTOS BY ERIN RICKERT
ERIN RICKERT
Several hundred specta
tors came out in Saturday’s
beautiful weather for the
annual Christmas Parade
sponsored by the
Perquimans Chamber of
Commerce to see a myriad
of floats and quirky cos
tumes.
Those arriving early
were entertained with
Christmas music played by
the Perquimans County
Middle School Band and
the 13-member singing
group. The Albemarle
Sounds.
At 2 p.m. spectators wit
nessed a fly over by the U.S.
Coast Guard before march
ing bands, classic cars,
floats, clowns and fire
trucks were escorted by
Sheriff Eric Tilley,
Hertford Police Chief Dale
Vanscoy and Winfall Police
Chief David Schaffer from
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WWII veterans Kerry Lane, Leo Ambrose, Davis Asher,
John Wood and John L.. Winslow served as grand mar
shalls for Saturday's Christmas parade.
ERIN RICKERT
The number of people
interested in ringing in the
New Year with a live
Christmas tree is on the
rise this year.
According to the
National Christmas Tree
Association Web site, con
sumers are projected to
purchase as many as 24.5
million real trees this year,
which is an increase from
the 23.4 million purchased
last year.
“From what we hear
from growers it was an
excellent harvest,’’ said a
spokesperson for The
National Christmas Tree
Association. “It should be a
very successful year.’’
Natalie Brown, who runs
Planter’s Ridge on Harvey
Point Road with her hus
band Lyl, said this year
they ordered a total of 110
Fraser fir trees, which was
only a few more than they
ordered last year.
“So far they [sales] are
really good,” Brown said.
“We have already sold more
than last year at the same
time.”
The live tree increase,
which still pales in compar
ison to the more than 50
million artificial trees that
decorate American homes,
would make this year the
second in a row tree sales
have been on the rise.
The increase in sales
could be attributed to the
fact that homeowners are
buying bigger trees and
some are even taking home
a second or third tree,
according to The National
Christmas Tree
Association;
Tree purchases last year
alone totaled $791 million
and the increase in sales
this :^ear could mean even
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Byrums open cafe and tea room in Belvidere
ERIN RICKERT
For years, Deborah
Byrum of Belvidere helped
her husband Paul on their
poultry farm when she was
not watching their chil
dren.
And as time went on she
even started watching their
grandchildren; but by this
time she felt something was
missing.
That is until one night
just a little more than two
years ago when Byrum had
a dream that would bring
an 1890s home and ideas
together to create The
Nicholson House Cafe and
Tea Parlor.
Now two years and close
to $150,000 in renovations
later, the couple and their
family celebrated the open
ing of the restaurant with a
ribbon cutting Thursday.
“This was the perfect
way to share [the home]
with the public,” Byrum
said. “We hope to create
memories and a lifestyle
here.”
The restaurant, which
has seating for 100, serves
breakfast, lunch and din
ner Tuesday-Thursday 7
a.m.-8 p.m., Friday-
Saturday 7 a.m.-9 p.m. and
lunch Sunday from 12:30-5
p.m.
Menu items include
soups, salads, sandwiches,
wraps, steak, pork chops,
fried chicken, biscuits,
desserts, afternoon tea and
daily entree specials.
Each month the restau
rant will hold a drawing
from names submitted by
patrons for those individu
als who have carried out an
act of kindness.
Deborah said once a
month, a name will be
drawn and the winner will
receive a $20 gift certificate.
While reservations are
not required, large parties
and those placing carry out
orders should call the
restaurant at 297-2400.
The couple will open the
gift shop portion of the
home in about two weeks.
The gift shop will entertain
the same business hours,
carrying things such as
glassware, stationary and
tea items.
Family and friends wish Paul and Deborah Byrum the
best on their new cafe and tea room in Belvidere at a
Chamber-sponsored ribbon cutting last week.
Weekend
Weather
THURSDAY
High: 68
Low: 57
Scattered rsroRMS
Friday
High: 72
Low: 45
Showers
Saturday
High: 60
Low: 37
Partly Cloudy