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December 21,2005
Vol. 73, No. 51 Hertford, North Carolina 27944
Perquimans
Weekly
Armed robbers foiled by store owner
MARGARET FISHER
The owner of a used goods and
antique store thwarted an armed
robbery attempt last Wednesday
at a shop that had been previous
ly burglarized.
A call to central communica
tions came in at about 5:45 p.m.
from Chester Thorne, owner of
Lady & Mr. Goodstuff at 403
Grubb St.
Thorne told Hertford police
that about 10 minutes prior to the
call, he saw two men walk past
the glass windows of his store.
About two minutes later, one of
them came into the store with a
scarf wrapped around his face
and a blue hood on, said Hertford
Police Chief Dale Vanscoy
“He pulled out a small-caliber
handgun, pointed it at Mr.
Thorne and told him to put all his
money in a bag,” Vanscoy said.
The suspect allegedly placed a
bag on the counter. Thorne said
that he didn’t immediately
respond and the suspect repeated
his demand while making a
motion with his gun as if he was
preparing it for shooting.
Continued on page 7A
ABC
report
card
released
. MARGARET FISHER
The Department of
Public Instruction released
the 2005 North Carolina
School Report Cards for the
2004-2005 school year.
Preliminary reports on
the Adequate Yearly
Progress were released this
past summer showing that
Perquimans County High
School was the only school
in the county to meet all its
AYP targets - or 17 out of 17
target areas.
Both Perquimans
County Middle School and
Hertford Grammar School
met 19 out of 21 targets and
therefore, did not meet AYP,
part of the No Child Left
Behind. It’s an all or none
requirement. Growth
expectation was missed by
.07, said Brenda Lassiter,
public information officer
for the schools.
This year, the two
schools are working on
those targets that they
Continued on page 8A
Woman
injured in
one-car
wreck
MARGARET FISHER
A woman was taken by
ambulance to a hospital
after her car ran into a
ditch on Center Hill
Highway last week.
Monica Pinkston-
Vanwart, of 4471 Gilbert
Beach Road in Tyner, was
traveling south towards
Hertford at about 3:25 p.m.
on Friday when she ran off
the road to the right. Her
1995 Pontiac struck a sign
and then a culvert and
landed in a ditch.
Sgt. R.S. Powell of the
N.C. Highway Patrol
arrived on the scene.
Pinkston-Vanwart was
charged with failure to
maintain lane control.
Pinkston-Vanwort was
taken to Chowan Hospital
by Perquimans Emergency
Medical Services, but no
information is available
from the hospital.
A Merry 18th Century Christmas
PHOTO BY MARGARET FISHER
The Newbold-White House was packed on Friday evening during its annual Colonial Christmas Open House.
Highlights of the celebration included lighting the Yule Log, Christmas caroling, The Hertford Grammar School
Chorus and 18th century style musicians in costume. Heather Decker and her children, Lance Decker, 5, and
Cheyenne Decker, 9, enjoy violin music presented by sisters Hannah and Cortney Lane. The family hopes to
come back when the home opens in March for a tour.
Newbold-White to get interior makeover
MARGARET FISHER
The Colonial Christmas
Open House was the last
event at the Newbold-White
House before museum offi
cials will remove the
home’s furnishings.
The furnishings will be
replaced by historically
accurate reproductions
that will hold up longer to
the variant temperature
changes inside the home,
said Sarah Parr, site man
ager of the Newbold-White
House.
The furniture was
moved out of the house and
into the visitors center
more than a year ago.
Monday, the furniture was
transported to Raleigh
Auctions where it will be
sold beginning on Jan. 7.
The proceeds will go
towards making new repro
ductions.
However, the visitors
center and empty house
was packed for Friday
evening’s last hurrah of
the year.
Continued on page 8A
Donations sought to help
elderly pay utility bills
PHOTO BY MARGARET FISHER
Dwayne Stallings meets the recipient, Sarah Young, of
a donation he made to Albemarle Commission that
paid for a tank of fuel oil to heat Young's home. The
Energy Assistance Program is seeking further dona
tions to help elderly folks who have no other means
of energy assistance since state funds ran dry this
year.
MARGARET FISHER
After learning that some
elderly people won’t be
receiving assistance for
heating bills this year, one
local man decided to make
a donation in memory of
his recently deceased
father.
Dwayne Stallings, assis
tant superintendent of
Perquimans County
Schools, was attending an
Interagency Council meet
ing when he found out that
funds to assist the energy
needs of the elderly had
run dry for Albemarle
Commission.
“My wife mentioned that
it is a shame that there is
not money in the fund for
the elderly,” Stallings said.
“...(So,) I sent a donation in
memory of my father.”
His father, Glenwood
Stallings, had passed away
in August.
Albemarle Commission,
which offers congregate
nutrition and home-deliv
ered meals programs, had
been looking for ways to
provide energy assistance
to their clients that are
most in need and do not
already receive help in pay
ing their heating biUs.
The Senior Nutrition
Program Energy
Assistance Program is
available to recipients of
Albemarle Commission’s
Home Delivered Meals
Program. The maximum
amount of assistance per
client is $250.
When Stallings made a
donation, they already had
one of their clients in
mind. Sarah Young, 87,
needed heating oil, but
couldn’t afford it. With a
limited social security and
veterans pension, one deliv
ery of oil would take her
Continued on page 8A
Winfall
reduces
speed
limits
MARGARET FISHER
Increased traffic is caus
ing concern among resi
dents and council members
in Winfall so the town has
taken measures to reduce
speed limits on some of the
main roads.
“There’s a huge amount
of children in the summer,”
said Leonard Reynolds, a
homeowner on Wiggins
Road. “A lot of families par
ticipate in soccer. It seems
like a lot of traffic is'
pulling in and out of the
ball field.”
The speed limit on
Wiggins Road was 45 miles
per hour, but has been
reduced to 35 miles per
hour from Bembury Street
eastward to U.S. Highway
17.
Another Wiggins Road
resident, Perquimans
County Commissioner
Shirley Wiggins, voiced her
concern about the traffic at
last week’s town council
meeting, as well.
“It’s 45 (miles per hour)
and they usually drive 55,”
she said after councilors
agreed to reduce the speed
limits. “Hopefully, they will
go 45 now that it’s 35.”
Other roads that are now
35 miles per hour include
Creek Drive from Ocean
Highway westward to the
town limits and on Winfall
Boulevard from Larry’s
Drive-In on Creek Drive
Continued on page 8A
Weekend
Weather
Thursday
High: 49, Low: 31
Sunny
Friday
High: 54, Low: 36
Sunny
Christmas Eve
High:58, Low: 43
Partly Cloudy
Christmas Day
High: 60, Low: 40
Few Showers