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September 27, 2006
Vol. 74, No. 44 Hertford, North Carolina 27944
Youth
detention
History ablaze
CRIS WHIPPLE
The Daily Advance
Residents at a juvenile
detention facility in
Perquimans County had to
be moved after a fire broke
out in a laundry room
early Monday, officials
said.
The Winfall and
Hertford volunteer fire
departments responded to
the 1:20 a.m. fire after the
alarm went off at the
Perquimans Juvenile
Detention Center, accord
ing to Kim Yonkers, a
spokeswoman for the N.C.
Department of Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency
Prevention, located in
Raleigh. The fire originat
ed in a gas-powered dryer
in the north wing of the
building, located at 125
Jessup St., Winfall,
Yonkers said.
There are 18 juveniles
living at the 24-bed facility,
and those living. in the
north wing were moved to
the opposite, southern
wing as a result of the fire,
Yonkers said.
There was no informa
tion available on how long
it took to put out the fire.
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STAFF PHOTO BY MARGARET FISHER
The old mill house at 111 Loomis Street is the first of three to be burned to the ground by Winfall Fire
Department during a training session. The homes housed workers employed at Major and Loomis Company
in the early 20th century when lumbering was at a peak along the Perquimans River.
Piece of Winfall history burns with mill houses
MARGARET FISHER
Three dilapidated remnants of a
booming lumber industry along the
Perquimans River were reduced to
piles of smoking rubble when
Winfall Fire Department participat
ed in a controlled burning exercise
on Saturday.
The old mill houses — eyesores in
the community these days — provid
ed an opportunity for the town’s fire
men to practice their skills in the
event that an uncontrolled fire
threatens life and property.
As the houses, once occupied by
workers at Major and Loomis
Company, burned down one by one,
those old enough to remember
Winfall the way it used to be might
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Resident hopes sign
will inform buyers
MARGARET FISHER
Residents may have
noticed a truck with a sign
warning people not to buy
a modular home from
Albemarle Home Sales.
Last month, Richard
Buonaiuto requested a per
mit to park in front of the
business located on U.S.
Hwy. 17 across from Food
Lion.
For Richard and his
wife. Ginger, it’s not so
much what they live in
now, it’s what they went
through to get it. They pur
chased a home at 148
Tuscarora Trail in Little
River Shores. While they
are disappointed with some
of the cosmetic faults, they
worry if some of the prob
lems, like cracks in the
foundation, will become
bigger problems after the
one-year warranty runs
out.
“We bought a new house
from the factory,” he said.
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SUBMITTED PHOTO
PCHS
students
take
world
test
Scott and Sherry Burgess say shoddy workmanship
and poor quality resulted in damage such as the roof
of their modular home not meeting properly. Almost
a year after ordering their home from Albemarle
Home Sales, they can not live in their home.
Family-owned plumbing supply opens here
MARGARET FISHER
VAMAC, a plumbing,
septic and well drilling
supply company, took its
first Order on July 1 and
celebrated its grand open
ing last Thursday. The
Richmond, Va.-based com
pany is located inside the
Branwick Center at the
Commerce Centre.
The local branch,
employing five people, is
the 18th store that the com
pany owns and the first one
standing today in North
Carolina. They mainly sell
wholesale products to con
tractors, but they also sell
to the public, said Roger
Foster, the executive vice
president and chief opera
tions officer.
The family owned and
operated company was
formed in 1915 as the
STAFF PHOTO BY MARGARET FISHER
VAMAC, a plumbing, septic and well drilling supply
company, celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon
cutting last week.
Virginia Machinery & Well
Drilling Company. The
company expanded opera
tions in the 1930s and
abbreviated its name in
1970.
Branch manager Ian
Foster (no relation to Roger
Foster) of Camden brings
11 years in the plumbing
supply business to
VAMAC.
“I like the family-owned
feel of the company - the
real personal touch,” he
said.
While the company
caters to contractor needs,
specialty items and older
parts can be ordered.
More than just a parts
counter, VAMAC has rows
of get-it-yourself products
and display areas inside
and out featuring bath fix
tures and septic systems.
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Vehicles
stolen in
Hertford
MARGARET FISHER
Perquimans County
High School is one of 150
schools that will represent
the United States in the
Program for International
Student Assessment sci
ence literacy testing
Saturday.
Forty-two PCHS stu
dents born between July 1,
1990 and June 30,1991 have
been randomly selected to
participate in the assess
ment at the high school
Saturday morning. The
test will be administered
by Science Department
Chair Lynette Baker, who
training this past summer
in Washington, D.C. to give
the test.
The Program for
International Student
Assessment (PISA) assess
es the reading, mathemat
ics and science literacy of
15 year-olds in 60 different
countries. PISA assesses
how well prepared stu
dents are for life beyond
the classroom by focusing
on the application of
knowledge and skills to
problems with a real-life
context.
PISA measures things
differently than other
assessments. PISA empha-
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Two vehicles were
stolen and retrieved and
another broken into this
month by a 16-year-old who
was staying in Hertford to
avoid being arrested for
crimes committed in
Elizabeth City, said
Hertford Police Chief Dale
Vanscoy
At about 10:50 a.m. on
Sept. 8, a 1995 Toyota
Corolla was reported miss
ing from the back parking
lot of the Communications
Dispatch Center on Grubb
Street. Another vehicle
was broken into, but noth
ing was taken from it.
The stolen car, owned by
William Taylor, a dispatch
er who was working at the
time, was unlocked and the
keys were out of view
inside the car.
At about 3:30 p.m. that
day, the car was found in
the backyard of 315 Market
St. The resident, Clinton
Brickhouse, was not home.
There was no damage to
the vehicle and nothing
was missing from it.
Neighbors told police
that they saw Johnnie Ace
Foster Jr., who was resid
ing with his grandmother
in Hertford, allegedly park
the car behind the house
and leave. Officers were
not able to locate Foster at
the time.
On Sept. 19, a 1992 Ford
Aerostar van was reported
stolen from the front of
First Baptist Church on
King and Hyde Park
streets. Construction work
ers from Autryville were
inside the building work
ing, including Kelli
McPhail, the owner of the
van, and Brian Sharpe,
who had been driving it.
The van had been left
unlocked with the keys out
of sight.
Police received informa
tion that the van was
allegedly taken by Foster.
They broadcast news of
the stolen vehicle over
about a 50rmile radius,
Vanscoy said. At about 10
p.m. the same day, Foster
was apprehended in
Elizabeth City while riding
a bicycle with another per
son sitting on the handle
bars. The van was found
parked bphind KFC on
Pritchard and Church
streets. Nothing was stolen
from the van, nor was it
damaged, Vanscoy said.
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Weather
Thursday
High: 84, Low: 62
Partly Cloudy
Friday
High: 72, Low: 55
Few Showers
Saturday
High: 75, Low: 61
Sunny
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