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"News from Next Door"
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2018
75 cents
Jackson
charged
in assault
From Staff Reports
Hertford Town Council ¬
man Quentin Jackson is
under investigation for as
saulting another council
man Monday night at a work
session.
JACKSON
Council
man Sid
Eley, the
victim of
the alleged
assault,
would not
comment
Tuesday
morning.
“I have
been advised by law en ¬
forcement to only say that
the matter is under investi-
See JACKSON, 2
Hurdle
tackles
new job
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
As the new Hertford town
manager, Pamela W. Hurdle,
has plenty on her plate.
The
HURDLE
56-year-
old Gates
County
native
has been
interim
manager
since June
after Town
Manager
Brandon Shoaf left to take
a position with Chowan
County. The board recently
named Hurdle to manager
job officially.
She said she’s final stages
of filling the vacant position
of police chief. The vacancy
was created last winter
See HURDLE, 2
Fighting ALS
STAFF PHOTOS BY PETER WILLIAMS
A player for “The
Boomers” gets
a hit Sunday
morning during the
annual ALS softball
tournament in
Winfall.
Top, Helen Hunter (second from
right) comforts Laura Tuttle on
Saturday at the start of the Jim
“Catfish” Hunter ALS Walk in
Hertford. Tuttle lost her mother,
Lynn Burnham, to ALS last
Thursday. As of Saturday night,
the ALS walk had raised $26,000
to support local efforts to help
residents who are suffering from
the disease. Left, walkers dressed
in purple represent Jan Freeman
of Williamston Saturday during
the annual ALS Walk in Hertford.
Freeman has had ALS for the
past 14 years and her mother
and sister died from it.
STAFF PHOTO BY PETER
WILLIAMS
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Walkers in the ALS event left flowers at the
grave of the late Jim “Catfish” Hunter on
Saturday.
Second
school
official
leaves
From Staff Reports
A second Perquimans Schools
administrator has left for anoth
er job.
On Thurs
day, the Tyrrell
County Board
of Education
appointed Oli
ver A. Holley
as their next
superinten
dent. Since
2016, Holley
has served as
the Chief Hu
man Resources
Officer for the
Perquimans
County Schools
System.
Earlier in the
month Dexter
Jackson-Heard,
a former assis
tant principal
at both Perquimans County High
School and Perquimans Middle
School, was named the new prin
cipal at P.W. Moore Elementary
School in Elizabeth City.
Holley has ties to Perquimans
See SCHOOL, 2
Rhythm Run
to help band
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
Foundation Fitness is plan
ning to put on a PQ Rhythm 5K
Run on Nov. 17 at Perquimans
County High School to raise
money for the band program.
Amy Tinsley, the coordinator
of the 5K, is currently lining up
other sponsors.
The event will have a vendor
exhibit starting at 9 a.m. and the
5K run starts at 10 am. With the
start of the race, there will be a
Dance-A-Thon.
See BAND, 2
STAFF PHOTO BY PETER WILLIAMS
C.W. Overton shows Hunter Overton (no relation) how to
operate a 1953 Farmall tractor during the Week of the
Young Child event at the Perquimans Recreation Center
earlier this year. Overton is planning a tractor parade on
Nov. 10.
Big tractor parade planned for Nov. 10
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
C.W. Overton has a spe
cial love for old tractors, vet
erans and the special needs
of residents at “Benjamin
House” in Elizabeth City.
All of that will come to
gether on Nov. 10 when he
plans to hold the “Wheels Of
Times Past” tractor parade
in Perquimans County.
It will snake its way from
the Belvidere Ruritan Club
to Missing Mill Park in Hert
ford with a stop at Perqui
mans Central school to pick
up special guests.
“I’ve been thinking about
this for a good long while but
I decided to go with it this
year,” Overton said. “Folks
are desperate for something
that is good, clean and ac
ceptable for everyone. I’ve
got three organizations
working together on this,
the Masons, the Albemarle
Antique Power Association
and the Ruritans, and I’m a
member of all three.”
Overton owns 50 trac
tors.
“There is no such thing as
having too many,” he said.
The oldest is a 1936 mod
el. The newest would be a
1973.
He loves them because
unlike modem tractors, “I
can work on them.”
Overton said he picked
the route in part because the
S-Bridge won’t be around
much longer. Construction
on a replacement is expect
ed to start in the summer of
2019.
A mqjor benefactor of the
event will be the Benjamin
House, an assisted-living
residence for the mentally
challenged. It offers resi
dents lifestyle options while
bolstering ties with family,
their church and the com
munity.
Overton, 57, said he’s
never had a child who was
mentally challenged, but his
son, Trey did have a struggle
See TRACTOR, 2
Theater to present new play Oct. 12-14
Art Show Saturday
From Staff Reports
The Carolina Moon The
ater will present “The Rat-
catcher’s Daughter” on Oct.
12-14. The first two perfor
mances are at 7 p.m. and
the Sunday performance is
at 4 p.m.
Tickets are $18 and are
available at Carolina Tro
phy and online at Carolin-
aMoonTheater.org.
89076
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SAUNDERS SAJE
ROBERTSON GREGORY
The story involves Aun
tie Hush (May Robertson)
who is famous for her
“Hush Mush.” She runs
an orphanage in an aban
doned stagecoach stop,
but is soon to be tossed out
by the unscrupulous Whip
lash Snivel (Ricky Austin),
a city slicker. His arrival
has been preceded by the
entrance of lovely Sweet
Lotta Bliss (Lois Saunders)
from London who plans to
open a school.
Seeking her is the infa
mous Lady Pilfer (Ruth
Goetz) who has been driv
en out of San Francisco for
stealing ponies from the
Pony Express.
She brings news that
Lotta’s father, a ratcatch
er, has been left a fortune
by his deceased parent, a
Russian nobleman. Lotta
is unaware of her status as
royalty and her good for
tune. Whiplash asks her to
marry him so that he can
get to her money but when
she refuses, he goes to plan
B. He decides to get her
money by hastening her
marriage to her one true
love, Jack Sunshine (Tom
Loughlin), a salesman of
wash-and-wear furs. Alas,
See PLAY, 2
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Shoppers browse the items for sale at a past Arts on
the Perquimans Show. The event is back Saturday
from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the Perquimans
Recreation Center. Tickets are $3.