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Speaker: Vets should be honored
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
To outsiders, they may
have been just seen as a
bunch of old men women in
tiny town in northeast North
Carolina.
To a young Carroll Bundy,
a farm boy from New Hope,
they were so much more.
They were veterans and he
wanted to be one of them.
On Monday, he gave the
address at the annual Veter
ans Day ceremony in Hert
ford, the same town where
Bundy watched those old
men back then in the 1970s.
“As a small boy, on a small
farm, I never really imagined
anything other than being a
farmer and someday raising
my family right there on the
farm,” Bundy said Monday
on the courthouse lawn.
“I remember as a kid go
ing to the parades right here
in Hertford. It was always a
big deal, the town and coun
ty would turn out to see the
fire trucks, and police cars.
The high school didn’t have
a band in those days, but
they did have a flag and
drum corp. And there were
tractors, and other civic
groups riding or walking
and waving to the crowds.
“But what I remember
the most about those pa
rades, were the white haired
old men marching proudly.
Some in various uniforms,
or a maybe a cap like I have
on today, with a bunch of
pins and medals, proclaim
ing their service. Some car
rying flags, or rifles. Maybe
out of step, out of practice,
and certainly tired by the
time they got to the court-
house.
“I stood there as a boy,
small and insignificant, I
looked at them, and thought
to myself, one day, I want to
be like them. I want to be
able to stand with them.
“Now from a military
standpoint, they didn’t look
very formidable, but they
made an impression on me.
Cause you see, even as a
kid, I knew they were just
men. In those days not many
See VETERANS, 5
STAFF PHOTOS BY PETER WILLIAMS
Top, Navy veterans salute as the
Navy flag passes by Monday during
Veteran's Day services in Hertford.
Middle left, Carroll Bundy speaks
Monday at a Veteran’s Day service
on the lawn of the Perquimans
County Courthouse. Middle right, a
member of Boy Scout Troop 150
and a member of Cub Scout Pack
150 lead the pledge of allegiance
on Monday. Left, members of
American Legion Post 126 present
the colors Monday during Veteran’s
Day services. See more Veterans
Day photos on page 9.
Voters
elect
White
sheriff
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
While Democrats were
defeated in other races in
the region this week, Perqui
mans Sheriff Shelby White
proved to be the exception
to the rule.
White beat
back a chal
lenge from
Republican
Jim Bray to
win his first
election with
52 percent of
the vote.
For White,
the win Tues
day capped
what has
been almost
a year of on
and off cam
paigning.
“I an
nounced I
WHITE
BRAY
was running
at the end of November last
year, so it’s almost been a
full 12 months.”
The margin remained
close all lught Tuesday and
no one precinct provided
White with an overwhelm
ing edge but he held the
advantage in four of the
seven.
White fared best in the
East Hertford precinct
where he got 328 votes
compared to 183 for Bray.
He also held the advantage
in West Hertford, Parkville
and his home precinct of
New Hope.
Bray did his best in Bethel
where he got 851 votes com
pared to 716 for White and
Belvedere where he got 217
votes compared to 190 for
White.
Nicanor, the smallest of
the seven precincts, was a
See SHERIFF, 5
Supporters vote to send Steinburg, Goodwin to Raleigh
BY JON HAWLEY
AND WILLIAM F. WEST
The Daily Advance
Northeastern North Car
olina’s newly elected state
lawmakers thanked their
supporters on Wednesday,
and are hoping to avoid par
tisan gridlock after Demo
crats won enough seats to
break Republicans’ super-
majority in the General As
sembly.
STEINBURG GOODWIN
Unofficial election results
from Tuesday show that
three-term state Rep. Bob
Steinburg, R-Chowan, won
election to the open seat
in Senate District 1. He de
feated Washington County
Commissioner Cole Phelps,
a Democrat, for the seat.
Other competitive races
in the region also broke
Republicans’ way. Former
Ferry Division director Ed
Goodwin, of Chowan, beat
Ron Wesson, a Democrat
and Bertie County commis
sioner, for House District 1.
In House District 6, which
includes the Outer Banks,
Currituck Board of Com
missioners Chairman Bobby
Hanig defeated Dare County
Democrat Tess Judge, who
lost by 10 points despite a
massive cash advantage.
In an interview Wednes
day, Steinburg thanked his
supporters for their hard
work and for making the
largest campaign of his ca
reer a success. He credited
his victory to a “real com ¬
mitment to expand” from
his six-county House Dis
trict, where he strove to be
visible and accessible, to
the rest of the counties in
Senate District 1.
“The template had al
ready been established,” he
said.
Steinburg said the cam
paign worked to tap into
pockets of support, such as
Currituck, while trying to
keep margins of loss tight in
Pasquotank and even Wash
ington, which is Phelps’
home county: Steinburg also
acknowledged that Hertford
County was difficult; Hert
ford is both heavily Demo
cratic and less familiar with
him, he noted.
Steinburg also had a ma
jor fundraising advantage
over Phelps, raising more
than $600,000 to Phelps’ less
See RALEIGH, 5
HAZMAT drill
planned Saturday
From Staff Reports
The Chowan-Perquimans
Local Emergency Planning
Committee will conduct a
large-scale HAZMAT trans
portation exercise in Winfall
on Saturday.
The site of the exercise
will be the railroad crossing
on Catherine Street.
Local and state agencies
will be participating includ
ing the Chesapeake and Al-
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bemarle Railroad Co., Inc.,
which will have a locomojive
and railroad cars at the site.
Staging for the exercise
will be at Perquimans Cen
tral School on Winfall Boule
vard. Fire engines and other
emergency vehicles will
be transiting between the
school and the exercise site.
“Victims” of the collision be
tween a van and a train will
be transported to Vidant
Chowan Hospital.
The exercise will begin at
8 a.m. and last until approxi
mately noon. While Winfall
Boulevard (NC Route 37)
will remain open, motorists
are urged to be vigilant while
traveling through the area.
Church holding two-day ‘Turkey Drop’ this weekend
FILE PHOTO
Hertford United Methodist Church will hold their annual Turkey drop
on Nov. Friday and Saturday to collect Thanksgiving food for those
who need it. Hours are 9-5 p.m. on Friday and 9 a.m. until noon on
Saturday.
From Staff Reports
The fifth annual “Turkey Drop” will be
held Friday and Saturday to help those in
need this Thanksgiving.
The collection is sponsored by The
Open Door Food Pantry of Perquimans
County and the Hertford United Method
ist Church.
Last year participating churches and
residents donated 218 turkeys, 1,079
pounds of food and $1,050.
Turkeys, canned vegetables, sweet
potatoes, rice, cranberry sauce and
stuffing mix will be collected at Hertford
United Methodist Church, 200 Dobbs St.
between 9 a.m. — 5 p.m. on Friday and
from 9 a.m. until noon on Saturday. Vol
unteers will be at the curb to unload do
nations. Monetary gifts will be accepted
as well.
The food pantry will distribute
Thanksgiving meals on Monday to pre
registered clients at its facility at 220 D
Ocean Highway South.