MUCH TO CHOOSE FROM - Pictured
above are just a few of the items that can
be purchased at Punkins Card and Gift
Shop including candles, cards, small gift
items, and wrapping paper, (Staff
photos by Kathy M. Nevfbern)
j LARGE SELECTION OF
| C^RDS - Mrs. Kay
i Knight, owner and
operator of Punkins Card
I and Gift Shop, is shown
above putting out some of
the many cards and gifts
available at the shop which
boasts a large selection.
Opened Jan. 17, Punkins
has- enjoyed success in its
Hertford location.
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New faces , new places:
Punkins enjoys location
(EDITOR'S NOTE: This
is a continuation in a series
of weekly articles featur
ing new businesses and
professional people in
and around Perquimans
County.)
By KATHY M. NEWBERN
"I have had a wonderful
response. I'm very well
pleased. As a matter of
fact, I'm about to outgrow
my place."
That's the reaction of
Mrs. Kay Knight, owner
and operator of Punkins
Card and Gift Shop, con
cerning business since she
opened at Harris Shopping
Center on Jan. 17.
The business venture is
fulfilling a dream shared
by Mrs. Knight and her
husband, Vaughn, who is a
retired Navy man.
The couple had worked
in the printing business
while in Charleston, S.C.
and through that
developed the interest and
long range goal qf opening
a card and gift sh*p.
And Hertford was their
choice of location since the
couple has owned a home
in the Snug Harbor com
munity for the past 12
years. That opportunity
came when the couple
retired and became per
manent local residents last
April.
However, making the
shop a reality was not an
easy task. It took six
months to find a location in
Hertford. But Mrs. Knight
is quick to point out that
the response made the wait
worthwhile.
Punkins features the
American Greetings line
which includes the popular
Ziggy and Holly Hobbie
characters.
In addition to carrying a
complete line of greeting
cards, other items which
can be found in the shop in
clude party goods, gift
wraps and ribbons,
photograph and wedding
albums, scrapbooks, sta
tionery, note cards,
candles and holders, in
vitations, and small gift
items.
The shop also handles
orders for engraved
business cards and per
sonalized matches. Plans
for the immediate future
are to begin making
engraved wedding supplies
available, a service which
appears to be in demand.
While the couple owns
the shop, Mrs. Knight
works it, an activity she
truly enjoys. She has one
part-time employee, Miss
Joanne Meads of Hertford.
Either is available to assist
shoppers during summer
business hours, 10 a.m. to 6
p.m. Monday through
Saturday.
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UOA offers swimming classes
The College of the
Albemarle has begun its
11th year of swimming and
water safety classes for
the area residents. Each
summer, the college offers
swimming courses for
beginners, intermediate,
advanced, senior life sav
ing and water safety in
structor students.
"In our coastal environ
ment, water safety is just
as important to us as
highway safety," Dr.
William Sterritt, health
and physical education in
structor, declared.
"Everyone needs to learn
how to swim. Even if they
are already swimmers,
they should enroll in a
class to improve their pro
ficiency in water."
Although the courses are
included in the curriculum
program which awards
one hour of physical educa
i
tion credit to high school
graduates, Sterritt, a cer
tified Red Cross water
safety instructor, believes
the classes indirectly,
benefit those who are too
yoong to participate. "Our
swimming programs pro
vide an opportunity for the
parents of young children,
to enroll and acquire pro
per techniques which they,
in turn, can teach their
children," he said.
Five classifications are
assigned to students ac
cording to their skill. They
are beginner, in
termediate, advanced,
senior life saving and
water safety instructor.
The latter two courses will
be taught during the third
Mini-Quarter from July 26
through August 17.
Classes meet at the
Elizabeth City Coast
Guard Air Station's indoor
pool. They are taught five
nights each week from 7
until 9 o'clock.
Beginner, intermediate
and advanced swimming
classes (or the second
Mini-Quarter will begin
Friday, June 30, continu
ing through Tuesday, July
25. Individuals who wish to
enroll may contact Charles
Francis, director of admis
sions, on the first floor of
the main building on
Riverside Avenue.
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Johnson - White,
and Brinn Insurance
companies will be
Albemarle Academy announces test results
Albemarle Academy has
releaaed results of the
Stanford Achievement
Test and the Gates
MacGinitie Reading Tests
.which were given to
students in grades K-12 in
early May. The test
results, which included
scores in mathematics,
reading, social studies and
science, showed that
average grade scores for
the Academy exceeded na
tional test scores.
Headmaster Don Par
rote explained that scores
on the tests are expressed,
for grades 1-8, in grade
equivalents on the grade
level on which the student
is achieving and, for the
Upper School, in percentile
rank with 50 percent as the
national mean. Scores for
grades 1-8 included five
grades with average
scores over one year above
Gade level and ranging as
jh as 21 months above
national scores. The scores
for high school grades
were 10 to 14 percentile
points above the national
mean of 50 (or the average
in each class.
In mathematics, grades
1-8 scored up to 10 months
above grade level, while
high school grade
averages ranged from 13 to
22 percentile points above
national scores. In
English-Reading skills,
grades 1-8 scored up to 18
months above grade level,
while high school grade
averages ranged up to 20
percentile points above na
tional averages.
In science, elementary
grade averages were as
high as 17 months above
grade level and in high
school as must as 17
percentile points above the
national average for high
school grades.. In social
studies, grades 1-f scored
up to nine months above
grade level, while high
school grade averages
ranged up to 10 percentile
points above national
averages.
The Academy's
kindergarten students
were tested with the Stan
ford Early School Achieve
ment Test which tested the
areas of mathematics, let
ters and sounds, aural
comprehension and the en
vironment. In each case,
the grade average for the
kindergarten ranked well
above the national norm:
in mathematics, 19 percen
tile points above; in letters
and founds, St percentile
points above the national
norm; in the environment,
as points above; and in
aural comprehension, II
points above national
In response to these
scores, Parrotte said, "I
am well pleased with all of
our scores; in fact, con
trary to the national trend,
the Academy's reading
achievement scores ana
Scholastic Aptitude Test
scores have continually
risen for the past several
years. These scores more
than justify the Academy's
efforts to return to the
skills of basic education."
Parrotte further stated
that in compliance with
state law the Academy ad
ministered the APL
Survey Test from the
American College Testing
Service to all juniors and
seniors. The results of both
the Adult Survey and High
School Survey placed 82
percent of Academy
students in the "above
average" classification
with the remaining II per
cent in the "average"
category. In (act, Parrotte
related that 1* percent rfc
the Academy student I
achieved perfect scores <?:
the tests.
The results of the Gates',
MacGinitie Reading TesU.
?show that the average stu
dent in every grade level Is
scoring a minimum of
eight months above the na-,
tional level in reading com*
prehension. "In fact/' said
the Headmaster, "the fifth
grade scores led the entire '
Academy with that class
average standing at 21'
months above the national,
level in that category." 1
According to the Head-.,
master, the Academy testa
yearly in order to evaluate
the educational progress of.
its students. The battery of
tests administered yearly
includes the Gates*"
MacGinitie Reading Test;!
the Criterion Reference*
Test, the Stanford Achieve*"
ment Test and the Ot*l
Lennon Mental Ability
Test. ?hv
MORE THAN READING ? A trip to the
Perquimans County Library on a Friday
morning between 10 and 11 a.m. will
reveal that the ongoing story .hour for
preschoolers involves more than
reading. In addition to story telling and
reading, the youngsters also participate
in games, exercises, and other activities
as is shown above. Beginning this sum
mer, the library has expanded the pro
gram to include a Wednesday morning
story hour for elementary level
youngsters. (Staff photos by Kathy M.
Newbern)
See our
complete line
? of lawn and '
garden products
during
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Juvenile justice ?
? r?
hearing outlined s
Citizens of Perquimans
County with ideas and sug
gestions on improving
North Carolina's system of
juvenile justice are en
couraged to attend one of
the ten public hearings to
be sponsored by the North
Carolina Juvenile Code
Revision Committee dur
ing the month of July.
Persons wishing to speak
at one of the hearings
List Your Property With
William F. Ainsley
Realtor
Hertford, N.C.
Dial 426 - 7659
should write to Ms. Sarah -
F. Patterson at the Depart*
ment of Crime Control and
Public Safety, Post Office
Box 27687, in Raleigh or
call her at (919) 733-5013. ?
The public hea
Elizabeth City is i
for July 25 and will be I
in Courtroom B on the se
cond floor of the court-,
house at 200 Main Street
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