Raleigh finished
step-brother *s
colonization efforts
With the death at sea in September,
UB, of Humphrey Gilbert, the
burden of English efforts at
Amrican colonisation was taken up
toy his half-brother Walter Ralegh.
Allied to the West Country
seafaring families Drake and
BUbert, Walter Ralegh was born
about 1554 at Hayes Barton in
Devonshire.
He ipent some time in university at
Oxford before going to France in 1569
to assist the French Huguenots in
their fight for religious freedom.
Back in England, he entered the
Middle Temple in 1575, ostensibly to
study law, but more probably to
make social contacts.
Like many energetic Elizabethans,
Ralegh combined scholarship with
--adventure. His intellectual curiosity
was boundless, and he became an
, accomplished student in many fields.
He was a poet as well, with some
? verses published as early as 1576.
Adventure beckoned to the soldier
1 explorer, and Ralegh took part in
Gilbert's 1578 colonization attempt,
j as commander of the "Falcon."
; After the expedition failed, Ralegh
J went back to military service for a
j time.
i As a captain of troops during the
! Irish wars, Ralegh went back to
; military service for a time.
j As a captain of troops during the
; Irish wars, Ralegh displayed a
< bravery tinged with recklessness. In
December, 1581, he was sent to
' England with dispatches for the
; Queen's court. He was noticed by
; someone in power, and Ralegh
? capitalized on earlier contacts to
become a courtier.
The court of Queen Elizabeth was
brilliant, one of the glories of English
history. It was the route of
advancement for the talented and
amibitious, the conscientious and the
greedy.
Someone else noticed Ralegh, the
Queen herself. He quickly became a
royal favorite. Legend says Ralegh
once pleased the Queen by gallantly
spreading his bejeweled cloak over a
mud puddle to allow the royal feet
clean passage.
It was also reported that a bout of
the verbal sparring dear to
Elizabethans produced a couplet,
with Ralegh's "Fain would I climb,
yet fear I to fall." Matched by
Elizabeth's "If thy heart fail thee,
climb not at all."
Enjoying the royal favor, Ralegh
climbed quickly. Both his person and
'his purse benefited from the Queen's
eppointments and gifts.
In April, 1582, the Queen appointed
Ralegh captain of a foot compnay,
but was so desirous of keeping him
near her that she excused him from
service in the field. He still kept the
title, power and a revenue of the post,
however.
In April, 1583, the Queen granted
Ralegh a number of manors, and
some months later she leased him
Durham House to be his London
home. In 1584 she licensed him to
export certain cloth and granted him
a patent which guaranteed him an
annual fee from every English
vintner.
Ralegh's sense of the adventure
and renown to be won from New
World exploration was now
magnified by the promise of profit
from colonizing ventures. Any colony
producing wines and buying cloth
might enrich him.
Of all the honors and grants
flowing from the Queen to Ralegh,
the most significant was the patent
which enabled him to possess and
occupy barbarous lands.
(Part 2 next week.)
Nine factors guide
"Peace of Mind"
Have you ever wondered why some
people seem to be more satisfied with
life than others? People, though
lacking in material things, that seem
to have a wealth of joy in their daily
Uvea?
-*Point
of View
by:
BILL NIXON
f Perhaps these people have "peace
of mind." A few years ago, the
Sociology Department of Duke
University did a study on the subject.
Hundreds of people, both happy and
unhappy, were studied.
' Nine factors were found to
contribute to emotional and mental
Stability. Let me share them with
you.
1. The absence of suspicion and
resentment.
. 2. Living in the present and future.
Much unhappiness stems from an
unwholesome preoccupation with
past mistakes and failures.
S. Not wasting your time and
energy fighting conditions you
cannot change.
4. Cooperating with life, rather
than against it. The ability to stand
up for what you believe in and not
running away from life's challenges.
' S. Forcing yourself to be outgoing
with others rather than retreating
within during periods of emotional
(. Refusing to pity yourself or seek
self- justification in easy alibis that
make you appear "noble" to yourself
and ethers.
7. Cultivating the old-fashioned
virtues of love, honor, loyalty and
thrift.
?l Not expecting too much at
ywrself or too little. When there is a
wide gap between the standards you
set tor yourself and your actual
achievement, unhappiness is
ftaevttaMe.
t. Finding yourself something
Mggsr in which to beMeve than yow
?wn greatness. Seif -centered.
egotistical, materialistic people
score lowest of all in any test for
measuring happiness.
It's strange to note that none of the
factors above include a . strong
religious conviction. I find it very
hard to believe a person can find true
happiness without a belief in
something stronger than the
promises of this earth alone.
-O ?
Have you ever played the "What
If" game? All of us at one time or
another have wondered what things
would be like "If."
A reporter once asked George
Benard Shaw to play the game
shortly before his death. "Mr.
Shaw," he asked, "you have visited
with some of the most famous people
in the world. You have known
royalty, world-renowned authors,
artists, teachers of the world and
more.
"If you could live your life over and
be anybody you've known, or any
person from history, who would you
be?"
"I would choose," replied Shaw,
"to be the man George Bernard Shaw
could have been, but never was."
What an insight! The sad fact is
that few people ever become all that
they could have been. Though you
may not always be able to control
what others do to you. what happens
to you, whert yOu were born, what
physical Impairments you have,
what others think or expect of you or
how high your IQ is, you can control
how well you use what you have.
A perm's real limits are a
negative outlook on life, exuses,
wasting time, pettiness, feeling sorry
for yourself, and b*d habits. The real
"if1 In life ia "If you want to."
People aren't always what they
appear to be. Take television's Mr. T
for instance. /
Speaking abort the Chieago ghetto
of Ids childhood: "They (old me I'd
never make it because I'm black,
because I came from Hfare,
because I came (ma a broken home.
m . .
Letters to the Editor
Editor,
THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
I would vote for the bond if I was of
age, but I am only 12 years old. I hope
the high school does get built.
Please vote "yes"!
Sincerely,
Scotty Newcomb
5th Grade
Editor,
THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
This letter is written to express the
need for a new high school building
because the old building is
dangerous.
We would really like for you to vote
"yea" for the bond issue. The
students in the 6th grade think it
would be nice to have a new building
for safety reasons.
Voting for the bond issue is real
important because the old school is a
fire trap. If you have a fire in each
corridor how would the students get
out of the building, jump out the
windows?
No, because the new building will
be built different. The new building
will be just one story instead of two.
So PLEASE VOTE YES for the
new building.
Sincerely yours,
Jon Ward
6th Grade
Editor,
THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
The Perquimans County Rescue
Squad would like to take this
opportunity to thank all who have
supported us. We would like to give a
special thanks to Mrs. Roberta
Phillips for the oxygen equipment
that she donated to the rescue squad
in memory of her husband.
Thanks to all.
Annice Peckham
Captain Perquimans Co.
Rescue Squad
Editor,
THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
We would like to let you know about
some of the things happening at our
schools that center around
NATIONAL YOUTH ART MONTH.
We would like to invite you to use
them in any way you can to help
others know about the visual arts in
public schools. If you are in our area,
please stop by for a visit to see what
is going on.
We have designed and painted a
billboard sign that has been put up by
Smith Advertising Co. on highway 17,
IV2 miles north of the intersection of
Bypass 17 and business 17 near
Hertford and Winfall, North
Carolina.
The bill board shows four pieces of
Looking back
20 Years Ago
By VIRGINIA WHITE TRANSEAU
TWO PERQUIMANS STUDENTS
INDUCTED IN HONOR SOCIETY
AT ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN
COLLEGE: Hubert Burden and
William Preston Nixon Jr. of
Hertford were among nine Atlantic
Christian College students to be
inducted into the Golden Knot Honor
Society at its spring tapping
ceremony held at Wilson on March S.
Burden is the son of Mrs. Ruth H.
Burden of Wlnfall and J. M. Burden
of Woodville. He is a junior majoring
in biology with a minor in physical
education.
Nixon is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W.
Preston Nixon of Route 2, Hertford. A
senior, he is majoring in chemistry
and biology. He plans to attend the
Medical College of Virginia next
jw.
HERRING TIME IN
PERQUIMANS RIVER: Tht river
herring fish have arrived as they do
each year during the spawning
However, due to the cool weather.
haven't been too great up to the
present time. Usually when the fish
arrive, the banks of the river and
local crceks are lined with fishermen
and their families equipped with nets
dipping the herring out of the water.
The arrival of herring has caused
sport fishing to be not so good, as the
fish are feeding on the spawning
herring eggs, so we are told.
THREE SISTERS HURT IN
WRECK: Mrs. Zeanova White of
Belvidefe, Mrs. Willie Mae Symons
and Mrs. Jean White, sisters, all of
Perquimans County, received
injuries in an automobile accidnet on
U. S. IT south of Elizabeth City last
Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Z. White of Belvidere, driver
of the car occupied by the sisters,
was traveling south from Elisabeth
City to Hertford when a car, driven
by J. Junior White, 76, of Elisabeth
City, failed to yield to the right of
way.
He was reported to have been
attempting to turn and drove into the
face of the automobile occupied by
the Perquimans trio.
art work from our county schools
that have been enlarged and painted
by the PCHS Art Club. This will be up
for the rest of March and the first
part of April.
On Friday, March 23, from 1:00
p.m. to 2:00, we will be having a mini
Arts Festival in the Art Room at the
high school.
The students will be observing and
asking questions of five local artists
and craftspersons. This is to
introduce them to the fact that there
are people in their area involved in
the Arts.
We are having an Arts Night on
Thrusday, March 29, from 7:30 until
8:30. The students will be
demonstrating various art mediums,
their work will be on exhibit
throughout the new building.
There will be a slide show at 8:00
showing the value of art in the public
school curriculum.
We also have an art exhibit
downtown in Hertford in the
Blanchard building windows. We
have art work exhibited throughout
the various businesses in town.
This art work will be up for the
entire month of March. We have an
exhibit of letters responding to our
Perquimans County art calendar in
Peoples Bank and Trust.
These letters are from various
individuals such as Governor Hunt,
Senator Helms, Walter B. Jones and
others.
We would like to invite you to visit
any of these that you possibly can.
We hope that you will enjoy these.
Thank you for supporting the arts
and the public schools in our
community and in others.
Sincerely,
The students of
Perquimans County
Deborah P. Coates ?
High School Instructor
Rebecca Spivey ?
Elementary Instructor
My View
Applauding concerned
local government groups
By SUE ANDREW
A few years ago we were treated to
a get out the vote campaign slogan ?
"Vote and the choice is yours ? don't
vote and the choice is theirs." How
true that slogan is.
In recent years we have seen the
formation of Political Action
Committees to persuade legislators
and voters to ascribe to their views.
It appears that one little vote really
doesn't make a difference anymore,
but, take heart, each vote does count
and always will if each of us will take
the time to register to vote and then
use that privilege and vote!
We applaud the efforts of the
Perquimans County Commissioners
to have voter registration on
Saturday, March 31 and Saturday,
April 7, from S:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
We hope that those people eligible
to register will take this opportunity
to register to vote. It is a very simple
process and takes very little time.
Use your privilege, many people in
this world would, and have, died for
the right to vote.
TPMir
PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Courthouse Square
P.O. Box 277
Hertford, N.C. 27944
Published Every Thursday
By Advance Publ., Elizabeth City
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