THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Volume 40, No. 52 USPS 42S-0S0 ? Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, December 27, 1*14 is cents
1984
The year in review
By JANE B. WILLIAMS
Growth, heritage, politics, and
destrction headlined the news in
Perquimans County during 1984.
Growing pains were
experienced by several local
businesses and during 1984 we
saw shops and offices relocate,
and in some instances swap
locations. The Perquimans
Weekly was among the business
that relocated their office inb
1984.
Growth in the county was also
seen in the opening of several
new businesses in 1984 including;
G&W Building and Plumbing
Supplies, Bill's House of
Bargains, Geri's Fashions,- This
and That for Crafts, the
Gingerbread Inn and Bakery and
Hertford Marina.
Growth in the county brought
about the hiring of Randy
Keaton, who moved to Hertford
in November to become the first
county manager.
The Perquimans County
Chamber of Commerce also
joined in with the "growth
campaign" hiring their first paid
executive, Mary Inez Harrell.
The county-wide water system
expansion project was completed
in the fall with the opening of a
new water treatment plant in
Winfall.
The kick-off of a four-year
celebration in North Carolina,
celebrating America's 400th
Anniversary did not go by
without a lot of fanfare in
Perquimans County.
A three-day event, hosted by
the Perquimans County 400th
Anniversary Committee got
underway in October with a
commemoration of a 17th
Century Court, and a Quaker
Homecoming being held at the
Newbold-White House. Also on
the week-end agenda was a
pilgrimage to several of the
county's historic homes and
sites.
A baseball clinic, sponsored by
the committee, was conducted by
Jimmy Hunter for boys ages 10 to
18 at Perquimans County High
School in conjunction with the
celebration.
For her monumental work with
travel and tourism across the
state throughout her life, Mrs.
Lucille Winslow was presented
with the Distinguished Service
Award by the Roanoke Island
Historical Association at the
opening performance of the Lost
Colony in the spring.
Spring, summer and fall
brought on a host of
homecomings as Methodists
joined in the celebration of 200
years of Methodism in the United
States. Colonial attire, church
histories and good food could be
found almost every Sunday
during the the summer months.
Politics and politicians caught
many headline stories in 1984 as
the November election grew
near.
Locally, a referendum
approving the construction and
renovation of the Perquimans
County High School received the
approval of the voters, as did two
newly elected county
commissioners, Thomas Nixon
and Wayne Winslow.
Along with the good news came
some bad as Perquimans County
was hit with destruction in late
March. Mass destruction hit
many residents in the Snug
Harbor and New Hope
communities when a swarm of
tornadoes ravished through
North Carolina. The tornadoes
left one area resident dead and
thousands of dollars worth of
property damage in its wake.
Hertford to get
new postmaster
Ricky D. Wilkinson has been
appointed as the new postmaster
at Hertford effective Saturday,
January 5, 1984, Sectional Center
Manager/Postmaster Gold
Joyner Jr. of Rocky Mount,
N. C. announced today.
Wilkinson, a native of
McKenzie, Tennessee, has
served as Postmaster in Michie,
TN for the past two years.
Postmaster selections are
made on the basis of merit from
a list of qualified candidates
submitted to the sectional center
manager by a review committee.
The review committee,
composed a district director
from the same district, a
sectional center director or
postmaster from the same
sectional center and a sectional
center manager or postmaster
from a different district, review
the applicants for the position
and recommend to the sectional
center manager those candidates
who best meet the position
requirements.
The sectional center manager
then selects and recommends to
the Postmaster General the best
qualified person for appointment
to the vacancy.
k Committee formed to aid in career ladder implementation
On December 13, teachers and
, administrators from Edenton
Chowan and Perquimans School
Systems attended an orientation
session in Raleigh for Career
Development pilot units.
Staff members from the
Division of Personnel Services
reviewed the history of the
Career Development Plan and
highlighted features of the
teacher and administrator plans.
Each pilot unit is being asked
to establish a local steering
committee to assist in the
implementation of the field test
activities, to assess effectiveness
and to make recommendations
about alternative approaches.
' Three members of each local
steering committr* will serve on
the state steering committee.
The major tasks of local
steering committees will be to
develop procedure* to:
?Determine and establish local
strategies lor public
information/public relations
P which promote
undersUnding/acceptance/suppt
rt of the concept, its rationale
?ill process by all participants.
?Find ways to provide for
appropriate involvement of local
staff and teacher education
personnel as support team
members for the purpose of
strengthening and expanding
support and staff development
for both beginning and
experienced teachers.
?Identify and establish the
unique local incentives and
rewards which can be provided
by the local school uiMt in
addition to those provided by the
plan.
Both intrinsic and extrinsic
rewards will be sought in the
pilot school systems so that
guidance can be given to LEAs
statewide regarding the local
options which, are feasible and
which are possible and
appropriate for 11 and 12-month
employment.
? Eatabliah criteria for
selection of school-baaed and
unit-wide review teams, and the
training activities which must be
conducted to assure standard
reviews and recommendations
for career status.
?Refine guidelines for th*
appropriate ln&ial placement of
currently employed staff on the
career ladder.
?Apply transition procedures
for the phase-in of the career
ladder statewide.
?Identify needed policies
and/or revisions/additions in
currently existing local or state
policies, regulations and general
statutes.
?Develop and refine materials
and procedural guides for
statewide use.
?Research and report the
needs for change in state and
local funding procedures so that
necessary steps can be taken to
assure adequate compensation
for status, extra responsibility
and extended employment.
December
Magic ,
Calvin Hobbs is among the
winners of the December
Magic art contest held
recently in the
Perquimans County
Schools. Hobbs is a
freshman at Perquimans
County High School. For '
more drawings see page 6.