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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Volume 55, No. 34 USPS 428-080 Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, September 4, 1986 25 cent*
e Pirates open season against Williamston
ByGINA JEPSON
Editor
HERTFORD? The Perquimans
County Pirates open their 1986 foot
ball season Friday night at home
against Williamston, and Pirate head
coach Bill Flippen knows it won't be
easy
Williamston is a strong 2-A ball
club, and last year they went to the
state playoffs, but Flippen stated that
if the Pirates can control the ball
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game offensively than the Pirates
have a good chance to win the game.
The Pirates finished 5-2 in the con
ference last year and will be tough
again this year.
This year the team has the advan
tage of speed, but size will be their
weakness according to Coach Flip
pen.
Game time is 8:00 p.m.
This year the Pirate squad includes
34 players, 72 players came out in the
beginning of the year to try out.
Starting for the Pirates on offense
this year are Anthony Johnson at
quarterback, Mike Thatch at full
back, Xavier Everett at runningback,
Tim White at end, Rodney Welch at
runningback, Todd Hunter at center,
Russell Parker at guard, Josephus
Parker at guard, Calvin Hobbs at
tackle, Jeff White at tackle, Marshall
Tillett at end. Starting on defense for
the Pirates will be Anthony Johnson
at safety, Mike Thatch at linbacker,
Xavier Everett at cornerback, Tim
White at end, Rodney Welch at cor
nerback, Robin Fletcher at end, Je
voiie Cotton at tackle, Stanley Cobbs
at linebacker, Todd Hunter at line
backer, Russell Parker at tackle, and
Marshall Tillett at linebacker.
Tyvoice Coston, Jarrod Baccus,
Darnell Mallory, and Guan Skinner
may also see some action on Friday
evening.
The team is made up of U seniors,
14 juniors, 7 sophomores, and 2 fresh
man.
The Pirates open the season with 3
non-conference games. On Sept. 12
they will travel to Edenton, and on
Sept. 19 they play Northeastern at
home.
On Sept. 26 they begin their Albe
marie conference play against Wel
don at Weldon.
The Pirates play Manteo and Curri
tuck and Murfreesboro away, and
Coach Flippen feels Currituck will be
the team to beat this year for the con
ference title.
The Pirates have 3 assistant
coaches who are returning from last
year, Anthony Downing, Harrell
Thach, and Sid Eley .
Open Door
moves pantry
By GINA JEPSON
Editor
After several weeks of plan
ning and preparation the food
pantry of Open Door is moving to
it's new location at the ice plant
on Grubb Street in Hertford.
The site of the old food pantry
was plagued with numerous
problems including water, bugs,
mold, mildew, and lack of venti
lation. In the summer the pantry
was extremely hot, and in the
winter there was no way to keep
the food in the pantry from freez
ing.
Due to the adverse conditions
and the problems they created
the Open Door began looking for
a new location for the food pan
try.
Mayor Cox and the City Coun
cil of Hertford learned of the
need for a new pantry and of
fered Open Door some additional
space in the old ice plant behind
the intake office. The intake of
fice is also operated by Open
Door.
The space in the old ice plant
needed much work, but when Mi
riam Haskett let the community
at large know the needs they
were met almost immediately.
Mr. Donald Riddick donated
construction materials including
paneling and insulation. Mr. and
Mrs. Jake Chesson donated light
fixtures, and Jim Bass, Jake
Chesson, Red Elliott, and Ernest
White built the room itself to the
exact dimensions needed . ,
Pete Mansfield donated the
electrical wiring for the room,
and along with his son Jay com
pleted the electrical work in the
pantry.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Worley
donated a ceiling fan to the pan
try, which is essential for proper
ventilation and air movement
necessary for storage of food
items.
G&W Supplies, Mr. and Mrs.
George Jackson, andMr. and
Mrs. JoelHollowell, Jr. donated
lumber and shelving for storage
of food items.
The shelves were constructed be
Dennis Williams and Pete Mans
field, and Mr. Jim Bass designed a
special window for delivery of the
food boxes.
Carpeting for the pantry was do
nated by Mr. and Mrs. John Myers,
and the final touches, cleaning and
painting the bench out front of the
pantry was done by Jay Mansfield
with the help of his father Pete.
The Open Door idea was devel
oped in I960 by a group of con
cerned county residents. The group
saw a need in the county and re
sponded. Sister Gloria Oilman, Ray
Whitman, Rev. Irving Cook, and
other members of the community
joined together to form Open Door.
The Thrift Store was opened in Oc
tober of the same year.
Open Door is supported by 18 dif
ferent churches in the county rep
resenting 13 different
denominations according to Open
Door director, Sister Helen Scan
Ion.
The project is run by volunteers
from the local churches and it's
board of directors.
'The project is significant'stated
Sister Helen, 'All the volunteers are
working together to carry out the
gospel message.'
For more information about the
programs offered by Open Door
contact the office at 426-7776.
Indian Summer
Festival opens
By GINA JEPSON
Editor
Indian Summer Festival is next
weekend and festival planners are
putting the finishing touches on plans
and making last minute decisions.
'Colonial Day' is Friday and mer
chants are planning sidewalk sales
from 9 am to 5 pm. The store windows
downtown will be dressed this week
with historical displays, and WZBO
will be selecting the man or women
for the Mystery Man contest they will
be sponsoring.
The senior citizens of the commu
nity are getting crafts ready to dis
play Friday, and are preparing for
the papoose contest. Voting for the
papoose contest with be held from 9
a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday. You may
cast your vote at the senior citizens
center on Grubb street.
The high school band is preparing
for their performance on Friday, and
the clowns are readying their cos
tumes for the visit to Hertford on Fri
day.
The participants and the merchants
are ready for the fashion show. It will
get underway at 3:30 p.m. on Friday,
and Miss Indian Summer Festival
will be crowned at 4 p.m..
The Chamber of Commerce will be
sponsoring a sidewalk cafe on the
Courthouse green Friday, hamburg
ers, hot dogs, and flench fries will be
served, and for dinner beginning at 5
p.m. there will be a fish fry in the
park. No tickets for the fish fry will be
sold, and customers will be served on
a first-come first-serve basis.
The Indian Summer run will begin
at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, and events in
the park begin at 10:00 a.m.. Applica
tions for craft booths are still coming
in every day and offer a varied array
of items.
Teams for the tug o'war are still
needed for Saturday's event spon
sored by WZBO and Coke. Cost to en
ter is $25.00 per team, for more
information contact the Chamber of
Commerce or WZBO.
Cost for the annual Indian Summer
Festival pig pickin is $4.00. The menu
includes BBQ, potato salad, cole slaw,
and rolls.
The street dance will begin at 6
p.m., and in keeping with signs posted
in the park and town regulations no
alcoholic beverages will be allowed.
The police department will be set
ting up some traffic detours for the
festival. On Friday Church street
from the intersection of Church and
Grubb streets to the intersection of
Church and Markets streets will be
blocked, and on Saturday Grubb
street between East Academy and
West Academy will be blocked to thru
traffic.
West Academy will be one way run
ning N. to S., and East Academy will
be one way running E. to W. between
Convent Garden and Hyde Park
streets. The public's co-operation in
this matter will be greatly appre
ciated.
The festival will be fun for all so
make plans to be in town next week
end for the Indian Summer Festival.
Martin honors North Carolina
keep America Beautiful program
RALEIGH? Gov. and Mrs. Jim
Martin honored Keep North Carolina
' 9 Beautiful, Inc. for 20 years of educat
ing North Carolina citizens about the
preservation of the sstqate's natural
resources. A special plaque and letter
of commendation were recently pre
sented to former Gov. and Mrs. Dan
K. Moore fo rtheir leadership role in
the statewide, non-profit organiza
tion. KNCB was created as the Gover
nor's Advisory Committee on
(P Beautification In 1M6 under Gov.
Moore and Mrs. Moore currently
as the Chairman of KNCB.
Mrs. Moore stated that, "back in
1966, there seemed to be a need for a
statewide organization with environ
mental education as its primary goal
in order to help keep North Carolina
beautiful." "TV. organization has ful
filled those goals by involving mil
1 lions of citizens in the schools and
the state in the
"Gov. and Mrs. Moore continue to
play an active role in this great beau
tiful." The organization has fulfilled
those goals by involving millions of
citizens n the schools and commu
nities across the state in the KNCB
awards programs.
"Gov. and Mrs J
Moore continue to |
play an active role ]
in this great beau
tifies tion organisa
tion, and we salute
these two North g
Carolinians not!
only for their tre-l
mendous contribu-l
tions to KNCB but|
of all they have dona for our great
atate," taid Ed Woodhouse, current
PreaMsnt of KNCB and one of its orig
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inai directors ? po
KNCB now baa 14 nngofaig pro
prams statewide and looks forward to
further a<panati? 1b the near future.
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But as always, educating the children
remains a top priority with the orga
nization.
In May, 1966, the first annual KNCB
Benefit Golf Tournament was held in
Pinehurst on course 7 as a fund
raising effort to create a 30 minute
environmental awareness film for
North Carolina's schoolchildren. With
KNCB, the Coco-Cola Bottlers of
N.C., and the Resoprts of Pinehurst
serving as the principal sponsors, the
tournmment was a great success with
excellent participation. The audio-vi
sual presentation is currently in pro
duction and will feature N.C.
celebrities, including Charles Kuralt.
SAS Institute of Cary has donated
their facility to help with production
of the film which is scheduled for re
lease in early 1987. Subsequent tour
naments will be held to raise
additional funds to help (fistribute
supplemental materials as well as to
update the film when necessary.
Newly formed clean-up
committee meets Tues.
By GINAJEPSON
Editor
The newly formed Hertford clean
up committee met Tuesday, August
12 at the Senior Center on Grubb
Street. 13 residents were present at
the meeting including Mayor Bill
Cox.
The committee has formed a list of
clean-up priorities to work on in the
community, and Hulda Wood has
been named acting chairman of the
committee.
Wood stated that the goal of the
committee is to get one thing on the
list completed each month hence
forth.
The list includes clean up of the
abandoned houses in Hertford, side
walk clean up, trimming and ditching
of property throughout the city, and
clean-up of the railroad track in
downtown Hertford.
The committee also hopes to start
an educational program in the Per
quimans County schools. The com
mittee feels educating our children at
an early age about litter will prevent
future problems in the city.
The committee is scheduled to meet
the second Tuesday of each month at
the Senior Center in Hertford. Meet
ing time is 7:30 p.m., and all residents
are invited to offer their suggestions.
Shirley speaks to supporters at the Holiday Inn.
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Perry speaks
to backers
Family and supporters of Shirley
Perry. Republican canidate for North
Carolina House of Representatives
gathered Saturday, August 23, at the
Holiday Inn in Elizabeth City for a
coffee reception.
Perry spoke briefly at the coffee,
and stated that better roads, better
jobs, and better education will be ma
jor issues addressed in her campaign.
Expressing that the state must do
more about drugs at every level of our
society, Perry stated that assertive
training must begin in the schools.
'We must train our children that it's
alright to say no to drugs,' she said.
'Education must also be carried out
at home.'
Perry stated that hard decisions
must be made about problems effect
ing society today in ordered for some
thing to be accomplished
Mrs. Perry stated that she wants to
work hard to make everything better
for the people of the first district and
all people.
Shirley Perry thanked everyone for
attending the reception, and stated
that she is depending on everyone's
supfart for a victory in November.