Tigt lft-The Perquimans Weekly, Hertford, N.C., Thursday, March 11, 1976
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Civic Club
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OFFICERS Presiding officers of the Hertford Lions
Club pictured above (1. to r.) include: Tail Twister Joe
Tunnell; 1st Vice-President Bill Tice; President Jimmy
Byrum; District officer Claude Brinn; and 3rd Vice
President Billy Williams. (Photo courtesy of Sid Eley)
Hertford Lions Club
This week's Civic Club
Spotlight focuses on the
Hertford Lions Club, an
active organization
sponsoring worthwhile
projects.
The club was chartered on
April 4, 1932 with 23
members. The only charter
member who still holds
membership in . the Lions
Club is A.T. Lane Sr. The
current membership is 28.
The Hertford Lions are led
by President Jimmy
Byrum, 1st vice-President
Bill Tice; 2nd Vice
President Ed Nixon; 3rd
Vice-President Billy
Williams; Secretary
Treasurer John Biggers;
Assistant Secretary
Treasurer Charles Wood
ard; Tail Twister Joe
Tunnell; Lion Tamer Jim
Bass and Directors T.P.
Byrum; Wesley Nelson,
B.L. Gibbs, C.C. Walters,
Frank McGoogan, and Carl
Sawyer: The immediate
past president of the club is
Sid Eley.
The Hertford Lions meet
every first and third
Thursday night at 6:30 p.m.
at the Lion's Den. The den
was purchased by the club
in 1975 at a price of $13,250.
Several members of the
Hertford Lions have held
offices on the district and
state level. John Biggers
has served as local
Secretary-Treasurer for the
past 25 years. He has also
served as Zone Chairman
(1952-53) and served as
Cabinet Secretary
Treasurer for District 31-J
from 1970 through 1971. L.N.
(Norman) Hollowell who is
now deceased founded the
club and served as the first
club president. He also
served as District
Governor; a Special
Representative of Lions
International; and State
Secretary-Treasurer of the
N.C. Lions. Lion Claude
Brinn has served as Zone
Chairman, Deputy
Governor, and District
Governor.
One of the most well
known members of the
Hertford Lions Club is Jim
"Catfish" Hunter. He is an
active Lion and the club
raised about $700 this year
selling baseballs signed by
Hunter.
The goals of the lions Club
are many. One of their main
purposes is to promote
brotherhood and to work for
the improvement of their
respective communities.
The Hertford Lions sponsor
several worthwhile projects
through the year. Some of
the well known Lions
projects include the White
Cane Drive for the blind;
support of Camp Dogwood
for the blind; support of the
Boy's Home at Lake
Waccamaw; donations to
CARE; and the sponsoring
of visits by the Mobile Eye
Care Unit.
VISIT RALEIGH On
March 3, Perquimans
County High School
students Cindy Hen
dren, Teri Copeland
and Clark Baker were
accompanied by teachers
Chris Barber and Carroll
Harrell on a trip to
Raleigh. The trip was a
follow-up of a visit here in
the fall by Bill Spooner,
Consultant with the
Division of Science, State
Department of Public
Instruction. On the visit,
Spooner worked with high
school students on
photography and film
Drocessine. On the triD.
the students met with
Spooner to ask additional
questions. They toured a
professional film lab and
the educational television
studio in Raleigh.
Pictured above are
students Clark Baker and
Teri Copeland (at left)
with the teachers who
went along on the trip.
Both students are
members of the high
school annual staff.
By MICHELLE BOYCE
With the approach of
spring, the winter sports are
coming to a halt. The
varsity basketball squad
finished fourth with a season
record of 3-9 in the
Albemarle Conference
standings. The j.v.'s
rounded up the season with
a 7-5 record for third palce.
The girls had an outstanding
season, finishing second
with a 9-3 record.
The Albemarle
Conference tournaments
are now over. The varsity
and girls teams won both of
their tournament games and
qualified for the tournament
finals. The finals were held
at Northampton on March 2.
The girls played Gates and
the boys are now playing in
the district finals, which
beean Wednesday. March
10. The girls lost to Gates 36
38 in the final minutes of the
tournament. They were the
tournament runner-ups. The
j.v.'s lost their tournament
game by the narrow margin
of 3 points.
The age-old rivalry
between the juniors and
seniors will surface once
again with the up-coming
junior-senior basketball
game. The game, which
will be held March 19, may
supply the answer to the
question on whether the
senior class is mightier than
the juniors. The big show
down will be held at the high
school gym at seven o'clock.
Admission is one dollar.
Girl's softball and boy's
baseball practice has begun
with a large number of
participants signing up.
Around 25 girls signed up for
softball alone. Track
practice has begun also. All
three teams are looking
forward to a promising
year.
The district VICA meeting
was held at Northeastern
High School in Elizabeth
City on February 24. Among
the contests held were
public speaking and Miss
VICA. After the contests,
prizes were awarded to the
winners. Light
refreshments were served
after the meeting was
adjourned.
The library at
Perquimans High has been'
recently up-dated with new
editions of books. Two
major orders have been
received from the
Schoolbook House in
Greenville, N.C. The books,
in the Social Science
category, are on the
approved high school
reading book list.
As the end of school
approaches, students are
already preparing their
schedules for next year.
New courses are being
offered in the English and
Social Studies departments.
Among the new classes are:
Business English, American
Frontier, and Non
confirmist literature, and
Medieval History.
The annual FFA tool
contest was held February
12 at Perquimans High.
Perquimans placed first
among the four schools
participating. The winning
team included: Russell
Lassiter, Jeff Winslow,
Reggie Boyce; and Travis
Burke.
The FBLA club (Future
Business Leaders of
America) is selling rings of
all varieties mood rings,
birthstone rings, pinkie
rings, Ankh rings and
cameo rings for two
dollars a piece.
School Social
Worker Employed
Homemakers Meet
Perquimans County
Schools have announced the
addition of a School Social
Worker, Ms. Emily Holmes.
She is a native of Edenton
and has teaching experience
and a background in social
work. . She worked with
VISTA and worked in a
government school in Japan
and elsewhere overseas. A
joint effort between the
Department of Social
Services and the
Perquimans County Board .
of Education made this '
position possible through
Title XX funds, funds made
available to the Department
of Social Services to expand
their services.
School officials said they
were pleased to work with
Edgar White to secure the
school social worker. Em
ployed by Department of
Social ' Services, Ms.
Holmes is assigned to
Perquimans County Schools
working with students in
personal and family counsel
ing, alcohol and drug abuse,
problems, improvement of
self concept, decision
making, and delinquency
prevention. She will work
directly with principals and
teachers, visit classrooms
and work with student
groups, and certify those
students when eligible for
services and benefits
through Department of
Social Services.
' Members of the Whiteston
Homemakers Club were
introduced to a new kind of
garment Tuesday night at
their meeting in the home of
Mrs. Archie Creed. Mrs.
Paige Underwood
demonstrated making a
"Frankie" by directions
instead of a pattern. This is
an oriental type of dress that
can be made quickly and
easily for a special occasion
or to entertain guests at
home.
The devotion was given by
Mrs. Archie White using as
her theme, "Put on the
Whole Armor of God." She
closed with prayer. The roll
was called with several
members answering with
something they had green.
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