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Participate in craft workshop The Annual District Area I Craft Workshop sponsored by the N.C. Agricultural Ex tension Service was held May 18-17 at Blackwell Memorial Church in Elisabeth City. Over 170 students par ticipated in the 16 classes of fered. The purpose of the workshop was to teach leaders in a chosen craft area and to encourage leaders to teach others in order that traditional crafts be kept alive. Also, the skills learned at the workshop pro vide more quality crafts from the area which can be marketed in order to in crease income. From Perquimans Coun ty, 21 leaders participated in the two-day workshop in the following craft classes: hammocks ? Mrs. Cecil Timms; basket* ? Mrs. Martin Currin and Mrs. Talmage Rose; beginning needlepoint ? instructor: Mrs. Paige Underwood, Home Economics Extension Agent, Mrs. Melvin Eure Sr., Mrs. Donald Madre, Mrs. Jimmy Lane, Mrs. Jim Robertson; sea grass stools ? Mrs. C.T. Rogerson Jr., Mrs. Paul Byrum; pulled thread embroidery ? Mrs. Elton Layden, Mrs. Frances Harris, and Mrs. Reuben Knopf; hand carved wooden Christmas ornaments ? Mrs. Joe Towe White Sr., Mrs. Tommy Ellis, Mrs. Emma Burke; count thread embroidery ? Mrs. G. Thomas Eure and Mrs. Marie Juvelis; hearth brooms ? Elvis Perry; pine needle ? Mrs. Elvis Perry; quilted pillows ? Mrs. Johnny Corprew; needle weaving ? Mrs. F.B. Tucker. Other crafts offered in cluded corn shuck character dolls, handtied triage and macrame handbags. The workshop is held in May of each year. Also, many workshops are held in Perquimans County during the year according to Mrs. Paige Underwood. "There is nothing to com pare with the good solid satisfaction is not in propor tion to the thing created. In other words, the beginner at a craft gets as much out of a simple piece of work as does a highly skilled craftsman working on a sophisticated piece of work ? whatever it is." -Hebe Cox. MO A to sponsor house tour The Museum of the Albemarle in Elizabeth City will sponsor a spring house tour on May 31. The "Pas quotank Sampler," as the tour is called, is a sample of designs and styles of homes in Pasquotank County. Hours of the tour are from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Light refreshments will be served. The contemporary cot tage style home of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Overton pro vides a setting for fur nishings and art from the 17th, 18th, and 19th century Edenton and Ahoskie area. Furnishings include: 1820 Bertie county crib; 1775 Edenton walnut table; 1825 Edentcn mahogany desk; 1690 English gateleg table; and an 1850 Georgian sideboard. Many of the pieces are from the Overton and Pittman families. The waterfront contem porary home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Aldridge is furnished in a modified Williamsburg style with oriental accessories. The formal blue room has an en tire side which opens to the Pasquotank River. The room includes a set of prints done by native North Carolina expatriote artist, Louis Orr. His 19th and 20th century architechural draw ings of the state's best known sites were exhibited in the Louvre during his lifetime. Rooms in the Aldridge home are centered around the kitchen for an informal lifestyle. The pine den features a wall-sized fireplace which is accented by a collection of pewter pieces. Juniper from First Colony Farms is used throughout the modern, natural home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Rich. Black walnut and earth stone floors and fixtures maintain the natrual atomsphere. Browns and earth colors are dominant. Every room offers a sun ny view of the river which is an important paro of the overall design of the home. Light streams through the second story windows to bathe the plants that form one side of the first story family room. A combination of informal and formal living is offered by the modified colonial style home of Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Fletcher. Designed by the Fletchers and decorated by Mrs. Fletcher, the home is filled with her original, award-winning art work and designs. She made the bedspreads and cur tains, also. A sterling chandelier and Chinese carpet in muted tones set the mood of the for mal dining room. The casual style family room faces Newbegun Creek. The front and rear walks are from slate which the Fletchers extracted from the mountains of North Carolina. Thex set the mosaic walks themselves. Also at the Newbegun Creek on the Pasquotank is the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Carter. Although the outside is modern in design, the inside of the home is pure early Americana ? no reproductions. The inside of the two-story main room is made from the exterior of Mr. Carter's grandmother's barn. The rest of the home has wood from a 19th century rural farmouse. A huge fireplace, made from stones from western North Carolina, is the most noticeable attrac tion in the main room. Pierced tin fixtures, farm implements, country store chairs, wild fowl carvings, bird replicas and pictures of generations of beardedand bonneted ancestors bring early American rural living to the 20th century. Directional maps and tickets are available at the museum. Directional signs will be posted in the vicinity of the tour. Tickets are $4 and will benefit the museum. Marine Exposition is planned Come all ye water lovers down to our shore. We've got boats that sail and boats that roar. It's the Premier Marine Recreation Exposition hap pening Memorial Day Weekend, Saturday, May 27 and Sunday, May 28 at the Manteo Marine Resources Center. Located on the northwest corner of historical Roanoke Island, the Marine Resources Center offers 11 acres of display area directly on the Croatan Sound. Things nautical but nice is the theme of the Expo and the grounds of the Marine Session to be covered As the North Carolina General Assembly prepares to convene a short legislative session on May 31, the UNC-TV network will be on the scene to broadcast daily reports of happenings from the State House. "The General Assembly Today" will first air Tuesday, May 30 at 7 p.m. with a special preview pro grams, and will continue each Tuesday through Friday at 7 p.m. as long as the session lasts. The pro gram can be seen locally on Channel 2. Richard W. Hatch, direc tor of public affairs for UNC-TV, will host and moderate the program. Making regular ap pearances on the program will be veteran reporters Bob Farrington and June Milby. A special guest reporter will be on the pro gram most Fridays. This short session of the General Assembly will be mainly concerned with the state budge, although other issues, such as liquor-by the-drink, will be considered. "The General Assembly Today" is a production of the University of North Carolina Television Net work. Center will abound with ex amples of how to have fun in the water. Booths, housed inside a circus tent, will contain everything from radio equipment to keep in con tact with land to hammocks to keep comfortable while at sea. For amusement sake, a fish fry will be conducted by the Manteo High School Band. As a special musical treat, recording artist Bill "Mojo" Collins will be on hand to perform. The Expo will start Satur day at noon and continue through 5 p.m. on Sunday night. The show is free to the public. L OA Spanish course offered College of The Albermarle will offer Intermediate Spanish 151 Tuesday even ings at 7 p.m. during the summer quarter. This three credit hour college transfer course is open to those students who have com pleted two years of high school Spanish or one year of colleee studv. The course can be used by non COA students to com plete their language re quirements at other titu tions of higher education. Registration is open now and will contiue through the first day of class, June 6. Please contact the Admis sions Office for futher information. senior citizens hold meeting The Memory Lane Senior Citizens Club met May 15 with 23 present. An interesting program was conducted by Mrs. Elaine Phillips and Mrs. Kathleen Brennaman on gems from the North Carolina almanac followed by the beautitudes for senior citizens. A fish fry is planned for June 7 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Loonie Pritchard at Snug Harbor. Members and their guests who attend are asked to bring a covered dish and make a $1 donation. Several members and their guests attended the Senior Citizens' Review in . - ' AGING EGGS jk You can" determine the on its "5 Elizabeth City on May 17. The Review was spon sored by the Economic Im provement Council and in cluded members from Jamacia, N.Y. ranging in age from 60 to 82 years. The club will meet again on June 19. ONLY 6 DAYS LEFT ON OUR AIR CONDITIONER SALE SALE ENDS HA AY 31 ST LASSITER'S APPLIANCE SALES A SERVICE HARRIS SHOPPING CENTER PHONE 428-5647 Aubrey Onley ^ SHERIFF * TO THE PEOPLE OF PERQUIMANS COUNTY. Ill# tlmo has eomo to oloct your shoriff. It oppoart tho pooplo arm rpady for a ehango. I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND VOTE ON TUESDAY, MAY 30. IF ELECTED I WILL BE DEDICATED TO ALL PEOPIE IN THE COUNTY. u/w- CAPABLE ? DtMNOABIM ? HONfST fl jjurr VOTE *uMtrojtfriui(iiawi W * MAY DAY C0U1T - Superintendent Pat Hairefl presents the Perquimans Central Grammar School May Day King and Queen, Tanya Lane and Johnny Gallop. I ANNUAL MAY POLE ~ Perquimans Central Gram-: mar students dance in front, of the May Pole* Winding of the May Pole ? roved to be a highlight of lay Day activities. (Staff photos by Paige Eure) Would You Like To Own This Georgia Granite Mausoleum For Two People Under $6,000.00? CALL or SEE MARION SWINDELL Fpr All Monument Needs ? Phone 426-7311
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