Perquimans People
Historic
Plantation
opens for
Christmas
WINDSOR - Historic Hope
! Plantation will officially open its
'holiday season with its ninth annual
; Christinas Open House st Hope on
;Sunday. December ?. ,
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! The restored 1M0 home of North
'Carolina Governor David Stone will
'be open from 14 p.m. and light
- refreshments will be served.
? Hundreds of visitors have viewed
the period decorations at Hope each
holiday season since the two-story
Federal Period restorstion wss
! opened to the public in 1972.
?
?
I A highlight of this year's open house
!win be two perform slices of the Bertie
;High School Chorus.
?
?
Hope, located four miles north of
? Windsor on NC 308, will remain
! decorated through the Christmas
season and will be open every day
. through December 22.
? Visiting hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
'? weekdays and 2-5 p.m. on Sundays.
I Mrs. Jack Brinkley of Aulander is
J serving Chairperson of the Decoration
! Committee.
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~ Christmas decorations at Hope
have been featured in national
-publications. SOUTHERN LIVING
magasine's 1975 December issue had
a photograph of Hope's Kitchen at
Christmas on its cover and other
scenes in the same issue.
FAMILY CIRCLE showed Hope's
decorations in its 1975 and 1977
holiday editions.
Ladies night slated
The Perquimans Scottish Rites Club
will hold their Annual Ladies Night on
December 12 at 6:30 p.m. at Tucks
Restaurant in Elizabeth City.
Hugh Raiford Copeland
Belvidere man goes from life
on the farm to the limelight
When Hugh Raiford Copeiand was
young, be and a few friends from
around Belvidere would put on Uttle
productions, written, directed and
starring Copeiand.
It was the sort of childhood game
that a lot of children play, and when
they get older they forget about it and
go about other business.
Copeiand didn't forget about it
though. Actually, he did forget about
it for a while, dropping the thought of
a career in drama altogether while he
was at Perquimans High School. "I
thought it was for kids, and I just
didn't get involved in it," he said.
He first studied speech in college at
Smith College, and then got into
drama in graduate school.
He worked with a theater company
in New England before going to 01<f
Dominion University in Norfolk, Va.
to assist in the drama department and
produce, direct, choreograph and star
in Old Dominion musical productions.
He is now playing the starring role
of songwriter George M. Cohen in the
musical "George M." at Old
Dominion, and he will direct and
choreograph the musical "Mame" in
January.
Copeland (who gives his age as "30
ish") has been involved in a long list
of musical productions in his career.
In addition to his work at Old
Dominion, he is also the founder of the
New Hurrah Players, who put on
musicals in Norfolk area
The work is not always easy either.
Copeland said must continually keep
his body, along with his voice, in
shape. In fact, he spoke over the
telephone to the PERQUIMANS
WEEKLY late one afternoon while
warming up for that night's per
formance.
"George M." is a particularly tough
job. "You're almost always out
there," he said. "It the toughest
musical I've ever been in."
Though it may seem a bit unusual to
have an actor among a family of
fanners, Copeland said "my family
has been very supportive. They come
to see all the shows and they enjoy it."
His parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.O.
Copeland of Belvidere. agree. "We
saw him last Sunday and he was real
good," said Mrs. Copeland. About
having an actor in the family, Mrs.
Copeland said, "I don't think much
about it much. He never did like
farming."
Extension office gives tip
"Stained grout is practically im
possible to restore," says Dr. Linda
McCutcheon, extension housing and
house furnishings specialist at North
Carolina State University.
If scouring powder and a stiff brush
won't do the job between tiles, try
rubbing the joints with folded sand
paper.
You can also treat it with a weak
solution of oxalic acid but use no more
than two applications, as this is a
harsh treatment, the specialist warns.
Wildlife Commission suggests Christmas gifts
Are you wondering what gifts to
place under the tree this year? If so,
the N.C. Wildlife Resources Com
mission has several items that will
please hunters, fishermen and nature
lovers.
For the avid sportsman, no gift
would probably be more welcome
than a lifetime sportsman's license ?
which includes all hunting and fishing
privileges for North Carolina for the
life of the license holder. Three
lifetime sportsman's licenses are
available ? the adult license is $300,
the youth license (available to
children under 12) is $200, and a
similar license for infants (under 1
year old) is a real bargain at $100.
For an additional $5, any of these
licenses can be personalized with a
unique license number and personal
message. For example, if the license
is a gift to a father, the personal
message could be "Merry Christmas
Dad." Also, lifetime hunting licenses
and lifetime fishing licenses are
available for $150 each, and these
include only basic hunting and fishing
privileges for the State.
Armchair adventurers might enjoy
a lifetime subscription to "Wildlife In
North Carolina" magazine for $100.
This monthly magazine contains
excellent articles and color
photographs on North Carolina
hunting and fishing, travel, natural
history and other outdoor subjects.
Gift subscriptions to the magazine are
also available for one year for $5 and
three years for $12.
If you enjoy wildlife art but can't
afford original paintings, the Com
mission also has a series of budget
wildlife art prints that make excellent
gifts.
Three prints are offered under the
Carolina Conservationist program,
and the revenues from the sale of
these prints are used for work with
nongame and endangered species.
The prints measure 16 inches by 20
inches and are on high quality mat
paper. Prints signed by the artist are
$10, and signed and numbered
limited-edition prints are $25.
The brown pelican print was
painted by well-known wildlife artist
Duane Raver. Duane was the editor of
"Wildlife In North Carolina" for
many years, and has painted many
covers for the magazine. This print
features a group of brown pelicans at
sea with a lighthouse in the
background.
The red-cockaded woodpecker is
another of Duane's works. This print
features two of the birds against a
backdrop of long leaf pine.
Pete Turner painted the original of
North Carolina's Wildlife Heritage.
This print features seven species of
wildlife that were once native to the
State. They include the buffalo, elk,
Carolina parrakeet, cougar, beaver.
red wolf and passenger pigeon.
If your taste in art is of a piscatorial
nature, the Commission also has a
series of fish prints available. Each
print measures 11 by 14 inches and
costs $2, while a full set of six prints
costs $10. Prints include the
largemouth bass, smallmouth bass,
black crappie, bluegill, rainbow trout
and brook trout. All were originally
painted by Duane Raver.
Lifetime licenses, magazine sub
scriptions and prints are available
from the N.C. Wildlife Resources
Commission, Division of Conservation
Education, 512 N. Salisbury Street,
Raleigh, N.C. 27611. Make checks
payable to the Wildlife Commission.
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