THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
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Volume 52, No. 1? USPS 428-000 Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, May *,1M5 2S cents
N.C. Legislators to attend county's Heritage Day events
Two busloads of North Caro
lina legislators will celebrate
[ Heritage Day at the New bold
White House on May 17. A pro
gram has been planned by the
Perquimans County Restoration
Association and Perquimans
Four Hundreth Aniversary
Committee to commemorate the
1697 sitting of the General As
sembly there.
This ancient dwelling was
once virtually the seat of the
government of North Carolina,
with every branch of the colo
nial government meeting at the
house built by the Quaker, Jo
seph Scott.
Although Robert Walter Scott
of Haw River, North Carolina
claims no relation to Jospeh
Scott, he has been chosen to
play the lead in a program to
tell the story of the house from
the first colonization of the area
in 1661 to the Revolution.
Perquimans citizens will act
in a tableaux written by histo
rian Raymond A. Winslow Jr. to
show the important part played
by Perquimans in the early his
tory of the colony of North Caro
lina.
Dr. Parker Chesson, Presi
dent of College of The Albe
marle, and native of Perqui
NEWBOLD-WHITE HOUSE
? Art Extravaganza this week
On May 9th and 10th (this
Thursday and Friday) the Per
quimans County School System
will host "The Very Special Arts
Extravaganza," a program that
will feature a wide vari?ty of
art forms, from crafts to music,
that are available in this area.
| A ribbon cutting ceremony
will take place at 9:20 a.m. on
Thursday at Perquimans
County High School to kick-off
the event, leading students, tea
chers, parents and community
citizens into the vast world of
art.
More than 50 local artists and
craftsmen will be exhibiting and
or demonstrating their talents
| throughout the two-day event.
Also included in the program
will be exhibits and demonstra
tions by local students. A total
of 79 displays will also be avail
able for viewing. These displays
include paintings, macrame,
dance, teethmaking, quilting
dolls, drama tatting, magic,
puppets, stained glass, quilling
and more.
Among the performances
scheduled are choral, reading,
recitations, gymnastics, singing,
storytelling and dance.
The purpose of the Arts Ex
travaganza is to share with the
public the way in which the arts
are integrated within the curric
ulum of all grade levels in the
school system throughout the
year.
Everyone is cordially invited
to attend this festival of art on
May 9th and 10th from 9:30 a.m.
until 3:00 p.m.
Special plans have been made
for Friday, May 10, to include a
dinner from 5:30 to 6:30 spon
sored by the Perquimans
County Band Boosters. The din
ner will be held in the high
school cafeteria.
Entertainment for the evening
will include a performance by
the PCHS Chorus and the PCHS
Band. There will also be an art
auction, with Red Barber and
Guy Williams of Elizabeth City
serving as auctioneers.
Ground-breaking held for clinic
Quality health care was
brought a little closer to home
for residents of Perquimans
County on Monday with ground
GROUND BREAKING
HELD? Local officials were
on hand for a ground-break
ing ceremony for a new doc
| tor's office la Wtnfall on
Monday. Pictured left to
r|?ht are Hertford Mayor
BUI Cox, Winfall Mayor
Lloyd Ray Morgan; and
Chairman of the Perquimans
County Commissioners,
Welley White. (Photo by
Jane Williams)
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breaking ceremonies for a new
medical office to be built by an
affiliate of Albemarle Hospital.
Regional Medical Services,
formed by the hospital last sum
mer as part of a new direction
in health care service in the
area, plans to build a 2,208
square-foot medical office and
laboratory here by early sum
mer.
"This means a whole lot for
the town of Winfall and the
county," said Winfall Mayor
Lloyd Morgan during an inter
view prior to the ceremony. "I
think the community will bene
fit greatly. I feel that the com
munity will support it."
The facility is being built on a
site on Highway 37, a road
which links Winfall with Hert
ford. The contractor for the pro
ject is Crown Point Devel
opment. Construction costs are
estimated to be $135,000.
Dr. Neil DeNunzio, an Inter
nal Medicine physician, who is
currently completing his resi
dency in Pennsylvania, will
staff the medical center.
Hospital administrator, Bob
Jeffries, said, "This project ini
tiates a new drive by the hospi
tal and its affiliate, Regional
Medical Services, to bring medi
cal care to underserved, outly
ing communities."
lite Winfall office is the first
of four satellite medical centers
planned by RMS. Other areas
being studied include Sunbury,
Jarvisburg and the Morgan's
Corner-South Mills area at part
of the hospital affilitate's pro
gram to extend health care.
mans County, will serve as
Moderator
Former Governor Robert W.
Scott is a happy choice for his
part in telling this story of the
public life of the 300 year-old
New bold-White House. Son of
former Governor and United
States Senator, W. Kerr Scott,
h e
was reared in the tradition that
"Good government is a habit in
North Carolina."
Robert W. Scott was elected
by the people of North Carolina
to the position of Lieutenant
Governor in 1965. He served un
til 1969 when he became Gover
nor of North Carolina, a position
he filled ably until 1973.
Scott is currently serving as
State President of the Depart
ment of Community Colleges,
presiding over 58 institutions
He has served in so many posi
tions which call for dedicated
public service that he was the
unanimous choice for a public
figure to assist in the commem
oration of the 1697 General As
sembly.
New bold- w m te is tne only sur
viving meeting place of a pro
prietary General Assembly, and
will be so designated when Rep
resentative Vernon James pre
sents a certificate from the Gen
eral Asembly to be placed at the
Newbold-White site.
Joining in the exercises will
be the present Speaker of the
North Carolina House of Rep
resentatives, the Honorable Lis
ton B. Ramsey.
Ramsey, representing the
52nd House District in the far
western part of North Carolina,
has served 12 terms in the
House, three of them as its
speaker, the only person to do
so in modern times.
However, John Harvey, a na
tive of Perquimans, served five
terms as speaker of the colonial
General Assembly, and was
known as the "Father of the
Revolution in North Carolina."
The Perquimans County Re
storation Association has estab
lished the Harvey Award for
Distinguished Public Service,
and has selected Speaker Liston
B. Ramsey as its first recipient.
The Award will be presented by
Respresentative Charles D.
Evans.
Other events in the afternoon j
program include presentation of '
a North Carolina flag which was i
flown at the Four Hundredth
Anniversay ceremonies in En
gland last year.
Mrs. E.M. Todd, Mrs. Leon
ard Topping and Mrs. Walter
Spaeth, representing Colonial
Dames Seventeenth Century,
will present the flag to Jeanne
C. White, Four Hundreth Anni
versary Chairman for Perqui
mans.
Prizes will be awarded to win
ners of the Four Hundreth Com
mittee's essay contest by the
Honorable Robert W. Scott. Fol
lowing the program, a 17th cen
tury tea will be served. The pro
gram begins at 4:00 p.m, and
everyone is coridally invited to
attend.
The second stop on the Albe
marle-Chowanoke Legislative
Tour will be in Ahoskie where
the group will be entertained at
a dinner sponsored by Hertford
County. Governor James G.
Martin will speak at the dinner.
Saturday, May 18, the group
will have bus tour of Historic
Murfreesboro while en route to
Edenton
Lieutenant Governor, Robert
B. Jordan III, will preside over
a fair on the green which will be
made up of displays from his
toric sites and other attractions
of northeastern North Carolina.
BOB SCOTT
Luncheon on the green will be
served by the Edenton Histori
cal Commission, after which the
group will go over to Hope Plan
tation for dessert and more hi
sotry.
Historic Halifax, known for its
role in the pre-Revolutionary
government of North Carolina,
will be the last site visited by
the Albemarle-Chowanoke Ex
press on its return trip to Ra
leigh Sunday afternoon.
Jail-A-Thon proves success
for Cancer Society Chapter
More than $4,900.00 was
raised in Hertford last
Thursday when the Per
quimans County Chapter
of the American Cancer
Society held a Jail-A-Thon
on the lawn of the court
house.
The event turned out to
be a field day for many
local residents as they sit
uated themselves on
benches in front of the
courthouse jeering at the
"jailbirds" trying to post
bail.
Retired school-teacher
Grace Coston was the
first to be arrested and
Kent Sawyer of FmHA
was the first to raise his
bail. Morris Kornegay,
principal of Central
Grammar School raised
the most money during
the day, $180.00, exclud
ing the $25.00 fee charged
to lock him up.
"It was very success
ful," stated Debbie Sut
ton, chairman of the
event, ard "we plan to do
it again next year."