THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Volume 52, No. 21 USPS 42I-M0 Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, May 23,1995 25 CENTS
Heritage Day Observed
A busload of N.C. Legis
lators were greeted by the
Hertford Fife and Drum
Corp on Friday afternoon at
the Newbold-White House in
Hertford in a Heritage Day
celebration commemorating
the sitting of the 1697 Gen
eral Assembly at that site.
Former Governor Robert
W. Scott, along with several
local citiznes, presented a
tableaux written by local his
torian, Raymond A.
Winslow, Jr., telling of the
important part that Perqui
mans County and the New
bold-White House played in
the early history of North
Carolina.
Among the many events
taking place was the presen
tation of the Harvey Award
by Representative Charles
D. Evans to Liston B. Ram
sey, N.C. Speaker of the
House.
Other events of the day in
eluded the presentation of a
North Carolina Flat that was
flown at the Four Hundreth
Anniversary Ceremony in
England last year to Jeanne
C. White, local chairman of
the 400th Anniversary Com
mittee by the Colonial
Dames 17th Century.
Prizes were awarded to
the following students for
their essays on Life in Colo
nial Perquimans:
First Place: Kaye Long,
5th grade Hertford Gram
mar School; Valerie Burke,
7th grade Perquimans Union
School; Tisha Turner, 8th
grade Perquimans Union
School. Second Place: Susan
Lavezzo, 5th grade Hertford
Grammar School; Tara
Skinner, 8th grade Perqui
mans Union School and Pat
ricia Chappell, 8th grade
Perquimans Union School.
Story and Photos By
JANE B. WILLIAMS
ECSU Professor awarded fellowship
DR. ELLIS E. LAWRENCE
Dr. Ellis Eugene Lawrence,
Associate Professor and Coor
diantor of the Industrial Tech
nology Program at Elizabeth
City State University, has been
awarded a ten-week summer re
search fellowship by the Na
tional Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA). He has
been assigned as Chief Scientist
in the Facility Engineering
Area, Langley Research Center,
Va.
Since 1964, NASA has sup
ported a program of summer
faculty fellowships for engi
neering and science educators
to further the professional
knowledge of qualified engi
neering and science faculty
members, stimulate an ex
change of ideas, while enriching
the research and teaching activ
ities of the participant's institu
tion and contributing to the re
search objectives of the NASA
Center.
Lawrence, a member of the
ECSU faculty since I960, earned
the Ed.D. degree in Vocational
Technical Education with cog
nate in Industrial Engineering
from Virginia Polytechnic Insti
tute, Blacksburg, Va., an M.S.
in Industrial Arts Education and
a B.S. in Vocational-Industrial
Education, botfNrom N.C. Agri
cultural and Technical State
University, Greensboro, N.C.
Under his leadership as initia
tor and major investigator for
national accreditation of the
ECSU Industrial Technology
Program, accreditation was re
ceived in October 1983. He has
served as a consultant at the
National Center of Research in
Vocational Education at Ohio
State University and for the
Greensboro, N.C. City Schools
in the planning of the Vocational
Skill Center.
Lawrence also is an active
member of The American Insti
tute of Industrial Engineers.
He resides in Hertford, is
married and has one child.
Albemarle Cooperative names new manager
PERRY NAMED MAN
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sic Perry, the new manager
of Albemarle Coopeative in
Edeatoo. (Photo courtesy Al
bemarle Ce-?f )
Albemarle Cooperative Asso
ciation, Inc. has announced the
promotion of Mrs. Essie M.
Perry to manager of the Eden
ton based feeder pig cooper
ative.
Mrs. Perry has been em
ployed by the Cooperative for
11% years, almost as long as
the Cooperative has been oper
ating.
She began her career as sec
retary to the manager. She was
promoted to co-manager in June
of 1964, a position she held until
March of this year.
The Cooperative, which buys
feeder pigs and sells- them by
auction, was established in
March of 1973 when area feeder
pig producers saw a need for a
local market at which a fair
price could be found.
The cooperative is owned by
the members who sell pigs
through the market. An individ
ual may become a member by
purchasing one share of stock.
However, anyone may sell their
pigs through the Cooperative
providing the pigs meet certain
requirements. Contact the Coop
erative for more information.
Feeder pigs are accepted at
the Cooperative every Thrusday
from 6:30 a.m. until 12 noon.
Then, at 1:30 p.m. the pigs are
sold, using a tele-auction mar
keting system whereby a tele
phone conference call allows
buyers to hear the sale in pro
gress and buy pigs without hav
ing to come to the sale barn.
The Cooperative, in addition
to marketing feeder pigs, also
provides medications and re
lated supplies at a competitive
price.
The Coopeative is governed
by a board of ten directors, ch
soen by the membership, who
oversee the operation and fi
nances of the Cooperative.
The directors are: Malcom
Gibbs Jr., president, Engel
hard; Bill Mansfield, vice-presi
dent, Tyner; Eugen Boyce, sec
retary-treasurer, Roper;
Wayland Spivey, Tyner; Louis
Hubers, Belhaven; Peter Ras
coe, Windsor; Wayne Howell,
Hertford; J.C. McCleese, Colu
bia; C.A. Eason, Sun bury ; and
Julian Baker, Belvidere.
The Cooperative is open Mon
day through Friday from 8:30
a.m. until 5:00 p.m. and is lo
cated on Paradise Road.
Morgan resigns
athletic post
By SUSAN HARRIS
The Perquimans County
Board of Education accepted
the resignation of high school
athletic director Pat Morgan at
its regular meeting Monday
night.
"We accept it (the resigna
tion) with regret," Board Chair
man Clifford Winslow said.
Board members voted to send
Morgan a letter of appreciation
for the good example he set for
the students during his five-year
tenure here.
Morgan has signed a contract
with the Rockingham County
school system where he will be
gin work on June 17th.
Jeanie Umphlett apprised the
board of the new state eligibility
requirements for participation
in the county's gifted program.
According to Umphlett, 12 per
cent of the county's students are
now involved in the program.
Under the new guidelines, only
three percent of the student pop
ulation will be eligible to partic
ipate.
Umphlett said the more strin
gent requirements will not allow
the inclusion of some students
previously accepted into the
classses.
Former standard weighted
achievement test scores more
heavily than IQ- scores. The new
guidelines give both equal lever
age in the determination of eli
giliby.
The board adopted a resolu
tion approving the retesting of
borderline students who reach
predetermined preliminary
scores.
"Our people have done a good
job in identifying kids in all
areas of exceptionality," Super
intendent Pat Harrell stated.
Harrell announced that he has
been appointed to a four-year
term on the state athletic asso
ciation board of directors. His
appointment marks the first op
portunity a local member has
been included on the panel.
All required sign-off letters
for the high school construction
renovation project has been re
ceived. Bids on the project are
being sought with June 25th des
ignated as the last date for rec
eipt.
The board asked Harrell to
contact Sam Ashford, project
architect, to attend its next
meeting to review the plans and
specifications with them.
In other capital improvement
areas, Harrell announced the
completion of both the high
school vocational building roof
ing project and Union School
and high school fencing pro
jects.
Bids for the Union School
flood control project will be
opened Thursday at 11 a.m.
Peoples Bank and Trust Com
pany was granted the bid for
banking services for the next
three fiscal years to begin July
1.
Both local banking institutions
sent proposals, and both were
represented at the meeting.
Presently the board carries its
checking accounts with Peoples
Bank. Both banks will continue
to be asked to bid on invest
ments.
Hunter special to air
Find out what life after retire
ment is like for a life-long North
Carolinian who had reached the
pinnacle of sports super-star
dom when James "Catfish"
Hunter is interviewed by former
pitching ace Jim Palmer on
"The Sporting Life."
The episode, entitled "When
the Cheering Stops," airs over
the nine channels of The Univer
sity of North Carolina Center
for Public Television on Sunday,
June 2, at 7 p.m.
When Hunter retired in 1979
after 16 years in the Big
Leagues, he returned to the
town of his birth ? Hertford.
With his wife, Helen, and their
three children, he has settled
back into the country life of a
farmer.
In the spring, he serves as a
pitching coach for the New York
Yankees in their pre-season
camp in Florida.
During his career he was a
key player on five world
championship teams and seven
pennant-winning teams. When
he left the Oakland Athletics in
1975 after 11 years with the
team, he signed on with the
Yankees for a five-year contract
estimated at $3.5 million ?
making him one of the first "big
money" free agents.
Although his career was cut
short by a shoulder problem, he
still chalked up some impres
sive achievements: a career
won-lost record of 224-166; only
one of four American League
pitchers to win his 200th game
before the age of 31 ; and a per
fect game in 1968 against the
Minnesota Twins.
Jim "Catfish" Hunter is fea
tured in "When the Cheering
Stops," an episode of "The
Sporting Life" airing San
day, Jane I, at 7 p.m.