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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY Volume $2, No. M USPS 42S-OSO Hortford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, September 12, 1*85 25 CENT! Festival to open Friday , Plans culminate for fourth Indian Summer Festival By JANE B. WILLIAMS A week-end extravaganza with offerings of fun, entertainment, crafts and a wide array of culi nary delights is about to unfold after months of planning by local citizenry involved in the produc tion of the fourth annual Indian Summer Festival in Perquimans 1 County. The two-day event, sponsored ^ by the Perquimans County Chamber of Commerce, will be gin on Friday in Hertford, offer ing a nostalgic glimpse into the past as colonial day is observed in the township. Donning colonial garb commu nity merchants will assemble their wares on the streets of the city during a day-long "Old Fashion Sidewalk Sale." featur ing old timey bargains in an at mosphere reminiscent of days gone by. Music and dance on the court house lawn will provide enter tainment for festival goers, with an afternoon fashion show spon sored by local merchants and a BMX Bike Trick team adding to the day's highlights. Luncheon fare will be offered at a sidewalk cafe from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. in front of the county's courthouse, featuring hamburgers, hot dogs, and ice cream. Strolling through the town, fes tival goers will have an opportu nity to view historical window displays lining the city's streets, or visit with McGruff the Crime Dog. There will also be a wildlife display provided by the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge and a sattelite dish will be on display. Portraits in charcoals and pas tels will be offered by Meta Vi sions to capture the festive spir its of those attending the event. Contests and drawings for prizes will add to the festive air, as merchants in the community offer prizes throughout the day; and Coca Cola sponsors a scav enger hunt downtown. A papoose contest sponsored by the Perquimans County Se nior Citizens Center will give the chance to vote for your favorite baby during the festival. Highlighting the entertainment will be performances by Kevin Rough ton and Eric Holt playing "Country, Rhythm, and Blues," the Perquimans County High School Band, Steppin' Out Dance Studios. Winding down the day will be a fish fry at Missing Mill Park from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Plates available on a first come first served basis. J.J. Harris of Elizabeth City will entertain dur ing the evening with an organ re cital. The day will end at 8:00 p.m. at Memorial Field behind Perqui mans County High School when arch rivals the Perquimans Pi rates VS. the Edenton Aces in the Pirates first home game. Early Christmas Shoppers will be dazzled on Saturday when the festival opens at Missing Mill Park with more than 60 booths of displays, arts, crafts, and food. Among this year's various of ferings will be handcrafted items imported from Africa and the Carribbean, handmade stone ware and pottery, folk art, an tique crocks, stufed animals, woodcrafted items, needlecrafts, ceramics, porcelain dolls, lamps, Christmas ornaments, hand crafted lollipops, doll furnishings and much, much more. Meta Visions will return on Saturday with portrait offerings, a unique chance to capture the ? Multitudes of arts and crafts will be on display this week end as the fourth annual In dian Summer Festival gets underway in Hertford. Many favored items that have been featured in years past will be availaole to festival goers for purchase once again ai this year's event. (Perquimans Weekly file photo.) Band selected to participate By SUSAN HARRIS The announcement of an invi tation extended to the Perqui mans County High School March ing Pirates was submitted to the Perquimans County Board of Ed ucation last Tuesday night by Su perintendent of Schools, Pat Har rell. The band was one of three bands in the state that have been invited to participate in the Ninth J Annual Invitational Awards Fes tival in Florida this spring. A price tag of $16,000 has been estimated to send the 80-member unit along with 20 chaperones to the festivities. The sum includes roan, board and transportation. The Board endorsed fund-rais ing activities for the Band Boost ers Club, and expressed pride in 3, . the students for the job the group has done representing the county. The Board authorized giving notice to proceed to the four '? prime contractors involved in the ; high school construction-renova tion project. Architect Sam Ash : ford announced that Fanners Home Administration had scbed uled a pre-construction confer ence on Friday, September 6 in Williamston. Work should begin on the project soon thereafter. Harrell told the Board that all except one of the poles for the high school athletic field lighting project were delivered. Accord ing to Harrell, the total weight of the eight poles was 84,000 pounds, 4,000 pounds over the delivery track's poundage limit. Delivery of the eight pole is expected to day. Work schedules permitting, the PCHS Pirates should play their first home game, a non-con ference match with the John A. Holmes Aces of Edenton under the new lighting system this Fri day night. Harrell informed the Board of a state-mandated Beginning Tea cher Program. All teachers with less than two year's experience teaching in North Carolina would be required to participate. Under the plan, teachers would receive a temporary certificate after graudation and passing the state teacher's exam. Then they would be assigned a mentor teacher , or a support team, with whom to work. After satisfactory comple tion of the two-year period, a full teaching certficate would be awarded. Assistant Schools' Superinten dent Shelton Davis told the Board that the Union School Flood Con trol and Drainage Project is ahead of schedule. Davis said that the main drainage lines are in, and the work scheduled for the perimeter of the building is done. Wayne Trimmer was to begin scraping the high school gym for painting last Thursday. The inte rior of the building, including the beams will be painted. Tarry Williams was approved as a scout for the high school football team. Williams volun teered to help the short-handed coaching staff. It was announced by Harrell that the District N.C. School Board Association would meet on Thursday, September 5 at 3:30 p.m. at John A. Holmes High School. entire family in the artist's me dium. Displays will include an ROTC vessel, a Coast Guard helicopter, antiques, health care informa tion, real estate information, sea son-color analysis, and more. Entertainment can be found for the participant and the ob server, with a 5-K run slated for those of the running persuasion; and a display of strength when participants divide up into teams for the festival's first Tug-Of War contest. Bands, dancers, and a ski-show will provide entertainment throughout the day adding a re laxed mood to the affair. Among the entertainers will be 100 Proof Band, the Flatland Cloggers, Miss N.C. Teen Charm, the At lantic Fleet Band and Ghost Chasers, a square dance group. Children will enjoy a train ride, available from 10:00 until 2:00, and an opportunity to enter the "Moon-Walk." Loads of good food will be available throughout the day at various concession booths oper ated by merchants and civic or ganizations, and ending the day's feasting will be a Pig Picking. Working off the calorie intake will be a pleasure as festival par ticipants dance the night away to the sounds of "Southern Fury" during an evening street dance from 8:00 p.m. until midnight. Round you family and friends and make plans to be in Hertford this week-end for two days of carefree fun in cele bration of the good life in Perqui mans County. ?k * . I? ? jm With offerings from cotton candy to soft-shell crabs even the most discriminating taste buds will be sated during the fourth annual Indian Summer Festival sponsored by the Perquimans County Chamber of Commerce. W ain wright to be honored Irving H. Wainwright, retired president of In terstate Fire Insurance Company, Richmond, Vir ginia, will be signally honored during Perquimans County Heritage Days, September 21 and 22, when the Perquimans County Restoration Association, the Perquimans County Four Hundredth Anniver sary Committee, and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church will join in a commenoration of Perqui mans County's significant past. Mr. Wainwright will be the guest of honor at a rtoontime luncheon oh September 21 at Angler's Cove. The Honorable Patric Dorsey, Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Re sources, and Representative Vernon James will share the platform as speakers for the occasion. Following the luncheon festivities, the group will go to the David Newby Cottage at the Newbold White site for an important dedication of the Caro lina Coastal Cottage (ca 1820) to the memory of Harriet Frances Mardre Wainwright. Mrs. Wainwright was 'a native of Hertford, in Perquimans County, and before her death in 1973, the Wainwrights had become interested in tracing her family history. This led them to Hertford, and the discovery of the important work of restoring A portrait of the late Harriet Mardre Wain wright Is admired by Mr. Irving H. Wain wrlght, donor of the portrait. The artist is Ammye H. Hill. (Picture Courtesy Meredith magazine.) the Newbold-White House (ca 1685), as the oldest house in North Carolina. Furthermore, the Per quimans Restoration archivist, Raymond A. Winslow, Jr., discovered that Harriet Prances Mardre was a descendant of Abraham Saunders who bought the house in 1726. After the Newbold-White restoration was com pleted and opened to the public in 1961, kit soon became apparent that the site could never be properly interpreted and maintained, without a resident program director. The David Newby Cot tage was moved to the site and restoration begun on it. Financial records show that when funds were desperately needed from time to time to keep both projects alive, Irving H. Wainwright gave generous contributions. Irving H. Wainwright is a native of Yorktown, Virginia, where the preservation of the proud heri tage of the past is a way of life. He is a graduate of that revered institution, the University of Vir ginia. His business life has been spent in Rich mond, Virginia, a city noted for the pride in its culture. Perquimans County is proud to have Ir ving Hudgins Wainwright as an honorary citizen. His dedication to family and history will be re membered here as long as the Newbold-White House and the David Newby Cottage stand. Following the cottage dedication, Raymond A. Winslow, Jr., President of the Perquimans County Historical Society, and Archivist of the Perqui mans Restoration Association will present a por trait of an early relative of David Newby, to be hung in a prominent place in the cottage. The North Carolina Chapter Colonial Dames XVII Century will present three additional items for the Newbold-White House. They have already pre sented a seventeenth century settle, three English Delft bowls, and a seventeenth century Kazan prayer rug. The presentation will be made by Mrs. E.M. Todd, immediate past president, NC CDX VII Century, and Mrs. Walter Spaeth, third vice president general, National Society CDXVII Cen tury. The public is invited and urged to take part in all events. The luncheon at Angler's Cove is 17.50 per person. Secretary Dorsey will be making her first visit to the county, and will bring a timely message at this time when a new program direc tor is being Installed at the Newbold-White site. First District Representative Vernon James, who is directly responsible for getting the funds for this new program, will also be on the program. Re freshments will be served by the Four Hundredth Anniversary Committee and the Newbold-White docents at the conclusion of the exercises. Perquimans Heritage Days, 1965, will continue on Sunday, September 22, with religious services at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Hertford, com memorating America's Four Hundredth Anniver sary. There will be two services, one at eleven o'clock a.m., to be followed by a covered lun cheon, and an Evensong. The Right Reverend B. Sidney Sanders, D.D., Bishop of the Episcopal Di ocese of East Carolina, will preside at both serv ices. The public is invited to take part in both ob servances. 1 Bloodmobile Today \ Hertford United Methodist Church R | 3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Sponsored by Perquimans County Jaycees
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