THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Volume SI, No. * USPS 42S-M0 Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, February 27, 19M 25 CENTS
Farm machinery extrication
program planned for March
By JANE B. WILLIAMS
A program designed to teach
rescue squad members, Are de
partment personnel, special res
cue teams, and the general farm
ing public the proper techniques
to use when rescuing an individ
ual trapped or caught in a piece
of farm machinery will be taught
next week at the new Perqui
mans County Rescue Squad ga
rage.
The educational training ses
sions will be held on March 4th,
5th, and 6th, and will be jointly
sponsored by the Perquimans
County Agricultural Extension
Service, the Perquimans County
Farm Bureau Women, and the
Albemarle District Health De
partment.
The training sessions will each
consist of two parts. On Tuesday
and Wednesday nights, March 4
and 5, a slide presentation will be
shown. Hands on experience will
be gained from actually seeing
dummies removed from the ma
chinery. Presently there are
plans for four or five different
sessions, with the machinery and
two sessions that will feature a
slide presentation.
Class size for actual removal
demonstrations will be limited to
50 persons per class. Schedules
for the classes are as follows:
Tuesday, March 4: 7:00 p.m.
until 7:45- slides only.
Wednesday, March 5: 1:00
p.m. until 3:00 p.m.-Machinery
demonstration. 3:30 p.m. until
5:30 p.m.-Machinery demonstra
tion. 7:00 p.m. until 7:45 p.m.
Slide presentation. 8:00 p.m. un
til 9:30 p.m.-Machinery demon
stration.
Thursday, March 6: 1:00 p.m.
until 3:00 p.m.-Machinery dem
onstration. 3:30 p.m. until 5:30
p.m.-Machinery demonstration.
These sessions are open to any
one interested in farm safety.
The machinery session at one
o'clock on Thursday is being held
especially for farm families. All
other sessions are open to the
general public on a first regis
tered first serve basis. To regis
ter to attend please call the Agri
cultural Extension Service at
426-5428. An additional demon
stration will be' scheduled for
Thursday night if there are
enough interested participants.
There will be an Extension
Publication entitled "Farm Acci
dent Rescue" available at a cost
of $2.00 per copy. For further in
formation on these sessions con
tact the extension office.
DUMMIES FOR SAFET" ? Marie Byntm. left, and Nancy
Madre are pictured above stuffing a dummy to be used next
week in a farm safety demonstration sponsored by the local
extension service. Farm Bureau Ladies and the district health
department. The program is geared to training individuals on
helping farmers or others that are trapped in farm equipment.
Byrum is the county 8afety Chairman with the Extension
Homemakers. (Photo by Jane Williams.)
Youth Art Month
celebrated through
words and drawings
(Editor's Note: March has
been proclaimed National
Youth Art Month. Throughout
the upcoming month, we will
be featuring an artist from
within the local school sys
tem's art program. These stu
dents will be sharing with you
examples of their work, ac
companied by an essay on
what art means in their life.
This week's featured artist is
Bruce White, an Art III stu
dent, and a junior at Perqui
mans County High School. A
member of the PCHS Art
Club and the PCHS Beta Club,
Bruce is planning to pursue a
career in art.
By BRUCE WHITE
When my art teacher asked
me to write an essay an what
art means to me, I wasn't so
sure that I could do it, be
cause I had never tried to put
my feelings about art into
words before. I agreed to do
it, of course, and here is the
result
Art, to me, means that I get
a chance to express myself in
my own way-with pencil and
paper. As a writer uses
words, I use the marks of ay
Art also allows me to create
Don't tell me that dragons
don't exist, because they do.
I've seen one. I've made one.
I can color a tree purple, or
make it not look like a tree at
all. I can twist it and shape it
until it is what I want you to
see.
It has been said that art im
itates life. It can also be said
that art imitates the emotion
of life. When I draw, I try to
put feeling into my work and I
try to pass on that feeling in
images and color, to make the
observer feel, if only for a
second, what I felt when I
drew the picture. I think that
all art is used basically to
stimulate emotion in the
viewer, whether the emotion
is joy or sorrow. And, if I can
make the observer feel some
thing, that is an achievement
forme.
Lady Tigers Claim Conference
The Lady Tigers of Perquimans Union School in Winfall were recently awarded the confer
ence championship trophy for their performance during basketball season. Pictured left to
right (front row) Tina White, Dawn Everett, Tammy Lee, Tonya Privott, and Tisha Smith.
(Back row) Coach Sherri Wilkinson, Sidra Hooks, Kim Hunter, Michelle Honeyblue, Karen
Wilson and Anitia White. Not pictured are Sonja Wilkins and Martha Bass. (Photo by Jane
Williams.)
Tornado Awareness Week
designated for March 2-8
By JANE B. WILLIAMS
In an effort to make the citi
zens of North Carolina better
prepared in the event of a tor
nado, Governor James G. Martin
has designated the week of
March 2-8 as Tornado Awareness
Week in North Carolina.
Tornado Awareness Week is
annually sponsored by the North
Carolina Division of Emergency
Management, the National
Weather Service, the North Caro
lina Department of Public In
struction, and locally by the Per
quimans County Office of
Emergency Management and
Civil Preparedness.
A statewide tornado drill will
be held on Wednesday, March 5.
in the event of inclement
weather, the drill will be re
scheduled for Friday, March 7.
North Carolina radio and tele
vision stations will relay practice
tornado watch and warning
alerts throughout the day to give
residents a better insight of what
to do in the event of an actual tor
nado.
According to information ob
tained by the N.C. Department of
Crime Control and Public Safety
tornado destruction is usually
concentrated in relatively small
areas. Therefore, much of the re
sponsibility of warning, evacua
tion, and sheltering falls upon in
dividual communities and
citizens.
Tornado detection requires a
complex network of storm spot
ters and reporting procedures
within each of the "tornado
watch" areas. Each network
must be organized around the
specific needs of the area being
watch.
Locally the Perquimans
County Emergency Management
Office is operated full-time in the
event of impending disaster to
receive reports from "storm
spotters" and the National
Weather Service in an effort to
better prepare residents.
In the event of personal or indi
vidual action becoming neces
sitated the following tips offered
by the Department of Public
Safety may prove to be helpful.
1. A tornado watch means that
tornadoes are expected to de
velop. Keep a battery-powered
radio or television nearby and
listen for las test weather reports,
even if the sky is blue. Tornadoes
develop rapidly.
2.A tornado warning means
that a tornado has been sighted
or is Indicated by radar. Seek
shelter immediate in a storm cel
lar, or the center interior of a re
inforced building. Stay away
from windows. Keep informed of
developments by radio or talevi
soo. Do not stay in your car, or
main in a mobile home.
We are now entering the most
dangerous time of the year for
tornadoes. In the past most tor
nadoes have struck North Caro
lina in March, April and May.
Tornadoes, such as the ones that
struck Perquimans County and
much of eastern North Carolina
in March of 1984 have the poten
tial of causing major destruction
and death.
The Perquimans County
Emergency Management and
Civil Preparedness Office will be
happy to work with any group or
individual wanting to learn more
about tornadoes and how to sur
vive them. For more information
contact the office's director,
Keith Haskett at 426-7010.
Frier son
Taylor
nominated
for awards
Marian Billups Frierson and :
Minnie B. Taylor, both of Hert- ;
ford, have been nominated for
recognition in the 1986 Distin
guished Women Awards compe- '
tition.
Frierson and Taylor are ;
among 91 women statewide that j
have been nominated to receive ?
the 1986 Distinguished Women of :
North Carolina Award.
Governor James G. Martin will -
present as many as five awards '
at the annual banquet on March
21.
The awards banquet will be ;
held at7:30 p.m. in Raleigh at the
Marriott Hotel and is open to the
public. It will follow a reception
at 6:30 p.m. honoring the nomi
nees. ;
Reservation deadline is March ;
10. Registration is $25.00 per per- -
son. Checks should be made pay- ;
able to the N.C. Department of
Administration and mailed to the
N.C. Council on the Status of ?
Women, 526 N. Wilmington St.,
Raleigh, N.C. 27604.
For more information, call the
council office at (919) 733-2455.
Nominations were sought
throughout the state through the
news media and through many
organisations. A selection com
mittee appointed by council
chair Helen Laughery of Rocky
Mount will determine the award
recipients.
The awards were preaentad for
the first time in 19M as part of
the council's 20th anniversary
ohawvance. This year's praam- ?
tattoo once again coincides with '
Woman's Hiatory Month In
March.