THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
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Volume 54, No.27 USPS 421-080 Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, July 10, 19M 25 CENTS
July 4th
Celebrated
A large group
turned out at Missing
Mill Park on Friday to
celebrate the nation's
independence. The
Perquimans County
Jaycees sponsored the
day-long event that
captivated young and
old alike with games,
dancing and a spec
tacular fireworks dis
play.
The ever popular
dunking booth (top
photo) entertained the
crowds throughout the
day, as did children's
games, such as the
egg toss (pictured be
low), sack races, fris
bee throw, a frog
jumping contest and a
tug-o-war contest.
Photos by
George Wilmore
and
Jane Williams
Hertford Police Department
moves into new building
The Hertford Police Depart
ment relocated into its new of
fices behind the Town's Munici
pal Building early last week.
The new quarters affords the
police department sufficient
room for two private offices, a
squad room, an evidence storage
room, restroom facilities and
storage space.
The newly renovated building
was formerly a storage building
for the town. Recent renovations
of the structure, at a cost of ap
proximately $38,000, has also cre
ated office space for the Perqui
mans County Chamber of
Commerce and the N.C. Drivers
License Examiner, both of which
currently occupy offices in the
Municipal Building.
Interior renovations on the
structure were made by local
contractor Donald Riddick. Car
peting throughout the facility
was installed by Twine Tile and
Carpet. Exterior siding was con
tracted through Danny and
Mike's Vinyl Siding.
A ribbon cutting ceremony and
open house of the town's new fa
cility is planned for August. The
Chamber of Commerce and N.C.
Drivers License Examiner are
scheduled to move into the fa
cility later this month.
17th Century court cupboard
given to Newbold-White
The North Carolina Chapter of
the Colonial Dames of the XVII
Century recently purchased a
beautiful hand-carved oak court
cupboard for the Newbold-White
House. Sometimes called livery
cupboards, they were used by the
housewife to store things kept un
der lock and key. This piece of
furniture was the finest in the
English home and was first used
in the Court, then adopted by peo
ple of wealth and importance.
In 1984, at the beginning of the
four-year commemoration of the
Roanoke Voyages, the Colonial
Dames decided to take the fur
nishing of North Carolina's only
17th Century house as its Four
Hundredth Anniversary project.
Since that time the Chapter has
contributed over $5,000 in furni
ture and furnishings, including
several Delft plates, a pair of
brass candlesticks, a pair of
pewter candlesticks, a settle, a
drop-leaf gateleg table, and an
antique Turkey carpet. The im
pressive court cupboard is per
haps the most important indica
tion of the importance of
Newbold-White as a meeting
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place for the General Assembly
and the early courts. The builder,
Joseph Scott, would surely have
had some elegant furniture for a
house as beautifully built as
Newbold-White. A sterling silver
spoon which was owned by a
member of Mrs. Henry Rood's
family, was the first gift to the
Association and was given a
member of Mrs. Henry Rood's
family, was the first gift to the
Association and was given by her
in 1984.
Other gifts of furnishings and
furniture include a cradle and
three slatback chairs from
Louise Crawford Lord, a
stretcher-base table from the
Elizabeth City Foundation, a
Queen Anne Chair from the Mu
seum of the Albemarle Asso
ciates, and a flax wheel from
Mrs. J. Emmett Winslow. Flax is
being grown in the 17th Century
Four Hundredth Anniversary
garden, and flax hacles on loan
from Troy Elliott await its matu
rity and processing.
Several gifts have been made
to enhance the beautiful old fire
place. These include an iron
cooking pot from Mrs. Essie
Turner, two wrought iron broil
ers from Mrs. Carrol Berry, and
three horn tumblers from John
Smith.
The item most needed now is a
seventeenth-century bed. Since
these are almost impossible to lo
cate and are very expensive, the
furnishings committee has com
missioned local craftsman, Ben
Hobbs, to make one. Funds for
this have been given by a board
member, Mrs. Shelton White.
The Association also needs a
feather bed to make into mat
tresses.
These were used extensively in
early homes and were rolled up
and stored out of the way during
the day.
With this new furniture, New
bold- White has a new look inside.
The split-rail fences have given
some idea of how the exterior
looked when it was first built in
1685. And for the first time in per
haps a hundred years, flax and
tobacco are growing to show
their value in the economy and
history of the state before it be
came North Carolina.
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Bonita McCall and Fannie
Beales inspect the 17th Cen
tury Court Cupboard recently
given to Newbold-White by
the North Carolina Chapter
Colonial Dames XVII Cen
tury.
Perquimans High School Class of 1936 holds 50th reunion
More than 30 members of the
Perquimans County High School
Class of 1936 attended a 50th re
union on June 22 at the home of
Mr. Henry C. Stokes, Jr. on Front
Street in Hertford.
Gaining special recognition
during the day was William Ken
neth Hendren of Alburqurque,
New Mexico. Hendren was pre
sented a gift for traveling the far
therest to attend the reunion.
Also receiving recognition was
John Robert Eure of Richmond,
Virginia, who received the prize
for the class member with the
oldest great-grandchild.
Members of the class and their
spouses who attended the reun
ion were: Emerson Asbell of Bel
videre; Miriam Lane Baker and
her husband, V/illard, of Hert
ford; Naomi Spivey Bright of Du
rants Neck; Carlton Barcliff and
his wife, Dotty, of Hollywood,
Maryland; Esther Ward Elliot,
and her husband, L.B., of Hert
ford; John Robert Eure and his
wife, Kathleen, of Richmond,
Virginia; Blanch Davenport
Godwin and her husband, How
ard, of Suffolk, Virginia and
Anne Butler Gray and her hus
band, Arbor, of Washington, N.C.
Also attended were; Eula
Nixon Greenwood and her hus
band, Thompson, of Kittrell,
N.C.; Jesse Lee Harris and his
wife, Lib, of Hertford; Beulah
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Bogue Harrison of Elizabeth
City; William Kenneth Hendren
and his wife, Elsie, of Alburqur
que, New Mexico; Clara Winslow
Hendren and her husband, Rob
ert, of Tyner; Elizabeth Winslow
Hendricks and her husband, Jim,
of Chesapeake, Virginia; Fannie
Eure Hurdle of Hertford; Alice
Hurdle Hoffler and her husband.
Forest, of Hobbsville; Elliott
Layden and his wife, Evelyn, of
Hertford; and O.C. Long, Jr. and
his wife, Mary, of Edenton.
Also, Dorothy Whedbee Math
ews and Dina Mathews of Hert
ford; Charlotte Reed Matthews
and Hazel Matthews of Hertford;
Minnie Umphlett Minton and her
husband, Raleigh, of Suffolk, Vir
PCHS Class of 1936
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ginia; Sybil Lamb Perry and her
husband, Wayland, of Carrsville,
Virginia; and Roy Lee Reed and
Prue Newby Reed of Hertford.
Also, Thelma Chappell Riddick
and her husband, Thurman, of
Hertford; Don Sharpe and his
wife, Lucy, of Raleigh; Ruth
Nachman Stephenson of Ra
leigh; Henry C. Stokes, Jr. of
Hertford; Winfred Smith and Te
ressa Smith of Hertford; Marion
Raper Sutton and Dozier Sutton
of Newport News, Virginia;
Pearl Davis Swayne; Mary Wood
Koonce Wallace of Belhaven,
N.C.; Mary Elizabeth Layden
Ward of Tyner; Robert and Mar
garet Wilder of Norfolk, Vir
ginia ; and Edith Everette Wright
and her husband, Melvin, of Eliz
abeth City.
Other guests present at the re
union included teachers of the
Class of 1936. They were: Doro
thy White Barbee of Hertford;
Esther Evans of Tyner; Eloise
Scott of Rocky Point, N.C. ; Lucy
Taylor Whedbee of Hertford; Si
las Whedbee of Hertford; and
Elizabeth Knowles White of Ra
leigh. Also in attendance was
Mary Alice Brinn,the wife of the
late Captain Rufus Timothy
Brinn who was a member of the
class, of Hertford.