THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
. Volume 5*, No.M USPS 42?-oeo Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, October 2, 1W6 m rem-rc
Rescue Squad presents award
Ralph Barr presents Dick Long with an award of appreciation for his service and dedica
tion to the Perquimans County Rescue Squad.
Pirates beat Weldon
The Pirates traveled Friday
night to Weldon to take on the
Chargers for a 28-0 win to open
their first game in the Albemarle
conference.
The defense played well on Fri
day night, but the offense never
seemed to get started until the
second half. The defense had 11
tackles for loses, and held the
Chargers to 54 yards rushing,
and only 19 yards in passing.
The defense played both halves
but the offense only played one
half according to Pirate head
coach Bill Flippen.
Neither the Pirates or the
Chargers scored in the first half,
but the Pirates finally got some
momentum in the second half.
Milton Harrell ran a 90 yard in
terception into the end zone for a
6-0 lead.
Rodney Welch scored in the
fourth quarter on a two yard run
which culminated a 60 yard drive
by the Pirates and they led 14-0.
The Pirates rushed from the
Weldon 31 yard line after another
interception, and Mike Thatch
ran 8 yards for the 22-0 led after a
two point conversion.
The Pirates scored the final
touchdown of the game on an in
terception by Harrell. Harrell
ran the ball back 70 yards for his
second touchdown of the game
bringing the Pirates lead to 28-0.
The Pirates were able to sub
stitute plays and they wore the
Chargers down as the game con
tinued Friday night.
'We wore them down,' stated
Flippen.
Continuing on a positive note
the denfense had their fourth
consecutive conference shut
down counting the final three
games of conference play last
year.
The Pirates rushed for 297
yards on the ground Friday
night, while the Chargers rushed
only 54 yards in the game.
In addition to poor rushing the
Chargers only passed in the air
19 yards.
Defensively Parker led the Pi
rates with nine tackles, Cobb and
Fletcher had seven apiece.
The Pirates made their record
3 and 1 Friday night. With only
one non-conference loss to Eden
ton.
The Chargers remain winless
after Friday night's game.
The Pirates travel to Currituck
on Friday for their second con
ference game. Game time is 8
p.m..
Clean-up drive set
* The newly formed Hertford
clean-up committee will be work
ing this weekend to continue
their clean-up efforts in Hert
ford.
The committee will be working
On Saturday, October 4th from 9
a.m. until they are finished on
Church Street in Hertford. They
will begin at the bridge and work
their way down the street.
They would like to ask that all
residents of Church street come
out and help clean-up their neigh
borhood.
The committee will continue to
work every other weekend
throughout the coming year.
They will be working on a street
at a time, and appreciate any
help from community residents.
Residents who wish to help on
Saturday or at any time should
wear work clothes. The commit
tee is also in need of shovels,
rakes, and other gardening tools.
NCSSM names finalist
DURHAM? Thirteen students
at the N.C. School of Science and
Mathematiccs have been named
semifinalists in the 1967 National
Achievement scholarship Pro
gram for Outstanding Black Stu
dents, it was announced recently
by Charles R Eilber, director of
the school.
Semifinalsits from this area in
clude Maria E. Trent of Hert
ford.
Students selected from the i
state residential science and i
mathematics school are among j
some 1,500 semifinalists nation- ,
wide remaining in competition
for about 700 National Achieve- |
ment Scholarships, worth more ?
than $2 million, to be awarded 1
next spring." I
"The National Achievement
Scholarships are among the high- |
eat ham's a student can re- <
ceive," Eilber said. "We're very t
prgud of these young people, and ,
I'm sure their former high school
are just as proud."
Trent is a former student at
Perquimans High School.
Semifinalists were chosen
from among high school juniors,
now seniors, who last fall took
the Preliminary Scholastic Apti
tude Test-National Merit Schol
arship Qualifying Test and who
requested consideration in the
Achievement Program. In order
to become finalists, semifinalists
must document high academic
performance as well as other ac
complishments.
Achievement scholarships are
provided by businesses, colleges
and professional organizations.
Hiey range in value from $1,000
to $32,000 for four years of study.
The N.C. School of Science and
Mathematics is the nation's first
public residential high school for
students gifted In science and
mathematics. 4 ajflj
Fun fall festival
plans set Oct. 11
The Fall Fun Festival at Per
quimans County Central School
is just around the corner and fi
nal plans are being made for the
annual event.
The Fall Fun Festival will be
held on Saturday, October 11th
on the grounds of Central School
in Winfall from 10:00 a.m. until 3
p.m. that afternoon.
The festival is sponsored by the
Central School P.T.A. and they
hope to raise $5,000.00 dollars
according to Anzie Wood Festi
val Chairperson. The money will
be used to purchase IBM pc ju
nior computers, screens for all
the windows of the building, and
weekly readers for each individ
ual student, and a park bench for
the playground.
Highlights of the festival in
clude a pig pickin, a raffle, the
Haunted House, a pumpkin carv
ing contest, games for the kids,
and craft booths featuring every
thing from wood crafts to ceram
ics.
The pig pickin will begin at 11
a.m. and will stop serving at 3
p.m.. No tickets are being sold.
People will be served on a first
come, first serve basis. The
menu includes barbequed pig,
potatoes, coleslaw, and hushpup
pies. Plates will be $4.00.
There will be a raffle with the
drawing held at 12:00 noon. First
prize is a ham, second prize is a
quilt rack, and 3rd prize is a bowl
and pitcher.
The pumpkin carving contest
winner will be announced at 1:00
p.m.. All entries must be there at
10:00. Entp' fee is $1.00
There will also be some special
events planned for the day. Joe
Lothian will be on hand to finger
print children, WZBO will be
broadcasting throughout the day
live, and Andrell Henry will be
there to perform a magic show.
Each of the teachers is setting
up a different game for every
one's enjoyment. Some of the
games include bowling, candle
squirt, golf and others.
There will be a country store, a
treasurer hunt, and even a goldf
ish pond.
Make plans now to come out
visit at the Fall Fun Festival,
Saturday, Oct.llth.
Downing named director
Perquimans County Commis
sioners met Monday, Sept. 29, at
7:00 p.m. and named Anthony
Wayne Downing the new Recre
ational Director of Perquimans
County effective in two weeks.
Downing is a 1974 graduate of
Perquimans County High School
. and a 1978 graduate of Johnson C.
Smith University in Charlotte,
N.C. where he received his B.S.
degree. Downing is presently
employed by the Perquimans
County School System as an aide
and coach. During the summer
he was a part-time assistant with
the Recreation Department.
Downing and his wife, Jon than
have three boys, Anthony, Jr.
age 6, Kevin, 4, and Maurice age
3.
Heifer show held Saturday
This past weekend four Perqui
mans County youth participated
in the Northeastern North Caro
lina Heifer show in Elizabeth
City.
Lynn Elliott, Jason Harrell,
Leah Harrell, and Nicky Nixon
all participated in the annual
event which was held at the Live
stock arena on Saturday morn
ing.
The Heifer show is held every
year in September and young
sters from as far away as Woods
tock, Virginia come to partici
pate in the annual event. They
come to show their Heifers, and I
compete for trophies. i
The youngsters can compete in |
two categories at the show. The
first category is showmanship,
and the second is the judging of i
their individual animals. !
Showmanship consists of two <
classes, the junior class and the 1
senior class. In showmanship the I
participate* are judged on horci
well they show their animals.
The judge looks for things such
as how the participant reacts to
problems with the animal, clea
niness of the animal, and behav
ior of the animal, as well as the
style and showmanship the
youngster uses in presenting his
or her animal to the judge.
The second category of the
judging is done considering the
animals themselves. The ani
mals are judged in classes
according to their birthdate. In
judging of the animals the judge
looks for good posture, good
breeding stock, soundness of the
animals legs, and lack of genetic
problems.
All four Perquimans county
youths showed heifers from Wil
low Creek Farms in Beach
Springs. Willow Creek Farms is
jwned and operated by Mr. and
Mrs. Billy Elliott. The Elliott's
breed simmental cattle.
Hie, kids pick out the heller
they would like to show, and the
Elliotts allow them to come after
school and work with the animals
in preparation for the show.
All four of the participants
from Perquimans county have
been showing heifers for a num
ber of years. Nicky Nixon got
started because his family raises
cattle on their own farm, and the
Harrells began showing heifers
about four years ago. Jason and
Leah wanted to show steers and
showing heifers is good practice
for them.
Each of the kids enjoy showing
the animals and are looking for
ward to traveling to the state fair
in October, as well as to the live
stock show held in Elizabeth City
this spring.
For more information about 4
H and the livestock programs
available contact the county ag
ricultural extension office.
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Youth recongized
for participation
Zaneta Vaughn of Hertford and
Bobbi Jo Holley of Hobbsville were
recently recognized as exemplary
participants of the Employment Se
curity Commission's 1986 Summer
Youth Employment Program by
members of the Private Industry
Council. The Private Industry Coun
cil is an organization made up of
business leaders and public agency
representatives in the 10 county Albe
marle Region and is responsible for
developing programs using federal
funds channeled into the Region
through the Albemarle Commission
located in Hertford to prepare disad
vantaged youth and unskilled adults
for entry into the labor force. Accord
ing to Gordon Allen, Manager of the
Employment Security Commission
in Edenton; "The purpose of the
Summer Youth Program is to pro
vide eligible participants with a
meaningful work experience, de
velop positive work habits and atti
tudes and to establish a good work
record". The participants are eval
uated by worksite supervisors on de
pendability, personal appearance,
initiative, interpersonal
relationships, attitudes, eagerness to
learn, safety habits and job knowl
edge.
E.C. Toppin with Pelikan Ind. in
Edenton and Chairman of the Pri
vate Industry Council observed
"These two participants well deserve
the recognition of exemplary youth.
They both worked very diligently to
accomplish the goals and tasks that
were asigned by their worksite su
pervisors and epitomize the intent of
the SYEP which is to enhance the
employability of the disadvantaged
youth in our region where they have
to eventually compete in the job mar
ket."
Zaneta, a junior at Perquimans
County High School, worked at the
Albemarle Commission and was re-,
sponsible for compiling and main
taining data files, composing corre
spondence, handling large mailings,
typing and copying documents, oper
ating various office machines, an
swering phones and mastering the
use of Wordstar ; Lotus 1-2-3, and D
Base 1 on an 1MB PC-XT.
Bobbi Jo Holley, a senior at Gates
County High School, worked at the
Gates County Public Library where
she compiled records, dated and
shelved books; issued and received
library material such as films, books ;
and phonographs and generally as
sisted patrons in locating books and
materials.
This week's
feature
Marching
Pirates.
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