THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
- Volume 54, No.42, USPS 428-080 Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, October 30, 1984 25 CENT!
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Shown here are students of the Perquimans County Headstart Program as they release ballons on Thursday,
Oct. 23 to celebrate the 21st birthday of Head start
Head Start celebrates 21st birthday on Oct 23rd
On Thursday, October 23, children
from across the nation joined in a cel
?- ebration of the 21st birthday of the
' Head Start Program.
Approximately 25 students gath
ered at Union School at 12 noon to
take part in the synchronized cele
bration. Balloons were released by
the children, and later they enjoyed
cake and ice cream.
The Head Start program has been
operating since 1965, and currently
some 500,000 children from across
the nation are enrolled in the pro
gram.
runding for the Head Start pro
gram is received from the Depart
ment of Health and Human Services
Administration of Children, Youth,
and Families.
It is p comprehensive developmen
tal program for children ages 3-5.
The program is based on the premise
that all children share common
^Symposium scheduled
on family violence
RALEIGH? Human Resources
Secretary Phillip J. Kirk, Jr., today
announced that a special symposium
on Family Violence Awareness and
Prevention will be held on Thursday,
November 6, 1986, at the Kermit E.
White Continuing Education Center
at Elizabeth City State University in
^Elizabeth City.
The theme of the symposium is
"Prevent the Hurt." It is co-spon
sored by the North Carolina Human
Resources Regional Coordinating
Committee, and the Area Human
Service Agencies in 12 eastern North
Carolina counties: Currituck, Cam
den, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Cho
wan, Gates, Hertford, Bertie, Mar
tin, Washington, Tlyrrell, and Dare.
^ "This symposium underscores the
?fact that the treatment and preven
tion of family violence required the
combine efforts of all North Carolini
ans?parents, concerned citizens,
and professionals from social serv
ices, health services, law enforce
ment, medicine, and the judicial sys
tem," Kirk emphasized. "It is only
by working together that we can hope
to successfully solve this tragic prob
lem in our society, and to help trou
^bled families lead a better life."
He added that he and Governor
Martin are committed to a plan of ac
tion to deal with family violence that
focuses on prevention. The plan is
now being developed by DHR's Task
Force on the Prevention of Family
Violence, chaired by Kirk. The task
Volunteers
?honored
On October 10, 1966, Governor Jim
Martin presented community volun
teer service awards to four residents
of Perquimans County at his eastern
office in New Bern.
The four from Perquimans County
were Ben Berry, Evelyn Ann Smith,
Mary Harrell, and Lucille Wins low.
Mr. Berry was presented an award
"for the Hertford Lions Club of which
he is President. The club was hon
ored for their activities dealing with
the blind and for their work with the
needy as Christmas.
Evelyn Ann Smith was honored for
her volunteer work with the schools.
She has been active with the PTA or
ganizations, done volunteer work in
the, schools and was honored for her
.overall envolvement.
t# Mary Harrell was honored for her
many hours of service to the commu
nity through church activities, and
Indian Summer Festival as well as
many other activities.
Mrs. Lucille Winslow was honored
for her work with the Perquimans
Comity Historical Association, and
her many hours of hard work done to
peraerve the history of the county
and North Carolina.
force will examine how to better
serve families under stress to pre
vent the problem from occurring.
He explained that family violence
included the verbal and physical
abuse, neglect, or exploitation of any
family member. It affects all ages
and income levels, and may include
children, spouses, the elderly, and
the disabled. Family violence costs
society a great deal in personal pain,
shattered lives, lost productivity, and
is a tremendous financial burden for
taxpayers.
In addition to Secretary Kirk, the
scheduled speakers at the Synmpo
sium include Judy Henson, a Psy
chologist at the Tide land Mental
Health Center in Washington; Julia
Reeves, Director of the N.C. Depart
ment of Administration's Domestic
Violence Project in Raleigh;
Fletcher Saunders, a Crime Preven
tion Specialist with the N.C. Depart
ment of Crime Control and Public
Safety in Raleigh; Pat Kepler, Direc
tor of the Albemarle Hopeline in Eliz
abeth City ; and David Gordon, an at
tornery for the Eastern Regional
Child Welfare Services in Greenville ;
and Nancy J.R. Wells, Executive
Driector of the N.C. Department of
Administration's Youth Advocacy In
volvement Office.
For more information contact
Glenda Sawyer or Andrea Held at the
Pasquotank-Perquimans-Camden-C
howan Health Department in Eliza
beth City at (9X9) 338-2167.
needs, and that children from low in
come families, in particular, can
benefit from a program designed to
meet those needs.
The program covers all aspects of
the children's lives including educa
tion, family, neighborhood, health,
nutrition, mental health, and parent
involvement.
Currently the Head Start Program
is having their annual membership
drive for more information on the
program contact Joyce Felton at 426
7355.
Shirley Perry is pictured here as she campaigns on Grubb
Street.
Board approves budget
The Perquimans County Board of
Education learned last week at their
monthly meeting that this year's
budget will be $34188 dollars less than
the budget used for operating last
year.
The board met last Tuesday eve
ning and approved this year's overall
uniform budget which includes all
funds. The budget for the year is set
at $6,319,407.00 dollars. Last year's
budget was $6,353,595.00, and accord
ing to Pat Harrell, Superintendant of
the schools, the difference can be
seen in federal funds.
The board also discussed the
continuing construction project at
the High School. Mr. Harrell re
ported that the project is approxi
mately two-thirds complete. The
board learned :hat the project is
slightly behind schedule at the pre
sent time. Mr. Harrell stated that
they hope to have the project com
pleted by the spring hopefully in
April or May.
The Union School project is almost
complete. There are minor things to
be completed by each of the four con
tractors. The furniture has been or
dered for the cafeteria, and hopefully
it will be in by November.
Plans were also discussed for an
alternate parking situation for vehi
cles and buses at Central School in
Winfall. Currently vehicles such as
buses and service trucks park behind
the building and the children must
travel through the parking area to
get to the playground. Mr. Harrell
stated that the board would like to
come up with a solution as they did at
Hertford Grammar School. The mat
ter will be discussed at future meet
ings after some additional informa
tion is gathered.
State enrollment projections for
the period of 1986 through 11*91 wer<;
also reviewed by the board. Perqui
mans County enrollment is projected
to increase 11.3 percent by the year
1991. This is the fourth largest in
crease in the state behind Dare. Cur
rituck. and Onslow counties. Accord
ing to the report few counties are
projected to have an increase, and
the board sees the county's projected
increase as a positive sign of growth
for the county.
Board members also made plans
for some of the members to attend
the state meetings the week of No
vember 13th.
Council reviews audit
The Hertford Town Council met
last Tuesday evening in a special
meeting to go over the audit of the
town's financial statements.
According to a letter written to the
council from Terry Chappell, CPA,
who conducted the audit the town
should be commended for its efforts
to improve it financial condition. The
town's fund balance increased this
year by approximately $116,000 dol
lars. increases were seen in the util
ity funds, and in the general funds of
the town. These increases were for
the year ending June 30. 1986.
Chappell did site some problems
with the town's maintaining a record
of its general fixed assets, but added
that the town is currently in the proc
ess of establishing its fixed asset re
cords.
Mayor Bill Cox stated that he was
generally pleased with this year's au
dit of the town financial statements.
Young serves as intern
John Young a resident of Hertford
spent this past summer in Washing
ton. D.C. serving as an intern.
Young spent five weeks working in
the office of Congressman Walter B.
Jones for the committee of Merchant
Marine Fisheries, doing everything
from secretarial work to meeting
other congressman and senators.
Young who is a graduate of Fork
Union Military Academy and a fresh
man at Elizabeth City State Univer
sity this fall, stated that his experi
ence in Washington was most
interesting. John said he toured all of
the government buildings while in
Washington, and had the opportunity
to meet such political leaders as Tip
O'Neal, and Ted Kennedy. He also
toured the capital buildings with Sen
ator Wolfe from Virginia.
The intern program is open to any
high school or college student who is
interested in learning more about
state or national government. The
student must obtain an application,
gets several recommendations, and
wait. Many things are taken into con
sideration when selecting interns.
and John stated that he obtained rec
ommendations from community
leaders such as Mayor Bill Cox, and
others.
While in Washington the interns
work in the offices of government but
also attend lectures, and seminars
that are valuable for their education.
Young stated that he attended lec
tures which covered important and
current issues facing government,
parliamentry procedure, and even
had some of the senators and con
gressman come in to explain how and
why they voted in certain issues.
Young added that it was not all
work while in Washington. He en
joyed many other activities such as
playing softball for Congressman
Jones' softball team. He commented
that each congressman has their own
team, and the teams participate in a
small league.
Young is now active in the ROTC
program at ECSU. He hopes to major
in criminal justice and someday be
come an FBI agent. John is the son of
the late Dilbon Young and Ann
Young.
Pirates defense stops Raiders
The Pirates bounced back this
week from their first conference lost
against the Hurricanes of North
hampton West to defeat Murfrees
boro 28-0 .
The defensive continued to shine
and added to their streak of scoreless
quarters by their opponents. The Pi
rates defense has not allowed a point
in 20 quarters of play in the Albe
marle Conference this season.
On Friday night the defense scored
two touchdowns in the second half.
Russell Parker recovered a Raider
fumble in the end zone for a score,
and Xavier Everett intercepted a
pass and ran 30 yards for the Pirates
final touchdown of the game.
The Pirates defense has now
chalked up five touchdowns in con
ference play, something the team is
extremely proud of.
The defense played a major role
Friday night as they allowed the
Raiders only 59 yards rushing the
whole game. Murfreesboro was then
Pictured above are volunteers honored from Perquimans County by Gov. Jim Martin. Left to
right are Lucille Wlnslow. Evelyn Ann Smith. Mary Harrell, Ben Berry, and Gov. Jim Martin.
forced to go to the air, but found little
relief with five interceptions by the
Pirates. Everett had two intercep
tions, and Stanley Cobb, Darnell Mal
lory, and Anthony Johnson each had
one.
The Raiders maintained bad field
position as a result of the Perqui
mans kicking game.
The Pirates finally put together a
scoring drive late in the first period.
Mike Thatch made a one yard plunge
into the end zone for the touchdown.
which gave Perquimans an 8-0 lead.
In the second half Milton Harrell
through a 30 yard touchdown pass to
regular quarterback Anthony John
son.
The Pirates obtained 296 yards
rushing on the ground, while passing
for their season high of 87 yards.
Mike Thatch gained 128 yards in 20
carries, and Johnson had six carries
for 80 yards rushing. Milton Harrell
completed four of 11 passes and
gained 84 yards.
Player arrested for
participation in brawl
Rodney Welch, a Perquimans
County High School Varsity football
player has been arrested in conjuc
tion with the fight that took place last
Friday night at the conclusion of the
Perquimans, Northhampton West
football game.
Welch who is a junior, and plays
running back for the Pirates turned
himself in to the Hertford Police De
partment last Thursday and was re
leased on his own recognizance
according to Hertford Police Chief
Marshall Merritt.
Rodney Welch has been charged
with inciting a riot, he is to appear in
court to answer the charges on No
vember 12, 1986. The charge is a mis
deamenor, and carries a punishment
of a fine, or imprisonment not to ex
ceed two years, or both. The sentenc
ing will come at the court's discrea
tion.
Merritt emphasized the serious
ness of the situation at the game Fri
day night and stated that Rodney
Welch was singled out from police of
ficers observations at the game as
well as viewing game films.
full ramifications from the game
with Northhampton West are not yet
known, but according to school offi
cials there may be some penalty im
posed by the North Carolina High
School Athletic Association. The
NCHSAA is currently reviewing
game films.
Merritt also stated that the inci
dent will be reviewed by the District
Attorney's office, and that other war
rants may be issued.
Canidates night held
Gearing Up for next week's elec
tions, the Holiday Island Property
Owners Association sponsored a
'meet the canidates' night last
Wednesday, October 22.
Mayor Bill Cox was the emcee for
the evening, and canidates present
included, Shirley Perry, Tim Hodges,
Pete Thompson, Howard Moye,
Mayor Cox spoke for Vernon James,
Paul Smith speaking for Marc Bas
night, Terry Williams speaking for
Terry Sanford, and Mr. Askew rep
resented Jim Broyhill
Canidates addressed a number of
issues, and answered many questions
from the public.
"Don't forget to vote your choice TuesM Nov. 4th
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