LOCAL
FEATURE
DAR celebrates
75th year
see pg. 11
A glimpse into the
community of Winfall's history
see pg. 9
COMMUNITY
School news
and information
see pg. 10
THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Volume 57, No. 21
USPS 428-080
Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, May 21, 1987
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Winfall celebrates!
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On Saturday Central School was the scene of Winfall's centennial celebration. Above members of the town council along
with other special guests listen as Cheri Williams recounts some of Winfall's history.
Winfall community celebrates centennial
WINFALL? A good crowd, special
guests such as The Navy's Atlantic
Fleet Band, the reigning Miss North
Carolina, Karen Bloomquist, and a
schedule of full of other events com
bined Saturday to make the Town of
Winfall's centennial celebration a
great day.
Winfall's 100th birthday party was
held on the grounds of Perquimans
Central School, and began at 11:00
a.m. with a horse and buggy proc
ession led by the Hertford Fifes and
Drums. The horse and buggy used for
the procession was provided by the
Edenton Carriage Company. The
carriage was a 1986 reproduction of a
turn-of-the-century buggy con
structed by Justin Carriage Works of
Nashville, Michigan. The carriage is
used daily to give tours of historic
Edenton.
A program followed the procession
and included speeches by Mayor
Lloyd Ray Morgan, music by Ms.
Bloomquist, reigning Miss North
Carolina, a brief recounting of Win
fall's history by Mrs. Cheri Williams,
a presentation to the local essay con
test winners, and a reading of letters
expressing congratulations to the
town from Governor James G. Mar
tin, and President Ronald Reagan.
Mr. Wayne Harris, a representa
tive for Congressman Walter B.
Jones was also present for the cele
bration, and made a few brief re
marks during the program. Senator
Marc Basnight also arrived later in
the day to express his best wishes to
town residents. Letters from Rep.
Vernon James, and Rep. Pete
Thompson expressing their best
wishes.
Area residents and visitors were
treated throughout the day to other
special events including croquet on
the grounds, a moustache contest,
sack races, an old fashioned cake
auction, and the burying of a time
capsule.
The time capsule which was buried
in front of the school will be opened in
the year 2037. According to Morris
Kornegay, Principal of Central
School, the capsule contained a num
ber of remembrances, none of which
has any monetary value, which show
what life in Winfall is like presently
in 1987.
Included in the time capsule are
items such as a video tape of Perqui
mans Central School's classes and
grounds which was done by Mrs. Di
ane Owens, a Perquimans Central
School t-shirt and button, a lists of
what kindergartners at Central
School would like to be doing in 50
years, a history of the town of Win
fall, a copy of President Reagan's let
ter, pictures of the students at Cen
tral School, and this year's headline
stories from the Perquimans Weekly.
Swindell Funeral Home in Hertford
donated the stone which marks the
spot where the capsule was buried.
Saturday's visitors also got a chance
to view some historical displays, pur
chase crafts and baked goods, and
Officer Jack Staley was on the
grounds with a wildlife display pro
vided by Hunter's Choice Taxi
dermy.
The historical displays exhibited
dipicted the history of Winfall as well
as the history of Perquimans Central
School and featured such items as old
school books, electric bills from
ytears gone by, old pictures of local
residents, and many other items of
interest.
Winners of Saturday's mustache
contest were 1st place: Bijl Stallings,
2nd place: A1 Whitehurst, and 3rd
place: Richard Copeland.
Winners of the life in Winfall essay
contest were Josh Boone, and Anne
Ellsberry. Josh is a student at Per
quimans Union School, and Anne is a
student at Perquimans Central
School.
1 Heritage days planned
The Perquimans County Commit
tee for America's Four Hundredth
Anniversary and the Perquimans
County Restoration Association,
Owners of Newbold-White, North
Carolina's oldest house will partici
pate jointly in Perquimans Heritage
Day, 1967.
Activities planned for Saturday
| June 13, 1987 will emphasize the part
the Perquimans River has played in
the growth of Perquimans County
and the establishment of Hertford as
the county seat. Following the failure
of the English to establish a perma
nent settlement on Roanoke Island in
1587, almost three-quarters of a cen
try passed before the colonization of
"Carolina" began in the Albemarle.
The day-long program begins with
the Hertford Walking tour, originat
t ing at the Municipal Building Annex.
Mary Inez Harrell, Executive Direc
tor of the Perquimans County Cham
ber of Commerce, will serve coffee
and brief tourists on the 25 site bro
chure which describes sites which
have been important in the history of
the town and county since George
Durant purchased land from the Yeo
pim Indians in 1661. Guided tours will
be conducted at 10 and 11 o'clock
a.m., and self-guided tours are sug
' gested after that time. Sites are
clearly marked.
Misting Mill Park will become the
scent of activities at 11 a.m. when the
Holiday Island Yacht Club sails up
the river to capture Hertford, re
creating the capture of Hertford by
Bumsides' troops in 1863. It is hoped
that the citizen militia (consisting of
all able-bodied men between sixteen
and sixty will be able to repel these
I awesome pirates.
Senator Marc Basnight, assisted
by Representatives Vernon James
and R.M. (Pete) Thompson will take
part in a ceremony officially recog
nizing the shad boat as North Caroli
na's boat, joining the dogwood as the
state flower, the cardinal as the state
bird, and the Scotch bonnet as the
state shell.
At 2 pjn. the scent shifts to tbe Per
quimans County Library for a pro
k gram called: "Shad Boats and Other
' Historical Beats of the Albemarle".
Michael B. Alford, Curator of Water
craft Research, North Carolina Mari
time Museum, Beaufort, N.C. will be
the featured speaker.
Sara Winslow, Director of the
striped bass project of the North Car
olina Marine Fisheries will mount an
educational exhibit at Missing Mill,
emphasizing the importance of our
rivers. Jack C. Staley, Jr. of the
North Carolina Wildlife Resources
Commission has also been asked to
prepare an exhibit.
Heritage Day, 1(87, will be most at
the Newbold- White House, and ev
eryone is invited to see area crafts
men demonstrating the skilb which
were so important in early Albe
marle. Joyce Hobbs will demonstrate
basketry, Emily Harrell, various
kinds of needlework, Mark Cartw
right. Potting and Fannie Beales,
quilting.
Quilting predates the settlement of
Carolina by many centuries. It is
thought that the art began in Persia,
and knights returning from the Cru
sades in the Middle Ages brought it
back to Europe with them. Quilting
was used as a social pastime in colo
nial times, and is now developed into
an art form. A Perquimans County
quilt, owned by Mrs. Jesse Lee Har
ris has recently been used in an ad to
promote the state under the heading
"In North Carolina, some of our
greatest works of art never hang in
museum". This advertisement was
prepaed by Michael Winslow a Per
quimans native, and his production
team. It won the pretigious Stephanie
E. Kelly national award. This quilt,
and other heirloom quality quilts will
be am display at the Newboid- White
House.
11m david Newby Carolina Coastal
Cottage (ca lm) will also be open on
June 13. At 4 p.m. Program Director
David McCall and his wife, Bontta.
will preside over an English Straw
berry Tea than. The public is cor
dially invited to take part la this and
all of the day's events.
Heritage Day, IM7 will close with
Jollification U, beginning at ?:?
p.m. This is a benefit for the New
bold- White site, and will feature mu
sic dancing, with an al fresco supper
during the evening. Admission to this
is by ticket only, at $15.00 per person.
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Band wins first place: The Perquimans Marching Pirates won first place band and auxilary
this weekend at a band competition held at Carolina Beach. The band received a trophy, and a
cash award for their win.
Zoning board to review request
Once again zoning classifications
of some of the areas within the city
limits of Hertford which were estab
lished earlier this year have been
questioned by property owners.
On Wednesday, May 13th, the Hert
ford Zoning Board met to finalize the
city's zoning ordiance and map, but a
few of the property owner's effected
in the zoning change were on hand to
raise some questions about their
property's new zoning classifica
tions.
Mr. Phillip Lane came before the
board on Wednesday to question their
decision about classifying his prop
erty on Center Hill Road R-10.
The R-10 restriction which is pro
posed for Mr. Lane's property would
only allow construction of single fam
ily dwellings, and greatly limits what
the land can be used for.
In an emotion packed statement
Lane directly asked the board why
they had placed such limitations on
His property, when across the street
the land is proposed to be zoned R-6
which allows traitors, and is much
tan restrictive than the R-10 classifi
cation.
"I don't believe it's right when the
man across the street has got R-6,"
said Lane. According to Lane he has
spent quite a bit of money developing
the land, and feels that he can not live
with the R-10 restrictions which are
proposed for the property.
Lane requested after much dis
cussion that his property be classi
fied transitional residential. Under
the transitional residential classifi
cation Lane would have more free
dom to develop the land, but would
have to have any plans for develope
ment approved by the town council
and the zoning board.
The zoning board placed the R-10
restriction on the property earlier
this year to insure that there would
be no more mobile homes placed on
the property. Currently Lane has two
mobile homes that are on lots just be
hind his store. Lane received permis
sion from the town council some time
ago to place the trailers there for a
period of time until he could further
develop the property. The hoard set
no time limit for allowing the trailors
to remain at their present location,
but Mayor Cox stated the board was
under the impression that it was only
a temporary arrangement with Mr.
Lane.
Buddy Tilley, Chairman of the zon
ing board said on Wednesday that
those trailors are the thorn in the side
of the zoning board, and they are con
cerned about having more located in
the same area.
After a very heated discussion be
tween members of the board and
Lane the meeting was adjourned.
The ball is now in the zoning
board's court.
The zoning board will meet again
later this month to consider Lane's
proposal and will at that time make a
decision about the property's classifi
cation. After their decision is made
they will make their recommenda
tion to the town council who will have
the opportunity to approve or disap
prove their action.
Until the decision is made the zon
ing ordinance remains unfinaliaed.
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Board makes 1987-1988
budget requests Monday
The Perquimans County Board of
Commissioners listened on Monday
evening as the Perquimans County
Board of Education made a budget
request for the 1987-1988 school year
totaling $1,826,648.00
This proposed figure shows an in
crease of just under $233,000 over the
1986-1987 budget figures submitted to
the board last year at this time.
Stating that they had no apology
for the budget figures, and thanking
commissioners for their help in the
past, members of the board of educa
tion stated that they feel the 1987-1988
budget figures contain no excess. The
Board of Education feel that the bud
get reflects what they feel they need
to operate Perquimans County's
schools in the coming year.
Pat Harrell, Superintendent of the
Perquimans County schools re
viewed the budget figures for the
board, and made some comparisons
of statewide statics for the board
According to the statistics pre
sented by Harrell, Perquimans
County is 96th in the state in terms of
per pupil resources which are avail
able, but fourth in the state in terms
of those resources which are allo
cated for public school use. Harrell
stated that he and the board of educa
tion feel that this shows a positive
committment by the Perquimans
County Board of Commissioners to
wards public education, and gives
them hope that this year's budget
will also meet with the county com
missioners approval.
Several areas of the budget pro
posed by the Board of Education
show an increase over figures from
last year.
Some of those areas which showed
an increase were pupil transporta
tion expense, regular instructional
programs, student services, and cler
ical assistance in the schools, in
structional staff support, informatio
nal services, and employee benefits.
Harrell addressed the reasons for
increases in the areas, and added
that they are subject to change based
on the funding of the basic education
grant.
Some of the increases Harrell re
viewed included the rising costs of
employeebenefits. Harrell stated
that this increase was due largely to
the rising price of health insurance,
and that state officials expect these
costs will continue to rise each year.
Some other reasons for increases
in various areas were the addition of
a guidance counselor at Perquimans
Union School, extension of school sec
retary's contracts from nine mohths
to ten months, the addition of library
aides at each of the schools, and an
increase in salary for bus drivers
next year,
The Board of Education also shows
a significant increase in funds
needed in the area of furniture and
equimpment for the coming school
year. This is largely due to the pur
chase of an activity bus, but total re
quested for this category were
$100,000.
The Board of Education also identi
fied eight major priority items under
buildings and grounds which reflect
$217,000 of the budget requested.
Those eight items are P.H.S. gymna
sium roof, P.H.S. landscaping, walls,
walks, lights, and drives, P. U.S.
landscaping, walls, walks, and lights,
P. U.S. renovation, P.H.S. gymna
sium and vocational building window
replacements, P.H.S. floor replace
ment, and P.C.S. and P.H.S. vocatio
nal building replacement of floor tile.
After listening to the Board of Edu
cation's request the commissioners
announced that they will review the
proposed budget in greater detail,
and will let the board know their feel
ings at a later date.
The commissioners also heard
from a group of citizens representing
Holiday Island on Monday. The resi
dents were on hand to request that
the county move a water meter .7 of a
mile toward their property. The me
ter is currently located on property
owned by Yeopim Properties, and
the residents of Holiday Island feel
that the board should move the meter
at the board's expense. The commis
sioners stated after listening to the
citizens of Holiday Island that they
will consider the issue, and have the
county attorney John Matthews look
into the matter. They added that they
will do everything they can to help
the citizens of Holiday Island with the
problem.
Wayne Floyd of Rivers and Asso
ciates was also on hand Monday to
report on the county's new well, and
the Bethel water plant rennovations.
The board also adjourned into ex
ecutive session on Monday evening to
discusspersonnel matters of the
county.
Eye clinic
scheduled
On Tuesday, May 26th, the Albe
marle Eye Care Center working with
the Perquimans County Senior Citi
zens Center will sponsor a free eye
care clinic and screening for senior
adults in the community.
Dr. Redding of the Albemarle Eye
Care center will be conducting the
free cataract screenings at the cen
ter beginning at 3:00 p.m..
According to the Albemarle Eye
Care Center cataract develop with
age, and cause cloudy vision in older
adults. The center hopes that this
free screening will be helpful in iden
tifing those older adults who have a
cataract problem, and they will as
sist them with further treatment of
the problem.
According to Rae Burns of Albe
marle Eye Care Center one-half of all
blindness is preventable, and this
screening is the first of many step6
taken to provide the older population
with necessary education and infor
mation on vision problems.
The screening is open to everyone
in Perquimans County, and will be
free of charge.
Extravaganza
scheduled
Today and tomorrow the Perqui
mans County Schools will hold their
third annual Arts Extravaganza at
Union School.
The festival will begin at 9:30 a.m.
and will continue until 3:30 p.m. in
the afternoon on Thursday. On Fri
day, the hours for the festival will be
from 9:30 a.m. until 9:30 p.m..
During the two day extravaganza
teachers, students, parents, and
community citizens will be perform
ing, displaying works of art, provid
ing interesting exhibits.
Also plan on treating the family to
a BBQ chicken dinner which will be
served from 4:00 p.m. untfl 7:00 p.m..
The dinner will be $3.50 a plate, and
will be prepared by the Perquimana
High School FFA group. The plate
will include BBQ chicken, potato
salad, green beans, rolls, tea, and a
cupcake.