Of local interest
Jaycees sponsor bloodmobile
The blood drive held at the Hert
ford United Methodist Church, Au
gust 26, was a tremendous success,
according to Perquimans County
Red Cross Bloodmobile Chairman
Kenneth White.
Sixty-four people volunteered to
give blood. Of that number, S3 were
allowed to donate, while 11 were de
ferred. The county's quoto is 60 pints
per visit.
"1 was very pleased," said White in
his comments on the drive. He attrib
uted much of the drive's success to
the calls made the night before the
drive by members of the Perquimans
County Jaycees, sponsors of the
drive, to previous donors. The names
and telephone numbers were sup
plied by the Red Cross. "Those calls
did the trick," White stated.
In addition to several members at
the Jaycees, the volunteers who
helped during the drive were Jo
Hunter, Madge Rogerson, Sis Chap
pell, Selma Lane, Patsy Miller, Nic
ole Miller, Gail Roberson and Ruby
Bateman.
Those who donated blood were Par
ker Newbera, Robin DeMurry, Todd
Tilley, Darlene Curies, Barbara
Nixon, Eloise Hollo well, Bill New
bern, Dorothy Read, Sara Winslow,
Linda Bundy, Ricky Trueblood, Joel
Hollowell, James Boyce and Donald
Park.
Also A. 0. Roberts, Delores Wiese,
Anne Flippen, Bobby Wiese, Carole
Roberts, Sadie Eure, Sharon Chap
pell, Wayne Winslow, Eric Midgett,
James East, Norman Sawyer, Margo
Owens, Andrew Swain, Gordon
Owens, Lola Williams, Thelma Skin
ner, Miriam Haskett, Frank Wil
liams and Eugene Roundtree.
In addition to Luann Stallings, Ar
chie Miller, Mary Dundore, Martin
Sawyer, Homeria Jennette, Julian
Winslow, Roger Whitley, Christine
Clark, Raymond Needham, Martha
Lamb, Jennifer Sawyer, Paula Car
twright, Joan Lane, Louise Barber,
Helen Godfrey, Lisa Chappell, Ken
neth White, Joe Elliott, Debby Fu
trell, Linda Godfrey, and Henry Bb
zell.
White and the Jaycees extend a
very sincere "Thank you!" to all who
participated in the blood drive in any
way.
Herman, Matthews, participate
in ECU summer science camp
Greenville? Approximately 285 el
ementary and high school students
were enrolled in two residential sum
mer camp programs sponsored by
East Carolina University this sum
mer including Izzie Herman and
Matt Matthews of Perquimans
County.
The camps, directed by Floyd Mat
theis of ECU's Summer Science Pro
grams office, were the ECU Summer
Science Camp for children in grades
4-8 held at Camp Caroline near Ar
apahoe and the ECU Science Camp
for Academically Gifted Students in
grades 7-10, held on the ECU campus.
Each camp was offered in weekly
sessions, with students in particular
age and grade groups attending spec
ified sessions.
The Camp Caroline program for el
ementary and junior high students
emphasized high interest science ac
tivities to increase the campers'
awareness and knowledge of the
coastal environment. Students were
involved in fishing, swimming, sail
ing, canoeing, a quiz bowl and eve
ning campfire sessions. The camp fa
cility is located in Pamlico County, at
the convergence of the Neuse River
and the Pamlico Sound.
The camp for academically gifted
junior and senior high school stu
dents featured small lecture and lab
oratory sessions directed by ECU sci
ence professors, with students
attending sessions in their particular
areas of intent. These included
computer science, photography, as
tronomy, radiation science, analytic
and creative chemistry, ecology-field
biology and geology. Campers re
sided in a campus dormitory and ate
in a campus dining hall.
Both camp programs are offered
each summer by ECU.
Hospice co-volunteers are
announced for the month of August
Co-Volunteers have been given the
honor of Hospice Volunteer of the
_ Month for August 1987. The two la
dies being honored are June Over
_ man of Pasquotank County and Jean
Bunch of Chowan County. Both of
, these ladies do a great deal of behind
the scenes work that often times goes
unreported, but never unnoticed. If
there is clerical work to be done, for
mer Hospice Coordinator Wanda
Barnard says all you have to do is ask
and one of these ladies takes care of
it.
Mrs. Overman and Mrs. Bunch
both felt it was an honor to be chosen.
June Overman also added that for
her, Hospice was something that was
necessary for her to do because she
was fortunate enough to be healthy.
She said she felt if she could help
those that weren't that fortunate then
that was what was important.
Perquimans area service news
CURTIS M. BRINKLEY
Navy Seaman Recruit Curtis M.
Brinkley, son of Rosetta and Curtis
? M. Brinkley, Jr. of Route 1,
? Hobbsville, NC, has completed re
cruit training at Recruit Training
Command, Naval Training Center,
Orlando, Florida.
During Brinkley's eight-week
training cycle, he studied general
military subjects designed to pre
pare him for further academic and
on-the-job training in one of the Na
vy's 85 basic fields.
Brinkley's studies included
seamanship, close order drill, Naval
history and first aid. Personnel who
complete this course of instruction
are eligible for three hours of college
credit in Physical Education and Hy
giene.
He joined the Navy in June 1987.
Author reveals the
meaning of friendship
My brother Stanley, a Baptist min
ister, asked me to print some cards
for him with the following message:
"If we meet and you forget me, you
have lost nothing; but if you meet Je
sus Christ and forget him, you have
lost everything." The card then in
structs the reader to refer to John
3:36 in the Bible.
1 did and this is what it says: "He
that believeth on the Son hath ever
lasting life: and he that believeth not
the Son shall not see life; but the
wrath of God abideth on him."
I certainly don't consider myself a
Bible scholar. I have as much diffi
culty understanding some passages
as mo6t. But after reading this verse
over and over, I think I understand
the intended relationship between the
verse and the above saying. It seems
to tell us that while friends are an im
portant part of this life, they will
mean nothing beyond this life.
If you believe in life after this one,
there is much truth to the message.
But I don't believe we can get
through this life without others,
whether we count our friends as
many or as only a few. Of life's many
gifts, true friends are one of the most
important. An individual without
friends will surely face a life of sad
The word "friend" probably means
something different to each of us. To
some, friends are those we turn to in
times of need. To others, friends are
the ones who share our pleasures, our
fears, our worries, our sorrow, our
pain. A friend can be anyone; your
mother, a brother, a sister, a wife,
husband, child, and to some, a spe
cial pet. Regardless of who or what
we select as friends, they are very
important to us.
. Some people seem to make friends
easier than others. We've all known
individuals who make friends with
l)ttle effort, people who always
"seemed to be the center of attention.
And others are basic looers, choosing
.their friends very carefully, entrust
ing their friendship to only a few. And
-there are some who foolishly believe
they need no friends.
. Generally, most of us would like to
.think we have many friends. Nearly
everyone wants to be liked. But if we
really thought about it, we'd discover
; we can call
i an limited I consider a
of
r a few that I really I
pie I feel are really interested in what
I have to say and won't just listen,
but will hear what I have to say. To
me, these people are very special and
very important to my life. Whether
we really want to admit it or not,
there aren't that many people who
are as interested in others as they are
themselves.
Perhaps this is what Stanley's mes
sage attempts to tell us. In our life,
we will meet hundreds of people.
Some will have an immediate impact
on us, and we will remember them
well. Others will be quickly forgot
ten. We won't choose everyone as a
friend, and we shouldn't. Friends
should not be chosen lightly.
Friendship with the ignorant is as
foolish as arguing with a drunkard.
In his teachings, Jesus tells us that
those who believe will have a friend
forever. For those who believe, this is
a comforting thought. But while we
await the rewards of a later life, we
must make the most of the one we are
now living. Friends can make this
happen.
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New business opens in Hertford. Above members of the staff, chamber representatives, and
county representatives look on as Mayor Bill Cox cuts the ribbon at Super 10, a new discount
store at Harris Shopping Center in Hertford. The new store will feature no merchandise over
$10.00.
Perquimans
obituaries
William A.Chappell, 102, formerly
of Route 4, Hertford, died Wednesday
evening, September 2, 1987, in Brian
Care Center, Hertford.
A native of Chowan, he was the
husband of Mrs. Mary Sue Lamb
Chappell of Edenton, and the son of
the late James Henry and Sara Blan
chard Chappell. He was a retired
farmer, a member of Christ Sancti
fied Holy Church and a charter mem
ber of the Durants Neck Ruritan
Club.
Besides his wife, survivors include
Ave daughters, Mrs. Susan S. Chap
pell of Route 2, Hertford, Mrs. Helen
Sumner, Mrs. Laura Ward, Mrs.
Rose Jones and Mrs. Nellie Perry, all
of Route 4, Hertford; a son, William
Penn Chappell of Route 3, Hertford;
two sisters, Mrs. Ibbie Copeland of
Route 1, Tyner and Mrs. Minnie Scott
of Route 3, Elizabeth City; a brother,
John Ervin Chappell of Route 1, Bel
videre; 24 grandchildren, 54 great
grandchildren and 16 great-great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Friday
at 2:00 p.m. in the Swindell Funeral
Home Chapel with the Rev. D.O.Da
rreron and the Rev. Joseph Moore
field officiating. Burial followed in
the Chappell Family Cemetery near
Belvidere.
Pallbearers were grandsons: Wil
liam Wray Chappell, Lawrence Wray
Chappell, Roy Chappell, Danny
Jones, Jeffrey Chappell, Alex Cox
and Paul Glenn Ward.
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