THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Volume 57, No.40 USPS 42?-0?0 Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, October 1, 1N7 30 <
LOCAL
Saddle club results
see pg. 1 0
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FEATURE
Anniversary celebrated
see pg. 14
COMMUNITY
Library happenings
see pg. 3
Tyvoice Costen carries the ball Friday during the game
against the Chargers of Weldon High School. The Pirates de
feated Weldon 44-0 in their first conference game of the 1987
88 season.
Pirates blow past Weldon 44-0 Friday
HERTFORD ? The Pirates opened
^conference play on Friday evening
^with a big win over Weldon.
Perquimans took control of Fri
day's game early as the Pirate de
fense dominated Weldon who is 0-4
this season, and only dressed 20 play
ers. Due to insurance problems since
the beginning of the year Weldon was
forced to forfeit two games earlier in
the year, and with four games com
plete Weldon remains scoreless this
season.
^ Friday's game was all Perquimans
as the Pirates managed to gain 366
total yards, while holding Weldon to
just one yard. The Pirates who very
much needed the win on Friday to
boost team spirit had prepared well
for Weldon, and the coaching staff
was obviously happy Friday with
their performance.
"We had seven good practices. We
needed a big ball game, and we've
got Currituck next week," said Coach
Bill Flippen, who added that playing
the likes of Edenton, Northeastern
and Williamston in non-conference
play has added to the Pirates' tough
ness.
Coming back from 12 scoreless
quarters, the Pirates wasted little
time on Friday getting a touchdown
as Tyvoice Cos ten scored their first
points on a two-yard run at the 8:16
mark in the first quarter, and the Pi
rates led 6-0. Costen's score followed
an eight play drive down the field
which began with the opening kick
off. Costen's own 45-yard run was the
highlight of the Perquimans' drive.
As the night went on Perquimans
continued to score points. Following
a 13-yard punt, Perquimans took con
trol of the ball on the Weldon 37 yard
line, and after five plays Mike Thatch
scored from the one. The score
jumped to 12-0 with 3:40 left in the
first quarter.
The Pirates biggest drive of the
game came after a 26-yard punt be
ginning at their own 39-yard line.
Derrick Rogers made a 20-yard pass
to Rodney Welch putting the ball on
the Weldon four. On the 12th play
Perquimans scored making their
lead 18-0.
Before the first half was over the
Pirates led the game 24-0 on a 47 yard
pass to Darnell Spellman, and the
team was confident of a win.
Weldon managed to get to the Per
quimans 45-yard line early in the sec
ond quarter Friday, but that was the
closest the Chargers got into Perqui
mans territory on Friday.
The score climbed to 32-0 in the
third quarter following a score by Ce
dric Felton on a 20-yard pass, and
Felton scored again on a 16-yard run
making the score 38-0 with 6:32 left in
the game.
The Pirates weren't finished scor
ing, Thatch scored one more touch
down from the 10-yard line with 1:25
left in the game, and the Perquimans
lead moved to 44-0.
The Pirates also had a strong night
defensively on Friday. The Pirate de
fense was led by Darnell Mallory and 1
Jevon Costen as well as William
Foreman who seemed to stop Weldon
at every turn.
The Pirates will host Currituck on
Friday evening, and Coach Flippen
has stated that the game will be an
important contest for the Pirates.
Game time is 8:00 p.m..
,Mack
honored
Monday
For Many people in the United States
the U.S. Constitution is an obscure
document, but hopefully for the stu
dents at Perquimans High School its
significance is very real.
^ On Monday students at the high
school listened intently as Lt. Gover
nor Bob Jordan spoke to them briefly
at an assembly on the significance of
the United States Constitution in
their lives.
"The constitution is the backbone
of everything we have," said Jordan
in his speech to the student body
Monday morning. "We can't afford
to ignore the constitution, without it
|we would not be a strong nation, only
^in America can a person obtain so
much from very little," said Jordan,
a democrat from Montgomery
County, North Carolina.
Jordan also spoke to the students
on what a great act of courage it was
for the leaders of this nation to come
together in 1787 in Philadelphia and
write such a document as the consti
tution.
?
Jordan came to Perquimans
County Monday not only to speak to
the students on the constitution, the
"miracle of 1787", but also to make a
presentation on behalf of the U.S. and
North Carolina Bicentennial Com
mission to Cornelius Mack, a student
at Perquimans County High School.
Mack was named the winner from re
gion one of the recent essay contest
about the constitution and its mean
Ping. In his presentation to Mack, Jor
dan stated that Mack's essay was
well written, well researched, and a
tribute to the school system in Per
quimans County.
"These things don't happen by ac
cident," said Jordan. "Everyone
should be proud of Cornelius'
achievement. "Mack is the son of Mr.
and the late Mrs. Tommy Mack, and
-the grandson of Reverend and Mrs.
PWright DeMery of Belvidere.
Following Jordan's speech and his
presentation to Mack, the student
body of the high school presented
Jordan with an autographed baseball
signed by Jimmy Hunter, and a bag
of Perquimans County peanuts.
Jordan arrived In Perquimans
(tarty Maoday morning by he
^Hcoptar. Upon arriving Jordan mat
? briefly with officials from the county,
p| the schools, and the Perquimans
Lt. Governor Bob Jordan is seen presenting Cornelius Mack with a letter congratulating him on
his essay about the U.S. constitution. Mack's essay was chosen to represent region one.
County democratic party. During
that meeting be stated that his pur
pose in speaking to the students was
many faceted, but he hoped to leave
them with a real appreciation of the
U.S. Constitution, and the important
role it will play in their future. He
also spoke briefly concerning educa
tion. Jordan told local officials that
he is very proud of what's going on in
education in our state, and that he is
also proud of what our state's legis
lature is doing in the area of educa
tion.
Following his visit to Perquimans
County on Monday, Jordan made a
stop in Chowan County before return
ing to Raleigh.
Other highlights of Monday's as
sembly at the high school included a
performance by the Perquimans
County High School Chorus under the
direction of Mr. Lyn Wiaalow, and a
performance by the Perquim/ ns
County High School Band under ike
direction of Mr. David Oemba
Lt. Governor Bob Jordan holds up a bag of peanuts and base
ball presented to him Monday by the Perquimans County
High School student body.
Money appropriated %
to repair causeway
The Hertford causeway may soon be
repaired thanks to the appropriation
of funds for the project by the North
Carolina Board of Transportation
earlier this month.
According to Mayor Bill Cox of
Hertford and Mr. Phillip P. Godwin,
Hertford's representative on the
transportation board, $275,000 in
emergency funds for repair of the
causeway on U.S. 17 business in Hert
ford were made available from the
emergency fund at the board's Sep
tember meeting.
The appropriation of funds comes
as the result of meetings held earlier
this year between town, and county
officials with representatives of the
N.C. Department of Transportation.
Members of the board of transporta
tion were also present at those meet
ings.
The repair project will now move
forward according to Godwin, and re
pairs should begin as soon as con
tracts can be let on the project.
Mayor Cox stated he is very
pleased with the appropriation of
funds, and hopes the work on the cau
seway will begin soon. Godwin also
stated that he was glad he could help
the town with their request for funds.
"1 am very pleased that we were
able with the help of Mr. Well, N.C.
High Administrator, to see that this
request for emergency funds was
granted," he said.
System betterment
plan to benefit town
RALEIGH ? The Town of Hertford
can make revenue dollars from its
electric distribution system go fur
ther, thanks to its participation in the
System Betterment Program.
The town recently implemented a
project which will improve system
reliability. The resulting savings will
help hold down electric rates charged
to customers. Hertford's partici
pation in the System Betterment Pro
gram also underlines its commit
ment to keeping operating costs
down, while providing reliable serv
ice to customers.
Hertford will replace undersized
oil reclosers and perform other sub
station work at a cost of $119,300. As
with most electric utility im
provements, the benefits will be long
term.
"System Betterment will help
maximize revenues from our electric
system, as well as improve the sys
tem's efficiency," said Bill Cox,
Hertford mayor. "We worked closely
with the consulting engineers, and to
gether we developed cost-saving pro
jects. Without System Betterment, it
would have taken us much longer to
come up with ways to make the sys
tem more efficient. The town's bene
fit from this program has already
been well worth the investment.
This project has the unanimous ap
proval and support of each member
of the Hertford Town Council.
50th anniversary
held at Central School
50 years of excellence in education
was celebrated on Sunday as Perqui
mans County Central School cele
brated its 50th anniversary with an
open house.
Former students, former teachers,
employees, and current students
gathered at the school from 1 :00 until
4:00 for the event which featured his
torical displays, an opportunity to re
new old friendships, and refresh
ments which were served in the
school's cafeteria.
Over 300 guests were on hand Sun
day, and according to school officials
some of the visitors came from as far
away as New York for the anniver
sary celebration.
In addition to other important
guests all the living members of the
first faculty of Perquimans County
Central School were on hand Sunday.
The members of the faculty present
included: Mabel Howell, Alma Leg
gett, Bertha Lane, Cora Stafford, and
Lucille White.
Perquimans County Central School
is one of a handful of schools in North
Carolina in existance for 50. years.
School officials, and the planning
committee seemed very please with
Sunday's celebration.
EDENTON ? The North Carolina
Employment Security Commission
recently name Kathy Keefe, a resi
dent of Hertford, manager of their of
fice in Edenton.
Keefe a native of Rocky Mount,
North Carolina joined the agency in
1976, and since that time has served
in the Morehead City office, the
Edenton office, and most recently
she served as assistant manager of
the Elizabeth City office.
Keefe stated in an interview that
she was very pleased to take on her
new responsibilities as office man
ager. "I was very happy to get the
Keefe named manager
job, and I look forward to serving my
home county," said Keefe.
The Edenton office of the employ
ment security commission serves the
citizensof a four county area includ
ing Chowan, Perquimans, Gates, and
Terrill counties with all their employ
ment needs. Keefe encourages any
one looking for a job, a better job, or
employers who are looking for help in
finding employees to contact her of
fice.
Mrs. Keefe is a graduate of N.C.
State University. She is married to
Scott Keefe, a commercial fisher
man, and they have two children,
Nicole and John.
Money available for
low income families
The Perquimans County Depart
ment of Social Services will begin Oc
tober 15th accepting applications for
the Low Income Energy Assistance
Program. The L.I.E.A.P. provides a
one-time payment in February, 1968
to Low Income Households to help
them in paying their winter heating
bills.
Every household must make an ap
pointment before a determination
can be made concerning eligibility.
Households must also have heating
bill before being eligible for assis
tance.
We encourage all interested Low
Income Households to call and re
quest an appointment date and time
before coming in to apply for heating
assistance. Appointments will be
made beginning October 1, 1987.
Applications will be accepted from
October 15th through November 30th.
Weekend
Forecast
Weather forecasters are
calling for partly cloudy
weather this weekend with a
possibility of showers on
Thursday.
Temperatures will be cooler
with highs in the mid 60s,
and lows in the 40s.