ICOMIHJHT
THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Everyone got in the act Fri
day as the students of Central
School in Winfall concluded
"NC Heritage Week" with a
parade through the halls of
the school. Students dressed
in costumes depicted differ
ent facets of our state's his
tory for other students, par
ents and teachers. Above
picture students carried the
map of North Carolina, and
left, Trey Lewis, depicts the
flying of the first airplane by
the Wright Brothers at
nearby Kitty Hawk, NC.
Other "Heritage Week" ac
tivities included demonstra
tions by local craftsmen,
horse and buggy rides, an
tique car displays, and
more.
Arts Extravaganza begins Thursday
Thursday Perquimans County
High School will come alive with the
sights and sounds of the 1988 Very
Special Arts Extravaganza.
Thursday's events will feature mu
sical performances by the Hertford
Grammar School Kindergarten and
Caroline Wright, Rick Pronto, Clay
mon Sawyer, Mary Beth Merrill, Lil
lie and Leland Cho, Saunders Grove
Youth Choir, the 6th grade band, and
the 5th grade chorus. Also on Thurs
day, presentations will be given by
Mrs. Moorings Kindergarten class.
Mrs. Wolverton's class, Mrs. Need
ham's class, and a karate demon
stration by Harold Thach.
On Friday, the activities will con
tinue with presentations by Phil
Woodell and the third graders, Ms.
Wright and the 4th grade, the PCHS
dance class, PCHS drama class, Mrs.
Brother's class, Ms. Pam Midgett of
Perquimans Middle School, Jim
Bridges, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Jones,
on clarinet, and later in the evening
the Chorus and band will perform a
concert beginning at 7:00 p.m. The
FFA will also be selling BBQ chicken
dinners on Friday.
The Arts Extravaganza will also
feature exhibits and demonstrations
by students and local craftsmen both
days.
Thursdays events will get under
way at 9:00 a.m. and run until 3:00
p.m., and on Friday events will begin
at 9:00 a.m., and run until 9:00 p.m..
All musical performances during
the extravaganza will be held in the
PCHS auditorium, and demonstra
tions and exhibitors will be set up in
the gymnasium.
Berry named senior
vice president of
Peoples Bank - Hertford
Hertford, N. C.? Peoples Bank and
Trust Company recently promoted
Daniel "Ben" Berry to Senior Vice
President. He also serves as City Ex
ecutive in Hertford. Berry joined
Peoples in 1974 as a Management
Trainee. He has later served as As
sistant Cashier, Cashier, and Assis
tant City Executive.
Berry graduated from Chowan Col
lege in Murfreesboro in 1974. He is
also a 1981 graduate of the Mid-Man
agement program of the N. C. School
of Banking at the University of North
Carolina in Chapel Hill and a 1983
graduate of the Advanced Manage
ment program. Berry graduated
from the Graduate School of Banking
of the South at Louisiana State Uni
versity in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in
1987.
Berry is Past President of the Hert
ford Lions Club and the Perquimans
County Cancer Society. He is Chair
man of Business Day for the Ameri
can Heart Association and a member
of the Perquimans County Industrial
Commission. He also serves on the
Boards of Directors for the Albe
marle Area Junior Achievement,
American Institute of Banking and
. Perquimans County Committee of
100.
A native of Hertford, Berry is mar
ried to the former Sylvia Gregory
also of Hertford, and they have two
Berry
children, Justin and Britt. They are
members of Woodville Baptist
Church, where Berry serves as a
Deacon and Finance Committee
member.
Health Dept. to address
environmental concerns
The Perquimans County Health De
partment has stated they will soon
begin working with the Holiday la
land Property Owners Association to
correct any environmental problems
on the island.
Perquimans County District Sana
tarian, Vernon Squires, stated on Fri
day that he received a list irom me
HIPOA recently and he is looking
into the reported problems. He stated
on Friday that ha hopes if the alleged
violations are in fact violations that
they can be corrected very soon, it
will take the department a few weeks
to investigate the alleged violations.
Local residents concerned about
usage off local fishing facilities
A delegation ofi local residents
gathered on Monday evening at the
Hertford Town Council meeting to
express their displeasure with over
use of our local fishing facilities by
Bass fishermen.
Approximately 17 residents an
gered by the fishermen's use of the
municipal parking lot and apparent
disregard of the Perquimans River
stated on Monday that they feel
something should be done to correct
the problems these fishermen create.
According to the delegation on any
given weekend, as many as 60 to 70
bass fishermen converge on Hertford
for bass tournaments, using the Hert
ford boat ramp, and make it impossi
ble for any local residents to use the
lot or gain access to the river. One
member of the group summed up the
delegation's feeling appropriately
when he stated "All they do is litter
the river and murder our fish, and
they don't spend a dime in our town."
The men claim that on some week
ends as many as two or three tourna
ments are held, and they feel some
thing should be done to handle the
problem.
Members of the council stated they
had similar feelings as the group, but
Mayor Cox stated on Monday that be
cause the ramp and lot were built
with federal funds his hands were
somewhat tied in this matter.
Cox stated he had spoken to rep
resentatives of the N.C. League of
Municipalities on this issue, but they
offered no clear cut solution. They
suggested charging tournament fees,
but if instituted, these fees would
have to be paid by everyone, and en
forcing the ordinance would be diffi
cult.
Town councilman, Erie Haste,
stated he does not feel fees are the
answer, because the fishermen will
just pay them, and he added " I
wouldn't want to see any resident of
Perquimans County charged a fee to
put a boat off that ramp."
Discussion on the problem contin
ued throughout Monday's meeting.
Several suggestions were made for
handling the problem including: lim
iting the number of tournaments al
lowed at one time, handling the tour
naments like the local Jaycee
tournament, with parking and weigh
ing at Missing Mill Park, and pas
sage of ordinances to deal with the
problem.
After much discussion on the issue,
the council asked the delegation pre
sent to appoint three to four rep
resentatives to workout the details
with the board, and adopt an ordi
nance to handle the problem.
Councilman Erie T. Haste con
cluded Monday's discussion by stat
ing, "We will get an ordinance going,
and we will do something about the
problem." "It sounds like we are on
the right track by limiting the num
ber of tournaments, and we need to
feel our way along to see what we can
do about fees," he added.
In other business, the board also
discussed the possibility of having
dumpsters placed in various loca
tions in Hertford by the county. The
board voted to go in mass to the
county commissioners and make this
request at their next meeting.
The board also discussed the con
demnation of two houses in Hertford,
and announced thai a public hearing
on application for a community de
velopment block grant will be held
May 17, 1988 at 7:00 p.m.
There being no further business the
meeting was adjourned
Albemarle Cooking School opens Tuesday
Good food and nutrition ideas will
receive top billing next week, when
the Albemarle Cooking School gets
underway on Tuesday, May 17, at the
Kermit E. White Continuing Educa
tion Center in Elizabeth City.
"Eat Right... En joy It Too!, the
one day event will feature two food
presentations, the first at 10:00 a m,
and one at 7:00 p.m. that evening,
presented by Dr. Nadine Tope, Food
and Nutrition Specialist, N.C. Agricl
ture Extension Service.
Dr. Tope will be demonstrating
recipes for heart healthy foods in
cluding: Lasagna layer with Spin
ach, Terragon Potatoes, and Ras
berry Cheese Cooler plus more.
In her present position, Dr. Tope is
in charge of the foods and nutrition
program at North Carolina State Uni
versity, and it is her job to ensure
that the program remains abreast of
all the latest news and research af
fecting foods and nutrition. Dr. Tope
also makes sure that extension serv
ice agents dealing with foods and nu
trition remain on the edge of new
technology.
In addition to Dr. Tope's presenta
tions, the Albemarle Cooking School
will also feature several exhibits fea
turing appliances, food preparation
equipment and information, heart
facts and brochures, and cookbooks.
District 4-H food demonstration
winners will also be giving demon
strations during the afternoon ses
sion of the school, and local 4-H club
members and extension homemak
ers will serve as hostesses.
Tickets for the Albemarle Cooking
School are $2.00 and can be pur
chased from tne county extension of
fice or at the door. All proceeds from
this event will benefit Albemarle
area 4-H' programs, and door prizes
will be given throughout the day. Two
grand door prizes of $100 will also be
drawn, one in the morning, and one
during the evening show.
The Albemarle Cooking School is
being sponsored jointly by the Agri
cultural Extension Services in Pas
quotank, Camden, Currituck, Perqui
mans, Chowan, and Gates Counties,
and The Daily Advance. Foods for
the presentations have been donated
by S&R Super Markets.
Mark your calendars, and come
and enjoy the Albemarle Cooking
School.
Perry, McCarty win GOP convention seats
Washington, N.C.? Two Albemarle
area Republican leaders were
elected Saturday at the 1st Congres
sional District Republican Conven
tion to represent the district at the
Republican National Convention.
Dr. C. Barry McCarty of Elizabeth
City was elected as a delegate to the
national convention and Shirley E.
Perry of Hertford was elected as an
alternate delegate.
McCarty, who has served as a past
chairman of the Pasquotank County
Republican Party and in 1984 as a
State Senate candidate, was top vote
getter among 8 people nominated for
the 3 national delegate seats from the
district. Other national delegates
elected were District Republican
chairman Steven P. Rader of Wash
ington, and Jerry Hardesty of Beau
fort.
Mrs. Perry, who is presently a can
didate for the N. C. House of Rep
resentatives and serves as District
G.O.P. vice chairman, was the top
vote getter among 6 Republicans
nominated for 3 alternate positions.
Other national alternates elected
were Nita Rasberry of Greenville
and Jocille Eddleman of New Bern.
The district convention also nomi
nated Roger Askew of Ahoskie as a
member of the Electoral College.
Askew is chairman of the Hertford
County Republican Party.
The district convention was held at
the Beaufort County Community Col
lege near Washington. There were
306 delegates from the 21 northeast
ern counties making up the 1st Dis
trict in attendance.
The national convention will be
held August 15-18 in New Orleans. All
of the national delegates and alter
nates elected from the 1st District
are Bush supporters.
Old timers win!
On Saturday evening, despite their efforts, the Pirates base
ball team couldn't beat the old timers. For the first time in
several years the old timers were victorious with a final
score of 13-4.
Hertford, Edenton police
arrested Virginia man
A Virginia man finally came to a
stop after Hertford and Edenton po
lice formed a moving road block to
halt the stolen car he was driving.
James Arthur Dixon, II, 36, of 536
Second Avenue, Suffolk, Virginia,
was arrested and charged with felo
nious possession of a stolen vehicle,
possession of a toxic substance, driv
ing without a license, and reckless
driving. The Elizabeth City Police
Department is also in the process of
charging Dixon with larceny of the
vehicle be was driving.
Marshall Merritt, Chief of the Hert
ford Police, reported that Officer Ste
phen Terrill received a report of a
man in a sportscar acting suspicious
in the vadnity of Hardees Restau
rant in Hertford on U.S. 17. When
Terrill arrived at the scene, he at
tempted to stop the vehicle driven by
Dixon because of suspicions, and his
eradict driving, but Dixon refused to
stop.
According to Terrill's report*,
Dixon continued to travel down the
highway at 55 miles an hour. Officer
Terrill continued to follow Dixon un
til he reached Eden ton. Once in the
vadnity of Edenton, Eden ton police,
and Officer Terrill formed a moving
road Mock forcing Dixon to stop.
Upon stopping Dixon, it was dis
covered that the car he was driving
had been stolen from the Pepsi Cola
Plant in Elizabeth City, and belonged
to Arthur Godfrey.
Dixon is currently being held in the
Albemarle District Jail under
$5,500.00 bond, and is scheduled for
his first appearance in court on May
Uth.
Dr. Allen to speak
at NAACP banquet
The Perquimans County chapter of
the NAACP has announced that Dr.
Brenda Allen, program specialist,
leadership development program,
with the Agricultural Extension
Service at North Carolina State Uni
versity will be the guest speaker at
the May 28th NAACP banquet.
Allen is presently responsible for
planning, implementing and evaluat
ing the leadership development pro
gram for rural minority women. Be
fore assuming her present position,
Dr. Allen was coordinator of the pro
gram of academic support services
at North Carolina State University
for over eight years. Prior to that
time, Dr. Allen worked as a program
specialist with the National 4-H
Foundation in Washington, D.C., and
as a county 4-H Extension Agent in
New York
Dr. Allen earned her B.S. degree in
home economics from Virginia State
University, and her M.S. and Ed. D.
degrees in adult and community col
lege education, sociology and public
administration from North Carolina
State University.
The Tidewater Virginia native has
experience as a seminar facilitator
for the Governor's Conference on
Women and the Economy, the N.C.
Women's Legislative Agenda Confer
ence, and the Task Force on the
Allen
Image of NCS in the Black Commu
nity. Dr. Allen has also been a tea
cher in the Seminary Extension Pro
gram, Shaw University.
Dr. Allen and her husband, Robert,
Have one daughter, Tameka.
Rev. John H. London, President of
the NAACP, has announced the ban
quet will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the
high school cafeteria. Tickets for the
evening are $10.00 ami can be pur
chased from any member of the
NAACP.
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