THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Voiume M, No. 18 USPS 428 080 Hertford, Perquimans County, N.c. Thursday, May 4, 1989 30 <
Firm
Perquimans youth do
well in livestock show
page 10
Sports
Pirates battle with Cur
rituck for 12 innings
page 12
Community
Library will participate
in summer program
page 3
Local
Briefs
Peoples Bank
donates desk to
new Center
Ben Berry, Senior Vice Presi
dent and City Executive of the
Hertford Branch of Peoples Bank
has announced a timely gift for the
new Perquimans Hertiage Center
which is being dedicated on May 6,
1969 beginning at 1 o'clock p.m.
The bank has donated the exec
utive desk which was used by for
mer Vice President of Peoples,
Robert Louis Stevenson. Mr. Ste
venson was one of the charger
members of the Perquimans
County Restoration Association,
and served as Finance Committee
Chairman until his retirement in
1968. While he was chairman,
money was raised to completely
restore North Carolina's oldest
house, Newbold-White, (circa
1685), and the David Newby, Caro
lina Coastal Cottage (circa 1820)
"We are happy to have this par
ticular desk", said Mrs. J. Emmett
Winslow, President of Perquimans
Restoration. "Steve was a major
factor in all of our fund-raisers. He
was instrumental in securing a
trust fund from Mr. Irving H.
Wainwright, of Richmond, Vir
ginia for the continued operation of
the site".
Following the dedication of the
Center on May, a big birthday cake
will be served to guests, commem
orating the appointment of Philip
Ludwell in 1689. The Newbold
White House and the David Newby
cottage may also be seen.
Newspaper to
feature county
> civic groups
Perquimans County has many
civic organizations which do a tre
mendous amount of volunteer and
charity work. We wish to recognize
these groups in a series of articles.
Our plan is to rim weekly fea
tures this summer highlighting
each civic organization. The arti
cles will include membership qual
ifications, the purpose of the orga
nization, a brief history of the local
chapter and other interesting fea
tures of the group.
Please have a spokesperson
from your organization contact Su
san Harris at the PERQUIMANS
WEEKLY office to set up an inter
view so that you can be included in
this series.
Perquimans
Quitters raffle
quilty for library
The Perquimans Quilters are
busy making a quilty and pillows to
raffle. All proceeds from the raffle
will go to the Perquimans County
Library Fund. Four drawings will
be held. The winner of the first
drawing will receive the full-size
quilt. Tne second drawing will be
, for a crib quilt made by Shirley Co
hee. Pillows will go to the winners
of the third and fourth drawings.
Tickets are $1 each and may be
purchased from any Perquimans
Quilter.
PTA sets annual
yard sale Sat.
Clean out your garage and attic,
and make some money, too!
The Hertford Grammar School
PTA will sponsor a yard sale on
Saturday, May 6 from 8:00 a.m. un
til 2:00 p.m. at the school. Spaces
are available for $10. Concessions
will be available. Booths may be
rented by calling Mollie Billups at
482-2328 or Susan Harris at 426
5728. Spaces will also be for rent
, the day of the dale if they are avail
able. Rain date is May 13.
Inside this Issue
Beyond the Weeds
Church news.
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Community happenings
Doctor's orders
Obituaries
People on the move.
Incident results in murder of Eliz. City man
An Elizabeth City man died en
route to Chowan Hospital following
an early-morning shooting in the
parking lot of a fastfood restaurant
Sunday.
Willard Michael "Mike" Perry,
32, of 156 Woodstock Apartments,
was pronounced dead at Chowan
Hospital after his 2: 15 a.m. arrival.
Law enforcement officials ar
rested William Jay Harris, 22 of
Alexandria, Virginia, Sunday eve
ning and charged him with first de
gree murder. He is being held in
Albemarle District Jail without
bond awaiting his first court ap
pearance set for May 24.
According to Hertford Police
Sergeant Tim Spence, the shooting
occurred around 2:00 a.m. after an
argument between Perry, Harris
and others in the parking lot of
Hardees.
Spence said, "The whole incident
was just as senseless as anything
I've ever heard." He added that he
suspected alcohol excalated the in
cident.
From the information Spence
and other officers have gathered,
Harris was with Annie B. Bouey,
Teresa McNeill, James Bouey and
Jerome Bouey, all of Elizabeth
City, at the Rainbow Lounge. An
nie Bouey asked Harris and Je
rome Bouey to go to Hardees for
some food.
After the two had not returned
for quite some time, Annie Bouey
and Teresa McNeill went to look
for them. The two men were
parked under the drive-up window
at the restaurant. The women
pulled up beside them. Witnesses
say that they were shouting and
cursing among themselves.
A vehicle carrying Mike Perry,
his wife Debbie, R.P. and Dianne
White of Belvidere, Stuart White of
Belvidere and Joanne Smith of Suf
folk, Va., pulled into the parking
lot. The group had been to the Cho
wan River Moose Lodge. All the
passengers got out of the van and
started across the parking lot.
As they passed the drive-in area,
words were exchanged between
the group coming from the Moose
Lodge and those who had been at
the Rainbow Lounge. Racial slurs
were made by both sides, and
someone, Spence does not know
who, issued an invitation to fight.
Mike Perry approached the Har
ris-Bouey vehicle. Harris stepped
out and stood by the door of the ve
hicle, producing a handgun. Harris
then fired two shots in the air, but
Perry kept walking towards him.
The third shot hit Perry in the
chest.
Harris, Jerome Bouey, Annie
Bouey and Teresa McNeill then left
the scene, heading in the direction
of the Rainbow Lounge.
Officer Steve Thomas of the
Hertford Police Department an
swered the call to the restaurant.
While there, one of the witnesses
observed one of the vehicles in
volved in the incident making a left
turn on U.S. 17 going north.
Thomas fled in pursuit of the ve
hicle, calling from assistance from
the N.C. Highway Patrol. Several
troopers were on the scene when
the blue Lynx bearing Annie Bouey
and Teresa McNeill was stopped in
Winfall.
The Elizabeth City Police De
partment and Pasquotank Coiunty
Sheriff's Department were notified
and subsequently picked up the
Gran Prix carrying Jerome and
James Bouey. All the suspects
were taken to the Elizabeth City
Police Department, then back to
the Hertford Police Department
for questioning.
With the help of numerous law
enforcement agencies, William
Jay Harris was arrested at Eliza
beth Manor Apartments Sunday
evening at 6:50.
Annie Bouey, Teresa McNeill,
James Bouey and Jerome Bouey
were all arrested and charged with
being accessories to the crime af
ter the fact because they allegedly
gave ficticious information to po
lice officers conducting the investi
gation.
Spence said the arrests came as
a result of cooperation between the
law enforcement agencies. "Ev
erybody added links to the chain,"
he said.
The incident is still under investi
gation.
The Perquimans County Jaycees held their annual Installation Banquet last Thursday night at Joe's
Place. In the top picture are the officers for the coming year. (Lower left) Eldon Winslow places his
daughter's presidential pen on her lapel. Winslow was once president of the Hertford Jaycees. Sara is
the first female president of the Perquimans chapter. Right, past N.C. Jaycee President Gus Tulloss
addesses the group.
bchool board tables
school renaming
Mrs. Shirley Yates approached
the Board of Education Monday
night on behalf of what she said are
hundreds of former students in the
Training School and Union School,
asking that Perquimans Middle
School be renamed King A. Wil
liams Middle School.
Mrs. Yates said that Mr. Wil
liams was the driving force behind
black education earlier in this cen
tury. According to her, there were
no funds available for black
schools during the depression and
war years, so black students were
forced to attend classes in
churches and other buildings.
Deciding that the students had to
have a school, several prominent
black farmers tried to get a loan to
erect a structure, but were unable
to use their land as collateral, as it
was already encumbered by deeds
of trust, said Yates. Mr. and Mrs.
Williams mortgaged their home to
build the first building.
The parents even collected funds
to purchase a school bus, but the
bus would not make long trips, so
Williams took students in his car at
his expense to out-of-town func
tions.
Mrs. Yates said that Mr. Wil
liams contributed time and money
to the development of black educa
tion, and that he deserves recogni
tion by having the school named in
his honor. She added that it would
be a way to show her people
(blacks) that Perquimans County
appreciates what the Williams'
Speaking on behalf of the school
board, Chairman Clifford Winslow
said that the membership was in
agreement that Williams was de
serving of an honorarium, but that
the board was hesitant to name any
of its facilities after anyone.
The board suggested that a
plaque or statue be placed outside
the building, and that a dedication
ceremony be held in Williams'
honor. Since Williams began his
career in education as a vocational
agriculture teacher, the board also
felt that when the school receives a
much-needed expansion, the voca
tional wing could bear his name,
perhaps on the cornerstone.
Mrs. Yates refused to compro
mise, saying that the county should
name the building for Williams so
that black youth would see him as a
role model.
"I am disappointed with the
board. I am truly disappointed,"
Mrs. Yates said.
After the board tabled the re
quest, Mrs. Yates stated that she
would come back with more people
the next time it was discussed.
The board emphasized to Mrs.
Yates that their decision had noth
ing to do with race, that they would
not name any school for any indi
vidual at this time.
Odyssey of the Mind
Two Odyssey of the Mind teams
performed for the board their pre
sentations that sent them to state
competition. The board was im
pressed with the students' hard
work and dedication, and wished
the team that will go on to interna
tional competition in May well.
Later, the board voted to fund
the trip with $3,503.20, which will
sent the five students and three
coaches to Boulder, Colorado.
Gym renovations
The board approved hiring East
ern Coatings to put a new roof on a
portion of the high school gym at a
cost of $5,355, and of J & J Floor
Specialists to repair the floor at a
cost of $8,119.20. The group decided
to change the specifications on the
window replacement project in an
effort to keep maintenance costs
down.
The board also awarded the con
tract for refurbishing the Middle
School gym floor to J & J Floor
Specialists.
Special Days
The Board joined Governor Jim
Martin in proclaiming May 9 as
National Teacher Day. "I think it's
good that we can honor our teach
ers," Chairman Winslow said.
May 14-20 will be School Bus
Driver Recognition Week.
Jaycees install officers
The Perquimans County Jaycees
held their annual installation ban
quet last Thursday night, where
they official placed into office the
first female president in the chap
ter's 15-year history.
Sara Winslow will lead the group
through its upcoming fiscal year as
president. Other members of the
board of directors installed by past
State President Gus Tulloss in
clude Chairman of the Board Mike
Kelly. Individual Development
Vice President Nancy Perry, Com
munity Development Vice Presi
dent Denise Peckham, Manage
ment Development Vice President
Wayne Layden, Treasurer Diane
Copeland, Recording Secretary
Mike Kelly, Corresponding Secre
tary Gail Layden, State Directors
Parker Newbern and directors
Sharon Casper, Brenda Curp, Ron
nie Hite, Chris Peckham and Ed
gar Rogerson.
Numerous awards for outstand
ing projects and club members
were given.
Sara Winslow took two of the top
honors, being named Officer of the
Year and receiving a Presidential
Award of Honor, along with a Re
gional Director's Award.
Rookie of the Year went to
Brenda Curp. Denise Peckham
waa voted Spoke of the Year. Hie
Spark Plug award went to Chris
Peckham. Diane Copeland and
Wayne Layden received Jaycee of
the Year awards. Brenda Curp was
named Director of the Year.
Project of the Year awards went
to Nancy Perry and Sara Winslow
for the bass tournament; Diane
Copeland for the Speak-up Pro
gram; and Sharon Casper and Ber
nie Jones for the library fund
raiser.
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The Fourth of July Committee
chaired by Susan Harris was
named Committee of the Year.
The overall Project of the Year
award went to Nancy Perry and
Sara Winslow for the bass tourna
ment.
In addition to Sara Winslow, Re
gional Director Parker Newbern
presented awards to Lewis Evans,
Diane Copeland, The Perquimans
County Jaycees and Jeff Perry.
The towns of Hertford and Win
fall were honored for their support,
as was the PERQUIMANS
WEEKLY for news coverage.
Guest speaker Gus Tulloss told
the group, "It's amazing how in
volved people are in activities. It's
incredible what goes on in a com
munity with volunteer service." '
Tulloss encouraged the chapter
to emphasize the leadership train
ing offered through the Jaycees,
and to keep in contact with all
members.
Tulloss said that the organization
can change a community, tap hid
den talents and give people a belief
in themselves.
"You've got potential here to be
e venerea ter than you are today,"
In his last remarks to the group
as president, Mike Kelly saia, ''It
has been a good year. I belie
ve.. .we've made the community a
better place to live."
NSara Winslow said she wants to
continue to have an impact on the
community through such projects
as the Fourth of July festivities
the Christmas parade and the Se
nior Citizens Christmas party.
The evening ended with a slide
presentation set to music which de
picted the l MS-SB Jaycee year.
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Commodities distribution for May 19
Date: May 19, 1989
Time: 10:00 a.m. ? 12:00 noon
Perquimans County will re
ceive butter, cornmeal, all-pur
pose flour, honey, peanut butter,
dry beans, canned pork, raisins
and egg mix for distribution in
May. The Hertford Lion's Club
will begin the distribution at
10:00 a.m. on May 19, 1989. It will
be conducted at the Ice Plant,
Grubb Street, in Hertford and
will be available to all income eli
gible households in Perquimans
County. Households having four
or more members should bring a
helper with them to assist in car
the food to their car.
households who will not be
able to pick up their commodities
may use a representative for this
purpose. The commodities card
or application must be signed in
the correct places for this to be
acceptable. No household will be
allowed to pick up food for more
than themselves and one other
household as representatives.
There will be no exceptions.
There will be two lines at the
distribution site. The second line
will be for the handicapped and
or disabled WHO ARE PRE
SENT AT THE DISTRIBUTION
to pick up their food. A doctor's
note, stating the disability, must
be provided. Again, there will be
no exceptions.
Cars may not be driven into the
distribution area. Please remem
ber to park only in authorized
parking areas as the Hertford
Police Department will be pa
troling the area.
Applications may be obtained
from the following agencies be
ginning May 8, 1989: Department
of Social Services, Health De
partment, Economic Im
provement Council, Catholic So
cial Services, Senior Citizen
Center and the Open Door Min
istries at the Ice Plant.
The Commodities Distribution
Program is available to all eligi
ble persons without regard to
race, color, national origin, age,
sex, religion, handicap, or politi
cal beliefs. Information about
regulations against discrimina
tion and how to file a complaint
may be secured from the N. C.
Division of Social Services, 325
N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh, N.
C., or from your county depart
ment of social services.
The income criterior are listed
below:
HOUSEHOLD GROSS INCOME M UST BE BELOW LEVEL OF APPROPRIATE SIZE HOUStHOLV
Home hold Size.
Add fan each additional ,
household membe.\
P?A VtaA
$ 7,501
10,04 9
It, 597
IS, US
1 7,693
t0,t41
tt, 719
f5, 337
$ f,5?l
Pen Moit-tfi
$ 6?5
*37
1,050
1,t6t
1,414
1,6t7
1,t 99
t,111
$ tit
PtA Week
$144
?93 ;
t4t
f9 f
3 40
3<9
431
417 '
$ 49