THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Volume 59. No.48
USPS 428-080
Hertford. Perquimans Countv. N.C.. Thursday. November 29.1990
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Brief
Band sailing fruit
The Perquimans County Band
Boosters are sponsoring their an
nual fruit sale. Pink and white
grapefruit, tangelos, hamlins, and
naval oranges are available.
Anyone not contacted may con
tact Linda Bundy at 426-5196 or Jar
vis Winslow at 426-7959 to order
fruit.
Slngsplratlon planned
The Belvidere-Chappell Hill Vol
unteer Fire Department will hold a
singspiration on Sunday, Dec. 2, at
6 p.m., in Riddick’s Grove Baptist
Missionary Church in Belvidere.
Employees placed
In October the Edenton Job Serv
ice office placed 118 individuals in
jobs. Since July, 1,1990, the Eden
ton office has placed 535 individuals
in jobs, which is an increase of 31
percent over the same period of
time in 1989.
- The Edenton Job Service office
has a year-to-date total of 613 place
ment transactions. Placement
transactions include applicants
placed in more than one job during
the year. In addition, 183 individu
als were tested and 63 were re
ferred to other agencies for
services which job service cannot
provide.
The primary mission of the Job
Service office is to take applica
tions from job seekers and job or
ders from employers and then refer
the best-qualified applicants avail
able for each job opting.
Job seekers are encouraged to
apply in person at ^the Job Service
office located at 709 North Broad
Street, between the hours of 8 a.m.
4:30 p.m.
Employers seeking assistance in
filling openings are encouraged to
call between 8 a.m.-5p.m.
Rurttans plan dlnnar
The Parksville Ruritans are hav
ing their annual chicken dinner and
auction on Dec. 7, from 4-6:30 p.m.
The dinner will be at the Parks ville
Community Building in Winfall.
Meals may be eaten in or carried
out. Price per meal is $4. For more
information call 426-7497.
Nawapapar on aala
The Perquimans County High
School newspaper, The Pirate
Press, is now on sale at Woodard’s
Pharmacy. Hie publication is 50
cents per copy.
Arraatamada
Julian Wayne Tadlock, 28, of
Route 4, Box 935, was arrested on
Nov. 26 by the Perquimans County
Sheriff’s Department and charged
with larceny and misdemeanor lar
ceny. He was released on a $500 se
cured bond.
. Hie Hertford Police arrested Al
ton Ralph Lane Jr., 17, of 205 Part
way Ct., Virginia Beach, Va. on
Nov. 25 on a fugitive warrant
Cola takes oath
The oath of office ceremony for
Janice McKenzie Cole, District
Court Judge-elect is scheduled for
Sunday, Dec. 2, at 3 p.m. at the Per
quimans County Courthouse in
Hertford.
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DECEMBERS
Broughton building purchased
New owner
to demolish
The Town of Hertford will not
; have to finalize condemnation
proceedings on the building on
the corner of Church and Market
streets, commonly known as the
Broughton building. The building
has been sold and the new owner
plans to tear it down as soon as
possible.
Hertford resident Mary Lucille
Broughton Johnson purchased
the building from W. Claude and
Alma L. Brinn for $10,000. A deed
for the property was filed on Nov.
19 at the Perquimans County
Register of Deeds office.
According to Dan Daneker,
son-in-law of Johnson, the build
ing was contracted in 1917 by the
Broughton brothers, John and
Harry. John Broughton was
Johnson’s father.
Daneker told the Hertford
Town Council earlier in the
month that Johnson felt a respon
siblity to do something about the
building, which is currently con
sidered a serious safety hazard
by many residents who have ap
proached the council with their
concerts over the past two years.
Building inspector Aubrey On
ley Jr. sent Brinn a letter in Feb
ruary 1989 asking that the building
be repaired. “There is a large
crack in the east wall that seems
to he separating from the top of
the building to the bottom,” On
.y? Photo by Nancy Royden-Clark
The Broughton building will be tom down by new owner Mary Lucille Broughton Johnson, who
purchased the building from W. Claude and Alma L Brlnn on Nov. 19. The building has been
condemned by the town of Hertford.
ley’s letter stated.
. The sidewalk on the Church
Street side of the building had
been cordoned off at one time due
to falling glass.
The historic building has housed
many businesses over die years,
including a movie theater, a bar
ber shop, a furniture store, and a
bus station.
The area around the building
had been roped off by Tuesday
morning, and people were moving
items out of the building in prepa
ration for demolition. Daneker
said that a firm from Norfolk, Va.
will tear down the building soon.
No plans have been made for the
site once the building is demo
lished. Daneker said that after the
building is tom down and the lot
cleaned, the family will “see what
will be appropriate.”
Haste
expands
business
Hertford Home and Garden Cen
ter officially opened on Friday,
Nov. 23 at Ward Shopping Center on
U.S. 17 Bypass in Hertford.
A division of Hertford Hardware,
Hertford Home and Garden will
showcase appliances and lawn
equipment.
“When the GE franchise came
availalble, I saw this as an opportu
nity to greatly expand the appli
ance sales and service for
Perquimans County and the sur
rounding area,” said T. Erie Haste,
owner and operator of both Hert
ford Hardware and Hertford Home
and Garden. “We will be featuring
GE, Gibson, and Westinghouse ap
pliances, and Snapper lawn and
garden equipment.’1
Hertford Home and Garden is
managed by Marty Davenport, who
has over 15 years experience in
sales and service. Also on staff are
H.B. Miller and Hillary Scaff, who
each have over 25 years experience
Photo by Anzie Wood
A ribbon cutting sponsored by the Perquimans County Chamber of Commerce was held last week at
Hertford Home and Garden Center, a division of Hertford Hardware. Shown are county commissioners
chairman Lester Simpson, Chamber president Lewis Evans, Hertford councilman John Beers, Peoples
Bank representative Frances Jordan, Hertford mayor Bill Cox, owners Erie and Suzanne Haste, man
ager Mary Davenport, and employee H.B. Miller.
in sales and service.
Haste will continue to operate
Hertford Hardware in downtown
Hertford. In addition to appliances,
Haste carries hardware, sporting
equipment, plants,, seeds, paints,
and a wide variety of other items in
the original location. Haste has
been in business in Hertford for 32
years.
Hertford Home and Garden Cen
ter is giving away a free micro
wave on Saturday, Dec. 1.
Registration will continue up until
drawing time.
Drama Club lights up stage
The Perquimans County High
School Drama Club performed
three 1-act plays last Monday night
at the high school auditorium. Thir
teen student thespians took the
spotlight during the evening.
Using limited background and
sets, the students used their deliv
ery to bring reality to the produc
tions.
Trevor Vaughan had a role in two
of the plays, and portrayed both a
19th centiuy gentleman and a mod
ern youth with equal aplomb. Rosa
Ridaick did an excellent job por
traying Matilde Loisel, the wife of a
working man who dreamed of a life
of riches.
Dena White was very convincing
as Anna Perkins, a young girl bro
ken b*' the half-truths and innuen
dos of the good “Christian” Mrs.
Graham and Mrs. Thayer (Linda
Layden and Tanya Trueblood).
Other players included Ann
Miller, Duffy Franco, Stephanie
Ferrell, Barry Seebo, Erika Ward,
Keisha Brown, Suzanne Eiland,
and Jenny Roffo. The plays were
directed by Lynwood Winslow.
Photo by Susan Harris
Ann Miller and Rosa Riddick portrayed a two girlhood friends whose
lives turned out very differently during the Drama Club's productions
last Monday night.
V.
Photo by Susan Harris
Perquimans High School students turned out enmass to give
blood at their bi-annual American Red Cross blood drive spon
sored by the Beta Club. Over 70 pints was collected.
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Schools get
$2 million
By SUSAN HARRIS and
NANCY ROYDEN-CLARK
The Perquimans County School
system will receive $2 million of the
$10 million allocated by the state
last week for critical facility needs.
“We’re very pleased to receive
the money and now we can imple
ment our long-range plans. We
have many critical needs such as
the waste water treatment facili
ties, the roof at the high school and
certainly extensive renovation at
the middle school,” said Jake
Boyce, interim superintendent.
Maintenance superintendent
Richard O’Neal echoed Boyce’s
priorities. He listed the roof at the
nigh school and the water treat
ment facilities as his main areas of
concern.
Local maintenance crews have
repeatedly repaired the high school
roof over the past five years. The
roof required work as late as last
week.
The state has set time lines when
the septic systems at the middle
school and Central School must be
replaced. Not only will the county
have to shoulder the cost of replac
ing the waste water treatment fa
cilities, but land will have to be
purchased upon which to build the
new plants. Cost estimates for the
plants have run around $500,000
each.
Gates County also received $2
million in critical facilities needs
funds. Washington County will re
ceive $4.7 million, and Pender
County $1.3 million.
Arts council
plans feast
Amid roving minstrel’s cries of
“Wassail, Wassail,” diners attend
ing Edenton’s first annual Madri
gal Feast will sense the
enchantment of a 15th century Ch
ristmas.
Sponsored by the Chowan Arts
Council, the event will take place on
Nov. 29-30, at 7 p.m., at the Ameri
can Legion Building on U.S. 17
Business South. The cost per person
will be $25, which includes a five
course dinner and an exciting eve
ning of unusual entertainment.
Jugglers, beggars, musicians,
and court jesters traditionally min
gle with guests, offering yuletide
greetings in word and song.
Authentic costumes and a candle
lit banquet hall (draped in medi
eval banners and smelling pine
boughs) re-create all the pomp and
charm of Renaissance England, the
England of Henry VIII.
Contrasted to today’s tinseled,
commericalized view of the holi
day, the ancient Madrigal provides
an impressive change to introduce
the 1990 season.
Carl Curnette, assitant costume
designer for The Lost Colony pro
duction cast, is designing the 15th
century attire.
Tickets went on sale Nov. 1. For
more information, contact The Cho
wan Arts Council, P.O. Box 342,
Edenton, NC 27932, telephoe (919)
482-8005.
Band trip
given okay
The Perquimans County Board of
Education gave band director Da
vid Ziemba tentative approval for
the high school band to participate
in Super Bowl XXV “Salute to
Marching Bands” in Orlando, Fla.
Ziemba and Band Boosters presi
dent Jarvis Winslow spoke with the
board about the trip last Monday
night at the board meeting. The two
indicated that the band will have to
raise $25,000-130,000 in order to
make the trip. Perquimans High
School principal William Byrum in
dicated that the band had around
$5,000 in unencumbered funds
available at present. Ziemba said
he believes the community will
rally behind the band. Winslow in
dicated that the boosters plan to at
tend civic organization meetings to
ask for donations.
Board chairman Clifford
Winslow said he was surprised to
read about the trip in the newspa
per before hearing about it from
Ziemba or other school officials.
“It seems like we are the last to
know. Your best interest is to come
to us,” Winslow told Ziemba.
Because of tight finances.
Winslow told Ziemba, the board
will not be able to offer the hand a
great deal of finyrial assistance.