THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Volume 60, No.3
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The Perquimans Weekly is con
cerned about the U.S. troops sta
tioned in the Middle East, and
about their families back home.
The staff of the newspaper asks ev
eryone in Perquimans County to
pause with us for a moment of si
lent prayer at noon each day until
all of our servicemen and women
are back safely.
Beginning this week, The Perqui
mans Weekly will run a “Home
town Heroes” feature, recognizing
our brave men and women in the
Middle East. Families of service
persons should call or stop by our
office during regular business
hours in order that their loved ones
may be included. Military person
nel will be honored each week on a
first come-first serve basis. Please
include the name, address, year of
high school graduation and branch
of service of the enlisted person. In
clude the names of family mem
bers in Perquimans County.
Photographs should also be sub
mitted
School holidays
There will be no school on Fri
day, Jan. 18; Monday, Jan. 21; or
Tuesday, Jan. 22 in Perquimans
County. Also, due to exams, the
basketball games scheduled for
Tuesday, Jan. 15 with Gates County
has been postponed until Thursday,
Feb. 21.
Support group organized
; Thousands of American troops
have been deployed to the Persian
Xrtilf. That means that thousands of
families in this country live in con
stant fear and And themselves be
coming increasingly depressed
about the crisis in the Middle East.
Shirley Peterson, a Navy wife in
Elizabeth City, is trying to help
families cope by organizing a sup
port group.
“If we get together, we can help
each other,” Peterson said. “We
definitely need a lot of moral sup
port.”
. Peterson, whose husband is sta
tioned aboard the USS America,
said that she called one of the bases
in Norfolk seeking information on a
local support group but found
there was not one in this area.
‘ All family members interested in
joining the group should contact
Peterson at 336-4330 between the
hours of 9 a.m. and 7 p.m.
NAACP plans obssrvanca
- Hie Perquimans County NAACP
will loin community groups across
North Carolina in observing the
fourth state of observance of Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day on
Mbnday,Jan.2l.
' A motorcade will leave First
Baptist Church at 3:30 p.m. Henry
Felton, local NAACP vice presi
dent, will speak at a 4 p.m. service
at Melton Grove Baptist Church. A
combined choir from county
churches will sing during the serv
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- The Memory Lane Senior Citizen
Club will meet at the Perquimans
County Senior Center on January 21
at 2 p.m.
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A basic EMT course sponsored
by COA will begin on Feb. 19, in
Hartford sponsored by the Perqui
mans County EMS and Volunteer
Rescue Squad. Classes will be held
at the Rescue Squad Building, on
Tuesday and Thursday from 7-10
p.m., with Ernest Mickey as the in
structor. Students are required to
complete 115 hours of classroom
study, 10 hours of clinical work in
an emergency room, and pass a :
test administered by the state in or
der to be certified. V
For more information contact
Milton Dail at 426-5646.
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The Perquimans County Com
missioners discussed solid waste
management for over two hours
Monday evening in a special work
session requested by new commis
sioner Leo Higgins.
County manager Paul Gregory
had mailed commissioners maps
showing the locations of present
dumpster sites in the county, and
had on display a color-coded map
showing areas of population con
centration, as requested by com
missioners at their last regular
meeting.
During the course of the evening,
several ideas were discussed in
cluding door-to-door trash pick-up
and the use of color-coded recy
cling containers in neighborhoods.
Commissioners found that most an
swers that seemed relatively pain
less to county residents as users of
the waste disposal system would hit
them hard in ad valorem taxes.
“The taxpayers can’t afford but
so much," said commissioner
Thomas Nixon.
After weeding through the many
ideas discussed, the commissioners
agreed to pursue an earlier offer
from several Woodville business
men, represented at a December
commissioner’s meeting by Danny
Gregory, to purchase a tract of
land suitable for use as a conve
nience center and deed the land to
the county. The board asked Paul
Gregory and Mack Nixon to contact
Danny Gregory and begin the
search for property. The center is
expected to he constructed in May.
The county will probably build
four convenience centers over the
next-two years. At a cost of around
$43,000 each to construct, commis
sioners felt that erecting more
would cause an undue burden on
taxpayers. The centers will also
cost around $45,000 per year to op
erate.
Use of the convenience centers
will at first be voluntary. Those
who choose to use the facility will
be asked to separate newsprint,
aluminum, glass, and other house
hold garbage.
The second center, tentatively
setfor construction in January 1991,
will probably be located m the
Bethel township.
Also concerning commissioners
is illegal dumps like the one on Five
Bridges Roaa which caught fire in
December. Commissioners agreed
that enforcement of laws already
passed by the state is the key to
stopping illegal dumping.
The commissioners asked Paul
Gregory and county attorney John
Matthews to resume working on a
junk ordinance. Jerry Parks, land
fill manager, will work with the
two, and will attempt to have Per
quimans, Gates, and Chowan pass
identical ordinances.
Photo by Susan Harris
County commissioners met in a special work session Monday night to discuss solid waste management.
They chose Woodville as the community to receive the first convenience center, and also said they
wanted a tipping fee at the landfill instituted as soon as possible.
Locals face war possibility with fear
tradition for Christian. His father,
Sgt. Ronnie L. Christian, died of
complications from Agent Orange
he encountered during the Viet
Nam conflict. “His daddy gave his
life for his country,” Adams said.
Unlike some families whose
loved ones are in the Middle Blast,
Adams said communication has
been good. There have been seve
ral letters and telephone calls
since Christian was deployed.
Christian is the son of Sandra K.
Noell, and the stepson of Billy
Noell.
Although Horace and Nannette
Cohoon celebrated Christmas with
their five grandchildren, there
was a sadness in the air. Their
son, Air Force Sgt. Eric Cohoon,
left for the Middle East on Dec. 12.
His family did not hear from him
until Dec. 30, and those 18 days,
according to his mother, wore
some of the longest of her life.
Eric’s sisters, Patsy Berry and
Joan Harrell, and his brother,
Alex Cohoon, are staying in close
contact with their parents. Berry
said they are venr concerned, but
try to be positive for their parents.
“It doesn’t sound promising
right now,” Mrs. Cohoon said
about the prospects of war. She
said Eric “thought we’d fight
when he left. He felt it was the only
answer.”
While the family worries, Eric
remains upbeat. ‘“Mama, don’t
worry. I have been trained for
this,”’ the security specialist told
his mother.
Eric’s wife, Marci, and 7-month
old daughter, Jordan, are staying
in Perquimans County with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dale How
ard, while Eric is in the Middle
East.
W.A. “Andy” Elliott enlisted in
the Navy after college. He has
been on active duty for 14 years.
The hospitalman 1st class went to
the Middle East with the Marines
(4th division), who are behind the
82nd Airborne.
Elliott’s mother, Lorene, said
that conditions in the Persian Gulf
are not good. “He said it was aw
ful dirty and gritty and nasty over
there,” Mrs. Elliottiaid.
Mrs. Elliott said her son did not
feel that the United States would
go to war when he left on Dec. 28,
but she did not know how he feels
now. “He’s praying we won’t,”
she added.
Like his comrades, Elliott
doesn’t want his mother to be too
upset. Mrs. Elliott said he won’t
let her see his true feelings.
“Mom, don’t worry about me,”
Elliott told his mother.
Holding down the fort in Great
Bridge are Elliott’s wife, two chil
dren (ages 8 and 9), and two ex
change students. “It’s rmigh, it’s
real rough” for the family, Mrs.
Elliott said.
‘“Mama, just pray, just pray
we’ll come back’” Elliott told
Mrs. Elliott in a telephone conver
sation. “He didn’t want to go,” she
commented.
Mrs. Elliott and her husband,
Troy, are coping the best they can
as it appears that the country is
moving closer to war.
Air Force gunner Dwayne Proc
tor spent 35 days in the Gulf in late
summer, but is presently sta
tioned in Florida. According to his
stepmother, Ann Proctor, having
him in the United States does not
make the building tension in the
Middle East any easier. “You
worry,” she said.
Does Proctor feel that war is im
minent? “His thing has been all
along that he thought we were
going to fight,” Mrs. Proctor said.
Proctor is the son of Joe Ward
Proctor of Hertford and Ann
Ward.
Deputy James Logan, whose son
Ervin is in Saudi Arabia, probably
summed up the feelings of parents
best. “I can’t sleep at night. I get
up and walk the floors,” Logan
said, obvious worry in his eyes.
Between the time this newspa
per goes to press and the time it
hits the newsstands, the deadline
President George Bush gave Sad
dam Hussein to leave Kuwait will
have passed. But the heartache of
families facing life without their
loved ones will not be over.
Seven found
not guilty
The following cases were heard
in the Nov. 21 court session:
Benjamin Earl Owens, 47, of Rt.
2, Box 6A, pleaded not guilty to first
degree kidnapping, ana 2 counts of
assault on a female. There was no
probable cause found in in the first
founcPnot guBFy^or thecfiarges of
assaulting a female.
Rubert “Charles” Edwin
Swayne, 49, of Rt. 2, Box 292,
pleaded not guilty to 2 counts of as
sault on a female, and was found
not guilty.
David Glenn Benton, 21, of Rt. 4,
Box 897, pleaded not guilty to 2
counts of assault on a female, and
was found not guilty.
Charles Kevin Swayne, 21, of Rt.
4, Box 913, pleaded not guilty to 2
counts of assault on a female, and
was found not guilty.
Willie Edward Story, 40, of Rt. 2,
box 322E, pleaded not guilty to 2
counts of assault on a female, and
was found not guilty.
Robert “Bobby” David Ferrell,
37, of 452 Dry Ridge Rd., Elizabeth
City, pleaded not guilty to 2 counts
of assault on a female, and was
found not guilty.
Clarence “Eddie” Edward Fer
rell, 39, of Rt. 4, pleaded not guilty
to 2 counts of assault on a female,
and was found not guilty.
Photo by Susan Manta.
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Wendell Hall, Regional Student Service Consultant with the North*
east Regional Education Center in Willlamston, presented a seif-ee
teem workshop in Hertford Monday. Hall gave parents who attended
the Chapter 1 meeting good |dvioe for raising children.
ECSU kicks of centennial celebration
Elizabeth City State University
will hold a kick-off celebration to
the institution’s 100 years of exis
tence on Sunday, Jan. 20 at 3 p.m.
in the University’s Robot L. Vaug
han Center.
The guest speaker will be James
M. Stevens, Executive Vice Presi
dent & Chief Operating Officer,
Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. Stevens
joined Coca-Cola Enterprises-West
in November i960 as Vice President
of Marketing, and was elected a
Vice President of Coca-Cola Enter
prises and President of Coca-Cola
Enterprises-North in July 1967. In
November 1988, he was named
President of Coca-Cola Enter
prises-West. He was appointed
Chief (derating Officer and elected
Executive Vice President of Coca
Cola Enterprises in April 1989.
He serves on the Board of Direc
. tors of Wolf Trap Foundation For
the Performing Arts.
The day’s activities will continue
with a dinner theater hosted by Dr.
Faleese M. Jenkins schedule to
begin at 6 p.m. in the University’s
K.E. White Graduate and Continu
ing Education Center. The Unive
risty Players will present “Joe
Turner’s Come and Gone,” an
award winning drama by August
Wilson. The play will be directed by
ECSU’s drama director Shwa
Smith.
The evening’s list of activities
will also include an announcement
from Coca-Cola relative to a spe
cial relationship it is planning to
assume with the University.
A specially designed commem
orative Centennial gift will be pre
sented to each guest in
appreciation of his-her support.
For additonal information about
the Opening Convocation, contact
the ECSU Office of Public Rela
tions at (919) 335-3246. For reserva
tions or further information about
the dinner theater, call the Office
of Alumni Affairs at (919) 335-3228.
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Hail conducts seit-esieem worKsnop
Wendell Hall gave parents food
for thought during his presentation
on developing self-esteem in chil
dren Monday afternoon during the
Chapter 1 parent involvement pro
gram .
Hall told parents that every child
needs love and to be told that they
are loved.
He gave eight esteem-building
blocks to parents to use at home.
They were: give lots of praise;
praise effort, not just accomplish
ment; help set realistic goals; don’t
compare children; when correct
ing, criticize the action, not the
child: give children responsibility;
and stw children love.
According to Hall, self-esteem is
a more reliable indicator of a per
son’s success than his or her IQ. He
said that even an academically
gifted child who does not have an
environment conducive to positive
self-esteem may end up a failure.
The ‘dirty dozen,’ Hall said, in
clude 12 things parents should
never do. Included among the list
was ordering, threatening, preach
ing,lecturing, Judging, and moral
izing. Children should learn in
positive ways, Hall said. They need
support ana guidance.
Hall challenged die parents to
hug their children and tell them
tiwy love diem every morning be
fore sending than to school and ev
ery evening when they are
reunited. These actions are two of
the most positive parents can use
to build self-esteem, Hall said.
He also believes that children
need limits, so parents should set
dearly-defined guidelines for them
to follow. Failure to follow those
rides should be dealt with immedi
ately and should relate to the mis
behavior, not to the parent’s anger.
Parents should begin early train
ing children on decision-making
stalls, then let them make appro
priate decisions. The child, not the
outcome of his own poor choke.