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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
VoL 60, No. ?
Hertford, Porqulmane County, N.C.,Thu reday, April 14,1991
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Feature:
Love blooms along with
flowers in spring;
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Bits’n Pieces: Page 4
|v Education:
Middle School students
sweep fleet reserve essay
contest; win money: p«e» c
Briefs
The Perquimans County
. Branch of NAACP win hold its
'monthly meeting on Thursday.
April 11. at 7:30 pjn. at the
■' M In Hertford.
The meeting was originally
scheduled for April 20.
The Perquimans County
Hand Boosters tan sponsor a Pig
Picking an Saturday. April 13.
. from 4-7 pjn. at fterquimans
• High School.
Hates wffl consist of BBQ.
bar-h-que potaotes, snap beans,
puppies or rolls and des
sert. Cost of the plates will be
$5. Dinners may be enjoyed at
the school or taken out.
Purchase of a ticket will en
ter the ticket holder in a draw
ing far a (100 bill.
Tb show their appreciation '
for support given, the Perqui
mans Marching Pirates will per
form at 5 pjn. and 7 pjn. on
the baD field.
Please contact any booster
hr band member for tickets.
Tickets may also be purchased
T at the door. For further informa
tion. please contact Jarvis
Winslow at 426-7969.
The final meeting of Hertford
Grammar School's PTA is sched
uled for Thursday. April 25 at
7:30 pjn. The program win be
the presentation of awards to
students tn academics and other
special areas. School volunteer
anri special PTA awards will also
be presented. Installation of PTA
officers for the 1991- 92 school
year is being planned. Get in
volved in your child's school. At
tend PEA.
Perquimans County High
School students will offer tine
opportunity to step back In time
Fttday when they hit the
stage with Duck Tails and
Bobby Sac. a musical comedy
betin a 1960s malt shop.
FTom the gggjty cheerleaders
;i to die rumble at center stage,
the program promises eniertain
meat far the entire family.
> Sponsored by the Drams
Chib, the production utilizes the
talents of the entire PCHS Arts
■') Department. Members of the
S band will provide music. Art
^ students have assisted with
s ' The curtain will go up tn the
Mb school auditorium at 8 pun
.Tickets wffl be available at the
l The Ptrquimans Weekly has
announced new o&ce hours. Ef
fective immediately, the office
wdl dose on Tuesdays at noon.
On Mondays, and Wednesday
through Friday, die office hours
wfl remain the sac
1-5 pun.
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ON PERQUIMANS
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Work begins on police station
Construction began Mon
day on the building which
will house the Hertford Police
Department and Chamber of
Commerce office at Its com
pletion. Mayor W.D. “Bill” Coat
said Monday night during a
meeting of the Hertford Town
Council.
The new structure will be
512 square feet larger than
the original building which
sat on the site. Plans call for
separate entrances for the po
lice department and Chamber
offices. The police department
will contain a lock-up area
and evidence room in addi
tion to office space.
Firefighters were called to
the site in October when
flames destroyed the original
budding. In addition to the
building, most of the police
department files and equip
ment were lost in the blaze,
which started in the squad
room.
The Chamber office fared
better. Although some equip
ment suffered smoke ana wa
ter damage, most records
were salvaged.
Cox said he hopes to be
able to rebuild without exceed
ing the $70,000 the town col
lected from the Insurance
company in the fire set
tlement. The town will act as
its own general contractor and
will seek bids for each phase
Photo by Susan Hants
Hertford town councilman Jesse Harris and John Beers
survey the building which will house the Hertford Police
Department and Chamber of Commerce at Its comple
tion. Work on the project began Monday. The new struc
ture is being built on the same site as the former
building which housed the two entities. The original
structure was gutted by fire in October.
of the project
J.W. Harrell Construction
was awarded the bid on fram
ing. He submitted the low bid
of $3,000. which includes la
bor only. The town Is provid
ing materials. Other bidders
were Donald Riddick
($3,598.40). Phillip Lane
($3,746), W.K. Copeland
($4,172) and Gerald Waters
($5,680).
Cox said he will try to
have the building finished by.
July.
Skills test draws crafters to Hertford
Photo by Susan Harts
Shirley Riddick relaxes between customers during the annual
Festival of Skills Friday. Riddick and Piccola Chappell dis
played a variety of country ruffled Hems including lamp
shades. The homemade Jacks were also popular at their
booth..
The 11th annual Festival of
Skills brought hundreds of peo
ple Into Hertford this weekend
to browse through 17 booths
chocked full of hand-made
crafts.
Wooden toys, pottery, dolls,
lamp shades, patch-work pil
lows, crocheted blankets, doll
clothes and children’s clothing
featuring English smocking were
just a sampling of the variety of
nand-crafted items available
during the festival.
In addition to quality crafts,
there were offerings of home
made goodies at several booths.
Perquimans County Exten
sion Agent Paige Underwood
said die craft fair was success
ful.
“We were very pleased and
the majority of the craftsmen
were very pleased,” she said.
She noted that the crafters
netted overall sales of around
$4,000.
The fair has historically been
held in the fall, but the Perqui
mans County Extension Home
makers, organizers of the
festival, decided to try a spring
fair this year. Underwood said
that response from craftsmen
was very good, as the homemak
ers had a waiting list for those
craftsmen who submitted appli
cations after the 17 spaces al
lotted were filled.
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Photo by Susan Hurt*
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Cheryl Westbrook, Amber Elliott, Rob King,
! Susan Lavezzo, Allison Gregory, Sarah
1 Winslow and tssie Herman rehearse for the
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Friday night production of Duck Tall* ami
Bobby Sox, tha annual production of the
PCHS drama dub. Curtain tkna la 8 p.m. -
Wolf man to promote literacy
Wolfman Jack will help pro
mote literacy during National li
brary Week, April 14-20.
The internally-known disc
jockey and resident of Behrtdere
will Join celebrities and guest
readers at libraries across the
country on April 17 during the
Night of a Thousand Stars. The
personalities will read aloud
from their favorite books to pro
mote family literacy and to em
phasize the correlation of
reading skills to success in life.
The star-studded evening is
believed to be the biggest pro-lit
erary event ever. The premiere
Night of a Thousand Stars on
April 25, 1990 included partici
pants ranging from singers to
actors to prize fighters. This
year’s stars include Charlton
Heston, Robert Goulet, Aretha
Franklin. Lynda Carter. Art
Buchwalk, Art Monk, Charles
Mann and Julie Gold. Programs
will extend from actress Nancy
White Carlson's reading in
Anchorage: to Illinois, where
Chicago Bear Maury Buford will
present a program: and all the
way to Hertford, where Wolfman
Jack will lend his talents.
This is the first year the Per
quimans library has participated
in the event sponsored by the
American Library Association
and the American Association of
School Librarians. The Wolfman
will read from selected children’s
books. Call the library at 426
5319 for more information and
to register.
About the Wolfman
Wolfman Jack is the alter
ego of Robert Smith, a New
Yorker who grew up in one of
Brooklyn’s ttoughedt mri^Htar
hoods and became (one tiff tftc
best-known radio jwnwnaffllteK
of all time.
The IntemHti onalfl-ffHmnis
disc jockey used a gopher jjrito at
WNJR to New Jersey as tfbe Shaft
step toward 'bis goal off a radio
career. He look Hits mrittpE nadio
show from Virginia tto JJfeniino
under fbe air mamas off Stagpar
Gordon, Badtfy Jules and Bdb
King. Wolfman dark ass Bam® ito
'toe "60s and is mow a ihjgnnd ito
the broadcast industry, ffife ftss
been described as "an ornnijpo
tent enigma of the airwaves. "
Part of WoTfmah’s myrittgnr
was the toct Hat mo oue moiltd
identify him far years, ffite whine
was infamous. But ifae gnsmtefi
his true identify, which added tto
the mystery of Wolfman.
His influence am He ymntfh
culture of the IBOs iinsgntiirEtd
George Lucas, a ton, tto write
and direct American (QrsMM..
Portraying himself, WdffmHn fi
nally revealed hlmsrilf am fc Brig
screen to the movie. Now ttoe
face would become as reeoghiga
ble as the gravalfy voine, and
The Wolfman would enjoy suc
cess to Aim imfl am tetevtainn.
In 1984, Smith took Wriff
man Jack back into He audio
market after a 12-year hiatus. Ht
was considered a key mitwftia
event. Wolfman travels tfflbnn
sands of miles each year mnfeaqg
numerous personal appeHramK.
His permanent borne is ito IMWt
dere, where he resides ito ome off
the communify’s historic hemes.
4>hati> by Susan tttBrtte
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Or. Richard Licthenwalner, Area
strata* lamb showmanship at the
clinic held last week on the Ed Nixon
enter animals In the livestock show w
In the clinic.
Youth prepare for ann.
Youth in Perquimans County
are preparing to show livestock
during the annual Albemarle 4
H Livestock Show on April 23
and 24 in Elizabeth City.
The livestock program is one
of the strongest 4-H specialty
groups in the county, according
to Area Livestock Agent Jen
Copeland. The number of youth
participating in the show hie in
creased over the years. This
year. 52 Perquimans youth wffl
show 41 *
“It's important to kids.'"
Copeland said about Involve
ment in the livestock show. He
said working with the animals
teaches children responsibility
and helps them to understand
the meat production process. 3t
nian affords an opportunity for
parents and children to same l
gether.
Hart anwrifc- fliyHlmal mijga
Dlzcd rtflrap UTiTOmn flIIUIHIiU|g aiaJI
diowmH iwitllp trihiftr for jnfli
from Perquimans., Gaftes ami
Chowan counties. He. BBitflmufl
ladhte—Once. Jim C&flffe S&k
daUst, and jtwrik IfoSs, 'ffiniifo
Area Swine Spcciiat^, gene foe
youth hands-tcm ifonanattfottB—
wihirh outlined wfo tfle j)wdfli*
nO look iftir Anthf fle ItadA