THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Volume 61, No.21
Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, May 21,1992
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Marching Pirates cap
successful year with
awards banquet: Page 8
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Sports:
Four Lady Pirates
qualify for state
track meet: Page 6
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Briefs
VFW benefit set
A pork barbecue benefit for
the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post No. 8148 of Hertford will be
held Saturday, May 23 from 11
a.m. - 6 p.m. at the Missing Mill
Park. Cost Is $4 per plate. If 10
or more are ordered from same
business, they can be delivered
in the area. For advance tickets
call 426- 5231.
Museum closes Friday
The Museum of the Albe
marle will be closed to the pub
lic on Friday, May 29. The
museum will reopen at 9 a.m.
on Saturday, May 30.
NAACP to meet
The Perquimans County
Branch of the NAACP will hold
its regular monthly meeting on
Thursday. May 28 at the Senior
Citizens Center. The date
change is due to the Memorial
Day Holiday. The Executive
Committee will meet at 7 p.m.
ahd the Branch Membership at
8 p.m.
PCHS 1942 reunion
; The PCHS class of 1942 will
hold a reunion on Saturday.
June 13 at the Newbold-White
House near Hertford. Reserva
tions can be made by contacting
Ola Bogue Whedbee Banks. 801
bldsko Rd.. Elizabeth City. NC
27909. phone: (919) 264-2412.
Reservations should be made by
June 3.
Seniors sponsor meal
• The Memory Lane Senior
Club is sponsoring a chicken
salad luncheon on Friday, June
5 from 11 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. at
the Perquimans Senior Center.
Tickets are $3.50 and you may
eat in or take out.
The Club is also selling raffle
tickets for $1. The first prize is a
pair of Raggedy Ann dolls and
second prize is a porcelain doll.
Tickets may be purchased
from any club member or at the
Perquimans Senior Center. Pro
ceeds from the luncheon and
raffle will be used to send local
participants to the N.C. Senior
Games State Finals.
ffutrltion menus set
. Nutrition site menus for May
25-29 are as follows:
. Monday: Hotdog with roll,
baked beans, coleslaw with car
rots. margarine, peach cobbler,
and milk.
Tuesday: Beef vegetable
soup, pimento cheese sandwich,
carrot/ralsln salad, crackers,
margarine, red fruited Jello, and
njilk.
Wednesday: Oven fried
chicken, northern beans, mari
nated tomatoes, roll, margarine.
Spice cake with glaze, and milk.
•' Thursday: Barbecue pork,
coleslaw, stewed potatoes, corn
bread. margarine, orange Juice,
and milk.
Friday: Swedish meatballs,
rice, green butter beans, whole
wheat bread, margarine, apple
sauce. and milk.
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‘Hats on’ to PCRA
Hats were the accessory of the afternoon when the Perqui
mans Restoration Association held a Lutyen’s Tea Dance at
the home of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Earl Lane Sunday. A
beautiful spring afternoon, combo music and refreshing
Photo by Susan Harris
food and drink brought a full house to the gala fundraiser.
Winner of the Lutyen’s bench raffle was Carolyn Henion.
Apricot, Inc. donated the colorful fabric for the May pole
which served as an interesting centerpiece for the buffet.
Arrests
The Perquimans County
Sheriffs Department reported
the following arrests:
Lynette Smith O'Neal. 33. of
Rt. 4. Box 263. Hertford, was
issued a criminal summons on
May 12 for a worthless check
on a Pasquotank County war
rant.
Delaware Khan Hunter. 27.
of Rt. 1. Box 402. Belvidere.
was arrested on May 12 on a
Pasquotank County warrant for
obtaining property by false pre
tenses. He was confined to Al
bemarle District Jail under a
$1,000 secured bond:
Amenta P. Godfrey. 50. of
Rt. 2, Box 310, Hertford, was
Issued a Pasquotank County
criminal summons for a worth
less check on May 14.
Preston McDonald Cope
land. 65. of Rt 1, Box 523.
Jamesville. was arrested on
May 17 and charged with re
sisting a public officer, assault
qn a law enforcement officer,
and communicating threats. He
was confined to Albemarle Dis
trict Jail under a $1,500 se
cured bond.
Dale Carson Copeland. 23.
of P.O. Box 64, BeMdere, was
arrested on May 17 and
charged with disorderly con
duct. He was released on a
$500 unsecured bond.
The Hertford Police Depart
ment reported the following ar
rests:
Fritz Julius Kunkel Jr.. 21,
of 51F Cypress St. Hertford,
was arrested on May 8 and
charged with transporting an
open container of spiritous li
quor. Bond was set at $200 se
cured.
Willie Lee Vaughn. 27. of
Box 410 Wynn Fork Mobile
Home Park, Hertford, was ar
rested on May 13 and charted
with carrying a concealed
weapon. He was released on a
written promise to appear.
Charles Donnell White. 37,
of Lot 16 Meads Mobile Home
Park, Hertford, was arrested
on May 14 and charged with
larceny in general. He was re
leased on a written promise to
appear.
Walter Thomas Overton,
31. of 409 Cox Ave., Hertford,
was arrested on May 14 and
charged with assault with a
deadly weapon. He was re
leased on a written promise to
Farmers market officially opens
Two vendors
on hand for
ribbon cutting
Two local vendors Joined
officials Friday afternoon
when the county's first farm
ers market officially opened
for business.
Clifton Griffin and Mar
shall Bateman were on hand
to peddle their home-grown
wares as Charles Ward, chair
man of the Committee of 100.
cut the red ribbon at the
market site. Griffin had a
pick-up truck loaded with
fresh vegetables. Bateman a
selection of beautiful spring
plants.
The market, located at the
intersection of U.S. Highway
17 and Harvey Point Road, is
the brainchild of the agricul
ture subcommittee of the
Committee of 100. Rentals
are being handled on behalf
of the Committee by the
Chamber of Commerce.
Ward said four of the 10
available spaces have been
rented. Three will feature vege
tables. one bedding plants,
shrubs and potted plants.
Committee members said Fri
day they hope interest in the
market will grow.
Also on hand for the grand
^farmers*
Photo by Susan Harris
On hand for the opening of the farmers market Friday
were (left to right) vendor Clifton Griffin, Diane Stallings,
W.D. “Bill” Cox, John Beers, Russell Hollowell, Charles
Ward, Tommy Harrell, Leo Higgins, vendor Marshall Bate
man, Wayne Winslow and Sid Eley. Sponsored by the
Committee of 100, the market will provide an outlet for
producers of fruits, vegetables and handmade crafts.
openeing were Hertford mayor
John Beers: town manager
W.D. “Bill” Cox: Chamber
president and Committee of
100 member Tommy Harrell*
Committe of 100 members Di
ane Stallings and Russell Hol
lowell: county commissioners
Leo Higgins and Wayne
Winslow; Hertford councilman
Sid Eley and Chamber exec
utive director Mary Harrell.
The market will be open 8
a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday.
Cole will represent Democrats in New York
Democrats In the 1st Con
gressional District met In
Wllliamston Saturday and
elected a Perquimans County at
torney as one of six delegates to
represent the district at the
Democratic National Convention
in New York this summer.
\ j, Carlton Cole was elected
to attend the national conven
tion that will elect the Demo
cratic candidate for U.S.
president.
John London was elected
second vice chairman for the
district The Hertford minister
has long been active in the
Democratic party.
Tm looking forward to tak
ing part in this process and get
ting on the road to electing a
Democratic president,” said
Cole.
About 230 delegates from
the 28 1st District counties at
tended the meeting at
Williamston High School.
The party will adopt its offi
cial platform at the state con
vention June 20. , \
J
I. Carlton Cole
Scores
up on
writing
test
Perquimans students per
formed well on the North Caro
lina Annual Testing Program
Writing Assessment, according
to scores recently received by
the school system. Local testing
supervisor Paul Ward shared the
good news with school board
members Monday evening.
Both sixth and eighth grad
ers took the test initially imple
mented in 1984 to measure
students' command of composi
tion and grammar. On a scale of
1 to 4 with 1 being a lack of
command of skills and 4 being a
strong command, school dis
tricts push to get students at
the 2.5, or average skills level.
Eighth graders improved
from 39.6 percent scoring 2.5 or
better in 1990-91 to 66.2 per
cent in 1991-92. The higher
scores moved Perquimans into
the No. 5 slot out Of 22 school
systems in the Northeast Re
gion. Only Gates. Roanoke Rap
ids, Dare and Bertie scored
better than Perquimans. The
system was signiflcantsly higher
than the state average of 57.9
percent and the regional average
of 54.9 percent.
Of the 160 eighth graders
who took the test, four scored a
perfect 4.0; 12 scored 3.5; 55
scored 3.0 and 35 scored 2.5.
Thirty-nine students scored 2.0.
Only 15 students scored 2.0 or
below.
Sixth graders improved from
36.2 percent testing at 2.5 or
higher in 1990-91 to 67.7 per
cent irt 1991-92. The state aver
age was 57.6 percent at 2.5 or
better. The average in the North
east Region was 58.7, slightly
higher than the state mark. Per
quimans was ranked seventh in
the Northeast region. Tyrrell,
Pasquotank, Hyde, Gates, Dare
and Currituck scored higher
then Perquimans.
Four sixth graders scored
4.0 on the exam, while six
scored 3.5. The largest group,
46.8 percent or 74 students,
scored 3.0. Only 10 students
scored below 2.0.
Ward said the scores were
the best ever received by Perqui
mans on the assessment.
"I think the students and
teachers should be com
mended.” Ward said.
He credited a concentrated
effort on the part of all sixth
and eighth grade faculty and the
assistance of Rita Winborne,
who was hired specifically to
work with students to prepare
them for the writing test.
“We had the highest net gain
on both tests in the region,”
said superintendent Randall He
nion.
me writing assessments
were administered in February.
Students were given a prompt,
and then used skills learned in
their classes, such as outlining,
to write their essays.
The eighth grade was in
structed to write a persuasive
essay. The test prompt was.
“Your principal has aksed for
suggestions about how to make
things better in your school.
Write to your principal persuad
ing him/her or just one thing
you think should be changed.
Comince your principal to make
the change.”
Sixth graders were assigned
a clarification essay. The prompt
was. “Select a particular place
you have come to know well and
that is special to you. It can be
a back yard, a setting in the
woods or on the water, a store,
a secret hideout, a certain room,
or any other spot that is special
to you. Name the place and ex
plain why it is special.”
Ward said that preliminary
CAT results appear very positive,
however the summaries are not
back yet so no analysis could be
made. From what is known.
Ward said it appeared that Per
quimans students made im
provements at every grade level
tested. He anticipates receiving
ftrll reports by mid-June.