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'Voluma 62, No. 32
WEEKLY
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Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C.,
Thursday, September 30,1993
35 Cents
Indian Summer Festival reaps harvest of fun
Local artists
add flair to
festival m
By SUSAN R. HARRIS
Editor _
The work of locdl artists
highlighted this year's Indian
Summer Festival. From the Per
quimans County Library's suc
cessful Artists Four art snow and
sale to the Perquimans Weekly's
Turtle Mania art contest to the
works that graced the downtown
merchants' windows, the talent
of local artists was displayed
throughout the weekend.
The library has tagged Artists
Four a huge success, and plans
to sponsor the event each year.
The show produced sales of over
$3,000, one-third of which will
go to the library to purchase
needed supplies and equipment
Librarian Shelley Feam said after
expenses, the library will realize
a profit of around $600.
The show featured Perqui
mans County artists Jimmye
Hayes. Jesse P. Perry Jr. and
Becky France, as well as Mo
yock's Dale Ball.
Feam said the show’s art
was so good, in fact that a gal
lery owner from the Tidewater
area has made inquiries about
featuring the artists in a show at
a Norfolk gallery.
; The Turtle Mania contest
drew entries from budding artists
and experienced artisans alike.
Contest organizer Anzie Ziemba
said she was extremely pleased
with the creativity of the entries,
and plans to offer the contest
again next year. Winners in
cluded:
Ages 3 to 5 - (All submitted
by Stepping Stones) Amy. first
pace; Taylor, second place; and
Allison. Sydnes and Darik, third
(dace.
Ages 6 to 10 - Stepping
Stones Day Care turtles on a log,
first place; Stepping Stones Day
Care turtle cups, second place,
i Ages 11-14 - Tommy Stoke
ly’s fishing turtle, first place.
Ages 15 to Adult - Laura Sul
livan. gourd and watermelon tur
tle, first place; Donna Jordan.,
day turtles on a log. and Jackie
Hobbs, hand-carved turtle, sec
ond place; Becky Perry, stuffed
turtle, third place.
On display downtown was a
variety of work by Jackie Hobbs.
Beaulah Bowden. Gwen Hendrix,
Laura Sullivan. Beaulah Wil
liams, Heather Umphlett. Tommy
Stokley. Linda Morris, Kathy
Grayson. Ed Roshe and Anzie
Ziemba.
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40 enter
car showz
The Parksville Ruritan's car
show held at the Perquimans
High School athletic field Satur
day drew about 40 entries and
- around 100 lookeis, accordir? to
' Ruritar. member Bert Hayes. *
Hayes said the dub’s first
show was a learning experience,
and with a few changes, could
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THE PERQUIMANS
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Getting creamed
A popular new feature at the 12th annual Indian Summer
Festival was the ple-in-the-face auction. Wlnfall Police Chief
David Lane was creamed by his wife, Betty, at the park Sat
urday during the auction. (Photo by Susan Harris)
Festival
queen is
By SUSAN R. HARRIS
Editor
It was reminiscent of the
Miss America Pageant. While
awaiting the judges’ decision,
seven very talented Perquimans
County High School students
held hands, nervously awaiting
the name of the first Miss Indian
Summer Festival, _-v,
The second runner-up was
announced. The remaining six
girls closed ranks. The first run
ner-up was named. The five Still
in line drew a collective breath
and waited, , ^
Lena Swetv a T6-year-old
sophomore, was crowned the
first Miss Indian Summer Festi
val. Tears streamed down her
cheeks as the glittering Uara was
placed on her head.
The mistress and master of
ceremonies bid the audience
Knight, and congratulatory
_ ; commenced on the stage.
“I’m veiy pleased with the
way things turned out,” said
Brenda Dali, schools coordinator
of the pageant. “It was a lot of
fun for the girls. We’re looking
.forward to next year, *
i “I think it's wonderful that
we had all this great talent right
here in Perquimans County and
this gave us the opportunity to
share it with people.” Dail added.
Dali said the judges. Ginger
O'Neal. Sandra Cooper, John
Beers, Estelle Felton and Brenda
Hollowell. had a difficult time be
cause of the quality of the con
testants' talent and appearance.
“Those judges realty4 had a
difficult job with such talented
contestants and we sincerely ajp
preciate their contribution to the.
pageant's success,” Dail said.
Contestants could earn up to
50 points broken down into four
main categories: talent-20 points
{ability, stage performance, ded
ication to talent, creativity and
overall projection; pbise-10
points (eye contact, smile, coor
. - *Y- .
Miss Indian Summer Festival contestants ham
it up with master of ceremonies Doug Layden
(center) while the Judges make their final se
lections. Th contestants were (left to right)
Gwanetta Askew, Lena Swet, Nichole Keefe,
Jennifer Hauptman, Suzanne Eiland, Tameka
Eason and D’Ani Bines. (Photo by Susan Har
ris)
dination, posture); appearance-1
points (hair, make-up, styles ap
propriateness of dress, overall
eye-catching features); and pub
lic speaking-10 points (good
voice, voice tone and projection,
enthusiasm, eye contact).
? Nichole Keefe was named
first runner-up and Suzanne Ei
land earned second runner-up
designation. Contestants also in
cluded D’Ani Bines, Timeka Ea
son. Jennifer Hauptman and
Gwanetta Askew.
Like the glitzy Miss America
pageant, the Miss Indian Sum*'
mer Festival boasted introduc
tion music by Lynwood Winslow;
a mistress and master of ceremo
nies, Lu Ann Riddick and Doug
las Layden: a contestants’
production number, the Electric
Slide; an explanation of the
judging procedures; talent Com
petition; appearance and poise
competition; and a master of cer
emonies song with the contes
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tants.
• By all accounts, the talent
portion of the contest was out
standing. Singing, dancing, gym
nastics and original poetry were
presented during the competi
tion.
Dail said several people who
attended die pageant told her it
was very good, and offered to do
nate time and prizes to next
year’s event.
■ '
Contestant run-down
•Lena Swet, a 16-year-old
sophomore from Belvidere.
Daughter of Robert and Carol
Swet. Thlenfc singing / Will A1
ways Love You.
•Nichole Keefe, a 14-year-old
freshman from Hertford. Daugh
ter of Scott and Kathy Keefe. Tal
ent: gymnastics floor routine to
Love Theme From Flashdance.
•Suzanne Eiland, a 17-year
old senior. Daughter of Lamar .;
and Sue Eiland. Talent: dance
routine to It’s My Thang. • V
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•Gwanetta Askew, a 15-year
old sophomore. Daughter of Mar
garet Moore. Talent: reciting a
collage collectible of poetry from
The Inner Child, written by Gwa
netta.
•D'Ani Bines, a 16-year-old
senior. Daughter of David and
Willie Ann Bines. Talent: balance
beam routine to Aladdin’s A
Whole New World.
•TLmeka Eason, a 16-year-old
sophomore. Daughter of Donald
and Pamela Stepney. Talent:
singing Wind Beneath My Wings.
^Jennifer Hauptman, a 16
year-old sophomore. Daughter of
Thomas Hauptman. Talent: sing
ing I’ll Never Get Over You Get
ting Over Me. Back-up voc als
Festival is
success
By SUSAN R. HARRIS
Editor
The 12th annual Indian
Summer Festival reaped a har
vest of fun for Perquimans
County last Friday and Satur
day.
The two-day event sported
sidewalk sales, entertainment,
crafts, art, food, contests, games
and plenty of old- fashioned
small-town fun.
Both Chamber executive di
rector Mary Harrell and presi
dent Sherry Harrell said they
were very pleased with the festi
val.
“I thought everything went
really well,” Mary Harrell said. “I
thought we had more people
than last year. The crowd
stayed. I really and truly thought
this year went really well.”
Sherry Harrell echoed the
sentiments.
“All in all. I’m pleased with
the way things went. I heard
some good comments: I was
quite delighted that we had good
weather and that it turned a
little cooler for us.”
Both chamber officials said
they got positive feedback from
festival-goers and vendors alike.
“The ones (vendors) I talked
with had a good day.” Mary Har
rell said.
She added that this year’s
festival drew more vendors than
the 1992 edition^ Because of
some adjustments in the place-'
ment of the booths, she said, it
may have looked as if there were
fewer crafters there. She said the
new arrangement was tried to
make it more convenient for
shoppers to browse through all
the booths.
Both agreed that the festi
val’s strong point wak its diver
sity.
“We had something for ev
eryone,” Mary Harrell said. “You
have to offer something for all
ages and tastes.”
From doggers to gospel sing
ers to bands to clowns, a variety
of entertainers graced the stages
downtown and at the park dur
ing the festival, providing enjoy
ment for tots to senior citizens
and everyone in between.
Popular new features in
cluded the pie-in-the-face auc
tion, watermelon seed spitting
contest, turtle bucks auction
and Miss Indian Summer Festi
val pageant.
Athletic director Harrell
Thach, county manager Paul
Gregory, Winfall police chief Da
vid Lane, Farm Bureau agent Le
wis Evans, schools
superintendent FCandall Henion
and Perquimans Weekly editor
Susan Harris took pies in the
face. Bidders raised over $130.
for the chamber to help defray;
festival costs.
Dana Clair won the junior
watermelon seed spitting divi
sion, while Tommy Harrell took
the adult competition.
Merchants gave out turtle
bucks with purchases made in
their stores all week, culminat
ing in a turtle bucks auction Fri
day afternoon. Shoppers
gathered to bid on items donated
by merchants. The last item, a
box of fudge, sold for over $800
turtle bucks as those with the
terrapin money pooled resources
to raise the bid.
Lena Swet. named the first
Miss Indian Summer Festival
during Thursday evening’s pag
eant, appeared throughout the
festival, sharing her musical tal
ent.
Sherry Harrell said she has
received many positive re*.$
sponses to this year’s festival. :
, "The comments I’ve heard
have been overwhelmingly posi
tive," she saidi ? ‘ * '#■ "W
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