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Farm: Farm Bureau honors officers at recognition banquet: Page s Sports: PCHS teams in tourney: cheerleaders win competition: Pages e, 7 THE PERQU yf A TVTC 1 1 I ■■■ c. /1 /■ T V X h :y WEEKLY Volume 63, No. 9 Hertford, Perquim 0119 35 Cents Royal couple ify :S- /• 4 ^^1 r/\ r Virgie Hollowell and Carson Banks were crowned King and Queen of Hearts at Brian Center iast Thursday. Resi dents, staff and friends paid 10 cents per vote to stand behind the king and queen of their choices. The effort was part of Brian Center’s Heart Month fundraising effort. (Photo f .y Susan Harris) Byrum will leave PCHS Principal to transfer to central office By SUSAN R. HARRIS Editor WUllain E. Byrum will not sit in the principal’s office at Perqui mans Cotmly High School when teachers and students arrive for classes in August. Perquimans County Schools Superintendent Randal L. He- nlon announced Friday morning at a press conference that Byrum will transfer to the central office on June 30. “It’s time for me to hang up one set of shoes and put on an other one,” Byrum said during the press conto'ence. “1 followed two good men, E.C. Woodard and Ike Perry, and it’s time for some body else to leave that school and it’s time for me to look for different challenges and grow in other directions.” Byrum emphasized that the transfer came at his req^uest. He said no one suggested to him that he leave the mgh school, nor was he coerced into making the request. “Until Monday , no one knew about this (decision) except my wife,” Byrum said. “I think I sur prised Dr. Henion.” Henlon said he and Byrum discussed the transfer request several times last week. “He stated in a letter to me earlier this week that he is mak ing this request in the hope that as he nears the end of his career in education, he can experience ctdditicnal challenges in other areas of education and that this aimoimcement would allow for a timety transfer of leadership at Perquimans County High School,” Henion said. Henlon said Byrum has seen an incredible amoimt of change since he was appointed principal at the school in 1964. “Think of what has happened over the years since Mr. Byrum began at P.H.S. in 1960,” Henlon said. “It was 1960 when John F. Kennedy was elected President of the United States. It was the same time that the Kennefy ad ministration pledged to have a man on the moon by the end of the decade and the famous statement, ’Ask not what your country can do for you; but what you can do for your coimtiy.’ Mr. Byrum took his challenge veiy seriously and has served Perqui mans County very well for 34 years, not thinking what the county could do for him, but what he could do for his coimty. With his extensive bacl^mmd, he has a great deal to offer Per quimans County. “He has touched virtually ev ery famlty in Perquimans County in one way or other over the years.” Henlon said administrators are still working on a specific ti tle and Job duties for ^rum. He said he will have an active role at the central office and work fi'om William E. Byrum (left) requested a transfer from his post as principal of Perquimans High School to the central office effec tive June 30. Schools superintendent Randall L. Henion an nounced the transfer at a press conference Friday. Byrum has served as principal at the school for 30 years. (Photo by Susan Harris) a coimty-wide perspective. Byrum graduated from Per quimans H^ School in 1956 and retumra as a teacher in 1960. He was appointed princi pal in December 1964 following tile death of E.C. Woodard. He h£is held the post continualty since that time. Henlon said the school sys tem will advertise the position opening at the high school across the state. Newbold-White celebrates 25 years as historic site Restoration Association seeks county residents’ interest in site The Perquimans County Re storation Association will cele brate Newbold-Whlte’s 25th year as a historic site this month. Once considered just a real old house outfitted with several modernizations over the years, local historians believed that the house on the Newbold farm was a diamond in the rough. After many years of hard work, re search and fundraising, the group now tags the historic site “A Perquimans Jewel.” The oldest house in North Carolina, Newbold-White was probably built about 1685 by Jo seph Scott, a planter, magistrate and legislator. Scott was one of the few persons mentioned by name in George Fox’s journal of 1672, and he was among the or ganizers of North Carolina’s first church (Quaker). Scott’s widow invited the local court to hold its sessions in the house in the 1690s, an Invitation soon ex tended to all the colony’s courts and to the General Assembly of 1697. The house remains the only surviving meeting place of 17tii-centuiy Carolina executive- legislative- judicial bodies. Restoration on the house be gan in 1973. The North Carolina Society, Colonial Dames of the XVII Century has assisted with furnishing the house in a man ner reflecting its 17th century heritage. The David Newby Cottage, which now serves as the home of the on-site historian and overseer, Steve Allen, was moved to the site fi'om the New Hope community in 1974. The Perquimans Heritage Center, built to resemble a pe riod bam, serves as a visitor’s center and gift shop at the site. The meeting room provides space for Restoration Associa tion activities, and is also avail able for a fee for public use. While Newbold-White’s guest register bears addresses firom all over the United States and even some foreign coimtries, Restora- tiori Association members say there are many in Perquimans County who have never toured the historic treasure. Because of this, the association has planned a 25th anniversary cel ebration on March 7 and 8 es pecially for local residents. A soup and sandwich limch will be served on March 7 fix)m 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. That evening, a wine and cheese party is set for 5-7 p.m. A second soup-and- t sandwich limch is planned for March 8. Tours of the site will be available. Door prizes will be given during the celebration. ' 4 ’• - • ^ The Perquimans County Restoration Association is celebrating house in 1973. Since that time, the David Newby Cottage and the 25th anniversary of the Newbold-White historic site desig- Perquimans Center have been added to the complex. The asso- nation. Through research, fundraising and a lot of hard work, elation wants all the ‘home folks’ to come and celebrate the his- the Restoration association renovated North Carolina’s oldest toric landmark next week. (File photo) i f--'. r* m Nixon attends Farm Bureau meeting Perquimans Cbunty Farm Bu reau president Wayne Nixon (right) talte with North Caro lina Farm Bureau Federation president W.B. Jenkins at the annual Farm Bureau presi dents meeting in Raleigh re cently. The agriculture group discussed priorities and is sues relating to farming dur ing the meeting. (Submitted photo) Wayne Nixon of Perquimans Coimty was among the local Farm Bureau presidents who re cently attended the organiza tion’s aimual presidents meeting in Raleigh. The local delegates were up dated on the major agrlcultuim issue concerns and priorities for the organization. Priority issues for 1994 include private property rights, health care reform, the national budget and the 1995 Farm Bill. During the meeting. Gover nor Jim Hunt sought Farm Bu reau support for his crime package presently being debated in the North Carolina General Assembty. North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation President Bob Jen kins said that the organization supports in principle tiie gover nor’s program, and has con tacted all state legislators asking for their serious consideration m the proposals. Noi^ Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture Jim Graham told the Farm Bureau presidents that fimding must be a balanced proposition. “Financing this worthy effort must not come at the total ex pense of agricultural programs,” Graham said. “Crime is a univer sal problem and costs should be evenly divided.” The national debate over to bacco taxes was also on the meet- ing agenda. Both Hunt and Graham said they support the Domestic Content Law which would require that no more than 25 percent of domestlealty pro duced cigarettes can contain for- elgn-produced tobacco. The pair also opposes any additional taxes on tobacco.
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