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September 28,1995 ICIMV LIEB^RV ■ r '7f44 .'jl^cpTFCrv C The Perquimans Weekly 350 VqI. 63, No. 39 The only newspaper for and about Perquimans County people Hertford, North Carolina 27944 Rain shortens Indian Summer Festival Chamber pleased with annual gala despite bad weather n % •1 .-i* /. f I The Perquimans County High School Marching Pirates didn’t let the rain stop them from putting on a crowd-pleasing performance at PHOTO BY BRIAN MCLAUGHLIN, THE DAILY ADVANCE the 15th annual Indian Summer Festival Saturday at Missing Mill Park. The band received thunderous applause. It wasn’t the kind of day the Perquimans County Chamber of Commerce had hoped for, but all-in-all, Chamber offi cials were pleased with the 15th annual Indian Summer Festival. Rain and wind forced the Chamber to end the festival at 5 p.m., before the perennial favorite street dance and a concert by international artist Ron Moore. However, there were those folks who settled in under the large tent and enjoyed the For Smith, Festival is an “adventure” Sandra Smith labeled her first Indian Summer Festival “an adventure.” The Tyner resident joined the Perquimans County Chamber of Commerce as Executive Director on Aug. 21, just a month before festival day. It was the 15th Indian Summer Festival organized by the Chamber, but the first for Smith. Smith said she was impressed with the coopera tion she has seen over the last month among Chamber mem bers. “Everybody just reaUy pulls together,” Smith said. She said she is looking for ward to continuing to meet more people in the communi ty, and to doing her part to help the Chamber grow and be successful. Smith has already begun work on her second “adven ture,” the annual Perquimans County Christmas parade. The Chamber voted to sponsor the parade this year with organi zational help from the Die Hards, the group of former Jaycees who planned last year’s parade. The parade committee met last week to begin work on the Dec. 2 event. Chamber president A.O. Roberts said he thinks the Chamber made a good choice in hiring Smith for the posi tion. The position became avail able upon the retirement of former director Mary HarreU, who Roberts said worked tire lessly for many years. Roberts said he enjoyed his long asso ciation with Harrell, and appreciates her efforts on behalf of the Chamber and business community.. ROYALTY/Homecoming court 1 ‘f'* fm *111 Homecoming queen Pam Mallory and king James Hurdle were crowned by P.C.H.S. assistant principal Dwayne Stallings during halftime festivities of the Perquimans- Weldon football game Friday night. Both students are seniors. The school’s Student Council sponsors homecom ing each year. Theme days, a bonfire and pep rally led up to the evening’s festivities. PHOTOS BY SUSAN HARRIS The rain let up just long enough for the Perquimans High School homecoming court to be crowned Friday evening. On the court were (above, left to right) Shalonda Leary, Mr. Class of 1999 Travis Hurdle, Theresa Land, Mr. Class of 1998 Tavarus Ferebee, Tylina Overton, Prince Andrae Vaughan, Queen Pam Mallory, King James Hurdle, Nina Litterst, Brandon Stokely, Princess Shikara Elliott, Brian White, Miss Class of 1998 Jennifer Rountree, Toby Crandall, Miss Class of 1999 DeeDee Sheard and Erik Whidbee. Each class made nomina tions, then voted on two male and two females as semi-finalists. The entire student body chose the win ners. The Marina opens Developers Woody Perry (left to right) and Pete Bosher were joined by Kitty Bosher and Jim Johnson at the grand opening of The Marina at Albemarle Plantation Saturday. Albemarle Plantation offi cially opened its marina Saturday, signaling the com pletion of yet another phase of the planned community. Only 15 minutes from the Intracoastal Waterway, The Marina is a fuU-service facility providing 212 slips. Amenities include free water and elec tricity, fuel, cable TV, a pump ing station and optional tele phone hook-ups. Also available to Marina guests are golf packages to : . Joy Untold presented a magic show at the Kids Paviilion on the tennis courts. day’s entertainment, food and crafts despite the weather. “Everybody hung in there for as long as they could,” said Chamber Director Sandra Smith. “All in all, it went real ly well.” Smith said co-chairmen Paige Eure and Tony Lane did a wonderful job of organizing the festival, and she was impressed with the teamwork by all Chamber members and volunteers. Regional library celebrates birthday With a quick look back and a long look forward, the Pettigrew Regional Librar/ System is celebrating its 40th year of providing library ser vices to the residents of Chowan, Tyrrell and Washgton counties. Perquimans County signed on with the system in 1976. In the mid-1950s, the state library and individual coun: ties began to realize that if smaller, rural counties pooled money and shared costs, more of their resources would be available for books and library services. The idea of county libraries in this area joining together into a regional system was hatched in the summer of 1955, and by September of 1955, the Board of Commissioners of Chowan, Tyrrell and Washington counties approved membership Commitment to the joint operation of a library system was a big step for county lead ers, according to Martie Smith of the regional library, because it involved the exchange of money. From its inception, the contract between the counties and the regional library stipulated that all state aid funds and local appropriations would be administered from a regional account. The book collections were to be owned in common, and would be rotated among the libraries and bookmobiles. Through trust and coopera tion, all of the matters of finance and authority were worked out, and the three counties formed the Pettigrew Region. Later, Perquimans County saw how well the con cept was working and decided to join. In its fmst fuU year of opera tion, Pettigrew had 38,715 books, many of which were uncataloged. Now, the system has over 112,000 books, plus audiobooks, videos, subscrip tions to 125 magazine and newspaper titles, and a couple of computerized magazine indexes with the full-text of numerous other magazine articles. Although traditional book mobile service was discontin ued two years ago, homebound individuals in aU four counties have books and audiobooks delivered to their houses by Melinda Galtress. The offices of the regional library are housed in Washington County Library in Plymouth. Space is now run ning short, and Smith hopes to see separate quarters for the regional offices one day. Although they sometimes feel invisible, the regional staff provides behind-the-scenes services. Vonnie Furlough handles finances; Faith Noell, Debbie Haggerty and Dorothy Nemecek handle orders and cataloging; and Susan Stillman is the computer expert. Stillman’s services will be extremely important over the next few months as the region automates. 'Thanks to a federal grant and funds procured through local library boards, the regional library will com puterize its card catalogs. Smith said the regional con cept has been successful because of the cooperation and dedication of the regional and local staffs, and the county governments and library boards involved. A display will be in the Perquimans County Library Oct. 2-13 commemorating the regional library’s 40 years. Outside play Sound GohLinks and din ing at Pavo’s Restaurant at the Albemarle Plantation Clubhouse. Guests at Saturday’s grand opening enjoyed barbecue and entertainment and seemed not to mind the rain too much. Sales topped $6 million in 1994 at the 1,600-acre golf and boating community on the Albemarle Sound, and General Manager Wilson Greene said he expects 1995 to be another banner year. n High: Low: 70s 50s MOSTLY SUNNY High: Low: 70s 50s MOSTLY SUNNY High: Low: 70s 50s MOSTLY SUNNY
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