July 4,
The Perquimans Weekly
350
Vol. 64, No. 27
The only newspaper for and about Perquimans County people
Hertford, North Carolina 27944
Local flags fly at Olympics
Local company
makes 48,000
American flags
By SUSAN R. HARRIS
Editor
Perquimans County won’t
host the U.S. Olympic Summer
Games. No county athletes will
enter the field of competition.
But this small North Carolina
county is playing a role in the
games that will draw people
from all across the globe to
Atlanta, Ga.
As people enter the opening
ceremonies of the Summer
Games in Atlanta, 48,000 flags
made in Perquimans County
will be distributed to them,
according to Carl Terranova,
president of Apricot, Inc.,
located on Don Juan Road in
Hertford.
Apricot, Inc. was contracted
to produce 4,000 dozen flags for
distribution during the
Olympic ceremonies.
Terranova said a “friend of
a friend” recommended the
local company be contacted
about making the flags. The
company’s reputation for pro
ducing quality work in a time
ly manner is responbile for the
contract.
For weeks now, the produc
tion area at Apricot, Inc. has
been colored red, white and
blue as employees have
worked to fill the Olympic
sized order.
“There are flags every
where,” Terranova said.
Terranova said Apricot
employees seem to be pleased
that the company was chosen
to produce the flags.
“They (the employees) think
it’s pretty neat,” Terranova
said. “They’re very
impressed.”
And Terranova gave much
of the credit for Apricot’s flag
contract to the quality work
produced by the company’s
employees.
“It’s not just the Terranova
family represented, but the
employees as weU. It’s our rep
utation, all of us (that led to
the contract),” Terranova said.
“We all take pride in our
work.”
When millions of television
viewers watch the opening cer
emonies of the Olympics, they
probably will not realize that
almost 50,000 of the American
flags that are sure to be wav
ing around the stadium were
made in a place most have
never even heard of, ■
Perquimans County, North
Carolina.
But the 10,t01 people who
call Perquimans County home
wiU.
PHOTO BY BRIAN MCLAUGHLIN, THE DAILY ADVANCE
Employees at Apricot, Inc. in Hertford make some of the 48,000
American flags produced by the company for distribution at the
Summer Olympic games in Atlanta, Ga.
Lady Tigers win State Games gold
PCMS team
takes third
season crown
By SUSAN R. HARRIS
Editor
The Perquimans County
Middle School Lady Tigers
softball team picked up its
third championship of the sea
son Sunday with a gold medal
at the State Games of North
Carolina.
In April, the team defeated
First Flight and Camden to
take the Perquimans
Invitational Tournament
championship for the second
straight year. When the
Coastal Athletic Conference
season ended in May, the Lady
Tigers had tallied a 13-1 record
to take a share of the confer
ence crown. Playing their last
games as a team in June, the
squad won three games to take
its second consecutive 14-and-
under slow pitch title at the
State Games. The team’s over
all record is 18-1.
“This team did something
no other team in Perquimans
Middle School history has
done,” said Lady Tigers coach
Sid Eley. “They played hard
this year and every member of
our team truly contributed. At
some, point during the season,
every one of our players made
the key play or had the key hit.
It was just a super effort by the
The Lady Tigers celebrated a gold medal sea
son after taking the team’s second consecu
tive State Games 14-and-under softball cham
pionship. Team members are (left to right,
front) eighth graders Jodie Bridgers, Lindsey
Ferrell, Mindy Roberson, Courtney Harris,
PHOTO BY SUSAN HARRIS
Michelle Nixon, Lauren Piontkia, Kristen
Winslow, Blair Winslow, (back) coach Sid Eley,
seventh graders Ashley Copeland, Jessica
Couvillon, Lisa Dail, Lisa Harris, Natalie
Layden, Ashley Winslow and base coach
Susan Harris.
girls.”
Eley said the team’s tough
est challenge was winning the
State Games title. After play
ing slow pitch during the
spring, most of the team mem
bers began playing their first
fast pitch softball with recre
ation teams. Then while still
playing fast pitch, they pre
pared for slow pitch action at
State Games.
Plus, the competition at the
State Games was fierce.
Perquimans faced all-star
squads from other areas.
The Lady Tigers faced the
Slammers, a hard-hitting team
with solid defense, in game 1 of
the State Games series. Using
aggressive base running and
defense, the Perquimans
squad was able to take a 3-2
win.
Perquimans completed dom
inated Cary in game 2, win
ning 13-0 on 12 hits, two sacri
fices and four Cary errors,
while committing only one
error.
The second win put
Perquimans in the gold medal
round, only to face the tough
Slammers again on Sunday.
Sunday’s game saw the
Lady Tigers hit the ball all
over the field, scoring 16 runs.
Perquimans collected 20 solid
hits, including five doubles, in
the 16-11 win. The squad
reached four times on errors
and scored on a sacrifice.
The Lady Tigers settled
down to claim the win and the
gold medal.
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Plans for the 4th of July cel
ebration at Missing Mill Park
call for a family atmosphere of
fireworks and fun.
On tap for the day are:
• American Legion Post 126
pancake breakfast, 7 a.m. -
noon. Legion building
• Hertford Baptist Church
Adult Choir mini-cantata,
“America, God Shed His Grace
on Thee,” 8:15 p.m,
• Rev. John London, First
Baptist Church, invocation.
• Fireworks, 9 p.m.
• Street dance featuring
disc jockey Mickey Phelps,
close of fireworks -11 p.m.
Concessiops will be avail
able at the park beginning at 5
p.m.
Times for the events could
be moved up if a storm threat
ens Thursday evening
Stallings added that pledges
and donations have been
received in the last week; how
ever, the fireworks funds is i
still short about $1,000.
Donations are still being
accepted in care of
NationsBank.
Chamber
primed for
success
Indian Summer
Festival ‘96
September 21
Indian Summer
‘96 set to be the
best ever
By SUSAN R. HARRIS
Editor
Indian Summer Festival
1996 will feature the biggest
name ever to grace a local
festival stage.
Bill Deal and Fat Ammon,
“The Sheiks of Shag,” will
play for the street dance that
traditionally climaxes the
festival, according to
Chamber of Commerce
Executive Director Sandra
Smith.
Smith said Deal called to
confirm the engagement this
weekend.
“We are so excited to have
Bill Deal and Fat Ammon
coming to our festival,”
Smith said. “The Chamber
expects to draw many people
to enjoy the band and street,
dance. We hope that while
our visitors are here, they
will feel welcome, look at all
we have to offer here in
Perquimans County and
make plans to
return.”
The festival
is planned for
Saturday,
September 21.
The day’s
events will begin at 8 a.m.,
with the street dance closing
the gala from 8-11 p.m. There
is no charge for the dance.
Smith said applications for
booth rentals are available at
the Chamber office. Booths
rent for $35 each. Food, dis
plays, arts, crafts and other
items may be sold at the festi
val.
The festival is just one
facet of the work done by the
Chamber to promote
Perquimans County. The
group is actively involved in
historic preservation, the
annual county Christmas
parade, the 4th of July festivi
ties, business support and
recruitment, regional eco
nomic affairs, downtown
revitalization and education.
The Chamber Board of
Directors voted to make
Smith its full-time executive
director last week. She for
merly worked part-time.
Smith said she and the board
felt that the move to keep the
Chamber office open and
operating full-time shows the
Chamber’s commitment to
Perquimans County’s eco
nomic well-being.
Smith is now looking for
volunteers to man the office
when she must be out of
town.
“I want this office door
open all during office hours,”
Smith said.
In January, the board gave
Smith the green light to
recruit a team to establish a
countywide historic commis
sion to promote the rich his
tory of the county. Smith
chose Becky Winslow to
chair the commission.
Winslow put together what
Smith calls “a talented and
proficient team” composed of
co-chair Betty Stokes, Nancy
Rascoe, Charles Skinner,
Albert Eure, Jeri Oltman and
Mary Darden Uker of the
N.C. Department of
Commerce. The group is
leading the effort to establish
non-restrictive historic dis
tricts throughout the county.
Smith said the commission is
taking the right steps to
'establish the districts. Thf'
ultimate goal is to help estab
lish a tourism industry in the
county.
A fundraiser sponsored by
the Chamber will be held on
July 28 at Front Street home
of Lucille Winslow to help
defray the expenses of the
research involved in estab
lishing the districts.
The Chamber will host a
reception honoring recently-
appointed Elizabeth City
State University Chancellor
Mickey Burnin on July 24 at
Albemarle Plantation.
Downtown revitalization
is a major concern of the
Chamber, and Smith said she
is working closely with
Perquimans County
Economic Director Robert
Baker to develop a strategic
plan for revitalization and
downtown improvement.
Tiie Chamber is alse
actively represented on the
TnterAgency Council, th-^*
Hampton icoa.iu:
Chamber of
Commerce, the
Northeasteri:
North Caroline
Regional
Economic
Development
Commission, the
Northeastern North Carolina
Tourism Professionals and
several other groups.
“We’re just really making
a lot of good networking con
nections,” Smith said.
“Where we can promote
Perquimans County, we are
there. We’re exploring every
a\^nue of development.”
With 40 new members this
year, the Chamber is grow
ing. A '.lewsletter has been
established to help keep
members informed about
Chamber activities.
The Chamber board is
described by Smith as active
and progressive.
“I have a wonderful, sup
portive, progressive board,”
Smith said. “I’m just really
enthused at my board. They
are committed to
Perquimans County.”
Larry Swindell serves as
Chamber president. Paige
Eure is vice president. Smith
is secretary, and Gail
Godwin is treasurer. Board
members include Diane
Stallings, Douglas Layden,
Leo Higgins,‘Anna Smith,
Alice Jean Winslow,
Laurence Chappell and Billy
Nixon. The board meets the
fourth Tuesday of every
month at the Chamber office.
The meetings are open to all
members; however. Smith
said because of space limita
tions, those wishing to attend
should call ahead.
“I can’t wait to get up and
come to work every day,”
Smith said. “I love my job
and I’m really proud of what
we are accomplishing here.
People are excited about
Perquimans County. I can
just feel it in the air.
“With the,vision, coopera
tion and desire to he a part oi
the growth of the county I've
seen in the board, I am cer
tain Perquimans County has
a bright future.”