njim
OCT 0 8 1397 lllj
October 9,1997
,1 V.,
11
,TY
7H 4
;■ Y
The Perquimans Weekly
350
Vol. 65, No. 40
The only newspaper for and about Perquimans County people
Hertford, North Carolina 27944
Inside
Hollis Williams,
What DO you
do? by
Sean Jackson
Pages
Marching
Pirates take 3rd
at Peanut
Festivai
Pages
Perquimans
teams enjoy
winning week;
High school,
middle school
squads claim
conference
victories
Page 7
PHOTO BY ALLISON BRENNER, THE DAILY ADVANCE
Living History Day draws
young to Newbold-White
Perquimans County
an
Ali of Us
Community
October’s theme:
Have patience
anci listen
By SUSAN R. HARRIS
Editor
A lawn full of children had
so much fun, they didn’t even
know they were getting a
hands-on history lesson.
The Perquimans County
Restoration Association host
ed a Living History Day at the
Newbold-White Historic com
plex Saturday. The children
who attended the afternoon
event made candles, corn-
shuck dolls, rope and butter
the way the items were made
during the 18th century. There
were also old-fashioned games
to play.
“They really, really had a
wonderful time,” said PCRA
president Chris Lane. Lane
said the history day was very
successful and was a compo
nent of PCRA’s historical edu
cation program.
Also on site were basket
weavers, quitters, rug hookers
and a dulcimer player.
Brunswick stew simmered in a
large, black pot over an open
fire and was served with corn-
bread.
“Nest year, 1 think it will be
a very large event,” Lane said.
“People were just so recep
tive.”
The Living History Day was
capped off by the annual jollifi
cation. Lane said the turnout
for the yearly fall fundraiser
was the largest ever for the
restoration group.
Longmire joins
Dr. Lane’s practice
By SUSAN R. HARRIS
Editor
Dr. Mack Longmire
describes his association with
Coastal Carolina Family
Practice as a perfect match.
The 28-year-old physician
joined the Hertord firm in
August, and he said it’s been a
great couple of months.
'Longmire was looking for a
place in a busy family prac
tice, and that’s exactly what he
found at Coastal Carolina.
The Tennessee native never
had a doubt about his career
path.
“I always wanted to go into
medicine as long as I can
remember,” Longmire said.
After earning an undergrad
uate degree at East Tennessee
State University, Longmire
was admitted to the universi
ty’s James H. Quillan College
of Medicine. He served his res
idency at the Bristol Family
Practice Center. He is board
certified in family practice.
Longmire is a welcome
addition to the Coastal
Carolina, according to Chris
Lane, office manager and wife
of the firm’s founding physic-
na, Robert Earl Lane.
“We’re just so pleased to
have him (here),” Chris Lane
said. “He’s reaUy doing a good
job.”
Coastal Carolina is affiliat
ed with Chowan Hospital. Two
general practitioners, a physi
cian’s assistant, nurses and
technicians offer full patient
care at the office on Church
Street Extended.
Flu shots
available at
doctor’s offices
By SUSAN R. HARRIS
Editor
Private physicians have a
message for the public:
Doctors give flu and pneumo
nia shots every day.
Chris Lane, office manager
at Coastal Carolina Family Pra
tice in Hertord, said doctors
across the Albemarle area pur
chase flu and pneumonia vac
cine each year for the benefit
of their patients.
“The private physicians are
doing their very best to give
their patients flu shots and
pneumonia shots,” Lane said.
Private physicians file
insurance, Medicaid, and
Medicare, Lane said. That
means that there is not out-of-
pocket cost to most patients
just as if the vaccinations were
obtained at the health depart
ment. And Lane added that
many doctors will make
arrangements to provide shots
to patients not covered by a
health plan who may be finan
cially unable to pay cash for
the service.
“The health department is
not the only place to go get
shots at no (out-of-pocket)
cost,” Lane said. “Flu shots are
provided at physician’s offices
at no cost also the the patient.”
Lane said appointments for
the shots are not necessary at
Coastal Carolina.
“In most cases there is no
waiting,” Lane said. “They can
come in and get their shot and
leave.”
She recommends that those
who are interested in getting
flu or pneumonia shots call
their doctors’ offices for infor
mation.
Finch selected
Teacher of Year
By SUSAN R. HARRIS
Editor
Perquimans County Schools
recently named the system’s
Teacher of the Year.
Thelma Finch, an 18-year
Perquimans elementary edu
cation veteran, was named the
system’s Teacher of the Year.
She will represent the system
in the state program.
Each school selected one
teacher to represent its staff.
The four finalists were then
interviewed by a committee
composed of students, a board
members, parents and county
residents interested in educa
tion.
Representing their faculties
were Finch, Hertford
Grammar; Emma Lawrence,
Central; Annie Boyce,
Perquimans Middle; and Kay
Whitley, Perquimans High.
Each teacher was asked to
provide her educational back
ground, factors that influenced
her to teach, rewards of teach
ing and personal beliefs about
teaching. Their answers,
which were submitted in writ
ing, follow.
Thelma Finch
Pre-Kindergarten
Hertford Grammar School.
Education: Perquimans
County High School; B.A.
Elementary Education, N.C.
Central University; graduate
classes. East Carolina
University; Teachers
Academy; Motheread
Facilitator. Finch has taught
in Perquimans County for 18
years.
Factors that influenced me
to teach; “I was greatly influ
enced by my grandmother’s
kindness and patience’s in
teaching me, I believe many of
those characteristics were fos
tered in me to share with oth
ers. The teachers of the
schools that I attended were
also influential in my selecting
the teaching field, because of
their display of professional
ism, positive attitudes towards
me, and their aspiration of
helping me to succeed.”
Rewards of teaching:
“Teaching brings many
rewards, but some of the great
est is being able to see the four
and five year old students
whose lives I have touched
become class valedictorian. I
am rewarded when a student
who has entered my classroom
with statistics already in place
against him or her that labels
them as possible failures,
become productive, contribut
ing citizens. I am rewarded in
knowing that I have been
given the opportunity to touch
the lives of future doctors,
lawyers, teachers, homemak
ers, and the list becomes end
less. I can make the differ
ence.”
Personal beliefs and feel
ings about teaching: “I believe
teaching is a career that
requires total commitment
and dedication, not just to the
students that you teach, but to
their parents, and the commu
nity. It is a career that goes
way beyond the boimdaries of
an eight to three thirty work
day. Teaching is willing to be
taught, it is the ability to use
Please see Teacher, page 2
Outside
PHOTO a.? SUSAN HARRIS
Dr. Mack Longmire has joined Coastal Carolina Family Practice.
The Tennessee native said he is enjoying the Albemarle area
and looks forward to becoming involved in the community.
E ”
E *
High: Low:
High: Low:
' High: Low:
80s 60
80s 60
80s 60
DRY
DRY
DRY