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Vol. 66, No. 37
The only newspaper for and about Perquimans County people
Hertford, North Carolina 27944
Inside
Lady Pirates
now 3-0
on season
Page 6
Cross country
teams sprint
to top places
Page 6
Looking at
HMOsfor
Medicare
Pages
Eure attends
seed producers’
conference
Page?
Look for our
annual
Indian
Summer
Festival
booklet
on
Sept. 17
Fall festivals scheduled next twe weeks
PCRA Hearth &
Harvest is
Saturday;
Indian Summer
is Sept. 19
By SUSAN R. HARRIS
Editor
The next two Saturdays are
festival time for Perquimans
County.
This coming Saturday, visi
tors to the Newbold-White
Historic Complex will step
back in time during the
Perquimans County
Restoration Association’s
Hearth & Harvest Festival.
Visitors will be able to take
part in activities that probably
took place on the site in its ear
liest days. There will be oppor
tunities to make a corn husk
doll, churn butter, spin, play
18th century games, and join
in a performance of traditional
music by the Perquimans
Pipers, a local recorder group.
Artisans will be on hand to
demonstrate fine crafts.
Demonstrations will include
Ben Hobbs, furniture;
Shannon Anderson, pottery;
Virginia White, tatting and
lacemaking; and Bert Berry,
dulcimers.
This family event wUl have
something for all ages. Ticket
price is $5 per carload and
includes admission to the
Newbold-White House, the old
est surviving, restored brick
house in North Carolina. Food
and beverages will be avail
able for purchase. Festival
hours are 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
For information, call 426-
7567.
On Sept. 19, the 17th annual
Indian Summer Festival will
open in downtown Hertford.
Organized this year by the
Hertford Downtown
Merchants Association, the
festival will feature a day of
entertainment, games, food
and fun for the entire family.
Entertainers scheduled for
the event include August,
Rockin’ Willie, Jeanie
Truesdale, the Inspirational
Voices, Step of Faith, Denim
and Diamonds Dancers, the
Harbor Lights Square Dancers
and the Perquimans County
High School band.
Other events set for the day
include a street dance, a local
produce contest and sale, and
midway rides, including a seal
of balls, moonwalk, tall slide
and dunking booth. The dead
line to enter produce for the
contest is Sept. 15 at 4:30 p.m.
Some locals have volun-
Hertford Grammar almost finished
Hertford
woman
killed in
collision
By GINGER LIVINGSTON
'The Daily Advance
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A Hertford woman was
killed in a two-car accident at
the intersection of Halstead
Boulevard and Roanoke
Avenue shortly before noon
last Monday.
Betty Whitehurst Parker,
62, of Route 4, Box 1014,
Hertford, was later pro
nounced dead at Albemarle
Hospital.
The dirver of the other vehi
cle, Ray Edward Baker, 37, of
711 Briarwood Road, Elizabeth
City, was also transported to
the hospital. Information
about his condition was
unavailable immediately after
the accident.
According to an initial
report filed by Elizabeth City
Police Officer G.J. Couture,
Baker’s vehicle, a 1996 Ford,
was traveling west on Halstead
Boulevard and the Parker
vehicle, a 1993 Hyundi, was
traveling south on Roanoke
Avenue.
Couture’s report states the
traffic signal at the intersec
tion of Halstead Bouelvard and
Roanoke Avenue was emitting
flashing warning lights with
the lights on Halstead
Bouelvard flashing yellow and
ihe- Roanoke Avenue lights
flashing red.
. Parker’s vehicle entered the
intersection in front of Baker’s
car, according to the report.
'The report states Baker
tried breaking, but was unable
to stop. Baker’s car struck
Parker’s vehicle at the driver’s
door.
Both Baker and Parker
were wearing seatbelts.
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Randy Range (left), Senior Site Manager for M.C. Kahn Construction Company, discusses cafeteria iayout with Perquimans
County Board of Education Chairman Waiiace Neison and Superintendent Gregory Todd during a waik-through tour of
Hertford Grammar School last Thursday. Administrators, school board members and county commissioners were invited to
tour both Hertford Grammar and Central Schools. M.B. Kahn has scheduled an inspection for Sept. 10 to obtain an occupan
cy permit for the Hertford facility. The company projects an occupancy date of Sept. 14. Central School Site Engineer Derek
Faulkenbury said that project is on target for the projected Jan. 11 completion date.
County sisters put oigardzation in spotlight
Murphy sisters
share Locks of
Love with others
9
By ANGELA FOREST
The Daily Advance
What began as a desire to
help children who’ve lost hair
to illness and disease has
become a much bigger cam
paign for sisters Amber and
Anna Murphy.
Because of their media
exposure throughout the
Albemarle and in southeastern
Virginia, the two now repre
sent the organization that uses
donated hair to benefit others.
The sisters, ages 10 and 11,
recently agreed to become
unofficial northeastern North
Carolina representatives for
the Locks of Love organiza
tion, based in Fort Lauderdale,
Fla. The organization uses
human hair to manufacture
specially designed wigs for
children under 18 with long
term hair loss.
The siblings had their
shoulder-length locks snipped
off in May for the Locks of
Love program. Two months
later. Locks of Love officials
asked the girls’ mother,
Ramona Murphy, if the sisters
would be interested in assist
ing the organization in raising
money and awareness,
Ramona Murphy said.
Last Wednesday, the girls
made an appearance on a tele
vision station in Norfolk, Va.
The two talked about Locks of
Love for National Children’s
Cancer Awareness Week,
which began Monday.
“There have been so many
positive things happen since
(The Daily Advance) article,”
Murphy said. “We’ve had a lot
of people tell us they heard
about (Locks of Love) on the
radio. (The girls’ story) has
been on different radio sta
tions in North Carolina and
Virginia.”
The sisters apparently made
an impression on the televi
sion show’s other guests. One
of them, Hampton Roads disc
jockey Angel Morales, invited
the two to visit his Hampton
University radio program,
Murphy said.
The weekend after the girls
had their hair clipped, they
also received VIP treatment
during the Pasquotank County
Relay for Life walk for cancer
research at Northeastern High
School.
Murphy said the family has
become committed to support
ing Locks of Love because of
the amount of time and
expense it takes just to create
one wig for a child in need.
“We want to encourage peo
ple to send in hair contribu
tions. It takes 4 1/2 months to
make one wig. It takes so long
because each wig has to be
matched by color and length.
Usually (the Locks of Love
organization) has to sell some
bundles of hair to get the
money to make the wigs
because they’re so expensive
to make,” she said.
Although the organization
has received approximately
2,500 hair donations, it hasj
produced only 40 wigs at this
point because officials lack the
funds to make more, Murphy
said.
Locks of Love officials say it
costs between $3,000 and $5,000
to manufacture a single cus
tom wig.
Locks of Love fouinder
Peggy Knight said the organi
zation, founded a little over a
year ago, considers itself “hair
rich and cash poor.” The long
term goals of the organization
include making synthetic hair
pieces for children undergoing
chemotherapy and becoming a
strong advocate for issues
faced by children and adults
with medical hair loss. One of
those issues is obtaining insur
ance reimbursements for cos
metic enhancements, she said.
On the local level, Murphy
said she’d eventually like to
work with area beauticians to
establish drop off points to col
lect hair donations from cus
tomers.
teered to take it on the chin for
a pie-in-the-face Chinese auc
tion. Set to get creamed so far
are Robert Baker, Franky
Eason, Zeke Jackson, Sandra
Smith, Greg Todd, Fred Yates
and David Shaffer.
The Missing Indian
Summer Festival pageant set
for this Saturday night has
been cancelled.
Booths for display, crafts
and foods are still available for
rent.
For booth or produce entry
forms, call Jennifer Layden at
297-2901 evenings or see
Franky Eason at Hertford Cafe
or Mary White at The Wishing
WeU.
County
declared
disaster
area
Hurricane
Bonnie left over
$2.5 million in
damages here
Perquimans was one of 20
additional North Carolina
counties added to the eligibili
ty list for federal assistance as
a result of Hurricane Bonnie.
Also added to the list were
Pasquotank, Camden and
Chowan counties. Currituck
and Dare were two of the origi
nal 10 counties named major
disaster areas by the Federal
Emergency Management
Agency following Bonnie.
The DaUy Advance reported
Sunday that nearly 200 fami
lies in Camden, Chowan,
Currituck, Dare, Pasquotank
and Perquimans counties have
registered for disaster aid. The
majority of those registering,
102, are from Currituck, the
hardest-hit county in the
Albemarle area. Dare is next
with 81. Four have registered
in Perquimans County.
Statewide, 6,500 people have
filed for disaster assistance as
a consequence of Bonnie. Two-
third of the applicants are
requesting funds to find or fix
homes. Total assistance has
risen to $1 million.
The state Job Service has
announced that people who
became unemployed as a
result of this disaster may be
eligible for unemployment
insurance benefits. Those who
feel they may be eligible
should visit the Employment
Security offices in Edenton or
Elizabeth City.
Residents who suffered
uninsured losses can apply for
help via FEMA’s toU-free line,
1-800-462-9029 between 8 a.m.
and 6 p.m. daily.
Victims are advised to call
immediately.
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