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August 1, 2007
Vol, 75, No. 32 Hertford, North Carolina 27944
rERQUIMANS
Weekly
Summer Vm
Six Tuesday afternoons > in June and July
Perquimans County Library offered Summer
Reading Programs for children of all ages. A magi
cian, a park ranger, two clowns, a teeny tiny tale
teller, an SBI agent, the sheriff and the "Balloon
Lady" entertained and informed while encourag
ing young people to keep reading. (Left) Dr. Dizzy
and Hanso were popular, along with the Balloon
Lady, Donna Pruett from Ronda (above).
Paulhamus comes to Newbold-White
New site
manager
likes to live
history
CATHY WILSON
Staff Writer
Katharine Paulhamus,
26, wanted to be a cowgirl
when she grew up, but
thanks to parents who
gave her opportunities to
experience history first
hand, she became the new
site manager of the his
toric Newbold White
House instead.
Paulhamus began her
duties here back in May,
and her duties range from
scheduling tour guides to
searching for funding to
promoting the site known
as a colonial Quaker
homestead featuring the
oldest brick home in
North Carolina.
Weekend
Weather
Thursday
High: 92, Low: 69
Sunny
Friday
High: 91, Low: 71
Parry Qoudy
Saturday
High: 93, Low: 72
Isolated Tstorms
PHOTO BY CATHY WILSON
Newbold-White site manager Katharine Paulhamus
likes to immerse herself in history.
Originally from
Williamsport, Penn., she
arrived in Hertford by
way of Scottsdale, Ariz.
where she was coordina
tor of historical sites and
head archivist at the Mayo
Clinic. She found record
keeping a little stifling, so
wheri the opportunity
arose to get involved in a
historical property first
hand, she took it.
With a degree in histo
ry from Lock Haven
University in
Pennsylvania, she is espe
cially interested in pre
serving architecturally
historic properties and is
working on her master's
in historic preservation.
“It's so interesting to
find out what the original
was like and bring it back
to life,” she said.
She admits studying
history out of a book can
be a little boring for the
average person, but notes
an appreciation or inter
est in history can be
sparked by visiting his
toric sites and seeing first
hand how ancestors once
lived.
“Seeing history
brought to life, actually
walking in their homes,
handling items used by
our ancestors relates his
tory to you on a personal
level rather than just sit
ting and reading a book,”
she said.
In fact, that's how histo
ry came alive for her in
her younger days. She
attended public schools,
private school, and was
home schooled by her par
ents. Her mother, who
minored in history in col
lege, and her father, an
outdoorsman, took her on
many field trips to his
toric places such as battle
fields, historic homes, and
museums. On camping
trips, her parents would
share with her legends
and lore that originated in
places they camped.
Those legends involved
Native Americans, trap
pers, hunters...even love
stories.
“I felt like I was com
pletely surrounded by
them,” she said.
At the Newbold White
Local man
charged
with child
sex abuse
SUSAN HARRIS
A Chapanoke man was
indicted last Monday on
felony sex abuse charges.
William Henry
“Buddy” EUiott III, 53, of
675 Chapanoke Road was
charged with five counts
of taking indecent liber
ties with a child. He vol
untarily turned himself
in to the sheriff’s depart
ment on Friday, and was
processed and taken to the
magistrate’s office where
a $10,000 bond was set.
Sheriff Eric Tilley said
the victim, whom he
described only as a minor,
made a.complaint in per
son to the sheriff’s office
on April 23. An investiga
tion was launched and
resulted in the charges
against Elliott.
No trial date has yet
been set.
WmfaU has
less filers than
open seats
House, she sees the possi
bility of bringing this site
to life by creating a poten
tial living history site
here. New this year is a
colonial kitchen garden in
front of the house that
includes vegetables and
herbs that would have
grown in a garden back in
1730. Volunteer master
gardeners in the county
maintain the garden, the
only public garden in the
county.
The site also sports a
new dock allowing pad-
dlers to arrive by water. A
recreation trail leading to
the dock and beach area
winds past a buffer of
sunflowers and rows of
cotton plants grown on
acreage rented out by the
Perquimans County
Restoration Association.
This fall, plans call for
the planting of a vineyard
on approximately 143
acres, Paulhamus added.
“We don’t see this as a
vineyard producing wine,
but rather as an educa
tional venture with the
agricultural agents and
colleges teaching how to
grow and maintain a vine
yard,” she explained.
“We'll start with scupper-
nongs and muscadines.
We'll be experimenting to
see which variety will
grow in this climate and
soil.”
Fall also brings their
Hearth and Harvest
Festival in September, as
well as the Perquimans
County Farm Tour in
October. Their annual
golf tournament fundrais
er is slated for November.
Volunteers are always
needed at the Newbold
White House. On-site
training is provided. If
interested, call
Paulhamus, 426-7567.
No races in
Hertford
SUSAN HARRIS
History is repeating
itself in WinfaU, as, for
the second time in as
many election cycles,
there will be more seats
up for election than candi
dates running to fill those
seats.
The mayor’s seat and
two council seats, present
ly held by Fred Yates and
Kenneth Rominger and
Bertha Dixon, respective
ly, are all up for re-elec
tion.
Yates was among the
first to file when the filing
period opened July 6, but
neither Rominger or
Dixon opted to file.
Rominger had said before
the filing period opened
that he would not seek a
third term. Dixon had
said she was undecided,
but leaning toward not
seeking another term.
Political newcomer
Eddie F. Fields Jr., howev
er, did file for one of the
two town commissioner
seats that will be open in
November.
Unless a successful
write-in candidacy takes
place, the seat left vacant
after the election will be
filled by the members of
town council through an
application process.
In Hertford, there are
no races as only incum
bents Mayor Sid Eley and
council persons Carlton
Davenport and Anne F.
White filed.
Celebrating history
PHOTO BY CATHY WILSON
Perquimans County and local town officials gath
ered to proclaim July 26 as Jim "Catfish" Hunter
Day in Perquimans County. Surrounding the monu
ment erected on the courthouse lawn in honor of
the baseball legend from Hertford, county commis
sion chairman Mack Nixon read a proclamation
remembering the 20th anniversary of Hunter's
induction in the Baseball Hall of Fame.