2 THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16,2016
VETERANS
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McCranie, a Currituck
County resident and a re
tired Navy chaplain, talk
ed about how Friday’s na
tional holiday was started
and why. It was created
to mark the end of World
War I nearly 100 years ago,
a war President Woodrow
Wilson said would be the
“the war to end all wars.”
It wasn’t. Some conflicts
haven’t been labeled as
“wars” but the results are
the same, McCranie said.
“In all these conflicts
and wars, young men and
women have died or were
wounded sometimes with
loss of limbs. Weapons
are not designed to distin
guish between a conflict
and a declared war. A bul
let is an equal opportunity
missile; race nor sex is not
an issue for a bullet does
not discriminate.
Since the end of a draft
STAFF PHOTO BY PETER WILLIAMS
Capt. Glenn McCrainie gives an address an address
Friday during a Veteran’s Day service outside the
Perquimans County Courthouse.
in 1973, those who serve
in the military do so by
choice, not because they
are compelled to by law.
Christopher Jacobs did
when he enlisted in the
Marines. He sensed three
tours in Iraq and two tours
in Afghanistan before he
was killed in a training
accident in 2011. His son
Christian was there Friday
dressed in a child’s size
version of a dress blue Ma
rine Corps uniform.
Friday’s event was
sponsored by Hertford
American Legion Post 126
with assistance from Hert
ford Post 362. It was held
as all Veteran’s Day and
Memorial Day events are,
on the grounds are in front
of the Perquimans County
Courthouse next to a
black Veteran’s Memorial
erected there.
During his career Mc
Cranie served as a chap
lain with the 1st Marine
Division in California, a
circuit-riding chaplain
aboard the USS Virginia
and at Portsmouth Naval
Hospital. During Desert
Storm, he served as com
mand chaplain of the am
phibian task force of the
4th and 6th Marine Bri
gade. After Desert Storm,
he was promoted to cap
tain and assigned as spe
cial assistant to the Sur
geon General of the Navy.
As a young sailor he met
his wife when he was sta
tioned at the Dare County
Bombing Range and decid
ed to join the Chaplain’s
Corps.
When the Coast Guard
seagoing buoy tender
Blackthorn sank in Tam
pa Bay, killing 23 in 1980,
McCranie was among the
group the offered support
for famihes.
Friday’s ceremony in
cluded the posting of
the colors by Post 126,
an invocation by George
Wilmore, chaplain of Post
126 and the Pledge of Al
legiance by Boy Scout
Troop 150 and Cub Scout
Pack 150.
Joseph Hoffler, the vice
commander of Legion
Post 363 presided over the
ceremony for prisoners of
war and those missing in
action and each branch
of the service was hon
ored with a salute. Carroll
Bundy, past commander
of Post 126 gave the clos
ing remarks and Jonnie
Hollowell, the sergeant at
arms of Post 362 gave the
benediction.
The Perquimans County
High Band was there to
play the National Anthem
as well as the King Cot
ton March by John Phillip
Sousa.
Arrest
made
From Staff Reports
The Hertford Police De
partment arrested a sus
pect Monday for the armed
robbery of a Nationwide
Insurance office on Market
Street Nov. 1.
Stanley Jones Jr. was
charged with two counts of
armed robbery and placed
in Albemarle District Jail
under $100,000 secured
bond.
The insurance office was
robbed by a man wearing a
yellow bandana and a blue
hoodie. Bembridge does
not accept cash payments
and there was no money
to steal, but the robber did
take the driver’s licenses of
the two employees working
at the time and threatened
to hurt them.
TURKEY
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300 turkeys to serve clients
and if it can’t get donations,
it will be forced to buy the
food. That strains the bud
get to serve people the oth
er 51 weeks out of the year,
Hurst said.
Hurst said for some, the
food donation is just a one
time thing.
“I remember one lady. I
helped her take the food to
her car. She was in her late
20s. I loaded and car and
then she gave me a big hug.
She had tears in her eyes.
She said “my husband left
me and I’ve got two kids
and this is going to feed my
family.’”
Hurst said she told him
she just needed help for
now.
“She said ‘I’m getting a
job, and I won’t be back.’”
Vera Harrell, who helped
start the Turkey Drop pro
gram, agreed the need is
there.
“In Perquimans County
there is a tremendous need
to help our fellow neigh
bors who have fallen on
tough times,” Harrell said.
“The church is hoping ev
eryone in the county who
is able will support the tur-
key/food drive.”
The first year of the pro
gram the church used a do
nated freezer to store the
turkeys until it was time to
distribute them to families.
Last year the church bor
rowed a van that is outfit
ted as a freezer so it could
handle more. The same van
from the Food Bank of the
Albemarle will be used this
year.
Standing on the curb
helping people unload do
nations has been an experi
ence for Hurst.
“It’s amazing. Last year
we had a couple who drove
up with two turkeys and
they asked if we were go
ing to make our goal. I told
them we were still eight
short and we only had
15 minutes left and they
said “don’t leave, we’ll be
back.’”
They returned with eight
turkeys.
“It’s amazing how gen
erous people can be. One
lady drove up in an older
car, and it didn’t look like
she was affluent at all and
she said open the trunk
there are complete dinners
for six people.”
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Don Hurst stands next to a refrigerated truck used to store frozen turkeys last year.
The goal this year is to collect 200.
GRANT
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“I think it will help the stu
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Perquimans County High School students stand on the steps of the Sandler Center for the Performing Arts.
A grant paid for a program that allowed them to attend a performance of “Beauty and the Beast” as well as
experience dining at an upscale restaurant.
Thank You
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Perquimans County Commissioner.
away and are introduced to
things they’ve never experi
enced before.
For Bailey Joyner, an 11th
grader, it taught her that din
ing is different in some cul-
I will always listen to you and
strive to make the right decisions
that will benefit our county.
Thank you for your confindence.
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tures. The performance of
Beauty and the Beast at the
$47 million 1,200-seat Sandler
Center for Performing Arts in
Virginia Beach was also an
eye opener for a teen.
“I had never been to a play
before in my life,” Joyner
said. “Maybe at high school,
but nothing like that. I en
joyed it more than I thought I
would. The production qual
ity was top notch. I could
hear students saying, ‘that
is so cool’ and I could hear
laughing, it was a great atmo
sphere.”
After graduation Joyner
plans to enroll at Elizabeth
City State University for two
years and then transfer to
East Carolina University.
“It (the program) showed
me different perspectives. It
showed me the proper way
to talk to people.”
Before it all started, stu
dents were taught in how to
behave and how to dine in a
fine restaurant. The included
when to clap, and when to
not clap. They learned, not
only which fork to use, but
how to use it and how to ad
dress a waiter or waitress.
If it appears “snooty” it’s
not. Employers down the
road will hire or not hire em
ployees based on a culture
some Perquimans students
aren’t accustomed to.
For Essence Hunter, an
other junior, the program
was also an eye-opener.
“For me it was amazing,”
Hunter said. “On a personal
level, it was mind-blowing. It
was really nice experience.
I knew where the fork was
supposed to go and the knife,
but I didn’t know everything.
“I learned always to re
spect somebody, don’t be
rude.”
The performance of
“Beauty and the Beast” was
especially good for Hunter.
“I want to study abroad
and become a professional
singer.”
Hunter’s next step will
be her lead role in “Alice in
Wonderland” for a Perqui
mans High School play.
“I think it will give me more
confidence,” Hunter said.
For Lassiter, that’s what
mattes.
“We wanted to give them:
all an experience that they’d
never experienced before,”
Lassiter said.
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