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Monument
movement peti
tion withdrawn
after 30 forged
signatures found
Time to get jolly
Jollification returns Saturday, Oct. 2
County agrees to
panel’s proposals
on monument
Annual tour of historic
homes fundraiser for PCRA
From staff reports
HERTFORD — Jollifica
tion, the Perquimans County
Restoration Association’s
annual fimdraiser and tour
of historic homes, is back af
ter being canceled last year
because of the COVID-19
pandemic.
Downtown Hertford will
be featured during this year’s
Jollification, scheduled for
Saturday, Oct. 2. The tour
will feature eight homes
from the 19th and early 20th
centuries that that have ei
ther been restored or reno
vated or are in the process
of being restored or reno
vated. Organizers say one of
the homes is on the market
and in need of some “tender
loving care” to return it to its
former grandeur.
The tour begins at
More Meals on Wheels volunteers sought
Meal delivery program
about 500 volunteers short
BY REGGIE PONDER
Staff Writer
The Area Program on Ag
ing is seeking more volunteers
to deliver meals to the homes
of older adults, saying its cur
rent number is about half its
typical complement
Laura Rollinson, director of
volunteer services, explained
that before the COVID-19 pan
demic there were about 1,000
volunteers for the home-de
livered meals program across
the APAs 10-county area
During the pandemic
that number plummeted to
around 220.
Since then it has picked up
somewhat to nearly 500, but
program staff remain con
cerned about the number of
volunteers.
“We have about half the
volunteers that we had when
the program was running
smoothly,” Rollinson said.
The program has had to cut
back to three days of delivery.
Participants still get five meals
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Jollification, the Perquimans County Restoration
Association’s annual fundraiser and tour of historic
homes, will be held in downtown Hertford on Oct. 2.
The tour will feature eight homes from the 19th and
early 20th centuries that that have either been restored
or renovated or are in the process of being restored or
renovated.
12:30 p.m. and ends at 5 p.m.
Tour-goers will visit the first
floor of seven houses, plus
take an outside, walk-by tour
COURTESY ALBEMARLE COMMISSION
Volunteer Janaya Clark loads meals at the Perquimans Senior Center. Officials with
the Area Agency on Aging say the region’s Meals on Wheels program is experiencing
a critical shortage of volunteers because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
a week, with one hot meal and
one cold meal being delivered
on Mondays and Wednesdays.
Ahot meal also is delivered
on Fridays.
of an eighth. All of the tour
sites are within easy walking
distance of one another.
This year’s tour starts at
Gates and Chowan coun
ties are among the most hard-
pressed right now. Some vol
unteers are delivering meals
Evo or three times a month to
the United Methodist Church
at 200 Dobbs Street, which
will also serve as the tour’s
headquarters. Tour-goers
can visit the sanctuaries of
both United Methodist and
Hertford Baptist Church.
The tour also features
two Sears, Roebuck and Co.
kit houses from 1925 and
1935. From 1908 until 1940,
Sears, Roebuck and Co. sold
more than 70,000 kit houses
through its Modern Homes
and Honor-Bilt catalogs. De
signs for 370 different plans
ranged from the elaborate
to the simple. Homeowners
bought the kits and then as
sembled the houses them
selves.
Cost of this year’s Jolli
fication tour is $25. For an
additional $10, tour-goers
can also eqjoy an evening of
dinner and entertainment at
the Newbold-White House
starting at 5:30p.m. The
See JOLLY, A3
make up for the shortage of
helpers.
The goal is to return to five
See MEALS, A3
County will add signage, seek
relocation of other monument
BY REGGIE PONDER
Staff Writer
HERTFORD — Perqui
mans County officials took
their first steps Sept 7 to
ward erecting an informa
tional sign giving context to
the Confederate monument
on the courthouse lawn.
Commissioners also
agreed to ask the owners
of the Black Union Soldiers
Monument on King Street
to consider relocating their
monument to the court-
house lawn.
Both were recommenda
tions by a working group ap
pointed by commissioners
to determine what to do with
the Confederate monument
Both actions are first steps
that would require additional
action by the board in order
to be finalized.
In the case of signage the
county manager and com
mission board chairman and
vice-chairman will meet to
develop the recommended
wording and determine a
cost estimate.
Because the Black Union
Jackson charged
with trespassing
in Greenville
Arrest stemmed from custody
dispute at child care center
BY REGGIE PONDER
Staff Writer
GREENVILLE — Hert
ford Town Councilor Quen
tin Jackson was charged by
Greenville police recently
with trespassing following an
incident police say was relat
ed to a child custody matter.
Kristen Hunter, public
information officer for the
Greenville Police Depart
ment, said police responded
to The Family Center at 755
Johns Hopkins Drive around
5:50 p.m. on Friday.
Soldiers Monument is locat
ed on private property, any
decision to move it would re
quire its owner’s permission.
“It would simply be a dis
cussion,” County Manager
Frank Heath said of the up
coming conversation with
the Black Union Soldiers
Monument’s owner.
Commissioner Joseph
Hoffler spoke strongly at the
meeting about his displea
sure with the location of the
Confederate monument on
county property. He said it
would be more appropriate
for the monument to be lo
cated on private property
and preferably in a cemetery
to clarify its memorial pur
pose.
Terry Swope, a citizen
who has spoken to the coun
ty commissioners repeatedly
in opposition to moving the
monument and also to plac
ing signs to provide histori
cal context, said during the
public comment period at
Monday’s meeting that the
commissioners appeared to
be ignoring the two dozen
people who spoke at apublic
hearing last month in opposi
tion to the placing of signs.
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JACKSON
“ E m -
ployees
contacted
the police
after Mr.
Jackson
became
irate when
they asked
him to
leave the
property,” Hunter said. “Mr.
Jackson refused to leave the
property despite both em
ployees and officers asking
him to do so numerous times
He was subsequently arrest
ed and charged with second
degree trespassing.”
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Toast the Perquimans with music, beers, wines Saturday
Cuz’n Kirk Experience will
perform for event at marina
BY REGGIE PONDER
Staff Writer
Fans of music and craft beverages
again have the opportunity to Toast
the Perquimans after the COVID-19
pandemic forced cancellation of last
year’s event
Toast the Perquimans is Saturday
from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the marina
behind the Hertford Muncipal Build-
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Susan Cox, vice chairwoman of
Historic Hertford Inc. and chair of
Toast the Perquimans, said it’s ex
citing to host the event after having
to cancel it in 2020. Toast the Perqui
mans was first held in 2017 and this
will mark the fourth time the event
hasbeenheld.
“We have a good time,” Cox said.
“People seem to eqjoy this.”
The band Cuz’n Kirk Experience,
also known as CKE, will provide the
music.
“CKE brings it on home with
their mix of Classic Rock, 90’s, R&B,
Dance Music and more !” the band
states on its Facebook page. “From
Skynryd to Prince everyone has
a good time at a CKBB show, bring
your dancing shoes!!!”
Cox said about 12 craft beers and
a dozen wines will be featured at the
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event Everyone will get a souvenir
glass at the door.
TWo food trucks will be on site.
The previous three Toast the Per
quimans events brought out 250300
people. Organizers hope that many
will turn out this year, and expect at
tendance to at least top 200.
As of Friday afternoon, about 125
advance tickets had been sold.
Tickets are $25 in advance and
$30 at the door. Advance tickets may
be purchased online at historichert-
fordinc.org.
Tickets also may be purchased
at Carolina Trophy between 10 am.
and 4 p.m. on Thursday.
Toast the Perquimans supports
Historic Hertford Inc., the Main
Street Program for the town of Hert
ford.
Historic Hertford encourages
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PHOTO COURTESY CUZ’N KIRK EXPERIENCE
Cuz’N Kirk Experience will perform a variety of dance music for
Toast the Perquimans at the marina behind the Hertford Municipal
Building Saturday from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.