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Pages A2, A6, B5
'All I want for
Christmas': Kids write
letters to Santa
Page A4
Orr: Egg nog
tiramisu great
holiday'pick me
up'dessert
Page A5
Hartman:
Christmas love
offers humanity
a peace treaty
with God
Something to celebrate
White ready to
tackle sewer, other
Winfall priorities
PHOTOS BY KESHA WILLIAMS/THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Nora Crouch performs Christmas carols and other seasonal music on the hammered dulcimer during the Perquimans
County Restoration Association's Colonial Christmas event at the Newbold-White House,Thursday, Dec. 14.
PCRA marks 50 years of NW House ownership
KESHA WILLIAMS
Correspondent
Perquimans County Res
toration Association mem
bers had two reasons to cele
brate at the Newbold-White
House last week.
First, Thursday, Dec. 14,
was the date ofthe PCRA’s
Colonial Christmas event,
an annual celebration that
shows off how the early 18th
century Newbold-White
House might have been dec
orated for Christmas.
Secondly, PCRA mem
bers used the occasion to
celebrate a milestone in their
own history: the 50th anni
versary of their purchase of
the Newbold-White House
DPS: Job interest high at juvenile center
CHRIS DAY
The Daily Advance
ELIZABETH CITY
— Nearly 50 jobseekers
turned out recently to apply
for positions at a juvenile
detention center in Winfall
that closed in 2012 but is set
to reppeathis spring.
Matt Detanam, commu
nications officer for the
and its surrounding prop
erty.
“We are using this annual
celebration to recognize
the efforts of those peo
ple 50 years ago who made
all this possible — char
ter members of PCRA,”
restoration member Lyn
Winslow said.
Dressed in Colonial-era
clothing, Winslow said the
PCRA was formed in 1969
to restore the house built by
Quaker couple Abraham
and Judith Sanders in 1726.
Two years later, the prop
erty would be listed on the
National Register of Historic
Places.
More CHRISTMAS | A3
N.C. Division of Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency
Prevention, said the Nov.
29th careers fair at the K.E.
White Center “was well
attended and generated
considerable interest.
“We had a total of 40 peo
ple in attendance and 20
interviews were conducted,
with multiple recommen
dations for hire,” he said.
The interviews were
conducted during a day
long job fair hosted by
the juvenile justice divi
sion, which falls under the
N.C. Department ofPub-
lic Safety.
People attending the hir
ing event were primar
ily interested in positions
as juvenile justice officers
at the Perquimans Juvenile
Perquimans
County Restoration
Association member
Lyn Winslow, dressed
in Colonial-era
clothing, discusses
Abraham and Judith
Sanders, the first
owners of what would
later become known
as the Newbold-White
House, the type of
bricks that were used
to construct the house
in 1726, and the
house's connections
to North Carolina
history, during
the PCRA's annual
Colonial Christmas
event at the historic
building in Hertford,
Thursday, Dec. 14.
Detention Center, which is
located on Jessup Street in
Winfall.
According to Debnam,
the center was closed in
November 2012 because
of state budget constraints
and a shrinking number of
juveniles who needed to be
held in secure custody.
More CENTER | A3
New mayor: LCG
pleased with town's
progress on finances
PAUL NIELSEN
The Daily Advance
WINFALL — New
Winfall Mayor Pres
ton White is hitting the
ground running after
being elected to lead town
in last months election.
Improving the town’s
finances, addressing sewer
infrastructure, attracting
new businesses and pro
viding activities for both
the young and old are
some ofthe top priorities
facing the town, White
said.
White was the mayor
pro tern ofthe Win
fall Town Council before
defeating first-time can
didate Jimmie D. Ritter Jr.
with 69.54% ofthe vote in
the Nov. 7 election. White
succeeds long-time Win
fall Mayor Fred Yates,
No contested county
races on 2024 ballot
JULIAN EURE
AND KESHA WILLIAMS
Staff Writers
While there are plenty
of contested races at
the top ofthe Perquim
ans County election bal
lot next year — includ
ing for state representa
tive and state senator —
there won’t be any for any
county offices.
There are three open
seats on the Perquimans
Board of Commission
ers in next fall’s election
and only three candidates
who had filed for them by
last week’s filing deadline.
Similarly, there are three
open seats on the Perqui
mans Board ofEduca-
tion and only three candi
dates who filed for those
as well.
Register ofDeeds Jac
queline Frierson, who is a
Democrat, is also running
unopposed.
“I am surprised,”
White
who did
not seek
re-elec
tion.
“My
vision
is this is
a fresh
start for the town,” White
said. “I know people don’t
accept change sometimes,
but change is good.”
Winfall has been on the
state’s Local Government
Commission’s Unit Assis
tance list since July2022,
mainly over concerns about
its sewer fund. White said
that the LGC has been
pleased with the prog
ress the town has made in
improving its finances.
According to data pro
vided by the LGC, Win
fall’s risk assessment for
internal controls and
the condition of its gen
eral fund is low while the
sewer utility is considered
a moderate risk.
More MAYOR | A3
Republican Commis
sioner Charles Wood
ard said when asked
this week if he was sur
prised no one had filed
to challenge him or fel
low incumbent, Joseph
Hoffler, a Democrat, or
even first-time candi
date Kathryn Treiber, a
Republican who decided
to run after learning that
incumbent GOP Com
missioner Kyle Jones
would not seek re-elec
tion.
Woodard said he
thought someone else,
whom he didn’t name,
was planning to file after
Jones’ announcement but
that person evidently had
decided against it.
For her part, Treiber
said she was “actually a lit
tle disappointed” that only
three candidates filed for
the board’s three open
commission seats.
More FILING | A3
Volunteers lay wreaths at vets’ graves at New Hope UMC
VERNON FUESTON
Chowan Herald
NEW HOPE — About
30 volunteers and donors
gathered at New Hope
United Methodist Church
Saturday, Dec. 16, to place
holiday wreaths on the
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graves ofveterans in sev
eral cemeteries, including
some veterans buried at the
church.
Wreaths Across America
is a national program that
places wreaths at more than
4,000 gravesites ofveter
ans each year. Local donors
contributed $17 to
provide 52 spon
sored wreaths this
2 year, with $5 ofthat
amount going to the
New Hope United
Women ofFaith Mis
sion program.
Wreaths were placed
on the graves ofveterans
who have served in all the
nations conflicts dating
back to the Civil War.
Ginny Bick served as
mistress of ceremonies for
the event. She said express
ing thanks for veterans’ sac
rifices is important.
“We are all to be Ameri
cans who live in a free soci
ety made up of many peo
ple from all walks oflife,”
Bick said. “The freedoms
we enjoy today have not
come without a price. Lying
here in our graveyard and
in the cemeteries through
out this nation are men and
women who gave their lives
so that we can live in free
dom.”
Keynote speaker for
the morning was Perqui
mans County Commis
sioner Joseph Hoffler, an
Air Force veteran who said
that giving thanks to all vet
erans, not just those who
served in combat, is some
thing everyone needs to do.
More WREATHS | A3
VERNON FUESTON/
CHOWAN HERALD
Vicki Wilson,
of Hertford,
places a wreath
on the grave
of veteran
Brooks Barclift,
who died in
1955, during
the Wreaths
Across America
event at New
Hope United
Methodist
Church
cemetery
Satuday, Dec.
16.