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Page 10 BAILEY BUGLE BAILEY. NORTH CAROLINA January 9. 1948 Around The Penc/7-BY f.vf.lyn pooie "Thank he&vens," sighed Jim as he shuffled in- tc the library, "an'ther study hall! N^w I'll have time t'' get a g'rd hour's sleep." As he enters the librtry he is startled to see thut the teacher is planning t- be there all the period. "D'^g-gcne, n sleep this period i Old Cr'^vf’s feetis guarding today. OH I I have a w'nderful idea I I'll put an cncycl-'pedia in front cf my face and she vjill think that I'm studying." After getting settled be hind the bc?k, Jim throw his pencil the flc'-r and closed his eyes. Inme- diately dreams begc.n to float thr. ugh his mind. In his dream his pencil jump ed into his hand and began to scold him severly. "Don't y^u have any sense? I'm surprised that Bailey has such a student as y u I You are n't only If^zy, but very careless. For example, just Ick at me. I'm all chewed up,and y'u threw rae on the floor and stepped on me. Ynu just don't kn'v/ hew much work was neces sary for me to be created." "Aw, go to sleep, "Jim growled. "V/hj ceres about an old pencil, I could buy another just like y^'u for a penny." "You don’t deserve the trip I was planning for yu,but I may as well take ycu and shew you just how my kinsmen are born. But first let me give you a sketch of my genesis. The lead in mo was first dis covered by ancient Egyp tians, who wrote with lead and graphite on papyrus. Fy eraser was made fr^m la tex, the plant juice of a rubber tree f und in Bra zil. But let's hurry; v;e have a lot of teritory tio cover before the period is up," "Vilherc are vie ’oing?" "To see a pencil created, Mojt-: of my couijins, • arc Germans,English,or Ameri can. Let's journey to New York, where most of- my American kinsmen are rear ed." Upon entering a pencil factory, Jim saw the clay and graphite being thor oughly miyed, pressed, cind forced throuf/h holes malt ing it coil like v/ire. Vkhile still soft the lead is strai-htened and out in correct proportions accord ing to the length of the pencils. "Since I am an ordinfiry pencil, I am comjosed of seven parts clay and ten parts gri.,phite,"the pencil explains, "and my case is made of the best grade red cedar from southern for ests." Jim sav; the wood arived in blocks,each block large enough for six pencils. Af ter the grooves for the lead were drilled into the blocks, glue w;;s poured in to the grooves, and then the lead is put into them. After this process Jim wit nessed the block being run through a a.chine with re volving knives, which cut the block, thus forming pencils. Soon the pencils were trimmed and labeled and the tin tips and rub bers v/ere put on with an automatic machine. *‘Nov; we must hurry back to Bailey; it is just one minute before the bell rings," the pencil informs Jim. Ring-a-ling, Classes Send Ciothes To Greek Families To aid needy families of Greece was the purpose of the sophomore and French II classes of Bailey high school in sending three boxes of clothes. The boxes contained sv/oaters, skirts, drosses, trousers, coats, shoes, socks, underclothes, soap, shirts, and blouses. Seven other such boxes have been sent by members of the community. I'lAMES Names ofl the destitute Greek faimilios were sup plied by Mrs. T.C. May, former seventh grade tea cher, who has been corre sponding ■ with sar^rtl people in Greece. One man whom Mrs. I\fey cor responds \vith is an Ameri can citizen who was caught in Greece at the beginning of the war. In letters he has related stories of the hardships and living con ditions v;hich the Greek people have undergone during the occupation of the Nazis and the present day guerrillas. "Vfuke up, Jim," a voice shouted in his ear. I thought for once I would give you the pleasure of sleeping. But you know you learn nothing while you are asleep." Jim jumped up quickly, ex pecting to see the pencil fairy speaking to him. Clutching his pencil tightly, he hurried out of the door muttering, "Miss r’eachei', just once you are mista'cen; for while sleep ing I learned to appreci ate my pencil."
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