re?';, ^‘eldale
made
Mult
Towel Mill
a Community
?">id»a,i;7,„"„rNair3
r
»i«is
Accpnr^® Sclerosis Society,
iliu the check was Joan
Ma
Ch
irtin '■epresenting the
anti''’ ® branch, Roanoke
National
Pte Sclerosis Society.
Mrs
confil, '''•lliams has been
Past «■ 3 wheelchair for the
years with MS.
in the
husb " was Mrs. Williams’
preside-Williams who is
1 “Mb Martinsville branch
b Sclerosis Society.
ServL^^P^oyed in the Plant
■ • Department at the
'^^ale Towel mTil '
a!
herg^„.'''‘hi3nis brought with
first , '’splica of America’s
Wuedl!!?' -- - —-
Dial ^ 'lonor of the Bicenten-
flag which she
'he Metrics Are Cominq
Joan Williams receives Fieldale Towel Mill Community Fund
donation to the .National Multiple Sclerosis Society from Julia
Hutchens, right, of the Fieldale Personnel Department. Also shown
from left are Fieldale Fair Share Givers, Barbara Herrin, Cindy
Perdue, Louise Graham, Bessie Starkey, and Robert Williams.
Sefor,
^auty
Metre
^ too long.
» nim^« Ti vvcrigii auuui /^, me iocai
" wdi measure something like 86-60-86, and your body
the average man will weigh about 72, the local
will be normal at 37 degrees.
METRES YARDS METRES
^"1. changeover to the metric system of measure
The -iiaiigtruvci lo me metric system ot measure-
^^«mber Conversion Act signed by President Ford in
®®‘^^hlished a 15-year voluntary goal for conversion
1'he f States.
changeover by the Canadian textile industry
By hut a delay is anticipated.
^ ®^UrnL"° TOuntry will be able to trade non-metric products on
^'*batinn k" wommon Market and by 1981 the N. C. State Board of
**"'^yste committed public schools to be changed over to the
4
"'SVet '-uuiiuuu
Why ^em completely.
I^‘'y scrap a per-
10
.305
.61
.914
1.219
1.524
1.829
2.134
2.438
2.743
3.048
FEET
1
5 =
6
7 =
10
.914
1.829
2.743
3.658
4.372
5.486
6.401
7.315
8J23
9.144
metres YARDS
5 =
7 =
9 =
10 =
3.281
6.562
9.842
13.123
16.404
19.685
22.966
26.247
29.528
32.808
1.094
2.187
3.281
4.375
5.468
6.562
7.655
8.749
9.843
10.936
oiiv/uiu ujc oLdlcb SC
^ measurement to convert to metrics’
i^ik ® United States is the last major
^Id’s ^ convert to the system. Over 99 percent of the
^®Proc^ countries either using the system or in
Actya], ® Of converting to it.
""Aber rJ’ conversion has been under way in this country for a
1116 me with business and industry leading the way
Litre
quarts litres gallons litres
LITRES QUARTS
LITRES GALLONS
'Otl
»0c|
hietr- aiiu uiuusuy leauing me way.
, iric system is already being used in such areas as prescrip-
Papk!’ .photographic equipment, cigarettes (lOO millimeters)
The tr machinery and tools
^*'Cer erowinff 5trnn(»»r all fho
'‘'•'bt nf n ^™wing stronger all, the time, with already about 40
"S’ishan.1® products on supermarket shelves listing both the
Whiig oietric information.
b)pier */. "^oy seem complicated, the metric system actually is
^he English system. Instead of the more than 55
in th English system, there are only three main
All oth system: metres, litres and grams.
thef '"^^surements are derived from these three basic units:
^tre IS used to measure length. The length of a metre is
9 =
10
.946 4
1.892 7
2.839 1
3.785 4
4.731 8
5.678 1
6.624 5
7.570 8
8.517 2
9.463 5
3.7854
7.570 8
11.356 2
15.141 6
18.927
22.712 4
26.497 8
30.283 2
34.068 6
37.854
1.056 7
2.1134
V .170 1
4.226 8
5.283 4
6.340 1
7.396 8
8.453 5
9.510 2
Aii^ouic iciigui. lue lengin or a metre is
^ yard. Fabrics and clothing will be measured in
in ^ metres called centimetres. There are 100 centi-
Gram
10 = 10.566 9
.264172
.528 34
.792 52
1.056 69
1.320 86
1.585 03
1.849
2.113 38
2.377 55
2.641 72
hista^"3metre.
cities, for example, will be measured in units
ih„.metres long, called kilometres.
OUNCES GRAMS OUNCES GRAMS
GRAMS OUNCES GRAMS OUNCES
*hea • cauea Kilometres.
^brt liquids, toe litre is used. A litre is a little more than
b'ilk ^ ^ packaging and sale of such products
'"ao’-ii 2nd gasoline. Four litres equal slightly more
'lass®!”""-
.1
1 =
.2 =
2 =
.3 =
3 =
will be measured in grams. A dollar bill would
*1*^ gram. Food items such as crackers, cereals, cookies
asouf, 1 """ gram, r ood items such as crackers, cereals, a
V ig " ^re being sold in containers labeled in grams.
tise(j objects, such a people, a unit called a kilogram will
linj *^'\ogram is 1,000 grams. A person weighing 150 pounds
.5 =
.6 =
1l*»J >^^****«l la? Xf\J\nJ giciilld. /\ WClgl
^be metric system, weigh 68 kilograms,
IpH Mature will be measured on the Gelsiiis 
rr
will be measured on the Celsius scale, formerly
dpop^oof'grade scale. Water freezes at 0 degree and boils at
,8
8
®grpoA “ scale, water ireezes ai u aegrees ana noils at
1 Co^ Celsius. Normal body temperature is 37 degrees Celsius
spring day may register 25 degrees Celsius
.9
9 =
10
Yo \ ff so, use the accompanying charts for easy conver-
0 might want to clip them out for future reference.
"Bay,
12
NOVEMBER 1, 1976