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News and Events of Interest To Norlina Readers
MRS. IMOGENE ARNOLD, Editor
Mr«. E. B. D«vls Is spend
tnC this «Nk with her daughtei
Mrs. Dan Alexsndsr, Mr. AIM
wider and children In NewpoJ
News, v*.
Hr» Margaret Felts Is a pal
tent at Maria Par ham Ho spit i
In Henderson.
Mrs. Larry Llmer of Foi
Braif Is visitlnf her parent:
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Felts, thi
Mr. Earl Stesail visited hi
father, Mr. Luther Stegall, a
Duke Hospital on Sunday.
Miss Je anna Bobbltt of UNC
G, Greensboro, spent the week
end witli her mother an
sister, Mrs. A. J. Bobblt
and Linda.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Shermai
of Durham visited Mr. and Mrs
Henry Wiggins on Sunday.
Mr. Thomas Frazler of New
port News, Va., was a Sunda;
night supper guest In the horn
of Mr. and Mrs. L M. Weaver
Sunday dinner guests in tlx
home of Mr. and Mrs. R. C.Wat
son were Mr. and Mrs. Car
Taylor, Lee, Craig and Elll
of Gum berry and Mrs. J. H
Watson.
Miss Mae Weaver visited hei
sister, Mrs. Mattle Frazler
at Maria Par ham Hospital 01
Sunday evening. Mrs. Frazlei
underwent surgery last week
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Bur'
ton and family of Newport News
Va., and Mr. John Burton o
Washington, D. C., visited li
the home of Mr. and Mrs
Tony Whaley on Sunday.
Danny Ray Burton of For
Brass visited his father, Mr
Morton Burton, last week befon
going to Korea.
Mr. William Mustlan ani
Mrs. Earl Shear in visited Mrs
Lena Williams at Warren Gen
eral Hospital on Monday.
Mrs. Maggie Ad cock and Mrs
Lula West spent several day:
last week at Rupert, W. Va.
with Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Adcock.
Mrs. Irma Hawks spent last
week with Mr. and Mrs. T. T.
Hawks in Raleigh.
Mr. and Mrs. M. A. LUes,
Mr. Romie Liles and Charles
Allen Ays cue are visiting relatives
In Florida.
Mrs. Joe SceUato of Norfolk,
Hi&oro, Pa., visited Mrs.
Ola Overby this week.
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Rooker
and Mr. and Mrs. M. V. Taylor
visited relatives in Pendleton
on Sunday.
Mrs. George Robinson has
returned home after spending a
week in Mount Olive with her
brothers and their families.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller
and children of Newport
News, Va., spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. John Do re and
Mrs. B. F. Fleming.
Mrs. William Hicks and Mrs
Donald Wimbrow spent Wednesday
in Raleigh.
Mr. and Mrs. George B. Robinson
and family of Raleigh anc
Mr. Robert J. Lamb and son
Robert, Jr., of Burlington visited
Mrs. George Robinson on
Sunday.
Mrs. George Robinson vlslte<
her brother and family in Littleton
on Friday.
Mrs, Barney Cooper of Hatboro,
Pa., spent several days
this week with Mr. and Mrs
Wallace Stalllngs.
Sunday sight supper guests it
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Donalc
S. Wimbrow were Mr. and Mrs
T. R. Manning, jr., Tom and
Angle of Roanoke Rapids, Mrs.
T. R. Manning, Sr., of Weldor
and Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Max
bauer and Tan art at Ahodcle.
, Weekend guests of Mr. and
. lira. Sol Parkinson were Mr.
t and Mrs. Ron Parkinson ol
Charlotte and George Perklnson
■ of Chapel Hill.
1 Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Noneman,
Bob, Douglas and Mark ofEdent
ton, Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Draf,
fin, Jr., Melissa and Pat ol
i Aboskle and Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Draffla. of Greenville were
s weekend gwsts of Mr. and Mrs.
t F. D. D^af#la, Sr.
Mr. and yra. Braxton Barrett
. of Chape! Hill spent the week.
end with Mr. and Mrs. John
1 Clarke.
t Mrs. W. H. Perklnson spent
several days last week with
Mr. and Mrs. David Perklnson
and family at Goldsboro.
Mrs. John Mustianof Henderson
was a weekend guest of Mr.
and Mrs. John T. Cawthorne.
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Literature And Music
Club Meets Nov. 12
The Norllna Literature and
Music Club met Thursday, November
12, In the home of Mrs.
L. W. Bowers, with Mesdames
L. W. Bowers, G. B. Harris
and Florence Held hostesses.
Seventeen members attended.
Mrs. A. S. Wyckoff presided
in the place of Mrs. Fuller,
president.
Mrs. Florence Held reported
on the Annual Meeting of District
No. 14, held in Youngsville,
North Carolina, Octo'
ber 31, 1970.
Mrs. Wyckoff requested all
members to consider a project
to be reported to the Community
Improvement Program
In March.
Mrs. W. S. Hicks, Home Life
Chairman, introduced the Rev.
' Jerry Lyons, pastor of Norlina
Baptist Church. Mr. Lyons
spoke on Deteriorating Home
Life, giving as the solution
recognizing the importance of
the home, parents' having faith
In God, and the great need to
have love, humor, and sharing
in the home. F amlly life conferences
in the community, he said,
would help.
Mrs. Wyckpff stated tyat Mrs.
Q«rpe])« Denton, District No.
14 hlstorlft, requested a copy of
the history of all clubs, and that
a copy of the history of the Literature
and Music Club had been
sent to her.
After repeating the dub
Collect, the meeting was adjourned
until the regular
December meeting.
Junior Club Collects
Items For Retarded
The Norlina Junior Woman's
Club Is collecting used clothes
and costume Jewelry for children
at O'Berry School for the
Mentally Retarded, Mrs. Alice
King announced yesterday.
Interested persons are asked
to call Mrs. King, 4567611
to have their gifts collected
and make a child happy this
t Christmas.
ATTEND WEDDING
Among Norlina people attend i
lng the Fuller-Thompson wedding
at the Warren Plains Baptist
Church on Sunday afternoon
were Mr. and Mr*' Ira Weaver,
Miss Mae Weaver, Mrs. Leila
Delbrldga, Mr. and Mrs. G. P.
Grlssom, Mrs. Ruth Knight,
Mr. Leon KUtfbt, Mrs. Dot
Elam and Mr. and Mrs. James
Knight.
CREECH'S
SHOE BARGAINS
MANSON, N. C.
WILL BE OPEN FROM 2 P, M. TO 7f> M
THANKSGIV1N6 DAY
$1.00 OFF ON ALL ;
LADIES' NIW SHOES
ALL MEN'S NEW SHOES
$6.00 P«r Pair
'wi'fTimri' iTP
MISS LA' LA ROSE PERK1NSON
Engagement Announced
Mrs. Sterling Levi Perklnson announces the engagement of
her daughter, Lalla Rose, to Mr. Charles Dowtln Holllngs* orth,
son of Mrs. Thomas Bayrd Holllngsworth and the late Mr.
HoUlngsworth of Spring Hope. The wedding Is planned for January
16, In a private ceremony at Wise Baptist Church.
1
Pridgens Celebrate 57th
Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. P ridgen
celebrated their 57th wedding
anniversary at their home on
Sunday with their children,
Mrs. A. C. McAuslan of Virginia
Beach, Va., Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh Prldgen of Raleigh, Mr.
and Mrs. Carson Prldgen, Mr.
and Mrs. Leon Prldgen and Bob
of Norllna.
Mr. and Mrs. Prldgen were
married In Warren ton on November
16, 1913 by the Rev. T.
J. Taylor.
Hiss Parkinson And
Mr. Hayes Honored
Mr. and Mrs. Sol Perklnson
and Mr. and Mrs. Ron Perklnson
entertained at an open ho use
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Sol Perklnson at Wise on Saturday
night honoring Miss Margaret
Perklnson and Mr. Charles
Hayes, bride and groomelect
of Dec. 19.
Yellow mums were used on
the refreshment table and other
fall flower arrangement* were
used throughout the home.
Upon arrival the bride select,
her mother, Mrs. dantonPerklnson,
and Mr*. Eleanor
Hayes, mother of the groomelect,
were presented corsages
and the fathers of the bride and
groom-elect were presented
bo utonn teres.
Guests were greeted by Mrs.
George Pt.-kinson and Miss
Leigh Oakley.
Punch was poured by Mrs.
Paul Lancaster, jr., and Miss
Sail ye Perklnson. Other refreshments
consisted of ham
biscuits, party sandwiches,
cheese straws, mints, nuts and
petlts fours.
The hostesses presented the
couple with a gift o< linen during
the evening.
Good-byes were said to Mr.
and Mrs. Ron Perklnson by the
approximately 50 guests.
local Stideit Sms
h UNC-6 GUe jrfib
GREENSBORO—Miss Jeanna
Dean Bobbttt of Norllna Is one
at the 98 members at the Glee
Club at the University of North
Carolina at Greensboro. A junior
nursing major, atw Is the
daughter at Mrs. A. J. Bohbltt
at Boyd St., NOrlln*.
The Glee drib, composed entirely
of women, U directed by
Dr. William Mclrer, assistant
professor in the UNC-G school
at Music. Throughout the year,
the Glee Club presents concerts
both oa and off campus.
11 ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
J WMS General Meeting
b Held At Church
The November Woman's Missionary
Society General Meeting
was held at the Norlina
Methodist Church last Wednesday
night with 16 members
present. Mrs. R. H. Fuller,
president, presided.
The program was under the
direction of the Annie Armstrong
Mission Prayer Group,
."he topic, "Distinctively Argentine,"
was presented by
Mrs. Art) Mulchl, program
chairman, assisted by Mrs.
Jean Williams and Mrs, Mary
Lee Prldgen.
During the business session
it was announced that the
pastor, the Rev. jerry Lyons,
would teach the foreign mission
book, "Taiwan Unfinished
Revolution," at the church
on Nov. 23 at 7:30 p. m.
The Week of Prayer for Foreign
Missions and the Lottie
Moon Christmas Offering will
be observed by the WMU Nov.
29-Dec. 6.
The week of emphasis will
begin on Sunday with a mission
sermon by the pastor. On
Monday at 7:30 p. m. the Olga
Hood Mission Study Grot* will
have charge of the program. On
Tuesday at 10 a. m. the Mat tie
Prldgen Prayer Group will give
the program.
On Wednesday at 6:30 p. m.
a dutch supper will be held
In the fellowship room of the
church and the Brotherhood
will have charge of the mission
program beginning at 7:30 p. m.
The Annie Armstrong Mission
Prayer Grow will give the
program at 7:30p. m. on Thursday.
On Friday at 3 p. m. the
Lola-Sue Mission Action Group
will have charge of the program
. The goal for the Lottie
Moon Chrlstmascrfferingforthe
church has been set at $325.
Mrs. Alice Stultz, mission
action chairman, gave suggestions
to be carried out for
Thanksgiving.
Mrs. Ann Mulohl dismissed
the meeting with prayer.
Marriage licaists
WIT lam Louis Fuller, jr.,
white, of Route 1, Warrenton, to
Eleanor Ruth Thompson of Warrenton.
Larry Dooell Sledge, colored,
of Norlina to CHorla jean Rich
of Route 1, Warrenton.
David Benjamin Alleman,
jr., white, of Pottstown, Pa.,
to Cynthia Hood of Bethlehem,
Pa.
Lou Alrin Bryant, colored, of
Washington, D. C., to Phyllis
Elizabeth Day of Washington,
D. C.
Brother Of Register Of
Deeds Is Feature Subject
▲ Norllna native, BUI Hundley,
vit the subject at a feature
article In The Roanoke
Rapid* Herald of Nov. 1, upon
hi* retirement as an engineer
with the Seaboard Air Line
Railroad Company. The article,
Ulustrated by a larva picture
of Hundley on the step* of his
engine, was written by Lee
Hansley, City Editor of The
Herald.
Hundley, the son at the late
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hundley
of Norllna, is a brother of
Register of Deeds Jim Hundley
of Norllna and entered the railroad
business in 1022. A copy
of the article entitled, "Engineer
Ends Career," foUows:
The yellow and black diesel
engine rumbled resolutely into
Roanoke Junction here Friday
afternoon, bringing to a close
an era in railroading for a devoted
Roanoke Rapids man.
W. G. Hundley of 912 Washington
St. here, was the pilot
behind the mighty engine
that slipped into place adjacent
to the dingy station quarters.
For Bill, as he is called
around the station. tt was the
last time he would sit in the
high seat as englneman for the
Seaboard Coastline Railroad.
After millions of miles over
the endless ribbons of track and
nearly 49 years of service
behind him, Bill, 70, is retiring
from the railroad business.
Reared on a tobacco and
cotton farm near Norllna, Bill
went the railroad route against
the wishes of his father. Here,
almost a half of a century later,
Bill is still sold on the Idea of
railroading.
"After I got into the business
my Daddy thought it was OK,
but I had to be 21 and my own
man before I started because he
was so dead set against it,"
Bill recalls.
Attired In a blue denim
squash cap and a gray uniform
and looking like the classical
man of the rails, Bill, eased
back comfortably in the statlonmaster's
chair and was
bombarded with greetings and
congratulations from his fellow
crewmen and co-workers.
They all had kind things to say
like, "Come back to see us,
BUI!" and "We're gonna miss
you old man," But the true
sentiments of the eventful day
for BUI were reflected in his
moistened eyes.
He loves the raUroad life and
be has lived his job.
"Better see if you can get
some sand on the engine, Ed;
it's gonna be a rough one up
that way tonight,'f he shouted
to one of the crewmen coming
on the job.
BUI came to Roanoke Rapids
in 1947 soon after he married
the former Margaret Green of
Raleigh. She was a school
teacher for many years In the
Rosemary School here.
"Railroading has changed a
lot since I started," Bill commented.
"And Roanoke Rapids
has changed a lot, too."
BUI has, whether he realises
it or not, been a part of that
growth. He has been responsible
for moving mrterlals into
this town which have seeded the
industrial growth of the area.
Primarily, aU the cotton
materials, wood and coal
brought into Roanoke Rapids
travel via raU and BUI has
supervised much of the movement
of these raw materials
and others.
Bill joined the Seaboard Air
1 tne Rail ro ad In 1982 and workad
tor 16 years u * fireman
In the old steam-type engines.
For the past S3 years he has
served faithfully u englneman
with not a blemish on his employment
record. His duties
consisted of switching cargo In
the Roanoke Rapids yard and
distributing it to plants in the
area.
He moves literally hundreds
of boxcars dally and routes
them throughout the Roanoke
Rapids - Weldon - Garysburg
area.
Bill has no plans for his
retirement. He has no particular
hobbles. "I went fishing
50 years ago," he said, "and
I didn't catch a darn thing. I
haven't been since."
Pacing his retirement reluctantly,
BUI said, "I don't
expect to hit a lick at nothing."
His wife is convalescing In
the Guardian Care Nursing
Home. They never had any children.
Bill was treated with a special
dinner by friends in the
community Friday night at
Oscar's Grill and others have
shown their appreciation for
him in many ways;
W. J. Wlnfree, superintendent
In the Raleigh office of
Seaboard Coastline, stated in a
letter to BUI, "Your services
have been excellent, and over
the period of years I have had
the pleasure of knowing that
you have always had the railroad's
Interest at heart."
BUI will probably not be a
stranger in the Roanoke Rapids
Yard after his retirement. One
station hand said "we're going
to buy Mm some tools and let
him work on the engines."
And be probably will do just
that, for "I don't want to quit,"
he added.
Now b The Time To
Prune Dead Wood
H your trees and shrubs have
dead wood, the time to
sharpen your tools and cut down
to green wood," says Henry J.
Smith, extension horticulturist
at North Carolina State University.
Last summer's heat and long
dry perkKjlTfWsed taafly otherwise
healthy trees and shrubs
to develop dead limbs and twigs.
In traveling throughout North
Carolina, Smith has noted numerous
signs of summer damage
to trees and shrubbery.
Lopping shears will take off
most dead wood, but sometimes
large branches must be removed.
To remove a limb at
more than two inches in diameter,
make an undercut two
or three Inches from the main
stem and nearly through the
branch. Then saw the branch
off at the main stem, close to
the crotch. The weight of the
limb will pull the branch
down and break It off at the undercut.
"You should smooth off the
cut with coarse sandpaper, and
cover it with sealing tree wound
paint. There will be no splitting
or other damage to the
main stem. New growth will appear
in the spring. This
growth often will conceal the
wound," Smith added.
Ten years ag>-Cub* said It
would nationalize American owned
property worth $500 million.
"It Is to be regretted that
so little rttontton Is given to
the subject of principle and
arrangement of tree, shrub,
flower and path, as a whole, In
the decoration of our homes,"
"Thousands on thousands of
dollars are yearly expended In
the creation of new places
that have to be soon remodeled
because of the apparent want of
congeniality and harmony necessary
for an effective whole."
These words were written
in 1877 in a book by F. R.
Elliott who classified himself
as a "Landscape Gardener and
Pomologist". And so, you see,
that the basic principles Involved
In tbe creation of harmony
and beauty are much the
same as 93 years ago.
The value of everything that
approaches the beautiful is enhanced
by an appropriate setting.
Even the most beautiful
flower In nature Is improved
by Its surroundings ->f delicately
tinted green foliage.
The artist, when exhibiting
his most perfect artificial representation
of nature, places
It, If possible, in surroundings
which will measurably attract
the eye and yet cast upon the
picture as enhanced breadth
and height of coloring, combined
with the softness which
Nature, in her haze moods,
gives to all her reproductions.
Tbe art of composition In
landscape gardening has certain
principles which go towards
forming a unity of the
whole and from which no deviation
can be made without
marring the result. Taste may
be possessed In a greater or
lesser degree but without reference
to principle*, It will
fell to create a design of harmonious
proportion* or associations.
it Is not expected that every
man can be a landscape
gardener but he should have
sufficient love for his home to
Induce him to study the principles
of art so as to be able
to appreciate the reasons tor
the arrangement of designs.
A spirit of independence,
a pride and love for the creation
of one's own, should Inspire
every citizen to Improve
his surroundings by harmonious
planting of his home
grounds. Were this the condition
of things, the beauty olnew
home surroundings would be
greatly Improved, and exhibit
most gratifying results
in a comparatively fhort
period of time.
I have used more of Mr.
Elliott's comments, with some
of my own, in this colfimn.
with new homes, apartment
complexes and industrial plants
mushrooming almost overnight,
it is essential that we give
increasing attention to aesthetic
values as well as consideration
for the improvement of the environment.
The round purple inspection
stamp on beef, veal ana lamb
Is made with edible ve^table
dye and need not be removed.
Primitive man began to adapt
wild hogs to his needs between
7000 and 3000 B. C. tt 'jU believed
pigs were on this* planet
39 million years before man.
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