John Graham High Splits
Games At Littleton
77 LITTLE TON - The War rental
Yellow Jackets got a late
„ start in their basketball season
but, this «wk, have made their
presence felt. The Jackets
walloped Littleton 58-37 here
Friday night for their second
*]' straight win.
The Littleton lassies continued
their winning ways In the
Sight's opener, trimming the
Jacket girls 26-22. The victory
... ipma the fifth against one loss
., for Littleton. The Warrenton
tl, girls are now 1-1.
Warrenton had little trouble
in picking up its second Roanoke
Conference win of the
a week. The Jackets went ahead
.-,in the first period and never
. trailed. At the half the Jackets
, bad built up an 11 point lead,
.1 20-15. The second half was not
..much different. Warrenton
, added 32 points, and limited
. Littleton to 22.
The Littleton girls had to
r~«ome from behind in the fourth
.'period before they could pull
.put the win. Trailing 18-16
going into (be last quarter,
^ Littleton high i'or 8 points. All
scored by May Lois West and
flmlted Warrenton to four.
{
Littleton Jumped ahead in the
(lrat quarter and, at the half,
led at the half 13-9, Warrentoo
came on atrooc In tin third
period and hit for nine and
held Littleton to three.
GIRLS GAME
Warrenton (22) Littleton (16)
Carol 10 M. West 22
Tunstel 0 C. West 1
Roberts 2 Manley 2
Rodwell 2 Warren I
Peoples 0 Williams 0
Mustlan 0 Newsom 0
Substitutes: WarrantoaFloyd,
Tucker, Watklns, Llttleton—Clark.
Score by quarters:
Warrenton 2 7 9 4-22
Littleton 9 6 6 16-37
BOYS GAME
Warrenton (58) Littleton (S7)
Capps 18 Wilson 9
Taylor ^1 Lett 16
Checks 7 Gilchrist 8
Floyd 9 Kearney 0
Thompson 11 Williams 0
Substitutes: Warrenton —
Robertson 2, Case, Davis, G.
Floyd, Hunter, Clayton, Littleton
— Williams, Johnson 2,
Newsom, Alston, Johnston, Silver,
Harris, Ross. ,
Score by quarters: j
Littleton 9 6 6 16-37
| Norlina Girls Win Game
! From Murfreesboro
By SUSAN DONALD
And NANCY GOOCH
i On Friday night, Norllna's
girls team defeated Murfrees!
bora in an exciting overtime,
I game which ended with a final
i score of 38 to 34.
; In the first period of play the
| numerous fouls by Murfreesboro
put Norllna In the lead,
| as the score was 8-6. The sec'
ond quarter turnovers cost NorI
Una their lead as the Raiders
■ tied the score 16 to 16. After
the half the two teams battled
1 evenly but the Waves managed
{ to pull out a two* point lead
i by the end of the quarter. The
j fourth stanza was an exciting
I one as the Raiders tied the score
34-34 causing an overtime. In
ttw overtime scoring was controltafeby
NorttBfcas Murfrees'
boro'nad troufile handling the
ball. The final score was 38-34.
Teresa Hicks spearheaded
the scoring attack for Nor Una
with 15 points. Shirley Sabrowskl
netted 13 points, next was
Sandra Stokes with 8 points.
Ann Hayes scored 2. Others
playing were Barbara Brantley
and Sylvia RodweU.
Leading scorer for Murfrcesboro
was Patty Parker
with 15 points. Meg Revelle
scored 12, Nancy Deans 5, Bonnie
Caulkinsl, and Gloria Parker
1. Others playing were Alice
Hill , Wanda Wood, Kay Brltt,
ana Jewel Smith.
Scoring by quarters
Nor. 8 8 10 8 4-38
Mur. 6 10 8 10 0-34
BOYS GAME
In the second game of the
night the Murfreesboro Raiders
outscored Norllna, as the final
score was 45 to 37.
In the first quarter Norllna
held a 14-10 lead. The Raiders
hustled to tie the score at the
half 21-21. The third stanza
was nip and tuck as the quarter
ended with t scdre 4f 36 to 3M, '
■ in the Raider's favor. The flnfal
period of play wis Controlled
by Murfreesboro as the game
.iided with the score o< 37 to
45, Murfreesboro's favor.
Playing for Norllna was Gua
Hunt scoring 15 points, Parcell
Jordan with 8 points, Mitch
Mitchell 6, Donald Wknbrow 4,
David Brantley 2, and Aundray
Moss with 2. Ned Campbell also
played.
Leading scorer for the Raiders
was Dwelton Sawyer 12,
Alvester Spratley netted 10,
John Spratley 8, Wayne Garner
6, Geoerge Jones 4, Herbert
Faison 4, and Mack Foreham 1.
Scoring by quarters
Nor. 14 7.13 3-37
Mur. 10 11 15 #-45
Norlina Drops Game
To Vance High School
By SUSAN DONALD
And NANCY GOOCH
BOYS GAME
On Saturday night the Norllna
boy's team Journeyed to
Vance County High School to
play the Cougars.
The first period play was
controlled by the Cougars as
they scored 13 points and held
Norllna to 4 points. In the
second quarter Vanes*! County
stretched It's lead to a comfortable
margin. The score was
The Night Santa Rode
The Southbound Train
Reprinted From The News And Observer
(This wm by Isabel McKeithen
Thomas of Hamlet it based on an actual
incident about 10 years ago when Mrs.
Thomas, her husband and their three
ctuldren —two girls and a boy — were
living in Cameron.)
TflAB THE DAY before Christmas and
Would
you believe
A-tree (rimmed and waiting the gifts
to receive,
Three stockings each bung with respect
And great care,
When our fireman announced that be
wouldn't be there
Whec Santa arrived with a sneeze
•ndaoough,
Far the Seaboard had said, "There'll be
no marking off!"
I begged and I pleaded, "Pretend you are
sick.
You must be around to greet Old St. Nick!"
But sternly he spoke, in a voice hard
tad tight,
'I'll be riding The Star' out of Raleigh
tonigit."
iiiw'il bfri. bir!-..I
WEPT and I waited, with tears
did implore,
But he picked up his bag, and
Mamming the door,
He Jumped in the Ford, and with obvious
ddgOBt
Be drove out of town in a great cloud
of dust
Unbelieving, I sat there and thought of
the morrow,
When suddenly my mind recoiled in
But then my thoughts brightened, I ran
to the phone,
With matters like this, he would have to
come home!
THE CREW CLERK in Ratei* had stopped
out that night.
But the kind operator, when she beard
my sad plight,
Dialed the yard master who promised
that he
Would contact my husband, have him to
call me.
WHEN HE DROVE into Raliigh, his
spirits quite low,
Pulled up to the round house, ready to
go.
On the run came the yard master, "Oh,
boy, are you sunk!
Open up and see what you have in your
trunk!"
Resourceful railroader! Dear
thoughtful man!
Calls me and says, "Now this is my plan.
The Star' is the train that I'm
riding tonight,
Non-stop to Hamlet, but that is all right,
For we always go slowly thru Southern
Pines town,
Be at the station. 111 throw these
things down."
THE HOUR it was late and the sky
it was black
That Christmas Eve night by the
SAL track.
The crowd at the station all thought
it great fun.
The agent, the porter, and just everyone
Pushed out to th«. track in the
drizzling rain,
To see good St. Nicholas arrive on
the train.
Away in the distance we heard the
train blow,
The motors died down, they were coming
mslow.
The light from "The Star" shown down
on the crowd.
There were tears on my cheeks, but inside
I was proud
As I watched him lean down, tow bag
in his hand;
Santa had come, though not as I'd planned!
I 'fill1
I ran to the door hoping desperately
Hut he had turned beck, perhaps to
But, alas! I'm too late, he's already
gone far,
Unknown to him, Santa's gifts in the car!
HIDDEN AWAY la the trunk of the Ford,
7m sets, two dolls and a wee ironing
board;
A football, some records, a robot named
Rob.
I couldn't tfatak tflrtberjtady could
sob,
As I thought of my small ones who so
Christmas Day
Would teal so unhappy at Santa's delay.
I REACHED for the bag, Santa smiled
down at me,
"Merry Christmas," he said, and I knew
it would be.
For Christmas is more than one day
in December,
It's loving and giving, and this
i TH remember.
The crowd laughed and cheered as I walked
up the track,
A smile on my face, Santa's pack on
my back.
And I thought of the man who on this glad
night,
.night,
Was rging ihe rails, even now out
of sight
Because of the love be had for oi all
The same as at Behtlehem, if you
will recall.
THE BABE in the manger, the Angel
Choir, too,
Revealed a great love for me and for
you.
And just as the Star in those far
days of old,
Brought happiness, joy, for
numbers untold,
So the Ught of this "Star", on this
Christmas Eve night,
As it shone down on me, brought a
whole new insight
Of responsible love, of things we
hold dear,
That makes Christmas last throughout the
whole yea#.
ISABEL MeKEUTHEN THOMAS
37 to 11.
Thethlrd stanza was marked
with numerous turnovers for
the Blue Waves, and the Cougars
one*' again led, with the
score 45-21. In the fourth quarter
Donald Wlmbrow rallied and
tod the Waves In scoring 14
points while holding the Cougars
to 10 points. The final score
was SS to 35.
Donald Wlmbrow was the high
scorer for the night with 21
points. Others playing for Norllna
were Oos Hunt with 7
points, Percell Jordan 2, Waverly
White 2, David Brantley
1, Aundray Moss 1, and Ned
Campbell 1. Mitch Mitchell and
Charles WUIdns also played.
Leading die attack lor the
Cougars was' John Scott with
12 points. Herble Orlssom
scored 10 points, johnGrlssom
10, Gary Ball #, OaryStalnback
7, Dean Jteavls 3, Carl Fisher
2, Russell Newman 3, and
ind Billy ftanfaw
Scoring by quarters:
Nor. 4 7 10 14-35
Vance Co. 13 14 13 10-45
Today** 230 pound market
hog has 11 pounds of extra
meat and 11 pounds toss lard
than an animal at tha same
weight would have had In 1*0.
An boor's work today buys
l*»ore milk. 38% more peas
■
uiitmttininntimy
I! LITTLETON i
II NEWS :
Mrs. Tommy Gray, Mrs. Hoy
Jones of Elams and Mrs. Lloyd
Gray wen Wednesday visitors
erf Mrs. Horace Moore in Rex
Hospital In Raleigh.
Mrs. Gertrude Powell of Henderson
spent several days with
Mrs. Macon Moore, Sr.
Miss Ella Belle Riggan and
Mrs. Gertrude Powell were in
Roanoke Rapids Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter L
Robertson add children, Donald
and David, of Roanoke Rapids
were recant visitors of Mr. and
Mrs. M.C. Little, jr.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Neilson
and daughter, Claressa, of Raleigh,
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Chaffin
and family. Bill and Margaret,
of Richmond, Va., Mr.
and Mrs. A. B. Daughtry and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Breckle
Daughtry and Mr. Lawrence
Daughtry of Norfolk, Va., the
Rev. and Mrs. Francis Alston
and sons, Steve, Frank and
Tommy, of Fairmont, Mr. and
Mrs. W. B. Ayoock and family
Carl and Cindy, of Harrell»vllle,
W. Va., have returned to
their home after having spent
sometime with U*lr father, Mr.
Robert M. Alston, and attending
the funeral Of their mother on
Tuesday.
Dr. and Mrs. William Q.My
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were Sunday visitors of Mr.
and Mrs. James Myrlck.
Mrs. Gilbert Reld, Mrs. W.
A. Reld and Mrs. Walter Pike
were In Raleigh Sunday and
visited Mrs. Horace Moore.
Lee Roy Lynch of Hopewell,
Va., was a visitor of friends
and relatives here over the
weekend.
Growers Produce Large Tobacco Crop
RALEIGH—Tar Heel (rowers
produced an estimated 795 million
pounds of flue-cured tobacco
In 1970, according to the
North Carolina Crop Reporting
Service. The estimate by the
Service Includes poundage sold
Uus season plus some 12 million
excess that Is expected to
be held over and sold next season.
The 1970 type 11-13 output
Is the second highest since
the Acreage - Poundage program
started In 1965. In 1967,
growers produced 819 million
pounds. Production In 1969
was 696 million pounds.
Flue-cured yields averaged
2,079 pounds per acre this year
—the highest yet under the
Acreage - Poundage Program.
The average was 2,071 pounds
In 1967 and 1,838 In 1969. The
1970 crop was harvested from
about 382,500 acres and compares
with 395,400 In 1967 and
378,500 acres in 1969.
Type 11 (Old and Middle
Baits) production totaled 27*
million pounds — well above the
258 million realised In 1969
but below the 294 million pound*
produced In 1967. Type 11 yields
averaged 1,879 pounds on 145,000
acres. In 1969, 146,000
acres averaged 1,765 pounds.
The highest yield under Acreage-Poundage
tor this type was
In 1967 when 150,000 acres
averaged 1,960 pounds.
Production at type 12 (Eastern
Belt) amounted to 418 million
pounds this year and is the
highest under Acreage-Poundage
. Last year's production
was 351 million while the 1967
crop totaled 410 million pounds.
The 1970 crop was harvested
from 188,000 acres for an average
yield of 2,225 pounds. In
1969, the average was 1,895
pounds on 185,000 acres while
the 1967 average was2,135on
192,000 acres.
Type 13 (Border Belt) total
Wade Tucker Installed As
Head Of Ruritan Club
Wade Tucker was installed as
president of the Wlse-Paschall
Ruritan Club at a meeting held
at the Wise school house on last
Thursday.
Other officers installed were
Sol Perklnson, vice president;
and Sinclair White, vice presl^dent.
Officers were Installed by
Mayor Leon Knight of Norllna,
the guest speaker.
The Wlse-Paschall Ruritan
Club had been organized for
eight years. W. C. King, publicity
chairman, said this week
that the club, with the full
support of the public, has accomplished
much since that
time. He listed some of the
accomplishments as follows:
"1. Completed the lighting of
our ball field enabling night
ffameis fr» ho nlouorf Tho Mnrth
be done, so If you have not already
done so, you may leave
your contributions for the trash
dump at Mr. Joe Rlggan's Store
in Wise or mail them to Mr.
Calvin Young, Route 1, Norlina.
All donations will be used only
for the trash dump maintenance."
King also said that the following
members of the club
wish for each family in the
community a Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Yean
joe Cobb, W. C. King, J. V.
King, W. C. PaschaU, G. C.
Paynter, Joe Rlggan, Wade
Tucker, Albert Perkinaon,
Cooper Perklnson, Carl Parkinson,
Luther Paynter, Evans
Coleman, Sinclair White, Calvin
Young, Jack Whitby, Larry
Walker and Bobby Locke my.
Carolina National Guard helped
by grading and leveling the field.
Carolina Power and Light Company
donated the light poles.
Another light company set the
poles for us. All this was donated
to the club. Wiring and
fixtures were installed at a cost
of $200 to the club. We believe
the people really enjoyed coming
out and watching softball
games. Our team won 16
games and lost four. Games
were played against much larger
communities, Including Henderson,
Littleton, Norlina,
Warrenton and LaCrosse, Va.
The club also helped sponsor
two church ball teams. We also
helped sponsor a local 4-H
Club by providing a clubhouse
for their meetings.
"2. This year we developed
and provided a trash dump In our
community. A site was made
available by Mr. Carl Perkinson,
a member of the club. A
need for the dump was felt when
an increasing amount of beer
cans and trash began to accumulate.
The job was completed In
August, 1970. The club members
cleared the site by removing
brush and trees. We
had the site ready in about two
weeks. Mr. Harris and Mr. R.
C. Comer dug the pit for approximately
$200. This project
is widely used by the people la
our community and will be
kept up by donations by the
public. More work is needed to
Phil Harris of ECU, Greenville,
is spending the Christmas
holiday at home.
For your heart's sake - use
willpower at the dimertable,
advises the North Carolina
Heart Association.
ed 105 mill km pound* on 40,900
term* tor an average of 1,125
pounds. In 1969, 87 million
pounds war* produced on 47,500
•eras tor an average of 1,840
pounds. The record production
under Acreage-Poundage was In
1987 when 119 million pounds
were harvested from 93,400
acres tor an average of 2,195
pounds.
1970 burley production In
North Carolina is estimated at
19.2 million pounds on 7,400
acres for a record yield of 2,600
pounds. In 1969, the crop made
20.3 million pounds on 7,900
acrea for an average of 2,570
pounds.
United States
Total flue-cured production
for the United States is estimated
at 1,191,113,000 pounds
In 1970 compared with the
1969 crop of 1,052,806,000
pounds. The national burley
crop is estimated at 560,140,000
pounds compared with the 1969
production of 591,395,000
pounds.