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News and Events of Interest To Norlina Readers
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Barbara Cooke, Editor — Telephone 466-3513
Mr. and Mrs. John P. Clarke
and family of St. Louis Mo
and Mr. and Mrs. John J.
Clarke of Norlina spent the
Christmas holidays wrth Mr
and Mrs. Braxton E. Barrett
and family of Durham. After
spending several more days
with their parents. Mr. and
Mrs John J. Clarke, the John
p. Clarke's returned to their
home in St. Ijouit • . ,
Mrs. J. *« ..visited
relatives in Gi*- 'rinburg
and Bennet > 1 ■ C®,um
bia,P. •' r" .nstmas
a„.i\ . i« '" flays.
V, aid Mrs. . F. Edwards
f, iaighter. Kav. of Musca^
Tl„. Iowa. • isited relatives and
friends I ere during the
veekend.
Mr. and Mrs. R J Holtzman
and Richard Holtzman, Jr.
spent the holiday weekend with
Mr and Mrs. William Seelev.
HI. in Charlottesville, Va. They
attended services at St. Mark s
Lutheran Church there on
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin
Coleman and Marvin. Jr.. ot
Norlina and Evelyn Mane
Coleman of N. C. Wesleyan
College. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn
Avscue and sons, Ricky Glenn
and Gregory Scott of Epsom
Mr and Mrs. Charles Carde
and son. Mark, of Kinston, Mr
and Mrs. Ivan E. Coleman an
sons. Kill. Jr.. Danny, and
Donnv of Columbia. S. ( •
dinner guests of Mrs. Sud.e
Coleman on Christmas Day.
The Ivan E. Colemans spent
Thursday through Sunday of
Christmas week with Mrs.
Coleman. This was the first
Christmas in 16 years that a
four families were together.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman
Avscue and children of
Carrolton. Ga.. visited during
Christmas with Mr. and Mrs.
Arch Avscue. Linda and Lane
Mvrick and son, Jason also
visited the Arch Avscue family.
The Rev. and Mrs. Jim Hebel
and their two children visited
Mrs. Donna Smith, the Rev.
Mr Hebel's mother, in
Altamonte Springs, Fla. While
there they also visited an uncle
and two brothers, John an
Dan Hebel. They celebrated a
family r?union with Mrs. Lillian
Atlanta Choir To
Sing During
Inauguration
The Atlanta Boys' Choir,
under the direction of Fletcher
Wolfe, will sing for several
events at the Inauguration Day
ceremonies for President
Jimmy Carter.
Burt Lance, head of the
department of management
and budget for the Carter
Administration, made the
announcement on Saturday at
the Annual Atlanta Boys' Choir
Festival Ball held at the
Academy of Medicine in
Atlanta.
The choir will sing at the
Prayer Service to be held at the
Lincoln Memorial on the day of
the Inauguration. The choir will
also sing at the Kennedy
Center for the Performing Arts
and make several other
appearances in Washington.
Fletcher Wolfe is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Wolfe of
Norlina.
Circle Meets In
Brickhouse Home
Circle No. 1 of the United
Methodist Women of the
Norlina United Methodist
Church met Monday, Jan. 3 in
the home of Mrs. R. F.
Brickhouse. Despite bad
weather, six members were
present.
Mrs. Gladys Norwood, program
chairman, opened with
prayer and scripture reading. A
program entitled, "Methodist
Women." was conducted by
Mrs. Norwood. Mrs. Virgie
Ivey led the business session
and closed with prayer.
The hostess served delicious
refreshments to the members.
Winegardner, the Rev. Mr.
Hebel's grandmother, from
Lima, Ohio, in attendance.
Geysers have been known to
erupt as high as 1,000 feet.
Rest Home Has Visitors
By MRS. 8UDIE COLEMAN
Since the holiday season has
come to a close, Coleman's Rest
Home would like to express our
appreciation for so many pretty
cards, visits and phone calls
from friends and churches.
The Jerusalem United
Methodist Church gave a party
and gifts. The Ladies Bible
Class and Circle No. 2 of the
Norlina United Methodist
Church gave gifts. The Norlina
Baptist Church Brotherhood
and the Norlina Gospel Baptist
Church each brought a box of
fruit.
We are also grateful to the
ministers from Jerusalem,
Norlina Methodist and the
Norlina Gospel Baptist Churches
who came with youth groups
singing Christmas carols. We
look forward to this each
Christmas.
To show our love to each of
you who remembered our home
this year. I share with you the
"Beatitudes for the Aging."
Blessed are they who under
stand my faltering steps and
palsied hands.
Blessed are they who know
that my ears today must strain
to catch the things they say.
Blessed are they who seem to
know that my eyes are dim and
my wits are slow.
Blessed are they who look
away when coffee is spilled at
the table today.
Blessed are they with a
cheery smile, who stop to chat
for a little while.
Blessed are they who never
say, "You've told that story
twice today."
Blessed are they who know
the ways to bring back
memories of yesterdays.
Blessed are they who make it
known that I'm loved, respected
and not alone.
Blessed are they who know
I'm at a loss to find the strength
to carry the cross.
Blessed are they who ease
the days on my journey home in
loving ways.
Church Opportunities
Gospel Baptist Church— Rev.
Raymond Ayscue, Pastor.
Sunday, Jan. 9, 10:00 a. in..
Sunday School; 11:00 a. m..
Morning Worship; 7:30 p. m..
Evening Worship.
Monday. Jan. 10. 7:30 p. m..
Youth Training and Fellowship.
Wednesday, Jan. 12, 7:30 p.
m., Prayer Service.
First Baptist Church of
Norlina— Rev. S. N. Massenburg,
Pastor.
Sunday. Jan. 9, 9:30 a. m.,
Sunday School, 11:00 a. m..
Morning Worship.
Jerusalem United Methodist
Church— Rev. Jim Hebel,
Pastor.
Sunday, Jan. 9, 10:00 a. m.,
Sunday School, 11:15 a. m..
Worship Service.
Tuesday, Jan. 11, 7:30 p. m.
Circle #2 of the United
Methodist Women will meet.
Thursday. Jan. 13, 7:30 p. m.
Bible Study, Prayer Group;
7:30 p. m., Youth Choir
Practice.
Norlina Baptist Churrh: Rev.
G. Elton Cooke. Pastor.
Sunday. Jan. 9. 9:50 a. m.,
Sunday School; 11:00 a. m..
Morning Worship with Service
of Communion: 6:00 p. m.t
Lightshine; 6:30 p. m., Joyful
Noise Children's Choir: 7:30 p.
m.. Evening Worship.
Monday. Jan. 10, 7:30 p. m.
General Meeting of the WMU
with study of "Yes! A Woman's
View of Mission Support." All
are invited.
Wednesday. Jan. 12. 7:30 p.
m.. Prayer Meeting; 8:15 p. m.
Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal.
Norlina United Methodist
Church —Rev. Nat Burgess,
Pastor.
Sunday. Jan. 9, 9:45 a. m.,
Sunday School: 11:00 a. m..
Worship Service: 7:00 p. m..
United Methodist Youth
Fellowship.
Wednesday, Jan. 12. 7:30 p.
m. Chancel Choir Rehearsal.
Thursday. Jan. 13,7:30 p. m..
Share Group Meets.
Zion United Methodist
Church —Rev. Jim Hebel,
Pastor.
Sunday. Jan. 9, 9:50-a. m..
Worship Service; 11:00 a. m.,
Sunday School.
Wednesday, Jan. 12, 7:30 p.
m.. Bible Study—Prayer
Group. * •
Promoted
Alvin D. Alexander, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Mark H.
Alexander of Rt. 1, Norlina has
been promoted to Army
specialist four while serving
with the 25th Infantry Division
at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.
He is a 1975 graduate of Park
View High School, South Hill,
Va.
Long Flow
The Nile River is 3,473 miles
long.
LE880N XXXIII.
pull eart goats B6ss
up ride hill
u
Bess has a cart and two goats.
She likes to ride in her cart.
See how the goats pull!
Bess is so big, I think she
should walk up the hill.
The goats love Bess, for sho
feeds them, and is kind to them.
McGl'FFEY'S ECLECTIC Readers, ;! primer mid *i\ other
"graded" books were arranged in order of difficult*. Most
classes in the frontier West or South, where the> were most
popular, were held in one-room schoolhouscs. Students
read one volume until they mastered it. then ad\ unccd to the
next. Texts often contained lessons on behavior and firinh
upheld the moral standards of the time.
Readers Played Part
In Winning Of West
When the West was still
wild, "A" stood for ax and "0"
was for ox. Millions of
Westerners who tamed the
frontier with ax and ox learned
how to spell them thanks to
McGuffey's Eclectic Spellers
and Readers.
The McGuffey series of
readers, begun in 1836, was still
popular in the early 1900s and
at one time permeated school
systems west of the Alleghenies
and south of the
Mason-Dixon line, the National
Geographic Society says.
Taught Billion to Read
The familiar maroon and gold
volumes have taught countless
Americans to read and spell.
More than 270,000,000 copies
have been sold to date, and
they have never been out of
print.
Celebrating the 140th anniversary
of the Readers, Van
Nostrand Reinhold, McGuffey's
current publisher, recently
gave the Smithsonian Tnstitu
tion two original plates from
the 1879 edition of the Readers.
"Amazingly," says Robert E.
Ewing, Van Nostrand's president,
the books are still used
by schools in several states, and
the trend is growing. Perhaps
it's a desire to get back to basic
values and reading fundamentals."
More than just textbooks,
the Readers stress the moral
values of their times and, above
all, politeness and civility.
"Ned is not a good boy,"
scolds a passage in McGuffey's
Eclectic Primer. "I do not think
he likes to go to school or to
church. I saw him try to kill a
quail with a stone. The quail is
too quick a bird for that, and
Ned did not hurt it; but I know
that a good child would not try
to kill a bird."
Changing methods of education
began the decline of the
Readers in the 1920's, but William
Holmes McGuffey, who
was responsible for the series,
was never forgotten.
Remembered by Many
A McGuffey Reader Club still
meets annually at Brushy Run,
West Virginia, and there is a
McGuffey Museum at Miami
University, Oxford, Ohio, and a
McGuffey School, both near the
McGuffey Elm Trees, under
which the author sat to write
his first two volumes. Many
other streets and schools in
America have been named for
the educator.
Henry Ford was so taken
with McGuffey that in 1937 he
had the 1857 version of the
Readers reprinted and distributed
sets to them to McGuffey
lovers throughout the United
States. He also bought the
McGuffey family home and
barn near Youngstown, Ohio,
and he used materials from the
barn to build a schoolhouse of
the McGuffey era. Both
buildings are in Greenfield
Village, Michigan.
McGuffey was born in
Pennsylvania, But spent most
of his life in Ohio. He roae from
professor of ancient languages
at Miami University of Virginia
as a professor of moral
philosophy.
Although royalty payments
from his famous Readers had
ceased long before he arrived in
Virginia. MeGuffev eventually
received some additional funds
for later revisions. And after
the Civil War. the grateful
publishers also gave him' an
annuity—a barrel of choice
smoked hams every Christmas.
ARRIVES
I'. S. Air Force Sergeant
William A. Ganues, son of
William A. Ganues of 535 Fifth
Ave., New Rochelle, N. Y.. has
arrived for duty at Osan AR.
Republic of Korea.
His wife. Sandia. is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ,T.
Hicks of Littleton.
NHS Happenings
By DANYLU PALMER
In preparation for the
1976 77 school year, the varsity
cheerleaders were chosen last
spring. During the summer
Pam Kersey, Maxine Campbell
Rosa Durham and Carolyn
Jones attended a cheerleading
camp at Peace Junior College
After competing with many
of her squads throughout the
state, the N. H. S. cheerleaders
were awarded a spirit stick,
four blue ribbons, one red
nbbon one purple ribbon and
one white ribbon
MMrw J' Wilkp™>n and
Mrs Willie Alexander commut
ted to Raleigh for five days and
without their help the N.H S
cheerleaders may not have
been able to attend the summer
camp.
Cheerleading practice began
'n early August. The cheerlead
ers hours a day
exercising, practicing special
lumps and learning new cheers
and stunts.
The uniforms are very neat
this year. The uniform consists
of ;i skirt which is navy blue
with eight pleats, a white vest
with a puffy sleeved blue
blouse, blue and white Aspen
tennis shoes and short white
socks.
For Homecoming the cheerleaders
made pompons which
were sold at the game. Pam
Kersey was chosen as the
Princess and her escort was
Robert Durham.
The cheerleaders sold shorts,
V(;d N H-S- sweatshirts and
doughnuts which were both
treat successes. They also
conducted a bake sale. They
have been in \orlina. Warren
ton and Littleton parades. At
I he end of this year the Norlina
cheerleaders will have participated
in .15 or more ballgames
and conducted four pep rallies.
The football teams had an
overall record of 7-4 and all
VII.S. cheerleaders are proud
of being able to contribute to
sue h an outstanding ball team.
j Cheerleaders are seniors.
Pam Kersey, co captain with
five years on the squad: Danvlu
I aimer, six years; Marv Lou
I ravlor, co-captain, four years,
Olenda Durham, three years;
and Debbie Redmond, two
years.
Juniors are Maxine Campbell.
five years: Carolyn Jones,
three years; and Patricia Tuck,
two years: Sophomores include
Donna Stegall with three
years; and Rosa Durham, two
years.
Alternates were Sandy
Redmond with three years and
Violet Isreal with three years.
When asked about th*
cheerleaders performance,
Principal Clint Hege expressed
the opinion that the group had
worked extremely well together
and had been highly
satisfactory in all respects. He
also noted the dedication of the
sponsors and indicated this as
the main ingredient of the
success of the program.
The Norlina Blue Waves will
play Oxford Webb at 7 p. m.
Saturday night. The J. V. and
varsity boys will be playing.
The F.F.A., Math Student
Council. Weight-Lifting Clubs
are planning on meeting on
Wednesday.
All students and teachers at
Norlina High enjoyed the
Christmas and New Year
holidays. Santa Claus was very
good to- everyone.
Don't forget to make your
New Year's Resolution!
By Mrs. Dan Gerber
Many mothers have asked
me. "Won't my baby be
healthier eating food I've made
at home?"
"Not necessarily," I always
reply. 1 know that mothers ask
this question because they
want to give their babies the
best, but in some cases they
may be risking their infants'
health by preparing their food
at home.
The reason is that the making
of baby foods is a precise
science. The specifications for
baby food products at Gerber
are among the most rigid in the
entire food industry.
"Baby's resistance to contamination
is not fully
developed and therefore it is
important that they have foods
that are absolutely safe. Each
Gerber food product must pass
strict tests for safety and wholesomeness."
No matter how conscientious
a mother is, it is almost
impossible for her to duplicate
this type of processing control.
Jan. is great to start ART
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