Mike Brawn [151 powers his way to the goal in a field goal attempt against Scotland Neck
daring a non-conference game seen here Friday night. The unidentified Lion defender blocked
Brawn's shot but the Yellow Jackets raptured a 48-44 win. (Staff Photo by Don Stith] Powell,
Taylor Rebounds
Bounce Jackets Past Lions
Rebounds by Hardy Powell
and Thomas (Tuck) Taylor in
the final seconds of play
•Babied Douglas Stiff to score
two clutch baskets that gave
the Yellow Jackets a 48-44 win
over Scotland Neck here Friday
night. In the opening game the
Lady Jackets easily won, 47-32.
Lorraine Williams and Edith
Rodwell were the leading
Warrenton scorers in the Lady
Jackets tenth win of the season,
with 16 and 11 points each.
Rodwell and Williams sat on
the bench for the second, third
and most of the fourth quarter
as the teams first-quarter rally
that netted 20 points gave
Williams Gives
Mates Present
Lorraine Williams gave her
Warrenton teammates a pre
sent on her own birthday
Tuesday night as she cut a
Louisburg zone to ribbons and
tossed in 27 points as the Ladv
Jackets rallied for a 37-22 Tar
River Conference victory.
Williams repeatedly took lob
passes for easy buckets as the
undefeated lassies of Coach Ben
Howard climbed from a 6-2 first
quarter deficit to post their
12th win of the season.
In the nightcap John Graham
used pressure defense and a 16
point scoring effort by Dour
Stiff to win a 4746 clifflianger.
The Jackets trailed by one at
halftime after fighting back
from six points under after the
opening stanza. The win gave
the Yellow Jackets a 11-2 mark.
Warrenton will host Franklinton
in a conference twinbill
on Friday night.
Academy Jayvees
Get Easy Victory
The jayvee girls team at
Warren Academy easily won
over a lassie team from N.E.W.
Academy 28-5 in a game at
Sharpsburg last Wednesday
afternoon.
Cindy Isles led the Warriors
ia aeoring with nine points. Lisa
Deibridge added another eight
during the conference win.
The backboards were controlled
by Peggy Alston and
Jim» Bobbitt as rebounders for
the local academy.
Friday the Warriors host
Enfield Academy at 4 p. m.
John Graham a comfortable
lead and a chance for Coach Ben
Howard to play his bench. The
reserve squadsmen scored 13
points in the second frame to
give them a 33-12 halftime lead
and four in the third before the
starting line-up was put back on
the floor.
John Graham won over
Scotland Neck by 15 points in
their season opener on Dec. 1.
The Lions played at a fast
tempo as first quarter action
got under way. Warrenton
pained an 18-17 halftime lead.
It was nip-and-tuck for most
part during the third frame and
Scotland Neck knotted the
scores at 44-all with less than a
minute of playing time left.
Taylor and Powell grabbed
rebounds that were turned into
field goals by Douglas Stiff on
the fast break. Taylor was the
Jackets' leading rebounder and
scorer with 14 rebounds and 16
points. Powell grabbed 10
rebounds.
Dogs Drop Norlina
In Overtime Match
The Norlina Blue Waves
survived 32 minutes of
regulation play and one period
of overtime before falling in
defeat in the second overtime
to Ixmisburg's boys, 67-63, in a
conference game at Norlina
Friday night.
Audrey McKnight scored 26
points to lead the Lady
Bulldogs to a 55-27 win over
Norlina in the opening game of
the double-header.
Towering Audrey McKnight
proved much too powerful for
Both Wave Clubs
Defeated By Rams
Franklinton swept both ends
of a twinbill at Norlina Friday
night, winning the girls' match
48-35 and handing the Blue
Waves their fourth straight
loss. 74-69.
The visitors opened strong,
actually blanking the Lady
Waves in the opening period of
the Tar Biver Conference
match. Packed by Mariam
Bodwell's 18 points, the visitors
took a 22-12 lead at halftime
and were never headed. Irene
Durham led Norlina with 10
points.
In the nightcap Jerome
Perry's 27 points, high for the
night, led the Bams, who led by
two at halftime. Larry Wilkins
had 21 for Norlina, now 7-6
overall, while James Greene
had 18 and Tony Bryant
chipped in 10.
The Blue Waves will be on
the road Friday night, meeting
Bunn in a league double-header.
the Lady Waves as she and
Gwen White, who added
another nine points in Louisburl's
runaway score, controlled
the boards from both ends.
Irene Durham led Norlina
scoring with nine points.
The loss to Louisburg was
the I>adv Waves' first conference
defeat and brought their
overall mark to 5-4.
Steve Brown. 6-7 center for
Louisburg, pumped in the
winning field goal and freethrows
in the second period of
overtime in the boys' match.
Brown netted 28 points to lead
all game scorers. Larry Wilkins
led the Blue Waves with 19
points. David Rowlette added
another 17 and James Greene
poured in 13 points in Norlina's
first conference loss.
Sturgeon is the largest freshwater
fish and can weight
2,260 pounds.
A parson who weighs 160
pounds on earth would weigh
only 30 pounds on the moon.
Never Irk A Brown Bear,
Outcome Could Prove Fatal
In the early day* of the
United Slates, a trapper once
encountered America's deadliest
fighter—not an Indian, but
a brown bear.
A rifle bullet only enraged
the animal, which grappled
with him in a bloody battle of
knife against teeth and claws.
The tussle was nearly a draw,
but the bear lost.
Alone and near death, broken
bones gleaming through his
gaping wounds, the trapper
amazingly survived. In a
painful trek that took more
than a year, eating berries and
trapping small game, he
crawled and hobbled back to a
settlement.
More than a century later,
the event was fictionalized in a
novel and then a movie. Rarely
has anyone met a brown bear in
combat at close quarters and
lived to tell about it.
Bears Once Numerous
More than a quarter of a
million of the animals once
roamed much of North
America, but only about a
thousand remain in the lower
48 United States today,
according to National Geographic
World. More than 7,000
are found in Alaska.
In its December issue, the
magazine reports that most
now live in protected areas
such as Yellowstone and
Glacier National Parks, where
"visitors can see for themselves
how big brown bears can be."
They are the largest of all
meat -eating land animals. A
cub weighs only about a pound
and a half at birth, but when
fully grown a male may weigh
as much as 1,700 pounds and
stand 10 feet tall on his hind
legs.
Brown bears are notoriously
intolerant. Ambling along an
accustomed forest path, a bear
will expect smaller creatures to
get out of its way. They usually
do—with good reason.
faced with an intruder, a
bear will discard ils leisurely
gait for a shuffling charge of
startling speed. Then it will
rear up to its towering height
and batter the interloper with
its massive paws.
"The powerful blows can
crush ribs," says National
Geographic World. "Long claws
can tear fur and flesh."
Fight Each Other
The bears follow the
elemental rule that "might
makes right," and the largest
bear helps himself to the best
fishing spot or anything else he
wants.
"Bears fight over food, mates
and territory," the magazine
points out. Females also fight to
defend their young, and will
drive off the larger males. But
not always; a stray cub is lively
to be killed by a bigger bear.
The female looks after her
two or three cubs until they are
about two years old. teaching
them to eat wild grass, berries,
nuts, and insects, and spear fish
and kill other animals for food.
Then they are on their own.
With their naturally truculent
attitude, it's little wonder
that brown bears basically are
loners. They may congregate
when the fish are running, or
during the mating season, but
these gatherings are marked by
frequent brawls.
BABY WALE-For the
prettiest girl in town, printed
corduroy overalls with
scoop neckline and button
trim by Nannette.
Fleming Promoted To Major
George ET. Fleming, brother
of Mrs. G. L. Rudd. Mrs. J. A.
McCowan. Mrp. Franklin Rivers
and Mrs. Thelbert Rudd, all
of Route 1. Warrenton, has
been promoted to the rank of
major in the U. S. Air Force.
Major Fleming is the chief of
administration with the Directorate
of Research and
Development at the Aerospace
Medical Division headquartered
at Brooks AFB, Texas.
A 1949 graduate of John
Graham High School, he
Afton-Elberon Club
Has Regular Meeting
The Aft^n-EIberon Ruritan
Club held its regular meeting at
the clubhouse on Tuesday night
of last week and community
involvement was the topic of
discussion. President J. E.
Brown brought a program
before the club and it was
accepted.
To increase the club's
commitment to recreation,
lights will be placed at the
ballpark for evening activity
and programs. It is hoped that
the construction on the new
community clubhouse will get
under way during the year.
Fund programs were discussed
including two pancake
suppers per month and other
events.
Mr. and Mrs. Leland
Gottschalk will attend the
Ruritan National Convention
Jan. 27-29 in Mobile, Ala.
enlisted in the Air Force in 1952
and received a direct commission
in 1965. He holds a B.S.
degree in social science from
Florida State University and an
M.A. degree in hospital
administration from Baylor
University.
Prior to his assignment to
Brooks, Major Fleming served
at the U. S. Air Force Clinic at
Andersen AFB, Guam.
His brother, H. C. Fleming,
Jr., lives in Greenwood, S. C.
Major Fleming's wife. Mary, is
the daughter of Mrs. J. L.
Wright, also of Greenwood.
HALIBUT IN
DILL SAUCE
2 medium halibut
steaks
1/4 cup Holland House
White Cooking Wine
1/4 cup dill pickle juice
1 tablespoon butter
1 teaspoon dill seed
Place halibut in small,
shallow baking pan. In a
separate bowl, combine
wine and pickle juice. Four
over fish. Put Vi tablespoon
butter on each steak and
sprinkle dill seed over the
top. Cover and bake in 325
oven for 30 minutes. Serves
2.