In Tar River Tournament
Bunn Blasts Jacket Club,
Girls Advance To Finals
Warren's season-ending
slump in the Tar River Confer
ence ended in a nose-dive
Tuesday night as Bunn ripped
the Jackets for a 66-40 victory,
handing Coach James Howell's
squad their worst beating of
the year.
After dropping their last two
regular season league outings.
the Jackets proved to be no
match for Bunn in a rubber
game between the two squads.
Warrenton, which earlier in the
year was ranked third in the
east among 2-A clubs, now
stands 16-5.
Warrenton's girls, on the
other hand, had much to cheer
about Tuesday night during
tournament action at the
Louisburg gym. For the second
time in five days they turned
back Norlina. this time to a
convincing tune of 61-39.
Coach Ben Howard's charge*
got balanced scoring for the
starting five, led by Lorraine
Williams with 17 and Janet Bell
with 12. Irene Durham
collected 10 for Norlina.
Norlina's girls earned the
right to face the Lady Jackets,
regular season champs, by
easing past Louisburg 33-27
Monday night behind Perceda
Green's 14 points.
In the nightcap, Bunn blew
the game open in the second
half behind the point produc
tion of Jim Strickland, who
finished with 19, and Donald
Hopkins, who had 18. Doug
Stiff led Warrenton with 11.
Norlina's boys were schedul
ed to get into action last
night(Wednesday) as they met
Louisburg. The winner will
meet Bunn- in Friday night's
championship game. In the girls
division, Warrenton will meet
the winner of last night's game
between Bunn and Franklinton.
Keep Soda Handy
Keep a box of baking soda in
the glove compartment of your
car to use as an emergency fire
extinguisher for an engine fire.
Should a fire occur, turn off the
ignition and toss the soda on
the engine. Soda will *lso
smother a blaze should a fire
start in a seat cushion or floor
mat. Keep a sprinkling of soda
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Norlina's Conrhetta Mavfield [11] gets a hand on Janet Bell's
lav-up during the second period of Warrenton's 61-39 romp over
the Blue Waves. Mavfield was charged with a foul on the play.
Michael Brown f 15] drives to the hoop during Tuesday night's
66-40 loss to Bunn. I Staff Photos b\ DonKtithl
Don't Give Up On Yard
Plants Hurt By Winter
The record cold weather
North Carolina has experienced
so far this winter is going; to
take a toll in the home
landscape, but there is no
reason for homeowners to be
alarmed.
Chances are, the damage to
plants won't be as severe as you
expect.
'The thing to do right now is
to wait," suggests Henry J.
Smith, extension landscape
horticulturist at North Carolina
State University. "There isn't
anything much that can be done
to cold-damaged plants at this
time, so just wait until the
evidence of the damage is more
obvious, then take action."
This action will include
pruning awav dead wood,
which may range from
trimming a tip of a branch or
putting the plant 'back to the
ground.
Bon't he surprised, however,
if some plants are damaged to
the point that they will have to
be removed. Smith said this
will be the exception rather
than the rule.
"The point is. the real
damage cant be accurately
assessed until later-around
early spring."
Here are the plants that are
most likely to have been
dm,aged by the severe
weather: azaleas, camellias.
Chinese vew (podocarpus).
pittosporum and pyrancantha.
Wax privet, or ligustrum. and
red top (Photinia) might be
included on the suspect list, too
In the case of all of these
plants, damage or the absence
«f it will vary from region to
region or even within the same
yard.
The degree of exposure is a
key. Most likely candidates for
damaw»%ie TOsceptfWr-pIants.
such as azaleas, which are in
unprotected locations. Smith
explained that those plants
which receive early morning
sunshine following a bitter cold
night are the ones most likely
to be hurt.
When you start looking for
damage, scratch the bark,
beginning on the outer
extremities of the plant. If it's
still green, the plant should be
okay. If you find dark wood
beneath the hark, move back
toward the trunk of the plant
and scratch the bark again. If
it's still dark, moveto the trunk
and down it. following the same
procedure. If it's dark all the
way down, check the roots. If
t hev show any signs of life, the
plant may be cut away at the
roots and the roots replanted.
There is a chance they will
resprout in the spring.
If there is no sign in the
roots, discard the plant and
replace it.
This should be done later
toward the beginning of spring.
Here in early or mid February,
it's too early to make these
damage determinations and too
early to try to prune away
damaged wood or make
decisions on replacing what you
might think are dead plants.
The real signs of damage to a
plant such as azalea, for
example, may not show up until
late spring or even into next
fall. It may take that long for
damaged bark to split and
begin to slip.
So the word is patience.
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World's Working Cats Join
Ranks Of The Unemployed
Unemployment is taking its
toll even among the ranks of
the world's working cats.
Seafaring cats are a tradition
in Britain, one of the world's
leading maritime powers. But
March wiU see the last cat come
ashore for the last time,
doubtless to spend its remain
ing davs sunning at some home
for retired seamen.
The General Council of
British Shipping has ordered
the merchant marine to follow
the example of the Royal Navy,
which Hired its ships' cats in
1975.
A council spokesman says the
rats that infested ships of
earlier vears are no longer a
problem in this age of
containerized shipping. And
there was fear the cats might
hrinir rabies into Britain from
foreign ports.
Global Travelers
For almost as long as men
have irone down to the sea in
ships, cats have sailed with
them. What's more, they
usually earned their passage—
.s rat catchers, pets to while
awav off watch hours in the
doldrums, or as valuable
merchandise.
The animals were worshiped
in ancient Egypt and it was
forbidden to export them. But
many went to sea as
contraband, probably smuggled
to Home bv Phoenician traders,
the National Geographic Socie
ty says.
Cats subsequently marched
with the Roman Legions,
presumably to subjugate the
rats and mice of garrison towns
in occupied lands.
In Europe, as in Egypt and
Rome, they became highly
prized for their skill at
patrolling granaries. Their role
earned them the protection of
law.
In A. D. 939, the King of
Sbuth Wales decreed that
anyone who killed a cat should
pay a fine of one tub of grain
filled to a depth equal to the
distance from the dead animal's
nose to the tip of its tail.
Drafted in Wartime
Cats again saw military
service in World War I. when
half a million of them were
drafted by Britain's armed
forces. A small detachment was
assigned to the submarine
service, and the rest went into
the trenches on the Western
Front.
In addition to their custom
arv rodent control, they
performed more hazardous
duty: Their sensitive noses
provided the first warnings of
poison gas.
In peacetime, cats for years
were on officials payrolls in
British post offices, dockyards,
and barracks, earning a shilling
a week. The money went for
their meals.
The French government
maintained a large staff of cats
to safeguard the paper stock in
its printing office. They also
protected city records in
Vienna.
In the United States, many
post offices, warehouses, and
government buildings employ
A blow torch can burn a
diamond.
ed cats at one time or another,
before pesticides cost them
their jobs.
Millions still make good
livings as house cats, but
millions more simplv freelance
or are unemployed.
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JACK HARRIS
e^AL FLEMING
Don't let unexpected
events interrupt your
financial security. Be
prepared for all eventuali
ties with a sensible,
well rounded insurance
program. . . .the one way to
he reallv safe.
Attend Church
On Sunday
INSURANCE OF ALL KINDS
WARRENTON, N.C