Education, Recreation
Opportunities Abound
' Education and recreation
don't necessarily have to take a
big chunk out of your family's
budget.
Educational opportunities
abound; many are free or at low
cost. Public programs or short
courses and documentaries and
educational TV programs are
»vailable to everyone, say
extension specialists at North
Carolina State University.
Educational expenses can be
reduced by using library
facilities w henever possible,
attending public rather than
private schools and attending
in-state rather than out-of-state
colleges.
Library facilities can also be
used to find information on
colleges and universities rather
than purchasing handbooks on
the schools.
By saving in advance, a
minimum of credit will be
needed to finance a college
education. If credit is needed,
seek low-interest loans. Take
advantage of available scholarships
and student-work opportunities.
The college's financial
aid officer can supply information
on these.
Educational skills can also be
upgraded or improved through
on-the-job training or courses
offered by accredited colleges.
Avoid dealing with unknown
schools.
Benefits from recreation can
also be extended. Get away
from regular work or routine
tasks and invest your money in
the most meaningful activities.
Take advantage of mini-trips
or one-day trips to points of
interest or combine parttime
jobs with travel in an area. The
job will help finance the travel.
Save money in advance for
expensive recreational activities
such as travel or personal
improvement and avoid excessive
credit charges.
Seek wise buys in recreational
equipment and give it
proper care for long service.
Rent recreational equipment
used only occasionally rather
than buying it.
Take advantage of recreational
activities and facilities in
your community. Many are free
or low-cost because you have
already paid for them through
your tax dollars.
Make your own extra
pancakes and waffles and
freeze on a cookie sheet
covered with paper towels.
When frozen, stack and store in
plastic bags. To reheat, just pop
in the toaster.
NEED EXTRA ROOM?
When the extra space runs out and you begin to
feel crowded, your house becomes uncomfortable
and cramped. Maybe it's time you added a room
or two. or installed a new bath. Or. maybe you
need to modernize your kitchen. Ask your
Association representative about our home
improvement loans. Farmers and rural homeowners
are eligible. Improve your house and make
it "home" again!
Herbert J. Moseley
Phone 257-3930
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VELVETY TREE \NT manages a lopsided
urin for a scanning electron microscope.
Powerful new instruments, electron microscopes
enlarge images w ith electrons instead
of light ra>s. Research photographer
and artist David Scharf who took the pic
ture-has perfected method', enabling him
to examine li\e insects with the microscope.
B> lowering the energy of the electron
beam and adjusting the system for
maximum sensitix it>. he is able to produce
detailed three-dimensional images.
Electron Microscopes Spy
On Nature's Invisible World
An incredible research tool
now take= scientists into the
Alice in Wonderland world in
inner -.pace.
A whole new realm of atoms
and molecules, a world man has
never seen before, has been
revealed by the electron
microscope, an instrument that
enlarges images with electrons
instead of light rays.
The best optical microscopes,
limited by the wavelengths of
light, magnify no more than
2,000 times. They resolve, or
discriminate, objects no closer
than about 2.000 angstroms, or
1 125.000 of an inch.
"By contrast, the best
electron microscope can magnify
an incredible 20 million
times, with a resolution on the
order of two angstroms,"
reports Kenneth F. Weaver in
the National Geographic.
Sees the Invisible
"And even the individual
atom, which ha* a diameter of
only about one angstrom (about
four-billionths of an inch), can
he photographed in the same
way that an invisible mote of
dust can be 'seen' by the light
scattered when the mote floats
through a bright beam of
sunlight."
'Angstrom-w ide atoms are so
small that it would take nearly
a million of them to equal the
thickness of a sheet of paper.
The amazing viewing power
of the electron microscope has
already had an enormous effect
on the life sciences. It is now
possible to see viruses that are
as small as 60 angstroms in
diameter.
Two scientists recently
developed the electron microscope
to such a point that they
were able to make a movie of
uranium atoms in motion.
Biologists can even spot
normal cell* changing into
cancerous cells and identify
gene3 that cause hereditary
diseases.
The powerful electron microscope
is focusing on other
sciences as well. Metallurgists
are gaining new insights into
crystal structure, learning how
metals corrode and fracture.
Materials experts are looking
into the heart of rubber
molecules to predict a tire's
performance. Ecologists tracking
down pollution can identify
fine . diopleti,,ol' .sulfuric
even in the pristine air of
Antarctica.
Works In Reverse
"But perhaps the most
unexpected benefit of the
State Has Number
Of Ghost Towns
The 100 counties of North
Carolina have 157 uninhabited.
a Kan/4 rvnori t au nc Qnrl mnro
than 1,000 ghost towns, all
originally established in the
1700's and 1800's, according to a
recently completed study by
Treasure Index, a national
publication.
A relatively small number of
the old towns bloomed in size,
in population and in prominence.
The others are buried
under such identifications as
uninhabited abandoned towns,
ghost towns and forgotten
hamlets. Early indications show
that the counties of Bladen,
Buncombe, Chatham, Iredell,
Moore, Randolph, Robeson and
Watauga lead the state in
numbers of old towns.
An abandoned town differs
from a ghost town in that the
latter is a community in
drastically reduced circumstances.
An abandoned tow n is
exactly what the term
implies—abandoned and therefore
uninhabited. Such a town
may have originally grown
around a factory, a processing
plant, a mine or a railroad
station, for example. Many
low ns navtr suntreu ucvauac
they were bypassed by more
modern means of transportation.
Some suffered from too
much water, other with not
enough.
Reports For Duty
Marine Private First Class
Charlie M. Dortch, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charlie G. Dortch of
Route 2, Ridgeway, has
reported for duty with Third
Marine Division, Okinawa. He
joined the Marine Corps in
September 1976.
Leftover baked potatoes may
be reheated by dipping them in
hot water and baking again in a
moderate oven.
Attach mini-pegboards to the
insides of cabinet doors and
hang cooking, cleaning, gardening,
and craft tools nearly out of
sight.
electron microscope is in
demagnifying,' " w rites Mr.
Weaver.
"Today's high-speed computers,
for example, depend on
tiny silicon wafers containing
intricate circuits and thousands
of transistors. They can be
produced with photographicmasks
that have been made at
large scale, then ultraminiaturized
by photographythrough
the microscope-inreverse."
Someday, scientists hope,
these techniques will make
possible a miniature computer
rivaling the human brain with
its billions of connections. The
development of grainless films
already has made possible the
reduction of printing until each
letter measures only 100
angstroms high.
At that size, all the millions
of books in the Library of
Congress could be stored on a
sinsfUt.abeet of paper.
Norlina 4-H Club
Meets On Monday
By CHARLIE FIELDS, JR.
Reporter
The Norlina Youth Improvement
club held its monthly
meeti-ig Monday at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kersey.
The meeting Mas called to
order by the president, Oita
Cheston. Devotion and the
minutes followed.
The business session was
thereafter. Two new members
joined the club. The group
discussed having a sports event
on April 11 at 1 p. m.
The educational topic was
based on the play, "The Go Go
Ghost Club." Three leaders,
two parents and 27 members
attended the meeting. Dues
were paid and refreshments
were served by the Kerseys.
Graduates
DENVER—Airman Michael
D. Thompson, has graduated at
Lowrv AFB, Colo., from the U.
S. Air Force technical training
course for weapons mechanics.
Airman Thompson is a 1976
graduate of Moun". Vernon
;N.Y.i High School. His mother.
Mrs. Geraldine C. Thompson,
lives in Manson.
Birth
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond D.
Stainback of Raleigh announce
the birth of their second son,
Christopher Brent. Mrs. Stainback
is the former Sylvia
Watkins of Palmer Springs, Va.
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