Students enrolled in the Child Development Center in Warrenton were treated to a special
Easter Party by the Warrenton Junior Woman's Club Thursday afternoon. Children were given
Easter baskets filled with candy and other goodies that accompany the Easter celebration.
Juniors, Brownies Put On Hunt
The Junior Woman's Club of
Warrenton and Brownie Troop
379 provided a Happy Easter
party for the children of the
Warren County Child Development
Center on Thursday,
April 7. Members of the Junior
Woman's Club hid Easter eggs
on the Center playground.
The children gathered the
eggs in their hand-made Easter
baskets created by the Brownie
Troop girls. Back inside the
Center the children had ice
cream, candy, chips, cupcakes
and juice brought by the Junior
Woman's Club. Mrs. Boberta
Bichardson and Mrs. ShirleyTerry,
parents of children
enrolled in the Center, also
provided goodies. Each child received
an Easter basket of
candy and toys from the Junior
Woman's Club.
Mrs. Linda Scott delivered
the Brownie Troop's baskets.
Mrs. Linda Carter, Mrs. Mary
Catherine Harris and Mrs.
Helen West, members of the
Junior Woman's Club provided
the party.
Also attending were the
Rev. Robert Orvis, rector of
Emmanuel and All Saints
Episcopal Churches; Ms. Vickie
Kissinger, Speech Therapist
with the Area Mental Health
Program; Dean Sammons with
the Warren County Schools;
Mrs. Shirley Terry and Mrs.
Mary Hicks, mother and
grandmother, respectively, of
one of the Center's children;
and Ms. Lisa Harris, daughter
of Mrs. Mary Catherine Harris.
Macon Woman s Club
Has Spring Luncheon
The annual spring luncheon
of the Macon Woman's Club
was held on Tuesday, April 5 in
the Gardner Room of the Macon
United Methodist Church. The
luncheon was sponsored by the
Homelife Department with
Mrs. Henry Fuller and Mrs.
Alton Grissom as co-chairman.
The bountiful covered dish
luncheon was enjoyed by club
members, their husbands and
invited guests. The tables were
attractive with arrangements
of spring flowers and useful
favors.
The guests were welcomed
by Mrs. Fuller and the Rev.
Floyd Morrow, pastor of the
church, gave the blessing.
Following the luncheon, Mrs.
L. R. Harris, president, gave a
few welcoming remarks. She
then read a fitting eulogy to
Mrs. Edna M. Harris.
The Rev. Nathan Burgess,
pastor of the Norlina United
Methodist Church sang two
hymns accompanied by Mrs.
Gid King at the piano.
The drawing for door prizes
was held and Mrs. Fuller
dismissed the group with
closing remarks.
Copied below is the eulogy to
Mrs. Edna M. Harris:
As we gather here today, we
miss many of our friends of
bygone years. We remember
the many fine things and deeds
of love that our departed
friend, Edna Harris, has given
to our community. She has
always been interested in
making her home and community
a better place to live. ,,
Immortal
hope through all the ages has
been whispering to love. The
mystery of life and death we
cannot understand. In death
character survives, goodness
lives, and love is immortal.
They that love beyond the
world cannot be separated by
it. Death cannot kill what never
dies. Something strange and
beautiful happens to men and
women when they come to the
end of the road. They who die in
Jesus live in a larger, fuller,
nobler life by the very
cessation of care, change, strife,
and struggle.
Aoove an iney live a tuner,
grander life because they sleep
in Jesus and are gathered into
His embrace and awake with
him, clothed with white robes
awaiting the redemption of the
body. In the words of the poet:
I cannot say, and I will not say
That she is dead. She is just
away.
With a cheery smile and a wave
of the hand
She has wandered into an
unknown land.
And left us dreaming how very
fair
It needs must be, since she
lingers there.
And you, oh you who the
wildest yearn
For the old time step and the
glad return
Think of her faring on as dear
In the love of there as the love
of here:
And loyal still as she gave the
blows
Of her warrior strength to her
country's foes.
Mild and gentle as she was
brave
When the sweetest love of her
life she gave
To simple things; where the
violets grew
Pure as the eyes they were
likened to.
The touches of her hands have
strayed
As reverently as her lips have
prayed;
When the little brown thrush
that harshly chirred
Was dear to her as the mocking
bird;
And she pitied as much as a
man in pain
A writhing honey bee wet with
rain.
Think of her still as "the same; I
say:
She is not dead — she is justaway.
James Whitcomb Riley
By Jessie Eubank Harris
Rare Giant Otters In Surinam
Take Care Of Campgrounds
The world's largest and
rarest river otters are meticulous
homemakers.
Traveling in family groups,
the animals systematically
clear the vegetation from areas
near riverbanks and streams
and turn them into model
campgrounds. Well-marked
paths invariably lead from the
clearings to separate areas
used for toilet facilities.
The unusual nesting trait
was discovered by Nicole
Duplaix Hall, a research con
servation associate with the
New York Zoological Society.
Her giant otter field research in
Surinam is supported by the
National Geographic Society,
the World Wildlife Fund, and
the New York Zoological
Society.
Stung by Eel
Ms. Duplaix has braved
treacherous white-water
rapids, electric eels, and
arm-numbing insects in search
of the elusive giant otters.
Perhaps 2,000 of the animals
still roam the streams, rivers,
and dense rain forests of
Surinam, where they are pro
tected by strict conservation
measures. Elsewhere in South
America fur hunters have all
but eliminated the creatures.
The brown animals make
easy targets. A giant otter can
weigh 50 to 60 pounds and
measure five feet from nose to
tail. They often make their
presence known by distinctive
sounds.
"One of these, a harsh
whistle-like tone, seems to be
used by the animals when they
want to pass through another
otter family's territory," explains
Ms. Duplaix. "Sometimes
when I'm searching the rivers
for them. I imitate the cry and
lure otters to my boat. Then we
have a real shouting match."
Naturally playful and curious.
otters love to frolic in the
water. "They dive, dunk each
other, play, and scream their
heads off just like kids," says
Ms. Duplaix.
Paws Snare Meal
The animals become deadly
serious when searching out a
meal. Fish and crabs are their
favorite foods. Expert swim
mers. they maneuver beneath
the fish then suddenly turn
upward, catching their quarry
with mouth and paws.
The female otter deserts her
open campground and gives
birth to one or two cubs in a
secluded den usually on the side
of a riverbank. "The first time I
saw one of the cubs, I burst out
laughing." recalls Ms. Duplaix.
"When they're little, the ears
are too big for their bodies, and
the cubs look like miniature
versions of Mickey Mouse."
The conservationist has
returned to Surinam for further
studies of the giant otter. She
would like to know more about
their behavior and habitat and
the precise danger they face
from predators such as jaguars,
ocelots, and deadly piranha
fish.
Ms. Duplaix has often
startled the bush people she
sometimes encounters. "They
were amazed to see a young
woman out there in the first
place," she notes. "And when
they saw me repairing and
hefting a large outboard motor
for my boat, they were flabber
gasted. But the real clincher is
my newfound fishing ability.
They never ceased to 'ooh' and
'ah' when my little telescopic
fishing rod with the four-ounce
lure snared an 18-pound fish."
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Gettysburg College was
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College of Gettysburg.
Nicole Duplaivliall cuddles a bab> riser otter in Surinam
where she is studying a rare related species, the Ciiuiit Brazilian
otter. Ms. Duplaix. a research conservation associate
with the New York Zoological Society, sa\s perhaps 2.(MM) of
the giant otters still roain Surinam. Elsewhere, they have
been hunted almost to extinction. Her work is supported by
the National Geographic Society, the World Wildlife Fund,
and the New York Zoological Society.