ELABORATE recreational vehicles are
nothing new. These motor campers took
all the comforts of home to the hack roads
in the early 1920s. Their "bungalow car"
was fitted with electric lights, indoor
plumbing, and a combination bed-sitting
room. Even the driver's seat could be converted
into an upper and lower berth.
Hot Weather Good
Time To Insulate
The warm season of the
year is the best time to
install insulation in your
home.
The insulation can sharply
increase temperature control
efficiency.
Caulking and weatherstripping
doors and windows
are measures that require a
minimum of trouble and
expenditure but can cut
significantly the costs of
operating heating and cooling
equipment. Engineers
estimate that the savings in
energy costs may be as high
as 10 per cent.
Consider installing storm
windows and doors, if you
don't already have them.
These items are available
for the do-it-yourselfer at
widely varying costs. If you
find the costs more than you
can handle, consider using
clear plastic film tightly
taped to the inside of the
window frames.
The cost of this simple but
effective insulating measure
might not run more
than $5 or $10 for the entire
house.
A "must" in these times of
soaring energy costs and a
tight supply of some types of
fuels is attic and wall
insulation. Practically any
home attic can be insulated
with some type of material,
no matter if it's an old
dwelling or one of more
recent vintage.
Heating costs could be
reduced by an estimated 20
per cent by putting six
inches of an approved
insulating material in an
uninsulated attic. The homeowner
often can do this
without having to pay a
professional.
Eight to 12 inches of
insulation in the attic will
help even more than six,
which is considered a
practical minimum.
Insulating the walls of
existing homes is more
difficult and will probably
require hiring professionals
to do the job. But if you are
building a new home, by all
means consider installing a
minimum of three inches of
insulation in outside walls.
North Carolina State University
extension engineers
and housing specialists,
along with county extension
agents throughout the state,
are supporting the nationwide
effort to inform
Americans of ways to
conserve energy in the
bqtPe, on the farm, at work
and on the road.
Physical Fitness
Boom Brings Back
The Jump Rope
Jumping rope, once a
children's game confined to
playgrounds and sidewalks,
has become fashionable.
Nonsense rhymes of childhood
have been replaced by
wheezing gasps of exertion
as Americans work to bring
down their weight and build
up their stamina by skipping
rope, the National Geographic
Society says.
Until the current physical
fitness campaign, virtually
the only adults with jump
ropes were prizefighters, for
whom the exercise is as
traditional as a cauliflower
ear.
Everybody's Trying It
Now it seems as though
everyone from actresses
and airline pilots to welders
and truck drivers is hopping
inside a whirling loop as
jump ropes move from
gyms to back yards and
basements — wherever
there's enough room* to
avoid snagging the furniture.
Trainers long have known
that jumping rope regularly
can increase a boxer's
endurance. Today, basketball
stars, tennis players,
and other athletes are
taking up the activity to
keep in condition.
jumping rope is touted as
a way to improve coordination,
burn off some excess
calories, replace fat with
muscle, and strengthen the
cardiovascular system. But
doctors warn it can put
undue stress upon the heart
if overdone.
It also can cause aching
shins, sore joints, and
backaches—unless the
jumper wears soft-soled
shoes, bends the knees and
jumps just high enough to
clear the rope.
Fans, however, insist that
a 10-minute workout with a
rope is equal to half an hour
of jogging. And, said one:
"You don't have to go out in
the rain and dodge traffic."
Adherents cite other advantages
to jumping rope:
It can be done in private,
requires little space and
even less cash outlay, and is
portable. The director of a
health club in Los Angeles
notes that "the jump rope
fits easily in a suitcase."
Models Getting Fancier
But as jumping rope has
become popular, manufacturers
have rushed into the
market with fancier ropes.
A purloined length of
clothesline or a piece of No.
10 window sash cord no
longer suffices.
Instead, jump ropes come
with wood or plastic
handles, some with roller
bearings, and at least one
with a digital counter. The
rope itself may be three-ply
cotton, nylon or other
synthetic yarns, or even
leather.
For faster turning, one
firm makes jump ropes in
loops like a pliable chain to
reduce wind resistance. The
ropes also are available in
bright hues and colorful
stripes, but these can
sometimes be hazardous.
An American visitor to
Northern Ireland a few
years ago reached for her
jump rope only to have it
jammed back into her
handbag by her alarmed
escort.
"Do you want to get us
killed?" he aaked. Pointing 1
to its red, white, and blue <
pattern, he warned: "Peo- 1
pie will think you're asking (
their children to jump to the s
colors of the British flag." t
Nancy Anderson Pays Tribute
To Life Of Elvis Presley
The following are quotes from Nancy
Anderson's reminiscences in a tribute
to Elvis Presley published by Photoplay
Magazine.
-"He was born in a little 'shot gun'
house in East Tupelo, Missouri...one
room wide...if you shot a bullet through
the front door it would go out the back
without hitting a thing."
-"He began singing and moving at
church services...in the fifth grade, his
teacher encouraged him to sing at a
fair..,.it was his first hit."
-"Throughout his life, his blood
coursed to the beat of revival hymns he
heard as a toddler. After he was
established at the Bel Aire in
Hollywood, he complained, 'I can't go
to church here because people won't
leave me alone. So I turn on the radio
and listen to the gospel music.' "
- "After the family moved from East
Tupelo to Memphis, they lived in a
public housing project. Elvis recalled
this period: 'I found out I was being
invited to parties so that others could
laugh at me.' He was in Junior High
School at the time."
-"He memorized Douglas MacArthur's
'Old Soldiers Never Die'
speech. 'It was just something I wanted
to remember,' Elvis said."
-"On the set of Kid Galahad, Elvis
was musing: 'I remember one girl who
dated a friend of mine and she was
double-crossing him all the time. All
the boys in school knew what she was
like, that you couldn't trust her. But,
even knowing that, I would have given
anything-which wasn't much-to go
out with her.' "
-"Elvis recalling his first love:
'First love is the most common thing in
the world because it comes to everybody.
But at the same time, it's the
most uncommon. Each person thinks of
his own as entirely different from all
the rest. I was so miserable when mine
was over, I didn't think I could stand it.
....Many years later, I phoned the girl.
She was still living in Memphis.
Children were crying in the background.
She didn't have much to say.'"
-"Money was tight at the Presleys.
He recollected: 'We always had enough
to eat. When I got a job as a theater
usher, I used my first pay as a down
payment on a shirt.' He was later fired
for clowning around, but got a job
working nights in a furniture factory."
—"Before bad health and personal
problems encapsulated him so completely
that he could scarcely see the
sun, and the days became black and
frightening, Elvis was a warm, funny,
outgoing man with so much inbred
gallantry that a woman felt protected
in his presence he was a romantic
who wanted to live in a world peopled
by beautiful women and heroic men
And, despite his recent interest in the
occult and cultish religions, he was,
deep down a believer in the
fundamental Christianity he embraced
as a child at a Pentacostal church in
Mississippi."
Minister's children watch as their father, the Rev.
Dennis Levin, conducts service. They are. left to right.
Dennis, Debra and Amy Levin.
Local Fans Join In Paying
Tribute To Singer
1 Warren Countians joined
the millions of Elvis Presley
fans across the country in
bombarding stores for any
souvenier of "The King."
N. M. Hilliard, manager
of Roses' Store, said that all
of his Elvis albums had been
sold by Tuesday of this week
| but that a new shipment
. should arrive on Friday.
Tenant House Is
Destroyed By Fire
An unoccupied tenant
house, the property of John
Coleman of Warrenton and
located near Macon, was
completely destroyed by
fire on Tuesday night of last
week.
The Warrenton Rural Fire
Department dispatched four
men and a pumper in
response to a 7:45 p. m. call
from the Macon Company
which had a pumper and
tanker at the scene.
Fireboats
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said. "That is not true. We
have nothing against you.
You take these fellows down
here in the county working
for a living, growing tobacco
and peanuts, they pay
seasonal rates for their
barns and drying bins. So
seasonal rates do apply to
others than you.
"I can.assure you that we
will give your request every
possible consideration,"
Cox added. "But as it stands
now, unless you are full time
residents you will pay the
higher rate."
The REA regulations
state that a permanent
residence is the plat 2 where
the person spends more than
nine months per year. Cox
told the residents if they feel
they qualify for the permanent
resident status they
must sign a form attesting
to the fact and their case
will be considered again.
"They want to divide and
conquer us," Thomas charged..
"They would have been
glad to sign me up and shut
me up.
"It's none of their business
how many days we stay
there, it's electricity they
are selling."
Thomas said that the
members of his group from
Virginia are especially
eager to press forward, but
that they had tentatively
agreed to wait until the
board responds to their
latest request.
"We hope to get them to
treat us as equals, to
eliminate the surcharge,"
he said. "But we will
continue to take whatever
steps are necessary to see
this thing through."
The Warren County Library
has checked out all
the biographies on Elvis and
the Norlina Library has
recently obtained one.
Stores across the nation
have been having runs on
Elvis memorabilia since the
singing star's death on
August 16.
Tobacco Prices
Show Increase
The Warrenton Tobacco
Market average was still
climbing as sales ended on
Monday. While concern over
low prices was voiced in
pre-season reports, the
Warrenton market has
continued on an upward
trend since it opened.
Monday's sales averaged
$106 with 302,494 pounds
being sold and $319,862.78
given to farmers.
George Willis Shearin,
Warrenton Tobacco Board
of Trade sales supervisor,
said that the market is doing
much better every week.
Stith Recuperating
In Capital City
Don Stith, employee of
The Warren Record, is
recuperating from a collapsed
lung at the home of
his aunt in Washington, D.
C., after undergoing surgery
at Veterans Hospital.
Stith was allegedly stabbed
early last Friday
morning in a fight between
his estranged wife and a girl
friend as he stepped
between them. Stith said
while in the hospital that he
did not know which woman
inflicted the scissor stab
that caused the collapsed
lung.
First taken to Maria
Parham Hospital in Henderson,
he was transferred to
Veterans Hospital from
which he was discharged
Monday. He will require
further bed rest.
No charges have been
preferred and no arrests
have been made.
Chamber To Meet
Directors of the Warren
County Chamber of Commerce
are scheduled to
meet today (Thursday) at
7:30 a. m. at The Carriage
House in Warrenton for
their monthly breakfast session.
No Indication
Price doesn't indicate how
good a particular food is for
you. Steak is steak and just
great. But other cuts such as
chuck or round provide the
same good value at a more
economical price.
Homeowners Should Watch Out For
Locebug Outbreaks On Azaleas
There is plenty to do in the
garden during these hot
days of mid-summer. If you
can't recognize the tasks at
hand, here are some
suggestions from North
Carolina State University
agricultural extension horticulturists:
—Check for lacebugs on
your azaleas, rhododendrons,
pyracanthas and
Washington Hawthornes. If
control is needed, malathion
may be used as a spray. Be
sure to cover the undersides
of the leaves. Most importantly,
be extremely careful
in handling malathion and
all other pesticides.
They should be used only
as directed on the package
label.
Lacebugs are sucking
insects and cause leaves to
turn dirty gray. The spray
must strike the body of the
nymphs and adults to be
effective.
—Roses need continued
attention to control insects
and diseases. Spray every
two weeks with a combination
insecticide and fungicide.
Malathion apd Captan
are good, if you want to mix
your own. Prepared combinations
are available at
garden stores. -- •- —Old
fruiting canes from
red and black raspberries
should have been removed
and burned by now. This
reduces disease organisms.
The new growth can be
protected with a combination
insecticide and fungi
cide. Captan or Fermate
can be used (or diseases and
Malathion for the insects.
Apply every two weeks, and
follow label directions precisely.
—Lift and divide bearded
iris anytime between midJuly
and early September.
This should be done every
three or four years, or more
often if desired.
Prepare the soil well and
add about a cup of 0.14-14
fertilizer or equivalent to 10
square feet of bed space.
Mix well into the first six
inches of soil. Cover the
transplanted iris rhizomes
with an inch of soil, Keep
watered and keep the waeds
out. Earlier plantings will
bloom better next spring.