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News and Events of Interest To Norlina Readers Phone Norlina 456-3329 To Have Your News Included On This Page Mr. and Mrs. Graham Grissom entertained with a dinner party in their home Monday night. Their guests were Mrs. Jack Stone of Henderson, Miss Stella Stone of Wilmington, Mrs. Olive Jones of Afton-Elberon and Mr. and Mrs. Claude Grissom of Raleigh, who were also overnight guests. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Washburn and children of Wilmington were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Dore. W. F Alston and Pete Gatton from Harmony spent several days last week in Warren County visiting friends Dr. and Mrs. John W. Deyton. Jr., and Dave spent the weekend with Mrs. Paul Brauer and also visited Mr. Brauer at Guardian Care Nursing Home. Mrs Bruce Scotten has returned home after an automobile trip through New Jersey, New York and Delaware Mrs. Scotten also visited friends in Cockeysville, Md. Mrs. T W. Green of Ahoskie is spending some time with her mother, Mrs. W. A. Delbridge. Fred Bobbitt of St. Petersburg, Fla., visited his mother. Mrs. J. Fred Bobbitt, several days last week and attended the funeral of his aunt, Mrs. Ida Bobbitt Mrs. Peete Rose is home after spending last week with Mr. and Mrs. Phil Langford in Raleigh. Mrs Mary Eliza Byrd, Mrs. Herman Snead and Mrs. Mealey Harris spent Thursday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Roger Norwood Miss Mary Lou Traylor was home from Meredith College over the weekend to visit her family and friends. 0. R. Baker and J. H. Lifsey were in Petersburg, Va., Friday visiting friends and relatives. Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Thaxton were Mr and Mrs. Lloyd Thaxton of Kinston. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Goodbar of Durham were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Norwood. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wiggins spent Wednesday in Durham with Mr. and Mrs. John Davis. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Mulchi. Jr.. Mrs. Louise Hayes and Mrs. Ann Whittlock were in Littleton Sunday afternoon visiting Edward Wilson and family. Mr. and Mrs. Allen J. Harp and sons, Glenn and Brent, of Shelby were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Harp. Mrs Martha Draffin and Mrs. Cornelia Wiggins have returned from a Pennsylvania Dutch Tour. They visited Lancaster, Pa., the Amish Village, the Hershey Chocolate World and Rose Gardens, and the Longwood Gardens at EhiPont, Pa. Mrs William Dempt of Greensboro visited her mother, Mrs. H. Dempt, over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. William Owens of Raleigh were Monday afternoon guests of Mrs. Bertie Deloache. Ruritans Vote To Buy School The Wise-Paschall Ruritan Club voted to buy the Old Wise School building in Wise during a regular monthly meeting on Sept. 19. The club agreed to have the deed drawn up to include that the Warren County Board of Education would have rights to the first floor of the brick building and that the club would keep up the building and roof and furnish insurance. The club noted that much repair was needed to the wooden building and decided that if they were able to purchase the buildings immediate repairs would be planned. They hope to renovate the buildings with the original design for use by the community. Additional work was planned for the ball field. A ladies night was planned for October 8 at the Rafters Steak House with a band from South Hill to provide entertainment. Mrs. Smith Hosts Churchwomen The Daughters of Jerusalem held its monthly meeting Sept. 12, with Lawana Smith as hostess. President Dot Leete presided over the meeting. Alice King gave the program on "Forgive Us Our Debts, as we Forgive Our Debtors." Each committee chairman gave a report. The Daughters of Jerusalem and Circle No. 1 will host the tri-county meeting of the United Methodist Women on November 3 at Jerusalem United Methodist Church. Delicious refreshments were served by the hostess. The meeting was closed with prayer. Bridge Club Has Recent Meeting Mrs. E M. Robinson was hostess to the Norlina Bridge Club on Tuesday, Sept. 13. The regular players are Mrs. Kenneth Davis, Mrs. Martha Draffin, Mrs. Clint Hege, Mrs. Bob Read, Mrs. Nell Stegall, Mrs. B. A. Thaxton and Mrs. Robinson. The guest player was Mrs. Minnie Cawthorne. The high score player was Mrs. Read; second high, Mrs. Hege; and Mrs. Cawthorne won the bingo hand. Methodist Men Meet With Little Twenty-one members of the Norlina United Methodist Men met at the church Thursday, Sept. 15. W. D. Little, Chairman of the Warren County Industrial Committee, was the guest speaker. Mr. Little's topic was "The Industries of Warren County." Prior to the meeting the members and guests enjoyed a supper, prepared and served by the Methodist Women's Circle No. 3. Birth Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Harris of Henderson announce the birth of a son, Wesley Barker Harris, on Sept. 15 at Maria Parham Hospital. Mrs. Harris is the former Frances Barker of Norlina. Littleton News Items William Crawley of Raleigh spent Friday night with his mother, Mrs. W. A. Crawley. Among visitors of Mrs. Gladys Stansbury during last week were Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur D. Shearin and Mrs. Grady Moseley of Warrenton, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Eld Stansbury and son of Raleigh, and Mrs. l izzie Camp of Roanoke Rapids. Mr. and Mrs. Robbie Paynter of Norlina were Sunday visitors of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd C. Salmon. Mrs. Lloyd Salmon spent Monday with her daughter, Mrs. Roland Ferrell, who was undergoing surgery at Halifax Memorial Hospital. Misses Jacqueline Moore and Ann Thompson of Goldsboro spent Saturday night with Mrs. Macon Moore and Miss Fannie Moore. Mr. and Mrs. Odell Patterson of Bowers Road were Monday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Majors. Among those attending the Bolt-Jones wedding last Saturday in White Plain, Va., were Danny Bowman, Lisa Short, Ronnie West, Janet Aycock, Mrs. Bernice Aycock, Jr., of Littleton, Mrs. Sarah Edwards of Macon, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Hudson, Jr., of Whitakers and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jenkins of Murfreesboro. Mr. and Mrs. ..James T. Clark recently visited Mrs. R. B. Patterson in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert House in Chapel Hill and also visited Mr and Mrs. R. B. Patterson, Jr., in Canton. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Foster of Palo Alta, Calif., visited Mr. and Mrs. James T. Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Foster and Mrs. John Picot last Wednesday and Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Riggan of Henderson were , Sunday visitors of Mr. and | Mrs. Robert H. Riggan. Mrs. Frances Woolard has returned to her home in Greenville after visiting Mr. ! and Mrs. Jesse J. Jenkins. Mrs. iO. C. Hale and ; daughter, Mrs. Betty Car- < roll of New Bern, were Wednesday visitors of Mr. | and Mr. Stuart West. Mrs. Annie Lee Hilliard and Mrs. , West visited Mrs. Viola , Etheridge in Guardian Care Rest Home in Louisburg and Mrs. Etheridge accompanied them home to spend the day with her sister, Mrs. Hale. Mrs. Jennie Mason, Mrs. Allie Goodman and Mrs. Louise Day of Roanoke Rapids were weekend visitors of Mr. and Mrs. William Liles. They also attended the homecoming services at Corinth United Methodist Church. Mr. and Mrs. William Perkinson of Newport News, Va., were weekend visitors of Mr. and Mrs. George Outland and attended the services at Corinth United Methodist Church. Later the Perkinsons visited her father, Jake Stegall, in the Warren Plaza Rest Home near Warrenton. Mrs. J. Clemon Pegram spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Riggan in Roanoke Rapids. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lowe of Siler City spent Saturday night with Mrs. Jesse M. Perkinson and Miss Emma Lou Perkinson. They attended the homecoming services at Corinth church. Mrs. W.B. Stansbury and Mrs. Milton Umphlett spent the weekend with the Rev. and Mrs. Collie E. Rock in Erwin. Mr. and Mrs. Willie Sykes and Mrs. Roy Gupton of Warrenton were visitors of Roy Gupton in Duke Hospital Saturday afternoon. They also visited Mr. and Mrs. Gilmore Copley in Warrenton. Mr. and Mrs. Danny Scott of Columbia, S.C., were weekend visitors of his mother, Mrs. Dorothy Scott. They attended the wedding of Robert T. Harris and Mrs. Linda E. Mangum in the Littleton Baptist Church Saturday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Shearin of Whitakers were Saturday visitors of Misses Mamie and Josephine Stansbury. Littleton Baptist Church Sets Meet The Littleton Baptist Church is planning a two-day Family Life Conference on Sunday and Monday, Sept. 25 and 26. The Rev. Douglas Cole, director of Family Life Ministries of the Baptist State Convention, will lead the conference, planned by the missions and ' evangelism committee of the church. The Rev. Mr. Cole will preach at the morning worship service at 11 a. m. focusing attention to the whole family. On Sunday evening at 7:30 p.m. he will lead an informal discussion for the entire family. Other discussions planned include those of marriage enrichment for married :ouples, and ones for :eenagers, senior adults and /oung single adults. Pray' Is Topic Of Society Meet "Pray" was the topic of a irogram at the Corinth Women's Society given in he home of Mrs. L. E. VIorris recently. Mrs. Claude Inscoe gave the jrogram and opened by -eading a hymn, "The harden of Prayer." Mrs. Edna Netherland offered ;he prayer. Mrs. Inscoe gave six vital joints about prayer. The jrogram was closed with a >oem, "Prayed a prayer for rou today." Mrs. Rosa Inscoe presided ind old and new business vas discussed. The group roted to sponsor their innual Harvest Day on Saturday, October 22. Mrs. Bessie Morris gave a reasurer's report. Mrs. Bernice Aycock, Jr., vas hostess. The October neeting will be in the home f Mrs. Clara Inscoe. i 6,000-Year-0!d Brain Found By DONALD J. FREDERICK National Geographic News A 6,000-year-old human brain, an extinct tortoise skewered by a stake, and what may be the world's oldest boomerang are just a few of the pieces from an intriguing new archeological jigsaw puzzle taking shape in Florida. These and hundreds of other objects have been found in and around Little Salt Spring, a 250-foot-deep, spring-fed sinkhole near Sarasota, Florida. "The incredibly preserved wooden artifacts and skeletal remains of people and animals are giving us an unprecedented look at man's material culture as it existed thousands of years ago," says Carl J. Clausen, an underwater archeologist who is directing work at the site. His project is sponsored by the National Geographic Society and the General Development Foundation. 2,000 Lie Buried Preliminary tests indicate that as many as 1,000 people who lived 6,000 to perhaps 7,000 years ago may lie beneath sediment in the shallow basin forming the upper reaches of the sinkhole. Another 1,000 from the same period may rest just below the surface of a slough area about 200 yards away. Much older prehistoric animal remains-12,000 to 14.000 \ ears old - have been found at a deeper level in the spring. Although there is evidence that man was there too, no human bones from this period have yet been found. Clausen uncovered the skeleton with the brain while digging in the marshy soil of the slough. The remarkable find may represent the oldest preserved brain matter yet discovered. The identification of the material in the skull has been confirmed by a Sarasota pathologist. Even more surprising are the indications that the bones from as many as 2,000 people may rest near or under the waters of the sinkhole. "To find this many people at the site would be amazing, since man 6,000 or 7,000 years ago was generally considered a nomadic hunter who moved in extended family groups from place to place," explains Clausen. "The large number of burials suggests a tradition of using the area for interment that may have lasted 1,000 years or more. It seems we may have to adjust our thinking about the stability and complexity of Indian cultures in North America 6,000 or 7,000 years ago." Climate A Factor Clausen speculates that the climate accounts for the large number of animal and human remains found near the spring. About 10,000 years ago Florida was cooler and drier, so at that time the spring may have been one of the only sources of drinking water for miles around. The water levels in Little Salt Spring and another nearby spring were also much lower, primarily due to a much lower sea level. The bones from perhaps 1,000 prehistoric animals are entombed in a ledge in the sinkhole about 90 feet below the present water level. The remains of giant ground sloths, a mastodon or mammoth, and an extinct variety of giant tortoise similar to those that still roam the Galapagos Islands are jfhiong the animal remains Clausen has collected during his dives into the sinkhole. Closer examination of the stake-about 3 feet longfound in the tortoise indicated that it probably had been shaped and pointed by a prehistoric hunter, making it one of the earliest wooden weapons yet found in the New World. Carbon dating of portions of the spear and the tortoise shell shows they are 12,000 to 13,000 years old. Almost as surprising were a number of wooden objects uncovered in a layer of gray sand 20 to 45 feet below the surface of the gently sloping sides of the sinkhole. "We found what apparently is a boomerang fashioned of oak," says Clausen. "It has a right-angled top, with one .long side, and is stylistically similar to some Australian killing boomerangs. "A wooden mortar was found near the boomerang in the same sediment level and was carbon dated at 9,080 years old. Remains of an ancient campfire in the same vicinity proved to be 10,200 years old. We think the boomerang is in the same time frame, making it the oldest ever found in the Western Hemisphere and perhaps the world." ilausen credits a lucky combination of good water chemistry and temperature for the excellent preservation of the objects he has been finding in the sinkhole. The water from the spring contains no dissolved oxygen, is heavily charged with dissolved minerals, and reeks of hydrogen sulfide. In the sinkhole its temperature stays a constant 76 degrees F. year around. ■ UNDERWATER ARCHEOLOGIST Carl J. Clausen points out details of a 6,000-year-old skull that still contains brain matter. Blackened by mud, the skull was found in a slouch area near Little Salt Spring, a 250-foot-deep sinkhole not far from Sarasota, Florida. Clausen speculates that as many as 1.000 prehistoric people may lie beneath sediment in the sinkhole. Another 1.000 may rest just below the surface of the slough area. Other objects found in or near l.ittle Salt Spring include a boomerang that may be more than 10.000 years old, animal remains 12.000 to 14.000 years old. and a giant tortoise impaled by a wooden stake. Clausen's project is sponsored by the National Geographic Society and the General Development Corporation. Much older animal and plant remains lie at the very bottom of the sinkhole. "We need djeep diving or oeeanographic equipment to explore the 250-foot-deep pit," says Clausen. "In the future, I hope a deep dive program, perhaps using a submerged habitat, can be arranged. Who knows what surprises might be in store?" from HISTORY'S SCRAPBOOK DATES AND EVENTS FROM YESTERYEARS September 23, 1642—Harvard College holds its first commencement exercises. September 24, 1934—Babe Ruth makes his farewell appearance as a regular player with the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. New York. September 25, 1890—Congress establishes Yosemlte Natkmal Park in California. - • ■ 1 J September 26, 1950—United Nations troops capture Seoul, capital of South Korea, from the North Koreans. September 27, 1964—After a 10-month investigation, the Warren Commission releases its report concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone and was responsible for the murder of the late President Kennedy. September 28, 1937—President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River in Oregon. September 29, 1923—Great Britain begins to govern Palestine under a mandate from the League of Nations.
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