SMOKE
SIGNALS
News Of Warren Academy
The Junior Class of
Warren Academy traveled
to Norlina Tuesday to
participate in Career Day.
There were representatives
from many colleges. The
students had a chance to
talk to the representatives
from the college that they
are interested in entering
next year. Our thanks to
Norlina for the invitation to
attend Career Day. The
students were accompanied
by Mrs, Mildred Johnson
and David Peoples, the
senior and junior sponsors.
The fourth and fifth
graders met together and
organized a Junior American
Citizens Club for
Warren Academy. Mrs.
Betsy Brown is the sponsor.
The following officers were
elected: Andy Lanier, president;
Amy Brinkley, vicepresident;
Bryan Perry,
secretary; Lisa Wilson,
treasurer; and Jane
Ay cock, reporter.
Last week we left you on
the edge of your seats
waiting to read this week's
"Smoke Signals!" Now
what you have been waiting
all week for-the list of
characters and the students
who will be portraying them
in the forthcoming production
of "The Miracle
Worker." They are as
follows: Helen Keller, Mary
Lou King; Mr. Keller, David
Connell; Mrs. Keller,
Rhonda Reid; James Keller,
Burges Burrows; Annie,
Jill Wemyss; Aunt Ev,
Donna Reid; the doctor,
Tom Hardy: Anagnos, Jesse
Young; Viney, Debbie Jackson;
Percy, Larry Cheek.
Mr. Peoples and the
students are busy with
practice and work on the
sets in order to assure a
great production of "The
Miracle Worker." The date
that you need to mark on
your calendar is October 21.
Do it now!
At the assembly program
last Friday, Jill Wemyss,
editor of the school paper,
The War Cry, introduced the
members of the paper staff.
After the introduction of the
staff members, the cheerleaders
had a rousing pep
rally. We know that everyone
enjoyed it, particularly
Tim Capps, Todd Wemyss,
Ronnie Robertson and John
Coker. They ended up with
lot "Pie-in-the-face" but
'whipped cream-in-theface."
And that, believe us,
tvas good for a lot of laughs!
rhanks, cheerleaders, for a
iob well done.
We cannot say too much
for our football game last
Friday with Halifax Academy.
The boys were too
lervous the first half to play
■veil. There was one high
light of the game and that
was Scott Williams' electrifying
82-yprd touchdown.
Congratulations, Scott, that
was something to see!
Our best wishes for a
speedy recovery to Ronald
Reid who was injured last
week during practice. We
hope that Ronald will soon
be out of Halifax Memorial
Hospital and back at
Warren Academy. Our best
wishes for a speedy recovery
also go to Jerry
Brown who received a knee
injury during Friday's
game with Halifax
Academy.
The football team will
travel to Enfield Friday
night, September 30. The
kick-off time is 8 p. m. Let us
make an extra effort to go to
the game at Enfield. Win or
lose, we will support our
team!
Lee Diamond
Attends Meet
Lee G. Diamond of Charlotte,
associate of the Allan
S. Oxman office of The Paul
Revere Life Insurance Co.,
also located in Charlotte,
was among those attending
a three-day insurance and
financial services conference
which was held at the
company's national headquarters
in Worcester,
Mass.
Diamond was cited at the
seminar for his sales and
service leadership record
among newer agents in the
company's country-wide
sales organization.
Sales Reported
Super Dollar Stores, Inc.,
a discount variety chain of
130 stores headquartered in
Raleigh has reported sales
of $7,159,000 for its second
quarter ended August 13,
1977, an increase of $1,384,000,
or 24 percent, over sales
of $5,775,000 for the same
quarter of last year.
t«on M._ J^Jelvin, ,president,
said that sales since
the latter part of the second
quarter have been off
compared with a year ago.
He attributed this mainly to
the drought conditions in
most of the chain's agricultural
towns and the tenweek
strike in its coal
mining towns that ended
week before last. Super
Dollar has a store in
Warrenton.
Reunion Planned
The Class of 1952 of John
Graham High School will
hold a 25th class reunion at
the Rafters Steak House on
Saturday, October 22. at 7 p.
m. A class spokesman urged
all members to make plans
to attend.
Don't leave your car out
in the cold this winter U
Give it protection with a
Mason Panalolk Carport.
Henderson Glass Co.
1504 Raleigh Rd. Phone 492-2323
Northern Lights
May Give Pipeline
.A Large Charge
Alaskan oil has begun
flowing through what could
be the largest electrical
conductor ever constructed.
Researchers at the University
of Alaska's Geophysical
Institute theorize
that the aurora borealisthe
colorful fireworks
known as the northern
lights-could turn the 800mile
pipeline from the Prudhoe
Bay oil field to the port
of Valdez into one long
conductor of electrical energy
Interaction of the charged
air with the magnetic field
of the earth could induce
surges of up to 1,000
amperes of electric current
in the metal pipe, the
scientists point out.
Precautions Taken
The discharge of this
much electricity from the
pipe to the ground would
free iron molecules and
hasten corrosion of the steel
pipeline. To prevent this,
cables carrying both a
positive and a negative
electrical charge have been
attached at points where the
pipe dips into the ground.
Until now, problems caused
by the electrical displays
at the earth's poles have
been limited chiefly to
compass error and radio
interference, the National
Geographic Society says.
The lights aren't restricted
to the polar regions. They
caused trouble for the
Roman army in the first
century• A.D., when the
philosopher Seneca described
their appearance in the
skies over Italy and reported
that troops "hurried to
the succor of the colony of
Ostia, believing it to be on
fire."
Earlier, Carthaginians recorded
seeing the sky in
flames in 202 B.C. Medieval
Europeans thought the
aerial glow was the fire of
battle as ghostly armies
fought in the skies. And a
13th-century Norwegian
chronicler said the displays
jitetft the. Deflection o£ fires
that encircled the edge of
the flat earth.
The aurora borealis most
often is visible within a
300-mile-wide belt that rings
the magnetic north pole,
sweeping south of Greenland
and across northern
Norway, Alaska, and Canada.
Its southern counterpart,
aurora australis, normally
confines its activity to
Antarctica and the surrounding
oceans. When
auroral displays shift occasionally
to other latitudes,
startled citizens are likely to
flood police switchboards
with anxious calls about the
imagined conflagration.
Emanate From Sun
Scientists have found the
play of lights intensifies
during sun-spot activity.
As the sun revolves on its
axis, it throws off streams of
electrified particles that
sweep millions of miles into
space. When these streams
shower the earth's atmosphere,
the particlestraveling
at speeds estimated
at 400 to 600 miles a
second-are drawn toward
Norlina High School
ACTIVITIES
By Patricia Hicks
Tuesday was college day
at N.H.S. Each year representatives
from colleges,
universities, technical institutes,
and the military
service come to either
Norlina High or John
Graham High with information
concerning their school
or service. This year was
Norlina's turn.
Students from Warren
Academy and John Graham
came between 9 and 10:15.
N.H.S. students talked with
the representatives from
10:15 to 12 noon. College Day
is very helpful in selecting a
school for further education.
Thanks goes to the Student
Council and Mr. Tunstall for
supplying guides who were
very helpful, Mrs. Delbridge
for the hospitality room,
Mrs. Watford for supplying
the programs, Mr. Cheston
for taking care of the
parking and Mrs. Skinner
for the student refreshments.
This past Friday, the
Student Council was elected
for the year. A representative
is selected from each
homeroom. The students
selected are as follows:
David Crowe, Buddy Faulkner,
Carol Montague, Gloria
Sledge, Morris Aycock, Chip
Gums, Lucia Hargrove.
Charles Sammons, Barbara
Allen, Gwen Coltrane, Alfreda
Jordan, Natalie Roberts,
Ercelle White, Dorothy
Bullock, Mary Durham,
Vickie Holtzmann, Stannita
Mason, Donald Russell. Also
Needlepoint
Classes Added
Vance-Granville Community
College has added
two needlepoint classes to
the list of Continuing
Education courses offered
this fall. The two classes will
be taught in Henderson.
A beginners' class will be
held from 7 to 10 p. m. on
Mondays beginning October
3. An intermediate class is
scheduled from 7 to 10 p. m.
on Wednesdays beginning
October 5. The two classes
will be held in the home of
the instructor, Jane Hicks,
205 Crest Road in Henderson.
Students may register for
the needlepoint classes by
phoning 492-2061 or 693-4088
A registration fee of $5.00 is
charged for each Continuing
Education class.
the magnetic poles.
The collision of these
high-energy electrons and
protons with atoms of
ratified air in the upper
atmosphere creates the
colorful auroras. Molecules
of nitrogen and hydrogen
emit violet, blue, or red
hues, while oxygen produces
green and red.
Telescopes, rockets, jet
planes, and satellites have
been used to probe these
airborne ribbons of color.
Now geophysicists think the
trans-Alaska pipeline may
become an instrument reflecting
the voltage of the
aurora borealis.
elected Friday were the
homeroom officers. The
homeroom officers will be
nominees for class officers.
This year, for the first
time, a drill team is being
formed. Mrs. Mary McGhee,
our librarian, is sponsoring
it. She says she is
very pleased with the
interest in it. Over 60 girls
have signed up to try out;
however, only 20 will make
it. The drill team will possibly
meet as a club with
elected officers. They will
perform during parades,
football games and other
events.
The Typing II class is
planning to print our school
newspaper again. This year
co-editors are Vickie Martin
and Lora Paschall. The
paper will probably come
out the first of November.
There has been something
new added to this year's
edition. A "Dear Susie"
column has been added so
that anyone with a problem
can simply write it on a
piece of paper and drop it in
the box in the downstairs
hall. The only thing that has
students wondering is who is
Susie?? *
The Blue Waves traveled
to Scotland Neck last Friday
for a game with the Lions.
Once again, the Waves
proved to be the better and
won 20-6. Congratulations
guys!
This week the Wave of the
week is Charlie Bullock, one
of our co-captains for
Friday's game, who played
a great game with nine
individual tackles and four
assists. He completed four
quarterback sacks. He also
did a fine job in offensive
blocking
This Friday night, the
Waves have a home game
with Weldon. This is a very
important game for the
team because Weldon is
ranked No. 1 in the 2-A class
state-wide. But team, don't
fret, because everyone has
faith in you and believes you
can win.
John Graham Happenings
As students and teachers
gradually slip into the
school routine, little do we
realize that soon the first
quarter will be over. The
onset of autumn, plus the
upcoming events, make the
days quickly pass.
The elections held last
week proved to be exciting
as there were several tiebreakers.
The results are as
follows:
Senior class president,
Melisa Exum; vice-president,
Pamela Green; secretary,
Avon Webb; treasurer,
Patricia Jones; parlimentarian,
Patricia Richardson.
Junior class president,
Robert Davis; vice-president,
Mattie Williams;
secretary, Charlene Richardson;
treasurer, Ann
Spence; parlimentarian,
Susan Williams.
Sophomore class president,
Linda Baker; vicepresident,
Andrea Young;
secretary, Arlene Terry;
treasurer, Julia Groom;
parlimentarian. Sheila
Fitts.
Student Council president,
Stacey Fields; vice-president,
Jason Young: secretary,
Denise Coleman;
treasurer. Gale Murray.
Student Council representatives,
seniors, Shirley
Hudgins, Shaunielle Plummer,
Michael Ross, Patricia
Williams, Kermit Richardson.
Juniors, Yvonne Williams,
Dal Bobbitt, Ernest
Green.
Sophomores, Arvella Wilson,
Decoyla Alston, Stephanie
Logan, Ronald Brown,
Shirley Davis.
Tuesday, the annual PostSecondary
Opportunity Session
(Career Day) was held
at Norlina High School.
Seniors from J. G. visited
from 9 a. m. to 10:15 a. m. to
make some final decisions
to see if there is "life after
high school." Representatives
from U.N.C., N. C.
State, East Carolina and N.
C. Central were present, to
name a few.
Also on Tuesday, the
junior class placed orders
for class rings. (School
appeared more like pay day
at the end of the month!)
Soon, (though it will seem
like an eternity) everyone
will be flashing their
"rocks."
Thursday, Sept. 29th and
xtlonday, Oct. 3, bus classroom
work will be given to
all potential bus drivers.
Last Friday, the Jackets
pulled out on a close victory
over Northwest, 24-22. This
Friday the Jackets will take
on Gaston at Gaston. Kick
off time is 8 p. m. Do your
stuff, Jackets!
Tuesday, Oct. 4, the State
Department will present a
drama production to the
student body, "The Me
Nobody Knows."
Friday, Oct. 7, the senior
class will take the ASVAB
(Armed Services Vocational
Aptitude Battery.) The
ASVAB is a group of 12 tests
designed to measure aptitude
in six separate vocational-technical
areas. Results
of these tests will be
sent to representatives of
all the military services so
that if a student is interested
in a certain branch of the
service, he or she may get in
contact with that representative.
Good luck, seniors!
from HISTORY'S SCRAPBOOK
DATES ANO EVENTS FROM YESTERYEARS
September 30, 1939—For the first time in history, a loot ball
game is televised (Fordham University and Waynesburg College ft
Randall's Island, New York l.
October 1, 1936—General Francisco Franco is proclaimed head
of Spain's nationalist government.
October Z, 1869—Birth of Mohandas K. Gandhi, Hindu
nationalist, leader and reformer.
October 3, 1863—President Abraham Lincoln issues a
proclamation designating the last Thursday in November as
Thanksgiving Day.
October 4, 1933—Freedom of the press is suspended in Germany
by Adolph Hitler.
October S, 1921—Baseball fans are excited over the first radio
broadcast of a World Series.
October 6, 1890—Mormons in the state of Utah renounce the
practice of polygamy.