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Bake Sale Is Scheduled
The Warrenton Junior Woman's Club will have a bake
sale on Saturday, February 13, at Sears beginning at 9
a.m. Plate lunches will be available.
Auditions Are Planned
Lakeland Cultural Arts Center will audition actors,
dancers, singers, and character people for its upcoming
production of "Show Boat" on Monday, February 15, at
7:30 p.m. in the Administration Building at the center.
Rehearsals will begin March 1 and the show will open
April 16. For further information, call 586-3124 or 586-5577.
Council Meetings Set
John Graham Middle School and Mariam Boyd
Elementary School will have Title I ESEA Parent
Advisory Council meetings on Monday, February 15, and
Thursday, February 18, respectively, at 10 a.m. Positive
parenting will be the focus of the parent meetings. All
interested parents are invited.
Gospel Lites To Appear
The Gospel Lites will present a program at Warrenton
Pentecostal Holiness Church at 10 a.m. on February 14.
Ladies Auxiliary To Meet
The Warrenton Rural Fire Department Ladies
Auxiliary (Blazettes) will sponsor a bake sale at AAA
Gas Co. on Friday, February 12, from 10 a.m. until noon.
Valentines Dance Slated
The Soul City Volunteer Fire Association invites the
public to its Valentines Dance on Saturday, February 13,
at the Soul City Fire Station. Festivities will begin at 9:30
p.m. and admission is $2.50 per person. All proceeds will
go to the rural volunteer fire department.
Conference Night Is Set
Warren County High School's winter mid-quarter
Parent-Teacher Conference Night and PTA
Organizational meeting will be held at the school on
Monday, February 15, at 7 p.m.
Reg. Hours:
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IN WARRENTON
Mon. Thru Sat.
LADIES' DRESSES 50% J0
Seasonal Clearance
Assorted Styles 75% Off
POPLIN SKIRTS
Assorted Colors
5.88
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OXFORD CLOTH SHIRTS
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SHOES AND FASHIONS ARRIVING DAILY
Mr. and Mrs.Elton R. Gupton of Rt. 4, Wilson announce
the engagement of their daughter, Tammy Lynn, to
Robert Kevin Miller of Wadesboro, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest E. Miller of Cary. The bride-elect is the grand
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Laurence H. Clary of Rt. 2,
Macon. The wedding is planned for March 20 in New
Hope Baptist Church in Wilson.
Revenue Needs Said
Less Than Thought
TARBORO — Because of
an increase in in-state long
distance revenues granted
Friday by the state
Utilities Commission,
Carolina Telephone's need
for additional local service
revenues will be less than
originally requested in its
pending local service rate
case.
"Our average customer
got some really good news
Friday when the Utilities
Commission approved
increases in rates for long
distance calls to locations
within North Carolina,"
said T. P. Williamson,
Carolina Telephone's vice
president - administration.
"This means that our
customers' bills for local
service will not have to go
up nearly as much as we
have requested.
"Last week during
hearings on our local rate
request, we told the
Commissioner that we
needed $1.4 million less
than we had estimated last
summer. Now, as a result
of the long distance
increase which is effective
right away, our needs will
be further lowered by some
*7 million."
In filing its local rate
case last August, Carolina
Telephone asked for
increases totaling $47.2
million and last week
reduced this request to
$45.8 million based on
higher revenues than had
been anticipated when the
rate case was initiated.
The state's 30 telephone
companies will receive a
total $27.8 million increase
in rates for long distance
and other related services,
as a result of the case filed
by Southern Bell. The
Commission's order
granting the increase
referred to the "large
contribution" that long
distance makes to local
service, "thereby
maintaining local service
rates at a lower level than
would otherwise be
possible." The new long
distance rates are
expected to take effect by
March 15.
Williamson concluded,
"Carolina Telephone
endorsed the long distance
increases during hearings
in December and we are
pleased that the
Commission has acted
promptly and favorably on
the statewide proposals.
"We've been advertising
the fact that long distance
revenues help hold down
local rates. Now, our
customers can see that fact
clearly demonstrated."
The additional $7 million
in in-state long distance
revenues means that
Carolina Telephone's
needs for additional local
service revenues will fall
to approximately $38.7
million. The Public Staff,
which represents
consumers before the
Utilities Commission, has
recommended that
Carolina Telephone's
increases in local rates be
held to $15.7 million.
Hearings in Carolina
Telephone's local service
rate case before the
Utilities Commission
continue this week in
Raleigh, and a decision is
expected in April.
Carolina Telephone
serves some 570,000
customers in 50 counties
and has a construction
budget of some $100 million
annually to maintain and
improve its facilities.
The Blob*
Cousin to the mushroom, the
lowly slime mold is neither plant
nor animal—puzzling both bot
anists and zoologists with its
beast-to-beauty-to-beast-again
life cycle. Some 300 species
strong, slime molds start out
resembling primitive animals
that grow into shapeless, slime
coated masses, then change into
funguslike spore-bearing "fruit
ing bodies," and then go back
to being blobs, National Geo
graphic reports.
The World Of Books Croft Workshop
In The Warren County Memorial Library
Do you ne'er think what wondrous being these?
Do you ne'er think who made them, and who taught
The dialect they speak, where melodies
Alone are the interpreters of thought?
Whose household words are songs in many keys,
Sweeter than instrument of man e'er caught!
Whose habitations in the tree-tops even
Are halfway houses on the road to heaven!
Think of your woods and orchards without birds!....
They are the winged wardens of your farms,
Who from the cornfields drive the insidious foe,
And from your harvests keep a hundred harms.
Longfellow, "The Birds of Killingworth"
We have numerous books on birds. Come in and check
one out, and become a bird-watcher and bird-lover. We
also have craft, needlework, and hobby books.
NEW BOOKS: "Life on Earth," Attenborough; "A
Green Desire," Myrer; "How to Paint and Draw Tech
niques," Liddle; "The Ring," "Loving," and "Palomi
no," Steel; "Brideshead Revisited," Waugh; "Centenary
Remembrance — F.D.R.," by Alsop; "Arthur Ashe-Off
The Court," with Andur; "Remembrance," Steel; and
several for the Children's Room.
MEMORIALS: For Mrs. Ann Polk Davis, "The Official
Sotheby Parke Bernet Price Guide to Antiques and
Decorative Arts," edited by Colt, from Leggett Depart
ment Store. For Mrs. Annie Johnson Haynes, "Chamber
lain's Collection of New England Rooms 1639-1863,"
Chamberlain, from the Macon Women's Club. For Mrs.
Nannie Mae Gillam, "We Gather Together," a cookbook
by the wives of Bishops of the Episcopal Church, edited
by Ann Allin, from Tom and Donna Read.
Quick Chili With Biscuits
A hearty and satisfying family casserole need not take
hours to make. Ol^ Biscuit Chili can be prepared quickly
in a skillet, popped into the oven and be ready to serve to
the family in half an hour. The economical dish is a meal
in itself because the chili is topped with refrigerated flaky
biscuits.
ol£ biscuit chili
1 lb. ground beef
16-oz. can tomatoes, undrained and cut up
15-oz. can kidney or chili beans, undraitied
10 3/4-oz. can tomato soup
1 cup chopped celery
1/2 cup chopped onion
2 to 3 teaspoons chili powder
1 /4 teaspoon pepper
10-oz. can Hungry Jack refrigerated flaky biscuits
1/4 cup crushed cheese-flavored crackers or
seasoned croutons
Heat oven to 375°F. In large skillet, Arown ground
beef; drain. Add tomatoes, beans, soup, celery, onion and
spices; mix well. Heat until bubbly; simmer while
preparing dough.
Separate dough into 10 biscuits. Dip tops in crushed
crackers. Pour hot chili mixture into ungreased 2 1/2
quart shallow casserole. Arrange coated biscuits on top
of chili mixture. Bake at 375°F. for 13 to 18 minutes or
until biscuits are deep golden brown. 5 to 6 servings.
TIP: Chili mixture may be prepared in 10-inch oven
proof skillet, topped with prepared biscuits and
baked as directed.
Births Announced
Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Seaman of Henderson an
nounce the birth of a
daughter, Lisa Renee, on
February 2 at Maria
Parham Hospital.
The infant weighed 10
lbs. 3 ozs.
The Seamans also have a
son, Cameron, who is 2V4
years old.
Mrs. Seaman is the
former Brenda Parham of
Henderson.
Mr. and Mrs. Elton
Wayne Lyles of New
London, Iowa announce the
birth of a daughter, Erin
Michelle, on January 30 at
Burlington Medical Center
in Iowa.
The infant weighed 7 lbs.
4 ozs.
Grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Elton (Pete)
Lyles of Warrenton.
Plans Announced
Are you interested in
learning a craft or
improving your skill in a
craft? Then you should
contact Miss Margaret J.
Woods, County Extension
Home Economics Agent in
Warren County, for more
information on the North
Central District Craft
Workshop to be held
Wednesday and Thursday,
April 28 and 29, at the
McKimmon Center in
Raleigh from 9:30 a.m. to 4
p.m. each day.
Classes will be taught in
candlewicking, pulled
thread embroidery,
English smocking, stuffed
dolls, rug hooking,
chairbottoms, hearth
brooms, pineneedle craft,
Seminole Indian patch
work, Trapunto, needle
weaving, blocking and pre
paring needlework for
framing, wreaths from
natural material corn
shuck craft (flowers sta
tionery, wreaths) ham
mocks and handtied
fringe, baskets (square,
round bottom oak, and
gizzard). There is a craft
for everyone.
Call 257-3640 and find out
how you can register and
attend one of these classes.
The registration fee is $4 00
and must be paid in
advance to reserve a class
space for you.
Clint Rideout
Has Birthday
Clint Rideout, age 2 and
his grandmother, Mrs. Sue
Shearin, recently
celebrated their birthdays
at Mr. and Mrs. Bobby
Shearin's home in Raleigh.
Eleven family members
attended the dinner and
celebration.
Sunday Visitors
Miss Jane Baskervill of
New Bern, Mr. and Mrs.
W. R. Baskervill, Jr. of
South Hill, and Mr. and
Mrs. Buck Baskervill of
Wilson visited Mrs. W. R.
Baskervill on Sunday
afternoon.
Fuel Saver
Pulling the shades at night
not only gives you privacy, it
ilso saves you fuel costs. The
ihades partially insulate the
windows.
THE BEAUTY BOX
Announces
The Addition Of
NANCY CALIHAN
To The Staff
Call For An
Appointment Today
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