VIKINGS ?? Gilbert Breeden. Robert Boquist. Leon Bruton. David Dalton. Tony McRae. Mark McLean. Orlando Tillmon. William Cook, Eric Coley. Robert Colston. Jeff Lentz. Calvin Dixon. Tony Locklear. Daryle McRae. Ronald Scurry. Billy Beasley. and John McDuJfie were members of the Vikings team in the Midget League. Head Coach was Richard Ferguson. FALCON CHEERLEADERS ?? Cheryl He aden. Vicki Headen. Kelly Calloway. Shelley Calloway. Amy Williams. Kim Mills. Lisa Potts. Julie Vann. Kim Parker. Kim Bounds. Wanda Brown. Melody Williamson. Christie Williamson. Daphne Maxer. Valerie Foster. Stella Simpler. Machelle Scurry. Sandra Jackson. Shelia Jackson. Lisa Barnes, and Glynda l.llis . Shirley Potts. Mary Vann. and Pat Mayer, sponsors. \Not pictured in order and not all present for picture. 1 SENIOR CITIZENS Zhe <~Vlew4 - journal NOW OFFERS YOU 25% Discount ON NEW OR RENEWED SUBSCRIPTIONS ... If you're 65 or over REGULAR SO 32 PRICE O $fi24 Special Price! V The - journal Lava, Fiery Ash Fail To Quell A Gallant Icelandic Village By Donald J. Frederick National Geographic Newt The people of the fishing village of Vestmannaeyjar on the Icelandic island of Heimaey do not dwell on misfortune. More than a third of their homes were destroyed by fire. lava, or heavy ash from the catastrophic volcanic eruption that almost bur ied them in 1973. Nearly all the 5,000 islanders were evacuated to the mainland, but as soon as the eruption subsided, they clamored to return to their three-by-four mile homeland, a major fishing port. "Upon my return to a commun ity once again throbbing with activity, it became clear that the little island commands a loyalty and devotion that few nations will ever know." reports Noel Grove, who had observed the eruption. His account of the courageous life or death struggle for a town and the successful outcome appears in the May National Geographic. The most dramatic fight for the town centered on saving the har bor. Molten lava had pushed toward the port entrance, threaten ing to seal it forever. Loss of the harbor would have closed the fish-processing plants and driven fishermen to the mainland, drying up the main source of livelihood in Vestmannaeyjar. Firemen with hoses sprayed cold seawater on the surging lava flow, hoping to quick-cool it into a dam and divert the flow away from the harbor. This tactic may have made the difference in the end. Dramatically the lava pushed into the mouth of the inlet, stopping 175 yards short of the cliffs on the other side, not only sparing the harbor but actually improving its protection from east winds. When the eruption finally stopped, trucks and loaders were shipped to the island to clear ash that lay an average of five feet deep. Foot by foot, over a period of months the village was bared. "Although 1 had lived there nearly two weeks during the eruption. 1 now strolled through a greened and flowered community 1 had never known; it was like seeing a coal miner's face scrubbed for the first time." recalls Mr. Grove. Much of the ash has been removed, but the lava that spilled from perhaps 30 miles deep in the earth is now a permanent part of the landscape. From the gash in its northeast face to the sea. the new volcano has built a russet, cindery desert, spotted by fumaroles. To the east it has added a square mile to the island. In the west it has obliterated the outskirts of the village. A portion of the fresh lava has been tapped and the heat piped to warm JO houses and the town's 50-bed hospital. "If the system works adequately, we may enlarge it to heat the whole town." says Mayor Pall Zophoniasson. "There may be enough heat in the lava to last more than 30 years." The island is also a hotbed of artistic creativity. In an exhibition of Vestmannaeyjar's art several years ago. 24 painters showed their work ?? a high proportion for a village of slightly less than 5.000. "During my visits." says Mr. Grove. "1 have also encountered net makers who sculpt, farmers who write poetry, and fishermen who compose anthems about their is land home." New Electron Microscopes Spy On An Invisible World ti? Donald J. Frederick . ational Geographic New* Ar incredible research tool now taker, scientists into the Alice-in Wonderland world of inner space. A whole new realm of atoms and molecules, a world man has never seen before, has been revealed by the electron microscope, an in strument that enlarges images with electrons instead of light rays. The best optical microscopes, limited by the wavelengths of light, magnify no more then 2,000 times. They resolve, or discriminate, ob jects no closer than about 2,000 angstroms, or 1/125,000 of an inch. "By contrast, the best electron microscope can magnify an incredi ble 20 million times, with a resolution on the order of two angstroms," reports Kenneth F. Weaver in the February National Geographic. "And even the individual atom, which has a diameter of only about one angstrom (about four-bil lionths of an inch), can be photo graphed in the same way that an invisible mote of dust can be 'seen' by the light scattered when the mote floats through a bright beam of sunlight." Angstrom-wide atoms are so small that it would take nearly a million of them to equal the thickness of a sheet of paper. The amazing viewing power of the electron microscope has already had an enormous effect on the life sciences. It is now possible to see viruses that are as small as 60 angstroms in diameter. Two scientists recently developed the electron microscope to sucn a point that thev were able *o make a movie of uranium atoms in motion. Biologists can even spot normal cells changing into cancerous cells and identify genes th^t cause hereditary diseases. The powerful electron micro scope is focusing on other sciences os well. Metallurgists are gaining new insights into crystal structure, learning how metals corrode and fracture. Materials experts are looking in?? the heat of rubbe* molecules to predict a tire's performance. Ecologists tracking down pollution can identify fine droplets of sulfuric acid even in the pristine air of Antarctica. "But perhaps the most unex pected benefit of the electron microscope is in 'demagnifying.' " writes Mr. Weaver. "Today's high-speed computers, for example, depend on tiny silicon wafers containing intricate circuits Drive to arrive alive! 3^3 and thousands of transistors. They can be produced with photographic masks that have been made at large scale, then ultraminiaturized by photography through the micro scope-in-reverse." Someday, scientists hope, these techniques will make possible a miniature computer rivaling the human brain with its billions of connections. The development of grainless films already has .made possible the reduction of printing until each letter measures only 100 angstroms high. At that size, all the millions of books in the Library of Congress could be stored on a single sheet of paper. LEGALS CREDITOR S NOTICE NORTH CAROLINA HOKE COUNTY The undersigned, having quali fied as Executrix of the Estate of Glenn W. Wood, deceased, late of Hoke County, this is to notify all persons having claims against said Estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the 17th day of May, 1978, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All person indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment to the under signed. This, the 17th day of November, 1977. Lillian C. Wood Center Drive Raeford, North Carolina 28376 MOSES. DIEHL & PATE. P.A., Attorneys 127 W. Edinborough Avenue Raeford, North Carolina 28376 29-32C EXECUTOR S NOTICE IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA HOKE COUNTY Having qualified as Executrix of the estate of T.B. Lester, Jr. of Hoke County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said T.B. Lester, Jr. to present them to the undersigned within 6 months from date of the publication of this notice or same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate please make immediate payment. This the 14th day of November, 1977. Lorena A. Lester Donaldson Ave., Raeford. N.C. 28376 29-32C IN THEGENERALCOURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA HOKE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR S NOTICE Having qualified as Administra trix of tne estate of David Grady LEGALS English of Hoke County. North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said David Grady English to present them to the undersigned within 6 months from date ot the publication of this notice or same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted"*to said estate please make immediate payment. This the 25th day of October. 1977. Mrs. Grace L. English Route 2. Raeford. N.C. 28376 27-30C CREDITOR S NOTICE The undersigned having quali fied as administratrix of the estate of Jerry Gordon McRae. deceased, late of Hoke County, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned on or before April 13. 1977 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 27th dav of October. 1977. Barbara Kelly McRae. Administratrix Willcox & McFadyen P.O. Box 12b Raeford. N.C. 2837b 26-29C ? CREDITOR S NOTICE The undersigned having quali fied as Executrix of the estate of Neill Shaw Brown, deceased, late of ? Hoke County, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them J to the undersigned on or before April 13. 1978 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 27th day of October. 1977. Elizabeth Matthis Brown Executrix Willcox & McFadyen P.O. Box 126 Raeford. N.C. 28376 26-29C NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND UNDER DEED OF TRUST Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in that certain deed of trust executed on the 8th day of October. 1976, by Blue Enterprises, Inc. and recorded in t Book 195, Page 391 , in the office of the Register of Deeds for Hoke County, North Carolina, default having been made in the paymenf of the indebtedness secured there by, R. Palmer Willcox. Trustee, will at 12:00 o'clock Noon on Monday, November 21, 1977, offer for sale to the highest bidder at public auction at the Courthouse door in Hoke County, North Caro lina, the following described tract or parcel of land in McLauchlin Township, Hoke County, North Carolina: LYING AND BEING in Mc Lauchlin Township. Hoke County. North Carolina, and BEGINNING at a point S 26-16-20 W 545 feet from a point in the southern right-of-way of Secondary Road 1422, said point being the north east corner of the original tract purchased from Lottie McD. Thomasson of which this is a part; thence S 26-17-40 W 394.57 feet; thence N 63-43-50 W 598.99 feet; thence N 26-16-20 E 363.00 feet; thence S 66-44-40 E 599.92 feet to the point of BEGINNING, and being all of Lots Nos. 25 and 26 of an unrecorded plat of Woodland Acres. This property is being sold subject to outstanding taxes, if any, and all prior liens of record as they may appear. The highest bidder will be re quired to deposit in cash at the sale an amount equal to ten (10%) percent of the amount of his bid up * to One Thousand Dollars (SI. 000. 00) plus five (5%) percent of the excess of said bid over SI. 000.00. This 25 day of October. 1977. R. Palmer Willcox, Trustee WILLCOX & McFADYEN Attorneys at Law Raeford, N.C. 26-29C ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE INTHEGENERALCOURT OF JUSTICE 1 SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA HOKE COUNTY Having qualified as Adminis tratrix of the estate of Alex M. Baker of Hoke County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said Alex M. Baker to present them to the undersigned* within 6 months from date of the publication of this notice or same will be pleaded in bar of theii recovery. All persons indebted to said estate please make immediate payment. This the 28th day of September, 1977. Maggie D. Baker Route 3, Box 317, Raeford. N.C. 26-29C

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