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On March 7
The midday sun will disappear
and the shadow of the moon will
darken the Earth March 7 in what
will be the most-studied solar
eclipse in history.
Thousands of astronomers and
other scientists will train
shielded telescopes and cameras
' skyward, The eclipse will streak
.a shadow path 100 miles wide
- across southern Mexico, the Gulf,
northern Florida, eastern
Georgia and the Carolina, and
the tip of Virginia before heading
out to sea, touching Nantucket
Island on the way.
It will be the last solar eclipse
visible along the Eastern
Seaboard this century, although
eclipses of the sun will cross from
Alaska to Labrador In 1972 and
" across the northwestern United
States In 1979.
Eclipse Chaser
Leader of a group traveling to
Mexico In hopes of best viewing
conditions Is Dr. Donald H.
Mentel of the Smithsonian
Astrophysical Observatory,
perhaps the world's most ex
perienced eclipse observer.
His team is co-sponsored by the
National Geographic Society, the
Harvard College Observatory,
and the Smithsonian observatory.
Using a specially designed
spectrograph, Dr. Menzel hopes
to record new details of the
corona, the ghostlike halo that
may extend a million miles or
more beyond the sun, but which
can only be seen when the moon
obscures the sun's overpowering
brightness.
More rockets and aircraft than
ever before will be used by ob
servers of this eclipse. For the
first time, a satellite will televise
the view of the moon's shadow as
it races across Earth at 1,500
miles an hour.
The National Geographic
Society will be following a
tradition of eclipse-watching that
goes back to May 28, 1900, when
Norfolk, Virginia, as in 1970, was
a prime viewing site.
Eclipse Excursion
Some 250 members of the
National Geographic Society, led
by the inventor of the telephone,
Dr. Alexander Graham Bell,
arrived for the occasion aboard a
steamer on a three- day field trip
from Washington. President
William McKinley sailed in for a
look aboard a Navy ship.
From its first scientific effort
at eclipse photography that day -"three
plates were successfully
exposed" - the National
Geographic Society has recorded
most of the repeat performances
of this spectacular phenomenon.
The Soceity joined the Army
Air Corps in making aerial
photographs of the moon's
shadow in New England in 1932.
It produced the first natural color
photograph of an eclipse with a
camera mounted atop an ancient
burial mound in Asiatic Russia in
1936. .:;,':.;
"With the Navy, the Society
studied the sun's corona from a
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Solar Eclipse
remote Pacific island in 1937.
After World War II, the Society
and the Air Force checked
Einstein's theory of relativity
while observing the 1947 eclipse
from remote Brazilian ranch
country. Dr. Melvin M. Payne,
now President of the National
Geographic Society, was the
expedition's project officer.
Airplanes two B-29 bombers -became
successful observation
platforms of an eclipse for the
first time in 1948. Sightings also
were made from six ground sites
stretching from Thailand to the
Aleutians, giving National
Geographic Society car
tographers the most accurate
measurements yet of terrestrial
distances and the shape of the
Earth.
Einstein Confirmed
On a Society grant. Dr. George
Achille Van Biesbroeck con
firmed Einstein's theory when he
first measured how the sun bent
starlight, in observations made in
Sudan during the 1952 eclipse.
In 1963 a wide variety of ex
periments and observations were
made for the first time from the
stratosphere over Canada aboard
a nrjl ipt in a foint National
Geographic - Douglas Aircraft
expedition.
With the eclipse of March 7,
1970. scientists everywhere again
warn that viewers of the eclipse
may permanently lose part of
their vision if they look directly at
the sun for even an instant.
Looking through sun glasses.
smoke- darkened glass, or even
welder's goggles does not protect
the eyes.
Doctors say only a thickness of
two or more sheets of completely
exposed photographic film is
dark enough to screen out tne
intense infrared rays.
A good wav to watch the eclipse
is not to look at the sun at all, but
instead follow images of half-moon-shaned
Dhases as they are
reflected from a sheet of paper -but
not a mirror held in the
hand.
WSCS Will Meet
Monday, March 2
The W.S.C.S. of the United
Hertford Methodist Church will
meet on Monday, March 2nd. at 8
p.m. in Fellowship Hall,
preceded by an executive session
at 7:15.
The Minnie Wilson Circle will
present an Easter program
which will mean much to all who
attend. A full membership at
tendance is desired.
Only two Circles wll have their
regular meeting this month on
account of the Revival Services
which start on March 8th. These
are:
Tuesday, March 3rd., at 9:45
the Minnie Wilson Circle with
Mrs. Harry Winslow.
On Wednesday, March 4th, the
Mary Towe Circle with Mrs.
Roulac Webb.
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KING STREET ELEMENTARY 6th Grade officers and group
chairman, Mrs. W. E. Be am an, Instructor. They are learning the
correct way to handle Riskey and Friskey.
Child Feeding Funds
Apportioned To N.G.
The Food and Nutrition Service
of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture has apportioned
about $19.9 million in child
nutrition funds to North Carolina
for financial aid to food service
programs for children during this
fiscal year.
This is narly $4.7 million more
than last year and part of about
$122 million allocated to nine
southeastern states.
In all, the FNS apportionment
for the 50 states, the District of
Columbia and five territories
totaled about $417.1 million.
The North Carolina allocation
included more than $8 million
"regular" cash assistance for on
going lunch service authorized by
Section 4 of the National School
Lunch Act. Last year about $8.3
million was allocated for this
purpose. In addition to federal
funds and foods, support for these
lunches comes from state and
local sources - and from the
amounts that children pay for
their lunches.
The North Carolina ap
portionment also included nearly
$3 million for cash aid to schools
that are located in needy areas,
authorized under Section II of the
National Lunch Act. These funds
provide additional assistance to
selected needy schools where
state and local sources plus
children's payments are
inadequate to meet program
requirements for free and
reduced price lunches to children
unable to pay the full price.
A total of nearly $402,300 was
included for food assistance in
the school breakfast program,
located largely in schools in
needy areas. These funds are for
the local purchase of foods, with
funds from local sources meeting
the cost of preparing and serving
the breakfasts. Last year about
$93,500 was allocated for this
purpose.
A total of nearly $479,000 was
for reimbursement of up to 75 per
cent of the cost of obtaining
equipment for needy schools for
the initiation, expansion or im
provement of lunch or breakfast
programs. This is an increase of
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about $440,800 over last year.
The apportionment includes
narly $3.6 million primarily to
expand free or reduced price
lunches and breakfasts to
children from low-income
families. This is about $1.2
million more than last year.
The special food sevice
program for children in day-care
and recreation centers and other
nonschool situations will get
about $777,300, an increase of
about $542,600 over the initial
allocation last year.
And a total of more than $3.6
million was apportioned to help
pay the cost of milk served to
chidren by schools and child care
organizations. Last year nearly
$3.5 million was apportioned for
this purpose.
In addition to these cash
allocations, the Food and
Nutrition Service is donating food
amounting to about $9.4 million to
North Carolina for use in food
service programs for children.
North Carolina schools in the
national school lunch program
get the added benefits of about
$2.8 million of foods that are
bought by USDA's Consumer and
Marketing Service, especially to
help meet the nutritional
requirements of school lunches,
as authorized by the National
School Lunch Act.
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PERQUIMANS COUNTY UNION SCHOOL 5th A Class learning
the correct way to weigh Riskey and Friskey, with Miss D. M.
Jennings, Instructor.
Getting Acquainted
With Riskey & Friskey
Riskey and Friskey have
arrived and they are beginning to
get acquainted with the boys,
girls, and adults throughout the
county, stated today by Mrs. M.
B. Taylor, Home Economics
Extension Agent within
Perquimans County. They are
presently located in Perquimans
County Union School and King
Street Elementary School. In the
Perquimans Union School, the 5
A Class is the hostess under the
supervision of Miss D. M. Jen
nings. In the King Street School,
the 6th Grade Class is the hostess,
under the supervision of Mrs. W.
E. Beaman. Miss Jennings is a
graduate of Penn State
University, and Mrs. W. E.
Beaman is a graduate of North
Carolina State University,
Durham, N. C. The classes have
organized for work as follows:
The Perquimans County Union
5th A Officers: President, Rita
Moore, Vice President, Armecia
Mallory; Secretary, Edna
-Godfrey; and treasurer, Stanley
Whitehurst. The group chair
men: Reginald Overton, Dwight
Foreman, James Whidbee and
Kermit Winslow. The 6th Grade
officers at King Street
Elementary School: President,
Erma Lee; Vice President,
William Webb; Secretary, Cheryl
Skinner; Assistant Secretary,
Geraldine White; Treasurer,
Joygenia Miller; group chair
men: Edwell Zachary, Worley
Neely and Kathryn Zachary.
On their arrival in the schools
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Riskey and Friskey enrolled .in
the good Nutrition Contest.
Riskey was placed on the Red
Team, which is the Bread and
Soft Drink Diet, and Friskey, was
placed on the Blue Team, which
is the Bread and Milk Diet. Half
of the class in both schools is on
the Red Team and the other is on
the Blue Team. The contest
started Tuesday, February 17,
1970 and expecting to terminate
Tuesday, March 31, 1970. Growth
Charts indicating progress report
of Riskey and Friskey are located
in the hall way of both schools,
states Mrs. Taylor.
Riskey and Friskey weighed
the same at King Street School,
but Friskey weighed more than
Riskey at Perquimans Union
School. The students and the
public are asked to become
acquainted with Riskey and
Friskey while here in the county.
White rats are used for nutrition
studies because they will eat the
same foods we do and quickly
show the effect of good and bad
diets. A rat grows up many times
faster than a child and completes
its life in about 3 years. Mrs.
Taylor would like for the students
and others, to see the vital effects
of diet on young animals and
learn the importance of food for
life and growth.
The Red Sen In mtunted be
tween Arabia and Africa. The
White Sea is in northern Euro
pean RuMMia. near the Arctic
Circle.
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By Karen flaskett
The Perquimans Squaws
ushered out the basketball season
with a big bang by capturing their
fourth win.4 On Friday, January
20, they defeated the Plymouth
Vikings 31-28. This places them
sixth in the conference, and they
will play In the conference
tournament at Plymouth Wed
nesday, February 25, against
Gates in the conference battle.
Also on Friday,- the
Perquimans boys were beaten by
Plymouth 96-74.
The Squaws were entertained
at a surprise party by Mrs. Mary
Ruth Smith and Mrs. Hazel White
after the game Friday. In the
afternoon, the JV cheerleaders
gave party for the JV team.
This is the last season of action
for many Perquimans players, as
well as the last season for the
Perquimans Indians basketball
J teams. Senior basketball boys
wiiu win uui uc rciui mug uiviuuv
Broughton Dail . and Richard
Waters, and Squaws who will be
leaving include Peggy White,
Gail Watson, Sandra Smith, Gaby
Baker and Delores Spivey.
Next year's team promises to
be good, however, with top
scorers Betty Murray, Gary
Rouse, and Alwood White
returning to play for the
Perquimans Pirates.
Two Perquimans players have
made the All-Conference team, it
was announced Friday, January
20. These two players are Gary
Rouse and Betty Murray, both
juniors. Gary, a key man for the
Indians, has averaged over 20
points a game. His top record of
38 points was achieved when the
Indians met Williamston. Betty,
known to PCHS'ers as "Pistol
Pete's Twin," was elected
unanimously to the All
Conference team, receiving a
vote from every school. Betty has
scored 204 points for the Squaws
CARD OF THANKS
. I would like to express my
sincere appreciation to my'
relatives and friends who
remembered me with beautiful
cards, flowers, gifts, visits and
all other deeds of kindness shown
me during my recent illness.
Also to the church
organizations that sent me cards.
Your thoughtfulness will always
be remembered.
Lucille M.Jackson
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and Wayne Riddich
in conference , games, ana
achieved her career record of 26
points against the Edenton Aces.
Congratulations to these two for
achieving such .an honor.
The District Round Robin
debates, hosted by the
Perquimans Debate Club, will be
held Friday at the First
Methodist Church. Participating
schools will be Perquimans
County High School, Gates
County High School, Bertie
Academy, and W. S. Creecy High
School. Perquimans debaters and
club members are looking for
ward to a victory.
Graduation is becoming more
of reality for the seniors. Oh
Monday, Carl W. Lewis, Co
ordinator for COA Adult
Education classes, briefly spoke
to the seniors, urging them to
take advantage of new courses
being offered at COA. Graduation
invitation orders will be sent oft
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PARTY COUNCIL SUMMON KD
The Democratic Party Coun
cil waa summoned Into session
recently to act on a aeries of.
broad domestic and foreign
policy statements Including a
caU for total UJ. withdrawal
from Vietnam within IS months.
The council meeting was held
after contrasaloaal Democrats
presented a nationally televised
view of the state of the nation.
an equal-time reply to Nlxon'a
state of the Union message.
Priam was the king- of Tray
at the time of the Trojan War.
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FOR SALE -Approximately
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with icvirtl building located
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