Science For You!
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BY BOB BROWN
PROBLEM: Magic rising paper.
NEEDED: Tissue paper, a gummed envelope flap, a dish,
a match.
DO THIS: Roll the tissue paper and stick the edges with
tiny pieces of the gummed flap of the envelope. Stand it on the
dish, set fire to the top and, as the flame burns toward the bot
tom, the remains of the tube will rise into the air.
HERE’S WHY: The heat of the flame produces an upward
current of air — enough to lift the lightweight paper and ash.
The idea for this came from the magician’s magazine,
The Linking Ring. Magician Bill Pitts tells in the magazine how
he extracts a mysterious vanished dollar bill from the burning
tube. That is magic; the science part is the rising of the burning
tube.
The paper rolled into a tube may be stuck with tiny bits of
rubber cement instead of paper. Try different size rolls and
different paper. Magician Pitts recommended a roll two inches
in diameter and eight inches high.
As always, be careful of fire. It is always dangerous.
This special “Science For You’’ feature is spofe
sored by Olin Corporation at Pisgah Forest in co
operation with TW Transylvania Times.
Reduced-Price Lunch
More
More children who are
unable to pay the full cost of a
school lunch may qualify for
free and reduced price lun
ches, according to Ralph
Eaton, School Food Services
Director for the Department
of Public Instuction.
According to Eaton, ap
plication for the free or
reduced-price benefits of the
National School Lunch
Program are usually made in
the fall. However, in view of
the hardships facing families
since that time due to inflation
and unemployment, the an
nouncement is again being
made.
Children from families
whose income levels are low
may be eligible, as well as
families with hardship con
ditions due to high medical
costs, expenses, shelter costs
in excess of 30 per cent of
income, and temporary loss of
income from lay-offs, short
time or other employment
conditions.
Each affected family must
apply and be appoved by a
designated school official for a
free or reduced price meal or
free milk in terms of present
weekly or monthly total in
come, said Eaton.
Such total income must
include all benefits being
received, including strike
benefits, he added. Any
temporary eligibility ceases
as soon as the family income
exceeds the applicable
guidelines.
Forms for application for
free and reduced price meals
are available from the prin
cipal’s office of the school a
child attneds. Eaton pointed
out that information provided
on the application is con
fidential and will be used only
to determine eligibility.
The identity of the child
benefitting from the program
is also confidential.
The bidet”once”consT3^"
ered a taboo topic of dis
cussion and “alien” to the
American scene, Is report
ed to be a growing fixture
in the well-appointed
American bath and in
creasingly regarded as
being essential to good
hygiene and grooming.
Whirlpool baths are also
on the upswing.
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IS. C. Poetry Council
Announces Poetry Contest
tnmes in me i»75 poetry
contest, sponsored by the
Poetry Council of North
Carolina, Inc., are being
accepted from now until June
IS.
The annual event is for
North Carolina residents,
former or part-time
residents of the state, em
ployes and student now in the
state, and natives of North
Carolina.
Cash awards will be given
winners in six categories. $100
will be awarded for a book of
poems published in 1974.
Single poems categories
include traditional form, free
verse or experimental form of
poetry, and sonnet, all for
adults; any form for.poets age
12 through 17; and any form
for children ages 8 through 11.
Awards for single poems
will be $50, $25 and $15 for the
adult categories; and $10,
$7.50 and $5 for children.
Poems must be original,
unpublished and not offered to
another contest or publication.
Three copies of the poem,
typed, double spaced on one
side of an 8% x 11 inch paper
should be submitted, along
with a 3 x 5 inch index card
with the name of contest,
poem title, author’s name and
address, telephone number
and social security number.
Persons who wish additional
information on the contest
may contact Miss Charlotte
Young, 104 Arnold Road,
Asheville, N. C. 28805.
Dollar General
Plans Dividend
The Board of Directors of
Dollar General Corporation
voted Friday to pay the first
cash dividend in the com
pany’s history.
The dividend will be ten
cents per share, payable on
April 25, 1975 to shareholders
of the company’s common
stock of record on March 28,
1975.
Dollar General president
Cal Turner announced the
dividend today in conjunction
with the release of the com
pany’s 1974 financial results
which included record net
sales, but net income below
last year’s record level.
Net sales reached
$74,201,392, a 4.9 per cent
increase over 1973’s previous
record net sales of $70,734,634
Net income was $2,316,940, a
21.5 per cent decline from
record 1973 net income of
$2,951,188.
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