Two library clubs are functioning at North Warrea Middle Schaal, one far gradei (ear
through six and another for grades seven and eight. The purpose af these clubs is to
train the students to be of service to the school family. In the top photo, some of the
students are engaged In laminating and drymounting materials to repair books. Shown
are, [left to right] Gary Paynter, Frank Dortch, Frank Fleming, Terrance Twitty,
Alonza Coleman, Frank Stegall, Timothy White, Chris Epps, Daniel Fogg, Karen
Holtzman, Sally Durham, Cynthia Talley, Brenda Hicks, Cheryl Seward and Wanda
Seward. Not shown is Mrs. L. B. Ingram, advisor. Other library club members shown
In the bottom picture Include seated [left to right] Teresa Dickerson, Audry Bullock
and Susan Curris. Standing are, Gene Hicks, David Paschall, Charles Sammons, David
Stegall, Ashley White, Greg Fleming, Sandra Green, Allen Walker and Mrs. D. M.
Mulchi, advisor. [Staff Photo]
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North Warren Students
Practice Metrics
ror the past few months
the North Warren School
has been practicing the
metric system. The students
and teachers have beer
working very carefully with
the many metric units.
One of the seventh grade
math teachers, Mrs. Town
es, has been assisting the
students while working with
the metric system. She
provides scales and othei
equipment used in working
with the metric units.
The Warren Record photo
grapher came to North
Warren School to photo
graph the students while
working with units of mass
in the metric system.
Mrs. Townes gives hei
students lab activities tc
help them learn about the
metric system. She make:
sure all her students
understand the units of the
metric system before she
continues with her teaching
During the study of the
Metric system, the students
at North Warren Middle
School have learned anc
accomplished a great deal.
Mr. Ramey, a sixth grade
teacher, says that the
metric system of measurement
is not hard to
understand because it is
based on tens. When
studying the metric system,
it is a good idea to start with
the smallest unit of measure,
such as millimeter,
and proceed to the larger
unit, such as kilometer.
When teaching the metric
system, it is a good idea to
have something to show
and/or to perform demonstrations.
To avoid confusion,
do not convert the
English system to the
metric system, or vice
versa.
In a large sense, learning
requires unteaching one
system and teaching another.
The metric system is
more confusing to older
persons than it is to younger
persons because it means
very little to older persons
who do not want to learn, or
try to learn, the new system.
Mr. Ramey'a alztk grade elm wtrki vttk atmn.
When Mercury Drops
Thermometer Sales Rise
"How cold Is it?" la a
bigger question for Americans
than "How hot is it?"
At least that's the way the
thermometer business sees
it. A cold winter heata up
thermometer * sales more
than a sizzling summer. The
record-breaking winter of
'77 has shoved sales some 25
percent above average.
And during the last two
years, thermometer sales
have gone up 35 percent so
that today about 55 percent
of American households are
believed to have one to three
thermometers.
A 32.2-Degree Scorcher!
Those are the instrumentmanufacturing
industry's
estimates as the United
States begins learning how
to think of hot and cold like
most of the rest of the world,
measuring temperatures in
Celsius degrees instead of
Fahrenheit.
The thermometer makers
think it may be another generation
before a weather
report of "32.2 degrees" will
bring an automatic gasp like
"90 in the shade" does for
their parents, or "minus
31.6" the involuntary shiver
that goes with "25 below."
More and more weathermen
broadcast temperatures
in both degrees,
Celsius and Fahrenheit, and
dual-scale thermometers
are increasingly available
in stores, the National
Geographic Society says.
Some youngsters are
learning to tell temperatures
only in Celsius
degrees, usually in schools
that emphasize metric measurements
as the universal
system of tomorrow.
Until the Celsius scale
becomes second nature,
Americans will have to
warm to the formulas that
high school students faith
fully learn, and then usually
forget or get mixed up.
Hot Aid Cold Math
To convert Celsius degrees
to Fahrenheit degrees,
multiply by 9, divide
the result by 5, and add 33.
When the temperature Celsius
is below sero, subtract
32 instead of adding.
To convert Fahrenheit to
Celsius, subtract 32 from the
temperature, multiply by 5,
and divide by 9. When the
temperature Fahrenheit is
below zero, add 32 instead of
subtracting.
Such problem-solving is
all due to the English and
then Americans adopting
the system of temperature
measurement perfected in
1714 by Gabriel D. Fahrenheit,
a German physicist
who spent most of his life in
Holland and England as an
instrument maker.
The zero in Fahrenheit's
scale represented the coldest
temperature anybody
could produce in those days,
by mixing snow and salt.
For a hot temperature, he
chose the normal heat of
human blood, which was
known to be the same
everywhere. They he divided
the scale into 12, and
soon multiplied it by 8 to
provide more calibrations.
This put. the temperature
of man's blood at 96
(compared to the true 98.6
degrees Fahrenheit), with
water freezing at 32 and
boiling at 212.
Anders Celsius, a Swedish
chemist living at the same
time, was the first to come
up with the handier idea of
choosing freezing and boiling
water as the extremes of
a basic thermometer, with
100 degrees in between—inadvertently
creating the
conversion problems of
Americans.
Wreck
(Continued from page 1)
totally wrecking his 1965model
Buick. Officer Ed
White investigated the
crash, which caused replacement
of the meter.
Three vehicles were damaged,
the extent of which
has not been determined^
when a car driven by Clyde
Ervin Crews, 18, of Rt. 1,
Norlina struck two parked
vehicles on College Street in
Warrenton at 11:30 a. m.
Friday. Officer Donnell
Watson reported that
Crews' car struck a car
owned by Archie Copeland
of Macon and a truck owned
by George N. Bell of Rt. 3,
(Varrenton. Crews was
charged with careless and
reckless driving.
Supper
(Continued from page 1)
supper at the Rafters here
on Wednesday night. Some
20 persons were present.
Bill Bryant, Director of
COG, was in charge of the
meeting. Guests were greeted
at the social hour which
preceded the dinner by
Sheriff C. A. Davis of Warren
County. General Claude
Bowers was a special guest.
A number of problems
connected with law enforcement
were before the group.
Thomas Jefferson is
credited with introducing
vanilla flavoring to the
United States. He learned to
love vanilla flavored desserts
while serving as
minister to France and he
brought vanilla beans home
when he returned in 1789.
Dried nowers txtenaea
Bloom's Life In Home
Warm, spring-like weather
has brought up crocuses
and daffodils and promises
the rest of the flowers and
blossoms are not far behind.
Flowers and leaves can be
easily preserved by drying
methods to enjoy yearround,
says Charlotte Womble,
extension housing and
house furnishings specialist
at North Carolina State
University.
Flowers should be picked
at their prime or just before
they reach full color and
should be as free of moisture
as possible.
The oldest drying method
is to hang the plant material
upside down in a dark, dry
storage room. The room
should be warmer than the
outside temperature and as
dark as possible so materials
will retain their color.
Cure the plant when dry,
strip off leaves and assemble
in bunches of six to eight
stems. Tie with string or
wrap with rubber bands and
hang upside down.
Drying time will vary
from one to three weeks,
depending on the plant
material. Most wild plants,
grains and seed pods dry
particularly well by the
hanging method. Pussy
willow is one of the easy
spring flowers to dry by this
method.
A variety of absorbent
agents can also be used for
drying flowers. Silica gel, a
commercial mixture available
in garden and art
shops, may be stored and
re-used for several years.
Washed sand, or equal
portions of powdered pumice
and cornmeal or equal
portions of borax and cornmeal
may also be used. To
each quart of either of those
mixtures, add three tablespoons
of uniodized salt to
aid in keeping the colors
bright.
Flowers should be arranged
in a deep, flat container
on top of one and one-half to
two inches of the drying
mixture. Small amounts of
the mixture should be added
on top of the flowers,
working in between and
around the petals, keeping
the form natural, until the
flowers are covered.
Leave in a dry, open place
until flowers are dry; the
time needed will vary from
one to three weeks. When
flowers are dry, remove
gently from mixture and tap
lightly to remove mixture.
Store dried flowers in
cardboard boxes until ready
to use.
Flowers will need to be
wired and sometimes wrapped
with floral tape before
using in an arrangement.
l
Legislature Condones Waste
In The Smithfield Herald
Perhaps the United States Congress
can make up for the short-sightedness
of the North Carolina Legislature.
Earlier this month a state legislative
committee killed a bill that would have
banned throwaway beverage containers
in North Carolina. The bill would
have required refundable deposits on
these containers as an economic
inducement to have bottles and cans
recycled instead of tossed along
roadsides or buried in landfills.
A subsequent bill was introduced in
the Legislature last week calling for a
statewide referendum on the proposed
ban of throwaways. But given the
Legislature's reluctance to condone
any measure that offends business and
labor interests, it's doubtful this bill
will fare any better than the first.
Meanwhile, bills have been introduced
in both houses of Congress to ban
throwaway drink containers in every
state of the Union. Environmental and
consumer groups are campaigning
hard for approval of a nationwide ban
on throwaways. Perhaps it can win
approval—if members of Congress will
acknowledge the economic and
ecological impact of the tremendous
waste of throwaways.
Americans threw away 60 billion
bottles and cans last year!
And yet our legislators remain
swayed by arguments that a ban on
throwaways would hurt the can and
bottle industry and cause thousands of
jobs to be lost.
It doesn't make economic sense in
the long run to allow the continued
manufacture of a product that can be
recycled so easily instead of thrown
aside for future generations to contend
with. A ban on throwaways may cause
a temporary reduction in employment
opportunities for some Americana. But
a sound economic system should be
able to provide more productive and
less wasteful employment activities
than the manufacture of diapoaal drink
containers.
Commencement exercises for the kindergarten class at Warren Academy were bold
Sunday at the school. Members of the cl««s Included, [left to right] seated, Mary Helen
Edmonds, Dana Clary, Denn Clary, Tonya Smiley, Jan Hosier, Kristie Fleming,
Emmy Lon Colemnn and Angela Carroll. Standing are Mrs. Julius Banzet, III,
teacher; Billle Jo West, Allison Cronch, Greg Shearin, Jimmy Hnndley and Johnny
Newell. Not shown Is Brian Floyd. [Staff Photos by Don Stith]
Academy Kindergarten Class
Holds Commencement Exercise
Commencement exercises
for the 1977 Kindergarten
Class of Warren Academy
were held in the Academy
gymnasium on Sunday, May
22, at 3 p. m.
Seventeen kindergarten
students and their teacher,
Mrs. Julius Banzet, III,
presented "Kindergarten
Kapers," a musical program
which included a
special salute to "Sesame
Street."
The talented tots thrilled
their audience of parents,
relatives and friends as they
sanK and played rhythm
instruments.
Following the musical
portion of the program,
Headmaster B. L. King and
Julius Banzet, III, chairman
of the Warren Academy
Board of Directors, presented
kindergarten diplomas to
the following children:
Angela Elizabeth Carroll,
Dana Renefc Clary, Dena
Janee Clary, Emmy Lou
Coleman, Allison Louise
Crouch, Mary Helen Edmonds,
Kristie Anne Fleming,
Brian Keith Floyd,
Sharon Lynne G upton,
Jeanette Michel Hosier.
James Andrew Hundley,
Johnny Briley Newell, Jr.,
John Miliam Ross, III,
Gregory Franklin Shearin,
Tonya Lee Smiley, Travis
Walker Thompson and Billie
Jo West.
After the diploma presentation,
the class gave the
benediction and recessed to
the music of "Pomp and
Circumstance." They then
formed a receiving line near
the main exit of the gym
where they greeted their
parents and friends and an
informal reception was held
in their honor.
A salute to Sesame Street was presented by the kindergarten class at Warren
Academy Sunday afternoon. Hand puppets were used during the presentation.
Something You Eat Can Cause Sickness
The next time you suffer
stomach cramps and flu-like
symptoms following a big
family gathering or large
party, it may well be
"something you ate."
Even though your family
may enjoy meals, day after
day, and never get sick from
foodborne illness, the occasional
large party you give
may cause you to cut
corners and be a little less
careful about food handling
than you normally are.
Bacteria are the cause of
food poisoning; all they need
to grow is the right combination
of time and temperature.
Following some simple
rules suggested by extension
specialists at North
Carolina State University
may help you avoid any
possible problems.
Keep all hot foods hot.
Bacteria grow best in lukewarm
foods. Protein foods
such as seafood, poultry and
cooked meats should be kept
hot using an electric hot tray
or chafing dish. Small
candle warming units may
not keep hot foods hot
enough. Never let these
foods stand at room temperature
for more than two
hours.
Don't put large quantities
of cold foods out at one time.
Serve only what is needed
and replace often so foods
keep as cold as possible.
Serve foods in containers
that can be stored in the
refrigerator and then
brought directly to the table.
Check to see if you have
enough dishes and utensils
for eating. The disposable
kind are best. Hasty
washing means that dishes
and utensils are used when
they are not properly
cleaned.
Don't hold prepared foods
in the refrigerator for more
than a day or two. If yon
prepare them further in
advance, plan to frees*
them.
When you taste food, use
the tasting spoon only once,
then wash it before you use
it again.
Figure out how much
refrigerator space you'll
need to store foods and keep
the temperature at 40
degrees F. Refrigerating
warm food does not cause it
to spoil, however, don't put
so much warm food in the
refrigerator that it raises
the temperature. When the
refrigerator is overcrowded,
the temperature may
rise enough to cause
increased bacterial action.
Be sure you have clean
work surfaces and clean
utensils to begin with before
you prepare any food. Insist
■■■mmww iiiiiMfi-wi'm m * a
that all those who help you
prepare the food have clean
hands washed with soap and
water.
After the party's over,
don't let huge quantities of
leftovers fill your refrigerator
for days. Plan in
advance for ways that you
can use the foods, then
freeze the rest.
If you have any doubts
about a leftover, don't use it.
Food poisoning does not
always have a bad smell or
taste. Because food doesn't
seem spoiled does not
mean that it is all right to
eat.
Iceland is about the size of
Kentucky.
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The HUNTERGRAM
A Newspaper Within A Newspaper
VOL. IX FRIDAY, JUNF. U 19S8 NO.tS
WE KEEP CRAZY CRYSTALS AT ALL TIMES -70c - $1.00
| Happy we are
\ that we're not
| among the 80,000
; who planked
; down their hard
; earned cash to
j witness the bout
I betweek Schmeli
ling and Joe
I Louis. That fisti!
cuff was a fiasco
S from the specta3
tors' standpoint.
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g
! The heavy
| rains have un|
question;
ably damaged
the crops of the
cdunty, we are
| told oy our farm|
er fiiends, but It
! is our hope that
I
More than 30
years ago people
were making
Hunter's a favorite
gathering
place at just
about any time of
the day. We
welcomed our
friends then, and
we welcome them
now. Throughout
the years quality
and courtesy have
been two reasons
why Hunter's has
become a name
worth remember
in*
t
the sunshine such
as we enjoyed
yesterday will
bring about surprisingly
happy
results.
• • •
We are pleased
to welcome the
visitors here for
Hospitality Week
and extend to
each of them a
cordial invitation
to visit our store.
• • *
Beach time U
here. Let us sup- <
ply you with a
sun bonnet and ;
the toilet articles j
you are sure to ;
need.
I HUNTER DRUG COMI'ANY j
I rUSCMPTIONS CALLED FOR AND DELIVERED