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Mr and Mrs. Clayton
Taylor attended the fu
neral of Kenneth Slate in
Winston Salem recently.
Miss Cindy Raines and
Miss Melody Raines are
visiting this week in West
Palm Beach, Fla.
Mrs. Su$£ Coleman
spent Wednesday with
Mrs Glen Ayscue and
family in Epsom.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Nicholson of Titusville,
Fla. visited Mr. and Mrs.
M. A. Liles and family
recently They also visit
ed Mr. and Mrs. Quinton
Ryder in Roanoke Rapids
and traveled to Pa. where
they toured the Amish
country and the Hershey
factory.
Bob Pridgen of Wilson
and Larry Pridgen of
Durham spent Sunday
with their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Leon Pridgen.
Mrs. Walter W. Morris
of South Hill, Va. was an
overnight guest of Mr.
and Mrs Ron Baker and
Norwood on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy
Overby and family, Mr.
and Mrs. William Dicker
son and family and their
guests, Miss Dale Perry
of Norlina and Miss Edith
Curtis of Manson spent
the past week at Emerald
Isle.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F.
Harp and Mr. and Mrs.
M. A. Liles spent Sunday
in Rocky'/Mount and
dined at Buck Overton's
Restaurant.
Mrs. Virginia Carde
and several friends of
Kinston were overnight
guests of her mother,
Mrs. Sudie Coleman,
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Buster
Dishmon of LaCrosse,
Va. spent the weekend
with Mr. and Mrs. Ron
Baker and son, Norwood.
Joining them for dinner
on Sunday were Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Whitley of
Matoaca, Va., and Mrs.
Walter Morris of South
Hill, Va. Also visiting on
Sunday were Mrs. Walter
M. Lynch and Thomas
Dishmon of LaCrosse,
Va.
' Mrs. Ava King and
Miss Sue Darnell visited
Mrs. Ola Darnell in
Yanceyville last week.
Mrs. Dolly Tucker and
Mrs. Rena Myrick were
recently honored at a
"as
dinner held at the Ftab
House of South Hill, V*.,
in observance of their
August birthdays. Hoots
were their children, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Mulchi
and Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Myrick
Mrs. DoHy Tucker was
entertained for her 76th
birthday with an ice
cream party in the home
of her daughter, Mrs.
Fred Mulchi. Sharing in
the event with Mrs.
Tucker were Mrs. Bonnie
King of Paschall, Mrs.
Faye Wishnewski, Kim
and Erin of South Hill,
Va., Mrs. Jo Ann Mayton
and Mitzi Dawn of
Lawrenceville, Va. and
Fred and Ann Mulchi.
Ruritans Hear
Perdue Story
Rex Thompson and
John Hazenfield, Perdue
representatives, describ
ed the operation of the
Maryland-based chicken
firm to members of the
Norlina Ruritan Club
meeting in recent session
at the Norlina Woman's
Club House.
Club women served
Ruritans and guests a
delicious barbecue meal
with apple pie and ice
cream for dessert.
Both a movie and slide
show was part of the
Perdue program, as
Ruritans were able to
trace the growth of the
company and learn of its
future plans, including
the building of a multi
million dollar facility in
Warren County.
Program chairman for
the evening was Leigh
Traylor, who introduced
the guest speakers.
Ben Lloyd reported a
successful softball season
during a brief business
portion of the meeting.
Vicki Mulchi
Weds Mr. Arthur
Mr. and Mrs. Fred W.
Mulchi of Norlina wish to
announce the marriage of
their daughter, Vicki
Lynne, to Ellis Williams
"Butch" Arthur on Au
gust 13. Mr. Arthur is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Arthur of Baskerville,
Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Seaman announce the
engagement and approaching marriage of their
daughter, Tonda Jean, to Donald Wayne Perkinson,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Perkinson, Jr., of Norlina.
The wedding will take place Saturday September 6, at
seven o'clock at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in
Ridgeway. No invitations are being mailed but all
friends and relatives are invited to attend.
Warren Plaza News
By MARTHA PAGE
It has been a very
beautiful week and the
resydents have enjoyed
being able to sit outside
without getting too hot.
The break in the heat was
very welcome to all of us.
The Drewry Ladies
Club came out on
Thursday and brought
the ingredients for our
monthly birthday party.
The residents look for
ward to this every month
and eiyoy it so much. The
ladies go to a lot of
trouble to bake and
decorate these beautiful
cakes. They also brought
gallons of lemonade to go
with the cake. Happy
Birthday was sung to
everyone having a birth
day this month. Those
having birthdays receiv
ed cards from several
organizations and indivi
duals and they meant so
much to them.
On Saturday of this
week we had some very
special visitors. Con
gressman L. H. Fountain,
accompanied by Dr. D.
R. Coffman and Bill
Delbridge came out and
visited with each and
every one of our resi
dents. We were very
happy to have them come
and enjoyed their visit.
Mr. Fountain made an
effort to speak to every
resident and talk a few
minutes with each one.
We felt very honored to
have them visit because
Mr. Fountain had made a
special request to come
out here. We have a man
out here that we had
previously thought was 96
years old, now we have
found out that he is
actually 103 years old.
His name is Thomas
Boone and he is from
Littleton. Mr. Fountain
went down and spoke
with him even though he
is bed confined and Mr.
Delbridge took some
pictures of them togeth
er. Until about six months
ago Mr. Boone was one of
the most active people
here and did not take any
medications, but he has
had some sickness re
cently and is now
confined to bed most of
the time. He is still very
alert although he is very
hard of hearing. We have
people here from 29
different counties and
every age group from 29
years to Mr. Boone at 103
years of age. r,
Mr. and Mrs. Clyoe
Smith and Mr. James
Edmonds are still coming
out each week to hold
church and Sunday school
services for us and we are
very grateful to them for
their continued effort in
behalf of our people. Until
next week, God Bless.
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News Events
Giow L. Stearin of
Warrenton wo* a Satur
day visitor of bis sister,
Mrs. Gladys Stansbury.
Willie Sykes is now
home after having been a
patient in Halifax Me
morial Hospital for some
time.
Mrs. Edward Thomas
Shearin and daughter,
Joyce, of Whitakers were
Saturday visitors of Mis
ses Mamie and Josephine
Stansbury. Sunday Mr.
and Mrs. Tommy F.
Williams visited the
Stansburys.
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart
Moretz of Atlanta, Ga.
and Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Scheall of Deca
tur, Ga. have returned to
their home after attend
ing the Shearin-Boone
Family Reunion and
visiting several of their
relatives.
Greg Sharpe of New
port News, Va. is spend
ing this week with his
grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Delbridge.
Dr. and Mrs. William
G. Myrick and daughters,
Leslie and Elizabeth, of
Winston-Salem visited his
mother, Mrs. James A.
Myrick, and attended the
25th wedding reception of
his neice and husband,
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey L.
Paynter, in Wise Baptist
Church Fellowship Hall
last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey L.
Paynter and Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Young of
Norlina were Saturday
night visitors of Mrs.
Paynter's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Lloyd Salmon,
Sr.
Mrs. Bruce Camp and
Mrs. Bessie Mahaffey of
Roanoke Rapids and Mrs.
Gordon Allen of Hender
son were Friday after
noon visitors of Mrs.
Gladys Stansbury. From
here they visited Mr. and
Mrs. Jimmy Finnigan
and Mr. and Mrs. Milton
Woodlief in Norfolk, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis
Lloyd of Henderson en
tertained the family of
Mr. and Mrs. Louis W.
Shearin of Warren Coun
ty with a reunion in their
home in Henderson. Ap
proximately 50 attended
the pig picking and
basket lunch. All kinds of
cakes, pies, puddings,
pickles, and soft drinks
were served.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Browning of Warrenton,
Mrs. Raymond G. Harris
of Airlie, Mr. and Mrs.
Phill Harris, Mrs. Mable
Browning, Mr. and Mrs.
Going Overseas far Qur Minerals
by Rep. L. H. FooUli
WASHINGTON, D. C.
- When reading about
minerals apd other raw
materials, too often we
tend to have a "so what"
attitude. It's difficult for
us to get excited about
minerals because it's
hard for us to visualise
how minerals relate to
finished goods such as
tractors, typewriters, or
even just tin cans. But
they do.
And I'm afraid we have
reached a point where it
has become essential to
realize that the United
States is dependent upon
foreign countries for
more than half of our
basic raw materials.
Minerals are needed to
keep American industry
operating and on the
move; but our growing
dependence upon foreign
sources for these raw
materials has a direct
effect on the rise in the
cost of the goods produc
ed.
In 1950, this country
relied on imports to meet
half or more of its needs
for only four of the 13
basic industrial raw
materials. But in 1979,
imports accounted for
more than half of nine of
these same mineral com
modities. A mid-1970's
report indicates that
foreign minerals will cost
us $100 billion a year, in
terms of 1979 dollars, by
the year 2000. Already we
have gone from a positive
balance of trade in
Russell Keetef of Little
ton, Mr. and Mrs. J. R.
Harris and daughter,
Laura Ellen, of Roanoke
Rapids attended.
Mrs. Patricia Aycock is
now home after having
been in Halifax Memorial
Hospital since July 11.
Robert Riggan spent
some time last week with
Mr. and Mrs. Norman
Lovell in New York City,
Mr. and Mrs. A. L.
Reinortsen in New York
City, and Mr. and Mrs. C.
N. Riggan in Long Island.
He also attended the
Democratic Convention
in Madison Square Gar
den.
Mr. and Mrs. James
Askew of Roanoke Ra
pids were Saturday night
visitors of Mrs. Mable
Browning.
Mrs. Clyde Spragins,
Mrs. Carrie Clary and
Mrs. Mable Browning
were Sunday visitors of
Mrs. Lucille Johnston in
Halifax Memorial Hospi
tal. ,
effect of mineral import
ation is that we must rely
heavily on unstable coun
tries for many of our vital
raw materials. For in
stance, almost all of our
chromium, cobalt, tin,
and tungsten come from
such places as Thailand,
Zambia, Zimbabwe, —
South Africa, and Bolivia.
Often world demand
exceeds the supply, and
we have no ironclad
assurance that these
countries will always be
able and willing to sell to
us. The Russians, on the
other hand, don't have
this problem since they
are virtually independent
in mineral raw materials.
In fact, they now sell us
platinum, gold, and chro
mium.
One problem is that
although the United
States has coherent poli
cies in many areas (such
as agriculture), we have
no overall policy concern
ing minerals, and over
regulation is hurting. In
the copper industry, for
example, there are 130
major regulatory man
dates which contain thou
sands of individual regu
lations. These regulations
have made investment in
domestic mineral pro
jects far less attractive
than in the past, and a
result has been a drop in
our own production capa
city. i
In the United States,
nearly 90 percent of all
nonfuel mineral produc
tion comes from public
lands. But the percentage
of these public lands
Mpilabia,, for mineral
Without any ftpftre, the
Federal government has
closed millions of acres at
mineral-containing lands
to mining, parhspa as
much as two-thirds of all
public lands.
An example of what
can happen can be seen in
the dedied development
of our country's only
deposit. While containing
deposit. While containin
over one billion pounds of
nickel and 600 million
pounds of copper, the
deposit was withdrawn
because it is in Glacier
National Park. The result
is more imported nickel.
While no one is advoca
ting the destruction of our
parks, campsites, or
trails, we must strike a
proper balance between
environmental policy and
our need for raw materi
als. Backpackers want
their trails and should
have them, but Ameri
cans must also have
access to adequate sup
plies of minerals from
reliable sources.
If we don't responsibly
encourage appropriate
mining in our own
country-and spend more
of our dollars at home
we will continue to be
forced to spend too many
dollars in foreign lands,
such as Russia, for the
minerals we need. And
that's precisely what our
adversaries want.
Wrong Number
After being congratulated
by Dad for only taking 30
minutes on her last phone call,
the talkattiv daughter told
Pop that it was easy — she
had dialed the wrong number.'