The World Of Books
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In The Warren County Memorial Library
The Hatteras to Cherokee program ended last
Thursday morning. Twenty-seven children completed
this program out of forty-five who signed up last July.
Top readers in the program were Ray Hayes, Kathy
Coleman, Greg Shearin, Tracy Robinson, Laura Ann
Edmonds. Other active participants were Lisa Jordan,
Andrew, Millard and Sharon Baker, Lynn and Laura
Scott, Jennifer and Caroline Green, Karen Harris,
Tommy Jordan, Robert and William Lynch, Rann
Paynter, Shearon Jefferson, Luci Weldon.
Laura Ann Edmonds and Tracy Robinson present
ed a puppet play dealing with the strange lights over
the Dismal Swamp. Following a discussion of the
program the young people received their booklets
from State of North Carolina, and from this library a
book, pencil, and a "heelshaped badge," stating "I
Am A Well-Read Tar-Heel."
Refreshments were then enjoyed, highlight of this
being a cake, devil's food, of course, in the shape of
North Carolina with white icing, Carolina blue trim,
and paper figures representing people and places
pertinent to the program. For one minute they thought
it too pretty to eat, but Alyce Allen, library assistant
and creator of the cake, "prevailed" upon them.
STORYTIME participants this summer received a
small book from the library.
The Bookworm Program this year did not have as
many participants as in the past. Bookworms this year
were Leigh Ann Perkinson, Tracy Robinson, Laura
Ann and Mary Helen Edmonds, Andrew, Millard and
Sherry Baker, Laura and Lynn Scott, Rann Paynter,
Kathy Coleman, Ann Howard Banzet, Lisa and Patrick
Jordon, Sharon Jefferson, Nitusha Clarke and Katan
Trivedi.
MEMORIALS: For Romeo M. Williams, "Van
Gogh," Martini, from Mrs. Duke Jones; for Grace B.
Davis, "Families," Howard, from Sara Miles
Johnson; for Robert K. (Luke) Carroll, "Crockett's
Victory Garden," from Claude and Elsie Weldon; for
William B. Boyce, "The Hidden Treasure of Bath
Town," and "The Missing Head Mystery," from Mrs.
Duke Jones; for Mary Lewis Williams, "Painting
Techniques of the Masters," Cooke, from Creighton
Davis.
IN HONOR OF BIRTH: for Amanda Lee Clary,
"Dean's Mother Goose Book of Rhymes," from Mr.
and Mrs. John Allen and Heather.
NEW BOOKS: "Bellefleur," Oates; "MIG Pilot,"
Barron; "Man, Woman, and Child," Segal; "Birth and
Pregnancy," Hotchner; "What Color is your Para
chute?" BoUes; "The Origin," Stone; "The Belle
Epoch of the Orient-Express," Wiesenthal; several
for the Children's Room.
OVERDUES: Please return all overdue books. This
is a very serious problem in the library.
The library will be closed for Labor Day weekend —
August 30,31, and September 1.
If you are enjoying, or plan on enjoying the T.V.
series, we have the following books: "Ragtime,"
"Shotgun," and the "Herriott" trilogy.
Our thanks go to our "elf' volunteers this spring and
summer: Heather Hurst, Jennifer Green, Roger
Taylor, Theresa Williams, Tracy Robinson, Reagan
Coleman, Laura Ann and Mary Helen Edmonds. They
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Pastor And Children At Sunday School Birthday
He Ranks As One Of Strangest Creatures
With eyes at the end of
each arm, a stomach that
can turn inside out, and
the ability to regenerate
new arms, the starfish -
or sea star - surely
ranks as one of the
ocean's strangest inhabi
tants.
Starfish, which are
found in tidepools of
every ocean in the world,
are not really fish at all,
says the current issue of
Ranger Rick's Nature
magazine. They belong to
a group of sea animals
called echinoderms, and
come in a variety of
shapes, colors, and sizes.
The largest can measure
two or three feet across.
Sea stars get around by
way of hundreds of tiny
tubelike "feet" located on
the underside of each
arm, explains the Nation
al Wildlife Federation's
monthly publication for
children. Suckers attach
ed to the end of the tubes
enable the animal to grip
onto rocks, as well as its
next meal.
Once a sea star homes
in on dinner, a scallop
perhaps, it locks onto its
shell, and its tube feet
begin to suck the shell
open. The scallop, with
only two muscles to hold
its shell tightly shut,
quickly tires of the tug-of
war
It's a battle the scallop
always loses. After the
shell is opened, the sea
star pushes its stomach
through its mouth, locat
ed at the center of its
body, surrounds the scal
lop with its stomach, and
digests it outside its body
A close look at the ends
of a sea star's arms will
reveal its eyespots, which
enable the animal to see
only light and dark, not
objects, says Ranger
Rick.
The sea star's arms are
expendable, eyespots and
all, for new ones can be
easily regenerated. Shore
birds or sea otters may
take a dive at a tasty sea
star and end up with only
a tidbit. Scientists have
discovered that even a
small part of a sea star's
arm can regenerate four
new ones.
Colorful as they are,
live sea stars shouldn't
become part of your sum
mer sea shell collection,
advises Ranger Rick, for
they are a vital link in the
fragile marine life food
chain.
Youngsters In
Observance
The 200th birthday of
the Sunday Schools was
celebrated Sunday during
a special observance at
the Warren Plains United
Methodist Church.
At "Minister's Time
With Young Children"
the Rev. Martin Arm
strong, III, told the story
of the Sunday Schools
from their beginning in
1780 to 1980.
After this a two-tier
birthday cake was rolled
in, "Happy Birthday to
the Sunday School" was
sung and candles were
blown out by the minister
and young people.
Promoted
James L. Paschall, Jr.,
son of Mrs. Grady T.
Salmon of Rt. 1, Norlina,
has been promoted in the
U. S. Air Force to the
rank of technical ser
geant.
Sergeant Paschall is a
maintenance analysis
technician at Whiteman
Air Force Base, Mo.
Ground beef should be
thawed in the refrigera
tor. Keeping the meat
cold while it's thawing is
essential to prevent
growth of bacteria, say
extension food specialists
at North Carolina State
University.
GLEND4?
Stew And Cue Sale Slated
The Warren Academy will hold a brunswick stew
and barbecue sale at Lake Gaston Estates, across
from the marina, on Sunday, Aug. 31, beginning at 1 p.
m. Plates will sell for $2.75; stew will sell for |2.50 a
quart.
Sale Scheduled At Drewry
A brunswick stew will be made at the Drewry Volun
teer Fire Department on Saturday, August 30. The
Ladies Auxiliary will have the stew ready by noon.
Stew will sell for $3 a quart.
Church Group Plans Sale
The Young Adult Sunday School Class of the Zion
Methodist Church in the Oine Community will sponsor
a barbeque sale to be held on Saturday, September 6,
at the Zion Church. The barbeque will be sold by the
pound at $3.50 per pound. It will be ready for pick up by
noon.
Completes Training Course
FORT GORDON, GA
-Pvt. Silvester R. Dur
ham, Jr., son of Mr.and
Mrs. Silvester Durham,
Rt. 1, Manson, recently
completed the multichan
nel communication
equipment operator
course under the One
Station Unit Training
(OSIJT) Program at the
U. S. Army Signal School,
Fort Gordon, Ga.
The OSIJT program
combines basic training
with advanced individual
training.
Students learned to in
stall, operate and repair
field radio relay, carrier
and associated equip
ment.
His wife, Debbie, is at
Fort Benjamin Harrison,
Ind.