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Some Flies Deserve Praise, Not Swats - Few creatures in the world are: swatted, sprayed, and pursued as often as the ubiquitous fly. Yet from the first warm days of spring to the heavy frosts of autumn, some species of flies ceaselessly help their human tormentors by attacking other insects that are harmful to crops and forests, the National Geographic Society says. The robber fly preys on wood-boring beetles and destructive moths. A powerful predator, it grabs victims with six strong legs and jabs them with its proboscis. An observer once saw a robber fly puruse, capture, and eat eight moths i in . 20 minutes. Jabs Night time Enemies. ; : The thin, delicate looking dance fly also packs a powerful pick. The creature's iong, stilettolike proboscis skewers midges mosquitoes, gnats, and other troublesome creatures tha 1 plague the air on summer evenings. In their larval state flower filet prey on destructive rMa. As MonuttMj pruta GRADUATES Martha Jane Evans graduated from North Carolina State University, Raleigh, May 12. She is - the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lloyd Evans, Rt. 1, Hertford. Miss Evans is a graduate of Perquimans County High School. Her major at NCSU was math. She will return to NCSU for a summer session to obtain her master's degree. ... SOUTHGi AUTQfA 335-7841 ( SNACK TRAY V ri m, m fj - ur f i TraWer hatch, they search out their favorite snacks. The hunt sometimes continues until an entire colony of the plant lice is wiped out. Not all flies are helpful. From 60,000 to 80,000 species buzz around the world from the tropics "to cold regions. 14,291-DF, R-W. In size, they range from three-inch-long robber flies to tiny midges about one millimeter long. Flies belong to the order Diptera, insects with only one pair of wings. The order includes : housef lies hor seflies mosquitoes, midges, fruit flies, crane flies and' many others. Butterflies dragonflies, and mayflies are not true flies. Attracted by Litter " The housefly , Musca dometica thrives in te kind of litter that man produces, and has been an unwelcome domestic animal for ages. It is extremely prolific. A female lays from 500 to 2,000 eggs, which hatch and go through the larval and pupal states in 10 to 12 days if the weather is warm enough. Two scientists may have come up with the ultimate weapon to control the housefly. They have developed an artifical scent which supposedly makes the creatures too excited to mate. Experts adopted a dif ferent method to contain the crewworm fly, the scourge of farm animals. In the 1930s, an entomologist tudying the flys life cycle suggested that If the female could be mated with a sterile male, her eggs would be infertile. Contfnuous release of an oversupply of sterile flies woul progressively increase the odds against a fertile mating. In time, eradication would results. But not until 1951 was a way found-radiation-to sterilize the males. Tried in a test program on the island of Curacao in 1951, the technique wiped out the pest in four months. A large-scale operation rid Florida of screwworm flies in less than two years. Fast action halted a major reinfestation of the state late last year. Elizabeth City Next to Southgate Mall mnr, Accel. Racing TUNE-UP KITS G.M. Chrysler Ford Cmdr. William Edward Griffin, Jr. US (Ret.) and Mrs. Griffin of Hertford announce the engagement of their daughter, Betty Jeanne to Woodrow Spurrier McClure, Jr., of Charlotte. McClure is the son of Mr. and Mrs, McClure of the same city. Miss Griffin attended Mitchell Junior College and Campbell College and is now living in Raleigh. McClure is employed as plant operations supervisor with Dixie Electric Co. The wedding is scheduled for June 16 in Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Hertford. Legion Will Sponsor Flag Day Ceremony Lt. Cmdr. William M. Tschudy, a former Viet Nam Prisoner of War, will be the guest speaker on the June 14th Legion Flag Day Celebration. Commander Tschudy was shot down along with Captain Jermiah Denton in 1967. The William Paul Stallings Post 126 will hold a Flag Day program at the Perquimans County Courthouse at 5 p.m. Prior to the program, the Atlantic Fleet Navy Band will play a concert in front of the courthouse. William H. Hardcastle, Jr., retired Navy Captain, formerly of Hertford, will introduce Commander Tschudy. Rev. Charles H. Carpenter of Elizabeth City, Past National V.F.W. Chaplain, will also take part on the program. It isplanned that World War 1 veterans or HEADER MUFFLERS MR. GASKET RACING PRODUCTS Products 13.67 10.82 12.11 52.46 - DINNERS K I UNA y .""tiuiiiim w' i rcp0i' IfL 4iAAAAAA v 1 ZJJ m BREAST VYyi LFSf J J Ml I A4 Utf l 111 LI V fHy-! nn' ii ii ill i '. 1- - tm mm m w m w-v w cj VJ M l I I onuu is, w A feW-7 V.-. , X I I tammmmmmmmMmmmmammm OS(.AR MAYER Vttr LUAr or ILVL. M' gl WTim 4 1 1 1 c o i n m i i ,ntn "1" K? CQ( PKG. U livV m ' ' mmmmmmmmmm CI . Voio m saiuhmt ' onkim -mmW 1 . : , - mptcic OF THS NSST, 1 gQOOOOOOMOGStONiAL MQNtV UvlNU1 ggggggpQC ft members of their families will receive a medal issued by the State .of North Carolina, that has remained ) un-issued by the state for some 53 years, prior to the Flaa Dav Program. JUM80 PACK-MOffcD DEL MONTE CUT EEii mas DEL MONTE- CUAMED PH. CUT CORN SCOTT BATHROOM OUR PRIDE SANDWICH J uLAUubA ' U S Wnri' U1i Vi L(ii((iii-(-i mmmmmmmmimmmmlmmm mmmmmJJtmmf PRICES EFFECTIVE THRU SAT., JUNE 2. 1973 NO SALES TO DEALERS. hnii T V BANQUET FROZEN f VAN CAMP if MRS. FILBERTS CHASE & SANBORN Q I II II ID l MEAT LIGHTCHUNK nMrP.rr- H .v vi ii ii ii -im munis . ' - ! Kill (INN A kg? u j;riv I singletons . l.iwilfcl,W,:f anKmm Krnmmcrnxmtrmrmrrm nFL MONTE V l! fPMWrF rhiiiv AA-mii ir nn shrimp ,1 iwuuy mUll VVviUAIL. il I I .uJ COCKTAIL ! H UW . Tourists WASHINGTON - The general store could be facing its biggest crisis since the "Indians" threw all that British tea into Boston harbor and produced a brief shelf shortage. American tourists are turning the old general store into a pale imitation of its once ever-present robust, sell-anything self. The supermarket has taken over that description . thanks to mass mer chandising and market research. Some historians feel that the general store, or country store, is art' anachronism that has little to offer a modern world beyond a taste of the Good Nostalgia Reviews Throughout the country, there are serveral hundred emporiums calling them selves general stores, the National Geographic Society, says. Most were revived or reborn in hopes of luring citified folks woo remem bered or heard tell of the cracker barrel days, and yearned for them again. But sure as "old fashioned penny candy" now costs 2 cents, today's general store is as quick to sell new souvenir sunbonnets as to offer long gone gone American history. At some of today's 19th century stores : Foods like grandma spread on the harvest table now may be delicacies. Driedapples.wildblueberries in syrup, crocks of kitchen relish, even wheels of farm made cheese-all compete with imported pate de foie gras or something fancy nn UMtTCUVflV YOtjURT, nuirrl MARGARINE., MMIMkHMt.MIIM 1 I MUFFIN RDUNKLOSsy 1 1 I II w- - r r ' s Til mm 1,11 ' ' I'v I bill H ill mm U K Vt . k. . A Wl WAT " n ... T rmutnu'H . if. i njuooooouwxuu UU PBn7rM IT-": -" ' FISH 4 BANQUET FROZEN W CTirKS Ls?,rna . . mm 8AQ I ' IdlfF 3I. I l"w CANNED I I "l I I DRINKS I I The PerqulmaniWeekl), Hertford, N.C., Thursday, Miy ifffilthfiv 9 I Besiege General Store7 thing in the current fad over all things old. COMMUNITY CENTER Back in the 170O's general stores were born in a single room. Then they quickly grew into community cen ters where gossip was ex changed by womenfolk, TRULY A SCARCITY Of all heating fuels is predicted for the coming season and we are putting forth every possible effort to protect our customers, THAT YOU CAN DEPEND ON, however, we cannot consider delinquent accounts as customers who are entitled to any special consideration so we must inform those delinquents that those customers whose accounts are current will. receive first thought in the allotment of fuels and let us further inform you that no further deliveries will be made to those, owing accounts from last heating season unless they are given attention nof later than July 1st. OILS ARE SCARCECREDIT IS NOT EASY, AND WE MUST COLLECT. Think this over and maybe you will come up with the same ideas that we have outlined. PAY UP PROTECT YOURSELF AND FEEL A SENSE OF SECURITY THE ASSOCIATED OIL DEALERS OF KZKTFOZD, N.C COUIMCJA ' C "l 7"'"" -1 I " f '1 '";":.".:"" ' ' II - 5 POTATO I ' I I "1" I I where opinions were ex pressed at the potbellied stove where traveling salesmen traded news from "down the road apiece." Proprietors of general stores had everything to sell, from ribbon, to firkins of : pickles, to anvils, to ERAWD "T.: NESCAFE G?PEE.. DETERMENT LIMIT ONI COUKW Mil AMILY VOID Am JATUHOAY Jl ANY 4 (7T. U. ncam doing cure DEL MONTE VOIDAFrBll-7J une I vi. iunl all UQUID DETERGENT WISK VOTD AFTER --7 FRESH SPRING ONIONS 1A IACH if WQZZXXXXl mm WVI VWDAFTtM-7 5 ?Bj)iQaiiiiuaiiiiiiiiiiuaiiimwvnra j"jt 1 I RED BUTTON steroptican slides" of sepia views of county courthouses city parks, and seashore scenes destined to fill table baskets in front parlors. Some general stores are in fact survivors of the last century. 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