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Attend Meeting r PORTLAND, OREGON . Fifty-seven members of the North Carolina Association of Extension Hnmo ,X Economists attended the National Association of Ex tension Home . Economists meeting at Portland. The following Perquimans Coun ty Home Economists in at tendance were, Mrs. M.B. Taylor, Mrs. Paige L. Underwood and Mrs. Ila Gray White. The agents were glad to have Mr. Billy White, husband of Mrs. Da White, and children, Andy and Alice to attend. Among major speakers at the meeting were Dr. Thomas R. Bennett II, presi dent of Media Productions; Dr. Norge W. Jerome, University , of Kansas Medical Center; Dr. Barry Flinchbaugh, .extension economist, public affairs, Kansas . State University; and ; Edwin L. Kirby, ad ministrator. Extension Sr. L f vice, Washington, D.C. Dr. . Bennett explained that the United States is the first fully urbanized nation in the world and now is a post technological society (with services and services to services. He also pointed out that people are life-long learners and students. Dr. Jerome said social forces are' affecting diets and diets are individualized. Dr. Flinchbaugh believes Americans are, going . to have to opt for competition or a government controlled economy. He said people and leaders must exhibit morality, instino nnrJ a boon -sense of economics. r Kirby, in presenting pro fessional challenges, asked 4 how many women had op f portunities in Extension for , administrative positions, how many were qualified, J and how many accepted ad ; ministrative positions when they are offered. "Insight, Action, Im J pact," was the theme for the nearly 1500 perspns in atten dance. The perquimans County agents toured many Educational sights while in the area. The Bonnville Dam, the Crown Point, Mt (Hood, the Carnation Co., ;Krasr Garden, and "the J Space Needle in Seattle, Wash, were on the tour. ft .A . . . : Ifthl Book Week "Bookmagic" the magical wonders found in books, is the theme for Children's Book Week next week.. The - 57th annual Children's Book Week, Nov. 8-14, will be observed throughout North Carolina and the nation, to highlight the numbers of good books available for children.4 During this , week, in libraries, classrooms, bookstores, and wherever books are evident, bright- eyed youngsters will enjoy, stories And films, displays, posters, mobiles, flyers, bookmarks all inviting ; children to experience the magic of books. Parties,, special -exhibits . and visitation will mark ' the week's activities. A sampling of programs planned at several North Carolina public libraries reveals a varietv of en- $ ticements for young . and older alike. . Cumberland county Library's children's librarian Gail Terwilliger and their several branches, have come up with unique plans for the "Bookmagic" theme. At . Gillespie Street Branch, a book fair will t highlight books of all kinds, with a special emphasis on I magic. On Wed., Nov. 10, a I ma "' clan will arrive to J del it the youngsters with his "impossible" feats. Eos from the "write-a-J book workshop' will be the. J main attraction of j Children's Book Week at Cumberland's Bordeaux iirc.h.v Your? pec'e h f grad-3 six t: -or-h eht I have L?"n UTllirj bocks -hrou " t t" a fali; to be prouily " ' yd f-Jira TMLiren'sL- iW-i. -"'her of j -- . V v.:: t.'.a ti.a : r ft C v . ... - - T"- - V ' . . :'i a. k ii.'.;- A -I -)t i By NELLIE M. SANDERS , -. Director, Pettigrew Regional Library . HOOTS ' .. ' CONTINUED STORY - Last week I used the words "un sung heroes" to refer to bookmobile drivers but that is no longer strictly true. Our own Pearl Furlough, bookmobilist extraordinary for the Pettigrew Regional Library, was the . subject of a full-page illustrated story by Dot Jackson in the Charlotte Observer. In my usual quiet way I'm always bragging about my staff I happened to mention to Arial Stephens, director of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public Library, that we had the best bookmobile librarian in the state. So, when Dot Jackson, a feature writer for their local paper, asked him for suggestions on a story about bookmobiles he recom mended that she make a trip to the Albemarle Sound to meet Pearl. The result was an exciting day a couple of mon-v ths ago for Pearl, who acquired two new friends (Dot Jackson and the photographer John Daughtry) and finally, a very flattering portray al of our mobile service. Entitled "A Front Porch on Wheels," the story em phasizes the friendliness which is so much a part of good library service. The sub-head for the article describes it this way: "The mobile library serving the farm towns on Albemarle Sound brings books, neighbors' news and a chance to get together with folks." " - I envy Dot, Jackson her way with words she makes it sound positively poetic. Her story begins with "Through the cornfields of eastern North Carolina, across wide rivers and dark, slow-moving streams, between the country stores and fisheries and farmyards, a blue and sometimes balky shut . tie carries a social thread that binds three counties." (Note: this was 'written, before the merger of Perquimans County ' with Chowan, Tyrrell and Washington to make this a four county system.) : . , One of the nicest things Dot said had to do with Pearl's at titude. "She learned librarying on the job and the course did not include frowning and shushing. Pearl is a smiler." : The timing for the appearance of the article was for tuitious. It appeared on the very day that Pearl was in Bur lington attending the very first Bookmobile Conference in the state. SCREECHES 1 ; GHOST STORY The screeches heard in the libraries of the Pettigrew Region last week came from some very able : puppeteers and a large number of entranced children. Mary Eileen Bieler, our coordinator of children's services, plan ned a hectic schedule for herself and her co-workers but thanks to everyone's cooperation, the special Halloween Puppet Show had a very successful run. Althougher, 371 children heard the ghost story as per formed by Evelyn Neptune and Vicki Chappell with Mary Eilleen as understudy. There were eleven performances in all with an average audience of around 35 kids. Making the puppets and practicing the script are well worth the effort, according to Evelyn Neptune, when the children express thejr pleasure so vocally. , ' ; K v- An added attraction in Edenton was the "Haunted House" prepared by Vicki Chappell in the partly-finished second story of the Shepard-Pruden Memorial Library. Wildlife Afield By JIM DEAN , N.C. WUdlife Resources "7. Commission - ELECTRIC FENCES . . , SPARK UP A HUNT Nothing will shatter your concentration quicker than an electric fence. This was rather abruptly brought to my attention again this past week when I leaned over to , open a gate and happened to '. brush my ear on an innocent looking piece of wire. Of course, I should have noticed the small, .white ceramic insulator on the . post and that's exactly what I told myself when my eyeballs stopped spinning. participants in the story telling workshop. "The Livery Art of Pic-, ture Books" will be the theme for an adult program at - Cumberland's - main branch. A film and two college processors will explore books for children, and the speakers will discuss ' "how ; artists' I have always had problems , with fences. It probably goes back to my childhood when I first tried to gnaw my way out of ft playpen. During my early quail hunting years, I had a running feud with barbed wire fences. My father and grandfather were careful to instruct me on the proper way to get through these things. ' .- ' r.'.: "You put your unloaded shotgun down on the ground under the fence, then walk at least 10 feet along the fence in the opposite direction from the way the barrel is pointing,' Grandpa used to say, "then you climb over, through or under the fence; whichever seems to be the best. Then you go get your gun." I never shot myself or anybody else going through a barbed wire fence and for that, I'm indebted to those careful instructions but I cannot claim that I never bled. At some point in my life, I have had virtually personalities are reflected every part of my body hung i HI . LI - " . . . . ui uieir uiuBirauuiiB lur on Darned wire. children;" and "what , makes a good picture book for children." ' Ashe County Public Library plans a "Spreading the Word" contest for children during Children's Book Week. Mrs. .Clarice Weaver, children's librarian, has prepared a box to receive .children's registrations as they visit the library. On Nov. 12 a drawing will be held, with two winners, each receiving a handsome dictionary thereby "spreading the word." ' - Asheville-Buncombe library system will offer, a full array of activities for Children's Book Week observance, - Debbie , Robinson has planned a film festival as the highlight. South Branch is offering a storytelling evening for the whole family, featuring folk musicians, playing Appalachian songs along with their stories. At storyteller will weave tales ' of magic' from traditional Appalachian stories and fclry t-!es from all over the . world. i ' - Ar.J so on in libraries thro:', ".out the state we'll have c:.12 Ven err'.orirj the r ':iii'3v lis I will say this about barbed wire: it's honest. It stares you straight in the face. Electric fences, on the other hand, are sneaky, especially, those which are strung through the woods raher than at the edge of a pasture. Bits Of Interest For Our Readers The Perquimans Weekly, Hertford, N.C, Thursday, November 4, 1976-Page J f&wi t i iiji. i i COMPILED By : ' FREDA NELSON A. favorite trip for weekend travelers is the ' Historic Chesapeake . Bay Circle Tour. Worked out by the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, the drive-it-yourself tour can begin anywhere in the Bay area, atthe nation's capital in Washington, the Naval Academy in Annapolis, the statehouse in Dover, Del, or the Debtor's Prison on Virginia's Eastern Shore. Almost every mile on the Tour has some historical at traction, monument or road . marker. You can ' gt clockwise or counter clockwise. Using the Bridge-Tunnel to cross over and under the wide mouth of the Bay, you can cover 500 miles of interstate, state and country highways without retracing your route. ' The Circle Tour is not all history though. The Chesapeake Bay area offers all kinds of recreational ac tivities from modern theme parks, to challenging golf courses, fresh and salt water fishing, to hiking trails. For a colorful map folder, Historic Chesapeake Bay Circle Tour, write: Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, Dept. GQ, Cape Charles, Va. 23310. Available Free. ; The U.S. Consumer Pro duct. Safety Commission, in cooperation with the im porters involved, announced recently the recall of two brands of imported baby pacifiers that may pose a substantial product hazard. The pacifiers, imported from Spain and known as Chupetes in Spanish, were marketed under the names DOLAX and OLLA and sold for about 45 cents. Consumers who suspect that' they may, have pur chased one ofthese pacifiers should ) remove it im mediately from the child's -possesion and return--to the place of purchase for a Is LIBERTY BELL Declare financial independence. Take stock in America. Buy US. Savings Bonds. 1 i r'3 f IcftsL'.i. . :e which t IS a i to ' ff 'Ml IM i i TTWUh. A cushioned no-wax floor at a budget price! If you think you can't afford a no-wax floor, think again! Sundial is a high-styled deocotor-type . floor with a Mirabond surface that gleams brightly with a just-waxed look each time you mop it clean. A foam inner cushion gives you more comfort underfoot. , r j Sundial is Armstrong's lowest priced no-wax floor. Beautiful decorator patterns, exciting colors. See it -now.' . ' , 'V,,t.'.i ,. '--.,. ,,,-,;, refund. For further informa tion, consumers may call the Consumer Product Safe ' ty Commission's toll-free hotline at 800-638-2666. . f The art of writing and publishing local history will be the subject of a day-long meeting of the Federation of North Carolina Historical Societies this week. Members will gather for the first annual meeting of the newly-organized group on Friday, Nov. 5, for workshop sessions at the N.C. Medical Society Auditorium at 222 N. Person St., Raleigh. Sessions will begin at 10:30 a.m. r'K -f-f-r Artifacts from the oldest continuous black fire department in the state are now on exhibit in the N.C. Museum of History. Parts of the equipment from the Warrenton Volunteer Fire Department, which was chartered in 1874 (organized in 1868), will be put on display in the Museum's first floor galleries as of Nov. 1. Parts of the refurbished horse-drawn wagon, as well as several ladders and pike poles in the exhibit were build in the 1890s by James Ranson and Sons, a Warren ton carriage maker and member of the fire com pany. The exhibit also in cludes photos of old fire fighting equipment and diagrams of how early American equipment was used. A large photo of the first chief,. John Plummer, along with a fireman's hat add interest to the exhibit. RECALL OF BICYCLE CHILD CARRIERS: Hamill Manufacturing Co. , Washington, Mich., and the Huffman Manufacturing Co., Dayton, Ohio, in cooperation with the- U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, warns con sumers that 25,000 bicycle child carriers may separate from the bicycle if not ;.carefuJJy installed.,The car riers were solid nationally under the trade name "Tote Along" during the summer of 1976. Persons who have these carriers should carefully in spect both the latching mechanism which locks the detachable child seat to the carrier and the metal clamp which attaches the front of the carrier to. the bicycle frame. Before placing a child in the carrier, check to see that the seat and clamp are secure. In the interest of child safety, the companies are recalling the "Tote Along" carrier and are offering a refund to consumers who send them1 the seat clamp. For instructions oh how to receive a refund, consumers should write The Hamill Manufacturing Co., Con sumer Relations Dept., P.O. Box 255, Washington, Michigan 48094, or call Hamill collect at the follow ing number: 216-379-7792. "America: A Musical Portrait," a world premiere program featuring the music of this nation's greatest composers, will be presented at 8:15 p.m. on Nov. 20 in Raleigh Memorial Auditorium by the North Carolina Symphony. Maestro John Gosling will be on the podium for this special event which unites 77 musicians, 100 choristers, a barbershop quartet, 10 projectors, and more than 6000 slides as well as selected movie footage. All proceeds from the con cert go to the Sustaining Fund to support the state wide artistic and educa tional programs of the North Carolina Symphony. World premiere patron tickets are $15 ($10 tax deductible) and include an invitation to a post-concert reception. Reserved seats are $10 ($5 tax deductible) and general admission tickets are $5. Write P.O. Box 28026, Raleigh 27611 (919) 829-2750 for reservations. rLCifete Ear-j! Conserve energy and save money on heating and air conditioning bills .. . Step up to thermal excellence . . . demand the most qualified thermal inspections DAVENPORT INSULATION, INCORPORATED . . . the professionals O -Help conserve our national resources by insulating with the high performance . 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