Sleigh bells ring
Sheldon's Mini-mart of Winfall has created a winter scene of a community covered in snow.
Holidays: Stocking stuffer ideas
What are American shoppers
looking for this holiday season?
"Decision-making will be based
on a new set of criteria emphasiz
ing old-fashioned quality and con
temporary convenience," says
Robert L. Cohen, vice president of
Yankelovich Clancy Shulman, who
monitors consumer trends.
"Familiarity and reliability plus
value-added extras such as guar
antees are at the top of the list, es
pecially at Christmas," he says.
Several stockings-full of ideas :
Under-$6 gifts for children :
Scribble Stix are oversized,
washable crayons.
. Bow Biters are shoe accessories
threaded on to laces to help keep
shoes tied all day.
" aps are glitter-covered
And old favorites: Duncan Yo
Yo, Slinky, Silly Putty.
Easy holiday
gifts to sew
'Twas the night before Christma
s...andhysteria reigned.
No gift for Aunt Mildred, Billy
boy or dear Jane.
* Jt's an awful poem, all right. . .and
an altogether too familiar scene, as
well. But Andrea Nynas of Viking
Swing Machine Company has a
sewing bag full of wonderful, quick,
inexpensive holiday ideas ready for
rescue.
' ''Gifts you make for others really
are special," she said. "Just work
ing on a gift means you're thinking
about the person and caring about
tfiem."
*!It helps to create something
beautiful and useful and well, she
yent on. The items she's designed
certainly fit the bill: For those who
get started early, she has personal
ized Christmas cards made of fab
ric scraps, charming tree
ornaments, a great Christmas
stocking made from ribbons, and
trapping paper made from brown
paper bags. A cheerful Christmas
tree skirt will highlight all the gifts
under your tree.
; Christmas preparation is less of a
bah-humbug situation when you
take a methodical approach to
things, according to Ms. Nvans.
"First and foremost, START
EARLY. It's not just a cliche. Make
a list of people and approximately
how much you want to spend for
e&ch. If you don't know what gift to
get them, make some notes about
their interest, lifestyle, way of
thinking, etc. This will help you fo
fug more directly on what he or she
would enjoy receiving.
- "Create a schedule for shopping
and making gifts. Make a list of
things to do and the time available
to do them in. Be sure to allow time
to buy supplies and a realistic
amount of time to make the gift.
Perhaps you'll need to set aside two
evenings and Saturday afternoons
each week to get things done. Write
down a schedule and stick to it."
Andrea Nynas 'Christmas Crafts
booklet contains instructions for
many other gift and decorative
items, too, including sweat shirts, a
dramatic cape made from sweat
shirt fabric, lingerie case and cos
metic bag made from shower
curtains, and a leather briefcase.
? For a copy of the free booklet,
jostwriteto:
Christmas Craft Ideas
^ Viking Sewing Machines
I 2300 Louisiana Avenue North
? Minneapolis, MN 55427
Lace Snowflake Ornaments
. Needed:
? 18" of 2"-wide white edging lace
;*?" piece of 3/8"-wide grosgrain
?ribbon in red or green
? 6" piece ribbon or perle cotton for
:ioop
C Stitch with long basting stitch
;akng straight edge of lace. Gather,
tie thread ends in knot to secure.
Right tides together, stitch short
-auk of lace together. Tie 8" piece
of ribbon in a bow. Bar-tack in cen
ter of lace snowflake. Make loop to
hang ornament, i|itfa 6" piece rib
boa or string. Hang on tree.
The ideas comes from Laurie
Kellachan, an editor with the trade
magazine Toys and Hobby World,
and Diane Cardinale, of the Toy
Manufacturers of America, a trade
group.
Egg erasers? Strawberry cake
tape measures? Pineapple sta
plers? Thumb tack vegetables?
Office equipment is disguised as
food in Li'l Fridge, a miniature re
frigerator filled with office tools
from Banning Enterprises.
It comes in three colors ? pista
chio, strawberry and french va
nilla.
The Coca-Cola Christmas bottle,
a 6l2-ounce glass bottle patented in
1923 and available until 1937, is be
ing offered for sale once again, in a
limited number beginning mid-No
vember.
The "hot" home appliance for
Christmas? The automatic electric
bread-maker, according to Beth R.
Ellis, senior housewares editor of
HFD, a home furnishings trade
newspaper.
A compact road atlas of the
United States, Canada and Mexico,
is designed to fit into the car glove
compartment, or Christmas stock
ing. The Rand McNally atlas is
roughly 4-by-9 inches.
A "Cuddle Up" heated throw
from Sunbeam is promoted as a
warm, cozy answer to Christmas
shopping.
Thinking jewelry?
Cultured pearls are available as
opera-length necklaces, chokers,
bracelets or earrings, brooches and
pins. For men, pearl studs and
matching cuff links.
Diamond jewelry apparently re
Holiday gift
An inscription of "The American Immigrant Wall of Honor" is a
most meaningful holiday gift. For a donation of $100 or more, you
can have the name of a parent, grandparent, or any ancestor
permanently inscribed on this majestic display at The Ellis Island
Immigration Museum. This holiday gift will only be available this
holiday season by writing to: The Statue of Liberty ? Ellis Island
Foundation Inc., 52 Vanderbilt Ave., New York, N.Y. 10017-3808
or by calling (21 2) 883-1 986.
Students organize club for car thieves only
BELLE GLADE, Ha. - Four high
school students linked by police to
at least three car thefts formed a
club called CTO, or Car Thieves
Only, authorities said.
Officers expect the arrests of the
four youths to lead to other arrests
and to enable them to clear more
cases, said Sgt. Darren Kirch.
Officers recovered the stolen
cars, stripped of all usable parts,
Kirch said. He said the group had
sold the parts at flea markets
around Florida.
"One of them told me they're in
competition with a Miami group
known as 'The Nissan Boys,' " said
Patrolman Ed Anthony. That group
specializes in Nissan thefts.
The four students, arrested last
week, face charges including auto
theft, aggravated battery, armed
robbery and tampering with evi
dence. One 18-year-old was re
leased on $5,000 bond. The three
juveniles, all 17, were taken to the
county juvenile detention center.
Dr. A.F.Downum
OPTOMETRIST
DETECTING GLAUCOMA
Like blood pressure in the body, a certain fluid pressure within
the eye must be accurately maintained for good eye health.
When there is an increase of fluid pressure inside the eye (called
intraocular tension) to a point that causes progresive hurtr. to
vision, this is a conditon known as gloucoma.
It is quite serious and can lead to blindness If UNDETECTED and
untreated. If detected and treated early, glaucoma can usually be
successfully controlled.
Unfortunately, and unlike many other vision problems, the
symptons of glaucoma are not easily recognixd by the individual.
In many instances, by the time one notices a problem, the glau
coma may have already caused serious and Irreparable damage.
For this reason, periodic optometric examination are considered
essential to eye health car*. These exominatlens-which Include
an internal eye examination, a tonometry test and/or a visual
field examination-are a good way to protect against vision dam
age from glaucoma.
Dr. A.F. DOWNIIM
103 W. Ed?n St.
Edenton, N.C.
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mains popular. Last year, Ameri
cans bought an estimated 19.8
million pieces of diamond jewelry
with a value of more than $11 bil
lion. Forty percent of those sales
were during the yearend holiday
season, according to the American
Diamond Industry Association.
A Swiss watch called Maple, by
Jean d'Eve, operates without a bat
tery, its energy generated by wrist
motion.
As a possible Christmas gift for
fans of the late Andy Warhol, the
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
is offering a full-color limited edi
tion 1989 calendar featuring work
from one of his last projects, his
Mercedes-Benz collection.
The calendar, more than 2 feet
high, has monthly panels which can
be removed and framed. The $35
purchase price will be donated to
multiple sclerosis research. To or
der by phone, call toll free: 1-9
WARHOL.
Women have
better diets
WASHINGTON- American
women are eating healthier diets
including more fiber and less fat,
but most women still fall short of
federal dietary standards, accord
ing to a trio of new studies commis
sioned by the U.S. Department of
Agriculture.
Overall, University of North Car
olina Professor Barry Popkin said,
his research shows women are eat
ing less food and selecting from a
greater variety of food groups than
they did in 1079.
While the three surveys focused
on women, the researchers said
much of the information can be
generalized to include men and
children because women often
make dietary decisions for the en
tire family.
"American women have made
major changes in their diets," he
said last week at the USDA's An
nual Agriculture Outlook Confer
ence.
"Women have considerably in
creased the diversity of their diets
and are much more likely to con
sume a number of lower-fat foods"
such as skim milk and lean,
trimmed meats. However, Popkin
noted that women are eating more
of what he called high-fat "Yuppie"
foods including cheese, pizza, pasta
in cheese sauce, deserts and salty
snack foods.
Perquimans Middle
School highlights
The Perquimans Middle School
Bands have been very busy this
month. Two major performances
and the band's annual fruit sale has
capped off a Fall of very hard
work.
Hie 7th and 8th grand band and
cheerleaders worked very hard the
month of November getting ready
for the Hertford Christmas Parade.
The hard work p?id off, for they
won First Place Band for the 60
members and over class. All total,
the middle school marched 90
members in the parade. The group
won a trophy ana was pictured on
the front page of "Sunday Ad
vance" newspaper.
On December 20th the bands will
be performing their annual Christ
mas Concert along with the middle
school choirs. Christmas music as
well as music they have worked on
this fall will be performed.
The annual fruit sale is finishing
up now with over 2000 boxes of
oranges and grapefruit being sold
to our county. The money will help
all of the bands in our county.
This past September, 80 new stu
dents joined our band program in
Perquimans County. These stu
dents are all in the 6th grade at the
middle school. This number is
about 50 percent of the total sixth
grade enrollment, and the band en
rollment is about 30 percent over
the national average. These num
bers show a strong basis for the
continuing success of our Band
Program.
The annual Perquimans County
Middle School Christmas Program
will be held Tuesday, December '4
20th at 7:30p.m. in the school gym
natorium. "Hie first half of the pro
gram is entitled "The Gifts of
Christmas" and will be presented
by the fifth and sixth grade music
classes and the seventh and eighth
grade chorus, all directed by Mr.
Lynwood Winslow. This portion will
include a look at Christmas gift-giv
ing and its meaning, illustrated by
favorite songs of the season. A
short play, "The Runaway Pre
sents" will be perfomred by Mrs. 1
Sue Leete's fifth and sixth grade
Language Arts Class. After a brief
intermission Mr. David Zietnba
will take the podium to lead the sev
enth and eighth grade bands in a
concert of Christmas music includ
ing many old favorites. The bands
are sure to do a smashing job after
their successful performance in the
Hertford Christmas Parade.
All students and faculty involved
have worked very hard to prepare ?"
an evening of fun and entertain
ment. We invite the public to come
and join this celebration of the Ch
ristmas season.
Perquimans Middle School Ti
gers dropped their first basketball
game of the season to the Camden
Cubs by a score of 22-17. The Tigers
got off to a slow start and could not
put things together. Leading
scorers for the Tigers were Clint
Winslow, 9 pts.; Kwame Everett, 4 ?
pts.; Jeremy Riddick, 2 pts.; and
J ermaine McClenney with 2 pts .
The Lady Tigers have been unr
successful in both games this sea
son.
Perquimans school menus
The following is the Perquimans
County School menu for the week of
December 19-21, 1988.
Monday? breakfast? pancakes,
bacon, or cereal, fruit or juice,
milk.
Lunch? hamburger, bun or
chicken nuggets-managers choice
bread, french fries, oriental vege
tables, succotash, fruit, milk.
Tuesday? breakfast? scrambled
egg, bacon, toast, or cereal, fruit or
juice, milk.
Lunch? pizza or fish sandwich,
potato wedges, corn on the cob;
mixed vegetables, fruit cup, milk. .
Wednesday? breakfast? cinna-i
mon raisin biscuit or cereal, fruit or
juice, milk.
Lunch? turkey, dressing, gravy,
managers choice bread, or man
agers choice meat, sweet potatoes,
green beans, managers choice veg
etables, fruit, milk, autumn spice
bar.
CHRISTMAS TREES
Old Fashioned
Fragrant
RED CEDAR
At
OLD FASHION PRICES
ALL SIZES
HERTFORD HARDWARE
Corner of Grubbs and Church Streets
? ROLL TOP DESKS
? STUDENT DESKS
? GUN CABINETS *
? CURIOS
AND MORE!
Pick an ornament from our tree.
Check the list to see if we agree.
If it does a prize you've won.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
TO EVERYONE!