With The Farm Women
By VIRGINIA NANCE
PAYS TO PLAN
Mrs. Vernon Williams, Kinston,
Rt. 4, knows the value of Home
Demonstration work. In planning
the remodeling of her kitchen,
Mrs. Williams made a scaled
drawing before work was begun.
According to Miss Marie Pen
uel, home economics agent in Le
noir County, Mrs. Williams plan
ned her 'kitchen for more con
venience and better storage bg
fore contacting the contractor.
TOMATO GRADING
Recently, tomatoes were grad
ed on Jimmy Williams farm in
Burke County.
According to S^iss Ostine War
lick, home economics agent, the
Williams family is experimenting
in growing tomatoes for various
commercial companies. They
will soon know if the weather
and other conditions are suitable
for growing tomatoes commerci
ally.
EDUCATIONAL TOUR
Johnston County Home Demon
stration ClUb women recently
made a summer trip to Niagara
Falls and Canada.
Miss Sarah Ann (Butts, home e
conomics agent, reports that the
tour was cultural and scenic
and gave the group an opportun
ty to visit historic areas, indus
trial plants, and to see agricul
ture of the northern state and
Canada. The women had oppor
tunity to see fruit farms in upper
New York State and some com
mercial flowers 'growing.
PINE CONE WREATH’S
North Carolina craft ideas are
spreading into Virginia. Mrs.
Ada Dalla Pozza, home econo
mics agent in Anson County, re
ports that requests have been re
ceived from Virginia for infor
mation on making pine cone
wreaths.
Direction and other guides
have been sent regarding the
craft which has proven popular
in Anson.
FAIR BOOTH PLANNED
Pasquotank County is making
final plans for their educational
booth on “Chasing and Emboss
ing Aluminum.” Workshops have
been held for the purpose of
training leaders to produce chas
ed and embossed articles to be
displayed in the booth.
According to Miss Edna Bish
op, home economics agent, the
leaders are developing their
skills and techniques in produc
ing quality crafts.
FURNITURE DESIGN
‘Good Design in Moderately
Priced Furniture” was the sub
ject discussed recently at Home
Demonstration Club meetings in
Buncombe County.
Miss Nancy Crowell, assistant
home economics agent, says that
a bedside table was usedvto ex
plain the joints which make a
table sturdy. Points were brought
out abdut support for the draw
ers, ease in opening a drawer,
sturdy handles on the drawers,
and comer blocks which are used
for a more steadfast piece offum •
iture.
The first fire prevention laws
were enacted in Boston in 1630.
Today, the nation’s four million
Junior Fire Marshals act as a
“fire prevention brigade”, con
ducting fire hazard inspections
in their own homes.
With fire losses highest during
winter months, millions of Junior
Fire Marshals across the coun
try will conduct special inspec
tions of their homes during Fire
Prevention Week Oct. 4—10 to
help prevent tragic fire losses.
> Our Junior Fire Marshals
work for a safe community!
Is yoi# youngster a Junior Fire Marshal? If so, he or
she is participating in a program that’s helping to make
our community a safer place to live , . . learning fire
safety principles that may save a life some day!
Be sure to help your youngsters put those principles
into practice by inspecting your home with them when
they bring home their Fire Prevention Report.
We are happy to cooperate with the Hartford Fire
. Insurance Company in sponsoring all Junior Fire Marshal
activities throughout the year. And we invite your sup*
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America Was
Good Navigator
Columbus must have been a
good navigator to discover Amer
ica and find his way home . . .
even if he was seasick much of
the time
With none of the modem lux
uries that almost make naviga
tional electronic breeze, he had
to rely on “dead reckoning.”
This means he figured out where
he was going on the basis of dir
ection, time and speed, according
to The World 'Book Encyclopedia.
Direction was easy to find
wiith the good compasses avail
able. Time was measured by an
hourglass, presided over by a
ship’s boy, who turned it over
the moment all ithe sand ran
out and kept a record with
marks on the slate.
Distance was figured by multi
plying speed by the time travel
ed. But there was no way to
measure speed, so Columbus es
itimated it. The records show
that the “Admiral of the Ocean
Sea” overestimated his speed . . .
but because he was consistently
wrong, the mistake didn’t pre
vent him from getting back to
Spain.
Even with a more reasonable
estimate, Columbus made good
time. Ship® like the Nina, the
Pinta and the Santa Maria—
called "caravels”—usually made
three ito five knots in a light
breeze. In a strong gale, they
made up to nine knots and
sometimes hit 12.
Columbus’ ships averaged a
bouit six knots a day for five
consecutive days on the trip to
America, and on one day, whiz
zed along at eight knots. The
Nina and the Pinta at times hit
11 knots on the return trip in
1493.
Maybe it was this fast clip
that made Columbus seasick. Or
maybe that story is just another
of the legends that have grown
up around the wool weaver’s
son from Genoa who turned Eu
rope into an "Old World”.
Ellis Named
To Church Post
PORT KENNING, Ga. — Spec
ialist Fourth Class Harold D. El
lis, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. C.
Ellis, Lackey street, Kings Moun
tain, was recently elected assist
ant choirister of the First Bap
tist churah in Columbus, Ga. Spe
cialist Fourth Class Ellis is sta
tioned with the 2d Infantry Di
vision (Band, Fort Benning, Ga.
Ellis graduated from Kings
Mountain High School hr 1956.
He is a Master Mason, Fairview
Lodge 339.
Sp4 Ellis entered the Army . in
July '1958 and completed his ba
sic training with the 12th Artil
lery, 2d Infantry Division.
After completion of his mili
tary service Sp4 Ellis plans to
enter a Baptist college and study
religious music.
Columbus might never have
discovered (the New World if his
name had been Tom, Dick or
Harry. The World Book Encyclo
pedia reports that he was named
after Saint Christopher, patron
saint of sailors and travelers. He
saw in his name a sign that he
was destined ,to carry Christian
ity to heathen lands.
• •
By BILL CROWELL
One reason traffic authorities
are so vitally concerned with
plain and fancy drinking is the
correlation between “a few
snorts” end highway mishaps.
Year after year, right here in
North Carolina, roughly a third
of our death-dealing traffic ac
cidents involve drinking drivers.
Maybe too many people have
been influenced by the publicity
of distillers and brewers. Publi
city Which artfully says a little
alcohol — like the amount in
two or three cans of beer—calms
ithe nerves and eases tensions.
And that's right, even doctors a
gree that alcohoi in moderation
possesses some beneficial as
pects.
)But unfortunately, too few dri
vers realize that even a “light”
drink, one highball, say, is e
nough to seriously impair judg
ment, vision, muscular efficiency
and reduce reaction speed and
accuracy.
Dr. Leon Greenberg, director of
Yale’s famous Center for Alcohol
Studies, has said, “A multitude
of tests that after two or three
cocktails or highballs we react a
trifle more slowly to the flash of
light or the ring of a bell . . .
However, since our center of
judgment its depressed, we think
we can do every thing 'better.
The chief danger in driving after
a few drinks probably lies in the
fact that our confidence zooms—
and we take chances.”
As little as ithree-and-a-half ■
ounces of liquor can cut react
ion time by some 34-per cent.
Thus at 40-miles an hour, this
slow down of normal reaction
time would add 15 feet to the
distance required for a safe stop.
That’s roughly one ear length.
Once a drink is taken in and
absorbed (there's frothing a driver
can do ito compensate for the
lowering of his driving skill nor
his reduced accuracy of judg
ment Only time will turn the
trick. Hot coffee, for example,
won’t sober a drunken person. It
only produces, what someone has
called, a "wide awake drunk.”
Contrary ito popular belief, al
cohol is not a stimulant. It is re
lated chemically to the anesthe
tics — chloroform, ether, ethel
ene. No one would seriously pro
pose 'that person partially anes
thetized could possibly be a safe
driver. Alcohol produeets in the
body silmilar effects as the anes
thetics. It is a narcotic drug wh
ose principle effects are on the
higher nerve centers in the brain.
The apparent stimulating ef
fect of alcohol is due Ito the re
moval of inhibiting nerve ac
tions. Alcohol in a sense takes
off the brakes and removes the
controls. The so-called sophisti
cation of the alcoholic is not
true brilliance. It is merely lack
of control and is usually appre
ciated only by companions in a
similar state.
The enhanced "skill” of the
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drinker is really nothing but
lack of appreciation of his short
comings. These are glossed over
self-confidence engendered thro
ugh paralysis of critical judg
ment. Even while he thinks he is
doing better than his best, he is
making more mistakes. Add to
(this a slowing of the 'reflexes
and impairment of coordination
and ithe dangers of driving and
drinking bewme utterly clear.
SUDDEN THtAWT . . . The Mo
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POEM . . . Sgt. A. H. Clark of
the State HighwayPatrol in Wil
mington likes this bit of vertse: _
If I were standing to be judg
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< Before the great white
(throne;
Where I could hear the right
eous sing,
And hear the sinners
moan,
I’d wanlt no greater advocate
To make my final plea,
Than jusit a boy or girl who’d
say
“He did a lot for me.”
Fire claimed a life in the U. S.
every 46 minutes during 1958.
Junior Fire (Marshals, through
their special training, have been
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