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The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-11-14

fury Danish scientist, Neils
8ohr tried to explain the struc-
ture and composition of the atom
His ideas were so logical and
clearly presented that they have
gained wide acceptance among
men of science.
Bohr's idea is that all atoms
whether they be of the lightest
element, hydrogen, or the heav-
lest natural element, Uranium, are
composed of the same material
and are essentially the same man
ner. All atoms are made up of
equal numbers of protons and
electrons. The proton which has
positive charge of electricity is
1345 times heavier than the cleo
iron which has negative charge
of electricity. If these particles
have united, the positive and neg
alive charges neutralize each 9TH
er to form a neutron which is
about as heavy as proton.
The proton or positive charge
forms the nucleus as in the case
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The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-11-14
LOCAL CHURCH SERVICES
PETAL-HARVEY BAPTIST
CHURCH..

Services will begin with Sum-
day School at 9.45 am, Pat
Rogers, Supt.
Rev. Sam W. Waggener, Pas
tor, breaches at IL am. and 7 80
pm.
Training Union meets at 6:45
pm, G. Z. Richardson, Director.
Mid Week Prayer meeting ia
held at 7:3O pm. Wednesdays at
Richton Road and Harvey Mis-
sion prayer meeting is held Z: 80
pm. Thursdays.
Song services are under the
Iii action of Mr.. Charles Caulkin;
Mrs. w. H. Chairman, Organist,
and Mrs. Maize Nell Smith,
pianist.
The public is cordially invited
to attend; the nursery is open
d. ali services.
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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH,
CENTRAL AVENUE, ETAL

Services begin with Sunday
School at 9:45 am. I'enry
Hardy, Supt.
Rev. w. A. Richardson, Pastor,
breaches at Il am. and 1880
pm.
Baptist Training Union m IS
at 6 80 pm. Sundays.
Mid-Week Prayer meeting Is
held at 1900 pm. Wednesdays.
Song services are under the
direction of Mr.. Ford Parker;
Mrs. j. M. Van Devender, pianist.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
Nursery is open at all services.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-11-14
THE WORLD OF NATURE
John M. Frazier. Conservationist
Mississippi Southern College

circumstances. These properties
have to be determined by expert
ment. The malleability of gold is
not obvious. If we beat gold it
becomes a thin leaf. Thus we de-
termine its property by expert
ence with it.
But there are properties which
are not SO easily demonstrated.
The composition and structure of
matter are more difficult to pre-
sent to the senses. This has to be
Con eindirectly by experiment
and the Interpretation of the re-
suits thereof. Instruments and
physical and chemical processes
contribute much to our knowledge
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-11-14
GREEN'S CREEK BAPTIST
CHURCH.
OLD RICHTON ROAD, PETAL

Services begin at 9:45 am.
with Sunday School, R o b e TT
Powell, Supt.
@. c. Barrett, Pastor, breaches
at HOO am. and 700 pm.
Prayer Meeting is 700 pm.
on Wednesdays following
prayer meeting al organizations
meet TWAS, GAS, RA's,
WMU, Brotherhood, and Sum
beams.
Song services are under the
direction of w. c. Rainey, Jr.;
pianist is Miss Polly Morgan.
The public is extended a cor
dial invitation 20 attend services.
Nursery is open at all services.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-11-14
The Properties of Matter

Matter is the name we apply
to everything that occupies space
and has weight. This includes all
of the material universe, as the
earth, moon, planets, sun, and the
other stars, nebulas and galaxies.
Matter has certain properties
which are easily comprehended
because they can be presented to
the five senses. The properties
that register on our senses are
simple. If we see it, we can de-
tect color; if we touch it, we can
determine temperature. etc.
There are many properties
which are not obvious under all
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-11-14
TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH,
JACKSON STREET, PETAL

Services begin with Sunday
Schoo, at 9:45 am, Bill Bar
low, Supt. Preaching at IL am.
and 7:15 pm. by Rev. Justin
Garrett, pastor. Baptist Train
ing Union meets at SIS pm.
Mid-week Prayer meeting is
neld at 7:30 pm. on Wednesday.
GAS meet after school on Mon
days, and RA's meet befors pray
er meeting on Wednesdays. Song
services are under the direction
of o. U. Barlow, Mrs. Jack Fixes,
pianist.
Church nursery open q. al
services.
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and understanding of matter.
Composition

We have already determined
that the earth is made up of 90
natural elements. Many of them
can be distinguished, or at least
recognized as being different
from each other by our sense OF
sulphur and lead by sight. We
distinguish between chlorine and
other gaseous elements by its
odor. Simple tests show charac-
terlsticS of several elements as in
the case of the yellow flame pro-
duced by sodium. There are 81
elements than can be distinguish
ed in the incandescent state by
bright line spectra. Tests are sim
pie that show many fundamental
differences between the 90 nat
ural elements, but others are more
difficultto distinguish
When we come to the compost
ton of the elements, we find them
to be made up of the same type
of units. These units are cleo
trical in nature It is certain that
if two elements are made up of
the same fundamental units and
yet there are readily distinguish
able differences, there must be
some differences not present to
our senses.
Since the days of the ancient
Greek philosophers, men have ac-
copied the idea that all matter
was made up of atoms. Some phil
osophers reasoned that matter
could be broken into smaller and
smaller pieces until they even
tually reached a size beyond
which they could not be broken.
This smallest bit of matter they
called atom.
A chemical element is made up
of atoms of only one kind. Gold
has atoms of one structure while
silver is of another structure. And
so each of the 90 elements are
different from each other by vir-
tue of the different structure and
composition Of their atoms.
Compounds are made up of the
chemical union Of two 70 more
atoms, alter is one of the most
common of compounds. 1t IS made
up of two atoms of hydrogen unit
ed with one atom of oxygen.
Bohr's Theory
More and more information
about the behavior of matter ac
cumulated until early in this CEN
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-11-14
PETAL PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
MAIN STREET. PETAL

Services begin at 10 100 am.
with Sunday School, H. L. Nors-
worthy, Supt.
Evangelist Howard S. Williams
breaches at 100 am.
Bible Glass meets Sunday from
500 to 700 pm. Choir practice
is held Wednesday nights at 7 80.
Song services are under the
direction of Mrs. D. l.. Priest;
pianist is Miss 'Bernice Nors-
worthy.
A cordial Invitation is extend
ed the public to attend services
each Sunday.
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PETAL METHODIST CHURCH,
MAIN STREET, PETAL

Services begin With Sunday
Sc hool at 9:45 am, w. c.
Mathis, Superintendent.
Rev. J. P. Payne, Pas tor.
breaches at 1900 am. and 700
pm.
WSCS meets at 200 pm. on
Mondays.
Mid-Week Prayer Meeting is
held at 700 pm. on Wednes-
days. Choir practice follows pray
sr meeting.
Song services are under the
direction of Mrs. B. L. Coulter;
Mrs. D. II. Halliwell, Sr., Organ
lsC. M
The public is cordially invited
TO attend. The nursery is open
ct all services.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-08-30
I ST. GEO.'S CHURCH
SUNDAY TO OBSERVE
83rd ANNIVERSARY
Homecoming And Picnic Dinner
Are Planned at Lake Landing
Church Sunday

Homecoming Sunday at St.
Georges Episcopal Church at
Lake Landing this Sunday, Sep
TENDER 1, will commemorate the
elghty-third anniversary of the
church, it has been announced by
the Rev. George H. Harris, rector.
Following the regular II am.
service, a picnic dinner will be
spread on the grounds; the public
is cordially invited to attend. At
the dinner, the Rev. A. C. D. Noe,
former rector, is expected to pre-
sent history of the church which
he has been compiling from old
records, mostly two old church
registers.
Few records of st. Georges
church have been kept other than
the two registers, but some infor-
nation about the church is in
them. It is known that the first
service of what is now st.
Georges Episcopal Church was
held in the old Amity Academy.
This first service was held on the
third Sunday in March 1866. These
services continued once a month
until the Pamlico Convention met.
When this convention met, a par
ish was organized. The parish was
received into the union with the
Convention in May 1869. st.
Georges Episcopal Church was
built in 1874 and is located about
three miles west of Engelhard on
Highway 264 and about two miles
east of Lake Landing.
,, There have been many rectors
for st. Georges Episcopal Church.
The first rector was Rev. Samuel
S. Barber. Other rectors were:
Rev. Henry W.Ticknro; Rev. j. w.
Hayes, who served from April 20
1924, until December 81, 1926;
Rev. A. C. D. Noe; Rev. Sidney
Matthews; Rev. Worth Wicker;
Rev. Arthur H. Marshall; Rev.
Fred A. Turner, who served from
November %, 1887, until February
80, 1910; Rev. Burgess Wood
Gather, who served from June 5,
1910, until June z, 1852; Rev. c.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-08-30
KITTY HAWK PERSONALS

Mrs. Rosa Baum is in Albemarle
Hospital, Elizabeth City and ex.
pected home this week. Mrs. Mary
Dowdy, Mrs. Irene Midget and
her grandson Eddie visited her.
Marjorie Parker is still in
Elizabeth City hospital being
treated for a broken leg.
A bazaar and bake sale will be-
gin--at Perry's Drive Inn Saturday
at 10 am. for the M. E. Church
building fund. Sale will end when
pies and cakes are all sold.
Tommy. Sanderlin of the Air
Force is visiting his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Oscar Sanderlin. Oscar
Sanderlin is home on leave from
his pilot boat job.
CASTOR has returned to Cali
fornia after a months visit with
his sister, Mrs. Eli Bowen, Miss
Maude Baum and others.
Mrs. Jennie Beasley and Mrs.
viii Tillett and Mrs. Laura Dick
have returned from trip to Roa-
noke, Va. to visit Will Tillett, who
is sick in the hospital.
Gilbert Henley of the Coast
Guard in Baltimore spent the
week end with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Leslie Henley.
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Edward Sharp, who served from
July 10, 1862, until July 20, 1854;
and Rev. Eric D. Collie, who serv-
ed from August 1, 1854. until Au-
gust 2, 1856.
In st. Georges Episcopal
Church cemetery is found one
grave with the person buried
standing up. The man had asthma
in his later years, and the only
way he could get rest was by
standing up, so his request was
that he be buried standing up. In
another place in the cemetery are
five graves which are unusual;
these adjoining lots were the lots
of DIR. Gibbs and B. Weston. DR..
Gibbs second wife became B. Wes-
toms second wife; DR.. Gibbs is
buried between his two wives, and
B. Weston is buried between his
two wives, and the second wife of
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-08-30
TN MANIA ON
THE OUTER BANKS
By BASIL HOOPER
Avon, N. C.

This tv mania
Is sweeping the land,
It's such a big thing
It's got out Of hand.
I'll have to admit
Sometimes it's alright,
But brother just watch it
Night after night.
People who watch it
Completely ignore,
The people next to them
They think he's a bore.
The weather man says
Tonight a Southwestern,
TVS a goner
Like boil, it will tester.
T
Something else is happening
The SHOWS a foot deep,
If it doesn't clear up
Pm going asleep.
The man of the house
He likes a good fight,
The woman soap operas,
They're crossed up all night.
He goes to the TV
He then turns dial,
His wife follows him up
There's never a smile.
The kids who are sitting
Have taken this in,
They jump up and switch to
Their faorite, Rim TIN.
But to finish this story
I'll have to admit,
To look at that snow
I'd rather just knit.
Don't tell me your story
/ have a set too,
Pm thoroughly Disguised
/ wish it were you.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-08-30
NEW KNOWLEDGE ARMS
WEATHERMEN FOR WAR
AGAINST HURRICANES

Observation-Disclosures experts
greet the 1857 crop of hurricanes,
not with cheers, exactly, but with
increasing knowledge.
Researchers have learned to
whip up pint-size hurricanes in
laboratory dishpans. Heated at the
pans center, water rises and
whirls like air in tropical storm,
allowing scientists to study cy-
clonic behavior on a miniature
scale.
The United States Weather Bu-
reau is even venturing to predict
storm activity 80 days before it
takes place.
Though mature hurricanes ex-
pend as much energy as several
thousand atomic bombs exploding
every second, they start life in
nocuously, the National Geograph-
ic Society says.
Thundershowers, spatterin g
calm, tropical reaches of the At
lantic, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf OF
Mexico, often hint at low atmos-
pheric pressure-ideal for the hur-
ricane's birth. Cool outer air flows
toward the hot low-pressure re-
gion. Earth's rotation gives these
breezes a gentle, counter-clock-
wise spin, and trouble is on the
way.
Soon growing to awesome adult
hood, the hurricane begins to wan
der at the within of existing wealth
er conditions. Usually it starts
drifting west and north, pushed by
tropical easterlies. Speed: gener-
ally not more than ID miles per
hour.
The storm signals its approach
with high, feathery clouds that
seem to radiate from a distant
point. Dwellers along tropical
coasts may take warning from
lazy ocean swells with long gaps
between crests.
AS the hurricane gradually pen
etrates higher ATTITUDES, its direc-
ton to apt to change, it's forward
speed to increase. When prevail
ing westerlies shove against it, it
veers to northeastward course.
1t may accelerate to 80 miles per
hour.
Variations in this behavior are
frequent. Many full-grown hurri-
canes simply sit in their tracks
and snarl for day or two. Others
meander aimlessly, sometimes cir
cling as outside wind directions
change.
A big hurricane may have q
diameter of 500 miles; small one
may stretch barely Is miles from
one side to the other. In either
case, the rotating wind may have
gusts of more than $50 miles per
hour and sustained velocity of
100 miles per hour. Wind increases
in force toward the eye of the
storm-the hole in the >meteorolog-
ical doughnut.
Barometric pressure within this
wierdly still storm center usually
reads about % and fraction inch
es, compared with the subtropical
normal of about 80 inches. Some
times pressure may sag below ~
inches.
Wind force is always stronger to
the right of the hurricanes eye
since its counterclockwise velocity
is increased by the storms for
ward speed. Thus if northbound
hurricane slams across the coast,
towns east Of the eye will be hit
harder than those west of it.
: But the greatest destruction is
caused by flooding. Extreme low
pressure of the storm center lifts
the ocean level some two to three
feet. AS the storms bowls shore
ward its rotating wind builds up
more water ahead Of it. If these
storm surges sweep ashore during
high tide, salt water devastation
will multiply the effect OF the
storms torrential rainfall.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-08-30

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No other home heater offers
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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-08-30

A study by the vehicles agency
reveals that last year rs fatal
crack-ups occurred during the ever
ming hour from to 8 PM, while
the safest hour apparently was
from 4 to 5 am. when only IL
fatal accidents occurred.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-08-30

Your face may rebel at diet
Of fried, fatty and starchy- foods.
Such foods as fruits, green vege-
tables, broiIed lean meats. celery
and carrots are better for your
face and your figure.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-08-30

the Engelhard school be upheld
and allowed.
For the trial of this case,
jurors will be brought to Hyde
from some other county.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-08-30

The use of 'yellow-enameled
bulbs in the lighting fixtures on
the porch can reduce the attrac-
ton for insects of the light.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-08-30

If your rooms and floors are so
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winter-you'll say Siegler's
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gives you warm floors! You'll
never again have to live in l or
2 rooms all winter because the
new Siegler actually travels"
warm floor heat to every, room
in your home.
In every way, Siegler Is the
finest Oil Home Heater you
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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-08-30

Original home of the grapefruit
is thought to be the West Indies.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-08-30

these two men is buried between
her two husbands.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-11-22
OCRACOKE PTA REPORT
REVEALS FINE PROGRESS

Ocracole, Nov. 10. - Ocracoke
PT.A, met last night with about
35 present. Henry Wilder, presi-
dent, presided The treasurer,s re-
port indicated net receipts from
the carnival VI he $178.48. Sale OF
the souvenir amphlets for the
month Melted 1850. Total balance
in hand, $54S.
The organization voted to pur-
chase a supply of duplicating pa
per, wall-map, and other school
supplies. It also voted to have five
or six loads of gravel put on the
school grounds in low spots, and
it voted to purchase a shovel and
rake, A new gas heater has been
installed in the recreation hall,
supplementing the present heater,
The P.T.A. voted to pay for this,
with installation charges, and. to
have new outside lighting fixtures
for the side doors of the recrea.
ton hall. It also voted to buy
aluminium paint for the folding
chairs.
Miss Jean Woodley, Hyde Coun-
ty Home Agent, was a guest al
the meeting. She outlined hei
plans for the sewing workshop
which viii be held this week here
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-11-22
Top 4-H'ers in
Crops, Trocfor

Top state honors were won by
two boys for outstanding records
in All Club project work. They
will be among North Carolina
delegates to attend the annual
All Club Congress in Chicago
during the week OF December /.
More than a good crop was in
store for Preston Cornelius, 16,
of Iredell County, who won the
state All Field Crops award for
his exceptional project work.
Preston can point to profits Of
$S,494 from projects and prize
money earned in All work. More
than $4,000 came from Field Crop
projects, according to this hard
working teen-ager.
Three years ago, Preston was
county winner in corn produc-
ton. Recently, he exhibited the
junior champion Ayrshire at both
the junior dairy show and the
State Fair.
He helped his family seed over
40 acres Of improved pasture dur.
ing. the last five years.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-11-22
G L | M P S E S
TIL { PAST
BY CAROLYN LLOYD,

This is practical, scientific
age. Many young moderns scott at
romantic tales of another age and
demand proof for everything.
When they read of King Arthur's
sword, "Excalibur," and Of the no.
BILE deeds of his knights, they are
apt to ask with an air of worldly
wisdom, "Are we supposed to be-
lieve that" The answer is NO." of
course; yet these same young peo-
pie may sit spellbound through a
western. They accept. without ques-
ton the idea that the hero's six
shooter must be magic, for the hero
never misses his target. The bad
man, on the other hand, has no
magic weapon, for he never hits
anything. No matter that he lives
by the gun-he never gets his man,
even if the intended victim is,wa:k-
ing straight toward him.
The same people calmly accept
the idea of visiting another plan
ct. That doesn't seem to require
much imagination these days-for
other people, that is. Perhaps,
though, there are a few others like
me, who instead of being born
thirty years too soon,. were born a
hundred years too late. We would
have been much more at home in
Camelot. Sir Lancelot and Sir Gal
ahad make more sense to us than
Superman. We could have under
stood the thinking of a knight rid
ing off to the Crusades or a swash-
buckling pirate OF the Elizabethan
era, but the man who plots course
to the moon Is an enigma.
Up until now, the radical chang
es in our way of life have been
easy to accept. One doesn't have
to understand The inner workings
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-11-22
EAST LAKE PERSONALS

Mrs. Jesse Twiddy and BERTHE
Ambrose are visiting in Williams
burg, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Ambrose
and Melvin, Jr., Henry Ambrose
and BERTHE visited in Creswell
Tuesday.
Mrs. Roy Basnight and Mrs.
Emily Smith were in Engelhard
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Ambrose
and Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Ambrose
spent Thursday in Norfolk.
Dolphus Ambrose of Norfolk
spent the week end here with his
parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jimmie Berry and
son, Henry, of Fairfield, and Mr..
and Mrs. David MCGOWAN and son
of Elizabeth City were guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Turner Twiford Sum
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. H. Swindell of
Swan Quarter were here Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Talmadge Basnighs
of Elizabeth City spent Sunday
here.
Mrs. Inez Basnight of Norfolk
and Mrs. Sherwood Jones of Man
teo visited here.
Mrs. jamie Rogers was here
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Shannon
of Manteo visited here.
Mrs. Ethelle Holmes is visiting
in Manteo with her sister, Mrs.
Tom Greet.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eption Primer of
Virginia Beach spent the week end
here with Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
Primer.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-11-22

of television set to enjoy it or
the principles of flight to accept
fact that an airplane stays in the
air. Their purpose is obvious; but
this outer space business has me,
for one, licked. Read the explana-
tions and listen "a the experts
though l will, remain feeling Ut
terly stupid and frustrated.
According to our standards, the
knights of old and their ladies
were a pretty stupid 'ot. They
could neither real nor write and
they did a lot Of fighting over
foolish things. However, they had
no doubts about whom they were
fighting and what for. They wor-
ried about the enemy a few miles
away who might invent a better
battering ram, but at least they
could see him coming across the
hill and could let the drawbridge
down. That strikes me as a little
less nerve wracking than worrying
about missile that might come
flashing like lightning from the
skies.
Since the dawn of time mankind
has been fighting one way or an
other; and now, having run out of
new ways to kill each other on
earth, we are taking to the skies.
King Arthur and his sword and
Wyatt carp and his six-shooter
are equally passe. aThe man in the
space suit and the little dog in
Sputnick are the symbols of a
new age. This is a brave new
world; but l hope there is still
room in it for one coward who has
no desire to visit the moon.