THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, November 19, 1995 TAG: 9511180284
SECTION: SUFFOLK SUN PAGE: 04 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: Medium: 62 lines
Friday, Nov. 3
3:45 p.m. - Saratoga and Market streets
They call them the Golden Girls.
Ella Jenkins, and her sister, Virginia White, are strolling in the parking lot of the old Leggett's building looking very much alike.
No, they're not twins; Ella's 70 and Virginia's 75. But they might as well be twins. They are wearing the same striped shirt, sandals and pants. They even live together.
At one point there were three Golden Girls but their youngest sister whom they affectionately called Blanche - for her sexiness and vivacious energy - died. Now it's just Virginia and Ella. Last Christmas, the two wore a shirt that read: ``Dear Santa, I Want It All.''
``We went to the bank wearing those shirts and people just thought it was the cutest thing,'' says Ella.
- Terri Williams
Monday, Nov. 6
8:30 a.m. - N.C. 37, near Sunbury, N.C.
It looks bad. The body is lying in a ditch, the feet dangling onto the road.
The cars slow down to a near-crawl to look at the grisly scene.
The body is lifeless.
Of course it's lifeless. It's a scarecrow left over from Halloween, gently put by the side of the road by someone with a macabre sense of humor.
- Frank Roberts
Tuesday, Nov. 7
1:40 p.m. - Franklin High School, Franklin
The weather's lousy - blustery rain pouring all day from leaden skies - on Election Day.
But there's been a fairly steady voter turn-out at the school gym, polling place for precinct No. 1, says Mary Shroyer, one of the poll workers.
Earlier, Brenda Street had come to vote, Shroyer says, with her year-old triplet daughters in tow.
``If she can come out on a day like this with those three kids in a stroller that stretches from here to the wall, there's no excuse for anyone not to vote,'' Shroyer says.
- Susie Stoughton
Thursday, Nov. 9
9 a.m. - Lakeland High School office lobby
The principal is talking to some students from other countries about putting their pictures on a Christmas card, each one holding something representing their country.
He starts with a girl from Germany.
``What can we use in your picture?'' he asks.
Another student pipes up. ``A mug of beer.''
Idea rejected. Under age.
- Frank Roberts by CNB