C)ctober, 194B
THE ECHO
PAGE FIVE
The Month Of
November
“Wrapped in his sad-colored
cloak, the Day, like a Pur
itan, standeth
in the joyless fields, re
buking the lingering color.”
Thus speaks the poet of No
yember, the “dead” month which
neither autumn nor winter. To
‘Overs of the out-of-doors, how
November’s Indian Summer
®tfers many delightful days. High
of the month is Thanksgiving
when we Americans indulge
our favorite pastime—eating,
November, the eleventh month
I the year, derives its name from
Roman “noven” or nine, as it
3s the ninth month of the Roman
«ar. During the reign of Ti-
®rius Caesar, it was suggested to
6 emperor that the months be
i.^^Kied in his honor, but he de
>ned the honor. November origi
had 30 days, then the num'
j. ^ Was switched to 29, to 31, and
"3% remained at 30.
November’s birthstone is the to
and its flower is the chrysan-
ifler
A Prayer For Thanksgiving
pi''® me work to do,
g!''e me health;
Q.''® me joy in simple things,
.me an eye for beauty,
? ‘ongue for truth,
, heart that loves,
^ that reasons,
Q. ^nipathy that understands;
j, e me neither malice nor envy
And
^ true kindness
At *^oble common sense,
g, ‘he close of each day
V ® Bie a book,
j “ a friend with whom
be silent.
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be °ur Paiyroll Department,
^correct.
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marry, when a child is born.
a divorce occurs, when some-
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will be glad to assist
SIMPLE CHOICE
Is hunting for newlyweds
fhe difficult today.
simple choice they have to
^ith
"'hich mother-in-law to stay.
L FULFILLMENT
“When I was a kid, my
^™^bition was to be a pi-
Cl*
“Are you lucky! It isn’t
ean realize the am-
of his youth.”
■j EVASION
■tig “Do you object to kiss-
V sanitary grounds?”
In7«e: “Oh, no!”
“Then let’s take a little
through the infirmary.”
Jaci^C O. —
melancKotqdaijs have
The saJaest
when Little Willie comes
Luarioenncl home uuith
^ oalq Kalp an eap.
G'hfise and othep sundptj
venu vepLj cleap
That base-ball seasoa
7^1 nd foot-ball seSoa§*^’
Kepe.
FROfA G.C. APPLEGARTHS POEM.
Just For Fun
LIKE EGGS — FRESH AND NEW, YOU BET!
SHY BACHELOR
A young girl asked an elderly
bachelor whether or not he had
ever been disappointed in love.
“No, not exactly,” replied the
bachelor. “I was what you might
call discouraged. When I was very
young I fell deeply in love with a
woman of my acquaintance but I
was deathly afraid to tell her of
my deep feelings. At last, how
ever, I summoned up my courage
and burst forth ‘Let’s get mar
ried.’ ”
‘And she said—‘Goodness, who’d
have us?’ ”
Apt Reader
The bell hop interrupted a
noisy party in a hotel room.
“I’ve been sent to ask you to
make less noise,” the bell hop
said. “The gentleman in the next
room says he can’t read.”
“Shame on him,” said one of
the noisy crowd, “I could read
when I was five years old.”
Truthful Fisherman
The fisherman had hard luck
and on his way home he entered a
fish store and said to the dealer
“Just stand where you are and
throw me five of the biggest fish
you have in the place.”
“But why throw ’em?” asked the
deader.
“So I can tell my family
caught them,” replied the fisher
man. “I may be a poor fisherman
but I’m no liar.”
long range HEARING
Recently the following testi
mony was received by a patent
medicine concern:
“For nine years I was totally
deaf, and after using your salve
for only ten days, I heard from my
brother in Nebraska.”
HORSE’S PRIDE HURT
A hard-up sportsman bought a
horse but failed to pay its former
owner. Later he met the man who
sold him the horse.
“I am not at all satisfied with
the animal,” the hunter said.
“Why, what’s the trouble?”
asked the dealer.
“Well, the nag won’t hold his
head up.”
“Oh, that’s all right,” replied,
the dealer, “that’s his pride. Just
you wait until he’s paid for.”
CUT RATE
A traveling salesman sent his
card by the office boy to the man
ager of a large concern, whose
inner office was separated from the
waiting room by a glass partition.
When the boy handed his card to
the manager, the salesman saw him
Our Book Corner
(Continued From Page Four)
Carolina hills, the threat to her
happiness in the memory of
Jeems’ unhappy first marriage and
the plundering Valentine, who
deals in witchery, only make her
work harder to help Jeems scratch
a living from the soil and to rear
her children to fear God and shun
evil.
The book will be a revelation toi
those who do not expect happiness;
to be wrung from poverty, or ad
vantages to be gained by those re
garded as underprivileged.
The author, born in North Car
olina (Wake County) is a credit
to the writing world as well as to
our state.
Other new books in the Library
are: BRIGHT DAY, J. B. Priestley;
RED RAIN, Leslie Kark; WOMAN
ON HER WAY, Faith Baldwin;
I’LL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU,
Eric Baume; QUALITY, Cid Rick
etts Sumner; MY COUNTRY-IN-
LAW, Mary Mean; JOY IN THE
MORNING, P. G. Wodehouse;
THE WORLD IN HIS ARMS, Rex
Beach; THE WALL BETWEEN,
Leslie Oakes Barber; THE AMER
ICAN WEST, William Targ;
HAWK’S FLIGHT, Helen HuU;
DOUBLE WEDDING, Josephine
Lawrence; BERNARD CLARE,
James T. Farrell; YOU LEAVE
ME COLD, Samuel Rogers; TROU
BLE FOLLOWS ME, Kenneth
Millar; THE HOLLOW, Agatha
Christie; POISON, POKER AND
PISTOL, Elisabet M. Stone; THE
CASE OF CAROLINE ANIMUS,
Dana Chambers; H AS IN HUNT
ED, Lawrence Treat; FEAR NO
MORE, Leslie Edgley; THE BLACK
SEVEN, Carol KendaU; MAKE
MINE MURDER, Robert Sidney
Bowen; MYTHOLOGY, Thomas;
Bulfinch; SALVATION ON A.
STRING, Paul Green; MIXTURE;
FOR MEN, Editor Fred Feldkamp-
OUT OF MY TRUNK, Wiltoni
Berle; MASTERWORKS OF EC
ONOMICS, Editor Leonard Daltoni
Abbott; MASTERKORKS OF'
PHILOSOPHY, Editor S. E. Frost,
Jr.; AN HONORABLE TITAN,
Gerald W. Johnson; and EMPTY
SADDLES, A1 Cody.
impatiently tear it up and throw
it into the wastebasket. The boy
came out and told the salesman
that he could not see his boss. The
salesman then told the boy to go
back and get him his card and was
surprised when the boy returned
with a five cent piece and with
the message that the manager had
torn up the original card. Then the
salesman took out another card,
saying “Take this back to your
boss. Tell him I sell two cards for
five cents.” The salesman got his
interview.
POOR LIKENESS
“Your wife seems to have a
strange look on her face lately.”
“Yeah, she’s trying to resemble
her latest photograph.”
FATAL REMEDY
^0 farmers met on* the road.
‘Jed, I’ve got a mule with dis
temper. What’d ye give that one
o’ yours when he had it?”
“Turpentine. Giddap!”
Some time later they met again.
Hey, Jed, I give my mule tur
pentine and it killed him.”
“Killed mine, too. Giddap!”
FLOOR STOPPED IT
“Did your watch stop when it
hit the floor? ’ asked the jeweler
“Sure did,” replied the custom^
er. “Did you think it would go.
right on through?”