Making Th Final Notes About The Big Holiday Season: Have you taken down that Christmas tree yet? That’s al ways a sad time for the children and it’s a job that the adults postpone until the tree almost sheds itself bare , . . Folks are still talking about the beautiful tree in the Chem Lab, decorated by Gladyce Tea gue. Incidentally, the attractive ly-decorated home of Gladyce’s and Burder’s on the East Boyles- ton Road was awarded first place in the contest held in Bre vard during the holidays . . . ’ One of the most beautiful homes on that snowy Christmas Day was that of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Matthews ! . . Fellars Patty, little nephew of Bob and Dixie Whitaker had Santa Claus cor nered at the children’s party, quizzing the bewhiskered gent about his modes of transporta tion. "Already this year I’ve seen you in a jeep, driving your reindeer, in a car, and in an air plane. Now just how do you travel.^” A most appropriate gift: The miniature bowling alley and pins Jack Davies gave Pete Eberle at the Endless Belt party. SYMPATHY . . . to R. C. "Slim” Bullock on the death of his mother and to John Drake, gate watchman, on the passing of his father. A young Indian girl was asked by her high school teach er to write something about Socrates. She wrote: "Socrates was a Greek philo sopher who went about giving people good advice. They poi soned him.” Each time I pass a church 'I always pay a visit; So when at last I’m carried in, The Lord won’t say, "Who is it?” HUMAN NATURE: Some persons will believe anything if it is whispered to them. \ Rounds VITAL STATISTICS . . . Each American used the tele phone an average of 301 times last year, it is estimated by the companies. Through a little multiplication (140 million x 301), it is figured that there were 42 billion calls for last year . . . And in the same year, women spent $28 million for lipstick. HONORS . , . to E. L. Happ who will lead the local Masons during the coming year and to H. P. Vannah who has been elected president of the Western Carolinas Division of the Amer ican Chemical Society. ITEM OF CONVERSATION . . . The chickenpox epidemic which has hit many homes of Ecustans lately . . . Hating oil problems which have kept many households on edge, for' fear the truck would not arrive before the final few drops were con sumed ... The trips to Cleve land for Bobby Loftis,‘ Son of Mr. and Mrs. Goode Loftis and Wayne Kerber, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kerber. They at tended the Youth Fellbwship Conference “"pf the Methodist church, along with 11,000 youths from all over America. Pete Shiflet also attended as a representative of the Brevard church . . . The auto inspection law and folks wondering if their cars will pass. FEBRUARY MOVIE SCHEDULE February 5 — "Keys of The Kingdom.” — Gregory Peck, Thomas Mitchell. February 12 — "Pardon My Sarong.”—Bud Abbott, Lou Cos tello. "Wild Horse Phantom.”— Buster Crabbe, A1 St. John. February 19—"Pardon Us.”— Laurel and Hardy. "Whispering Skulls.” — Tex Ritter, Dave O’Brien. February 26 — "Charlie Mc Carthy Detective.”-—Charlie Mc Carthy, Edgar Bergen. "Sunset Trail.”—Hopalong Cassidy. 27 BOOK CORNER BY LUCILLE HEFFNER First we, in the Library, wish to extend our heartiest wishes to all of you for a happy and prosperous New Year and hope to serve you in the cqming year, your finest ^nd most exciting year of reading! Our first review is of a Louis Bfomfield'novel. The setting is in Siler City, Colorado, in the 1800’s.' Love, wealth, and ad venture abound'within! It is a western story, la:cking none of the color and excitement so pre valent in-|)ioneer days. Start the year -by reading COLORADO, by Louis Bromfield. * f Would you ‘like to lighten a weary hour—have yourself a good time? Then ask for H. Allen Smith’s newest laugh riot. No doubt you have read LOW MAN ON A TOTEM POLE, RHUBARB, and his other bar- rel-of-fun books. If not, you should! As we were saying—his newest is LO, THE FORMER EGYPTIAN. The town of Smith’s youth, crammed with corn-belt characters, is vividly and outrageously described. For side-splitting laughter, and hours of real honest-to-goodness fun, chuckle with LO, THE FORM ER EGYPTIAN. * * * Do you have problems with your correspondence, as to titles, abbreviations, grammar and the like? It isn’t a guaranteed cure- all for all writing, but you can learn many useful and valuable facts from our recently acquired copy of Lois Hutchinson’s STANDARD HANDBOOK.