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German Men Wear Short
Pants, Too; Fraus In Aprons
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Augsburg, Germany
24, June, 1965
.... It is 1 :30 here so you all are
just now getting up to start the!
day.
.... We met a nice couple on
board from New Jersey ? Tom
and Pat Dunnington /uid three
children. They're down tfie hall so j
Debbie and I went out to eat with
them and then for a walk.
There are some oeautiful clothes
and shoes ? pretty cheap, too. And '
gorgeous Jewelry. Beautiful pot
tery, china and silver shops, all J
kinds of do-dads I've never seen
before and the cutest toys. We'll
send you all something soon.
Most of the Germans dress as we
do. Lots of men ? all ages ? wear
real short pants and knee socks.
They look funny. And as we're in
the Bavarian section, lots of men
wear knickerbocker pants and jack
ets and long socks.
APRONS IN PUBLIC ,
Many women still wear the Ger- 1
man dresses. They have big puffy
sleeves with low necklines and in
serted lace and the big full skirt
with the apron. It looks funny to
see them wearing aprons in public.
I've seen some beautiful German
blouses with real lace . . .
We saw some German stoves and
frigidaires. They're about half as
wide as yours, the stove has a very
tiny oven and isn't near as high as
yours; the frigidaires are nearly'
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Lee 30 A 16.16
Peacock, A. D. 7% A 11.61
Picklesimer, Claude & Ralph
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Poteet, V. M. SO A 28.62
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Shields, G. M. 58% A 10.74
Shields, Haden 6.46
Shields, L. M.538 A 137.14
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$553 A Gal.
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aa high as your stoves and the
shelves are about tour or five in
ches high with one rack on the
door (or milk.
I found out I'd have to get anoth
er driver's license and there are
only 40 road signs here. Doubt if
I'll ever learn them.
26 June, 1965
.... We've all walked constantly
since we got here, exploring. Augs
burg is a lovely city, 1,000 years
old this year.
I've never seen such beautiful
china, crystal, silver, rugs, glass
ware, drapes and many other
things.
GOOD FOOD
.... The PX is pretty nice, but
the things in the German shops are
much cheaper . We ate in German
restaurants last night and today
and the food is delicious. If you ask
for tea or coffee they bring you a
small platter, with a silver pot of
drink (holds two to four cups) and
a tiny silver pitcher of cream, sug
ar and a real tiny lemon squeezer ,
that looks like a miniature dust
pan with a lid.
Your soup is served in heavy
cups and you drink what your
spoon leaves. All the food, each
kind Is in a small bowl (silver) and
all on a big platter and you get
huge servings of everything.
None of us can read ine menus,
so we all Just point at something
and say we want that. It's all been
good so far.
July 1, 1955
.... Well, we finally decided to
settle down for a while. We moved
in this morning. And like our apart
ment very much. . . We moved this
morning, and this afternoon all
our hold baggage and household
goods came in. They've been here
a week. And we were tickled to
death. The usual time for house
hold goods to arrive is two to three
months.
.... the bus goes by every 20
minutes to the PX and Commisary.
By the way, there's lots of stuff I
can't get here at the Comjnisary
that they had in Atlanta. Coffee,
tea and cigarettes and gasoline are
rationed. Bud uses my ration card
for cigarettes, so he won't suffer,
and we get 10 pounds of coffee per
month, which is more than enough.
Tea isn't rationed in tea bags, but
is if you buy it loose.
Spriggs, Hugh 6% A 7.79
Stewart. Mrs. Ruth 138'/4 A .. 23.84
Stiles, Fred 120 A 24.81
Stiles, Lester 4 A 3.03
Stiles. Mrs. 62 A 8.76 1
Stiles. Ira Vi Int. in 15 A 2.02
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Swanson. W. L. 7.27 PP
Tanner, Edgar 5 A 4.92
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Thompson, Fred R 8.62 PP
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Trantham, William 1 A 7.95
Truett, Hardy 4 A 19.06
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Walker, Hoyt 1 A 5.32
Walker, J. D. 4 A 4.04
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Whitmore. J. W. 3 A 20.68
Wilcox, Mrs. Violet A. 59 A .. 17.90
Wright, J. R. 3% A 5.93
Wright, Myrtle & J. C. 25 A .. 5.05
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WHEN WASHINGTON
PLAYED CARDS
Did you know that card playing
was so popular at the time of the
American Revolution and decks of I
cards were sold In such large quan- i
titles that playing cards were taxed
heavily under the infamous Stamp
Act?
The Stamp
Act, which
with other
legislation
?routed the
wrath o I the
colonist*
such later
actions as
the Boston
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and the Boston Huucrt, contains
the following pi?i|i?: "And for and
upon every pack of playing cards
. . . which shall be told or used with
in said colonies or plantations, the
several stamp duties following: tor
every pack of such cards, the sum
of 1 shilling."
Although a tax of one shilling may
not seem like much to us nowadays
(it Is equivalent to about 14* today)
it should be remembered that at the
time it was equal to the total pur
chase price of a deck of playing
cards.
The Father of our country. General
George Washington, an avid card
player himself, noted in his diary on
December 31, 1771: "Purchased two
new decks of cards at a cost of 2
shillings." Earlier, on January 16.
17G8, Washington wrote: "At home all
day at cards . . . it's snowing." Other
entries in Washington's Diary rc-l
corded the names at those with
whom be played cards along with an
exact recced of games won and lost
Another famous American of the
Revolutionary era, Benjamin Frank
lin, was one of the first manufactur
ers of playing cards in the United
States. Benjamin was a partner with
his brother, James, in a printing firm
which made maps and printed "Poor
Richard's Almanac." One of the
Franklin brothers' early advertise
ments read, "Stationery of all kinds
to be sold at the Post Office and sun
dry other things too tedious to men
tion." At that time, stationery was
an elastic term which included play
ing cards, books, and even Bibles.
One unusual effect of the Ameri
can Revolution, reflecting the dis
taste of the colonists for the nobility,
was the elimination of royalty from
playing cards. A special deck, sold in
Philadelphia shortly after the Revo
lution, has Gilbert Stuart's portrait
of George Washington en the King
of Hearta. The other pasteboard roy
alty were dethroned and_ temporarily
replaced by such famous Americans
as John Quincy Adams (King of
Diamonds), Thomas Jefferson (King
of Clubs), and Andrew Jackson
(King of Spates).
The two most popular games
played: by the colonists were Whist
and Quadrille. These have been re
placed nowadays by such relative
newcomers as Bridge. Canasta, Gin
Rummy and Calypso. But a deck ot
playing cards, which today may cost
slightly more than a shilling, remains
one of the nation's favorite pastime*
and continues to provide enjoyment
and relaxation for more than M per
cent of the population.
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WOC Concert
Series Announced
The concert series for the com
ing school year at Western Carolina
College has been announced by
Mrs. Lilian Buchanan, chairman of
the Lyceum Committee.
Opening the season on Wednes
day evening, Oct. 5, the "Gala
'Pop' Quartette" will be present
ed in performances of operatic
arias musical comedy selections. ,
This quartette is composed of|
Theodore Uppman, baritone; Mona|
Paulee, metzo-soprana ; Jim Haw
thorne, tenor; and Heidi Krall,
lyric soprana, all members of the
Metropolitan Opera Company.
I
Second in the series will be "Lola
Montes and Her Spanish Dancers", .
on Tuesday evening, January 24, |
1956. Senorita Montes and her
group perform a variety of Latin
dances, from the Spanish classical
to the more fiery tradatlonal danc-s
es of the New World Latin coun-1
trie*. A highlight of this presenta- ]
tion ia the colorful, elaborate coe
tuming.
On March IS, 1956, the famed
Vienna Choir Boys will make one
of their rare American appearan
ces. This group, while changing
personnel frequently, has perform- 1
ed in unbroken continuity since
1496, when it was founded by royal
{decree of Maximilian I. All the
boys selected are between the
ages of eight and twelve, and in
years past have included such
notables as Franz Schubert and
Joseph Haydn.
I
Mrs. Buchanan said that the
series for this year is especially .
distinguished, and all the bookings I'
are handled by S. Hurok. All pre- ^
sentations will be given in Hoey '
Auditorium, and will be open to the
public.
The honey flow from sour wood !
this year was the first honey flow
i njune for at least seven years or <
ilhce such records on bee colonies '
have oeen kept at State College. i
Merit Examinations
Set Ob Sept. 17
The North Carolina Merit Sys- 1
tem Council Merti Sys North nu od (
aminations (or clerical position!
with all State and county depart
ments served by the Merit System
will be held on September 17, 1955.
Applications must be submitted
on official forms on or before Au
gust 26, 1955. These application
blanks may be obtained from the
Merit System Office or from any
local welfare, health department
or employment service office.
Examinations will be given for
clerks, stenographers, and typists
an the State and county levels; for
switchboard operator on the county
level; and hearings reporter U
an the State level. Bulletins con
taining additional information a
bout the positions may be obtain
ed from the Merit System Office,
Mansion Building, Raleigh, N. C.
If there are a sufficient number
of applications, the examination
will be given in approximately 12
:ities throughout the State.
Sewells Visit
Grahams At Violet
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Graham of
Violet had as guests last week end
their son-in-law and daughter, Sgt.
and Mrs. Ralph R. Sewell of Alex
andria, Va.
Mrs. Sewell is the former Miss
Juanita Graham. The couple were
married last March in the National
Baptist Church, Washington, D. C.
Mrs. Sewell is employed by the
FBI in Washington, D. C. and Sgt.
Sewell is a member of the Marine
Corps stationed at Quantico, Va.
The couple make their home at
417 E. Raymond Ave., Alexandria,
Va.
The Merit System Council also
announced that written examina
tions will be given in October for
positions with the State Board of
Public Welfare and county welfare
departments and several positions
with the Employment Security
Commission. Information concern
iing thess examinations will be re
leased at a later date.
THELCNE RANGER By Fran Striker
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