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Congratulations! The employes of the Macon Theatre would like to express their I ? I '? Congratulations \ To the People and Town cf Franklin, North Carolina For their splendid work in the past 100 years to make Franklin such a wonderful town. Macon Theatre A Childhood ? Picture From Long Ago (EDITOR'S NOTE; This little vignette of family life here in the Ions ago was written by one of the town's five nonagenar ians, Mrs. George A. Jones, in 1953, when she was 91.1 i One of the loveliest pictures that hangs on memory's walls is that of the family altar in my j grandfather's home. I see in the background an i old four-poster bed. with its drap ed canopy, a chest of drawels . in winter, a big open log fire occupies the foreground, on one side of which I see my giand mother seated in an easy chair, a lovely little work table on one side, a miniature chest of drawers on the other. Prom this she could secure almost anything that ' child needed ? a clean linen cloth to tie up a stubbed toe or a cut finger, strings to fly a kite, or a big pantry key, which unlocked the door to dainties to satisfy a growing child's appetite, apples, huts, teacakes, and candy. I see on the other side of the open fire my grandfather seat | ed in his comfortable chair, with | | his candle stand, Bible, and hymn ! book and a lighted candle. I The family, including the ser jvants, are gathered around the 1 open fire. The Bible is open in i my grandfather's hands. He is | not in a hurry. He reads a whole | chapter from the Bible and we all join in one of the old, much | loved hymns. Then follows an 1 earnest prayer for our protection and loving care during the night : j that tired Nature's sweet restorer. | balmy sleep, may fit us for an I other day's duties, responsibilities, pleasures, hopes and fears. This was the evening devotional. ' Another, similar one followed in the morning. I think I hear a looker-on in | the present day say. "We haven't time for a devotional so leisurely". Yet my recollection is that my grandparents' lives Were busy ones indeed, their hours of labor far longer than those of most of u.s ! today. Surely there is nothing more ! worth-while than such a family | altar. In all the homes of our ! nation, it would tend to brine | peace and joy to this busy, trou I bled world. Nor could there be a stronger influence on the minds | and hearts of our young pecpli | if begun in childhood ant kept i up through the years. Franklin has come a long way in 1<X) year?. And so has merchandising! It's a far cry from the days of the traveling peddler to today's fine stores and brand name goods. And who would have thought, 60 vears ag<> when there was \ a wheat field where our store now stands, that Franklin would ever have a super market? & V . V / We are proud to have had a part in Frank' n'- pr> gres- , . . r:r.d we are confident . of Franklin's future. Baldwin Super Market Your INDEPENDENT Grocery "A lick and a promise?..." We Congratulate Franklin On It's 100th Birthday We "?ve proud to be a pari of this good community, and are happy to have had a small share, we hope, in its development. Well, a lot of 'licks', anyhow. Why? Don't ask us ! But here's the photographic proof that cows, given a chance, will lick a rabbit; and that a rabbit, given a chance, will take the licking ? and like it! This picture, made on our dairy farm, shows a few of the some 300 regis tered Guernseys in our herd. NANTAHALA CREAMERY
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