THURSDAY, MARCH «, t 952
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jC p I K E SWITCHED off the Ughts
• and braked the black converti
ble to a smooth stop in the dense
shadows at the curb. Taking the
automatic from the glcve compart
ment he slipped it into the side
[pocket of his coat, then, with the
(motor still running, he stepped
lout.
Excepting for two small boys
(pulling a coaster wagon along the
j walk, there was no one in sight,
j The youngsters wore the usual
| makeshift Hallowe’en costumes,
'topped with grotesque masks, and
jas they slowly passed he noticed
'the end of a massive chain dang
iling from their wagon, making a
(rasping clink-clank on the concrete
(pavement.
i For a brief moment Spike and
jthe boys eyed each other silently,
(then he turned and walked swiftly
up the driveway toward" the rear
of the house.
Yes, he had timed it well. The
big Demurest Hallowe’en party
{was in full swing, music, voices
and laughter all stridently gay. But
on this side of the house, at the
iservice entrance, a,U was quiet.
Gently he slid a key into the slot
'Of the night-lock, then swiftly, un
seen, made his way up the stair.
Third door on the. left, she had
said, so this would be it. Turning
the knob he entered and closed the
door softly behind him. The loom
was in darkness, but his flashlight
found the copy of Gainsborough’s
Blue Boy instanly, and here, be
hind the picture'was the wall-safe.
♦ All right this far. Now if she was
(right about the combination. . . .
.He took the paper from his pocket
'and studied the numerals again,
!then, placing the flashlight under
| his arm-pit, its beam directed at
the dial, he began" ... 21 rignt
... 6 left ... 5 right ... 32 left
... This should do it, if that dumb
blonde . . . ?
For a moment he hesitated. This
jvas almost too easy—thanks to the
dumb blonde. Maybe he some
times under-estimated her.
Gently now he grasped the han
dle. The door swung open easily,
boundlessly. But now, at the same
instant, a shrill, ear-piercing clang
jor tore through the house! The
(thing was wired—and she had for
gotten to tell him!.
! He snatched up the two jewel
cases and slammed shut the safe.
As he did so the alarm stopped.
.Slipping the cases inside his shirt
he drew the gun and moved toward
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; the door. Perhaps, with all that
hilarity downstairs, no one had
heard the alarm.
But they had: As he opened the
door he heard someone already
frantically talking into a telephone.
And now, suddenly from nowhere,
a portly butler stood facing him,
barring his path to the stairs. But
in that same instant the man saw
the gun, threw up his hands and
backed against the wall.
“Don’t shoot! . . . Please! . . .
Don’t shoot!”
“Then stay where you are! . . .
! Don’t move!”
Down the stairs and out. Now,
as he reached the street and made
for the car a shot blasted toward
him. It missed. As he looked back f
he saw the verandah filled with
people. So what? They couldn’t
stop him now, and by the time the
cops got here ....
He slid under the wheel and
jerked the lever into second as he
stepped on the gas and let out his
! clutch . . . Ah! .... The car
started with a smooth surge of
power—then stopped abruptly as if
it had rammed a stone wall.
The sudden impact threw him
halfway over the steering-wheel,’
and with a frightful force his head
crashed against the windshield.
Blackout. Intense. Complete'
Now, as he slowly regained con
sciousness, he found himself
stretched on the pavement, with
handcuffs on his wrists. Two po
licemen stood over him and a
third knelt at his side, dribbling
water from a paper cup into his
face.
“What did I hit?” he gasped
weakly as he attempted to sit up
“Windshield,” snapped an offi
cer. ’'Almost went through it.”
“Yeah, but what happened?
What did the car hit?" *
Without replying the officers
helped him to his feet, then led
him to the rear of the convertible,
revealed by the headlights of the
prowl car parked behind it.
Spike’s jaw dropped. There was
that massive chain that had been
clink-clanking from the young
sters wagon. They had fastened it
around the axle-housing and then
wound it around the tree trunk at
the curb! J
“Those brats! . , . Thosfc d ”
"Easy now. Hallowe’en, y’know,”
laughed the younger officer, “an’
boys’ll be boys! . . . Come on,
Spike, let’s go.”
A. R. C. Official Interviews
Mrs. Fender
Following is. an interview
with’ MrS. Oscar Fender, who
recently underwent a serious
operation in the Wisnton-Sal
em Baptist Hospital where she
received transfusions with
blood furnished by the Ameri
can Red Cross Blood Bank in
Asheville. Rev.' David Swartz,
Red Cross official in this
county, asked the questions:
S. “Now, 1 want to ask you
for some help on our blood
program for this year. We are
trying to get around to vari
ous homes and get informa
tion from those who have
been helped by the Blood
Bank in Asheville. I under
stand you were at Winston-
Salem?
F. Yes, I was.
S. When was it,-September?
F. December.
S. This December? At
Christmas time?
F. Yes.
S. Was this an emergency
operation’
F. Yes, it was.
S. Did you receive any*
blood at the hospitaj?
-F. Yes, I did. I had three
pints. 1
S. Three pints, I see. How 1
were you able to get this
blood? 1
F. Well, they brought it to
town from Asheville, I ima
gine.
S. Did they say anything
about bringing donors?
F. Yes, they first mentioned
that we should bring donors.
Then they found that Yancey
County was a member of the
Blood Bank in Asheville, and
they decided they could get
’the blood that way.
S. Would it have been diffi
cult to have gotten the donors
from Burnsville or Asheville
to Winston-Salem?
F. Yes, it would have be
cause of my husband’s work,
and it was during a bad spell,
too.
S. So the people in Winston-
Salem then telephoned, I ima
gine, Asheville and they sent
the blood, or said that they
would?
F. Yes.
S. How many pints did you
receive ?
F. Three, and I have a diffi
f* 111 l-
cult type, too. ;
S. What is your type?
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; CREAM always gives a simple
• dessert that’s received entl'v.c:
istically. A coffee or /.•anilla ice
cream with this sauce is delightful:
* mix together V* cup each of Clean
and butter or substitute, 1 table
’ spoon cocoa and Vz cup sugar. Hea
I to boiling and serve hot over ic
cream with slivered roasted a
nonds.
A delicate dessert that’s easii
prepared is custard baked in ir
dividual cups. Unmold, surrounr
,vith canned, cling peach slices am
op with 1 tablespoon of raspberry
preserves or some thin jam.
Make vanilla cream pie with pre
pared pudding, top with cooked
Iried, sweetened apricots. Spread
RECIPE OF THE WEEK
Coconut Fruit Fluff
(Serves 4)
1 cup drained, canned apricots 1
1 cup diced, canned pineapple
3 tablespoons sugar
*/i cup cream, whipped
1 % cup shredded coconut
| Cut apricots into quarters. Add
’ pineapple and sugar. Stir until
| sugar is dissolved. Fold in
1 cream and coconut; chill. Serve
in sherbet glasses.
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vith a glaze made by cooking to
ether >4 cup apricot cooking liquid.
'« cup sugar and 1 tablespoon corn
arch.
Use canned or fresh fruits for a
rult crisp: lay peeled or cannec
ruit In a buttered casserole a -id
prin’de this topping over them be
jre baking for an hour in a mod
rate oven. For topping use 1 cui
ugar, % cup flour, V 4 cup butter o
übstitute and H cup broken wal
uts.
Here's an unusual sauce for ic<
ream or vanilla pudding: use )
up chopped, pitted, cooked prune
ud a cup of the cooking liquid wit!
a cup each of brOftvn sugar an
rushed pineapple and 1 teaspooi
ornstarch. Cook sh)wly 5-10 min
tes. Serve hot or cold.
When you have only simpU
ponge cake and want a quick des
ert, spoon butterscotch sauce ove
t and top with whipped cream in:
/hich you have folded so
.rained, crushed pineapple.
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toms sympathetican I v teC li a nay y. doclor > who listened to his symr!
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ere fear and worry followed him. While there yfe"
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F. An rh factor.
S. An rh factor? Hard to
find too. Was there any delay
in getting the blood?
F. No, there was not. They
let me use their blood and it j
w’as replaced.
S. How much did you pay
for the blood?
F. I paid nothing for the
blood. I did pay $15.00 for the
transfusion.
S. You paid nothing for the
blood?
F. No, nothing for the blood
itself.
S. And you had three sepa
rate transfusions?
F. Yes.
S. Now, could you us
your impression or idea of
the Blood Bank, and what it
meant to you?
F. Well, I think it is a won
derful program and I don’t
know what I would have done
without it.
S. Mrs. Fender, one last
question, supposing you were
not able to get blood donors
to the hospital, and let’s say
Yancey County was not in the
blood program, how would
you have gotten the blood?
F. I would have had to pur
chase it from a commercial
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Benefit Program Given At
South Toe School
A program for the benefit
if the lunchroom was held at
the South Toe River School,
by the teachers and students,
Friday night, February 22.
Superintendent of Schools
Frank W. Howell showed the
movie “Footsteps of Youth”
taken from Charles M. Shel
ton’s, In His Steps.
Special music was furnish
ed by the Hollifield trio of
Seven Mile Ridge. Refresh
ments were sold by the women
of the lunehroom, and there
were also cake walks.
Approximately $150.00 was
raised to buy a new refrigera
tor for the lunchroom.
source at $25.00 per pint.
S. So with the help of the
Yancey County Chapter of the
American Red Cross you were
saved $75.00 worth?
F. That’s right, and it sure
meant a lot to us.
S. Thank you, Mrs. Oscar
Fender for this interview on
behalf of our Blood Bank
which will be in
again March 13.”
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Dr. L.G.or', Hog Worm Pcwd.M,
of •docolionol volu, to rrery hog
in tfiii or*o Don't mis,
Farmers Federation
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HOGS MEANS MORE PROFIT
By Dr. D. H. LeGear
Tests made by the U. S De
partment of Agriculture at the
Beltsville Experiment Station
proved that infestations of
large round worms seriously
affected the growth of-pigs. In
this experiment pigs were in
tentionally infected with worms
and after four months of feed
ing they were butchered and
examined. One oig found to be
harboring 109 round worms ac
tually weighed 8 34 lbs. less at
slaughter than it did four
months earlier at the beginning
of the feeding period. Its con
trol mate, which was kept free
of worms, had gained 96 lbs.
during the same period. This
shows that the badly worm in
fested pig actually represented
a loss of 10434 lbs.* of pork,
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