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BILL YARDLEY poked a
tentative eye outside his
blanket. It was daylight, at
last. Across the tiny cabin
Jim was snoozing quietly, his
.measured breath almost
outside.
Bill's eyes surveyed the
cabin with its old stove and
rickety furniture. Cozy
enQugh, perhaps, but this was
no way to spend an entire
winter, even (or the sake of geographical
accuracy. Several hundred
miles to the south, in Winnipeg,
the government office was waiting
for early spring when Bill and Jim
could finish their surveying assignment
and bring back a report.
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The pilot dumped overboard a huge
bundle.
Ahead, meanwhile, were two months*
of this maddening snowbound silence.
Bill's glance drifted to the calendar.
Suddenly he caught his breath?
"Jim!" he'shrieked. "Wake upl
Wake up! Do you know what day
this is?" |
Jim groaned, stirred a bit, and
answered sleepily.
"Tuesday, ain't it? And so what?"
"Jiml It's Christmas Eve!" A
few minutes later they found
themselves staring blankly out the
window, almost wishing they'd never
discovered it was Christmas.
It was kind of childish to let on
that you cared,. Bill thought. So he
put on his parka and headed for
the door.
"Let's forget it, Jim," he advised.
"I'm going to look at our traps and
get some fresh air. Be back soon!"
It was no picnic, trudging through
knee-deep drifts for two hours. To
make it worse, the traps were all
empty. Even the animals were staying
inside in this weather.
"Wonder if they'll miss Christmas,
too?" he mused as he neared the
cabin.
Suddenly he heard a faint hum in
the sky. It grew nearer. Unmisi
takably a motor?an airplane!
Bill raced for the cabin door.
"A plane, Jim!" he cried. "Get
? some black smoke going up the
I chimney!" Then he raced out to
> the clearing.
{ The pilot saw him gesticulating
> wildly, or else he saw the fresh
I black smoke over the cabin. The
big ship circled, flew off to the north,
; turned and came back, flying low.
Over the clearing it almost stalled
as the pilot dumped overboard a
huge bundle that plummeted into
; the snow almost at Bill's feet. Then
he waved and sped away.
They got it inside, somehow,
. thouffh thev wanted to own the hnn.
die right where it landed. Once the
rope was torn loose an oilskin pouch
flew out.. A note was inside. From
the boss:
"In case you boys have forgotten,"
it read, "tomorrow's Christmas.
Herewith the makings, including
some presents your families
asked us to send along."
Bill and Jim looked at each other,
then they cheered.
"Merry Christmas?" asked Bill.
"Why, it's the best ever! Wait'll
you taste this turkey!!"
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
53 Sundays in Year
According to the Gregorian calendar,
every year has 53 days of the
one it begins on. Generally speaking,
the year contains 53 Sundays
every five or six years. This occurred
in 1Q?8, 1933, 1939, and again
in 1944, 1950, 1956, 1961, 1967,
etc. The United States naval observatory
points out that in any continuous
series of 28 years, five have
53 Sundays, unless the series includes
a year whose number ends
in two ciphers without its being a
leap year, as in 1700, 1800, 1900.
When leap year begins on Saturday,
two of the six-year periods fall consecutively.?Philadelphia
Inquirer.
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Oldtime New England was serious
on New Year's, as witness the title
of book published there in the year
of 1702 by one Richard Standfast:
"A New Year's Gift for Fainting
Souls, or, a little handful of cordial
comforts scattered through several
answers to It questions and objections:
Aa also doubting Christians
llnvlted to Christ."
Clhfassi New Year's Greeting
The Chinese New Year's greeting
ia "Sui-hi," or "May Joy be yours."
HXJHSDAY, ,D19C EMBER, 26, 1940
| Tva Allots 2,300,000
Forest I'rees to State
Forest tree seedlings again will
| be distributed free In Western Nor
11- Carolina during the 1940-41 plur.
-ting season through the TVA Kxteu
sion Service demonstration farm pro
gram, R. W. Ornebe/. Extension
forester of N. C. State College, announces.
The TVA has allotted
300.000 trees to North Carolina for j
this purpose.
The trees may be obtained thru
comity agents by farmers who agree
U- plant them as erosion cou'rol
I projvctH uuucr int* sup?*rvinion 01
rn-mn-.i, mum * Jaypww
(or ih?* seed Units are being taken
now.
The Tennessee Valley Authoi!ty
| makes the trees available In the
following counties within the TVA
watershed: Avery, Buucontbe, Cher
oltee. Clap. Graham, Haywood, Hen
deraion. Jackson Macon, Madison.
' Mitchell Transylvania, Swain, Wa]
tautra and Yancey.
1 Graeber announced that the follow
I iiiK species have been allotted:
' Short leaf pitie, 1,325.000; black locust,
600,000; white' pine, 350.000
and yellow poplar 25.000. In making
the announcement . the Extension
forester said: 1 would like to see as
much use made of the shortleaf piue
as possible. It is a sure-crop tree
and can be used practically through
out the range of the TVA watershed
area.
The State College leader said
that orders should be placed early
to insure an adequate supply. The 1
TVA has made allotments to all j
states within the watershed. but I
plans to revise the allotnents short !
ly after the first of the new year.' j
States which' have filed early applications
to exceed their allotments
will receive trees not requst
fed by other States.
In., this way. Graeber explained.
North Carolina might get more
trees but we certainly do not want
to los'e any of our allotment by fail
lng to file applications early.
December Is Good Time
To Move Trees, Shrubs
Most trees and shrubs are dormant
during December, and John H
Harris, Extension landscape special
1st, says plants usually must be Irt
a dormant stage to be moved successfully.
A few plants, he says,
have special times to be moved, but
! you are almost sure to be right in
I moving the plant -while It la dorj
irant.
If the plant to be moved la deciduous
(drops its foliage in the winter)
it is not necessary to remove
a ball of earth with the plant. Care
should be taken, however, to remove
all the roots possible and _ avoid
bruising the. roots, Harris advises.
It will be found helpful in moving
a native plant to dig a trench around
its base one season before
moving it. This trench should ho
dug 18 to 24 iucheB deep; the distance
from the plant varying with
the size of the plant. The object is
digging the trench is to stimulate
the growth of fine roots near the
base of the tree or shrub.
After the plant is removed . from
the soil, Harris says it should be im
mediately planted In its new position.
If if~1s to be transferred some
distance before replanting, it should
be packed in shavings or at least
a wet sack kept around its roots It
is very essential that the roots be
kept moist until the plant is re-set.
Bvergeens should be treated similar
to deciduous shrubs exceut that
they are usually dug with a ball of
earth. A two to six-foot native plant
is usually the best site to move.
However, the Stat^ College specialist
declared, this does not mear
that larger shrubs or trees cannot
be moved successfully. Full grown
trees and shrubs can be transplant
ed. but a tremendous root system
must be taken up witb the plant
which makes the Job erpensive an?
laborsome.
Cash Income from American farm
marketings and government payments
in October totaled $1,125,000
000 as compared with $008 million
dollars in September and $1,042,000
000 in Ostober of last year.
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meet demands of the 1,400.000 men
who will soon be under urins or
training is being developed by the
'National Defense Commission.*
Yancey county farmers continue
their interest in forest tree planting
as orders for 300.000 tree seedlings
through TVA are expected be
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