Second- Hand fales Recently Pearle Sv/eezie went into a pay station in'Shelby to telephone a friend,she asker for Long Distance and as is customary, the operator asked her for her phone number-Pearle naiively replied,"I haven’t goi a phone"she was speaking over and told her to deposit a nick? by this time Pearle was so flu stered, she dropped her only nickel in change, and it rollei all the way dovm a long flight of stairs-after retrieving her nickel and finally getting her party she v/as so thoroughly ti' led she could hardly talk,Pear! eill be alright after she gets a little more practice talking over the-phone, especially Lon, DistanceJto such points as savannah,Morganton and others* Ask her about "Savannah" Some few months ago, j Iwx v/c.-.cc v/r-.s out \;ith conc of his p-''.!?, the weathor \:c.s "ioe . ;.d vj-rhi, so './hr.t could bo norc n-.tural th'\n to spend this time on the rivor-bfsnk and enjoy the nice siinshinc, as well as a fev/ harmless nips,All the crov;d had a dif- foront brand and Alox docidod to'saniplo thom nil. But the mixtufs vms just a little too much for him. and after a bit, Alex decided it was tirne to sleep a little while t Alox atarted snoring and was sleeping with his mouth open,the temptation vvas too strong so some of the boys decided to remove his false teeth, Alex never toev; what happened to his **Storo-bought Grindors”, and after nuch looking to no atoil,gave up ^d made an appointment v^ith ’’Dock Edards" to j^et a nsv; set ma«i3 .I'/hen the appointm- ented time arrived,’Doc' instead of making an impression, just slipped Alex's ovm ’Lost’ plate into his mouth. Alox is still wondering hov; it all happened. VWWVVVVVVVVV\W/VVWWVW^,T^W\/''WWmWVW\^>/Y'/^/^Ar/V^AT\r/VFv"\’^An^WVVWV\nAAn/’V\n/W F:’.r be it from us to spread rumors, but vje have just heard one that is too good to keep, although won't volch for its authenticity-the story goes that Miss Annie Sue Hoyle, that delightful, de-lovabie little blond bundle of femininity vjas start ing home from church the other night, -s/hen she \n-s approached by a very shy'teen-aged youngster, v;ho having acfiess to his dad’s autonobilo and tx-o gallons of gas, asked permission to take her homo,The night v;as ideal, the moon was shinning and this youngster couldn't ask for rJiything'nearer heaven, then just to be sitting beside Annie. He seemed to be so thrilled he couldn’t talk, so finally Annie asked "Bud, can you drive T/ith pne handy Bud crjac quiclcly down to earth and replied", "Can I^Jhy I’m the best left-hrnd driver in the—""Well, vjipe your nose," whe said,very icily, "It needs attention". According'to this yarn, a preacher v;as strrnded on a lonely country road, vdth a flat tiro, having no extra (and who does) these days??He was having great difficulty rem.oving the tire funra the rim, and it seems the harder he vrarked and sv/eated, the more difficult the job becrjne. He wasn’t p;otting rny^ihore, v;hen a stranger drove up and stopped, watching the preachers efforts with great dntrest- then the strrnger suggested that if the preacher would just try' cussing, tho job would be imch easier. But the preacher said "I don’t cuss, you know, but vdll be glad if you vdll help me change the tire", The stranger'then took over and after ripping out a few ivords,en tirely foreign to the preacher, the tire just almost fell off the rin and the changc TJas effected in a' few minuets- The preacher was only huipan after a21 and his only cornment was,"Well,I’11 be damned", vvvvm^v^/T\.rm\n/v^wa’Y^A^\nAnnmnm^/vwvvmT^mnr'i^^nAAmnnr/vvvvv\Ar\Ar'/wvvv'7W^m'^w i/vv^7vvwvvvvvvvvvvwvimT/7WiAr\mn/iAn/'ir('vvinmri^A^\n/v

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