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' "Blitzkrie£:" r,ppGr-,rcd in hot pursuit. Tills "Blit7:krieg" was an over-grown, frcckle-faced boy of about 13 or 1/|. years of age,'barefooted and very scantily clad. The young’un was mad clear throu^li' and through and carried as anniunition, a large rock in cither hand. V/hen ho saw' the astonished clerk he stopped long enough to inquire, "Air you seen ny Llanny"? The clerk explained that he did not know his Mother but described the strange vroman xvho had so recently passed by - ivith that description this young Hell-on~ TOieels took off again yelling at the scjno time, "That’s her, that’s ray liaw, dad-blaiAC it, she thinks she’s gonna' wean me, but durn it, she ain’t." We'have, all head'd of the miracles of the Gay Nineties, one'of them being the Gas Li{^ts, which v/ere generated by a mixture of carbide and Trater, If you ever smelled carbide, you will understand why it would be obnoxious even to a skunk, and thereby hangs this tale. Farmer Brown returning hone one day, spied a brand nevj can by the roadside and not being familiar with this chemical, picked it up and carried it home. After reaching home he pried the lid off in a hurry to see what he had found, but his first whiff convinced him that there was just one suitable place to dispose of this foul smelling stuff. At this precise moment. Nature called him to the little house in the back field, so hurrying, he carried the carbide along and quickly dumped it in one of the holes. Then he started thumbing thru’ the virell-worn old Sears Roebuck catalogue and to r;^ke his enjoyment complete, lit his old corn cob pipe and dropped the lighted m-atch in the above^n.entioned hole. Instantly, quicker than you can bat your eyes, there was a terrific explosion and what had been a Chic Sale structure v/ith little Morning Glory vines, etc, cliiibing all over it, turned into flying debris and Farmer Brown laight bo also menticned as flying. His wife hearing the great noise and commotion car.'.e running to see what had happened, seeing her'husband lying on the ground, she dashed cold water on him, and quickly revived hij.i, then excitedly inquired, "Fer land sakes, what happened?" Tli.e Farmer’s bewildered reply was, "Danged if I k:iow, it musta’ been something I et." Next month I’ll try to tell you a few more-yarns, - have heard some good ones on Ralph'Eaker and some others, and until then. So long. Good Luck and Good Fighting. * •Jt DM A. GOLD, JR. COMMISSIONED IN FECOS, TEXAS » Dan A. Gold, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. D. A, Gold of Blacks- burg, S. C. was commissioned as Second Lieutenant and received his ^ings as Bomber Pilot on April 15th at Pecos Army A3:r Fieli Pecos, Texas. Dan entered service in January 19^1 and has re ceived training at several bases, Tampa, Fla., Syracuse Univer sity, Santa Ana, Calif., Visalia, Calif., Taft, Calif, and- others. Dan was a Staff Sergeant at the time he \vas selected for training for a pilot. Lt. Gold is now spending a 10 day furlough with his parents in Blacksburg,S,C„ His sister, Mrs. Pauline Carpente r, works for Cleveland Mill & Poxver Co. and does quite a bit of ha.rd work on the Hoover Rail each month. Dan came up to see her yesterday and all of us had the pleasure of meeting him, and now we all understand why' "PoUy* has been d ing 30 much raving about her kid brother, Dan« He’s a handsome was hurrying to leave here yesterday, wo knov; there are other gii:^ who'^tf good looks too. At the conclusion of his furlough Dan will report back to Pocos Air Field for further training. The Hoover Rail Staff joins "Polly" in wishing for you Dan, all the luck in the world. way he ate his
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