The baby is one—one mischiev
ous imp, one angel, one nuisance,
one darling, one year old. One
year old! A lot of water, a LOT
of water has passed under the
bridge.
—o—■
The World War and Friday, May
13, 1938, are both far, far away—
but vague, shadowy memories that
are a remnant of my past dead
self. For if I have not lived more
since she came, I have been more
wide awake—at least awake more.
—o—•
At first I was amazed and dumb
founded. “A girl, did you say?” I
shouted incredulously at our friend
who brought the news to me.
Somehow, I could not believe it
was true. Why, what could I do
with a girl? Girls (that is, little
girls) had never played a part in
my training. I did not know what
were their tastes, likes and dislikes,
habits, or their wearing apparel.
And all that hunting and fishing
and baseball I had planned—gone,
gone with the wrong gender.
-—o—
As I remember, she was a tiny
mite with an old looking, wrinkled
face which was nothing much but
a pug nose and a tiny hole that
emitted the most fairy-like sounds.
I went by the hospital office to
take the matter up with T. J. He
consoled me. He said that we could
take her home, try her out, and if
we did not like her, we could re
turn her.
—o—
At odd minutes I went back to
the hospital—to see the missus.
Soon I realized she wanted me to
say that we would take the baby,
and, out of the association of ideas
and a few*.spellbound peeps at her
chubby hands and bright eyes, I felt
time begin to lag. Would the re
quired ten days never end?
After awhile they did and home
the two came.
—o—•
That night I had a nightmare.
I saw two huge creatures on bend
ed knees over a tiny bit of squirm
ing, yelling humanity. They work
ed and mumbled and sweated in
the hot night air. What could two
such huge animals be doing over
so delicate a piece of life but work
ing evil?
—o—
The next morning after break
fast I related my dream to the
Missus, Said she: “Huh. That was
no nightmare. That was you and
I dressing the baby for the first
time.”
•f -—o—
But I became expert in time.
—o—
Days grew into weeks, weeks in
to months, fuzz into hair, teeth into
gums, and a doli-like form that lay
passively in my two hands into a
wild little animal that I can hold
only by exerting main strength and
listening to murderous yelps. And
as time flitted, the house became
cluttered with high chairs, swings,
walkers—until I had to learn to
walk anew to keep my daughter
from growing up an orphan. She
has not learned yet, and it is my
guess that she thereby has saved
her own life many times.
—o—
And there have been dresses—
blues and pinks and roses—and
bonnets and shoes and pictures and
toys and a great deal of baby talk.
She has nineteen dresses and odd
accessories. I got a suit the year
I married, whenever that was.
—o—
Last Saturday she had a birth
day—her first one. She had a
cake with a lot of icing and a lone
candle on it. She didn’t care for
the candle, but in the midst of
posing for a picture, she reached
over and got a fistful of the icing.
Yes, she is one.
—o—
A boy? What would I do with a
boy?
Muy S©es
To Mew York
For A Week
■J. F. May, local agent for the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.,
now in his 22nd year with that com
pany, left Sunday for the Metro
politan convention in New York
City where he will be the guest of
the company with all expenses paid.
He will be put up at the Hotel
New Yorker where special clerks
have been assigned to see that Mr.
May and fellow workers are prop
erly cared for in the big New York
hotel.
Mr. May has been designated a
“Blue-Ribbon Man” by President
Leroy A. Lincoln for long, faithful
and efficient service with the com
pany. A special set of rooms for
these “Veterans” has been set a
side in home office building.
The convention starts Tuesday
and ends Saturday night of this
week. Main headquarters are at
the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel where
Mr. May has been invited to five
dinners on the five days.
At Convention
Rev. Gordon Price left Sunday to
attend the Southern Baptist Con
vention in Oklahoma City.
Junior Order Holly
Horrellsville 23rd
-
A Junior Order District Meeting
and Rally will be held at Harrells
ville on Tuesday, May 23. At 3
p.m. Business Session, at 6 p.m.
Barbecue Supper; at 8 p.m. Public
Rally. Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn
will give the main address of the
evening. W. M. Futrell, District
Deputy.
A wonderful
cola tiririR
Injoved by
mdliorofor i
ifc goodness I
More Jobs Open
At State Office
Carl W. Capps, Manager of the
local office of the N. C. State Em
ployment Service, announces the
following job opportunities open
throughout the State:
Maid, nurse; Loopers. hosiery;
Superintendent, factory (building
material); Estimator (construc
tion); Teacher, Vocational (Home
Economics); Draftsman, map;
Plasterers, construction; Milkers,
hand (dairy); Dietician; Nurses,
registered; Mechanic, automobile,
Blower and Bender, neon tube
(glass); Project Engineers; Senior
Project Engineers; Mechanic, Trac
tor; Draftsman, mechanical; Com- ;
positor, printing (wood).
! Detailed information concerning :
these openings may be had by call
ing at the office of N. C. State Em
ployment Service.
“Bobo” Starke of Carolina spent
Sunday with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. R. L. Starke.
Miss Julia Fahey spent the week
end in Greenville.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Norwood spent
Sunday with relatives at Barley,
Va.
Mrs. Scott Benton spent the week
end in Scotland Neck.
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