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Bw»'i Harrell Trexler
I have been told, at some
time, never to start a story
with “It was a dark and
stormy night.” Well - lately
it. hm rained and stormed
day and night. Yet much
nicer than three years ago
*hen it was so dry that cars
could not be washed, the
flowers watered, nor could
we fID the swimming pool.
I never <fid mind the heat
of summer, nor the cold of
whiter. This comes very
likely from growing up in
the country during the years
of no air conditioning -
really, there was not even
electricity out there then.
You Just took the season’s
as they come, knowing that
they would soon change. The
thunder storms I could do
without - then and now.
Now, as far as the eight
day of August is concerned,
I shall watch the sky for rain
and thunder storms. I fear
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there is a pattern.
On August Eighth,
Nineteen Hundred Eighty
One, my grandaughter, Sally
Shore, after much
preparation and happy
anticipation of a grand and
glorious wedding day, woke
to the crash of thunder and
lightning streaking across
the sky.
The bride was not
dismayed She walked
through the house time and
again, made numerous trips
to the church and she put
her hair up in curlers. She
called for grandmama to
bring this and that and then
she called again.
Her mother put her going
away outfit in her car, which
was never used that day and
which was some twenty five
miles away when the bride
was ready to change from
her beautiful wedding dress.
The storm may have gotten
to the mother of the bride!
At least they got her to the
church on time - and then
the rain came again - the
lightning flashed and the
thunder railed. I think the
bride and groom heard it
not.
Once during the service
there came a very definite
“grin” on the face of the
maid of honor, Suzanne, the
brides sister. When asked by
the minister, their Uncle
Bob, for the ring, one hand
reached to the other and a
better piece of acting you
will never see. There was no
ring. Suzanne had left it
home.
Fake it if you should
forget the ring she had been
told - and that Suzanne did!
The soloist, the bride’s
dear friend, was taken with
a sore throat and not a note
could she sing, like Sally,
she walked down the isle
with a smile that was as
bright as the candles on the
altar and in rare beauty
made her silent contribution
to the stormy wedding day.
A new beginning that
August day and a happy
year just passed, but not to
be outdone, weatherwise,
this August Eighth the
storm clouds came again.
Sally and David were off
to Ocean City and not aware
of the different trip to the
church that day for her
mother, her aunt and her
grandmama.
Our Aunt Magnolia had
died from a broken hip,
suffered in a fall the week
before. We were leaving
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with such fury as to weaken
the stoutest heart.
We had waited out the
storm, we thought. We took
to the freeway and then it
returned in full force. A
world of water and little else
could we see.
We found a parking lot
near Poindexter Street and
a Police Car waiting out the
storm when the water
lessened we pulled up close
and asked the nearest way
to the Funeral Home. The
officer was smiling and
helpful - the rain was pelting
him in his face.
We reached the church
and took our place near
Aunt Magnolia and her
flowers. A silent testimony
to the life she had led from
her friends, her church and
the street on which she
lived.
Two different beginnings
on two stormy August days.
One on a new and happy
road with their friends and
families close - to share the
rainy days that come in
every life.
One on a road free from
pain and suffering and
where the storm clouds have
rolled away.
America’s first “gold
rush” was initiated after the
1799 discovery of gold in
Cabarrus County.
Farm Tips: Poultry & Egg Industry In HC-
By Dr. J.W. Pou
Placed end to end, the
eggs produced in North
Carolina during 1980 would
reach around the world - not
just once, but five times.
They would reach slightly
over four - tenths of the way
to the moon.
They would make a ribbon
of eggs six feet wide ex
tending from the Pacific
coast to the Atlantic.
Dr. Fred R. Tarver, Jr.,
Extension Food Science
Specialist at North Carolina
State University, came up
with these and other figures
to emphasize the im
portance of the poultry and
egg industry to the Tar Heel
state.
In 1980, he said, there
were 13.2 million laying
hens on farms in North
Carolina and during the
year they produced almost
265 million dozen eggs for
consumption.
That was enough to meet
the needs of all 5,870,000
people in the state plus 5.8
million elsewhere.
Tarver, whose work is in
poultry products, said an
average egg is about 2V 4
inches long and 1% inches
wide.
Laid end to end, the eggs
produced in the state in 1980
would reach almost 113,000
miles. That’s equivalent to
208 trips from Manteo to
Murphy.
An average egg weighs
two ounces. Each year an
average hen produces 30
pounds of eggs - more than
6*£ times her own weight.
Eggs produced in the state
for consumption in 1980
weighed almost 199,000 tons.
There were nearly 20,000
tons of shells, 119,000 tons of
egg whites and 60,000 tons of
egg yolks.
North Carolina also
produces a lot of young
chickens called broilers.
The output in '9BO was
slightly under 400 million
birds.
From shoulder to base of
tail, the average broiler is
about eight inches long.
Placed end to end, the
state’s 1980 output of
broilers would reach 50,000
miles -about 93 trips from
Manteo to Murphy, or more
than two trips around the
world.
The state’s broiler
processors turned out
enough broilers that year to
supply the needs of all Tar
Heels plus 17.9 million
people elsewhere.
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“Poultry food products, a
luxury in bygone days, have
become increasingly im
portant in the diets of
Americans today,” Tarver
said.
U.S. consumption in 1980
averaged 62 pounds of
chicken and turkey meat
and 279 chicken eggs per
person.
“Poultry food products
traditionally have been
considered a good buy
because of their nutritional
value, relative low price and
versatility,” the NCSU
specialist said.
Poultry is North
Carolina’s largest food
industry, and it is second
only to tobacco as a source
of agricultural income.
Gross farm returns from
poultry and eggs produced
in the state last year
reached a record high
slightly in excess of SBOO
million, said Dr. Thomas A.
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Carter, specialist - in -
charge of extension poultry
science at NCSU.
Tarver said there are
numerous poultry food
companies in the state and
they process chickens,
turkeys, chicken eggs, duck
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