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tiSIIMTIES
By
D WIGHT
NICHOLS
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THE COFFEE CMJB?
A (aw rears ago we devoted
^ much attention to the Coffee
Y Club, and now that price of cof
viee has Increased per pound with
a cup still costing a njckel the
club has revived.
One of the things that makes
the Coffee Club an attractive
club is that it is unorganized.
Maybe it holds the distinction
of being the only unorganized
organization in the land today.
The club is a most informal
group, unenrolled nad unlnitiat
ed. The membership consists of
those who drop in at Pete's for
a cup of Java.
This august body is capable of
discussing anything from the
merits of United Nations to de
merits of a second-best hand in
poker.
Recently the club has some
new recruits. Some of the old
faithful are Ivan D. Anderson, B.
lC\Underwood, Roy W. Fore
hand O. E. Triplett, Ray Lands
berger, Nat Sosnik, George Wells,
"Red" Davis, Bob Day, Ed pay.
y PWm?r Horton, S. L. Whitaker,
et al> -v
Coffee drinking is not unlike
eating eggs. When eggs are high
in price they are good to taste
and much in demand. Now that
the price per pound of coffee is
up the Coffee Club members
naturally feel they are getting
more for their nickels.
There is no problem too large
Jor the Coffee Club to handle,
jtacause the club does nothing
but* talk and they can solve a
big problem by talk just as well
as a little one. Recently the
Question came up about how to
find out how many feet each
Wa?^~it would take to make a
are acre. Everybody said they
ad forgotten how to work
square root except one, and he
Way
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Wood For Sale
Dry Slab Blocks, Split Stove
Wood, Green Oak For Heater or
, Fireplace.
Call 789-R
Claud Brooks
Route No. 2
North Wilkeaboro, N. C.
ATTENTION
CHICKEN RAISERS!
Let as explain the time saving,
Work Saving and Money Saving
Features of Brooding With?
PYROFAX GAS
DICK'S GAS &
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NORTH WILKBSBORO, II. &
said he had never known how.
The Coffee Clnb Is a Utopian
congress. It has no officers, no
dues and no duties. Sometimes
it reminds us of the man who
said he was going to run for of
fice on a platform of "tree li
quor, good looking women, no
taxes and no hell."
There is much curiosity a
mong members of the club con
cerning the exploits of other
members. Which reminds us of
the draftee who was being fin
gerprinted upon entering the
army. The burly sergeant told
him to wash his hands. "Both
of them?" he asked. After a
lpause the sergeant said: "No,
Just one of them. I want to see
how you do it."
These Coffee Club members
like to conserve energy. In fact,
that following yarn is told about
one of them in his earlier years:
A lad, who had no great lik
ing for soap and water, was ob
served by his father washing the
forefinger of his right hand.
"What's the idea of washing
only one finger?" he inquired.
"The boy next door has aeked
me to come over and feel his
ba,by sister's new tooth," ex
plained Tommy.
Pores Knob Home
Club In Meeting
Nineteen members and one
visitor were present for the De
cember meeting of the Pores
Knob Home Demonstration club
on Friday afternoon, Dec. 9th,
at the community house with
Mrs. Kenneth Broyhill and Mrs.
Jesse Johnson as hostesses.
The meeting was opened with
a quiz contest on the Christmas
story conducted by Mrs. C. M.
Ashley. The club collect was re
peated in unison. The secretary
read the minutes of the last
meeting and called the roll. The
president presided during the
business period. Plans for a com
munity holiday party were com
pleted. Both old and young will
enjoy this party on Wednesday
evening, Dec. 28th, at the com
munity house.
The sale of Christmas seals
was checked. Plans for a floor
finishing demonstration were
made, which will be some time
the first of the year.
1950 Heart Sisters were
drawn. The new officers for
1950 were recognized and they
will preside at the January meet
ing.
Mrs. C. M. Ashley received a
birthday gift as she had the
nearest birthday to the club
meeting.
Mrs. Annie H. Greene, the
Home Agent, showed a Christ
mas picture which was "A Little
Girls' Christmas Dream." It was
very much ? enjoyed. She also
gave recipes for Christmas can
dies and conducted a couple of
entertaining games.
At the close of the fun Mrs.
Broyhill, assisted by Mrs. P. M.
Lowe, served relicious refresh
ments.
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Mending Broken Lives Is His
Hobby.?Few hobbies are strang
er than that of the Massachusetts
Commissioner of Mental Health
Read how the noted psychiatrist
disguises himself as a hobo and
frequents bars to help mend the
broken lives of the people he
meets there in "Mender of Brok
en Lives," appearing in January
1 issue of The American Week
ly, Nation's Favorite Magazine
With The Baltimore Sunday
American. Order from Your Lo
cal Newsdealer.
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SPECIAL NOTICE
If you want to be sure
of your place in the
January
ACCOUNTING or SECRETARIAL
closses you must
make reservation
N-O-W
loll in person or telephone
North Wilkesboro 714
Clevenger College of Business
VORTH WILKESBORO, N. C.
Senator Says Coffee.
Drinkers Will be
Gouged 650 Million
Washington.?Senator Guy M.
Gillette (D-Iowa) charged yes
terday, on the basis of a Census
Bureau survey, that the coffee
drinking public has been or will
be gouged for $650,000,000 by
recent "manipulation" of tne
coffee market.. j
The survey was made at the
request of Gillette's Senate agri
culture subcommittee, which has
been investigating zooming cof
fee prices and the "spread'' of
prices generally between what
the farmer receives and the con
sumer pays.
Gillette said the .survey show
ed there has been "definite ma
nipulation" of the market. But,
he said, the most "astonishing
fact in the survey was the dis
closure that more than 100,000,
000 pounds of coffee "disappear
ed" in this country between Oct.
i ana uec. i. *
Rumors -of a shortage during
this period caused housewives to
raid grocery stores to stock up,
iespite constantly steeper prices.
Gillette's $650,000,000 esti
mate was figured on the basis
a 20- to 25-cent a pound price
rise on annual imports of about
2,640,000,000 pounds per year.
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U. S. farms now produce about
75 per cent more than in 1910 and
nearly 40 per cent more than in
1935-89.
Vandenberg Visits
In Southern Pines
Southern Pines.?General of
the Air Force Hoyt Vandenberg
flew Into Southern Pines yester
day afternoon for a two-hour
surprise visit to his parents, Mr
and Mrs. Collins Vandenberg,
who are wintering here in a con
valescent hospital.
He landed at Knollwood Air
port in an army B-17 at 2:15 p.
u. and took off for an undis
closed destination about 4 p. m.
The United insurance Agency
,A11 Kinds and Forms of Insurance
Telephone 945 Over Rexall Drug Store
NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C.
Fire ? Automobile ? Hospital ? Life ? Theft ? Plate
Glass ? Boiler ? Etc.
Mrs. Newton Bumgarner ? T. W. Church
APPLES FOR SALE !!
I now have ready for delivery at my apple house on Highway
421 (At old homeplaee), the following variety of apples:
STAYMAN WINESAP-bushel . . $2.00
ROMAN BEAUTY - bushel $2.00
BLACKTWIG - bushel $2.00
RED LIMBERTWIG - bushel $1.75
(All of the above are first grade, hand-picked apples)
RED LIMBERTWIGS (windfalls) bu. $1.00
VIRGIL M. CHURCH
Highway 421
Purlear, N. C
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