Tryon Daily Bulletin, Thurs., Feb. 28, 1980
Peter Pan Lives Here
Connie Junker
Lyssa Cross
You can’t fool kids. She came
on the school stage, as she had al
nine other schools, with a fancy
circus box and said her name was
Connie Junker, and she introduc
ed her guitar-strumming associ
ates, Lyssa Cross and Jo Lynch.
All three of them in their
abbreviated clown suits and
tights spelled live theatre. She
changed costumes from the box,
and played this and that
character, and the three of them
sang, and everyone had fun.
But when she put on the dark
green jacket and the belt with the
pocket, she could only be one
person: Peter Pan.
The children knew that’s who
she really was, and if she had
flown in and out of one of the high
windows they would have thought
it only natural. They were with
her all the way, especially when
she crowed as only Peter can.
When Tinker Bell was near
death, it was hard to tell whether
there were any dry eyes around;
this reporter’s eyes seemed to
have something clouding them.
Then the old question with the
old magic, asked many years ago
by Maude Adams’ Peter Pan and
since then to millions of children:
“Do you believe in fairies? If you
do, clap your hands!” And then
the same response, always as
thunderous as small hands can
make it. And like those millions
of children, they brought Tinker
Bell back to life.
Then, as Connie Junker again
(though the children knew
better), told them about Super
Saturday, with its many plays
and mime and puppet shows and
an opera with a great flood. They
knew they would have to be there,
because Peter said it would be
great fun.
It’s comforting to know that
Peter Pan is living right here in
Polk County. Those technical
people at the Fine Arts Center
have proved they can do
anything, and when they figure
out how they can let him fly —
that will be a play to remember.
Meantime, Super Saturday’s
live theatre for children (and
some of us older kids) will keep
Tinker Bell and all the rest of us
alive and happy. And waiting for
more. — Reporter
Fox Mountain
Community Club
Newly elected officers of Fox
Mountain Community Club are:
Pres., Bill Parker; V-pres., Dr.
Roy Morgan; Sec.-Treas., Mrs.
Eddie Stokeley; Scrapbook,
Historian Chairmen: Mr. and
Mrs. Dana Woodbridge, Youth
Chrm. Eddie Stokeley, Beautifi
cation Chrm., Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Hudgins, Past pres. (3
yrs.) Mrs. Robert Barber. Bob
Barber is the Polk County
Western N. C. Community
Development ^Steering Commis
sion representative.
The club will have a commun
ity wide clean up April 17th
through April 19th prior to the
Western N. C. Community
Development week.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Proctor
have returned to Detroit after
visiting their parents, Willie
Proctor of Mill Spring and Mr.
and Mrs. John T. Johnson of
Tryon. Mrs. Proctor was here
while her mother was a patient at
St. Luke’s Hospital.
Checks, Part XIX
Law for Laypersons
..(Written by Charles C. Lewis,
Assistant Professor of Law,
Campbell College School of Law
for theJNOTth-Carolina Academy
of Trial Lawyers and distributed
as a public service).
When a person alters your
check to a larger amount and
manages to collect that larger
amount either from your bank or
from some other bank or person,
North Carolina’s Uniform Com
mercial Code provides that the
one who deals with the thief who
made the alteration will normally
bare the loss. Such a rule seems
to make much sense, but there
are situations when the loss is
shifted to another person besides
the one who deals with the thief.
Over 150 years ago in England,
a businessman by the name of
Young had to go out of town. He
left five signed blank checks with
his wife, who was not at all
familiar with business. One of
Young’s clerks, Worcester, came
to Young’s wife while he was
gone and asked to be paid. Since
Mrs. Young did not know how to
fill out the check, she gave it to
Worcester who made it out
correctly for fifty pounds and
then showed it to Mrs. Young for
her approval. Mrs. Young did not
realize that Worcester had
written the words “fifty pounds”
in the middle of the check rather
than beginning those words at the
far left-hand margin. Worcester
later added words “Three
hundred and” before “fifty
pounds” and then inserted the
diget “3” where he had written
“50” in numerals. He had
skillfully altered the amount
from fifty pounds to three
hundred and fifty pounds, and it
all looked very correct.
Naturally, Young’s bank paid
the check when it was presented
to it, and Young discovered the
alteration after he got back from
his business trip. He demanded
that his bank recredit his account
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because the check for three
hundred and fifty pounds was not
properly payable, the bank
refused to recredit his account
and later convinced a court that it
was not at fault in paying the
check. It argued persuasively
that Young should have left a
person in charge of his business
who was familiar with the
preparation of a check and who
would have made sure that the
word “fifty” was started at the
far lefthand margin so that no
additional words could be written
in. The court agreed with the
bank that Young’s negligence
substantially contributed to the
making of the alteration by the'
clerk and that Young should
therefore bare the loss rather
than the bank which actually
dealt with Worcester, the thief.
You should take particular
care when filling out a check so
that you do not give a thief the
opportunity to make alterations
which will not be noticed.
Ordinarily, you will not have to
bare the loss if an alteration is
made and a larger amount is
paid, but you will have to bare the
loss if your negligence substan
tially contributes to the making
of that alteration.
“This article is written as a
matter of general interest only. It
is not to be construed as legal
advice, and you should not rely on
the statements made in the
article to govern your actions in
any specific case. If you have a
particular question or problem,
you should contact an attorney.”
Men’s Bridge
Results of the Men’s Bridge
Club held Tuesday night at the
home of R. B. Scruggs were as
follows: 1st. Boyd Dunbar and
Lou Pettit; 2nd: Al Daniel and R.
B. Scruggs, 3rd: Earl Riber and
Charles Stratford.
The meeting next week will be
at the home of Lou Pettit.