SOMEWHERE IN THE BLUE
RIDGE COUNTRY — Standing on
a mountain top recently a friend
pointed out to the writer a large
hawk, poised high and motionless
above the earth.
“He’s riding the south wind,—
it’ll rain before tomorrow night,”
said our friend. And then seeing
the inquiry that must have clearly
registered on my countenance, he
explained, “this is an old, old
weather sign of the mountains,—
one that I have closely observed
through the years and never
known it to fail.”
* * *
Though I didn’t say so, I was
sincerely skeptical about this, as
I am on many of the more or
less popular weather signs. And
all the more so in this instance
because the afternoon sun was
then approaching the horizon in
a sky that was cloudless. This
was followed by a star-studded
night sky, until near morning,
when the mountain top was
shrouded in fog and mist. But
when the sun finally broke
through all was clear overhead,
and I became more thorougly
convinced than ever that a hawk
riding a south wind, high and
handsome, had very little effi
cacy as a weather prophecy. But
1 am not so sure about it now,
because that very afternoon, IT
RAINED!
* * *
Uncle Josh says: “I’ve lost many
a good day’s work witain for hit
to rain, an on t’other hand I’ve
tuck many a good wetting becaze
I didn’t wait. But I figger they’s
a heap more time lost by most
folk a waitin to see if hit’s a-goin
to rain, than was ever lost while
hit was actually a rainin.”
* * *
The fishing season in the Blue
Ridge Country has opened with
a bang. However, it should be
stated that most of the banging
is being done by those who go
cut fully equipped for a big
catch, but who return at the
close of the day with an empty
creel!
* * *
There are fish, and then there
are just plain suckers in the
stream of life as well as in the
creeks and lakes. They’re all a
great deal alike too, whether they
are out-fitted with fins or with
arms and legs. The suckers in both
groups always get caught soon or
later!
* • *
A fellow said to us the other
day, “airplanes are the work of
the devil.” We do not agree with
that attitude at all, but from all
reports the Allied Air Forces
are literally playing the devil
with the Hitler-Mussolini-Yam
oshito confederation.
* * *
An ad in a recent newspaper
said, “-is a city of skirts,”
and then goes on to describe the
various dress styles and fashions
available in one of this city’s
stores. But this advertisement con
tains more fact than poetry, if one
considers the present trend all
over the nation. More and more
women are ranking with men, and
taking the places of men in so
many instances during this war
emergency. All of which has its
merits now. But thinking people
are already beginning to ask,
“WHAT OF TOMORROW?” Will
our nation become a nation of
SKIRTS, and will the old gag
about living under “petticoat gov
ernment” become all the more
gagging, because all the more
true? Somebody must rock the
cradle, cook the meals, and keep
the homefires burning. God save
our land if that sacred task should
be left to the men in the post war
world!
* * *
Now that so many high schools
have closed and are soon to
close for the summer vacation,
we are thinking of the hosts of
young men and young women
who are graduating, and going
forth into a world that has never
been so beset with un-certainties
as at the present time. And yet
we dare say that if there is any
one class in all our land that is
willing to meet the challenge of
these times, and whose vision
can penetrate the smoke and
clouds that shut out the future,
catching the gleam, however
faint, of a better and brighter
world beyond these times, that
class is composed of the vast
throng of high school graduates
who are receiving their diplo
mas this spring. More power to
them!
* * *
Someone has said that of the
four greatest events in a man’s
life the greatest and most happily
remembered was his graduation
from high school. The other three
events, though quite important,
are never remembered, due to the
fact that the man passing through
them is totally obivious to all that
is going on about him. They are
as follows: His Birth; His WED
DING; and his DEATH!
A Lick at Axis
AN ENGLISH GIRL does her share
for the war effort by sticking sav
ings stamps on a 500-lb. bomb at
Trafalgar Square, London. When
the bomb is fully covered with
stamps, it is to be taken over Ger
many on a raiding plane and
delivered. (International)
SWAP-WORK PLAN HELPS
FARM LABOR SHORTAGE
Swapping labor for combine ser
vice in cutting small grains was
developed at a recent farm labor
meeting in Randolph County, says
J. P. Leagans, Extension specialist
in Farm Planning at N. C. State
College.
It was developed that 73 farmers
had combines and only two of
them were planning to do custom
work. They were all familiar with
the fact that during the harvesting
season for gi'ain, other crops such
as cotton and corn would have to
be worked out. The growers with
the combines did not have suffi
cient labor to work out their row
crops and run their combines at
the same time.
According to Leagans, a plan j
was worked out whereby the neigh-!
bors, who needed combine work,
agreed to go over and work out
the row crops of the combine own
ers in exchange for combine serv
ice on their own grain. In this way
the combines can all be kept oper
ating at full capacity and all of
the row crops on all the farms can
be taken care of.
Standardization of glass food
containers will increase their pro
duction by about 20 per cent more
this year with existing equipment
than were produced in 1942.
BREAKDOWN
IN THE
KITCHEN
You would be rightfully indignant if
anyone accused you of sweeping trash
under the rug. But have you seen the
drip pan in your kitchen stove lately?
Yet the serviceability of your electric
range and other equipment depends in
large measure on their treatment.
Is there a sticky crust around your
burners? Is your oven rusty looking?
Is the porcelain stained and cracked?
These are signs of sabotage in the kitchen.
Why not act upon these tips?
• Clean your gas or electric range and your re*>
frigerator as you would a china dish, washing
with soapy water, rinsing and wiping dry.
• Wipe up spilled foods often—never let them
harden and dry.
• Clean ovens only when cool, using warm,
soapy water on lining and racks. Be sure to
rinse and wipe dry.
• Heating units burn themselves clean—should
be brushed, not washed.
• Look out for loose bolts or screws which
might give trouble. Keep a screw driver
among your kitchen knives and spoons.
• Save food and fuel by combining meals.
HOME SERVICE DEPARTMENT
DUKE P0WER COMPANY
Day Phone 116 Night Phone 16
REAL ESTATE
TRANSACTIONS
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A total of 43 real estate trans
actions were recorded in the reg
ister of deeds office during the
month of April, Melvin Gillespie
announced this week.
A list of transactions is as fol
lows:
T. C. Henderson, guardian, to
Garland C. Whitmire and wife.
John Vorder Bruegge Tr. to R.
J. Hussey.
C. W. Pickelsimer to Alexander
P. Lance.
Karl J. Kilpatrick and wife to
D. P. Kilpatrick.
J. W. Blackwell and wife to
Lizzie McCall.
John Miller and wife to E. V.
Smith.
E. P. Stillwell and wife tr> Karl
J. Kilpatrick and wife.
John W. Banks and wife ;o Ed
C. Mitchem and wife.
G. B. Lynch and wife to Louie
H. Rains and wife.
Otho Scott and wife to H. M.
McGee and wife.
Paul J. Weaver and wife to S.
A. Bryson.
Transylvania Co. and Town of
Brevard to Paul J. Weaver.
S. A. Bryson and wife to Eugene
Bryson and wife.
George Bryson and wife to Eu
gene Bryson.
Transylvania County to Nettie
A Fisher and others.
Nettie A. Fisher and others to
U. S. A.
J. H. Tinsley, Comm’r to Rose
W. McLean.
Donald M. Jenkins and wife to
D. P. Kilpatrick.
Wallace Wright, Adm., to Earl
A. Thurman.
Roy J. Greene and others to R.
J. Franks and wife.
Ralph H. Ramsey, Jr., Comm’r,
to Town of Brevard.
Julia Deaver to Claud Ray and
wife.
Town of Brevard to Eugene
Tinsley and wife.
Ralph H. Ramsey, Jr. Comm’r.
to town of Brevard.
Ralph H. Ramsey, Jr. Comm’r.
to town of Brevard.
Ralph H. Ramsey, Jr. Comm’r.
to town of Brevard.
Ralph H. Ramsey, Jr. Comm’r.
to town of Brevard.
Lillian S. Baldwin to H. V. Mc
Clure and wife.
Burnham S. Colburn and wife
to J. T. Harrison and wife.
Noah Whitmire and wife to
Gaynellie L. Whitmire.
J. A. Mull to Carl W. Galloway.
T. A. Snyder and wife to F. H.
Holden and wife.
C. C. Gibbs and v/ife to Bert
Lane and wife.
Board of Education of Transyl
vania County to Brevard-Davidson
River Prsebyterian Church.
O. H. Orr Commissioner to P. R.
Bishop.
B. M. Boyd to B. F. Merrill.
Nancy Macfie Morrow and hus
band to Mitchell Holden and wife.
Karen M. Parsons and husband
to Burnham S. Colburn and wife.
N. A. Miller and wife to Karen
M. Parsons.
Addie Greenwood to Herbert
Greenwood and wife.
Macfarland Shackelford to Bates
Patton.
Bates Patton to Macfarland
Shackelford and others.
NOTICE OF SALE
North Carolina
Transylvania County
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
Before the Clerk
R. E. Wood and Duke Power
Company - Petitioners
vs
E. Jack Fisher et al
Respondents
The undersigned Commissioner,
duly appointed and hereunto li
censed by a Judgment in that
Special Proceeding entitled as
above, will, on Monday, the 31st
day of May, 1943, at 12 o’clock M.
at the County Court House door
in Brevard, North Carolina, offer
for sale at public auction, to the
highest bidder, for cash, the fol
lowing described lands lying and
being in Hogback Township, Tran
sylvania County, North Carolina,
adjoining the lands of Duke Pow
er Company and other lands
owned by the Respondents, par
ticularly described as follows:
Beginning at a C. O. stump, the
Easternmost corner of Grant 601,
and running thence with the line
of the said Grant S 26-35 W 338.4
feet to its intersection with the
line of the Baker Survey; thence
with the line of the Baker Survey
N 5-06 W 1142.5 feet to its inter
section with the Northeasterly
line of Grant 601; thence with the
line of the said Grant S 16-51 E
872.8 feet to the Beginning—Con
taining 2.3 Acres, more or less,
and being all that part of Grant
601 which lies inside the bounda
ries of what is known as the Bak
er Survey of the Montvale Lum
ber Company lands.
This sale will be made subject
to taxes for the year 1943, and the
sale will stand open 10 days for
increased bid as required by law.
This 30th day of April, 1943.
LEWIS P. HAMLIN
5-6-4tc Commissioner
Buy U. S. Government Bonds
[and Stamps regularly.
Bishop in London
BISHOP ADNA WRIGHT LEONARD
of the Methodist Church arrived in
London. He represents 31 Ameri
can Protestant denominations on a
visit to chaplains and service men
on four continents. He brought
President Roosevelt’s greetings to
all service men. (International)
Timely Hints For
Farm Homemakers
By Ruth Current
The turnip is a double-action
vegetable. The roots make good
winter fare—and the tops furnish
greens that are rich in vitamins
and minerals. Every daily menu
should include at least one green
leafy vegetable, as turnips, mus
tard greens or collards.
Greens top all foods insofar as
vitamin A is concerned. One serv
ing, or one-half cup of turnip
greens will provide three times
our daily requirement of this vita
min.
Turnip greens rate high as a
source of calcium. One serving, or
one-half cup (and this is two-thirds
as much calcium as a glass of milk
will furnish) will give us one
fourth of our daily requirement.
The greens are high in iron
and, with most foods shy in iron,
this is valuable information to
know. One - half cup of turnip
greens will give us about one
fourth of our daily requirement
of this mineral.
Greens also are high in vitamin
C, and they are a good source of
riboflavin, or vitamin G.
Greens are cheap, plentiful, and
easily cooked. Pick them over and
wash them in warm water to loos
en the dirt; then, rinse them
thoroughly in cold water, cut the
larger leaves, and cook rapidly in
a small amount of water, for from
10 to 30 minutes. Season them any
way that you wish, but be sure to
cook them with bacon fat or ham
bone.
Minerals are present in the
foods we eat. The amounts are
so small that it is impossible to
see them, but they are absolutely
necessary for good health. They
may be classified as both protec
tive and building substances.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PRELIMINARY CERTIFICATE
OF DISSOLUTION
To All to Whom These Presents
May Come—Greeting:
Whereas, It appears to my sat
isfaction, by duly authenticated
record of the proceedings
for the voluntary dissolution
thereof by the unanimous consent
of all the stockholders, deposited
in my office, that the Henderson
ville Leader, Incorporated, a cor
poration of this State, whose prin
cipal office is situated at Main
Street, in the City of Henderson
ville, County of Henderson, State
of North Carolina (A. Patterson
being the agent therein and in
charge thereof, upon whom pro
cess may be served,) has complied
with the requirements of Chapter
22, Consolidated Statutes, entitled
“Corporations,” preliminary to
the issuing of this Certificate of
Dissolution:
Now Therefore. I. Thad Eure,
Secretary of State of the
State of North Carolina, do
hereby certify that the said cor
poration did, on the 24th day of
April, 1943, file in my office a
duly executed and attested con
sent in writing to the dissolution
of said corporation, executed by
all the stockholders thereof, which
said consent and the record of the
proceedings aforesaid are now on
file in my said office as provided
by law.
In Testimony Whereof, I have
hereto set my hand and affixed
my official seal at Raleigh, this
24th day of April, A. D. 1943.
THAD EURE.
Secretary of State.
4-27-4tc.
TRY TIMES WANT ADS
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Mass every Sunday and
Holy Bay at 21 West Main .
St., Second floor left For
time of mass, phone 352.
ARE YOU DOING YOUR PART
BY BUYING WAR BONDS AND
STAMPS EVERY PAY DAYT
EAT OUT
TONIGHT
Get out of the kitchen one
night a week. Try our de
licious meals.
n‘ GRILL
J. C. Gaither, Proprietor
BROAD STREET
PROPER CARE AT THE
Right Time...
Will Make Tires Run Longer
-Have Them
RECAPPED
A tire from which the tread
has been worn can, with the
proper recapping, be made to
run several thousand addition
al miles. We are prepared to
offer our customers that kind
of work. Don’t expose your cas
ings to damage that would
make it impossible to recap
them . . . consult us today, or.
better still, bring your worn
casings to us.
BURRELL MOTOR CO.
24-hour Wrecker Service
Phone 27
Brevard, N. C.
From busy factories and teeming cities all over the na
tion people come to “The Land of Waterfalls” every year
to enjoy our unsurpassed climate and nature’s grandeur.
Let’s contribute to their enjoyment by giving the town
a thorough cleaning up next week as urged by Mayor
Clement in his proclamation.
Let Us Serve Yon
WITH
Transylvania Grade "A”
PASTEURIZED DAIRY PRODUCTS
AID IN THE WAR EFFORT
BY BUYING MILK
THAT IS PRODUCED IN
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
-A
WE DELIVER DAILY
Phone 95
TRANSYLVANIA DAIRIES
OPPOSITE BREVARD COLLEGE *
T. R. Parrish, Mgr.
Brevard, N. C.