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Newell To Graduate At
Naval Academy, June 3
Scheduled to be graduated from
the U. S. Naval Academy Friday,
June 3, is Midn. 1-C Marcy L. New
ell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marcy B.
Newell, of Elm Bend road, Brevard.
He entered the naval academy
on a congressional appointment
from Colorado in July, 1951, after
graduating from East High school
in Denver in 1951.
Upon graduation, he will receive
a Bachelor of Science degree and
be commissioned a second lieuten
ant in the U. S. Air Force.
The graduation ceremony will
take place at 11:00 a. m. (EDT) in
historic Dahlgren Hall, culminat
ing traditionally colorful “June
Week.”
Now there’s an electric toaster
on the market that does three slices
at once.
MARCY L. NEWELL
THE
LAUGH CORNER
“Say, mister—can you give me
six cents for a cuppa coffee?”
“Coffee is a dime!”
“So, who buys retail?”
* * *
Mr. Blinks was busily engaged
with a spade in the mud beside his
car when a stranger hailed him
“Stuck in the mud?” he asked.
“Oh, no!” replied Mr. Blinks
cheerfully. “My engine died here
and I’m digging a grave for it”
* * *
Wife (in back seat): “Don’t drive
so fast, Donald.”
Husband: “Why not?”
Wife: “That policeman on a mo
torcycle behind us can’t get by.”
* * *
A man inserted a newspaper ad
describing a billfold he had lost,
with $10 in it and the next day a
iboy called at his home. I
“This looks like my billfold all
right, sonny,” said the man, “but it
can’t be. You see, my billfold has a
$10 bill in it, not ten ones.”
“I know, mister,” replied the
boy, “but the last time I found a
$10 bill, the man didn’t have any
change.”
* * *
“Have you been to any doctor
before you came to see me?” asked
the grouchy doctor.
“No, sir,” replied the meek pa
“A Man Called Peter” shows
Saturday, Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday at the Co-Ed Theatre.
I ient. “I went to a druggist.”
“That shows how much sense
some people have!” growled the!
doctor. “And what sort of idiotic
advice did he give you?”
“He told me to come and see
you.”
* * *
When Eddie, the slow moving
and inefficient clerk in a small
town store, was not in evidence one
morning, a customer asked, “Where
is Eddie? He ain’t sick, is he?”
“Nope, he ain’t,” replied the pro
prietor. “He just ain’t workin’ here
no more.”
“That so?” responded the villag
er. “Got anybody in mind for the
| vacancy?”
“Nope. Eddie didn’t leave no va
cancy.”
* * *
“My hair is falling out,” admit
ted the timid man to the chemist.
“Can you recommend something to
keep it in?”
“Certainly,” replied the obliging
chemist. “Here’s a cardboard box.”
* * *
Druggist: “Did the mudpack I
suggested improve your wife’s ap
pearance?”
Customer: “It did for a few days,
but then it wore off.”
* * *
A theatre manager was severely
reprimanding a meek doorman.
“Mr. Jones, I understand you’ve
been going over my head,” stated
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From A Reporter’s
Notebook
By FRANCES WALKER
Readers of The Times personal
column last week probably got a
chuckle out of the leading item:
“Hamilton Basso, former Brevard '
resident and author of ‘The View
from Pompey’s Head’ visited
friends here this week.” That’s
the way Mr. Basso wrote it, hand
ed it to this reporter and said,
“Here’s your story.” In his soft
spoken manner there was a hint
of finality so I didn’t pressure
him. You see, Mr. Basso is truly
a modest man. To some his atti
tude might be a little incredu
lous, but when he said he didn’t
see there was any story about his
being here, he meant it. Of
course I came back with the re
ply that a man who could write
a book which stayed number one
on the best seller list for months
was big news. He said it was no
longer news because “Pompey’s
Head” has dropped down until
it’s fifth place now. Even a per
suasive woman couldn’t persuade
him. He’s such a nice guy I real
ly couldn’t be vexed, though.
When Mr. Basso suggested we sit
down and have a chat I jumped
at the chance, even if it was off
the record. For the sake of new
comers who don’t know, the Bas
sos used to live near Brevard.
Everytime Mr. Basso comes back
here for a visit, he says he’s still
looking for another spot to build
a home and hopes someday to
come back and be a permanent
resident.
Carolyn (Mrs. Tom) Eller must
be following in the teaching foot
steps of her parents, Principal and
Mrs. R. T. Kimzey. Since Carolyn
began teaching the little folks in
the first grade, all kinds of good
reports have been drifting up from
the Brevard primary building. The
latest is what Carolyn did for
Mother’s Day. Being fortunate
enough to possess artistic ability,
Carolyn put it to use, much to the
pleasure of her students’ mothers.
She drew first, and then cut out of
black paper, a silhouette of each
of her 30-some pupils. The drawing
the employer.
“Not that I know of, sir,” ven
tured the meek employer.
“Not that I know of, sir,” ven
tured the meek employee.
“Isn’t it true that you’ve been
praying for a raise?” asked the
manager.
* * *
Bride: “I’m so sorry the dog ate
all my nice cookies.”
Hubby: “Never mind, we’ll get
another dog.”
* * *
Hostess (to a little boy at a par
ty):
“Why don’t you eat your jello?”
Little boy (watching jello close
ly): “It’s not dead yet.”
* * *
The men in the nudist colony
were giving the new entrant a bit
more than a glance. One of them
exclaimed, “Man, I’ll bet she looks
good in a sweater.”
* * *
Doctor: “Your husband must
have absolute quiet. Here is a sleep
ing powder.”
Wife: “When do I give it to
him?”
Doctor: “You don’t. You take it
yourself.”
When you think of prescriptions
think of VARNER’S.—adv.
was sent home to the mother.
Many were so pleased they have
had them framed. In later years,
mothers will place untold values on
these likenesses done of their child
by his first grade teacher.
Wilma Dykeman, a native of
Asheville, has had published a
book which should have wide ap
peal in the area. Simply enough,
its title is “The French Broad.”
In the book she tells not only the
story of “our” river but also of
the folklore, legends and people
of Western Carolina. She calls it
“The book I’ve been living and
learning all my life.” The writer
tells of the beginning of the great
French Broad near Rosman and
follows it on its course to Knox
ville. As the river meanders along
Miss Dykeman follows it through
the various towns, villages and
tells of the history, religion,
moonshining . . . even the great
Smokies. Folks looking for a gift
to send to friends in other parts
of the country about our area
should welcome “The French
Broad.”
Have you ever written a fan let
ter? I suppose all. of us have at one
time or another. The popularity
of television has probably prompt
ed more of us to be “fan letter
writers” than anything else in re
cent years. Mrs. Harry Bobst, of
Brevard, wrote her first fan letter
to Harriet Nelson recently, and it
was prompted by an apron! One of
Mrs. Bobst’s favorite pastimes is
making aprons, and her favorite
comedy show is “Ozzie and Har
riet.” So one evening when Harriet
had on a particularly fetching ap
ron Mrs. Bobst decided to write
her. Naturally she told Mrs. Nelson
how much she and Dr. Bobst enjoy
the show. She also said she was
fascinated by the apron. I am sure
that most stars would not have
bothered to sit down and answer
the letter personally as Harriet
Nelson did. Furthermore she drew
off a diagram of how the apron
was made and seemed pleased that
Mrs. Bobst was so interested. She
explained that the apron was made
and presented to her by the wife
of a man who works on their tele
vision show. Mrs. Bobst plans to
make a number of these aprons
and will sell them during the sum
mer through her church auxiliary
with proceeds to go to the parish
house.
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It’s always so gratifying to hear
that people read this stuff, and
even enjoy it. I’d get a lot more
inspiration if there were more
Mrs. Harllees among Times’ sub
scribers, too. Every time Mrs.
Allie B. Harllee comes down off
See-Off mountain, she stops in
to comment on something she’s
read in this column or eleswhere
in the paper. She likes good sto
ries, too, and brought one along
for me. Here it is:
The teacher sent the spelling
class to the blackboards to make
lists of every word they knew
ending with “een.”
When they had finished she
went down the line checking.
She came to one boy who had
left out the word “Queen.”
“Boyd,” she said, “you have
left out one word.”
“Yessum,” Boyd replied, “I
know, queen; but I don’t know
how to make a kwee.”
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