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THE “TIMES" PRIZE-WINNING COLUMN
From
ALMAR FARM
In Transylvania
BY CAL CARPENTER
It’s raining as I write this
column. There’s a steady
drum of water falling on :ur
low roof; there’s the intermit
tant heavier drops as accum
i luted water falls from the
limbs of the tall poplars and
maples around the house;
there’s a peculiar tinny drip
as water falls down the gut
ter down.-pouts and splashes
into the elbow at the bottom
where the downspouts go into
the gutter drains.
As I’ve written before, I like
to hear it rain. I thoroughly en
joy the sound of rain on the
roof and the feeling of com
fort and dryness it encourages.
I like to know that not only the
people but also the animals at
When you thinh of prescrip,
tions, think of TARNER'S. adv.
Pastor
R. A. WHITE
And the Members of
Midway Baptist
Church rr T
Invite You to Attend
Any or All of Our
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Bible School 10 a.m.
Morning Worship 11 a.m.
Evening Worship 7:00 p.m.
Thursday Evening
Prayer Service 7:00 p.m.
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Broadcast over WPNF Radio
Each Saturday Morning
10:30 ■ 11:00 O’clock
ALMAR Farm have a dry rooi
to get under if and when they
find it necessary.
I also like to know the hay
is dry, for baled hay under a
leaky roof is not only likely
to sour and rot in places but
damp hay can result in spon
taneous combustion and start
a fire to destroy barn, hay
and all.
All this is to lead up to the
fact that I had to put a new
roof on the barn a couple of
months back. I'll tell you about
it.
I say “I” had to do it, and
I immediately stand correct
ed. For even if it was my re
sponsibility, I’m agfraid I
didn’t do it. I just plain
flunked out when it came to
climbing up on that steep
barn roof.
The man who did most of it,
you might have already guess
ed, was my long - suffering
good neighbor Spud Warren.
What Spud didn’t do, Lester
Gillespie did, for he was the
only other one of four of us
who had the nerve to climb on
to that steep, high barn roof.
The story goes like this.
The barn roof had been leak
ing for some time. It was an
old asphalt shingle roof that
had never been replaced
since the barn was built —
originally as a 4-room boxed
house — some 20 years ago.
Lester kept telling me it
needed fixing, but I just
couldn’t ese how I was ever
going to get up there and
stay long enough to fix it.
You see, the old house had
been jacked up and a lower
floor of concrete block built
under it. This made the roof
not only steep, but some 16
or 18 feet high at the eaves.
A slip on that roof and a
fall from that height would
almost certainly be fataL
Lester promised to help and
so did Carter Hardin. I consult
ed Spud, and as usual, he prom
ised to help too. I bought the
roofing and nails and Spud
brought up some used lumber
and he and I built a scaffold
me Friday evening.
The next morning, before
Carter and Lester arrived,
Spud and I went up to the
job. Spud climbed the scaf
fold and went up on the roof
like a 10-year old. I climbed
the scaffold, took one look,
and realized I’d never climb
up on that steep roof unless
my life depended on it. I
was so shaky I could hardly
OSCAR S. GALLOWAY
OWNER
PHONE 883-9850
AREA CODE 704
AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR E.G.A. CERTIFIED MEMORIALS
Brevard Monument Company
104 WEST MAIN STREET
BREVARD. NORTH CAROLINA 28712
Dear Property Owner,
As I am sure many of you know, Pisgah Gardens, is
now involved in litigation. Exactly what is involved and
why this legal struggle has come about is very complex so
I will not attempt to explain it here. My only purpose in
writing you this letter is to reassure you that your invest
ment is perfectly safe.
Many of your purchased your property from me and
I feel that I owe you some explanation and re-assurance.
The litigation does not directly involve you since your
investment is protected under state laws. What is involved
is the ownership of the Gardens and regardless of the out
come your position will remain essentially unchanged. I re
gret very much that this problem has arisen but feel sure
that the matter will soon be resolved.
At the present time I have no control over Pisgah
Gardens but I still feel that I have a personal obligation to
you. Many of you, by purchasing property, placed your
faith in me and I intend to fulfill my obligation to you to
the vest best of my ability.
I invite your questions and your concern. I will be
happy to discuss in further detail this situation with you
if you so desire. You may reach me at the Brevard Monu
ment Co. by visiting our office at 104 West Main St., or by
calling 883-9850.
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely yours,
\ WEEKLY CROSSWORD
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VA Launches Mobile Home
Guaranty Program On Dec. 22
The Veterans Administration
recently announced that Dec. 22
has been set as the date to
launch the new program of
guaranty or direct loans for vet
erans to buy mobile homes.
This program is one of the
highlights provided by “The Vet
erans’ Housing Act of 1970,”
signed into law by President
Nixon on Oct. 26.
Use of this benefit does not
deprive a veteran of the con
ventional $12,500 home loan
guaranty entitlement, however
he may not use it until he has
repaid the mobile home loan in
full.
The statutory limit for a mo
bile home loan is $10,000 with
a maximum repayment period
of 12 years and 32 days.
In contrast to the VA pro
stay on the scaffold.
Spud said all right, for me to
just nail the lower edge and
hand him the rolls of roofing
1 managed to do this, but not
without calling on all the nerve
I had. Just to hang onto the
edge of the roof and nail the
new roofing, walking on the
narrow scaffold, was about all
1 had in me. I was disgusted
with myself, but realized that
too many years and too many
pounds had come between my
younger days, when I could
have run around that roof like
a squirrel, and now.
Carter and Lester arrived.
Carter took one look and
flunked out just as I had.
Lester swapped shoes with
me — my rubber soled ox
fords for his heavy boots —
and went on up. But he had
trouble. The oxfords were
still too slick and the old roof
was slippery with gravel from
the old shingles and broken
bits of roofing. He could just
barely slide around on his
bottom without falling.
So Spud wound up doing
practically all the work. Carter
and I handed and carried and
Lester helped all he could.
After Spud and Lester got
down and we’d removed the
sacffolding, we all did an
easy patch!-g pob on the rela
tively flat rcof of the corn
crib.
When this was done. Spud
said, in righteous disgust,
“Well. 1 think I’ll go home be
fore Cal thinks up something
else for us to do.” He didn’t
stress the “us” but he had a
right to.
Anyway, the barn is dry
new. and I think about it as
I listen to the rain on my
roof. I also think of my most
unusually good neighbor,
Spud Warren.
FOR SALE
gram, the FHA program allows
mobile homes to be financed
under Title I with discounts
figuring out at interest rates in
a range of 7.97 to 10.57 per cent,
but Housing and Urban De
velopment Secretary George
Romney has projected a 12 per
cent rate if Congress approves
the Senate bill removing the
current ceiling.
Other provisions provided by
“The Veterans’ Housing Act of
1970” include restoration of ex
pired GI loan benefits to some
8.9 million World War II and
Korean veterans and open-end
ing of the program for veterans
who have served in the period
after Jan. 31, 1955.
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Need To Write Legislators?
Here's A List Of Addresses
The mailing addresses of
lawmakers representing West
ern North Carolina are pub
lished here lor your con
venience.
U. S. Sen. Sam J. Ervin, Jr.,
(D), Senate Office Building,
Washington, D. C. 20510; U.
S. Sen. B. Everett Jordan
(D), Senate Office Building,
Washington, D. C. 20510; and
V. 8. Rep. Roy A. Taylor (D),
House Office Bunding Wash
ington, D. C. 20515.
State Senators, Lamar
Gudger (D), 189 Kimberly
Ave., Asheville, 28804; I. C.
Crawford (D), 10 Hampshire
Cir., Asheville, 28804; Carl
D. Killian (D), CuUowhee
28723; Zeb D. AUey, (D), Way.
nesville 28786; Clyde M. Nor
ton (D), Box 477, Old Fort
28762; David T. Flaherty (R),
803 Hospital Avenue, Lenoir
28645.
State Representatives Her
schel S. Harkins (D), Box
7266, Asheville 28807; John
S. Stevens (D), 8 Pine Tree
Road, Asheville 28804; Claude
DeBruhl (D), Box 480, Cand
ler 28715; Charles H. Taylor
(R), Box 66, Brevard 28712;
Liston B. Ramsey 'D), Mar
shall 28753; Ernest B. Mes
ser (D), 15 Forest View Cir
cle, Canton 28716; Erwin W.
Patton (D), West Main
Street, Franklin 28734.
Also Reps. J. T. Mayfield
(R), Box 26, Flat Rock 28731;
Hnfh Beam (D), 204 Crescent
Drive, Marion 28752; James
E. Holshouser, Jr. (R), West
1 brook Extension, Boone
28607; R. A. Jones (D), 122
Woodland Ave., Forest City
28043; and William M. Ful
ton (R), 207 Myrtle Street,
Morganton 28655.
A worker does not have to
be paid on an hourly basis to
be entitled to the overtime pay
provisions of the Fair Labor
Standards Act. The act re
quires that time and one-half
for all hours worked over 40
must be paid to covered non
exempt workers, regardless of
the method of compensation,
whether salary, hourly, piece
rate, commission, or other form
of renumeration.
CLOTHES CARE
TODAY W
tJ3y ^ameS _Mawhind
The spotter can not always
identify stains immediately.
With today’s multiple activi
ties, multiple stains follow
along.
Every day new products
hit the American market.
Some of these products are
stain producing.
Adhesive and friction tape
can cause a mucilaginous
stain. It could show np
white, brown or black. This
depends upon the amount of
soil it has picked up.
It is built up on the sur
face. Recognition to a con
siderable extent may be
made by its feel. It is sticky
to the touch.
Glue used by children in
making toy airplanes pre
sents a spotter problem.
When dry, it is as hard as
flint.
The drycleaner spotter is
constantly encountering un
usual stains. That is why
he must be an expert on
identification.
Watch Next Week For
“STAIN PRODUCERS”
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