From
ALMAR FARM
In Transylvania
BY CAL CARPENTER
About three years ago, I
wrote a column about the
Cock-of-the-walk in our hen
house, a big, reddish brown
rooster with blue-black tail
feathers, whom we call
“Lucky.” And lucky I still
think be is. He’s some more
of his remarkable story.
But before I go on, let me
fill in the background for those
readers who haven’t seen the
original column or my book,
“The Best from ALMAR
Farm,” where Lucky’s original
story was told.
Briefly, in the Fall about,
three years ago, we wound
up with too many roosters at
the farm. There were 8 of
them, and we only wanted to
keep one. We tried to give
them away but. found no tak
ers. Not wanting to kiH and
dress them to eat ourselves
(and because even though
young at the time they were
probably tough); and certain
ly not wanting to keep on
feeding them high-priced
chicken feed, I decided to
kill them and give them to
the wild Russian hogs. Those
hogs will eat anything.
So out of clear necessity, for
I dislike killings I took my
.22 rifle and went up to the
henhouse and had a rooster
shoot.
I had intended to keep
one rooster, a young bird I’d
name Reville, Jr., after our
old, original boss of the hen
house. And, to make a long
er story short, I shot roosters
until there were only two
left—Reville, Jr., and one
other who looked very much
like him.
I took a shot at the other
one out in the henyard and
missed—or so I thought. Then
the intended victim ran into
the henhouse and hid behind a*
section of separator coomwj'Jj
waited, in the gathering twi-"
light, and presently a rooster
stuck his head up over the
coops. I knocked it off with my
.22 only to find that I’d shot
Reville, Jr., the wrong rooster.
He’d been hiding behind the
coops too, and somehow or an
other—maybe the other rooster
had suckered him into it—he’d
put his head up first.
So I had to keep the other
one—he was the only rooster
1 had left. The next evening
at feeding, when I got a good
look at my surviving rooster,
I saw I really hadn’t missed
him with that shot in the
henyard after alL There was
a neat, round hole in his
wattles just below his throat.
Another quarter of an inch
higher and he’d not have
NOTICE OF SERVICE OF
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In The General Court of Justice
Superior Court Division
Before The Clerk
State of North Carolina
County of Transylvania
TO LELAND DEAN GRIF
FITH:
Take notice that an action
has been instituted against you
before the Clerk of Superior
Court of Transylvania County
for the adoption of your pur
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are required to appear and
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on file in the office of the Clerk
of Superior Court for Transyl
vania County on or before the
12th day of August, 1971.
You will further take notice
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that your purported child
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office of the Clerk of the Su
perior Court for Transylvania
County in the courthouse in
Brevard, Transylvania County,
North Carolina, at 9:00 o’clock
a.m. on the 12th day of August,
This the 29 day of June, 1971.
By: John K. Smart, Jr.
Post Office Box 426
Brevard, N. C. - 28712
been with u.
As I wrote before, I doubt
that that other rooster was
smart enough to arrange for
the change of victims there in
the corner behind the coop3,
for I’m sure chickens aren’t
that smart. It must have been
luck. And it must have been
luck also that kept that bullet
in the henyard a quarter of an
inch too low.
But the other rooster stay
ed with us, living high on the
roost and bossing the hen
house with only a scare and
a healed scar on his wattles
to record Ms risky adven
ture. That’s why we named
him “Lucky.”
The next episode in this
lucky bird’s existence occurred
this Spring.
One morning about daybreak,
two of a neighbor’s dogs got
into the henhouse. They really
raised Cain—chewed up some
20 chickens and eight more
were killed outright or ran off
into the woods and died.
The henhouse was a sight
to see, almost paved in feath
ers; and most of the surviv
ing chickens had great bare
spots where feathers, skin
and all had been ripped out.
One of the worst looking was
Lucky. He had no tail feath
ers, little covering on his back
at all, and even his drum
sticks were bare. He looked for
all the world like a man who’d
lost his pants. After commiser
ating, Marge jokingly threaten
ed to make him a pair of
breeches;
Well, this traumatic ex
perience had quite an effect
on Lucky. He lost his strut,
he never crowed; he spent
his days hiding under a pile
of unused feed troughs in
' the corner of the chicken
'house, exactly as if he were
ashamed to be seen. ' '
And now he’s lost his posi
tion as Cock-of-the-Roost too,
for our little game rooster
whom we call “P. T. Barnum,”
after his circus-like, vivd color
ing, has moved up the hill
from the hog house and taken
over.
“P. T.” had been with us
over a year at the time the
dogs came—he’d just, wan
dered into the hoghouse one
day and stayed, living fat and
sassy on the left-over corn
from the hog feedings. But
he’d never gone near the hen
house—Lucky was twice his
size and jealously guarded
his flock. So • for a year the
well-bullied P. T. had lived
a bachelor existence.
But with Lucky’s disgrace
and his living in hidin?
ashamed of his bare end and
loss of his trousers, P. T. came
up and became Boss of the Hem
house. Now when poor Lucky
comes out to eat, the cocky
P. T., half his size, chases him
back into his hole.
How long this’ll go on, I
don’t know. Lucky’s growing
new feathers, but his courage
seems to be gone. Maybe one
day he’ll stand up to P. T. and
send him back to the hog
house, but I kind of doubt it
Like people, I suppose, once a
bully has backed down he’s
finished. Lucky’ll probably end
his existence as an outcast
bully—maybe he’ll move down
the hill to the hog house.
But I still think he’s lucky
—lucky to be alive. This
makes three times he’s bare
ly escaped with his life; and, f
after all,. life is mace inpr« -
tant than social position even
to a rooster, wouldn’t you
say?
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Hand And Needle Crafts Shop
On West Main Is Doing Well
Western Carolina Hand and
Needle Crafts is proud to an
nounce that its store, located
at 90 W. Main St., is just be
ginning to hit its stride as a
thriving non-profit business.
The organization, made up of
mostly now-income members
from Henderson and Transyl
vania counties, had opened its
shop last March for the second
times in hopes of catching the
coming spring and summer
trade. Help has been forth
coming from Western Carolina
Community Action and the
newly formed Western Econom
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(WEDO) of Waynesville.
The shops reopening has
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especially fine items. being
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other hand - crafted pieces.
New benefits are also being
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volunteer help, however, and
new members are still being
solicited.
Residents and summer visi
tors alike are encouraged to
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the hours of 9:00 a. m. and
6:00 p. m., Monday through
Saturday.
Community Clubs Entered In Roadside Contest
A total of 59 Organized com
munity clubs is entered in the
1971 Roadside Improvement
Contest, according to Morris
L. McGough, executive vice
president of the Asheville Ag
ricultural Development Coun
cil, area sponsor of the contest.
For the past seven years,
since the inception of this con
test, something special has
been going on in way of road
side clean-up and beautification
in Western North Caroli.-.a,
primarily in the rural areas.
All the approximately 80 or
ganized community clubs enter
ed in the Community Develop
ment Program are working on
various improvement projects
to improve their areas. Howev
er, those in the roadside con
test are undertaking to make
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up and beautify roadsides and
make more attractive com
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Communities in Transyl
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Cathey’s Creek, Cedar Moun
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water and Silversteen.
A long and impressive list
of results have been compiled
by the rural communities since
the start of the contest. Aban
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hauled off by the score, sani
tary land fills have been creat
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areas installed, hundreds of
loads of trash have been pick
ed up and hauled away by vol
unteer effort, old buildings
have been removed, attractive
entrance signs and uniform
mail boxes erected, put out
roadside “trash barrels.”
Purpose of the Roadside Im
provement Contest is to en
courage all communities to
carry out organied clean - up
and beautification programs.
Special awards are provided
in order to recognize those
doing the most outstanding
work.
For the area, firrt prize of
$150.00 is sponsored by ADOA
Corporation, Bil'more: second
prize of $100.00 by Coca - Cola
Bottling Company of Ashe
ville; third prize of $50.00 by
Ivey’s of Asheville and four
$25.00 honorable mention
awards by Gerber Products
Cctnpany and Asheville Feder
al Savings & Loan Association.
Winners will be selected by
a Judging team in each coun
ty in August and the'e will be
judged in area competition
with all other county winners
of the western area by Septem
ber^ 15 th.____
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