THE “TIMES" PRIZE-WINNING COLUMN
From
ALMAR FARM
In Transylvania
BY CAL CARPENTER
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T guess we might as well
give up any idea of having a
flock of Muscovy ducklings
at the farm. Gwendolyn has
tried setting three times now,
and each time Haole, the big
German Shepherd, has found
her nest and carried off the
eggs.
The first time she tried to
incubate a family was last
year. She made a nest on
the west bank of the lake,
across the driveway in a bunch
of honeysuckle vine. She hollow
ed out a round depression in
the ground, lined it with down
from her. breast, and laid eight
eggs.
She sat on it for several
days. Benji, Emma Lou’s Bas
senji, first discovered the
nest, but he didn’t bother it
because Emma Lou was with
him. She’s always with him,
for that domesticated dog
LEGAL NOTICE
STATE JJOARD OF EXAMIN
ERS OF PLUMBING AND
HEATING CONTRACTORS'
As of July 6, 1971, North Car«H
lina General Statutes! 87, Ar
ticle 2 requires license ‘of ALL
plumbing, heating and air con
ditioning contractors as. defin
ed by the Statute (1931, c. 52,
s.6; 1939, c.224, s.3; 1951, c.953,
ss.1,2; 1953, c.254, s.2; 1967,
c.770, ss,l-6; 1969, c.445. 3.8;
1971, c.768).
G. S. 87-21 (d) provides as fol
lows: “License Granted without
Examination. - Any resident of
North Carolina who was engag
ed in business as defined in
this Article in any city, town
or other area in which General
Statutes 87, Article 2 did not
previously apply, shall receive
license without examination up
on submission of an application
on forms provided by the Board,
together with reasonable pcoof
that he was engaged in business
as defined and upon payment
of the annual license fee; pro
vided, the completed applica
tion is submitted to the Board
on or before December 31,1972.”
If you believe that you qualify
for license without examina
tion under the provisions of
G. S. 87-21 (d), please request
application forms from the un
dersigned.
Applications under G. S. 87
21 id) roust be submitted to
the Stage Board of Examiners
of Plumbing and Heatine Con
tractors ‘ on or before Decem
ber 31, ’1972.
This 16th day of August 1971.
F. 0. BATES, Executive Secre
tary. P. O. Box, Raleigh, N. C.
27602.
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won’t even walk around the
lake unless she escorts him.
Then, one day, duck eggs
started showing up around the
yard. It was like a mid summer
Easter egg hunt — eggs lying
here and there as it they’d been
placed for children to find. At
first we didn’t realize what was
going on, then it dawned. We
checked Gwendolyn’s nest and
sure enough, the eggs were
gone.
We watched Haole. We saw
him carrying an egg in his
big mouth — very tenderly,
being careful not to break it.
He seemed to get some spec
ial enjoyment out. of just
carrying it around.
I collected the eggs and,
realizing that any hopes for
ducklings from that nest had
gone, threw them off in the
woods and broke them. I didn’t
want Haole to break one and
find it was good to eat, for
then he’d be an egg - sucking
dog, and we didn’t want that.
Jhejfev this Spring.
^Gwendolyn fashioned a nest
on 10ievt»tlier side of the lake
right in a bigr drainage ditch.
.1. told Marge, she’d never
hatch her eggs there, for the
first, big rain would wash both
her and her eggs away.
But “Gwen” didn’t seem to be
concerned about it. She laid 13
eggs and began what, after some
research, I found would be her
30 to 35 day setting.
After about a week, eggs
started showing up around the
lawn. Another' Easter egg
hunt! 1 caught Haole with one
in his mouth and made the
mistake of yelling at him. He
dropped it and it. broke. Later
1 found him back licking the
broken egg. I scolded him and
scraped up the egg, but he’d
already found it wag good to
eat.
Marge and I eolected all the
eggs we could find and threw
them away. That took care of
Gwendolyn’s second try at
motherhood.
Then, early this Summer,
poor little Gwen gave it
another try. This time, she
made her nest, on the lake
bank, right down at the wat
er line in a muskrat hole.
She laid 12 eggs and began
setting. Marge and I could
see her head just barely show
ing above the muskrat hole
when we sat on the porch in
t.he evenings. She sat for near
ly two weeks and we were be
ginning to wonder what on
earth we’d do with a dozen
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Menus For School Lunchrooms
For The Week Are Announced
Menus for Transylvania Coun
ty Schools for the week begin
ning Thursday, September 9th
through Thursday, September
16th.
Thursday—Oven-Fried Chick
en, Rice, Giblet Gravy, Brocco
li, Cantaloupe, Freckle Face
Rolls, Raisin - Oatmeal Cookie,
Milk, Butter
Jr. and Sr. High Schools:—
Chicken or Hamburger w/Bun,
Raisin-Oatmeal Cookie or Apple
Cobbler
Friday — Macaroni and
Cheese, Bologna Cup, Green
Beans, Tomato Stuffed w/Slaw,
Hot Bulgur Rolls, Strawberry
Shortcake w/Topping, Milk But
ter
Jr. and Sr. High Schools:—
Macaroni and Cheese or Dried
Beans, Onions, Catsup Straw
berry Shortcake or Pineapple
Cake
Monday — Sloppy Joe w/
School Bun, Com on Cob, Basic
Cole Slaw w/Green Pepper,
Psychedelic Cake Squares, Milk,
Butter
Jr. and Sr. High Schools:—
Sloppy Joe or Roast Beef Slices
in Gravy, Cake Squares or Jello
Tuesday — Country - style
Steak, Mashed Potatoes, Brown
Gravy, Buttered Greens, Hot
Biscuit, California Pudding
Cake, Milk, Butter
Jr. and Sr. High Schools:—
Steak or Frankfurter w/Bun,
Pudding Cake or Chilled Fruit
Wednesday — Brunswick
Stew, Pear or Pineapple w/Cot
tage Cheese, French Bread
Muscovy ducklings.
Then, as they say in the soap
operas, catastrophe struck
again. Haole finally discovered
the nest and duck eggs began
appearing around the lawn. We
collected and threw them away,
for Haole, it seems, seldom
breaks one even though he car
ries them with his big, sharp
fangs. He still seems to like
just carrying them around in
his mouth.
But, of course, as soon as he
finds the nest, and takes one
egg, he puts an end to
Gwen’s setting. She won’t go
bark to a disturbed nest. So
it looks like there’s not go
ing to be any Mucovy duck
lings at the farm.
Marge and I are concerned
about Haole’s carrying off the
eggs, of course. He doesn’t seem
to have learned to break them
except by accident, but we know
he’s tasted them and must real
ize they’re good to eat.
Be that as it may, there’s
nothing we can do. Scolding
and punishment will not stop
his nest - raiding, for there
is too much time when we’re
not watching him-. So I guess
he’ll just have to remain a
nest - raider. He can’t do us
any harm in the chickens
house, for even if he should
go inside, which he never does
unless he’s with us, he can’t
get our chicken eggs out of
the nests because they’re ful
lv enclosed except for a high
level, hen-sized entrance.
It’s possible he could get
some chicken eggs down at the
hog houce where one or two
independent hens have strayed
from the henhouse and have
made nests. But, funny thing,
he’s never bothered these.
Maybe he’s cultivated a
liking for duck eggs onlv.
Then again, mavbe he’s decid
ed that nests out in the open
are fair game — just like he
has a rule that it’s open sea
son on pigs out of the hoglot,
but won’t touch them as long
as they stay where they be
long.
Whatever the case, it doesn’t
look like we’re ever going to
raise any Muscovy ducks. That’s
all right with us. for we don’t
need them anyway.
But it must be awfully frus
trating for Gwendolyn.
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Jr. and Sr. High Schools:—
Brunswick Stew or Ham or Oth
er Meat Sandwich, Ice Cream or
Fruit Shortcake
Thursday — Cheeseburger
w/Bun, Golden French Fries,
Buttered Green Peas, Fresh or
Chilled Fruit, Milk, Butter
Jr. and Sr. High Schools: —
Cheeseburger w/Bun or Spa
ghetti & French Bread Toast,
Chilled Fruit or Chocolate Pud
ding w/Topping
NOTICE OF SERVICE
by
PROCESS OF PUBLICATION
File No. -
Film No. -
IN THE GENERAL COURT
OF JUSTICE
DISTRICT COURT DIVISION
State of North Carolina,
County of Transylvania.
SHERMAN FOX,
jriamun,
vs.
T. A. OWEN and wife, HELEN
OWEN, LOUIS EUGENE
OWEN and wife, ELEANOR
OWEN, and STELLA O. WIL
KERSONi, (Widow), McKIN
LEY OWEN and wife, MARIE
OWEN, NEIL OWEN and wife,
BERTIE OWEN, and ROBERT
L. OWEN and wife, ALBERTA
OWEN, JERDA OWEN DAW
LEY (Divorced), CHARLES C.
GRAY (Sometimes known as
CHARLES C. OWEN) and wife,
KLENA GRAY (Sometimes
known as KLENA OWEN),
SYLVIA L. OWEN, PAULA
LANE OWEN, WALTER
LESLIE OWEN, NORMA JEAN
OWEN, JOYCE DEAN OWEN.
JESS STORKEY, GLENN
STORKEY and wife, GEORGIA
STORKEY, HENRY McDOW
ELL STORKEY. RICHARD
OWEN STORKEY, JESSIE
MAE STORKEY, NELLIE
STORKEY, and CARL GALLO
WAY, if living, and if dead,
their executors, administrators,
heirs and all other persons
claiming any interest in the
lands described in the com
plaint, together with their re
spective spouses, if any, to
gether with all firms* corpora
tions, stockholders, trustees and
directors of any corporation
claiming any interest in said
lands, together with all credi
tors or lienholders, regardless
of how or through whom they
claim, the names and where
abouts of all such persons be
ing unknown to the plaintiff.
Defendants.
To T. A. OWEN and wife.
HELEN OWEN, LOUTS EU
GENE OWEN and ELEANOR
OWEN, and STELLA O. WTL
KERCON (Widow!. McKINTEY
OWEN and wife, MARIE
OWEN. NETL OWEN and wife.
BERTIE OWEN, and ROBERT
L. OWEN and wife* ALBERTA
OWEN, JERDA DAWLEY (Di
vorced), CHARLES C. GRAY
(Sometimes known as CHARLES
C. OWEN) and wife, KLENA
GRAY (Sometimes known as
Klena Owen), SYLVIA L.
OWEN, PAULA LANE OWEN,
WALTER LESLIE OWEN.
NORMA JEAN OWEN, JOYCE
DEAN OWEN. JESS STORKEY,
GLENN STORKEY and wife.
GEORGIA STORKEY. HENRY
McDowell storkey, Rich
ard OWEN STORKEY, JESSIE
MAE STORKEY, NELLIE
STORKEY. and CARL GALLO
WAY, if living, and if dead,
their executors, administrators,
heirs and all other persons
claiming anv interest in the
lands described in the com
plaint, together with their re
spective spouses, if any, to
gether with all firms, corpora
tions, stockholders, trustees and
directors of any corporation
claiming anv interest in said
lands, together with all credi
tors or lienholders, regardless
of how or through whom they
claim, the names and where
abouts of all such persons being
unknown to the plantiff;
Take notice that a pleading
seeking relief against you has
been filed in the above entitled
action. The nature of the relief
being sought is as follows: the
plaintiff seeks by said action to
remove a cloud from the title to
the lands described in the com
plaint and to bar any claims
which you may have had against
said lands and to have the plain
tiff declared the owner in fee
of said lands free any adverse
claims of the defendants herein.
You are required to make de
fense to such pleadings not later
than September 30, 1971, and
upon your failure to do so, the
plaintiff will apply to the Court
for the relief sought.
This the 18th day of August,
1971.
RAMSEY, HILL, SMART k
RAMSEY
By: John K. Smart, Jr.
Attorneys for the Plaintiff
Post Office Box 428
Brevard, N. C. - 28712
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