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Transylvania Times State And National Prize-Winning Newspaper ■jc Vol. 84—No. 36Thursday, September 9, 1971 k SECTION TWO *.---—---- —■—* At Lester Stameys Tame Crow Comes When Called, Mimics Children Cawing "Mama" Pisgah Forest Family Has A Most Unusual Home Pet By - Cal Carpenter A tame crow that comes when called, mimics the six children by cawing “mama” and wakes the family early in the morning by pecking on the door so she can have fried eggs and coffee for breakfast, is the _unusual pet of the Lester Stamey family of Pisgah Forest. Her name is “Pepper”—that is, if Pepper is a female, something no one is sure of. If she’s not female, then his name is Pepper. “We call her female because I’ve just always thought of her as that,” says Mrs. Stamey. “But it really makes no difference.” And it doesn’t, for “Pepper,” whether male or female is a pet and a pretty, lively one at that. She stays outdoors and comes when called. She doesn’t 'particularly like children, oddly enough, but gets along with adults fine al beit a little shy, according to Mrs. Stamey. She even accepts being picked up and held, but with reservations. She fusses and flutters a little, TRANSYLVANIA BOOKMOBILE SCHEDULE ] Thursday, September 9-Blantyre j Tuesday, September 14 Hendersonville Hwy. § Wednesday, September 15-Boyleston Hwy. f Thursday, September 16-Little River | Tuesday, September 21-— Pisgah Forest | but nothing like you’d expect from such a big wild bird. But then, Pepper isn’t really wild. She was accepted as one of two very young brows someone brought the Stamey children from Haywood County nearly a year ago. Pepper end her sibling were fed by hand in the Stamey home, and quickly became members of the family. “But crows are awful messy,” says Mrs. Stamey. “So we gave one away and put Pepper outside after taking the precaution of cropping one of her wings.” The other crow died and the Stameys kind of figured Pepper would too, but she didn’t. She stayed right around the house except for one unexplained three-day absence. “We advertised for her on the radio lost and found program,” says Mrs. Stamey. Peo ple probably thought we were crazy, but we did it anyway.” And who knows? Maybe Pepper heard about the radio ad. Anyway, she came home and has been there ever since. And maybe! hearing the six Stamey children say “Mama” so often, and considering herself one of the family, she’s learned the word. “She caws something that sounds like ‘mama’, ” says Mrs. Stamey, “or anyway it sounds like that to me.” Asked what they eventually plan to do with Pepper, Mrs. Stamey said they’ll prob ably just leave her out and when her wing feathers have grown back, she’ll fly away. “Sometimes when other crows fly over, she calls to them,” says Mrs. Stamey. “Maybe she wants to be free and join them.” But then, again, maybe not. Maybe Pep per is a permanent member of the Stamey family and has completely severed her ties with the wild. Time and Pepper will have to decide. CO-ED $1.25 fl£ Rated (R) For 17 & Older Showing Today Through Saturday Nitely At 7:00 & 8:40 Kiddie Show Sat. & Sun. at 2:00 The mob wanted Harlem back. They got Shaft... up to here. MUSIC BY ISAAC HAYES SHAFft hUiWTOC, SHAFTS hbjpnw. Starring Richard Roundtree G wenn Mitchell Rated Sunday At 8:00 Doctors'Wives have everything'. ‘ - v:Except husbands. PRODUCTION Columbia Pictures -COLOR 09' STAKKiJNU Dyan Cannon & Richard Crenna Carroll O’Connonr & Janice Rule KIDDIE MATINEE Sat. & Sun. Afternoons At 2:00 60c attrnag |(|Y MADISON In METROOOLOR kiletsad by FANFARE RIM PfiODUCTIONS.IHC. ia.Sgftl i * Brevard Drive-In Friday - Saturday - Sunday Rated (R) $1.25 — Starts At Dusk THIS GANE THOUGHT IT WAS TOUSH ...’til it found a new type m>r " A “ "x ^ - /Jm ) - THE * BRIDE OF \SATAN! -COMING TO THE CO - ED “Support Your Local Gun Fighter” “Plaza Suite” “Summer Of 42” —COMING TO BREVARD DRIVE - IN “5 Easy Pieces” “Come Together” Final Rites Held Sunday For J. L. McGaha James Larry McGaha, 28, of Brevard, died last Wednesday in a Wilmington hospital from injuries suffered earlier in the day in a construction accident in Southport. A native of Jackson county, Miss, and a resident of Brevard for most of his life, Mr. McGaha was a veteran of the U. S. Air Force. A 1961 graduate of Brevard High School, he was an out standing athlete while there. He was a member of the basket ball team and also played end on Brevard’s 1960 state champ ionship football team. He was employed by Brown and Root construction Co. in Southport. Surviving are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy McGaha of Brevard; a daughter, Miss Stacy McGaha of Artesian N. M.; a sister. Miss Billie Jean McGaha of Brevard; and two brothers, Walter of Niles, Ohio and Don McGaha of Brevard. Services were held Sunday in Glady Branch Baptist church. The Rev. Clyde Collins of ficiated, and burial was in Pis gah Gardens. Moore Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Veterans Administration ad vises families of veterans and servicemen to keep abreast of expanding benefits and pro grams provided for them. LAKE TOXAWAY COUNTRY CLUB Dining Room Open Daily 6:00 p.m.-lO-OO p.m. PRO SHOP GRILL Open Daily 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Golf • New Carts MRS. STAMEY AND “PEPPER” — Mrs. Lester Stamey of Pisgah For est is shown with “Pepper,” a tame crow that comes when called and mimics the Stamey children by call ing “Mama.” The bird, raised from * » *1 a chick by the Stanleys, lives outside ’« but stays around like any other pet. ! She accepts being handled, too, but ' with some reservations. .j (Times Staff Photo) . ... - — - - - DUNN’S ROCK LODGE NO. 267 A. F. & A. M. ;g; Stated communication of the Dunn’s Rock Masonic Lodge < will be held Thursday night at 8:00 o’clock p. m. in the Ma sonic Temple, 211 - 215 East Main street. All members are iireed to attend and an invite tion is extended to visiting Ma. sons. Clifford W. Frady Master Henry R. Henderson, P.M. Secretary Tough Tape Flight - recorder tape, which stores all pertinent date con cerning the operation of com mercial aircraft, is made of an alloy containing 76 per cent nickel. The recording tape is nine ten-thousandths of an inch thick. CO-EXECUTRICES State of North Carolina County of Transylvania Having qualified as the Co Executrices of the estate of Rufus W. Owen, deceased, late of the county of Transylvania, North Carolina, this is to give notice that all persons having claims against the estate of the deceased to present them to the undersigned Co-Executrices at Route 1, Box 5238, Brevard, N. C. on or before the 19th day of February, 1972 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the said estate will please make immediate settlement. This the 19th day of August, 1971. Helen O. Summey Ora Owen Gillespie Co-Executrices Estate of Rufus W. Owen deceased. P/19/4tc When you think of prescrip tions. think of VARNER’S, adv RAINBOW TROUT — ★ — LIVE FOR STOCKING DRESSED FOR RESTAURANT WHOLESALE & RETAIL For Information & Prices Contact JENNINGS TROUT COMPANY Rt. #3, Canton, N. C. 28716 Phone 648-3010 First Adventure Center Still Has Few Vacancies First Adventure, Center, lo oted in First United Methodist Church, began its fall program >n Tuesday, September 7th. rhere will be classes for three, Eour and five year old children under the direction of three ex perienced teachers. Mrs. Barbara Felty is the Di rector, and she states that chil dren are accepted for the morn ing program or for all day. The center is open from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p. m. There are only a few vacancies left in the four-year old group, but the three-year old and five year old groups have room for more. First Adventure Center is operated by the Transylvania 4C Program, uses facilities do nated by the First United Methodist Church and receives financial support from the Unit ?d Fund. • Children are accepted who are unable to pay the full fee. There is a carefully planned program of early childhood edu cation, which includes arts and crafts, gamea, music, free play, field trips, all of which are necessary to the development of children three, four and five years old. Parents are invited to call Mrs. Felty at 883-4872 or 883 9025 to receive more informa tion about First Adventure Center. Miniority group business or ganizations got $1.5 million more in Veterans Administra tion contracts during fiscal year 1971 than during 1970. Republican Meetings The attention of all registered Re publicans in Transylvania County is called to the fact that the Republican Precinct Chairman have been instruct ed to hold Precinct Meetings in their respective precincts on Monday Sep- . tember 20th, 1971 at 8:00 P. M. at the precinct meeting place. The purpose of these meetings is for the organiza tion of the precincts and to name dele gates to the County Convention. The Transylvania County Repub lican Convention will be held in the Courthouse in Brevard on Saturday September 25th, 1971 at 2:00 P. M. The purpose of the Convention is to elect the officers of the Executive , Committee, and to elect delegates to the District and State Republican Conventions. The attention of all Republicans is called to the fact, that under the , State Plan of Organization for the Re publican Party that only those dele gates named at the Precinct Meetings are entitled to vote in the County Con vention. All Registered Republicans are urged to attend these meetings. Transylvania County Republican Executive Committee RALPH L. WALDROP, Chairman
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