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THE ‘TIMES’* PRIZE-WINNING COLUMN From ALMAR FARM In Transylvania BY CAL CARPENTER We gave Sandy away but month. He’s the big, 5-year old Scottish Collie we got from my brother-in-law, Up Howell, over in Canton. We sarely hated to see that beau tiful dog go, bat it was for his own good. Sandy McDonald* as his name is registered on his pedi gree papers, had been at AL MAR Farm seven months. We’d expected trouble with Haole, our big German Shepherd, when we brought Sandy here, but I figured time would take care of things and the two dogs would learn to live to gether. This is another time I figured wrong. I suppose it.’s just the na ture of animals — particular ly dogs and cats — but it seems that two full grown males can’t live together without constant fighting. There is an amount of jealosy you can’t believe unless you’ve seen it; and, of course, one has to be the boss. Haole, being a German Shep herd and a vicious fighter, was definitely the boss during Sandy’s stay. He lorded it ov er that poor Collie until I was ashamed of him. He wouldn’t let Sandy come on the porch at night; he took food away from him anytime we made the mis take of feeding them together; he insisted that Sandy be a long second in any and all attention from Marge and me. There were fights; and, as I’ve written before, Haole, despite his powerful jaws and long teeth, could do Sandy lit tle real harm because of the Collie’s heavy protection of fur. But he did manage to cut Sandy’s long nose and ears with those big frangs. This was distressing to Marge and me — and particularly to Emma Lou who loves all animals even more than I do — because, although the damage to Sandy was actual ly slight, it did hurt his ap pearance. Sandy is, in my opinion, the most beautiful, perfectly marked dog I’ve ev er seen, and none of us want When you think of prescrip tions, think of VARNER’S. adv, ed him scarred up. Then, again. Marge and I were too busy with farm chores to give a show dog like Sandy the care he needed. His long coat requires constant brushing and care; he needs regular bath ing and grooming. You can imagine what a mess such a dog got into running free around the farm. So, for Sandy’s own good, we gave him away. Not to just anybody, you under stand. We could have given such a valuable and beautiful dog to many people, I’m sure, but we waited until we found him a home we were sure would be even better for him than ours. We found such a home when Ernest and Connie Foster, ov er in Sherwood Forest, said they’d take him. Readers will know Ernest and Connie Foster, the professional artist couple who are also retired in this area. Ernest is our dean of portrait and landscape paint ers, and without peer in my opinion. Connie is known na tionally for her marvelous wat er colors of orchids. She also. I’m proud to claim, did the il lustrations for my book; ‘The Best From ALMAR Farm.” When these good friends agreed to take Sandy, we knew we’d found the home for him we’d been looking for ever since it had gotten through my hard head that he and Haole would never reach a living agreement. Ernest, who’s also a fine architectural draftsman, drew up plans and had a nice dog run built for Sandy at their home on Sherwood -Ridge. -And Connie, who once raised Took er Spaniels, laid in a supply of food and grooming supplies. Then, one Saturday, they came and took Sandy with them. It was hard to see him go, even though we knew he was going to a better home than we’d giv en him. Now Sandy is living in a dog’s heaven. Re is cock of his walk, fed and groomed and loved. He is walked reg ularly and is the apple of his owners’ eyes. We’ve been to visit him once and found him content and more beautiful 1 than ever. Three things have resulted at ALMAR Farm from Sandy’s leaving. One, Haole has moped for the last month, no doubt wshing he’d not been so dis agreeable and chased off his beautiful playmate. (He did play with Sandy occasionally, but only at his own choice and ho matter where you live ••.the hottest color and black-and-white TV pictures come in with Channel Master Color Vector Antennas. At See Off Rmnmage Sale Set Nov. 19 There will be a rummage sale at See Off Mountain Com munity Center Friday night, November 19th. The sale will start at 6:30 o’clock in the evening. Everyone come and get in on some good bargains. only as long as he wanted.) Two, our big tomcat, !Klig” (Cali gula) has come back. When Sandy was here, Klig made himself scarce because Sandy was hard on cats. He once chased Klig up a tree and I had to get out of bed in the cold dawn and coax him down after I’d put Sandy on the back porch. Haole, who more or less grew up with Klig1, just ignores the cat as the cat does him. The third result is that our barn tomcat, “Repeat” (one of a pair of look-alike toms we named “Pete” and “Repeat”) has made himself scarce. Like his twin, Pete, he realizes he can’t stay around when Klig is home. Just like the dogs, there has to be only one boss tomcat, too. Klig, who is older and bigger is it I’m not trying to be a peace maker between the cats as I did with Sandy and Haole. They’ll have to take care of themselves and work out their own problems if they get work ed out. We’U keep putting food out for Pete and Repeat at the hoghouse. (Pete’s been gone for months but shows up every now and then.) They’ll have to get there and eat it while Klig is in the house. (His Majesty, Klig, dines in the house on bologna, sardines, and Ameri can cheese, which he loves bet ter than anything, and which we buy largely for him.) I’m not going to get into the middle of a cat fight if I can help it. said property on October 26, 1971, and an up-set bid having been filed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for re-sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the Courthouse Door in Brevard, North Carolina, at Noon, on the 23rd day of November, 1971, the property conveyed in said deed of trust, the same lying and being in the County of Transylvania, State of North Carolina, in Boyd Township, and more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at an iron pin. Northwest corner of Lot 6 and in the Southern line of Lot 7 of the J. W. McGuire Subdivision, and runs thence, with the line between said lots, South 84 deg.( 30 min. East (crossing the Mc Guire Loop Road, or McGuire Circle Road, State Road 1373) 177 feet to a stake on the East side of said 30 foot road; thence, with the East margin of said road, thence (3) calls as follows: South 22 deg. West 37.5 feet; South 7 deg. 30 min. West 63 feet; and South 17 deg. 30 min. East 70.5 feet to a stake opposite the point where the Northern margin of Pangle Road intersects with the Mc Guire Loop Road, or McGuire Circle Road; thence crossing said McGuire Road, and run ning with the Northern margin of Pangle Road. North 88 deg. West 218 feet to an iron pin; thence North 18 deg. 30 min. East 175 feet to the point of BEGINNING. Being all of Lot No. 6 of the J. W. McGuire Subdivision as surveyed by .J. J. Brown and platted by T. N. Davis, RLS, on April 26, 1960. Together with all water rights set out in the deed from NOTICE OF RE-SALE State of North Carolina, County of Transylvania. Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain deed of trust executed by Jackie D. Sluder dated the 22nd day of June, 1964, and re corded in Book 70, Page 242 of the Record of Deeds of Trust for Transylvania County, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the in debtedness thereby secured and said deed of trust being by the terms thereof subject to fore closure, and the undersigned Substitute Trustee having sold Do You Want Your High School Certificate? Courses Available The Adult Learning Cen ter offers courses in read tag, math, english and social studies which prepare one for the General Equivalency Diploma Test. "There are no scheduled classes, you work in your spare time, and it will not cost you a penny. Self-study material--, teaching machines, and s director on duty help you learn as you’ve never learned before,” official state. The Ad>it Leanring Center is sponged by Blue Ridge Tech and the Transylvania Board of Education and is locat'd in the Brevard Junior High School Annex. The cen ter is open between the hours of 1:30 p.m., and 9:30 p. m. Monday through Thurs day, and 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. on Friday. “Visit os today and see how easy it will be (or yon to get your Ugh school cer tificate. Call 883-252* for far ther infonnmation,” the spon sors conclude. Sp/4 McMahon Is Named 'Soldier Of The Month" Sp,'4 Eddie L. McMahon, son of >'r~. Hazel McMahan, of <fl Whitmire street, and the late Mr. McMahon, has been selected ’ Soldier of the Month” for his company at Ft. Bragg. He is a 1965 graduate of Bre vard Senior High and enlisted in the United States Army in 19C9. He was employed at E. I. Du Pont prior to going into service. He has just returned from Tialand where he was station ed for one year. »- ..■ .... TRANSYLVANIA BOOKMOBILE SCHEDULE Thursday, November 18_Cedar Mountain . Monday, November 22---Bosnian Tuesday, November 23-Lake Toxaway Wednesday, November 24-Island Ford Rd. 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