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“ ■■ ■ 11 - ■ .. THE “TIMES" PRIZE-WINNING COLUMN £«?-Im ALMAR FARM In Transylvania BY CAL CARPENTER Our Wild Kasdan Hogs are mean and vicious looking, and they really are very dan gerous animals in the wild. But they’re also intelligent and, like all the animals on ALMAR Farm, they have their own entertaining per sonalites. We’ve only the one breeding pair now. As I wrote a good while back, they don’t breed as fast as domestic hogs, but it doesn’t take long to have a real herd of them if you don’t get rid of most of the pigs as they come along. And that’s what I’ve been doing. At one ♦ime, Lester Gillespie and I between us had nearly 30 hogs, but he’s sold out and I’ve kept only my carefully selected breed pair and an occasional one for meat. Our boar is “Big Stanis louse, Jr.” He’s about four years old, weighs some 300 lbs., and has tusks protrud ing maybe two inches on each side of his nose. As best I can find out from my reading, he’ll keep growing for many years yet and the tasks will get longer and longer — might even meet on top of his nose. I’ve read of these boars being killed in the wild where the record specimen weighed 600 lbs., with a task spread of more than IS inches. And that was in the wild. I don’t know how big “Stan” will get, being fed regnlarlv, hot I intend to keep him and find ont. Stan has a “boarish” person ality He hogs the food, bosses the lot: tosses the other hogs, little p;gs included, around with his big snout, and slashes at them with those dangerous tusks. Yet he’s gentle with me — I sometimes hand-feed him an ear of corn, being very careful that I don’t draw back a stub. He comes auickly when called and will follow me around the hog pasture like a dog. He’s so nglv he’s beantl fnl. It’s the darndest sight yon’U ever see to see that big KEEP YOUR RADIO DIAL SET AT 12 40 whm. WPNF Brevard, N. C. News & Weather every hour on the hoiir. Weather at 27 minutes past the hour. WPNF Fine Entertainment In Between Local News At 7:30 AM. 12 Noon 6.00 PM Brevard P-TA Meeting Is Rescheduled The Brevard Elementary P-TA meeting, which was to be held Monday, January 31st, has been cancelled due to an Evalu ation Team from the State Board of Education meeting in Brevard to evaluate local schools. The P-TA meeting is re scheduled for Monday, Febru ary 7th, beginning at 7:30 in the school cafeteria. All parents are urged to at tend this meeting. tusked boar lying in the sun with his head down, cuddled between his forefeet; grunt ing softly in hog-like content ment It’s a picture worth framing if I can ever have a camera handy at the right time. Then there’s “Frankie,” the sow. She’s about a year young er than Stan and maybe a hun dred pounds lighter. She has the proper Russian Hog lines like Stan — short coupled with long legs and long nose — but her coat’s not as good as his. She’s mostly black while Stan is black underneath with a sandy colored over-coat. ' : - - ■ ’ Frankie is ju't as tame as ?*an and as gentle except when she has new pigs. Then she’s a good customer to stay away from. me last utter was corn on January 2nd. She had them up in the woods, as usual, in & sort of nest she’d made out of leaves at the foot of a big beach tree. When she didn’t show np for evening feeding that day, and knowing her time was close, I figured she’d had pigs. And knowing she’d need her corn to make milk for the pigs, I had to take some up to her. Now, this is a chore 1 don’t like. It’s dangerous to go near a wild sow with a new litter of Pigs *'•>**> * flf So l filled a bucket wtih corn, loaded my .44 Magnum rifle, and hung it over my shoulder. I had no intention nor desire to shoot the poor hog; yet I couldn’t take the chance of her killing me — which she’d most certainly do if she attacked and got me down. The rifle was a last re sort. I climbed up the hill and into tbe woods. I knew about where to look from previous experience, so I walked to within some 50 fact of her “nest.” I saw her then, stand ing spread - legged, waiting for me. ready to charge. About the time I saw her, she started for me. I quickly threw an ear of corn at her and that diverted her atten tion. I then threw the rest of the corn and she, seeing I was not coming nearer, stooped and started eating. While she was eating, I made a hastv return trip back down the hill to the hoghouse. The next evening, she allow ed me to come within sight of the “nest.” I threw the corn to GREEN STAMPS WITH EVERY HELL GAS 1 FISHER'S Si ^rBrtCSWOPIY n 8. One’s U. First-rate (dang) 12. Half 13. Arab chief tain (var.) 14. Bottoms of Ships - )B. Sets at 18. 18. Sheep’s cry XL. Soon. 38. Tanker | S7.AU.8. President 38. Georgia’s BO. Pasha of Tunis 81. Sting S3. list of 88. Governor Loveless, 40. Made of flax 41. Conscious 42. Wide-awake 43. Purposive 44. A chessman 45. Fume DOWN 1. Flesh of swine 3. Genitive of Ara 17. Conjunction 18. Large 19. River Ids saxntir* . 33. Aged. / 24. Oiv« tenth of* line (Ota.) 29. The Gnat layer 29.Tan (»ym.) S3.-of 88. Strike 34. Idea La aetreaa 35. Afrejtfx 37. Skin nfftrk. 38. Biblical Mmt 39. Part of ' the body | From The Clarion SUL Gives $2,000 To College Bus Fund The Student Union Legisla ture met on Wednesday, Janu ary 19, at 6:30 to discuss refrig erators, the bus fundi the pub lic address system, the re cyling program, and bag sup pers. Because of a lack of inter est, lack of storage space, and the price of rental, Brevard Col lege will not have refrigerators. However, it was suggested that the residents of each dorm dis cuss the possibility of install ing ice machines in their dorm. Fred Dean brought up a pro posal for the S.U,L. to donate $2,000 to the bus fund. This amount, added to previous con tributions, will bring the total to approximately $3,500. It is estimated that the fund will contain $5,000 at the end of the semester. j Five thousand dollars is on ly one-third of the amount of the price of a new bus. The Trustees have agreed t^ help buy the bus provided that the students show adequate . inter est in raising funds. The S.U.L. encourages all students to help in any Way possible — not nec essarily by donating money, but by supporting fund raising pro jects which will be held in the immediate future. Members of the Student Union Legislature voted to give thirty dollars to help pay for the public address system in Dunham Auditorium. Brevard College will soon begin a drive to collect clear keep her occupied and counted the pigs. There were six of them-^one, as usual, a throw back. It was a pink color with black spots instead of the beige with- chipmunk-stripes of the pure. Wild Russian pig. There’s always a throw back in Stan’s and Frankie’s Utters. One or both of them has a small strain of domestic hog that comes out, one la each Utter.' In a white and black spotted pig or a red and black spotted one. This throwback pig We always call “OddbaU” and usually keep it for meat since the mix fattens faster than the pure breed. Un* this time “Odd ball” Is so pink I think well call him “Pinky.” We’U keep the pigs until they’re six weeks old, ready for weaning, and then I’ve al ready got them sold. This way we won’t be knee deep in Rus sian hogs as we would be if I kept them all and let nature have her way with the breed ing. • • • clean glass for recycling. It is hoped that the project will im prove the College’s relation ship with the community as well as contributing to the bus fund. More information will soon be published concerning the recycling project. Beginning soon, we will have bag suppers every other Sun day night in place of the regu lar meal. William Morgan In Frankfurt Army Specialist Four Wil liam A. Morgan, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Morgan, Penrose, recently received the Good Conduct Medal near Pftinkfurt, Germany. * ■- f • > % The medal, Established in‘ iJ941, ;is awarded' En a'pelectlve, basis for thos^> ypo, distinguish themselves frcgn among -their fellow military,. personnel through exemplary conduct, efficiency and fidelity during their active military service. Spec. Morgan received the award while assigned as a cook with Headquarters Company, V Corps Support Command. The specialist entered the Army in February 1970, re ceived basic training at Ft. Bragg, and was stationed at Ft. Jackson, S. C., before arriving overseas. He is a 1968 graduate of Bre vard High School. His wife, Susan, lives on route 1, Pisgah Forest. ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE In The General Court Of Justice Superior Court Division State of North Carolina Transylvania County Having qualified as Admin istrator of the Estate of Delia Golden Jones of Transylvania County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said Delia Golden Jones to pre sent them to the undersigned within six months from date of the publication of this no tice or same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said es tate please make immediate payment This the 20th day of January, 1972. S/CLYDE T. JONES 15 East Jordan Street Brevard, N. C. Hamlin, Potts & Hudson Attorney. l/20/4tc Thomas Case Will Pay His Official Visit To Lodge Here Thomas G. Case, Henderson ville, District Deputy Grand Master of the 60th Masonic Dis trict, has notified the officers and flMyjibers of Dunn’s Rock Masen;c'ty)dge that, he _wil| his official visit jilt a sta munitatioijL of the Teh Eaet Matin' 'steflft, l Thursday, Fetiuaff 10U». :H f &J\:J . Mr. Case asks all officers and member* of .the lo<fal .Masonic lodge who have’ in tljeir, pos session one of the OSW books to please bring them to the meek ing for inspection. Jack M. Frady, Worshipful Master, states that since this ia the second official visit of the new District Deputy Grand Master, he urges the officers and members to make every ef fort to^ attend this important ’AOmhiyjhi^ion. !*ye|al. Masons from both Jjejklbrson jand Polk counties >aretikci$AiCMd to accompany the District Deputy Grand Master to Brevatm The Master also ex tends a cordial invitation to all viyttng Masons. When you think of prescrip tions, think of VARNER’S, adv. 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