TUESDAY
ISSUE
Next l>wue Friday
Vol. 34, No. 36
Candidates to
Talk, Answer
Questions at
Open Meeting
A ‘’Candidates Meeting”
will be staged at the Chapel
g Hill High School Auditorium
“ Friday night at 8 o’clock by
the local unit of the League
of Women Voters.,
The list of Orange County
candidates will I/ 1 headed by
Rep. Carl T. Durham of
Chapel Hill, who has noti
fied the unit he will be pres
ent. His opponent Ralph
Scott has said he will try t<ji
be on hand.
Other candidates expect
ed to attend are John Man
ning, Edwin S. and
Ed Hamlin, who aspire for
the nomination to the State
Senate, and candidates for
the Boards of County Com
missioners and Education.
After the candidates
speak briefly in behalf of
their ambitions they will an
swer questions from'the au
dience about their position
on certain issues.
This week the League of
Women Voters is preparing
a mimeographed folder
will contain biograph-!
*es of the candidates, and
it will be distributed at the
Friday meeting.
On Saturday the League
will have its voting infor
mation booth at the Glen
Lennox Shopping Center.
I*. T. A. to Hear
Report on Building
The Chapel Hill P.T.A. will
meet at 8 p.m. Thursday, May
10, in 'fee high scFiol auditorima.
The program will include a ro
port by Victor Greulach, chair
man of the P.T.A’s building anil
grounds committee, and a report
by Grey Culbreth, chairman of
the school board's building and
Vrounds committee, on plans for
building the high school’s new
gymnasium and the renovation
of the elementary school.
There will he a business ses-
Ahion, and officers for the com
ing' year will he elected.
The meeting will end at 9
p.m., and high school teachers
and parents will remain to or
ganize a new high school P.T.A.
(hamblee to Live
Recital Thursday
i
James ( hamblee, baritone, will
present a Junior Recital, in Hill
Hall on Thursday at 8 p. m. His
program will consist of Italian
songs by Carissimi, and A. Scar
latti; Recitative and Air from
Handel’s “Messiah;” Largo al
factotum from Rossini’s “The
Barber of Seville;" and a group
of American songs and spirituals.
Mr. Ghamhlee, graduate of
Walter Williams High School in
Burlington, is a music major
from the class of Joel Carter.
He is former president of the
IJNC Glee Club, a member of
the University Chorus, and of
the Collegium Musicum. He has
appeared as soloist with all
three choral groups, and in stu
pUent recitals in Hill Hall.,He has
sung with the Basingstoke En-|
aemble, the group specializing in
Gilbert and Sullivan, in petites
musicales lust year and again
this spring.
In addition to his music ac-j
tivities, Ghamhlee is a member
of Alpha Phi Omega.
Make Award Thursday
The coveted Jane Craige Gray
Memorial Award, presented an-|
nually by Kappa Delta sororityi
at the University in memory ofi
the late Mrs. Gordon Gray, will
be announced at a reception at
the Morehead Planetarium Thurs
day night. The recipient will be
selected from a group of 30
junior women at the University.
Proven character, scholarship,
and leadership are requisites for
m the honor.
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Chapel Mill note A
The Cobb Dormitory student
who savea his parking place
with a tremendous tree limb,
which he laboriously moves in
and out of the space as hd de
parts and arrives.
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Inscription on tombstone in
old csmetfry saying, "Ha dsad
30-Year-Old Landmark Razed for Parking Lot
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The picture above shows how the American Legion hut looked last Friday in the first stages
of destruction to make way for a new parking lot. The Legion’s World War I artillery piece is
in the left foreground and the weird looking pipe at the right is a flagpole, bent nearly to the
ground by vandals.
Thi* . more than 30-year-old
American legion Hut on Fast
Rosemary Street in being torn
down to make way lor a park
ing lot.
The log-cabin type structure,
which has served veterans of
two World Wars and the com
munity at large, was erected
about 1925, according to Paul
H. Robertson, N. C. Department
Commander of the Legion who
was Chapel Hill post commander
when the building was started.
Mr. Robertson said the strue
Two Mother's Day *Contests' Wind Up
Today; Valuable Prizes Being Offered
Today (Tuesday) is the final
day mothi r» may he entered in
two Mother’s Day contests.
Both the Chapel Hill-Currboro
Merchants Association and the
J. B. Robbins contests close to
day. The deadline for the Mer
chants Association contest is I
p.m. today, and the deadline for
I the Robbins contest is midnight
tonight.
I This afternoon Merchants As
sociation officials will draw from
the entries three names of moth
jers, and they wilj lie presented
orchid corsages and silver medal
lions. On Thursday, the three
names selected today and the
three selected last Tuesday will
|be placed in a hat and drawn
out one at a time to establish
the order in which prizes will
be awarded. First place winner
will receive SSO in gift certifi
cates, and second through sixth
place will receive SSO, $lO, S3O,
S2O, and $lO in gift certificates.
Anyone may enter a mother
in the drawing in any number of
Chapel Hill and Carrboro stores
before 4 p.m. today. Blanks are
available at all member firms of
the Merchants Association, and
no purchase must, he made to
obtain an entry blank.
lri the Robbins contest, the pro
cedure for entering mothers is
Camera Club Meets
With Mrs. Crockford
Mrs. H. I). Crockford was hos
tess at her home on Country
Club Road last Tuesday for the
meeting of the Camera Club.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Smith show
ed color slides of pictures taken
on their trip to Mexico, Hon
duras and British Honduras.
Guests at the meeting includ
ed Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Hose,
Miss Frances Yocum, Mrs. Allen
Northend, George Woodward,
Guy Dority, Mrs. John Tate, Mrs.
Richard McKenna, Mrs. J. L>. j
Sutton, Mrs. B. K. Barrett, all
of Chapel Hill; and Mr. and Mrs.
Pete Norris of Raleigh.
Local Nurses Win
In Jingle Contest
Two Chapel Hill nurses won
third prizes with jingles in the
20th anniversary contest spon
sored by a uniform center in
Philadelphia.
The prize winners were Miss
Virginia Best, 5-C Graham Court,
who works in the operating room
at Memorial Hospital, and Mrs.
Cherry Parker, Barclay Road,
who is a graduate student at
the University School of Public
Health Nursing.
Over 15,000 “gala in white"
from all over the United States
entered the contest, but four out
of the XU winners came from
The Chapel Hill Weekly
5 Cents a Copy
ture was erected “by the Grace
of God. We didn’t have any
money or any prospect of much,
huC we wanted a meeting place
and a place fur other people to
enjoy. So, when I heard the
property was available, 1 bought
it in my name. At the next meet
ing of the post, 1 told the fel
lows they could get the property,
and they wanted to know who
owned it. 1 told them 1 did. And
they said you know we don’t
have any money in the treasury,
hut we’d like to have anil a
this: write a letter to J. B. Rob
bins, P. O. Box 1107, Chapel IUII,
nominating your choice and eop
plaining why you think she should
win. Include as much information
about her as possible. It must be
postmarked by midnight tonight.
Two mothers will be selected,
one representing the community
and one the campus, and each
will he given a SIOO wardrobe
from Robbins.
First Place Liven
School Yearbook
The yearbook Chapel llillife
of Chapel Hill High School was
awarded first, place among year
books issued in high schools of
251 to 400 students at the an
nual convention of the Southern
Interscholastic Press Association
meeting in Lexington, Va., last
week.
The Promnian, student news
paper of the school, was given an
honor award by the association.
At Memorial Hospital
Among local persons listed as
patients at Memorial Hospital
yesterday were ('lenience Atwat
er, Grover C. Bush, Charlie By
num, Dr. Finest Craige, Mrs.
Lindsay Farrington, ('apt. K. F.
Ilazlett Jr., Mrs. L. H. Higley,
Mrs. Ralph Lloyd, Mrs. A.
Lloyd, Dr. Albert H. MoCreery,
Kdgar Markham, Mrs. Frank
Moore, Craig Newman, D. L.
Tripp, and R. A. Womble.
Concert Nets "Rec” $092
A check for $092 has been
turned over to Miss Sarah Urn
stead, director of the Chapel
Hill Recreation Center, by the
Panhellenic Council and the In-|
terfraternity Council at the Uni
versity. The check is the profit
from a recent concert sponsored
liy the councils at the University
for the benefit of the center.
Tea for Newcomers
The Faculty Newcomers Club
will he entertained at a tea at
the home of Mth. R. J. M. Hobbs,
250 Glandon Drive, today (Tues
day) from 3:30 to 5:30 p m. Per
manent sponsor of the club, Mrs.
Hobbs entertains annually for the
membership in the spring.
Preubyterian Circle to Meet
Circle No. 5 of the Chapel Hill
Presbyterian Church will meet
with Mrs. Walter Lindsey at 200
McCauley Street Thursday at
10:30 a. m. All persons interested
in joining the recently organized
morning circle are invited.
Carrboro Baptiat Services
At the Carrboro Baptist Church
next Sunday morning, there will
be a brief dedication service for
all infante born tinea Mother’s
Day of 19(5. At tha evening ser
vice the ordinance of baptism
CHAPEL HILL, N. C., TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1956
—Photo by Chuck Hauser
hut. So each of the members
gave a dollar or two, and some
of them more, now and then,
arid we finally got the project
started We got folks to give
us the poles (logs), and teams
of three and four fellows would
go out and cut and haul them
in. We finally got it built, and
it has served a wonderful pur
pose. Nobody knows how many
high school children, Hoy and
Girl Scouts and adults have en
joyed its facilites over the years.
We are happy we could provide
u place for them.”
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Open House at
Hospitals Here
Open house will he held at
N. C. Memorial Hospital and
Gravely Sanatorium here this
week in connection with the
annual observance of Hospital
Week throughout the state.
The observance officially Ite- j
gun Sunday and will continue I
through Saturday, May 12. Fv- j
! ery day during the period, the !
| public will be welcome at both j
local institutions from 2 un
til 4 p.nr, according to Gene
Crawford and J. S. Dunnon,
I assistant administrators at
Memorial Hospital and Grave
ly Sanatorium respectively.
They said guides will he on
hand during those hours to
escort visitors through the
buildings ami answer questions
about the facilities and per
sonnel.
In a statement officially j
designating the period N. (’.
hospital Week, Governor Hod
ges praised the work of hos
pitals, clinics, and the two |
Blue Cross plans in this state,
one of whieh is Hospital Sav
ing Association of Chapel Hill.
Visiting Mrs. It. R. Brooks
Lt. Harry J. Thomas and fam
ily are visiting Lt. Thomas’ mo
ther, Mrs. I). It. Brooks on Fast
Rosemary Street. Lt. Thomas has
just returned from overseas duty
in Germany and will he re-us
signed to Patterson Air Force
Base, La., where his family re
mained while he was abroad.
Return from Boston
Dr. and Mrs. L. B, Higley
have returned from Boston,
Muss., where Dr. Higley attended
a meeting of the American As
sociation of Orthodontists. While
awuy they were entertained at
a house party given by Dr. and
Mrs. Ray Webster in Saunders
town, R. I.
To Entertain Bridge Club
Mrs. Bradley Wells will en
tertain her bridge club at her
home on Circle Drive Thursday
night. Mrs. John L. Wells, a sis
ter-in-law of Burlington, will at
tend the party and will remain to
spend the week end here.
Plan Little League Baseball Tomorrow
Plans for launching Little League baseball play here this
Hummer will be made ala meeting of nil interested persons
at Woollen Gym tomorrow (Wednesday) night, beginning at
7:46 o’clock. »
This will be the second year of play for children between
the ages of eight through 12. years of age.
It already has been decided to expand the league to six
teams this year so that more children may take part. Only
four teams played last year.
Notices have been sent to all persons who had a part in
Little league work last season and to those who have evi
denced an interest in the 1956 program to attend the meeting
tomorrow night. Any person who will help in conducting the *
program is invited to the Wednesday meeting.
Ham Btrmyborn, who is chairman of the league this year,
•eys spring practice will begin the letter pert of Mejr. The
schedule of practices end dele to etert ski »m h. .1
Loeal IKnlleftin
Os Women Voters
Wins an Award
The Chapel Hill Unit of
the League of Women Vot
ers scored a first place in
the national convention of
the League at Chicago last
week.
The local Unit was award
ed a prize for having the
best bulletin in the nation
with a circulation of 250 or
less. Mrs. Richmond P.
Bond, head of the unit, was
in Chicago attending the
convention, and received the
award.
Editor of the bulletin dur
ing the past year was Mrs.
Gordon Cleveland.
Rotary Establishes
Fund for Hospital
A better equipped playroom
for young patients is in prospect
at N. C. ’Memorial Hospital
through a pediatrics fund just
established by the Chapel Hill
Rotary Club and made available
by the Women’s Auxiliary of
the Hospital.
The Rotary Fund for Pedia
trics, to be carried on by mem
orial contributions or gifts, will
provide SIOO a year for a three
year period to the children’s floor
of the hospital.
Auxiliary officers noted a
growth and training program,
under the direction of a trained
worker, is in progress now for
convalescing children, llut the
foundation grant which made this
service possible, they said, could
not include funds for the model
ling ‘lay, pencils, records, books
ami other tools essential to car
rying out this program.
Auxiliary members also issued
a call for volunteer help, along
with funds and play equipment,
for the Pediatrics Department.
“The greatest help," a spokesman
said, "would be from people who
con id devote a whole morning
or afternoon or several consec
utive hours to this service; so
that the children would not, be
interrupted in their program by
a change of helpers. Students
or teachers in education, physical
education or child psychology
who could give some time to
this program would be very val
uable, but such training is not
necessary if others would like
to give of their time.”
Fraternity Honors Hodges and Love
Governor Luther Hodges and
James Spencer Love were hon
ored by the University’s Alpha
Tau Chapter of Alpha Kappa
I’si, national professional busi
ness fraternity, at its Spring
Pledge Bati(|iiel Saturday night.
Gov. I lodges was inst alled
us an honorary member of the
fraternity, and Mr. Love of
Greensboro, chairman of the
board of Burlington industries,
Inc., received the fraternity’s
annual Civic Award, presented
to the North Carolina business
man, as chosen by the chapter,
who has "upheld und promoted
high ethical standards in busi-
The award to Mr. Love wus
presented ut the banquet ut
the Sir Walter Hotel in Raleigh.
Honorary membership was be
stowed upon Governor Hodges
prior to the banquet.
Governor Hodges was chosen
hh an honorary member of the
ft eternity because of “his ser
vice to the state of North Caro
lina, and his interest in bringing
new industry to the state,” Bob
Ratledge, president of the Alpha
Tau Chapter, said.
Mr. Love was selected for
the 196(5 Civic Award "for his
devotion to business, his high
principles of business conduct
and the manner in which he has
devoted himself to worthy civic
and educational organizations,”
Mr. Ratledge said.
Mr. Love has served as chief
executive of Burlington Indus
tries, liic., since its founding in
Chapel Mill Chats
L.G.
One of the pursuits of a
village newspaper's editor
(or, as I am now, a part
time performer called con
tributing editor) is observ
ing the connections of his
village with the great world
outside. Chapel Hill, because
of being the seat of a Uni
versity, naturally has more
of these connections than an
ordinary village. Many of
them relate to the successes
that have been won—in lit
erature and the arts, in gov
ernment, in business, in
| other fields—bv men and
women who have gone out
from here. Others relate to
the activities of persons who
have been visitors among
us.
When 1 am asked what
team I want to see win the
title in the American
League, I say the Boston
Red Sox, and then, when 1
am asked why, I say it’s be
cause Ted Williams used to
be a Chapel Hillian. He was
herq as a cadet in the Navy
Pre-flight School for several
months a dozen years ago
and of course played on the
school’s baseball team. 1
could go out to Emerson
Field any day and see him
play (free of charge, too).
Not only since
Emerson field is in hearing
distance of my home on a
quiet afternoon, I could hear
the crack of his bat while
sitting in my garden. Is it
any wonder that when I
look at the sports page every
morning 1 gloat over the Red
Sox’ victories and mourn
their defeats much
cause for mourning this sea
son, —and am deeply
concerned about how many
times Ted whales the ball
for a safe hit.
I believe Allan Nevins
would be my favorite writer
of history anyway, but I
can’t help having an added
affection for his books be
cause for a few days every
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1923. He was president from 1
1931) to 1948. In 1948 he became!
chairman of the hoard. Current
ly he is serving us vice-chair-'
man of the Development Council
of UNC. He received his B. A.
degree in 1917 from Harvard,
and holds Ll,l) degrees from
Finn College and the University
of North Carolina.
Community Breakfast Club
The Community Breakfast Club
met last Wednesday morning at
tin- new home of Dr. and Mrs.
'Sidney S. Chipmari in Dogwood
Aires. Mrs. Charles A. Valentine
of tile Bull’s Head Book Shop
gave a review of the newug> books
for summer reading. Twenty-one
members of the club were in
attendance.
Men’s Glee Club Meeting
The Men’s Glee Club of the
Carrboro Methodist Church met
last Thursday night in the church
dining room. After supper and
a short business meeting, the
Rev. Henry Stokes of Carrboro
Baptist Church gave a talk on
“Faith." There were 28 members
and two guests present.
Glen Lennox Chairman
Mrs. J. C. Kouns of 1(59
ilton Road has been named Glen
Lennox chairman of the Chapel
Hill Concert Series advance
ticket sales. Mrs. Kouns may be
reached at home after 3 p. m.
daily. Her phone number is
8-0195.
Family Night Dinner
The regular Family Night din
ner will he held at the Chapel
Hill Baptist Church Thursday
night beginning at 6 p. m. The
Junior and High School Train
ing Unions will have charge of
the service.
Ascension Day Services
On Ascension Day Thursday
of this week, the Chape! of the
Cross will have Holy Communion
services at 7 and 10 a. m. and
at 6 p. m.
Vacation Bible School
Aldersgate Methodist Church
will have a Vacation Bible School
for children of agai four through
$4 a Year in County; other rates on page 2
Harmony Prevails in Party as
Local Democrats Meet to Pick
Their New Precinct Officials
Party harmony prevailed at all Chapel Hill and
Carrboro Democratic precinct meetings Saturday.
The precinct officials elected were:
No. 1- LB. Creel, chairman. Mrs. Henry Royall,
I NC Coed Named
‘Miss Chapel Hill*
mW ■ HgSfigEßgph
MISS LIBBY MCDOW ELL
Five-foot . five-inch brunette!
Libby McDowell, a 21-year-old
University beauty and senior,
will represent Chapel Hill in the
“Miss North Carolina” contest
at Morehead City in July.
Crowned “Miss Chapel Hill”
at the annual Chapel Hill Jay
eee beauty pageant here last
Thursday night, Miss McDowell
is the daughter of Prof, and
Mrs. Edward McDowell of Wake
Forest Coliege.
Runners-up were Doris Atkins,
of Richmond, Va., and Shirley
Carpenter of Oakboro. The other!
two finalists were Sylvia Sue
Yelton of Bakersville and Mary
Batten of Mt. Gilead.
The 12 contestants themselves
selected Miss Atkins as "Miss
Congeniality,” for which she re
ceived a trophy from the Jay
cees.
By winning Miss McDowell
will receive a S2OO college schol
arship, an evening dress, and
bathing suit of her choice. The
clothes she will wear in the
State contest, and the scholar
ship she plane to use to continue
her education at the University
next full.
She was crowned “Miss Chapel
Hill” by Hdward Gurganus of
Williamston, president of the N.
C. Juyceee and one of the judges.
The other judges were Mrs. J. It.
I Brume and Charles Cooper of
Durham, und Bueky Snider of
| High Point.
Miss McDowell’s talent is sing
ing, and her rendition of “One
Fine Day,” from “Madame But
terfly,” was well-received by the
audience. Pokey Alexander was
master of ceremonies and Monk
Jennings general chairman of the
successful event.
Carrboro Civic Club to Meet
The May meeting of the Carr
boro Civic Club will be held at
the Club House tomorrow (Wed
nesday) ut 3 p.m. Mrs. Roy
Homewood of Chapel Hill will
speak. The hostess will he Mrs.
William Fyfe.
Carrboro Methodist Supper
A Brunswick stew supper will
be held at Carrboro Methodist
Church Saturday from 5:30 to
7 p. m. Proceeds will go to the
parsonage building fund.
‘Know What We Did Today?’
“We went out to this dairy
farm to see the cows and every
thing. The whole first grade,
(from Glenwood School). And
Mrs. Htrauch came with us and
her assistant Mrs. McCook came
with us and so did Mrs. Philips
and Mrs. Klingherg and Mth.
Williams and this man, I don’t
know what his name was (Chick
Ehmig, Manager of Durham
Dairy Products, Inc., here), but
he knew ali about the farm (the
Farrington Farm on the Pitts
boro Road) and he showed us
all around and everything,
“So we got out there and I
didn't think we’d have ponies
or anything, but that man (Mr.
Ehmig) said he usually had the
pony cart out there for us to
ride in hut it was raining so it
wasn’t there.
“Oiv I don’t know what we
did first; we went all over the.
place. First we went into the
hay barn where they keep the
hay, and there were some cows
in the yard but they just looked
at us. I wasn’t scared. Tha yard
was awful mucky though. Every
body walked on tip-toe. And then
wa want up in tha top where
TUESDAY
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Next Issue Friday
’vice-chairman, W. E. Mer
ritt, Frank G. Umstead, and
Gran Childress.
No. 2—Collier Cobb Jr.,
chairman, Mrs. Floyd Hun
ter. vice-chairman, F. O.
Bowman. Dr. Franklin Wil
liams, and William S. Stew
art.
No. 3—William M. Geer,
chairman, Mrs. Emil T.
Chanlett, vice-chairman, J.
Marshall Penny, Dr. Carl
Anderson, and Mrs. Clarence
Heer.
No. 4—Alexander Heard,
chairman, Mrs. George Nich
olson. vice-chairman, Mrs.
Harvey McKay, secretary,
L. J. Phipps, and Arnold
King.
No. s—Sandy McClam
roch, chairman. Miss Har
riett Herring, vice-chairman,
William M. Alexander, Gor
don Cleveland, Walter Spear
man, and Mrs. R. H. Wet
tach.
All registered Democrats
were named delegates to the
Orange County Convention
which will be held at Hills-
boro Courthouse Saturday
at 2 p. m.
At Carrboro, Precinct
Chairman Dwight Ray was
the only Democrat to show
up for the meeting. So, he
remains the chairman.
Palmatier Designs
Electronic Device
Everett D. Palmatier, of the
University physics department
yesterday described his design
of a new electronic computer
which will determine mill effi
ciency, as measured by the frac
tion of time machines can run
and in relation to the chances of
a machine breaking down and
the number of repairmen needed.
His describtion of the new
computer was made at the Sta
tistics Colloquim meeting at
Phillips Hull.
The computer is of the “ana
log” or “continuous”, type, and
can readily be adjusted to take
account of different distributions
of probabilities of breakdowns.
The mathematcat theory of this
subject has been studied inten
sively, especially at Cambridge
j.und Oxford universities and in
the Institute of Statistics at
tiie University, but yields ex
pressions difficult to compute
without a special machine. Mr.
I‘ulinatier’s device is expected
to fill this need. The results
might be used, for example, by
a textile manufacturer, to decide
tiow many repairmen to employ.
Mr. Palmatier is associate pro
fessor of physics, and is work
ing in cooperation with the In
stitute of Statistics on this com
puter.
Fd Wives to Meet
The Ed Wives will meet at the
home of Mrs. Arnold Perry in
Forest Hills tomorrow (Wednes
day) at 8 p.m.
because it watt almost time to
cut some more hay so they’d
used up moat of it. And there
was this trap door we weren’t
supposed to walk on because
it might full through, and that’s
where they let the hay down
for the cows to eat. They open
ed it and 1 threw some hay
down.
“And then we went down and
the cows mooed at us, but I
wasn’t scared, and then we went
to the barn where they mint
the cows and there was a big
long row of pipes and things
they put the cows’ necks be-?
tween and milk ’em, and we look
ed in the silo but it didn’t have
anything but water in the bot
tom of it. They feed ’em stuff
called silage and hay and molas
ses. And we saw the milking
room where they cool the milk
off or something. And that man
said something about bracteria
but I couldn't understand it. It
was awful smelly in there, but
I liked it Kin we go out and
see the cows being milked some
time? Kin we, hub?
“Well, anyway then we went
and had some to miOt