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fcbblin' About A Gift And Grinnins Blonde ? J. P. Brady THANK TOO 'SOMEONE' FOR THE KNIFE AND FORK I knew the very minute I walked into the restaurant Sat urday afternoon that something was a "brewing Maybe it was the smile on the waitress' face that let the cat out of the bag. Then again, tt could have been her laugh ing, "someone left you a pack age", as on this happy note ?he reached in back of a booth and brought out a long card board package. Anyway, I ended up with the package. Crude lettering on one side cautioned that the package con tained a "genuwlne boar wea pon" and that it would be ex ' tremely dangerous to use It on ! wild turkey. A letter attached Informed me "It is with great pleasure that we invite you Into the "Boar Club" ... to get you started in the right way, we are sending you tree of charge the basic materials for all be ginners. Practice often and when you are satisfied with your efforts, go up and fell a few." | "Some little boy came in and left it," the waitress offered, AUNTIE MAY .ay .T ? "since I serve 'em with Karo I can't make enough pancakes ? . . everybody just loves this wonderful syrup." PERFECT FOR COOKING also in the popular J'^-ond 3-pound bottles... and 5- and IQ-pound cgn? ?that's all I know ... no, I dont know who he was." Well, "little boy", whoever you are, trot over and tell those who asked you to deliver the package they touched me deep ly with the thought behind the gift. And tell them, too, that I. will always treasure It. It was really something I've always wanted ? a little bow and arrow set. ? ? ? BALDWIN WALLOWS OUT ANOTHER GOLFING ACE Some fellows live a lifetime and never, no never, come close to a hole-ln-one. Hole-in-ones, you know, aren't at all easy to come by (I guess I've made a hundred of them, Grady) but M/Sgt. Har old Baldwin, a local golfer and career soldier is fast proving they are really nothing at all when a fellow knows what he's doing. Harold recently poled his sec ond hole-in-one within a year's time. The sergeant, whose dad (Harley Baldwin) pilots a cab in Franklin, got his latest ace while playing on the Atlanta General Depot's golf team against Fort McPherson. He used a nine-iron on the 115 yard hole, so we learn here. Congrats, Sarge, and may you stretch it to three. ? ?' ? AND MAY ALL YOUR TROUBLES BE SMALL Read in the daily press a couple of days ago where the new super aircraft carrier, USS Forrestal, was "launched", fol lowing christening ceremonies. Launched was put in quotes, I learned after reading the story, because the carrier wasn't really launched at all ? just moved a few feet after being whacked on the snoot with a bottle of champagne. The story explained that the huge sea warrior would really be put afloat later. Putting launched in quotes in the story recalled the time I "dated" a good-looking blonde dancer with a USO show. (I say she was good-looking because back in those days the only qualifications a woman had to meet to catch the eye of a sail or were two legs and hair). As one of Uncle Sam's sailing stalwarts (I would get violently seasick wringing the water out of my socks) I was chosen (Brady, take one step forward!) i to spend the day and "date" this blonde (or a story la a Tbls story ni de signed to prove that even the lowest enlisted man (and there were none lower than I) could have a wonderful time when USO shows operated on his morale. This blonde was the , surgeon who was going to re move my blues and brighten my 1 , day. I was ready! I'll never forget the thrill I experienced when she smiled at me as the photographer took the first picture. (The fact she I was the first woman I had seen in several moons was immater ial) This Initial shot was of i her whistling at ME as I walked down the street. And so the day progressed, with this blonde smiling pretti ly at yours truly and yours . truly (I wasn't sure of my name, { rank, or serial number at this . point) smiling back and the | photographer smiling at both of , us ? in the mess hall as we . ate lunch (her comment was I "I'll die before I'll eat that stuff". To which I replied, "You'll die if you do eat it"), walking hand and hand along the beach, playing through the surf, supper of roast pheasant ! under glass (standard menu ac cording to the published ar ticle), and a "date" at the I movie. t I After all of this smiling from her I somewhat fancied myself I the Don Juan of the base, al though my mirror continually i belied the fact. But that fetch 1 lng smile this little blonde had turned my head tad frankly. m? ardor would ban boiled aoap. The picture shooting session* over, the willing photographer disappeared and I bravely ap proached my "date". "Let's take In supper some where ... a nice, quiet, seclud ed place," I began accosting her ear. The smile disappeared from her pretty face and she looked me critically up and down. "Shove off sailor!" she snarl ed, powdering her nose, "Hon estly, the slobs a girl has to put up with to get a little pub licity." A chastened "Don Juan Brady" (a nickname I obviously ac quired) sneaked off Into the night. So now you know why the "launching" of the USS Forres tal perturbs me greatly. If the carrier's "launching" isn't anymore successful than my "date" was, It probably will be ordered to duty In the Sier ra desert. Union P. T. A. Meet To Feature Christmas Program On Tuesday Ashort Christmas program and guest speaker from Dillard, Ga., will mark a meeting of the Union P. T. A.- Tuesday evening, it has been . announced. 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