FROM RALEIGH OFFICE
Mrs. Mae Mitchell and Miss
Martha Lewis, office management
assistants from the Raleigh office
of Farmers Home Administration,
were here last week checking pro
cedure at the county F. H. A.
office.
Swaffords
Sayin's
When you hear a name ?
John, Jim, Sue, Bill ? any
name ? you think of some
person, how he or she looks,
the character or personality
? In fact a name brings some
Individual Into your mind
Just as you know him. I can
imagine what some of you
(who have never seen your
old country groceryman)
think when you see or hear
his name. You who know me
? well, I won't dare visual
ize what some think ? but
one thing certain ? you don't
see me wearing a hat. I wear
one when weather conditions
force it ? but only then. A
few days ago I had to go to
juice the old cow in a down
pour of rain ? so ? I wore
a hat. I fed the cow, sat
down (on an old bucket) and
began, as I had hundreds of ?
times before, to milk. That i
oow kept lifting first one foot i
and then the other? wouldn't :
eat a bite? and nary squirt
of milk could I get. I couldn't ,
figure out what was wrong <
until old "Bossy" turned her
head around and looked at ,
me (with eyes twice too big),
?nd slapped me through the
tace with her rain soaked *
ail. Then it dawned upon s
ne that I didn't look right.
[ pulled that old hat off and 1
mmediately that stubborn 1
:ow quit looking at me and *
jegan eating, i took both 1
lands and made music In 1
ihe bucket (a tune known '
>nly to those who milk a cow c
vith both hands) until I got <
he usual amount of milk. <?
!Jow, if i look that bad ? to
i cow ? wearing a hat (mis- (
print) you won't see me with
mother one on ? unless I i
lave to. From now on ? ,
when you hear my name ? ]
think of me going back and
forth in the store (barehead
ed of course) trying to please
you or some other customer.
Paul Swafford
Bryson City road.
IV2 miles from city limits
Brady's
BLARNEY
By A Brady Called J. P.
As a believer of the old adage,
"Never look a gift horse In the
mouth," I approach the following
topic with tongue in cheek. Then
why even approach it at all? Well,
I'm no moral coward, at least I
don't think so, and there are some
things that must be aired regard
less of beliefs.
The "gift horse" into which I'm
looking Into the mouth of (wow!)
is a pair of pajamas that were
unloaded on me by a conservative
uncle. They were a gift from his
wife and he absolutely refused
to wear them.
Why he thought I would be will
ing to take them is easily under
stood, if you're familiar with my
background of wearing family
hand-me-downs.
These controversial pajamas are
truly controversial. They're called
"shorties" and by actual test their
color Is something akin to the
skin of an anemic Apache. I doubt
that the manufacturer could ever
again duplicate such a vile shade
of yellow. Then, to make them
even more objectionable, there're
all kind of odd varmints in the
modern art vein.
Now, in spite of all this, I
graciously and with a profusion
3f thanks accepted these pajamas.
"Pajamas is pajamas," I told
the uncle wisely. ,
Things, however, haven't gone
>ff as smoothly as that statement
iuggests.
As I emerged from the bath- j
?oom in the "shorties" (my knobby .
:nees glaring shamelessly below
;he chopped legs of the bulgy
witches) my wife, without so
nuch as a facial change, pulled
;he cover off the four-poster in
>ur bedroom and slithered quietly
>ff into the living room and settled
iown for the night on the couch.
"What's with you?" I asked in
;he darkness.
"If you think I'm going to bed
with you wearing those things,
stir up another thought," came
her voice out of the darkness.
"Pajamas is pajamas," I noted
wisely for the second time that
day.
"Just think what might happen
If I woke up in the night and
saw you beside me," she said. "I'd
probably jump right out the win
dow."
It's no
TRICK
e
. . . to have a
good balance in
the bank, if you
save before you
spend I
The secret of piling up a
substantial balance in
your savings bank ac
count it at simple at
(hit: Decide how much
you con put atide out
of every pay check.
Then, make it your in*
variable practice to de
posit this amount, every
payday. It maket a big
difference (in your fa
vor) when you do your
saving BEFORE you do
your tpendingl
The Bank of Franklin
Manbar IMwl Dapoatt mamanM Corporation
"Well, Just make sure the win
dow's open," I countered sarcasti
cally, "I wouldn't want to have
to replace it."
"Pajamas, hah!" she snorted In
the darkness as I stomped angrily
Into the bedroom and slammed
the door.
My temper subsided and I re
turned to the living room for more
repartee.
"Do you think you could find
kindness enough In your heart to
at least let me have some of the
blanket," I asked. "All that's on
the bed Is the sheet and It's been
getting chilly."
"If those pajamas can't keep
you warm, nothing can," came
the feminine reply.
"I'll wear these things every
night for the next ten years, just
for that," I retorted, repeating
my stomping and door slamming
act Into the bedroom.
Quiet came over the house and
my pajamas and I settled down.
But not for long.
One of the construction features
of the pajamas Is something call
ed "balloon seat," which is sup
posed to give the wearer plenty
of sleeping room.
Probably the manufacturer did
n't have me in mind when he
dreamed up this feature.
Upon arising during the night
to my horror the "balloon seat"
:ollapsed on my first step and I
'ound myself stumbling through i
the darkness for several anxious
moments.
"Pajamas, hah!" came a fem
inine snort from the living room
couch.
My remark is fortunately cen
sored here.
Incidentally, the pajamas are
silk; slippery silk that makes
sleeping a pleasure, says the man
ufacturer's advertisement. I awoke
in the morning from a dream in
which I was about to go to the
gallows (I had those pajamas on,
too) for wife beating. I discovered
the pa Jama shirt knotted tlghfly
around my neck.
Then I heard tiny footsteps re
treating from the foot of the bed
and I heard young Steve Inquire
of his mother In the living room
"what's wrong with Dad."
"He's In the bed sleeping," she
told him. "Why don't you go in
and talk to him."
"Are yau sure that's him, he
asked. "He looks funny."
"Pajamas Is pajamas," I said
wearily, rising to face the new
day.
Jpb
Sp/3 Jerry N. Potts, son of Mrs.
O. B. Woodward, has been having
quite a time In Europe.
He wangled a 36-day leave and
has been seeing as much of the
country as possible.
His first stop was in Monoca,
where, he reports, he actually saw
Princess Grace.
Prom here he took in Rome,
Italy, and visited the Vatican City
and St. Peters Cathedral.
Austria was next on his agenda
and then he spent five days in
Switzerland.
He's been keeping In touch with
his family here with a flood of
postcards from all these places,
jpb
MEANDERIN' ALONG: Jack
Ragan's daughters waving wildly
at him as he rodfe by on the back
of the fire truck last Thursday
morning . . . motor court operator
Marshall Pettis describing how he
strained his back mowing the
lawn . . . Leo Sanders, the county's
shrubbery king, looking mighty
refreshed after a long "draw" on
the water fountain on the square
. . . county dentist running a
floor polisher In the new health
center . . . Woodrow Shope de
scribing this column's picture as
"a bull frog puffed up on a mush
room" ... Dr. Walter B. Clark,
Ashevllle dentist, and wife en
grossed In the flower show here
. . . Roy Carpenter Inquiring if
there Isn't some way to "get rid
of that blarney in The Press" . . .
Bob Kendall (J. C. Crisp's son-in
law) and his little boy struggling
over possession of a broom in
front of Crisp's Studio? "He'd
sweep up all of Main Street if
I let him." . . . Lake and Jess
Shope standing In the courthouse
corridor chatting with Sylva At
torney Marcellus Buchanan . . .
Mrs. R. D. Carson waiting for her
daughter, Rebecca, to finish
"courting" by drawing the names
of the grand Jury ... A & P
manager Bob Dean stacking up
silver In the courthouse pay phone
In preparation for a long distance
call . . . Rep. O. L. Houk vividly
describing Raleigh's weather dur
ing last week's special session
Van Raalte's Norman Blaine "do.
ing 60" on foot down Town Hill.
Thompson Is Released
After Air Force Duty
James G. Thompson was re
cently discharged from the U. S.
Air Force as airman first class.
He has completed four years of
service, part of which was spent
In Newfoundland at Ernest Han
mon Air Force Base.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Mack Thompson, of Franklin,
Route 5, and is married to the
former Miss Marion L. Parker.
Americans eat 45 pounds of
citrus fruit per person a year.
Miss Morgan To Appear
On Television Show
Miss Lucy Morgan, director of
the Penland School of Handi
crafts, Is slated to appear Monday
at 11 a. m. on the Cathy Godfrey
(CIJS) television show In New
York.
Miss Morgan Is a sister of Dr.
A. Rufus Morgan and Mrs. H. E.
Freas, of this county.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sincere
appreciation to our friends and
neighbors for their many acts of
kindness, expressions of sympathy,
and the beautiful floral offerings
received during our bereavement
In the sudden loss of our beloved
mother, Mrs. Alma Cabe Howard.
The Family.
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