Turpentine
Drippings
Complied By Bill Sharpe
TOO MANY DRAMAS
<Waypesvilie Mountaineer)
Last spring vvt expressed our
serves -vr ih; c-Mutv.v tha* ttv-re
were too many outdoor dramas
being started in the area We are
suit of the same opinion, and are
somewhat concerned about the
mas in the area om at Gatlin m
burg.
We felt last year that the con ]
tinued success of the Cherokee
drama "Unto These Hills" has I
been a stimulation for othei com ]
munities to start dramas Some
have met with success, and others j
have gone steadily in the ’ ed
Last summer there were three
dramas in Western North Caro |
lina—Cherokee. Asheville and
Boone. Later in the season an
other opened tit Kings Mountain,
as well, as the Lost Colony at
Man ten.
Right new plans are under way
for a drama "Did Smoky to be
staged at Gatlinburg. and a not he t
at Ronaoke, Virginia
The field is getting too crowd
ed, and the ultimate result is that
eventually all will fold and be
come past historv
WE LIVE LONGER
(Rocky Mount Telegram)
The average length of life
among American wage-earners
and their families reached an till
time high of till 1 -li years in 1901.
a gain of five years in the past
decade, life insurance statisticians
report on the basis of the experi
ence among industrial policy
holders
The statisticians forecast that,
barring a major catastrophe, the
average length of life for the
American people will reach the
Biblical three score and ten be
fore the end of the current rie
cade. *,JIAJUi
GIVE ME MV POKE
(Zebulon Record)
The wares for sale a1 roadside
stands reminded me of a trip
made through the mountains to
Britsol. Va.. some four years ago.
Time after time. 1 passed kids
along the road trying to sell some
type of nut and finally I stopped.
A long, gangling teen-age moun
taineer ambled up to the ear.
"Do you wanna bu\ any chm\
pins?”, he asked
Never having tried chinquapins.
I fished a quarter out of my coat
pocket and took tfie bag ol nuts
from the boy.
"Oh." he drawled. "You can't
have my poke."
"Huh?” I questioned
"Yuh can't have my poke, he
repeated
1 had to reach back in my mem
ories 15 years to remember what
a poke is: and then 1 poured out
the nuts and gave him the bag
How long has it been since you
heard "poke’ used in conversa
tion? _
TIIK MAIMIOX
(Mrs. Rena Lassiter. Southfield
Herald)
I know now how m> giant!
mother, who lived in the country
two miles from the Smithfield
postoffice, felt about someone go
ing to town every day or so to
bring home the mail. When the
children walked in to school live
days a week in winter time there
was no trouble about getting mail,
but at other seasons I suspect that
sometimes slit invented re. sons
for coming to town like the sugar
giving out or the flour barrel gi t
ting low or the kerosene oil can
being empty.
With her big family there was
always darning or knitting or but
tonholes to do after supper, but
leading the Atlanta Constitution,
or all of Grace Richmond's stones
Penn
Retail
Price
12.10
Pints
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86 Proof
A PRESENT WITH A FUTURE
•Miss America nf 1953” is trimminR her tree this year
Vnso Ronds—'“the present with n future." I’relty >eva
kn.)«s thal Defense Hand Kitts nrc practical Kitts, which w
[lie security of her country.
with U. S. Tic
lanc l.aiiKley
ill help proles*
in The Ladies Home Journal, or'
the Christian Advocate. ..‘Vnd there
would be disappointment it lor
an.\ reason the getting of the mail
had been delayed.
They were days before the turn
ol the centum when ho free rural
delivery served the country peo
ple Out Inst four weeks in our
new home at Chapel Hill were
1 ik( that The post office was a
mile and a half away, and no city
postman brought the mail to our
door. And much ol our mail was
going, and still is, to our Herald
post office box in Southfield
But last week the Chapel Hill
postmaster told us that he had
just ice. ived word from Washing
ton that "mounted mail service"
! would bo extended to Whitehead
I Circle. All we had to do was to
; purchase a mail beix like those on
the rural routes and set il by the1
roadside' according to Uncle Sam’s
i emulations.1
From then on 1 began to notice
all the mail boxes between Chap
el Hill and Smithfield. I recall
tljiit from time to time the Herald,
the' Progressive Fanner and other
publications have written articles
about beautifying the ruial mail
i boxes, and 1 was looking for ideas.
I obse'rved that most of the box
owners have paid little heed to
this urging and for the most part
ihc boxes rest upon an unpainted
j post with an arm as support Some
lew are painted white with a neat
board hanging from the arm bear
ing the owner’s name. Once in a
while. I found a wooden figure of
Uncle Sam pa>nted in patriotic
red, white, and blue supporting
the box Anfl I saw one box with
a graceful vine trained around the
supporting post.
ORATORIO
ii'O Thompson, .
Journal)
I covered Winston Salem Or,,
torio Society .- recent pi esenfttion
nf ‘‘The Creation ” Some people
, . ttw .::c’ ico? a musnctl
form-, but personally 1 prefer j
Doris Day.
It opened with what the pro
gram said was "Representation of
Chaos.” I thought that was pret
ty strong
Understand that they'd already
put it on in Mount Airy and asked
the folks up there to make com- j
ments. You’ve got to hand it to.
these Oratorio people. They've
got a sense of humor. They
printed one of the comments in
[their little newspaper, “The
Oracle.” A 12-year-old Mount
Airy boy said he liked the last
song best “because it was the
end.”
And while I'm on the subject. I
might observe that while music
hath charms to sooth the savage
beast, it has none to soften the
solid seats of Salem College’s Me
morial Hall
The acreage of strawberries
available for harvest in North
Carolina in 19511 will be 5 per cent
less than this vein's harvested
an.v.ugr .. . '...
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of a judg
ment signed at the November
Term of Superior Court of Martin
Courtly in an action entitled ”J
W. Rhodes and wifi v. Sophie
Rhodes et al”, the undersigned
Commissioners will, on Monday,
December 29, 1952 at 12 o'clock,
Noon, in front of the Courthouse
door in Williamston. N. C., offer
for sale to the highest bidder, for j
cash, the following described,
land:
Lying and being in Jamesville
SCHENLEY
2.30
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^ Quart
blended whiskey 86 prooi. cc brain neutral spirits.
SCHENLEY DIS1RIBUIORS, INC., NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Township, Martin County, and
State of North Carolina, contain !
ing 22 acres, more or less, bound- i
ed on the North by the lands of,
Mrs. Lizzie Smithwick and Coop- |
er Swamp, bounded on the East ;
by the land of Robert Mobley, i
bounded on the South by the land
of Bob Mobley, bounded on the
West by the land of Church Mob- j
ley, containing 22 acres, more or '
less and commonly known and i
as the W E
'land .""m\
The last and highest bidder will j
be required to make a deposit at j
the saie of lO'r (if the bid.
This SH’.h day of November, ;
f f>52.
B. A. CrAebei,
E S. Peel,
Commissioners.
dr 2-9-1(1-23
SLAB WOOD for SALE
Delivered To Your Door.
WilEiunislon Supply Co.
DIAL 2460
SCHEXLfcY
THE NEW STANDARD OF THE AMERICAN ROAD! j
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► ordomnfK Drive. Overdrive, white sidcfaofl tires
optional ut extra cost Equipment, accos^ou**
trim jubicet to clKingc without notice
With 41 “Worth More” features ; . ;
it’s worth more when you buy it. .. worth more when you sell it!
This '53 Ford sous an entirely now standard for the
Amorioan Road. For in tins big now Ford you’ll.lmd_
41 “Worth More" featuros that give you more otthh
things you uuni . . . more of the things you need . .«
than ever before in low-priced ear history.
You’ll find the “(do” you need to handle today’s
long-distance driv ing . . . the economy you want on
long trips or short. You’ll enjoy F'ord’s wete Miracle
Hick that brings vou the smooth, quiet riding
comfort you, need for today's level parkways or
rough, rutted byways . . , plus nearly effortless
steering,making, and parking. And you li sec' oeauvy
that /m'Ion i/s wherever you may drive.
When you see this new Ford at your Ford Dealer’s,
when you Test Drive it and Value Cheek it, you’ll
understand why it is worth more when you buy it ...
worth more when you sell it. You’ll agree that here
indeed, is the New Standard of the American Road!
The only V8 .
in its -field/
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CHOICE OF V-l Of SIX
Ford's famous 110-h.p. high-compression Strato-Stor V-S
has a partner for thrifty "Go" in the 101-h.p. low-friction,
high-compression Mileage Maker Six. Ford Automatic
Power Pilot gives hush-compression "Go" with reguior gas.
A few of the 41 “Worth More”, features in the 1953 Ford
NEW MIRACLE RIDE Not |ust more
re&ponuve spring and shock absorber
rvt.on, not jo»t loam rubbet cushions,
K«*t o balanced iide tbot gives you Oil
anttrely new concept ol comfort.
SHIFT TO FORDOMATIC - end you'll
never shift ogo»n. It s the finest, most
vet softie outomotic drive evet bw»H.
A«d temember, Ford also offers the
smooth and thrifty Overdrive.
POWER-PIVOT PEOAIS -ore suspended
from bb«v« to eliminate dusty, drufty
floor holes. They give more unob
structed floor space ond provide easier
operation of bfako end dutch pedals.
CENTER-FILL FUELING - prevents hose
marks, and makes "filling up' easier
from either side of the gasoline pump.
Shorter gas f Her pipe gives you trunk
space for on extra suitcase.
RHLXtftCU VIIIBIUTY — with Huge,
curved, one piece wtedikield, « <w
wide, one-piece reor window ond big
picture windows oil around — #iw»
you mibilitv unlimrtod
i Here now...the'53 FORD
SEE YOUR FRIENDLY FORD DEALER
Louveuieully Luted lu Your TclepUq««», Directory.
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Worrell Appliance
Williamston. C.
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USE OUR LAY AWAY PLAN
and ilo your Christinas Shopping Early.
We Have In Stock:
• ELECTRIC CLOCKS
Several Makes anil St vies.
• BATHROOM SCALES
Revere Wear Cooking Utensils
l*(Jiiart Saucepans — 2-Onart Saucepans
0-Inch Skillets K-Iueli Skillets
Many other sizes and types.
• TURKEY RO ASTERS $4.95
• 4-Qt. PRESSURE COOKERS
Each $12.95
• 32 & 53 PIECE SETS
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Service for (t anil Ik,Four Lovely Patterns
To Choose From.
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$12.95 and $19.95
Famous !\alionally Advertised
Frvrvle Automatic
ELECTRIC DEEP FRYERS
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# TOASTMASTER Automatic Toasters
• Sandwich Grill and Waffle I
Irons Combination
• WARING BLENDERS
• ELECTRIC POP CORN POPPERS
• SUNBEAM MIXMASTERS
• Automatic Percolators
SI2.93 to S2K..)0
Single ami Dual Control
• ELECTRIC BLANKETS
RADIOS I
R. C. A.. W estingliouse, Slroiubcrg-Carlson
ami Motorola
$24.95 to $84.95
W estingliouse ami Hallieraficrs
RECORD PLAYERS
R. C. A., W estingliouse ami Symphonic
$16.95 to $59.95
Westing house Sewinjj Machines’
Portables, Console, Table ami Desk Models from
$59.95 to $199.95
Complete Stoek kitebeu Sinks, Ranges. Re
frigerators, Washing Machines. Hot Water
Heaters ami other Electrical Appliances.
Also Plastic kitchen W are in all colors.
WORRELL
APPLIANCE COMPANY
W illiamstou, N. C.
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