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Page 8 - Blackie Bear - By D. SAM COX ONCE JOCKO HAD A TOWN HOUSE STORY 37 Blackic's party took plenty of time on their way back to the mountains. They had such an ex citing time at Uncle Joe's house that they felt the need of a little rest. Besides, they had plenty of everything to eat in the wagon, and so they didn't need to hunt. At night they would find a nice place to camp, and they were so far away from everybody that they were not afraid to have nice big fires, and they could make as much noise as they pleased. Every night after supper they would sit around and smoke and tell stories, and sometimes they would sing and dance the bear dance that Blackie had taught them. Tonight there was 8 pretty moon in the sky, and it seemed to remind Jocko Monkey of his old home out in California, and so he got to talking about that country. "Well, BJackie," said Jocko, "you never did ask me why I came to leave my good home and take to traveling over the country, but maybe you would like to know, so I will tell you. Out in Califor nia ostriches are thick as turkeys are here, and they are mighty big birds. They lay eggs as big as co conuts, and you known coconuts and eggs are just the same shape. Os trich eggs are mighty valuable, and nobody eats them, but 1 had always wanted to know how they tasted. I lived with a dear old lady who was mighty good to nie, and she would often even let me ride in the seat with the driver when she would go out in her auto mobile, and she would even let him show me how to drive. I had every thing I wanted except the ostrich eggs. Like lots of folks, I wasn't satisfied till I got the thing that was sure to get me in trouble. I had a good house, and I con climb the coconut trees and cat all of them I wanted. And if any of you ever get the chance to drink thy, milk in a coconut that is just about grown, but hasn't it urned hard, don't miss it: there are mighty few things that taste better. There was a lake on the place, nnd there were, lots of big Chinese geese on it. They would hatch out lots of lift" goslings, and some times they were so thick around the lake that I could hardly keep from stepping on them. One day my mistress decided that she would have one of the big geese hatch out a couple of ostrich eggs, instead of letting them hatch in the hot sand. So she put one egg tinder each wing of the big goose, the goose went to work to hatch .them out. When Mistress was putting the eggs under, the goose, I happened to lie around, and I was playing with two coconuts. I 64 Holds Up 200 noticed that they were just the size and shape of the eggs, and so I thought of something. Why not swap these nuts with the goose for the eggs? But here was the trou ble: the nuts were nearly black, while the eggs were white, and even a goose might tell the differ ence, and quit sitting on them. I didn't see how I could fix that, and so it looked like I wouldn't get any ostrich eggs after all. (To Be Continued). : GEMS : For Your Scrapbook "GRATITUDE" Gratitude is not only the memory but the homage of the heart ren dered to God for His goodness. Will is. Are we really grateful for the good already received? Then we shall avail ourselves of the bless ings we have, and thus be fitted to receive more. Mary Baker Eddy. 47 Children Were Examined In Pre School Clinics Pre-school clinics were held in the Dellwood, Maggie, Rock Hill and Lake Junaluska schools on last Friday as a part of the regular school health program which is now being carried out by the Hay wood County Health department. A total of forty-seven children were examined during the day at the four schools with the following distribution in each school: Dell wood, with eight children and four oarents present: Maggie, with 18 children and eight parents present; THE WaTNESTOLE MOUNT ANEER 400 Attended BTU Meeting Held At Allen's Creek THURSDAY, Tli- U!11 OTifli nirip children and 1VIA.B. t T Ir Junaluska, with 12 children and 10 parents present. Of the groups examined, thirty six were given toxoid, and twenty nine were vaccinated for smallpox. Dr. C. N. Sisk, county health of ficer, is examining the children and is being assisted by Miss Margaret Squires, supervisor of nursing m the district health department, and Miss Clara McCall, Haywood Coun ty public health nurse. Similar clinics will be held to morrow at Saunook school at 9:30 a. m.: Hazelwood, at 10:30 a. m.; and Central elementary at 2 p. m. READ THE ADS IT PAYS Approximately 400 persons were present for the associational Bap tist Training Union which was held at the Allen's Creek Baptist church on Tuesday. The Spring Hill union won the banner witn an average of 96 while West Canton was close behind with an average of 94. The following were winners in the elimination tournament which was held, with those making first place eligible to enter the regional contests in Evard: In the junior memory drill, Gwendolyn Reece, Edith Cooke, and Jack Khinehart, all of Spring Hill, with a perfect score; in the intermediate sword drill, Josephine Jackson Hardin, First Baptist church, of Canton, first, and Betty Ann Snyder, First Baptist church, of Canton, second. In the boys' division of the better speaker contest, Claude Conard, Bethel, first, and Edgar Mehaffey, Spring Hill, second; in the girls' better speakers, Mrs. Haynes Hen son, Spring Hill, first and Miss Hattie Siler Freeman, Waynes ville, second. Miss Opal Snyder, Canton, won first in the adult Bible reading and Mrs. Pressley, of West Canton, made second place. Since only one speaker may par ticipate in the regional covention the winners in the boys' division spoke against ti girls' division H Canton Baptist Pce, and Cla? a3 alternate. i .... JWjfe P, ill MUGGS AND SKEETER unmade from 2 - "TV- ' DONALD DUCK Bjlj tM' t50-) TTI X WE JUST YtiMETOTELL ) , I I AND WHEN A I ; " ' ' I ; I ' J ' ' 1 THIS X TO THE ( YES, WH T WONDERED I US HOW TO rQui U. THE BRANCH ) "V' " I 4$f THE Hr-J UBOUTir? J IFY'HAYE L-Jii, SPRINGS IBACK A . I 7 Tlr S v Y'BEND Y'60TIT!N0W, ' ' ' I ( MOVIES, If ( MAKE K(K BRANCH GET UP TO BED J ; I L1J ' 1 UNCA V J I SNARE? J( DOWN . KH$JSJ ZZf UW J ' l r-' risSJ J-" wv - . voir n i i t --s " n i ir. BLOND IE By a
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