Newspapers / The Waynesville Mountaineer (Waynesville, … / June 28, 1946, edition 1 / Page 16
Part of The Waynesville Mountaineer (Waynesville, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
THE WATNESVTLLE MOUNTAINEER . FmY. F PAGE EIGHT (Second Section) Snap Shots Of The HUMAN SIDE OF LIFE By FRANCES GILBERT I RAZIER S.V" Editor's note this is one of (In most interesting hummi interest stories that has come our way this season. It was written by Gus Travis, in The Charlotte Observer. We believe you too, will get a smile or two from this incident. and The MOST KAtTl tMbM mat s happened uptown in many a moon occurred last Wednesday afternoon about 3 o'clock when a woman walked into a shoe shop near the j Square leading her seven-year-old son by the hand. "I want to get Pete's sandals half-soled,'' she told the shoe shop manager. "We'll sit down and wait." "Sorry, main,'' said the shoe shop manager, it's so hot we've slowed down. You'll have to leave 'em and conic back tomorrow after noon." "Well, all right," said the woman. "Pete, take off your sandals. We'll come back tomorrow and get 'em." Pete's face lit up with rapture. "Does that mean I can go bare footed.''' he eagerly inquired. "Yes, I suppose so," admitted his mama ."You been pestering me for six weeks. You got your way now at last." "Oh, goody-goody!" yelled Pete. "I ain't been barefooted this sum mer: oh, hoy, on, boy. Pete ripped off his sandals began racing up and down in the shoe shop. "Control yourself, Pete!" his mama ordered. "You've got all afternoon to cavort in. Just calm down." The woman got her ticket stub and started for the door. Pete was gamboling about in front of her like a fairy in the May Day pageant. Now at 3 p. in. last Wednesday the themometer was pushing 99 de grees. People were fainting in resturants and collapsing in alleys. On the sidewalk the pavement un doubtedly registered a good 128 degrees farenheit. That's one jump from blazing. If you'd fallen down with a dozen eggs you'd have been fried into an omelet before you could have gotten up. When Pete bounded out of the shoe shop and hit that sizzling pavement he let out a shriek that started off the burglar alarm in the Wachovia bank building. "WOW," he hollered. WOW! WOW!" He started racing toward the Square like a P-80 jet plane taking off from the airport. His mama began chasing him. "Control yourself, Pete!" she screamed. "Come back here! You got all afternoon to enjoy yourself in!" "WOW!" answered Pete. "WOW! WOW!" "Dern that child!" exclaimed the woman. "I never saw a kid as crazy about going barefooted as Pete is!" He reached the Square and be gan prancing on first one foot and then the other waiting for the green light to come on. There wasn't an iota of shade on that cor ner, and being the highest spot in town, it probably registered a cou ple of degrees more than the pave ment in front of the shoe shop. WOW!'' hollered Pete again WOW! WOW!" "You come back here. Pete1" his mama called "II you don't control yourself I'll never let you go bare footed again!" About that lime the green light came on and Pete lit out across Trade street. When he hit that molten asphalt he went from the frying pan into the fire. lie began to gyrate like a whirling dervish, mixing a half dozen yipees in with his wows. He finally reached the corner where the Liggett building is under construction and tried to get into the interior where it was shady, j but the workmen shoved him right back out and he wowed his way across Tryon street to the National Shirt Shop corner. Unfortunately, it was Wednesday afternoon and all stores were closed, .le couldn't get inside. He rattled the door a couple of times J and then headed for Grant's depart ment store. The door there also was locked. j Pete could stand it no longer. He : let out a couple of more wows and then just sal down on the sidewalk, throwing his feet up into the air. Now if you think dancing on 128- degiee pavement in your bare tootsies is not exciting enough, just try silting down on it in a paper ! thin sun suit. And Pete's sun suit didn't quite cover all the vital spots. WOW!" he screeched. "WOW! WOW! WOW!!!" He began bouncing down to wards Key's on his little bottom, using a technique of one bounce and two wows. There wasn't an open store in the block he could bounce into. Pedestrians by this time had stopped from Fourth street to Fifth in order to view the queer spec tacle. Somebody put in a call for an ambulance. But just before it roared up. Pete's mama overtook him, grabbed him by his sun suit strap and yank ed him to his feet. "Cut out that wowing" she shout ed. "People will think you've never gone barefooted before! Learn to control yourself." About that time a Dilworth bus pulled up and his mama dragged him on it. "I'll take you right home, young man," she said, "and keep you there till you know how to act in public. And I'm not going to let you go barefooted any more for two full weeks." "I don't want to go barefooted no more till Chruistmas," wailed Pete. "Give the man the bus tokens, mama, and let's get going." JONES RADIO SERVICE Records Record-Play crs and Radios We carry a complete stock of all latest records, also batteries, car aerials and aerial wire. Bonded electronic technicians, with 90 day guarantee on parts. 56 Main Street House Approves Cut In Debt Limit WASHINGTON, The House has approved unanimously legislation reducing the nation's authorized debt limit from $300,000,000,000 to $275,000,000,000. The actual Federal debt reached a record high last February at $27!).000.0()0.000. Since that time it has been cut by about $10,000 000.000 with the Treasury reducing its cash on hand. Marriage Licenses C hail e s H. Leatherwood to Vivian Clark, both of Haywood county. Ottway Burton, of Asheboro to Ruby Frances Brown, of Waynes ville. V a u 1 Frederick Shechan, to Freedie Whitaker, both of Canton. Saintly Barrister The Cathedral of Treguler, France, was presented with a stained glass window on May 19, 1936, by the legal profession of the United States in honor of St. Ives who is buried In this church. He is the patron saint of lawyers who was canonized in the 14th century because he was "a lawyer and not a thief, a marvel to the people." AT LAST! SISALKRAFT A Tough Fibre Reinforced Kraft Paper SISALATION A Reflective Insulation! Stops Wind and Weather! Low Cost At Richland Supply Co, rhone 43 .Athe Depot f i mi GABY NW (ireascless ll 1 ill Sun-Tan Lotion r: jjv 50c JCI- Jr.'l Size WC 'f" . SKOLNft SUN-TAN I M lotion Kn Medicateil jj ,11 1 Ointment 1'fl 1 111 We've scores ol RHJHT things for fun on the Fourth RIGHT for Quality . . . RIGHT for Economy whizbang values for grand aiui glorious cele brating at home ... at the beach ... in the picnic grove. So come to SMITH'S DRUG STORE for your playtime accessories and sun-time toile tries and (JO FOURTH TO FUN with star-spangled savings from our sparkling display of Holiday needs. 15c SlK I) vie L Putman or Rit 10c 20c Itlltl) 1 I I l French 10c FULL QUART KILLS INSECTS 5 D. D. T. 49c 10c BABY FOOD Gerber's, 3 for 19c THIS n urn C'ln front, it the hairline in back, ?t die " nape of the neck uhtrevtr h'ul, cnjt vandtr, apply Vcnida Lacquer. Presto-jour bair stayi amart and neat and lustrous the day and evening through. ' LACQUER... as you like it: flANDY PADS OR JONG LASTING LIQUID 60 Pf event Insect For everyday and vacation comfort get your supply now! 4 abotj iw"" liilTi'ii ' IT PAYS TO TRADE AT SMITHS' KODAK FILM FINISHING ANY SIZE ROLL (i OR 8 EXPOSURES 25c 5lli- IIA1K TONIC VITALIS 39c 50c AFTER KIIAVK LOTION MENNEN'S 39c PRIMROSE HOI SI' LEG MAKE-UP $1.00 BEAUTIFUL CROWN LUGGAGE $6.00 up :.; iti. each cream NADINOLA 29c 60c SI1'. ALKA SELTZER 49c 60c ASTHMA RELIEF POWERS , 39c 50c LAXATIVE GUM FEEN-A-MINT 39c 16 OZ. COCOMALT 37c $1.00 ANTACID POWDER BISODOL 79c treatment ,for chapped sensitive skin Rough, chapped Nkin means nothing in the lives of smart women who follow the "Head-to-Toe" treatment suggested by Primrose House famous New York beauty salon Simple, effective, this treatment can he followed inexpensively at home. Apply Smoothskin Oil to the face, throat, arms and legs with special attention to the roughened, dry spots (elbow, knees, mouth, chin). As the light, non-slicky vegetable oil blends into the skin, it helps to soften and soothe and rough redness disappears. For chapped hands and wrists, apply Special Hand Lotion. Cooling and fragrant, it leaves the skin looking smooth and naturally nice with no 6ticky, greasy after-effect, - Primrose House Smoothskin Oil 1, $1.75, $4.50 Primrose House Special Hand Lotion $1, $3 CIGARETT Camels, ('lu'stcrlitld, Lucl Old Gold, Phillip Morris, Id 2 packs Carton $1.50 vegetap.u: i ompoim PINKHAMS $1.25 TOXIC s. s. s. $t.00 SHAMPOO I (Hi BLOND BLONDEX 50c DEODOI! AM I'llHULE SPIRO 60c ci,i:xsi; i;iam PHILLIPS 65c $1,000 ANT BANE 50c ANTISEPTIC LISTERINE SI 50 HAIR COI.OKIVl KOLORBAK 50c WILLI XMS AQUA VELVA $1.20 size LYSOL J 1 SCHICK fl TEK ANACIN AMMENS MURINE MENNEN Ejector Razor toothbrush TABLETS il R00L, 100 rH LKlhH Heat Powder F0R L0VELY EYLS hl-at 0 With 20 Blades 50c Quality Quick Relief ucuiruwuei 98c - 51c s5 98c 13c Z 49c 3 ii i I 60c Shampoo yl Q DRENE .fC $1.25 Laxative C&G&af SARAKA yOC iiHBBHHMaVM 35c Corn Liquid 4 FREEZQNE W.V $1.00 HAIR TONIC YOUNG FOLKS LUCKY TIGER 79c BIBLE $1.39 to 74c BLUE JAV $1.00 GENUINE 1-Y FOOT POWDER 23c IRONIZED YEAST 59c O'CEDAR MIRACLE WEED KILLER TRIANGULAR MOP r $1.39 WEED-A-WAY $1.00 QUANTITY RIGHTS RESERVED NONE SOLD TO DEALERS 25c Lnxalhc 1 75c Kidney I''" DOAlNb Toe Laxative I J CARTERS)
The Waynesville Mountaineer (Waynesville, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
June 28, 1946, edition 1
16
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75