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3IBER 14, 1948 THE WATNESvilXE MOUNTAINEER PAGE THSEE (Secohd Section) I " BY Q Man HING POOL oul(ln t say a . stare at his jo twisted and je a piece of put like a leg f joinething Was turning it all ' , w Jailed to pick p. "I ll carry -For I know i head. "I'd lst I s;Hjd and his jy you would li is heart was ! will know what jhe Snow Man I yas as helpless Danny's leg 0 Santa turned crow. hp said. "It is thai be?" pro- pta could tell joy's desire to fos bustled into OPERA STAR RECEIVES AWARD 1 - BY LUCRECE HUDC51NS IC'; 1 I ' . Vliil2!PH CEREMONY at the Spanish In WIP 1 (leM " CCnter FrSnCiS C'rdina' (International) II 1J y,"t bert Bia Fisherman Tops List Of Boohs At Library Here f V0U MttB tak off your hat, too." SOCf V .VP I 1 f 1 the room. "On v look she cried "Hero s the boy sitting indoors by the fire with his hat and coat and boots on. Certainly he will take cold when lie goes out! Come now not another word until you arc warm and rested and fed. loo." She swooped down on I he boy and peeled oIT the heavy clothes. My, she smelled sweet! Suddenly Danny wanted to hug her tight. , But he knew if he did he would : crv and cry so, holding himself oh so stiffly, he said. "Tliiink you. ma'am." Mrs. CUius looked at bun cmeerlv a moment. Then she kissed him quickly right on his lips. Well, for a minute, Danny al most didn't mind about his leg. he felt so warm and so loved. Ana you must remember it was a very new feeling for him. i-xcepi 101 the Snow Man he had never been loved by anyone at all. Mrs. Claus turned to the Snow Man and said, "You better take oil your hat, too, though 1 can unuer- stand why you d wan) 10 weai n a prettier one I never saw!" The Snow Man touched his red peaked hat with the white fur trimming. "Ma'am, if I took this off I'd have to say goodby." And, it was true, too, as they all well the hat was the magic Cr,ii vul.irli cave the Snow Man life. If he took it off he would be just an ordinary snow man and never could be real again not even if he put it on again. Well, ill no lime, Mrs. Claus had the three of I hem cheered up and smiling and no one said a word more about Flournoy. They had a large dinner and this lime Dan ny hail a helping from each of the fifteen different bowls of ice cream. lie even had seconds in cherry and peanut brittle. They were still silting at the table when there was a banging ut Hie door and four little Santa Land brownies raced in followed. al a much more sedale pace, by a beautiful fairy. "Santa! Santa''' cried the hmwnies "Only look al Nadeen! See. would you recognize her'.'" They pointed excitedly at the lovely fairy and Santa and Mrs. Claus gasped in astonishment. Nadeen smiled demurely "1 know 1 was the ugliest fairy in, Santa Land." she said. "Then 1 heard of the Wishing Pool. I went j there and bathed and wished I might be beautiful. My wrinkles vanished. My pointed ears grew small and round. My hair grew fine and golden. And here I am and 1 know I am ocauuiui e cause I feel so beautiful inside See'" cried the brownies. "So we are going to the Wishing Tool at once." "To straighten my crossrd-ryes!" cried Lance. "To wash away my freckles'" cried Hugo. -To curl my hair" cried Hu- To whiten my teeth'" finished Pudding, the last of the brownies. "But where is this pool?" asked Santa. Down the way!" cried me brownies, screaming all togemer. Over the hill. Across the clouds. Behind the moon. Under the daisy bed." With shouts of joy they pushed i, ii,,,i- ,.ni f i he room and lain ii .- into the night. Wait' wait!" cried Danny, who h..rn sittiniz all this lime in absolutely speechless astonish ment but who now found both feet and voice. "Oh. wail for me!" "And me'" shouted the Snow Man. jumping up and following Danny. .'.,r ,.f course they had the same ;,i.,,. c.i- n.'iiinv to bathe in this wonderful pool and wish tu have his leg well again. Capital Letters (Continued from Paje 2) January 6. There is no doubt oi n here in Raleigh. There is also no doubt thai Charles Flack of the Slate Utilities Commission receiv ed a similar letter. Flack is expected to set up law ..!.... in Pm-Mi Citv in January or February. Liaise will likely land a position with one of the Slate s Dig oad contractors. Chapter 10 HIDING THK STARS II i II I Mm w n a won ON 0 IDE. J Pursuant to a proclamation issued by Gov nor Cherry, a special election will be held m aywood County on Saturday, December 18th, r the purpose of electing a state senator to fill e vacancy caused by the death of Mrs. E. L. !cKee, senator-elect. i The election will be held under the same rws applying to the last general election for the ime office. No changes will be made in the king places, and the same registrars and idges will serve for this special election. The blls will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. I JERRY ROGERS, Chairman Haywood County Board of Elections. There isn't any use in your hunting for the Wishing Pool be cause it isn't there any more as you soon will see. Hut it was there once, in a land far away so far you could never have found your way there no, not even with thirteen maps and , a compass, too. i Listen, now. and you'll know I why. I The four Santa Land brownies: Lance, Hugo, Hubert, and Pud ! ding, 'went hurtling throiip.b the j nighi with Danny and the Snow Man stumping after as last as incy could. Pretty soon they were out of Santa Land and it's too bad it was sn dark else iney wouiu nav seen Flournoy. the evil elf. who crept up behind them as soon as they had crossed the line. The wicked creaturp chuckled to himself when he heard Danny gasp as he ran. "Ha!" thought Flournoy. "1 guess the sight of that leg broke Santa's heart! Hut now what ran , thev he up to? I'll just trail along ! and see." I What they were up to is some Hiine von almost wouldn't believe: the four brownies" stopped and planted seeds! "What about the Snow Man and the boy'" asked Lance tamping down the grouno over his seed. "We have only four seeds." "Shucks." said Pudding. "The boy can ride with me." "And the Snow Man wilh me," said Hubert. i Timn miirklv Pudding took Danny's hand and Hubert grabbed Snow Man s arm. Not a min too soon, either, for suddenly lour seeds sent forth sprouts which burst into the air al an amazing speed carrying the ownies and their triends up, up. Dh. 1 don't know how many SHOCK KD Raleigh old heads appear to be greatly shocked at the manner in which Kerr Scott oper ates expecting him to follow pa terns used by Gardner, f.nrmgiuius, Hoey Hroughton, and Cherry. Thev seem to have become accus tomed to a certain simuariiy oi action by their Governors. Scott never follows the same old road ii.. imnws he is unorthodox, enjoys being that way, and seems tn nrofit therefrom. The Greensboro Daily News re marked wilh some wisdom last week as follows: "Many a Raleigh fetish is in for an overhauling. Good Game But Crowd Wonders Who Won II- 111 P 1 LEWlSBUnvi, i a. - - ' , end of the Lewisuurg-irevy.ii". high school football game piayeu , Bu.knell University stadium, 1.40(1 spectators swarmed down on the field to ask who won. A thick fog rolling in from the Susquehanna Hiver completely ob scured the field and piayerb uuimt ...I hnlf I lie Muntu . i Uhiirc used the natural . .. j t.nn in mil lin camouflage in hohhhb' -r two second-half touchdowns lor a 14-0 triumph. the ute the i br i up- with this AUTOMATIC ' FLOOR FURNAC? K0N0MIUI wwcbn . f MMtvtlTlir AOkATOUn.lNC OUVfiS I noot titans Rogers Electric Co. Phone 461 Main Street ii.-s into the midnight sky. u,,i .lon't imagine Flournoy i. ...i i...., ii-.fi hrhind. Not he 11,111 l,l i i.'..,. I... iiirv nuic klv understood what the brownies were planting n,,a ru.iebt at the topmost stem of Lance's sprout so that he him .11 before all the sen wa.-i . " ,.11,.,1-c Inln the skv. Danny clung to his sprout wnn ...... hanH and with the other he .,..:..nr PnriHina's shirt. The air ,.,.c:i.H hv him and the black night got in his mouth and into i,i.. io, anH he couldn't have ,..-i,l Mill PUPI1 if he'd wanted to Bui he did wish he knew where ihi.v mere eoine and now mucn longer he was going lo be shot into .i,,. Fnr surelv. he thought we're going to bang "against the top ..i i ii.. kIiv :inv minute. i nhniit that time, the sprout -limned Browing. There Pudding and Danny were, clinging to a vine ,., -., wni ill stars ti ..,nt oncW.r tu see with all iiw,m u:ir turned on and Danny didn't have any trouble spying the Snow Man hanging to Hubert's soroul nearby and looking scared .,,i hrei.ililf.ss as a snow white r i...ar that has been in the water too long. Hut no one saw lournoy on ..f i a .we s sniout l np crea- tuie was dark and tiny and would I,-.,., i.... n hard to find even naa . , i i . horn searcninR 101 nun. "Now," yelled Lance. OraD ...I.,, a shunting star and U. ll all meet in Platonia." wtih that the tiny brownie flung himself from his sprout and lanrinH nn the back of a falling star. Hugo leaped for another star and Hubert and Pudding fol- lnu-prl after. "I'm afraid " said the bnow Man and you could hear his teeth rhattprinc all over tne sKy. "I am, too," said Danny. "But, mo ran t stav here, that's certain. t ir h.ro mmps a bie one! Let's Lvrir, m.v " --- get it together!" Surp enough an enormos shooting star was coming their wav. Catching his breath Danny toanpfl for it as it passed below. Tho Know Man who just couldn't I k i hphind. leaned, too. and now they were carried out of the sky even faster than they had anno into tt.i nn whpro wpri tnev lining 10. Truly, they were too terrified to rurp!" The Snow Man Has Trouble. tv,. ii Fisherman" by Lloyd Douglas, is the book with the big gest demand at the Haywood County public library, according to Miss Margaret Johnston, who has served in the capacity as uorarwu here for the past four years. Other books which are in con stant demand include: Remem brance Rock, by Carl Sandburg, n.nnlr Hundred by Ingles Fletch- Tnmnn-ow Will Be Better by Bettv Smith; and Tap Roots Dy SmHhuri. The interest in the latter book has been revived due mostly to a movie maae the noval. Circulation Increase Th Wavnosville library showed an increase in circulation of 500 books during the month of Novem ber. The circulation figures at the local library during the past three months are as following: Septem ber, 2454; October, 2B27; ana No vember, 2927. The bookmobile, which is in its second month of operation, is do ing a commendable Job of provid ing the rural sections oi tiaywooa rr.nr.iv with books. Robert Russell is bookmobile assistant. Among n.n hnnke that phildren of the county are reading mostly are: Tom Sawyer, Black Stallion, lassie Comes Home, Little Women, Huckleberry Finn, Little Men and Uncle Remus, which is the most lnr nmnne children. Cook Books Popular The most popular books that the bookmobile is supplying the adults in the county include books on agriculture, farming, decorat ing weaving, embroidering ami home building. Miss Johnston said ihai thn flnmand for cook books in the county is so grent that it is i ii-im Ween enough on hand. Hunting and Fishing In Smokies and Hills and Gray, are in large demand. Miss Johnston said that she was more than pleased with the request of non-fiction books from the book mobile. Included in these demands are books on foreign anairs, occu- nniinn nf Germany, uin acoui Handbook, Christmas material, Kionhn Foster, drawing, folk songs, magic. Babe Ruth, Abe Lln- -in Ki Carson ana wiuiaui GhukAiinplirp The bookmobile, which makes 75 stons in th county every three . u avaiinhle to any com- At the I niunity in the county. Miss Johns ton stated. The library irucn aiso makes stops at the hospital and at Clyde town hall. When demands are maae ior special books that are not in the ivavnPBville library, they are bor rowed from other neamy noranea. request goes out nearly every day to borrow some book that is not on the local library sneives. Reference Room Many children are making the library here their headquarters after school hours. Numerousmen and women can be found in tne reference room of the library. The busiest day at the local Horary is on Saturday; .Mrs. James Atkins, Jr , says over-200 booksVare cir culated usually on Saturdays. Plans are underway lo nave a display within the next few days Newsboy, 75, Emerges From Retirement LATROBE, Pa (UP When Dick Jordan, local newsdealer, ad vertised for a "newsboy", 75-year- old Samuel Zimmerman Beam came out of retirement to answer the ad. whv nnf" Ream said "It is easy work and 1 can add a little to my income. For more than 22 years. Beam worked as a mechanic, until he was retired on pension May 3, 1945. Now, with a sack for the papers, Beam is out on his route every day. And the new "newsboy ad mits he is getting quite a kick oui of his new job. on books to give for Christmas. A great demand is being voicea ior books on the Home Demonstration reading list, both in the library and bookmobile. New State's Attorney Flunks Examination, SPRINGFIELD. I1L nois Is wonoering a newlylected rtate'i r who Bunked hi. bar '" PhUip Benefiel, 25-year-oW veteran who was graduated Irom. the University cf IllinoU last spring, was elected state', attorney of Lawrence uram. The state law examiners mux, however, that Benefiel failed to pass his examination. The tate constitution does not require a state s attorney to be a licensed lawyer State law. however, prohib its anyone but a qualified attorney from taking part In court actions. I Despite the confusion, Benefiel went right ahead win pian take office He said he guessea that campaigning took time away from his studies for the bar examination. The South American rhea Ire-, quently joins deer or guanacoS to form mixed herds. The ostrich, a larger member of the same f amlly, somtimes forms mixed herds with zebras and antelopes. 666 gall Z Barber's WILE For COOKING - CANNING Including Grimes Golden Starks Delicious Golden Delicious Stayman Winesap 1 Fancy Apples now available for shipment in bushels and Vvt bushel quantities Rock Apple Service Station AT BARBER'S ORCHARD Highway 19A-23 No. Our 1st Want Ads bring; quick results. On this, our First Birthday Anniversary, we are happy to have had the privilege of serving you. In order that we may better serve you in the fu ture any suggestions or ideas you may offer will be appreciated. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. . THE LAUNDERETTE 19 Depot Street
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