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Sells Plenty Of Thrift Through This EAGLE Want Ad .
CLASSIFIED ADS
FOR SALE
FOR SALE—Clarinet in good
condition. D. R. BALLARD,
Cherryville, N. C.
FOR SALE -— Hampshire Pigs
and shoats nice size, reasonable
price. C. C. DELLINGER 3t-D21
FOR SALE — Eskimo Spitz
puppies. Phone 4716. lt-pd
FOR SALE— Small girls Bicy
cle. E. R. Bivens at the Dora Mill
House No. 8. lt-pd
AUTOMATIC Ashley Wood
Heater for Sale. See Pink May
hue, Howell Mill. lt-pa
FOR SALE — Thrift. Several
different colors. Mrs. C. W. Cog
gins, located between Charley
Neil’s and Clayton Dellinger’s
residence. 2t-D7
FOR SALE One good mule
and farming tools. John Huff
man, Bessemer City, N. C., Route
2. 3t-pd
FOR SALE—4 g >od milk cows.
Marshall Alien, Bessemer City,
Rt. 1, 2 miles off the Cherryville
Dallas Highway. 2t
FULL LINE OF CHRISTMAS
CARDS AT EAGLE OFFICE.
PLENTY OF OVER SE\ BOX
ES AT THE EAGLE OFFICE.
WANTED
FOR RENT: Two farms. One 2
horse farm and one 1-horse farm
also want family to hoe a crop.
See Marshall Allen, Bessemer
City, N. C., Rt. 1. 2t-pd-Dl 4
WANTED—New or used large
Tricycle or small scooter bike.
Phone 2822. lt-pd
WANTED: Immediately 3 or 4
room house or apartment in or
near Cherryville. J. R. Campbell,,
R-2, Cherryville, N. C. lt-pd
J. R. Campbell received his dis
charge from Fort Bragg on Nov
ember 17th, and has returned
home to civilian life.
WANTED—A tricycle for two
year old boy. Call Eagle Office,
lt-pd,__
LOST
LOST — Man’s Ring. Finder
please return to Harold Carpen
ter and receive reward.
MISCELLANEOUS
WILL RE-UPHOLSTER FUR
NITURE. WRITE EULA MAE
ELLIS, Box 412, Cheri yville, N.
C.
IF YOU want to get married,
write Box 358, Juliaetta, Idaho
Send Stamp.
We now have electric power to
our Hamer Mill and can do your
Hamer. Your business will be ap
preciated.
DALTON FLOUR AND FEED
MILLS
WE BlTV CHICKENS AND
EGGS—Pay highest market. We
sell feeds of all kinds. DALTON’S
FLOUR AND FEED MILLS
North of High School. tf
PIANO TUNING AND REPAIR
ING INDORSED BY LEADING
MUSIC TEACHERS. WRITE
J. F. PECHE, BELMONT. N. C. tf
New Studio Couches
with Spring $79.50.
New Oil Stoves, 2, 3
and 5 burners “Re
CARPENTER BROS.
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ChomKm wave kit
★ Complete with Permanent oiur A
Wet* Solution, ourlers, i99f t
■hampoo End ware eet- nothing
else to buy. Requires no heat, electricity or ms
shines. Safe for every type of hair Over 6 mil
lion sold Money beck guarantee. Get a Chann
Kuri Sit today.
ALLEN DRUG CO.
Will pay top market
price for new shuck
Corn in any size lots.
DEDMONS LIVE
STOCK YARDS
Shelby, N. C.
PHONE 502-J
AT FIRST
SION OF A
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GaMJfPgro tion»-Q*-diU£te4j
LEGAL NOTICES
NORTH CAROLINA
GASTON COUNTY.
Lillie Mae Scruggs, Plaintiff
Clyde Scruggs, Defendant
The above named defendant
will take notice that an action has
been started in the Superior Court
for Gaston County for divorce
and the defendant will be requir
ed within twenty days of the final
publication of this notice to ap
pear before the Clerk of the said
Court, and answer or demur to
the complaint, of the plaintiff or
the plaintiff will apply to the
Court, for the relief, demanded
in the complaint.
This the 20th day of Nov. 1944
0. A. Warren 4t-D14
EMMA CORNWELL,
Asst. Clerk Superior Court
0. A. Warren 4t-D14
Attorney for the Plaintiff.
NORTH CAROLINA
GASTON COUNTY
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
Lillie Mae Ingram Barnes,
Plaintiff
Howard Barne9, Defendant
NOTICE BY PUBLICATION
The above named defendant
will take notice that an action en
titled as above has been commen
ced by the plaintiff in the Supe
rior Court of Gaston County, for
the purpose of obtaining an ab
solute divorce from the defend
ant; and the defendant will fur
ther take notice that he is requir
ed to appear before the Clerk of
the Superior Court of Gaston
County in Gastonia, N. C., to file
answer or to demur to said com
plaint of the plaintiff within twen
ty days after the final appearance
of this notice, and that if he fails
to answer or to demur to sail
complaint within the specified
above named time, the said plain
tiff will apply to the court for the
relief demanded in the said com
plaint.
Witness: Paul E. Monroe, Clerk
Superior Court of Gaston Coun
ty, at his office in Gastonia, N.C.
This the 30 day of October, 1944
EMMA CORNWELL,
Asst. Clerk Superior Court
Gaston County, N. C.
Claude B. Woltz,
NORTH CAROLINA,
3ASTON COUNTY.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
£ula Emory, by her Next Friend,
Pearl Barnes, Plaintiff,
auddy Emory, Defendant.
NOTICE OF SUMMONS
The defendant, Buduy Emory,
vill take notice that an action
mtitled as above ha been com
nenced in the Superior Court of
last on County f r an absolute
livorce on tht* ground of two
rears’ separation; and the said de
'endant will further take notice
hat he is hereby required to ap
>ear before the Clerk of the Su
perior Court of Gaston County at
he Court House in Gastonia, N.
U, within twenty (20) days after
he final i ublication of this notice
md i nswer or demur to the com
ilaint in said action, or the plain
iff wi’l apply to the court for the
elief demanded in aaid complaint
This the 9th day of November,
J41 FAUL E. MONROE,
Clerk of the Superior Court.
CRNE ST R. WARREN,
Ut'y for Plaintiff. 4t-D7
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE OF
PERSONAL PROPERTY
In the administration of the
estate of the late Thos. P. Wise,
deceased, the undersigned admin
istrator will offer for sale at
public auction the following ar
ticles of personal property be
longing to the said estate:
One grain binder, a grain drill
mower, a two horse wagon, culti
vators, harrows, turning plow,
plow stocks, a mule and miscel
laneous articles of household fur
niture, and hand tools.
The sale will begin at or shortly
after TEN O’CLOCK, A. M. on
SATURDAY. DECEMBER 2ND,
t.944; and will be held at the late
residence of the said Thos. P.
Wise in Howards Creek Town
ship, near George Black’s Store.
TERMS OF SALE: CASH.
This the 9th day of November,
1944.
HAL WISE,
Administrator of the Estate of
Thomas P. Wise, deceased.
L. Berge Beam, Att’y. 3t-N30
ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE
Having qualified as Adminis
trator of the estate of Ray K.
Gates, deceased, late of Gaston
county, North Carolina, this is to
notify all persons having claims
against the estate of the deceased
to exhibit them to the undersign
ed at Cherryville, N. C., on or be
fore the 9th day of November,
1.945, or this notice will be plead
ed in bar of their recovery. All
persons indebted to said estate
will please make immediate pay
ment.
This November 6, 1944.
W. BRICE GATES, Admr.
of Ray K. Gates, deceased.
DAVID P. DELLINGER,
Attorney. 6t-D14
NORTH CAROLINA
GASTON COUNTY
SUMMONS
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
Mary Alice Estes. Plaintiff
Charles Elates, Defendant
The above named defendant
will take notice that an action
has been started in the Superior
Court, for Gaston County, for
divorce and the defendant will
be required within twenty daya
of the final publication of this no
tice to Appear before the Clerk
of the said Court, and answer or
demur to the Complaint of the
plaintiff or the plaintiff will apply
to the Court for the relief deman
ded in the complaint.
This the 14 day of Nov. 1944
PAUL E. MONROE,
Clerk Superior Court
O. A. Warren, 4t-I)7
Attorney for the Plaintiff.
NORTH CAROLINA,
GASTON COUNTY.
J. C. R. Gantt,
Plaintiff
-vs
Bertha Gantt,
Defendant
The above namad defendant
will tr.ke notice that ar. action lias
been started in the Superior Coiut
for Gaston County, for divorce
and the defendant will be requir
ed within twenty days of the final
publication of this notice to ap
pear before the Clerk of the said
Court; and answer or demur to
tiie Complaint, of the plaintiff or
the plaintiff will apply to the
Court for thei relief demanded in
the Complaint.
1’his the 16 lav of November,
1J44.
PAUL F. MONROE,
Clerk Superior Court.
o. a. Warren
Attorney for Plaintiff.
41 D7
I NORTH CAROLINA,
GASTON COUNTY.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
Gladys Terry Case, Plaintiff
-vs
William D. Case, Defendant
NOTICE BY PUBLICATION
The above named defendant
will take notice that an action
entitled as above has been com
menced by the plaintiff in the Su
perior Court of Gaston County
for the purpose of obtaining an
absolute divorce from the defen
dant; and the defendant will fur
ther take notice that he is requir
ed to appear before the Clerk of
the Superior Court of Gaston
County in Gastonia, N. C., to file
answer or to demur to said com
plaint of the plaintiff within
twenty uays after the final ap
pearance of this notice, and that
if he fail* tc answer or t., demur
L -aid c >mp’amt within the sp,.i
itied al>o\e vmed time, the said
plaintiff will apply to thj md
c >i n for the relief demanded m
said com, lairt
WITNESS: Paul E. Monroe.
'Clerk Supe'.n Court of Gaston
County, at his office in Gaston'a,
N. C. Tills ;.it 20 day qf Novem
ber, 11*44.
EMMA CORNWELL, Asst
Clerk Superior Court
Gaston County.
Claude B. Woltz, 4t-I) 14
Attorney for Plaintiff
ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE
Having qualified as administra
tor of the estate of John Denton,
late deceased of Gastonia, Gaston
County, North Carolina, this is to
notify all persons having claims
against said John Denton to file
same with the undersigned admin
istrator within one year after date
hereof or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of any recovery
thereon.
All persons indebted to said
John Denton will please make as
prompt settlement with the un
dersigned as possible.
This the ^fth day of Novem
ber, 1944.
J. L. HAMME,
521 Comml. Bldg., Gastonia, N.C.
4t Administrator.
NOTICE OF SUMMONS BY
PUBLICATION
TO DEFENDANT NAMED
Mae Long, Plaintiff
-VS
Fred Long, Defendant.
The defendant above named
will hereby take notice, that the
plaintiff in this action has com
menced an action for absolute
divorce on the grounds of two
years separation, in the Superior
Court of Gaston County, North
Carolina.
The said defendant will further
take notice that he is required to
file answer or other pleading in
the office of the Clerk of said Su
perior Court, in the Gaston Coun
ty Court House in Gastonia,
North Carolina, on or before the
11th day of January, 1945, or
the plaintiff will apply to the
Court for such relief as he may
be entitled to under the pleadings
and evidence in the action.
This the 27th day of Nov. 1941
EMMA CORNWELL
Asst. Clerk of Superior Court
J. L. Hamme, Atty. for Plaintiff.
Gastonia, N. C. 4t-D21
NOTICE OF SUMMONS BY
PUBLICATION
TO DEFENDANT NAMED
Mary Lou Raines, plamnff
Luther Calvin Raines. Defendant
The defendant above named
will hereby take notice, that the
plaintiff in this action has com
menced an action for absolute di
vorce on the grounds of two
years separation, in the Superior
G 'jrt of Gaston Court/ No'th
G.>r«-|ina
The ta'd defendant will further
take noti"f 'hat he is required to
file answer or other p vding in
the office of the Clerk of said Su
perior Court, in the Gc.rton Coun
ty Court House in Gastonia,
North Carolina, on or before the
11th day of January, 1945, or
the plaintiff will apply to the
Court for such relief as he may
be entitled to under the plead
ings and evidence in the action.
This the 24th day of Nov. 1944
PAUL E. MONROE
Clerk of Superior Cocrt
J. L. Hamme, Atty. for Plaintiff
Gastonia, N. C. ll-27-4t
NORTH CAROLINA,
GASTON COUNTY.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
Ida Conwty, Plaintiff
Gordon K. Conway, Defendant.
SUMMONS
The above named defendant
will take notice that an action has
been started in the Superior
Court, for Gaston County, for di
vorce and the defendant will be
required within twenty days of
the final publication of this notice
to appear before the Clerk of the
Court, and answer or demur to
the complaint of the plaintiff, or
the plaintiff will apply to the
Court, for the relief demanded
in tlie complaint.
This the 20th day of Nov. 1944.
EMMA CORNWELL, Asst
Clerk Superior Court
O. A. Warren, 4t-I)14
Attorney for the Plaintiff.
NOTICE OF SUMMONS IN SPi
CIAL PROCEEDING TO SELL
THE LANDS OF JAMES HOVIS
for division:
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
GASTON COUNTY, NORTH
CAROLINA IN THE PROCEED
ING ENTITLED:
Clarence Hovis and wife Dorothy
HoVis, Marshal Hovis and wife
Dora Hovis, John H. Hovis and
wife Birtie Hovis, Petitioners
Guy Hovis and wife, Frank Hovis
and wife Bryte Hovis, Ruth Mau
ney and husband J. C. Maiiney;
Roy Hovis; Alva Walker and hus
band Alton Walker; Archie Hovis
and wife Hazel Hovis; Lathan
Hovis and wife Lillie L. Hovis;
Lois Hovis; Eurie Long' and his
wife Mrs. Eurie Long; Lester
Harwell Sr. and ajl nine of hi:
children, Jess Baucum and son,
Fred Baucum, Mrs. Adelaide Ho
vis widow of James Hovis Ded.
together with any and all othei
heirs at law of James Hovis Ded
The defendants above named,
together with any and all persm s
named above and all persons
claiming all interest in and to the
lands erf the late James Ho -'s
ami all of his heirs at law named
or unnamed above, will hereby
take notice, that a special PIC)
CELLING HAS BEEN COM
MENCED IN THE OFFICE Oi
the undersigned clerk oi
the superior col kt oi
GASTON COUNTY, FOR Tilt
PURPOSE OF SELLING A CER
TAIN LOT m the Town of Stan
ley, No ; b Carolina, f< r division
am- ' tne Jit is of th - late .fame:
Hov:s on .he premises. All such
heirs at law claiming an interest
are hereby notified to tile answer
or otherwise plead in this specia
proceeding, now pending in sab
office within 10 days after the fin
al publication of this notice or the
petitioners will apply to the court
ior the relief therein prayed and
for such other and further reliei
as they may show themselves en
titled to under the law and fact
of the proceeding.
\\ herein fail not at your peri
This the ltith day of Novembei
19-44.
PAUL E. MONROE,
Clerk of Superior Court of Gas
ton County, Gastonia, N. C.
J. L. Hamnie, Attorney for Pe
titioners, Gastonia, N.C. 4t-I)14
NORTH CAROLINA
GASTON COUNTY
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
Charley Pastell, Plaintiff
-vs
Hettie W. Postell, Defendant.
S U M M O N S
The above named defendant
will take notice that an action
has been started in the Superior
Court, for Gaston County, for di
vorce and the defendant will lie
required within twenty days oi
the final publication of this notice
to appear before the Clerk of the
said Court, and answer or demui
to the Complaint, of the plaintiff
or tlie plaintiff will apply to tlu
Court, for the relief, demandei.
in the Complaint.
This tile 1th day of Dec., 1944.
PAUL E. MONROE,
Clerk Superior Court
O. A. Warren ’ 4t-D28
Attorney for the Plaintiff.
LETTERS to SANTA CLAUS
Dear Santa,
Donald is y years bin, '^oiiest
is 7 years -.fid, Wayne is ti years
old. Rebel ah is J years o'1, Fqi -
rest wants a caterpillar and a
trailer, Rebekah wants a tea set
and a baby doll, Donald wants an
electric train. Wayne wants a
tiailer and tractor.
We all want apples and oran
ges, nuts and candy. Bring moth
er and daddy, grand mother and
grandfather something.
FORREST AND REBEKAH
DONALD AND WAYNE
Keep them in t/civi
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OTIS CARNEY
CHAPTER Vlll
Barred from the Navy’s V-7
program because he lacked two
years of college math, Lester
Dowd tries to enlist in the Coast
Guard but is turned down be
cause of a “facial squint.” The
doctor refuses even to examine
'him. Commander Whitman, an
old friend of the falmily, endeav
ors to get a waiver for Lester so
he can join V-7, but after weeks
of waiting Lester learns that they
till insist on two years of college
ath. He is successful in joining
ae V-5 Naval Aviation and is
.jent to Anacostia Naval Base. Af
ter making his first solo flight he
gets a three-day furlough and
visits his folks in Chicago. The
furlough ended, he leaves for
Corpus Christi.
The others from Anaeostia had
arrived before me. AH were im
pressed by the station’s vastness,
its organization and smartness.
Geographically, the new location
had such a heady effect upon Tim
Carpenter that he continually
gazed at the Gulf and muttered
rapturously, “Jeez, we’re in the
Horse Latitudes!”
The Navy functioned, to do it
credit, just, as it did in the Tem
perate Zone. We were assembled,
greeted, and told that the lirst
week was another stretch of in
doctrination. For a cadet indoc
trination is a recurrent holy peri
od in which he humbles himself
for seven days before one novel
ty after the other. This had inoc
ulative powers, and by graduation
we had all attained the sang-froid
of the hardened before whom the
world stretches like an old sock.
The prime object of indoctrin
ation here was to acquaint one
self writh the jangled jargon of
the public address system which
controlled the entire day.
There it goes again!” cried Red
Run in the trror of ignorance.
We watched a group, for whom
:his esoteric pealing held special
meaning, take up their belong
ngs and move crisply to a sched
uled activitf.
“It’s like Finnegan’s Take,” I
said in exasperation.
Finally the riddle solved itself
n symphonic form. It all origina
ted in the battalion office. At six
o’clock in the morning a bugle
opened the movement with a
vong presentation of the ever
'earing reveille. This gave way
e brassy “Fall out for chow.’’
r breakfast the low moan of
i icken thing was eerily re
al need as the wood-wind took
i the theme and announced
<-k call.” For the next twelve
urs the merry din of “bells,
11s, bells told of ground sdhool,
ithletils, drill, study period, and
sundry musters, a routine varied
>ny by a male solo interrupting
n a robust bass with the hharm
ng aria entitled, “Will Cadet Ma
im call Amber 3200 and ask for
Miss Rose.”
The third movement was tinged
by experimentalism. The psychia
trist on the base had succeeded
with the theory that music im
oroves digestion and had arran
ged to have every evening meal
formation concluded with some
celebrated selection. Military fac
ors decreed that the modern bal
lad softened the tissues of fight
ng men and determined instead
>n John Philip Sousa. Here, I
hought the composition failed
niserably. After dinner is the last
ime to remind a volunteer war
rior of his trade. Any practicing
specialist who believes a gastric
uice is hoodwinked into working
ivertime by the demoniac strains
>f The Black Horse Troop March
shiuld have his license suspended
At ten-fifteen the opus ended
in the appealing note of taps.
Whatever its shortcomings might
have been, the eitire program
was free from the cancer of ad
vertising. In my bunk I often con
iured up the dreadful possibility
of younger generations marching
off to squadron through the c-our
'esy of Princess Pout Both Salts.
That must never happen here.
Admittedly a pilot must be in
nrize physical condition. The ath
letic period that induced this
;tate of being was a model of
Spartan severity. Most of the
orogram was drawn from the in
quisition, and that part of the day
when everything stopped for mus
cles was glumly anticipated like a
plague yehr.
Charged with the “toughening
up” process was a commissioned
Apollo of large and lovely pro
portions, which he marvelously
maintained without doing the ex
ercises. Wear and tear strikes a
gym master most frequently on
the larynx, and our Legree, by a
lone- and faithful service, had la
terally blown his lungs out. His
assistant, a junior-grade lieuten
ant, and a blueprint for the strong
silent type, strolled among the
toilers watching to see that no
sinew flagged. He spoke on an av
erage of once every three days.
When the company was reduced
by exertion to gasps and groans,
he made a very real contribution
by snarling:
“Pipe down over there.”
After the hell of calisthenics
we were run over to the Comman
do course, designed by some twis
ted mind to produce in a short
time, in a small space, on a large
number, the e^ect of crossing the
Sahara on roller skates. First a
short address by Apollo.
“The beauty of this thing izzat
it’s practical,” he beamed. “No
empty theory. Frinstance, let’s
take you there as an example.”
He motioned me out of ranks.
‘Let’s suppose your plane has
crashed,” he said fancifully.
“You’re twenty miles from camp
and a hunnert Japs are racing up
the beach. You got one chance.
You make a break for the jungle
in the direction of your lines. Git
goin’,” he ordered.
“And camp only twenty miles
away,” I breathed.
The course curved and doubled
back so that no matter how fast I
ran he could always keep apace
by walking across the different
legs. When I got to the first ob
stacle he was there with instruc
tions.
“First you come upon a log
four feet high. You hoidle it.”
asked.
“You never go around it?” I
“Don’t worry about me. I’ll
make it all right.”
I knew he would.
I swayed weakly in the hemp.
My legs shook and I fell the last
twenty feet.
“Down at the bend there is a
barricade. You gotta hurry. The
enemy is right behind,” he re
vealed.
“Where are the Marines?” I
whispered inaudihly, unable to
speak.
When I got to the Barricade,
my lungs were bursting, every
thing was black, and Roman can
dles were going off just behind
my eyes.
“Everything is all right now,”
sang an angel voice. “These are
your old friends. This is camp.”
“Good,” I croaked. “Tell the
beggars there’s a stranger at the
door suffering from shock and
exposure.”
"You squirm under.”
There is no friend like an old
friend.
“Now you finish by running
two hundred yards to the Officer
of the Day’s shack and announc
ing yourself.”
“The hell 1 do!” I panted, out-)
raged by a false paradise. “I
might send him a singing telegram
or send up smoke signals, but I
could not move another inch.” !
“You got an important message
with you, you gotta get through,” .
he coaxed cunningly. “Others are
counting on vou.”
“When they get to ten they‘11
stop,” I groaned, groveling on the
ground.
. He bent down to me and whis
pered, what will Cincus do? What
will Comminch think?”
I looked the wretch squarely in
his watery eyes, made a final des
perate effort, and tottered drunk
enly to the finish line.
What bearing the mission had
on the tempestuous course of
events is difficult to assess, hut j
at any rate, my conscience is clear '
The next stage of training was
called basic and regarded by those
who handled it as a finishing pro
cess.
“You boys have conipletted
primary and you are supposed to
know how to fly,” the flight com
mander explained, without any
great conviction. “Here you will
improve your technique, learn
how to handle yourself in the un
predictable, develop a style of
your own.”
Civilly, it had its counterpart
in a semester at charm school.
Much specious talk was devoted
to the “unpredictable,1’ a lively,
elusive topic, discussed in the most
abstract terms. The best minds in
the squadron were unable to cor
ner, capture, and pigeon-hole the
“unpredictable.” It might be a
cow on the runway, a snowstorm
in June, but whatever form the
“unpredictable” took, the well
trained cadet was supposed never
to turn a hair. We were taught to
miff the “unpredictable.”
Another feature of basic train
ing was an introduction to service
type aircraft. In this case, the
service-type aircraft was a Vultee
intermediate trainer, an all-metal
contraption, equipped with some
of the technical improvements,
such as a controllable-pitch pro
peller, radio equipment, flaps and
tabs, and one low wing. All this
bric-a-brac had to be handled
with some degree of competence
for the Vultee was a much more
sensitive creature than blousy
“Yellow Peril.” If you neglected
the check-off list, a compact set of
commandments to facilitate land
ings and take-offs, and determin
ed on a high pitch when it should
have been low, and rolled your
flaps up instead of down, you en
tered upon a course of wild, un
certain adventure. When this
happened, a plane ostensibly
poised to take off would be seen
to speed happily into the Texas
plain as if afflicted with a desert
madness. Then the radio control
tower, judging from the madcap
performance that the American
Dream was being wilfully betray
ed, would screech formal invec
tives, and a well-intentioned, bad
ly coordinated lad from South
Dakota would hear himself de
nounced as an idiot, a blockhead,
and an obstruction to the war ef
fort.
After some preliminary instruc
tions which attempted to develop
a classical restraint in my landings
I started to use up the allotted
solo periods.
“Practice those landings, ’ the
instructor advised. I had a habif
of coining thirty feet over the run*
way, and dropping on it from that
height like a plummeting hawk.
"More swoop,” said the instruc
One morning I was dutifully
practicing my scales on an outly
ing field when the weather, which
had been, cloudless and bright
since dawn, turned genuinely vile.
The ceiling fell below two hun
dred feet and an envoloping fog
swept in off the bay. It was the
“unpredictable” in the uesh.
While there still was room and
time, I dove down and executed a
rough but harmless landing. In
another minute the ceiling fell to
On a corner of the field was a
telephone shack. Unlocking the
controls, I scrambled over to not
ify the authorities of my doings.
That was what a wise oid hand
always did in such circumstances.
Above the telephone were in
structions. Someone with an eye
for simplification had written,
“Rnise the receiver and ask for
Chief of Operations.”
I complied and was immediately
connected with a languid voice,
as of a child who had adapted
herself easily ti our age of vio
lence.
"Is this heah a crash call?”
she drawled with a minimum of
interest.
“No, it isn't. I want to get the
Chief of Operations.”
“That’s all you-all can get from
heah,” she said sadly. “Ah cain’t
ring anyone else. Not allowed.”
“All you do is ring the Chief
of Operations?” 1 asked, a little
appailed by such specialty.
“Not allowed to ring anything
else,” she said drowsily.
“Oh, that’s too bad.”
“Ah’ll ring,” said the operator,
and she sounded sadder than ever.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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