THE HAPPY TIMES
Newspaper for Boys and Girls
l ift Storytime
The Little Field Mice
' It was summer time, and in the
field were many mice. They were
happy.
r Here, where they ran back and
forth, were ripe peas, and wheat,
and corn. They bit off the ears,
and carried them to their holes.
' They ate without care or trouble.
Then came autumn The reapers
came with their scythes.
One morning the wheat stalks
fell, so the micc had to run from
the cats and the bird*. They ran
into their holes, and only came
out to fetch a couple of peas or an
ear of wheat.
But the grain was taken up,
bound into sheaves, and carried
into the village.
Food was scarce now in the
field. Soon, too, came the plough,
which broke up the ground. It tore
up the little mice's holes.
The mice said: Things are go
ring very badly with us; let us
move into the carrot field." So
they did.
i1' They liked the carrot field very
much. The earth was loose, and
the carrots tasted sweet. But along
came the farmer to whom the field
belonged, and he dug up all the
carrots.
"The micc have been at the car
rots," he said, as he saw the prints
of their teeth.
" Now the poor micc must go still
4 further, and they scampered off
to a potato field. But here, also,
the potatoes were dug up, and the
mice were driven away. They
sadly took refuge in a clover field
and dug their holes.
They intended to stay here all
winter, but the times grew even
worse.
The fields gave them no food,
and the little mice were often
obliged to run about a great deal
to find a pair of cherry stones, or
a hedge plum.
At last it grew cold, and heavy
rains fell. Some of the mice found
their holes full of water. These
were really very bad times.
The little mice hurried off to the
cities and villages and sought
refuge, some in a barn, some in
a cellar. But still they were
chased.
The farmer shut his cat in the
barn, and the mistress set her
trap.
Poor little mice!
But at last came spring and sun
shine, and fresh food filled the
fields once more.
The mice went back, dug new
holes, and were again glad to be
alive.
Happy Birthday
Jennifer Brock, Gibsonton, Fla.,
J years old tomorrow.
Anne McCarter Fruit, Newport,
will be 10 years old Saturday.
Randy Willis, Germany, will be
3 years old Aug. 17.
My Dog and I
My namr is Kay Gillikin. This U y. picture of me and my dog.
My dog's namr in Coco. I love my dog. My dog is a boy dog and
he is black and brown. Coco will run after. He is t nice dog. He
likes me and I like him. Coco is a big dog too. (Kay is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Gillikin, Beaufort).
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Two New Members
Join Birthday Club
The Birthday Dub welcomes two
new memberi today, Jease Earl
Morris, route 1 Morebead City, who
was 10 years old yesterday, and
Benny Stilley, Newport News, Va.,
who celebrated his first birtbday
yesterday with his grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Durham.
Benny is the son of Mr and Mrs.
I.. A. Stilley Jr. Mrs. Stilley is the
former Marie Durham.
If you would like to join the
Birthday Club, all you have to do
is fill in the blank on this page
and mail it. Don't forget to send
your picture if you have one.
Jesse Earl Morris
Lion Reports
Sale of Brooms
Frtnk Moran reported to More
held City Lioiu Thursday night
at the Hotel Fort Macon that 500
?mall-handled brooms have been
?old to the Morehcad City Gar
ment Co.
The Lions laid the order was
greatly appreciated. Brooms are
?old to raise money for the Lions
blind fund.
J. E. Crowe, deputy district gov
ernor, suggested that club mem
bers attend other Lions meetings
in this area to become acquainted
with members in other clubs. He
specifically mentioned the Sea
Level, Cherry Point and New Bern
clubs.
lie also asked club members to
attend the district meeting at New
Bern Aug. 24
A visitor at the meeting was
John Wells, Ashevillc.
Auto Safety Device Has
One Drawback? Cost
Jersey City, N. J. (AP)? Anton
Salch has a patent pending on a
new car safety device, a steering
wheel that collapse? like a tele
scope.
When the driver is hurled for
ward in an accident, the wheel
column telescopes instead of ram
ming into his chest. It can be
raised or lowered and still turn
but has one slight drawback. It
costs $500.
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Benny Stilley
Man Plays Detective,
Finds Owner of Ring
Lone Wolf (AP) ? Ray Brunkcr
two years ago found a senior class
ring.
He started tracing it through a
jewelry salesman and high school
annuals in the area.
Me finally found the ring was
lost by J. G. Heflin, now pastor
of a church in Benton, Ark. Heflin
said he lost the ring in 1950 at a
4-H encampment.
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Solution to Friday's Puzzle
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5. Player at
tag
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Seven Countians
Finish Training
Seven of the 14 who graduated
recently from the Naval Appren
tice School, Cherry Point, were
from Carteret.
They were Laurence R. Doss and
Robert S. Lentz, Newport; Bruce
M. Grisham and Thompson Morse,
Morehead City; Henry A. Brooks
and Roy H. Willis, llarkers Is
land; Oliver C. Lawrence and
Thomas, E. Parkin Jr., Beaufort.
Others were from Havclock,
Grantsboro, Vanccboro and New
Bern.
The graduates were absorbed
into live aviation fields and will
commence work at the local Over
haul and Repair Department.
The fourteen graduating appren
tices attended a four year course
here with approximately 7488 sche
duled training hours.
Dog's Best Friend
Is Often a Boy
Honolulu (AP)? A boy, oft times,
can be a dog's best friend. Espe
cially in the case 'of 11-year-old
Steve Doughty, and his dog, Rusty,
a 2-year-old beagle.
When Steve's family moved to
Hawaii last September, they had
to leave Rusty behind with rela
tives in Northridge, Calif. Steve's
father. Navy Chief Photographer
Robert Doughty, promised he
would pay the lad's fare back to
the west coast to get Rusty if Steve
could save half of it ? about $65.
For five months, Steve washed
cars, mowed lawns, went without
ice cream, saved his 50-cents
weekly allowance. Finally, he
saved $62 and his dad put up the
rest. Steve went back to California
to pick up Rutty.
Belgium is the most densely pop
ulated country in Europe. Its 9
million citizens are contained In
an area of 11,775 square miles.
Marines, Sailors Slug
It Out Thursday Night
Atlantic Bcach police, military
police and members of the sheriffs'
department went into action Thurs
day night when Marines and
sailors got into a free-for-all at the
beach.
Military policemen carted a load
of would-be world champion boxers
off in the paddy wagon. One of
the fist-throwers was put in the
county jail and another was taken
by ambulance to the Morehcad City
Hospital.
The sheriff's department was
called about midnight.
Pilots Bail Out
Ot Navy Jets
Norfolk, V*. (AP)? Two Navy
planes experienced flame-outs at
33,000 feet Saturday night near
Cherry Point, N. C.
One pilot landed safely at Cher
ry Point. The other ejected and
landed safely on the beach. His
plane crashed in the ocean.
The jets were returning to their
base at the Oceana Naval Air Sta
tion from Key West, Fla.
U. (jg) William K Rhodes, 26,
glided out of an overcast and land
ed at the Marine Corps Air Station
at Cherry Point.
Lt. (jg) Martin J. Sullivan, 25,
turned his plane seaward and
ejected. He landed unhurt on the
beach and was pioked up by a Ma
W.C Wilkins Will
Be Toastmaster
W. C. Wilkini will act ai toast
master at tomorrow night's County
TustmaKter'i meeting at the
WMBL Si-Jo at 7:30.
The invocation will be given by
Jasper Bell. Gerald Hill will be
topic master.
Giving prepared speeches will
be Dr. Ted Rice with Dr. W. L.
Woodard as critic, Clifford Lewis
with Paul Bray as critic, and Os
car Allred with M. L. Davis as
critic.
P H. Geer Jr. will be master
critic. The alternate prepared
speaker will be E. G. Phillips.
rine helicopter from Cherry Point.
Rhodes is from Jacksonville,
Fla., Sullivan from Lawrence,
Mass.
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