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pROM THE FIRST, Marta liked
* the young man who occupied
the room across the hall. She liked
him despite his rather shabby
clothing and the fact that he never
worked. She knew he never worked
because she met him in the hallway
at mid-morning, or chanced to pass
his open door during the afternoon,
and saw him sitting among his
meagre furnishings. More often she
discovered him bent over a paper
strewn desk, industriously at work.
At what? That was a question that
bothered her. Hut, whatever his
endeavors, they, were, obviously,
unfruitful.
There were two possible answers
to the question. First, the young
man, w'hose name, he told her, was
Bert Davis, might be a member of
the great army of unemployed. He
might be temporarily out of work,
•hanging on until things picked up.
Or he might be some sort of artist
—a writer, a compser, a painter.
•She’d heard that all to
struggle before achieving fame.
She’d read that they lived in garrets
and hall bedrooms, such as Bert
Davis occupied.
Secretly Marta favored the latter
possibility. It sounded more roman
tic. She tried, after they had at
tended two movie shows together,
spent an evening walking in the
park and another at, a dine and
dance emporium, to solve the mys
tery by tactful questioning. But to
all her veiled interrogations Bert
Davis only smiled and turned the
conversation into other channels.
He was, Marta guessed, ashamed
of his poverty, too proud to admit
his secret ambition. She pitied him.
Malta wondered why some one
of the hundreds of occupants of the
great apartment house where she
lived with her folks, and where
Bert Davis had his tiny hall bed
room, hadn’t noticed the struggling!
young arlist and offered to lend him I
a helping hand. Then she reflected,
that occupants of apartment houses
‘ rarely associated with each other,
and hence were probably unaware
of Bert Davis’ dire predicament.
But this w'as Marta’s first experi
ence living in an apartment house,
and she didn’t believe in acting
aloof. Likewise it was Marta's par
ents’ first experience. Their real
jhome was in the country. They had
(moved in town this winter and were
(“trying out’’ the apartment idea.
' The try-out, however, proved to be
• unsatisfactory. Much to Marta’s
■ disappointment, her folks decided
after a month of it to return to their
(country home.
I .A week before it was time for
1 them to leave, Marta discovered
her friendship with Bert had rip
ened into something more. She felt
• that he was restraining himself,
withholding a desire to tell her of
his love, because of his poverty
-stricken condition. The thought
made her miserable.
Two days before the <iay set for
her departure, Marta returned to
the apartment after an afternoon
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All in the Game:
RALPH BRANCA will be trying t
make the fans forget the horn
run ball he served Bobby Xhomsoi
last October when the Giants took
the pennant away from the Dodger* 1
. . . Last year the Red Rox were
stronger on paper than the Yanks
This year the Indians are stronger \
on paper. But Casey Stengel says,
“We are not going to fight for thi:
pennant on copy paper. We are
going to battle on a field.'* . . .
Casey always sets his sights on a
percentage that will barely win—
In 1949 he won with .630, in 1950 with
.636. That’s pretty fair guessing . . .
Lou Boudreau’s Red Sox will need
a lot of rookie help this year with
Williams and Doerr gone . . . Tedi
Williams will be 34 in October, and
if the military keeps him two years,
his career will Just about be over
. . . The average big league salary
Is SIO,OOO . . . The average length of
playing time is 10 years . . . About
90 per cent of those who adopt box
ing for a profession barely make a
living . . . Pro footballers get from
$7,000 to $20,000 a year , . . Yo-
Berra is now 27.
Ditching Demonstration
H. M. Ellis, Agriculture
Engineering Extension Spec
ialist, will conduct a Ditch
Blasting Demonstration on
the Dewey Ray Dairy farm
at Cane River, Friday after
noon, April 25 at 2:30 p. m.
This method of ditching
saves time and labor, the local
farm agent says, and certain'
conditions are necessary be- 1
fore it is advisable to use
dynamite as a method of ditch
ing. Mr. Ray has a field that
he and the County Agent feel
meets these requirements. The
site is low and remains wet
of last-minute shopping. Dusk had
fallen, and the corridor of the
apartment house was nearly dark.
About to enter her apartment she
stopped short. The door was open,
and someone was inside, bending
over the living room table. Marta
knew that her, folks wouldn’t re
turn until late that night. Whoever
was in the room had no busines;
being there.
• • •
JJER HEART began to pound
** Turning, she rounded a corne'
of the elevator shaft and sped dowi
the opposite corridor. At the cor
ridor’6 end she confronted the jani
tor. Breathlessly she told her story,
and then sank wearily into a chair
The janitor rushed to his own quar
ters to summon the police.
As Marta sat there in a state of
mingled fear and exhaustion, she
saw a dim figure round the corner
of the elevator shaft at the other
end of the corridor and steal silent
ly across. And then her heart al
most stopped beating. The figure
had entered Bert Davis’ room!
So--Bert Davis was a thief! He
had reached a state in his poverty
where it was necessary for him to
steal! Too proud to ask for help,
he had resorted to another method.
The thought sickened her.
A police siren sounded. The
lights in the hall flashed on. Bert
Davis came out of his room and
was confronted by the janitor and
a Half dozen officers. A consultation
followed, at the end of which the
policeman withdrew. Left alone,
Bert Davis’s gaze fell on Marta.
“Why, hello honey.’’ He smiled
and came toward her. “The fun
niest thing just happened. Some
one saw me in your apartment,
thought it was a burglar, and called
the police."
“Why shouldn’t they?”
| Bert looked puzzled, {hen he
'smiled. “Os course you don’t un
derstand. I was keeping it for a
surprise. You see, Marta, I own
this apartment house. I’ve been
using that room across the hall as
an office during these dull times in
an effort to keep an eye on busi
ness. This afternoon a young man
and his wife came to look at your
apartment. Your father gave me
permission to show it to any one,
and I was just in the act of turning
on the lights when whoever it was
saw me there in the darkness.” He
paused again and came closer.
“Marta, dear, will you ever forgive
me for deceiving you like this? 1
wanted you to believe I was just a
poor struggling artist—wanted you
to love me before I told you the
truth, Marta!—”
She was in his arms, her eyes
giving him her answer—yet at the
moment she was thinking of some
thing, which seemed even more im- 1
portant than the fact that Bert
loved her —she was wondering if in
the semi-darkness of the corridor
the janitor had recognized it was
she who had urged him to call the
police.
CbR/fERI |
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TEARFDL ra/zberry . . .
This gent is First Baseman Earl
Torgeson of the Braves. He put
on the weeping act to needle the
Dodgers as the two teams met
In the Grapefruit League. It's
pseudo-sympathy for the Dndg
ers’ blowing last season's pen
naet.
even in dry weather, is away
.from puildings, power lines,
.and other structures, and is
I free from rocks. The field at
j present is waste land but af
tter it is ditched and seeded it
.will pasture two or more head
of livestock per acre,
f All farmers having similar
I land are invited to attend the
[demonstration and get infor
.mation about ditching their
■ own fields.
• Straight nitro-glycerin dy
namite 50% strength and elec-
Itric caps will be used. Safety
i measures will be stressed at
the meeting.
N. C, Conference For
Social Service
Dr. Cameron F. Mcßae and
L. G. Deyton, district health
officer and county superinten
dent of welfare, attended the
41st annual meeting of the
North Carolina Conference for
Social Service last week in
Charlotte. Dr. J. W. R. Norton,
State Health Officer, has bedn
president of the Conference
for the past year. Dr. Ellen
Winston, State Welfare Com
missioner, presided at a panel
which discussed follow-up
work on the county level since
the 1950 White House Confer
ence on Children and Youth;
Dr. Mcßae was asked to re
port at this time on the work
of the Yancey County Council
for Youth, which was formed
after the “County White Hou
se Conference”.
Promoted To Sergeant
With the 7th Infantry Div.
in Korea—Holt Miller, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Miller,
Ramseytown, N. C., was re
cently promoted to Sergeant
first class while serving with
the 7th Infantry Division on
the rain-drenched east-central
front in Korea.
Patrols from the division
move out daily over the mud
dy terrain keeping constant
pressure on the Communists.
Miller, a tank driver in
Tank Company of the Slst
Infanlry ' Regiment, entered
the Army in December 1951
and received basic training at
Fort Jackson, S, C.
He attended Bee Log High
School, Bee Log, N. C., ana
was employed by the Burling
ton Mills, Inc,, in Burnsville,
before entering the Army.
must
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NEW ATTORNEY GENER
AL —Judge James McGranery
of Philadelphia, named., at
torney general by President
Truman, reads telegram fsom
his phedecessor, J. Howard
McGrath. It adpised: “Bring a
pair of asbestos trousers with
you.” McGrath quit what he
implied was a hot seat after
firing Newbold Morris of New
York, whom McGrath had ap
pointed to investigate graft.
Rift came when Morris want
ed to nuiz McGrath on his
own income.
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"I REMEMBER”:
BY THE OLD TIMERS • ;
f rom Mrs. N. K. Rothrock, New
berg, Ore.: I remember my firs:
ce cream cone. The ice cream ma
nado the cones on a small square
waffle iron. They were of a thin
sweetish hatter cooked very quiet
ty -and rolled on a cone-shape
.’orm of metal. He was very del
and quick, always giving just th
eight twirl to the form to wrap tli
thin strip around it while warn
and put it aside to cool before fill
■ng with ice cream.
From Mrs. James L. Masor
Duluth, Minn.: 1 remember whe
t was a little girl we four girl
had to take our turn cleaning th'
silverware with white wood ashe.
and cleaning about 10 old keroseni
lamps. We polished our shoes Sat
urday evening. We weren't allowei
to do any work on Sunday, so every
thing was always ready for Sun
day school and church In the a.m
My father had Bible reading eacl
morning before we ate.
From George H. Briggs, Los An
geles: I remember the centennia*
Fourth of July celegration In out
village in central lowa. The da;
opened with a salute by a bras;
cannon that had served In the Wat
between the States. It was on tht
grounds across the street from m\
home. There also at night were dls
played the fireworks and the .ta
bleau. The main gathering was in
'a meadow at the edge of town. A
war colonel was speaker of the day
V cavalry captain was the office:
of the day. There were games
races, and other* amusements
Country folks came farm wagon
decorated with flags. The onl
•asualtles were small boys' fii
rers burned with firecrackers.
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THE YANCEY RECORD
jf : ' » added public service
m \ ISiinli'liii! m *1 j’ii-iTiTi
I in person at all performances
nurses In attendance
WOMEN—3 P.M. and t P M
MIN-9 P.M.
SEE THE ACTUAL tIRTH OF A t
VANCEV
THEATRE -
TUESDAY, MAY 6th
NOTICE
No. 164
Eighteenth District
J. E. Edwards, et als. Plaintiffs
vs.
TTe Board of Education of
Yancey County, et als. De
fendants
All persons, including pros
pective bidders if any, of the
proposed Consolidated High
School for Yancey County at
Burnsville, North Carolina,
will take notice that the
Plaintiffs in above entit
led action will petition the
Supreme Court of North Caro
lina for a re-hearing of said
case.
This April 10, 1952.
Bill Atkins, R. W. Wilson,
Attorneys for Plaintiffs.
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Burnsville Furniture And
■ Hardware Company Named
As Official Weighing Station
For Fishing Contest
Burnsville Furniture and
Hardware Company has been
named as one of the Official
Weighing Stations for the
Western North Carolina Fish
ing Contest which is sponsor
ed by the Asheville Citizen-
Times Co. Official entry blanks
for the cnotest may be secur
ed at this establishment when
SEE US FOR YOUR
FERTILIZER NEEDS
ALL ANALYSISiIN STOCK
AND NITRATE OF SODA
FOR
TOBACCO-FIELD CROPS
Fertilizer May Be Secured in 100-lb
paper bags.
Place Orders For Immediate Deliveries
WE TAKE P M A ORDERS
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HAY & FEED OATS
Stanley Bailey
PHONE 241 BURNSVILLE, N. C.
fish are brought in for weight
checking.
This contest is open to all
fishermen except commercial
fishermen and dock owners,
managers, their assistants,
and guides. Fish entered must
be taken from Western North
Carolina counties o r from
lakes in East Tennessee.
More than SI,OOO in prizes
are to be given away by busi
ness places in Western North
Carolina. Burnsville Furniture
and Hardware Company is giv-
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ing an Airex Master Reel val
ued at $23.75. Other prizes
listed on the entry blank run
from $3.00 in value to $50.00. 1
f All fish entered in the con- .
test must be weighed and
measured at an Official Wei
ghing Station within 24 hours
after the catch is made.
Pictures are not required
when entering the contest.
The Asheville Citizen-Times
requests that an effort be
made to get a picture for the
paper and for official use.