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THURSDAY, NOV. 22, 1960 ' i - : ' __ ' _ im INTHE BUCK ■ By H. N. Ferguson 1 i TT WAS a dark, blustery Novem- A ber afternoon where Sam Padgett looked out the door of his second hand hardware store and saw the little old lady for the first time She wore a faded black shawl afound her head and shoulders; her thin body was hunched against the biting north wind that was sweeping in gusts along Haclrett Street. As Sam watched her, she paused for a moment to admire his display of repainted gas heat ers in the window. Sam hurried outside. “How about ptftting a heater in the lay away for winter?” he asked. Her watery eyes met his for a fleeting second, then she shook her head and walked on. Then one day, toward the end qf the month, she* came into the store and handed Sam a dollar in small coins. “The little stove where the sign says $6,” she said. "You put for me. in the laying away, please?” “Sure,” agreed Sam. “Only that’s a mighty small heater. You think it’s big enough?’’ “I got just a little room on the ■ back the house,” she replied.. “Is my' sort’s house. A little bbqm on the north side of the house. Is very cold when the wind is blow ing strong.” “You got heat in the rest of the house?” inquired o Sam. “Heat, yes. In the kitchen is big stove for cooking. In the big , room is Stove for my son and Hus wife and the children. Little stove is plenty good for me.” Sam wrote a receipt acknowl edging one dollar received on ac count from Mrs. Joscfa Patara. And every few days Mrs. Patara would pay a little on -the heater; sopietimes as much as 50 cents, more often no more than a dime. The bookkeeping on Mrs. Pa tara’s lay-away was more trouble than the sale was worth but busi ness was business and Sam was businessman. • t ! jHUGEST FAMILY IN V. S. . . . Gerrit Kooienga, 51, and wife jqiiana, 49, of Zeeland, Mich., visit Chicago with- their 21 chsl- I tlren, ages 7 ty 31. •„ ‘ ’ its ¥©t!r€offee / AV, ' X ■ (X we are intensstea in! ■.\V> ~7; ) ■■ hj .<•*•-•: > • / / \d \y " " , 'i r j \ : S \ \ "/SSj/ Vv'aw ant it to be so V\ A- . ■'"■■*'■■■■ i/y U A W g00d... so delicious ((\ X "■ ; /'that with every sip ~ \ /'you’ll wear a smile of \ x ”—" /pleasure and satisfaction \. >/ / . / /y / In ie premium flavor S"~l /h 7 cf.JFG Special. ■ \ \avv\ W ;— N \ x.\ - / \ v.\A \ / . ~::r y 7 /v> / Zx . • * . i' i SAVfrdf© GOUJONS . . . and savs' money >n many valuable articles 'borne .Illustrated catalog.; Company, Inc., Kno*vill«f I January blew in bitter cold andl t wet. On*, a Monday morning Mrs 1 Patara paid 35 cents, leaving a balance of SI 65; As she started' out inti? the cold drizzle, her black' shawl pulled tight about her stooped shoulders, Sam’s heart softened, f "Wait rf* minute, Mrs? Patara.”"'" he called. “Seeing it’s so cold,, why don't you just take.the s-heat ci on with yo'U and pay md-- the rest.when you can?” She smiled and thanked him but shook her head. She said she would ask her son for $2 on Saturday. Then she would take the heater. * But she never came 'back. j A week passed, then another. ) Almost three weeks later a young man came into the store one. morn ing and said his name was Paul Patara. He had come about the 1 laid-away heater. “How is your martHOK., asked ? Sam. “I been worried about her.” I “She died,” said Paul; "We : buried her the first of this week. I j Mister, I need that money bad.. 1 The money mama paid on the heater.. ”, . .*• “Refunds - we don’t give,” said Sam. “Why, don't you pay. the balance and take the heater. You,' call use some heat in that little' north' room where you had your mania, can’t you?” "... j “Sure*,” agreed Paul. “We got' a new baby'in there. It was bofn! the night mama died. Now I got to pay the midwife ar.d pay for the) funeral and buy something to eat.', I got to have that money, mister.” “All right,” said Sam, “you can take the heater and you don’t owe me nothing. I’m doing it be cause Mrs. Patara was such a sweet old lady. What eld she d t • of?” The young man hung his Mr “The doctor said pneumonia I don't need the heater, r We can’t use it anyway. \V got po gas pipes at our h 0;..,.. • ' i Every woman has her own way of working off a spell of ill hu mor. In the past, mine was pitch ing right in and giving the kitchen stove a good going over. The other day, however, I realized my old “work it off”* remedy couldn’t be used any more. > -With the new built-in cooking units there isn’t much work con nected with cleaning the 6 range. Since the oven is at such a convenient height, I usually take a damp , cloth and wipe it out when clean ing up-after din- I ner. This way none of the meat spatters or spilled pie fillings ever “cake on”. Time was, when a 14 of a cup of ammonia had to be put in the oven overnight before it was pos ? sible to get the oven clean. I’m sure the enamel they \ise j nowadays on the oven doors is 1 different too. Nothing seems to stain it. Even the surface burners don’t get as greasy or dirty as they did_before. That’s probably 1 because I use the new automatic top burner for cooking things like cereals, gravies, and sauces which used to boil over every once In a while. Nothing has burned or boiled over for ages. The “built in brain” of the automatic burner regulates the gas flame to pre vent this from happening. Thinking it might be a good idea to clean the burners anyway.. 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The few “hard spots" came off quite easily with some steel wool, and a - pin was [, just the right tool to clear the burner ports. While clean- ~/-yf ' ing the oven, m the pilot lights. . became ’ ed out” some <how. Never having used LP-gas until we moved into our country home, I went over to my neigh-; bor to check with her ah'-at re-, lighting it. J She told me that the automatic shut-off valve on the range un doubtedly had stopped the flow of LP-gas from the. main tank to the range. We checked the instruction book and, sure enough, found a paragraph about relighting the pilot. In order to get the gas back to the pilot, all we had to do was relight it with a kitchen match and hold clown the little red but ton for about half a minute or so until the pilot stayed lit when the button was released. It sure is good to know that such safety devises are Built right into the appliance. And even iTT have to change my standard rem edy for getting rid of frustrated or angry feelings, it’s a big sat isfaction jo know that another of “ Tire old housekeeping .hard work bugaboos has completely disap . peared. NOiIOE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION In The Superior Court NORTH CAROLINA YANCEY COUNTY Carson; Fox, Plaintiff vs. Gladys Crain Fox, Defendant TO Gladys Crain Fox: Take notice that an action as above has been commenced in the Superior Court of Yancey County and complaint in said action has been filed by the plaintiff, Carson Fox, seeking a divorce absolute ! upon the grounds of adultry of said defendant, Gladys Crain Fox, end for the custody of Engeline Fox, Maybelle Fox, Linda Fox, and Denise Fox, minors. You are required to make de fense to such pleading not later thdn December 22, 1956, and upon failure to do so the party seeking service agi.iiist you will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. This Oct. 25, 1956. Lcwe Thomas, Clerk Superior Court. Nov. 1,8, 15, 22 — Two cannon balis from the siege of Yorktown, Va., are still im bedded in the walls of the Nelson House there. The owner him’self, American General Thomas Nel- \ son, ordered the shots fired, know- j ing that Lord Cornwallis t was using the house as headquarters.* - ~ - , ' ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE NORTH CAROLINA YANCEY COUNTY Having qualified as Adminis trator of the Estate of Mrs. Cora Peterson, deceased, late of Yan cey County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the Deeeedent to exhibit the same to the undersigned Administra tor at his home at Rt. 4,„ Burns ville, N. C., on or before the 16th- , - - *■-- MOVED * 5 WITH OFFICES NOW LOCATED IN THE NEW BRIGGS \ ! V BUILDING ON PUBLIC SQUARE, REPRESENTING EIGH- ■*; i TEEN OLD LINE STOCK COMPANIES, WE ARE BETTER 5 THAN EVER EQUIPPED TO FURNISH DEPENDABLE | \ PROTECTION AND EFFICIENT SERVICE TO MEET YOUR 8 NEEDS IN FIRE INSURANCE, BONDS, AUTOMOBILE X j i AND ALL FORMS OF. CASUALTY INSURANCE. Yancey Insurance Agency . The County’s Oldest j PHONE 184 - • 51 * ■ ■ - - - ■ ' ■ - - 11 . ..mm nW iin jiMriiir- iwp• day of November, this notice wID be pleaded in bar of « their recovery. i •’ ..All persona owing the Estate will please make immediate pay* f, ment. \. - ASa This 16th day of November, 1956 Harmon Peterson, Adminlstra of the Estate of Mrs. Com Poter- , son, Deceased. Nov. 22, 29, Dec. 6, IS, 20, 27
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