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Scene From Top 0’ The Hill
By: Jack Kelly
I fully believe as my Daddy
taught me, that women make
fine wives. I know, from reading
various papers, that they spend
seme seventy per cent of the
money that comes into the house
hold. Yet, I don't know how in
the world they do it. You take,
for example, when I was down
home there, just last week. I
was sitting around the house,
reading and mind ng my own
business. Now some of my male
readers may have noted, if they
have been married over f-fteen
minutes, that there is one thing
that pure galls a good wife more
than anyth ng else in the world,
and that is for a husband to be
contented with what he is doing,
and that particular "what” does
not include his ever-loving help
meet. Particularly does it annoy
these gals for a man to get
reading something and be in
terested to the po'nt that noth
ing exists but him and what
he is reading.
L ke I said in the beginning, I
was sitting aid reading. Now,
v—- ——— ■ - .v —«■
years, that g'ves a wife a little
more leeway that the Law might
allow. By that, I mean she
doesn’t have to be subtle about
any interruption she makes. A
new Bride might take a seat be
ll nd her husband and make
some loud sobbing noises.
Then, when she had attracted
his attention and he had enquir
ed as to what was! the matter,
lkely as not she would sob that
he never talked to her, or that
he was always reading, or some
such. Then she would accept the
poor guy’s apology for neglect
ing her. If he is a weak charac
ter, he probably stopped read
ing forever. Os course, after all
these years. Blanche is less sub
tle but more eff cient.
Blanche walked up to me and
dropped my topcoat over my
arms and the book 1 was read
ing and said “Rosetta and I are
going shopping in Ashevlle. and
I want her to see the nice place
that you are taking us for lunch."
Shce it had been decided that
1 didn’t care to read any more,
1 put on the coat and we drove
to Afeheville. As mentioned, the
alleged prime purrmse of the
trip was "shnppng ” I figured
this would get me a first-hand
view of how the female gender
spreads the income around and
hc’ns make the GNP, as the
financial sheets refer to the
Gross National Product.
1 learned what they do. I
watched them do it. You know
what they do? They don’t “do"
anything. I swear they don't
Not only do they not do any
thing. they almost got me into
trouble because I Ike to do
things if the opportunity arises.
We went into some store
where an advert sement in the
Sunday Asheville paper had pro
claimed a multitude of great
bargains were available. I
walked around the a ties with
those gals until my feet began
to hurt. Then I lagged behind
them a bit and ducked halfway
up a staircase, right where it
made a torn. This position of ad
vantage allowe4 me to rest
aganst the bannister and watch
my shoppers. Since it was a bit
warm in the store. I removed
my hat and topcoat. In just
about one minute, a nice ap
pearing old gentleman came to
the head of the stairway and
beckoned me, while he told me.
in a commandng manner 'T
want to see you.” So I walked
up the steps to him. I knew I
had never seen h<m before in
my life. When I got to h'm, ha
asked “Where did my wife go?"
Now this old gentleman was not
the type to stand for any tool-
Mhness from a person he sus
pected was a floor-walker, so, I
ru led and said, ‘Third floor
Sir.’’ He never ewen bothered to
thank me, so I returned to my
awn spot.
Before Blanche and Rosetta
had decided to quit the store, I
had the pleasure of directing
people to various places, inelud
ing the men’s end the ladies*
rooms. In the event any of them
ed right as to the locations. Ihe
r 'St one was an e’derly lady
who enqu : red of me the location
of the “Percale" special sale.
I pointed to the f art! test corner
of the store and assured the
lady that the proper counter was
there. She stated she had been
there and had not seen any Per
cale, epceial or plain. At that
print my shoppers were return
ing so I assured the old lady
that some of our clerks hid stuff
uivW the counter*, and if riie
w'wdd *»o over a«d reaWv fuss
with the cleric, rile would get
her Female.
The next port of cal! wan
S*srs. Os all thanes, they had to
took at some sewing machine
that had been advertised. Thai
really got me because I person
ae knew that each of them al
ready had two sewing machji
es. While they looked at mach
ines waiting for a salesman, I
walked about and wondered
what would happen if a man
was to change the price tags
from one to another. There I
was w.th a problem. Unlike most
problems, this one I could solve.
So I changed 4 or 5 tags and
about then, my gals came along
with a salesman.
He was a good man. Person
able as all get-out. He pointed
out the bargain-priced machine
but skipped it completely on a
ance-over-lightly and brought
them to a h gher priced mach
ine where he extolled its virtues.
All of a sudden, I realized that
Blanche was close to buy ng one
and having it sent over to the
Hill. I had to cut in, I had no
other out. So I complimented
the gentleman on his stiles
ability. While he was thank'ng
me, I stated "I think you are
m xed-up though. This machine
looks like the one advertised
Sunday as the bargain ’’ I made
him check H. He had an odd
look when I proved right. My
shoppers decided against a pur
chase, and we left.
IT NEVER FAILS
Wwv i S tT TW Bid Boss
MEV6R SHOWS UP WHSH
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A ON6 MAN ARSEHAI. j tXtZZM,
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Frightening
Figures Os Fatt
Statistics are usually ccld and
dry and very understanding,
and a good figurer can use them
to prove just about any paint
he’d 1 ke to make.
Let us pass these statistics by
you one time: During 1966
1709 in North Carol na, 53,000 in
the nation. Friends take another
look. These are not just cold
and dry statistics; they are the
mangled and crushed bodes of
ngrumiri and
killed cn the streets and high
ways of this state and nation.
Be thankful you are net listed
among these statistics. Be es
pecially thankful, during this
period of the naticn-wde obser
vance of Thanksgiving, for high
way acc'dents are not respec
ters of race, religion, creed or
economic levels. It takes you
where it finds you and has been
do ng so with ever-increasing
rapidity during recent years.
Highway accidents and deaths
are a plague on our times, and
no one has as yet found the
care ter what ails us. The ex
perts say hichwav safety is di
vided generally ! nto three parts:
engineering, education and en
forcement.
Improving all three w'll cer
ta nly decrease the p"~sibi'ity
of hghway accidents; however,
that’s spmning generalities
about generalities.
In recent weeks, Motor Vehi
cles C -mmissioner Ralph L.
Howland has kicked off a get
tough enforcement policy a'med
at the ahron c traffic offenders,
and the State Highway Patrol
has been given an instrument
called ‘VASCAR’ —a new soeed
timing dev’ce and additional
breathalyzers.
Okay! That means to be mov
ing in the right d'rection, but
there’s still a miss'ng factor
YOU.
You are the key to saving liv
es on the highways. Your ac
t'rns and yrur deeds on the
streets and the high wavs, not
on’y over Jhe Thanksgiving holi
day, but for 365 davs each year
is what it will take to make the
highways a safe place to travel
aga ; n.
Enforcement can do nart of
the job as can engireering and
education. However, oriv an
aroused oifciic determined not
to commit suicide w'th a sneed
omefpr in ore hard and a hip in
the other can put the pleasure
hack in driving
-But, jubtouck.
into the side boom l \
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FOOM WOWMfOfi - ( tZL JZj /
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Books Recently Acquired At
Regional Library
By: Ashton Chapman
The Avery-Mitoheil - Yancey
Regional Library lists the follow
ing recently acquired books,
which may be secured through
the public libraries in Newland,
Bakersville, Burnsville and
Spruce Pine or the bookmobiles
operated .n the three counties.
CHRISTY by Catherine Mar
shall. The story of Mrs. Marsh
all’s mother, who was a school
teacher in a remote Tennessee
mountain community, told in
the fret person. A powerfully
moving book of great depth with
real answers to man’s deepest
HARRY MARTIN’S WIFE by
Elizabeth Corbett. The time is
the late 1930 sin New York’s
Greenwich Village. It is the story
of a woman’s sorrow, borne
quietly and in the end trans
cended.
BY-LINE: ERNEST HEMING
WAY ed ted by William White.
An authority in the field of
journalism gives the reader a
generous and representative col
lection of Hemingway's best
work as a repa-ter.
A KILLING FROST bv Sylvia
Wilkinson. Aga nst a background
of late fall in rural North Caro
lina are portrayed two very viv’d
women. Ramie Hopkins, 13, and
her grandmother, who keeps
her age a secret.
GRIZZLY COUNTRY. A many
sided v'ew of the grizzly bear
and the world in which he lives,
by a noted guide, hunter-natur
alist and photographer, Andy
Russell.
TARBELL’S TEACHER’S GUI
DE TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSONS
for 1968, edited by Frank S.
Mead. Acclaimed by all denomi
nations us'ng these lessons.
THE INTERNATIONAL LES
SON MANUAL FOR 1868 edited
by Horace R. Weaver. Repre
senting the best in scholarship
and interpretation, this is a com
prehensive commentary, using
bo>th the King James and the
Revised Standard Versions of
the B ble.
EISENHOWER: CAPTIVE
HERO by Marquis CHILDS. A
critical studv of the General
and the President; viv : d, com
prehensive and discerning.
ROBERT FROST bv Ph tip
L v Gerber. A detailed treat
ment not only of thfk poetry hut
of the nrot’s comn’feated rela
tions with his c , 'i»*emfyivj|r>s.
THE LAWRENCEVILLE
STORIES of Owen Johnson, com
plete in one volume At the time
of the r original publication,
(it- i gt- A.(Jo ail,.-,1 these 'ne or>-
ly real prep school stories ever
written.”
SOMETHING TO READ by
Leonard Wibberly. A
selection from his writing! by
this thoughtful and husHrav
man.
NOTHING MORE TO CM
CLARE by John Oellaa Holmes.
A provocative, personal summa
tion of the men and ideas that
made his literary generation.
THE PURLOINED PAPER.
WEIGHT by P. G. Wodehouse.
A perfect petpourri of happy
humor, loopy lovable characters
and incredible plot complica
tions.
SILVERHILL by ?hyllte A.
Whitney. A novel of mounting
suspense, set against the exotic
background of a house no read
er will ever forget, its terrib’e
secrets held until the fnal
brc >fh-talting scene.
AN ORNAMENTAL NECES
SITY. A moving and thought
provrVing novel by Gwyn Grif
fin. Every reader will be chal
lenged and overwhe’med by the
aithor’s inc'sive exploration of
crime and punishment.
PAINTING WITH CRAYONS
by Norman Laliterte and Alex
Mongelon, w'th many pictures.
This amazing guide introduces
the beg'nnera nd student, as well
as the nature artist and teacher,
to the full range of crayon
painting and drawing.
MAKING CERAMICS by L : s
and Hans Ludkvist. An easy
stvle, w'‘h a weadh of step-by
sten phdes, permits amafeurs
ready to enjoy the text which
cria'ns so much nr»otical in
formation. The professional pot
ter looking for new ideas w'll be
interested.
TEACHING AN INFANT TO
SWIM bv Virg'nia Hunt New
man, with many nhotos. A dis
tinguished swimming instructor
explains fully and clearly her
methods for teaching complete
water safety to infants aged
e ght months and up.
MICHEL, MICHEL by Robert
Lewis. The unfaltering suspen
se, the generosity of feeling
that embraces men and women
of confi ding ideals, the loving
and whole portrayal of a child
at the center of an emotional
storm, combine to make a novel
which w'll command the deep
engagement and admiration of
its readers.
iu A MAN by WJHarn
Deexer. A documentary nu»el,
a ivuCiiing tribute lo me son of
man anu me coue he lived by
wimcii s iiiiih'Uwcm in the Amer
: Wain '».,i wu.cn is no h ug
et a..-I- part of \mencun
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