Thursday, August 22,1946
Sr p OF FAMILY incomes
V' J LESS THAN $2,000
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I A i m ost half of the fam-
B, , in the United States have in
of less than J2 > ooo a year ’
■ j two out of three take in less
Kan $3,000, a joint survey by the
Hieral reserve board and the
Hreau of agricultural economics
H o wed recently. These findings
Hpplemented earlier announced
■suits showing the mass o f
■ nie rican families had no sub
■antial amount of quickly cash-
E,' |e assets and two out of every
He average less than S4O each
B saving bonds, other securities
Ed bank deposits.
■ The giraffe fights by kicking
Kth its hind legs.
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I The motion picture projector
■as invented in 1861.
■ The wearing of false teeth was
Bmmon among the Romans.
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DEW DROPS
When we have riches we have
what we want—but when we are
able to do without we have better
than riches we have power.
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Did you ever think a dog never
had any idea that there is a God.
Some men say that idea never
entered their head—the only dif
ference is that the dog doesn’t
go around howling about it.
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Rabbits may not be able to
add—but they “shore” can multi
ply.
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God made the first talking
machine. But Edison made the
first talking machine that could
be turned off.
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It is possible to have a room
full of married people—and yet
not have a single person in the
room.
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Woman's World
Brighten Up Home by Making
Couch Covers and Slipcovers
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U*VERY homemaker arrives at the
point where everything at home
looks happy. Usually this is
when the children have passed that
gangly stage and don’t seem to
concentrate on wearing out the fur
niture since their activities take
them outdoors a bit more.
Or, if you don’t have children,
perhaps you suddenly cast a look
about the house and discover that
the furniture has faded and is not
exactly on the better side of sev
eral years wear. It’s really a sim
ple matter to cover faded uphol
stered chairs, and particularly
couches.
If the day-bed or couch has no
arms or back, it is very easily cov
ered with one of the new informal
couch covers. You’ll find after get
ting into the work that the job is
even easier than making a dress,
so don’t let the size of the couch dis
turb you one whit.
Select the material with the great
est of care as to color and weave.
The color should harmonize with
the room and yet add some sparkle
and newness to the entire decora
tive scheme. A weave that wears
well is desirable, and, if the fabric
is plain colored, perhaps you can se
lect one of the new fabrics with
a nubby texture or an interesting
pattern woven through it that adds
so much decorative interest.
Fabric Measured on
Couch to Be Covered
To cut the cover to fit the couch,
select a piece of material long
enough to cover the couch and touch
the floor at both ends. The ma
terial, when placed on the couch,
should touch not only the floor at
both ends, but also in the front.
If it is npt wide enough to extend
fully across the couch to the back,
the fabric will have to have a seam
where it shows least. If a floral
pattern is used, match the two
pieces together before sewing.
This informal type of couch cover
is hemmed with a narrow hem on
all sides and allowed to hang free
on all sides. If the couch is placed
next to a wall, tuck the cover un
der the mattress on the wall side
to make it stay in place and give a
better effect.
For the tailored cover, a little
more work is necessary, but the re-
Add decorative touches to the home....
suits are well worth the effort. This
type of cover is made to be cut in
two pieces, one piece of material
being used to cover the entire seat
and enough to hang over the sides.
The second part of the cover is
that which is used for the flounce
or the pleat. This is gathered or
pleated and pinned and cut sep
arately (and may be pieced very
easily without showing), then at
tached to the first part.
For the tailored type of couch
cover, lay the fabric on the seat.
At the corners, pin a seam through
the band of fabric which you have
cut for the top section. If you
are skilled at sewing these seams
may be stitched without basting, but
do this only if you have pinned
them carefully together and are
sure the corners are properly
squared to give a tailored effect. The
seams are sewed on the right side
By making a new slip-cover.
of the fabric and may be finished
with an upholsterer’s seam, cording
or piping.
Let us assume that you have cut
the seat part and the band (which
should be one inch wider than the
depth of the mattress) to go around
the mattress part. Then you are
ready to cut the pleated exten-
Summer Fashion Notes
Waffle pique is popular for lingerie
touches on black costumes. You can
use a touch of it on the neckline,
on cuffs or other decorative touches.
Hats are going sensible again,
and undoubtedly will carry all the
lovely feminine touches that so en
dear them to women. Rhinestones,
roses, veiling and velvet are sched
uled to do the trimming job for
the season.
THE BLACK MOUNTAIN NEWS
Cool ’ Open Sleeves
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A white linen dress, made with
open sleeves, scooped out neck
and wing sleeves by Adele Simp
son spells cool perfection for sum
mer.
slon which will act as a skirt. This
should be cut wide enough to reach
from the band to the floor, allowing
for a seam at the band and a hem.
The pleated edge should be cut
twice the length of the band to allow
for nice, full pleats, or, if you pre
fer, pin the pleats in and cut ac
cordingly.
To finish, hem the pleat and join
the pleating to the band, allowing
the corded edge to head the pleats.
Cording may also be run down each
corner.
Ruffled Edge Looks
Pretty on Conch
If you are using a studio couch
in an informal sort of room, you
might plan to make a ruffled edging
for the skirt. This is done much
the same way as the pleated edge.
Plan to use 2% times as much for
pleating as you use for the band,
and be sure to allow for the seam
and the hem in cutting just as you
do for the pleated type.
Hem the ruffle before attempting
to gather it, as it will be easier to
work with a straight piece of ma
terial. The gathering may be done
by hand if you can sew very fine
stitches, or it can be done with a
very loose stitch on the machine.
It is very important that the gath
ers be very even. If you plan to
finish the cover with a piping in con
trasting color, baste the ruffled edge
to the band before joining the ruffle.
Slipcover Material
Select attractive colors, but
don’t neglect serviceability when
choosing material for your slip
covers and couch covers. A firm
weave, as well as fast colors, and
colors that wear well arc quali
ties that you will want In the
long run.
For cording or piping use con
trasting colors, but make sure
here, too, that the colors will
wear well, and that the edges
can be turned under easily
enough to avoid raveling.
To get the most satisfaction
from your goods, choose a fabric
that is designed for the other
furniture in your room. In early
American rooms, chintz, simple
striped effects, cretonnes and
homespun are the most effective.
For simple, modern rooms,
choose plain solid colors with
good weaves. Consider such fab
rics as linen, novelty cotton and
duck—all of which are very
sturdy.
If all of your house is predomi
nantly Victorian, you’ll enjoy
ginghams, calico and novelty cot
ton. In this case, be very care
ful that the colors you choose
harmonize with the other pieces
of furniture you already have.
For real style in the afternoon
dresses, you’ll find lovely floral
prints In silk. Painters, like Gau
guin, seem to have been the inspira
tion.
If you’re young and tiny, you’ll be
perfectly at home in a shirred bod
ice and a dirndl skirt. Puffed
sleeves are in with all their femi
ninity and should make summer
clothes even more eye appealing.
OLD FORT NEWS
LOCALS
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BY MRS. D. T. ROUGHTON
Miss Carolyn Mclntosh arrived
Friday from Washington, D. C.
to spend a two weeks’ vacation
at the home of her parents, Dr.
and Mrs. D. M. Mclntosh at Old
Fort.
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Joe N. Nesbit son of Mrs. J.
N. Nesbit of Old Fort, has ac
cepted a position with the North-
Western Bank at Black Moun
tain. He was recently discharged
from the U. S. Navy where he
served nineteen months.
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Mrs. J. H. Dew, of Ridgecrest,
taught the Bible Class at Clear
Creek Baptist Church, Sunday
August 11th. Had a very large
class of young married men and
women. Mrs. Dew is supply teach
er at Old Fort.
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Miss Elizabeth Laughridge,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Laughridge of Old Fort, has ac
cepted a position as laboratory,
technician at Columbia hospital,
Columbia, S. C., and will report
for duty on August 25th.
Miss Laughridge was graduat
ed in June from Woman’s College
of University of North Carolina.
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Mrs. Sidney F. Mauney, Jr., and
daughters, Nancy and Marilyn,
arrived in Old Fort on Saturday
from their former home at Tulsa,
Oklahoma, to spend several weeks
with Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Mauney
at Old Fort.
They are enroute to Venezuela,
South America where they will
join Mr. Mauney who will be lo
cated in business there for the
next two years.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Silver of
Old Fort announce the arrival of a
daughter at Marion General Hosp
ital on August 15th.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Dennis and
daughter, Joyce, are spending the
week end at Salisbury.
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W. C. Swann of Old Fort who
has been located at Bristol, Tenn.,
for the past two years as road
supervisor for the Southern Rail
road, has been transferred to the
Asheville division wlith head
quarters at Hickory.
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Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Swof
fford are entertaining at theih
home in Old Fort the former’s
brother, Glenn Swofford and his
three sons, Glenn, Jr., Richard and
Doyle, all of Washington, D. C.
Also his sister and sister-in-law,
Mrs. Clyde Swofford, and Miss
Amy Swofford of Spruce Pine.
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The Farmers Federation have
bought the Old Fort Feed Store
and will open for business Aug.
24th.
Mr. T. E. Kanipe is running a
machine shop in Old Fort. He was
retired in this business in 1941
after working for one company
for many years, but finds he can
not be satisfied just loafing, so
went into business for himself.
Old Fort All Stars
Have Sponsor
The All Star Basket Ball Team
of Old Fort is sponsored this sea
son by Jim Byrd owner of Jim’s
Chicken Shack.
Mr. Byrd is buying a complete
new outfit for the boys. They are
getting together a fine bunch of
fast players among whom are:
Raymond Simmons, F.; Calvin
Evans, C.; Virgil Pressley, G.;
Walter Melton, G. and Clyde
Creasman, F.
All Stars To Put On
Musical, And Comedy
Programs
The All Stars Basket Ball Team
are getting ready to put on a
series of Musical programs for
the benefit of the new team.
The boys are writing their own
music and hope to start the pro
gram soon.
For further details watch the
News.
For better Job Printing
OLD FORT
SCHOOL OPENS
The Old Fort school opened
Monday, August 19th, according
to Harry Swofford, superinten
dent. With one exception in the
elementary department, all places
have been filled.
Mrs. Ruth Moody, dietitian, of
McDowell county, will serve as
full time supervisor of the lunch
room which will be open on Tues
day. Mrs. Corinne Setzer and
Fannie Mcßae will assist in the
operation of ’the lunch, room
which serves around 400 lunches
daily.
Mr. Swofford has announced the
first teachers’ meeting at one
o’clock on Saturday, August 24.
The elementary school building
has been painted inside and out
during the past two months.
The class of 1947-48 will be the
first to receive diplomas since
addition of the twelfth grade.
Retract For Ad
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One advertisement we had in
last week’s issue of the News.
Read: Warm Morning Stoves
were for sale by the Norton Furni
ture Co., of Old Fort. This com
pany does not handle this product
but the management says they
are trying to get this agency.
Editor.
Conservation
News
By L. B. HAIRR
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Last Tuesday, G. C. Tabor, of
Bethlehem Church community be
gan preparing the seed bed for
a new pasture that he plans to
seed this fall, by discing under a
fine growth of soybeans and cow
peas.
Mr. Tabor states that lime was
spread on this field about two
months ago and that he plans to
drill six or seven hundred pounds
of fertilizer per acre before sow
ing the pasture mixture.
I. D. McFalls of Marion Rt. 1,
has recently built a new fence
around approximately eight acres
of pasture east from his house.
Mr. McFalls used black locust
post in constructing this fence
and he says they will last the
longest of any post that he can
get.
E. T. Lawing of Glenwood Rt.
1, is a firm believer in lespedeza
as a soil builder. Mr. Lawing
states that he planted 210 pounds
of potatoes last spring and har
vested 5700 pounds of potatoes
last week from this planting. He
says lespedeza was on this land
last year and that he turned under
a good growth last spring prior
to planting the potatoes.
Mr. Albright, Director Os
State U. S. Employment
Service, Resigns
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Raleigh, August—R. Mayne Al
bright, State director of the U. S.
Employment service, a position he
has held for nine years under both
State and Federal control, an
nounced to the State Unemploy
ment Compensation Commission,
in session Friday, that he will re
sign this position, effective Oct.
1, to engage in activities for an
organization for world peace.
Mr. Albright joined the Em
ployment Service in 1936 as Ad
ministrative Assistant, later was
Acting Director for a period and
was made State Director in 1937.
He has held that post since his
appointment, except for more than
three years of military leave dur
ing the war. He served in the
Italian theatre, after a period with
the Labor Division of the Army
in Washington. He returned to his
position with the Employment
Service in January.
Oldest Grapevine
The oldest living grapevine in the
U. S. is said to have been planted
in 1587 near Manteo, N. C. The
mother vine covers nearly an acre
and yields as much as 150 bushels
annually.
Egyptian Belles
Egyptian ladies in the days of
Cleopatra painted their lower eye
lids green and the upper lids, lashes
and eyebrows black. The palms of
their hands and the soles of their
feet were dyed with henna.
Page Three
W. 0. Nichols ,
Os Old Fort
Taken By Death
William O. Nichols, 55, died «fe
his home in Old Fort Mondaq?'
morning at 9 o’clock after an ill
ness of two months.
He is survived by his widow*
the former Miss Josephine Lind
ley, of Old Fort; three sons, C. T.,
John and Cecil, and one daughter,
Miss Ovena Nichols; his father
T. L. Nichols; one sister, Mis.
Fred Henley, all of Old Fort; and
one brother, Sheriff *Gr ady
Nichols of Marion.
Funeral services will be held at:
2 p. m. Tuesday at the Old Fort
Baptist church. The Rev. D. G.
Wesson, the Rev. W. T. Pettit aoi!
the Rev. E. J. Ingle will officiate
and burial will follow in the
church cemetery.
Mr. Nichols had been in the
feed and grocery business in Old
Fort 20 years and was prominent
in church work, being a member
of the board of deacons of tile
Baptist church. He was a Wood
man and member of the Patriotic'
Sons of America.
Square Dance
Saturday Night
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A square and round dance will
be held, from 8:00 to 12:00 P.M..
each Saturday night, until further
notice at Rockett Motors Co., of
Old Fort.
This dance is being held in order
to buy a new fire truck for the
town.
Why not come and enjoy your
self each Saturday evening and
at the same time help to get the
new fire truck that we need so
badly.
The Fire Department extends
a hearty welcome to all.
June Rain In The
Smokies
By
Luna Craven Os burn
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Out from the edge of the forest
dark,
Lilts a mockingbird’s evening
song
For his brooding mate, on her
nest near-by
In the pines, while the firefly's
spark,
Sets the sweetened dusk a-light.
Wild-flower odors float up the hill
From the meadow beyond the low
wall,
Swaying on green stems, slender,
tall;
As though they stepped a mystic
quadrille
Eerily veiled by night.
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The warm earth listens in twi
light hush
To small sounds which promise
rest.
Even the afterglow is repressed.
The crickets call from the green
ery brush.
The hermit thrush swoons with
love.
Both man and nature seem one
with God
In rhythm and flow, almost pray
er
The lonely soul standing raptur
ed there,
Lifts and soars from the common
clod
To the empyrean above.
Then swish! There comes the
sharp whip of rain.
Shivered the exquisite lute ....
The voices of dusk are suddenly
mute.
Only the young leaves’ whisper
ed refain —
Listening, one wonders whether
These really yield to soft cares
sing?
Murmur sweet phrases as lovers
much;
Like the feel of the sensuous
touch
Os warm June rain, boldly confes
sing
Their PASSION for summer
weather.
Asheville, N. C.
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