\K\\ POWfcK MJK LAhTERN t AROLINAS.— Aerial view of the first 100,000 horsepower unit
ina Power & Light t ompany s Goldsboro steam electric generating plant, which was formally
Friday, June 15. Senator Willis Smith, Rep. Graham Barden, and CP&L president Louis
Sutton spoke at ceremonies beginning at 2:30 p. m. at the plant. Installation of a second 100,000
unit, with construction already underway, will double the size and capacity of the plant,
generator is due to be in production in mid-1952.
Reflections
Bv Jack Greenwood
It happened during the Civil
»r. Peaching one Sunday morn
to an outfit from Manhattan,
chaplain casually mentioned
It the Sunday before 12 soldiers
; a Brooklyn regiment had come
jrward and professed their in
ptions of living a better life in
future than they had in the
■Immediately the colonel of the
\nhattan group leaped to his
et. interrupted the startled
aplain, and shouted: “Sergeant,
[tail 2(1 men to be baptised as
en as this service is over. Let
lever be said that Brooklyn can
t us at anything.”
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under why John J. O’Connor
l°e*n't cut his lawn. I don’t
Bean at his home. But the
Brass and weeds are having a
field day growing between the
bdewalk and the building on
putton avenue. John Brandon
that John would have made
honey if he had planted a
garden there instead of letting
he weeds take over.
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[The honeymooners are in the
rjs, ^is week. Mr. and Mrs.
pb Sawyer, celebrating their 20th
sddtng anniversary, took their
pniial trip through the Smokies
I the bears and pick rhodo
parcn. ]t was different from
ty fl,rst> ’way back in 1931,
[J‘tn they left town with cans
tied to their car and rice clinging
to their clothes.
Hut it was honeymoon No. 1
for Mr. and Mrs. Bill Graham of
Florence, S. C. Former sports edi
tor of the Florence Morning News
and now associated with the
Southern Railway, Bill and his
bride, the former Mary Elizabeth
I.indsey, were married a few days
ago and are spending their honey
moon at Blue Ridge. Mrs. Graham
was a member of the staff last
year at Rlue Ridge. Both are sold
on the mountains of Western
North Carolina.
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I)r. Arthur Bannerman told
this story on Fred Davidson of
Swannanoa at the Men’s Club
meetin last week.
It seems that Mr. Davidson
found his way one day to a
Democratic rally and had the
time of his life. The master of
ceremonies called attention to
his presence, assured him that
he was welcome, and ended by
asking that he give the closing
prayer.
But to this request Mr. David
son just shook his head. Pressed
for his reason in refusing he
explained: “You know 1 can’t
do that because 1 don’t want
the Lord to know Pm here.”
MONTH ON ISLAND
Mrs. W. W'. White and child
ren, Bobby and Billy, returned
Sunday from a month’s stay at
Pawleys Island, S. C. Mr. White
went down last week and spent a
few days before their return home,
HERE FOR SUMMER
Mrs. M. H. Rolf and sister,
Mrs. Maier and children of Miami,
Fla., are here to spend the sum
mer at the Rolf home.
GET
WELL
SOON!
-s'° better way to express that sentiment
than with fragrant, fresh-cut flowers or
a pretty potted plant. Send beauty to
Sfjrneone who’s ill . .' . let us
deliver flowers today.
SEAWRIGHT FLORIST
button Avenue
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BROAD RIVER
(TOO LATE FOR LAST WEEK)
George Moore of the U. S. navy,
his wife and children, Wayne and
Linda, of Long Beach, Calif., who
have been visiting Mrs. Moore’s
father, Lewis Elliott, and her
'■istev, Verdie Elliott, on upper
Cedar Creek, spent the week end
with Mrs. Moore’s uncles and
fonts. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Led
better and Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Ledbetter in Charlotte.
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Wingo
and their granddaughter, Miss
.loan Knightly, of Daytona Beach,
Fla., returned to their cabin in
this community last Friday.
Miss L. A. Pinholster, who has
been ill for several months at
her home in St. Petersburg, Fla.,
returned to her summer cabin here
last Saturday. Miss Pinholster is
improving. Mrs. Barnes of St.
Petersburg is spending her vaca
tion here with Miss Pinholster.
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Smith
and children, Frances and Harvey,
of Old Fort visited Mr. Smith’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Zachariah
Smith, in this section last Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Garfield Woody
had as guests last week their
daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. R. S. Parker and little son,
Stephen, of Hickory.
, Pressley Ownbey and daughter,
Grace, visited Mr. Owenby’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell
Ownbey on lower Flat Creek last
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Elliott had
as dinner guests last Sunday, Mr.
and Mrs. Otis Vess and children.
Mr. and Mrs. David Nelon had
as guests last week Mrs. Nelon’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. George
Phillips.
Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Ownbey
had as guests last Sunday Mr.
Ownbey's nephew and wife, Mr.
and Mrs. Yates Wilson and child
ren of Knoxville, Tenn.
Frank Vess and Lloyd Elliott
visited Yewitt Elliott Monday
evening.
Naomi Elliott of Black Moun
tain is visiting her grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Elliott on
Broad River.
Several people of Broad River
attended the revival tent meet
ing on Flat Creek Monday night.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. John
Lytle of Flat Creek a daughter
in an Asheville hospital, July 2.
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Furniss
of Asheville visited Mrs. Furniss’
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Led
better last Sunday.
We were glad to have Mr. and
Mrs. Walker Elliott with us at
preaching service at Stone Moun
tain Sunday night.
TRICKETTS HAVE GUESTS
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Trickett Jr.,
and son, Timmy, returned Monday
from Glenn Riddle, Pa., where
they visited relatives and friends.
They have as guests, Mr. and
Mrs. C. M. Trickett Sr., of Prospect
Park, Pa., and Miss Dorthea Ealdt
of Ridley Park, Pa.
“Typical” Man
Doesn’t Think
He Is “Typical”
Do you have 1.6 children or
own .8 of an automobile ?
Probably not many can qualify
as to the foregoing, but anyway,
that’s the status in which the
typical American family finds it
self.
And, according to the current
issue of the American magazine,
most “typical” Americans don’t
consider themselves as such. That’s
why the magazine sent Roul Tun
ley, one of its top writers, to
Terre Haute, Ind., city nearest
the center of population, recently
to find the typical American fam
ily.
Bob Simmons, 34, production
planner for the Quaker Maid com
pany, subsidiary of the Great At
lantic & Pacific Tea company, his
attractive wife, Margaret," and
their two sons, Steve and Phillip,
were selected as the most typical
of American families.
“Mine is not the typical Amer
ican Family”, was Simmons’ first
reaction to having the label pinn
ed on him.
That was what Tunley was
looking for, because he says:
“The most typical thing about
an American is that he doesn’t
ff
consider himself “typical any
thing’.’’
Sitnmons’ job pays him $4,000
a year and he is charged with
planning the amount of spaghetti,
or mayonnaise, or peanut butter,
that will be produced in the A&P
factory the next day or the next
week. He lives in a $10,500, yellow
brick, two-story home which was
purchased a year ago with the
help of a GI loan. The payments
are $65 per month.
All-in-all, he fits statistics com
piled by statisticians pretty well
(the latter say the average Amer
ican family has 1.6 children). But
Simmons, like other Americans,
doesn’t want to be chopped into
any statistical slot. The article
tells how he lives, works and plays.
Typically, too, Bob Simmons’
wife provided the answer to the
typical question about success.
“Funny,” she said, “but success
is something you work for and
you don’t always know when you
have it. Take us, for example. In
lots of ways we have it right
now. Nothing very great ever
happens to us and nothing very
bad. And I don’t want it to. I
find lots to gripe about, of course,
but it doesn’t really amount to a
hill of beans.”
WEEK END IN GREENSBORO
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Talley
and children, Tim and Terry,
spent the week end in Greens
boro with Mr. Talley’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Talley.
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