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ANOTHER WATER DOG
“I think I have an alligator
in my creek”, said an ex
cited voice over the phone.
“Wouldn’t you like to come
up and take a picture?”
The voice belonged to Mrs.
Fred Cline who did indeed
have a strange looking ani
mal in her back yard — but
not an alligator. We had
thought maybe the one which
was lost some time ago might
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have wandered up the creek,
but no, this was one of the
large salamanders, or water
dogs, which are found in
fresh water streams. He was
every bit of 18 inches long
and had a good bit of wiggle
left in him for he tried to
double back on his length
and bite the hand which held
him up for this picture. He
had rather large, vicious
teeth and a big mouth which,
between the two of them,
could have made a good sized
bite. The only flaw to that
statement is that they are
supposedly harmless, more
apt to flee than to fight, ex
cept in this case he was
cornered, which should even
made a difference in the be
havior of humans!
Many with whom I’ve talk
ed since that day have had
experience with the mud pup
py, water dog, or large sala
mander. As boys often
spend time wading creeks,
they are acquainted with
most creatures with which
they might come in contact.
It is said that these water
dogs are extremely difficult
to kill. Perhaps they have
tough skulls but their bodies
are soft, almost like jelly.
Regardless of this, Mrs. Cline
wanted only one thing and
that was to have that monster
removed from the creek in
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which she liked to wade.
LITTLE SLOW
Another matter of interest
we picked up while at the
Cline’s was that their son
Fred, has been home from
the service for several weeks.
It hasn’t been very long
since we received a news re
lease from the Navy statins
that he was in the Mediter
ranean on cruise. Apparent
ly, somewhere along the line,
the information that Fred
had been flown home to be
hospitalized for a lame knee
had not yet reached the pub
lic relations division In all
innocence we published the
news that he was half way
across the world when in
reality he was already home.
GREAT OAKS . . .
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. E.
M. Hoffman in their home
in Last Resort last week
were Judge and Mrs. Charles
H. Miller. Judge Miller is
head of the Legal Aid Clinic
at the University of Tenn
essee. Years ago Charles
Miller was one of a group of
Hi-Y boys from Salisbury
whose club was sponsored
by the local YMCA under the
direction of Mr. Hoffman. In
reviewing the group the two
men found that five of them
had attained positions of
prominence in the state:
Dean Brandis, dean of the
law school at UNC; H. Har
o 1 d McCurdy, phychology
dept., UNC; Dr. Elmer Brown,
biology dept., Davidson; Dr.
Frank H. Brown, ph 'sician,
Greensboro, and W. C. Archie,
head of the dept, of hrgher
education of North Carolina
One of the fondest rem
iniscences from those early
days was of the night the
boys crowded into the Hoff
man car to travel to Char
lotte and see the world fam
aus Pavlova. It seems that
the parents were none too
sure that this was an event
that would mean much to
the young men, however, af
ter many years, it still re
mains as one of the highlights
t>f that time in their lives.
Many tributes have been
>aid to Uncle Mike over the
rears. His influence while
-vorking at Camp Sequoyah
in.; prior to that time the
nany lives touched by him
ind influenceo for the bet
ter would fill a good sized
,'olume. I chance ? rebuke
from him by repeating some
thing which I think extreme
y interesting and very com
ilir.ientary to his character,
-rank Graham, then president
>f the University of North
Carolina, said, “Boys from
Salisbury bear the mark of
two people, one (an English
teacher whose name I do not
■ememher), the other, Mike
Hoffman”.
A man of many talents, he
is musician, botanist, scource
if Indian lore, teacher, com
tioser, and many other things
. . not the least among
hen: being the “potter mold
ng the clay”.
LOURDVILLE, U. S A.
Little gourds, tig gourds,
liedium sized gourds! All of
them are on the vines at the
2. F. Baker home on the Old
roll road for the pastor
akes delight in amazing
visitors with the size and
lumber of gourds he expects
;o harvest this fall. There
ire the ornamental white,
freen and yellow, striped and
the huge bright green ones
that look like a large pre
historic club used by cave
men.
Owen--Lites
By
Grover Farr
Once again the week at
Owen has whizzed by us. We
reflect. We rejoice over Fri
day night’s victory. We rest
from a busy week. We pre
pare for another busy week.
As I write this, I can hear
someone saying, “What is he?
A nut or somethin!,!;? I haven't
had a busy week. Owen isn’t
such a busy place.’’ When
I hear my fellow students
say that Owen is dull or that
it isn’t bubbling over with
things to do—and unfortu
nately, I do hear students say
this occasionally—I immedi
ately jump upon my soap box
and begin to preach.
Owen is a dull place only
if you wish to make it so. Our
school offers a wealth of clubs
and activities to students who
wish to participate. Have you
investigated all the possibili
ties for you at Owen? I
cannot emphasize the impor
tance of belonging to a club.
In addition to helping your
self and getting to know your
classmates better, you have
that satisfaction of “belong
ing”.
ANNUAL STAFF
ANNOUNCED
The Annual Staff was an
nounced Wednesday. The
staff is as follows:
Co-editors, Emily Ann Crain
and Janice Wheelon; Assist
ant Editor, Ginger Wallin,
Business Managers, Jim Fraz
ier and Wanda Burch; Fea
ture Editors, Brenda Williams
and Ann Stubbs; Club Editors,
Becky Allred and Barbara
Boone; Sports Editors, Leigh
Brittain and Ted Pipton; Typ
ist, Wayne Greene; Art Edi
tor, Mary Benedict.
The Annual Staff is com
petitive. Congratulations to
all who made it!
I shall announce—-and with
great pleasure, I might add—
that Owen’s last year’s news
paper, the Owen Highlight*,
will be entered in competition
in the Editor's Roundtable at
Western Carolina this year.
Naturally, we hope that the
paper will get a high rating.
WARREN WILSON
Tuesday evening, Septem
ber 22, Warren Wilson Col
lege held its first tutoring ses
sion. We began with a brief
talk by Dr. Arthur M. Ban
nerman, president of Warren
Wilson.
We were then assigned to
our tutors. Our tutors seem
to have really been hand
picked this wear. I am en
rolled in French II and my
tutor is Daniel Shungu, a
native of the Congo who at
tended a Belgian school and
who has been speaking French
since he was seven years old.
He told us of the importance
of using the language that we
are studying. As I sat and
listened to his wonderful
French accent, I asked myself,
“What Owen student can af
ford to miss the opportunity
of studying with someone who
can give him such special at
tention?’’
Out of the three pictures
made of the gourds this
morning this shows two that
have been allowed to rest
on the ground as they grew,
thus curving the necks slight
ly. Mr. Baker had tried to
grow one in a jug, but this
didn’t agree with the gourd;
it simply didn’t grow at all.
His prize speeiman is the one
with the curled handle.
The vines are many, but
one in particular has grown
over the one-time chicken
coop, climbed and wound
around the peach tree for a
length of 40-50 feet *nd on
one end of the vine alone
we counted 19 gourds varying
in size from 6 8 pounds.
They are so heavy one
wonders how the weight
could be supported by the
vine at all without breaking.
Around the attractive
mountainside yard were
gourds of other years with
flowers hanging from t.iem.
They may also be used for
bird houses although the best
use of all has become a
thing of the past — that of
dipping good cold spring
water in a hallowed out
g"Urd. No chlorine to spoil
the taste there.
OTHER EVENTS
Let’s all remember the bi^
Pancake Jamboree at Ower
on October 3. This is foi
new books for Owen’s’ Li
brary. One may obtain tickets
from any member of the Ki
wanis Club or from students
I’m sure that everyone wili
want to help put more books
in our library.
I would like to announce
that free student tickets to
Chamber Music in Asheville
will again be available to
Owen students this year. The
chamber music series of Ashe
ville is indeed an excellent
one and there is no reason
why music lovers from the
Swannanoa Valley cannot en
joy the four scheduled even
ings of music. If you are
a student and are interested
in obtaining a ticket, I would
suggest that you contact me
this week. Adult tickets are
$7.00 for general admission
and $8.50 for reserved seats.
Donations for the student
fund are badly needed.
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I saved the last sentence
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I know every student wishes
to sav: CONGRATULATIONS,
WARHORSES!
OMAHA CRUSADE
FINEST IN WORLD
SAYS GRAHAM
They came quickly, hurry
| ing almost, when Billy Gra
ham asked them to “make
sure your name is in the Book
of Life.” It was his last ap
peal of the greater Omaha
Council Bluffs Crusade and
as they cam'.' it was evident
that many of them were grip
ped with a sense of urgency,
moreso than at any other meet
ing.
The ten-days meeting at Ak
Sar-Ben Stadium was within
a few minutes of becoming
history and Mr. Graham had
preached on “The Climax of
History: the Second Coming
of Christ.”
“Some of you don’t want
Christ to come and upset your
little empire,” the evangelist
said. “You have your own
love affair and you don’t want
Christ to come and put an
end to that.
“The Bible says that before
the end evil will intensify,
lawlessness will increase, race
will be pitted against race,
and the world will be living
in morality. Don’t let any
body fool you—we are in
trouble, serious trouble.”
In response to his invita
tion, 1970 inquirers came for
counseling. This made a to
tal of 10,724 for the crusade.
On Saturday, night, which was
youth night, anofther over
flow crowd of 21,800 packed
the stadium to hear the evan
gelist speak on “The Moral
Problems of Youth.”
Total attendance for the
Omaha-Council Bluffs Cru
sade was 183,170. Mr. Graham
told his audience on Saturday
night that the reception in
Omaha “has been one of the
finest we have had anywhere
in the world.
Mr. Graham and the team
open a major crusade in Bos
ton on Friday, Sept. 18.
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BRIDGE WINNERS
Winners of the Black
Mountain Duplicate Bridge
Club Thursday night, Sept.
24, in the Club Room of the
Asheville Federal Savings and
Loan were: North-South, Mrs.
Fred Perley and Mrs. Marian
Castevens; 2nd., Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence Brady; 3rd., Mr.
and Mrs. Lynn Hill. East
West, Mrs. Sam Young and
W. C. Field; 2nd., Mr. and
Mrs. Douglas Jones; 3rd, Miss
Beth Livingstone and Mrs. Don
Livingstone.
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