Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-05-21
Crits and Gravel
(By T. MOSES JONES.)

taxes IOT IL 10 go is IOT MIS-. low 70
keep pushing it,
Joe Billy and Mrs Bill, the former
Miss Myrtle Dorsey of Henderson.
have returned from a flying trip to
Lake Waccamaw, where they visited
their uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs.
Roger Nelson.
Russell Beasley does not spend much
time coming to town as he likes to
tinker with bicycles. being as he is
mechanically minded.
There's another by that same
name, Russell Averette, of Hester, son
of Claude. He likes big milk shake
every time he passes soda fountain.
He is a brother of Miss Marie Aver
cite who went into the chicken BUSH
ness in big way a year or so age
raising both fowls and eggs.
Hubert Bowles Of Stem is an or
chestra leader or l.and master, and
every one wears out both their shoes
when he plays thase "Good-Byc-
Blues"
am still toting that Canadian
penny in my pocket that J. D. HINTON
and gave me, saying, BUY yourself
nat WITH JHIS, MUSE
Bonnie Hunt loves guinea eggs, can
eat half dozen at a meal, so they
cay.
John Englebright or Everbright or
something, lives over towards Virgil
lima. If he hasn't broken his specks,
he's still reading the news.
Miss Mollie, never did hear whe7
Their you and your old man got sick
from drinking that good well water
over in Granville. Robert and Miss
Effie must be getting o. K, now az
she is selling un-fried chickens in
town of late.
Elmo Blackley sure can beat his
daddy whistli-ng, but anybody
could do that Think Mr. Philip is
planning to go to California this
summer He has been about every
where there is except there and
Alaska. r..
Steadman Daniel lives three miles
beyond Bereal. You have heard of The
Cat and the Fiddle. Well, Steadman
also loves his fiddle. And as some
folks say Love pe, love my dog" 80
he says Love me, love my fiddle"
r. H. O'Bricn of Stov5ll says he
War, and two returned home He jus.
can remember the last one of them
leaving and telling his mother. MAN
ma don't cry, I'm coming ack.' R'it 2
crowd of them did not know that Lee
had already surrendered and were
running from the Yankees They
swan across the Haw River trying to
escape, and in that crowd was Mr..
O'Brien's brother, who was drowned.
Wonder how J. G. Clark near High |
Point is getting on. That is where |
our Grand Lodge chose for meeting
place next year. I surely hope | can
live to attend. T. c. was down on u
visit to his daddy not 'ong ago
Passed by Bill Claibornc's filling
station the other day, and there was
Miss Gladys out working her flow
ers and wearing an old time bonnet
with pasteboard Stats. Don't know
when I have ever before see one.
F. H. Vaughan of Bullock must be
setting tight with his work these days |
He used to come to town every now
and then, but he hasn't been in I
don't know when.
Brother Bill and Sister Bee from
down that way did not get to the
banquet last Monday night TheyI
sure did miss big time. haven't
bounced back to normal yet.
I just then welcomed an interrupt
ton from COlein Tina Harris as rho
brought us some country r~oduco fo-
dinner And we arc All trvir~ ~ ~nt
sweetened I'M on that f~rroe full OIL
nice patent honey. Mrs. Kirk Dur"or
brought some several davs arc. Kirk
has just recentlv moved from sev"~oti
doors out in the country. to several
doors from us towards uptown, and
must have moved his hoes with him.
did not know that Kirk was an
apiarian.
Freddie Oakley lives r-evond Berea
on the Rougcmont Route. Part of his
farm is in Granville and part in
Person, so he tells folks that he
sleeps with his head in ono county
and hia feet in another His Haugh-
ters Misses Gertrude and Lucille. at.
tend tho Mount Harmorv school ;r'
Person county. His son. Freddie, Jr.,
will not be four until July 5.
He married Miss frankie CLAYTON
and is brother Of Oscar and Julian
Oakley. He is one of those really good
farmers Of that section.
Charlie Newly is another one of
those fellows who might have taken
p prize at baby show when an IT,
FAINT. He roarried Miss Lalie Belle
Faucette. Their children are Mary
Lee. 9, and Thomas Green, 8, who at
tend the Stovall school in session.
Wonder what they are doing since
school stopped. It looks like I might
get some letters from some school
children telling about what they are
doing and what they hope to do or
where they want to go this summer.
have one nice letter left which came
from Honolulu some days ago, but
did not want to use it until l had
another one. / like to have some
thing especially good always saved up