Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1950-07-12
Queen Duck
BY DOC" BLODGETT

Now and then VIC scan the pap
ers for ideas for this department
We've always gotten more klcF
out of reading the middle Of tho
paper than the front. That's
where the choice little tidbits
lurk. Take turkeys, for instance
and chickens too. Now whocvero
have thunk that the critters arc
subject to sinus, The American
Veterinary Medical Association
says so, and recommends nose
drops to chase the ailment away
Good rainy afternoon chorc for
one small hoy. don't yu think?
Next we know, Wen have the
Tarn''ng Gu"bers and some
DANCED fool from Tin Pan Alley
IN tIlrr Il into another jukc
"OX t."avcGt". Now why do tur'
:ve Ia" % have sinus anyhow.
Odd thing about turkeys; they
,."..' ~c'"~h dispositions. You ape
-h"m. end they ape you. From
vow side of the fence, you go
"Gobhlc- gobblc." From theirs.
they come back with the same
Big hitch is, though. that tn"
turkcy-raisers don't like to have
YOU do it. Each gobble takes
muscular effort on behalf Of tho
bird. you see, and there goes an
ounce of meat burned up ir
sheer metabolism. Multiply this
by 16 birds, and there goes =
POUND to nowhere. Silence and
tranquility, then, is the non
burning watchword; it doesn't
raise such hell with profits.
First time we ever interviewed
a man about turkeys, he was
weighing the lefin things (alivc)
from scales that hung from q
dead tree. The tree was full Of
turkeys too. Now VIC hadn't
heard anything about sudden dy,
sentery among gobblers at the
approach of stranger. but
something out of line was going
on up there. In fact, it was COM
ing down from there. If VIC
wanted the story. We had to stick
and stick VIC did But after
had argued with our Cdiio"
about 2 cloHnin" hill. ~" too &"
'ong. sad wilk to ponder The 90
cupationa hazards Of doglcporf
>rs and turkcy.birds.
s. s. $;
Now the Turk wears a fCZ
and Fcz is the capital of Morocco
50 what the deuce. Let's forget
t and go fishing!
We mentioned that the inside
pages Of a newspaper produce
he classical best. Here's one fo'
the Navy guys. From an insid'
page Of the Greensboro Dali;
News. we CLEAN the folloW!n,
headline land no pun intcndcdD -
"Loaksvillc Lions TO install
Head" In anywhere but Lea;
vile, folks no.
The Lions are a going and
growing concern, all right, ant
they do lot of good. AS ono
newspaper man expressed it.
Let off a shotgun anywhere III
Carolina, and you'll get a Lion"
But for the charity work 10
the blind that they do, to on
own odd slant however. the moro
the merrier. Their cause is very
all right. We like the nam" OF
their organization whip; he's III;
Tail Twister.
Lions 1.-THE smelly kind) and
Lcaksville stir up dim ole
memory. 1t happcnd back whrh
the Oprey House was still a vi
lage shrine and kids from ia.
and wide on a Saturday niGh;
would all barge in to see the 70
dee-ville. Your Queer Duck va.
also there. The piece.de-EIoovcl
act was billed as that OF man
eating lions in riproarin" 'nn
Of potential death to the mar
who cracked the whip.
Across the front of the stage
was a net to keep these bcaslics.
off the audience. The orchr>tra
blared--the curtain went up
and hell cut loose in Georgia.
1t was all quite right but fo>
one fool thing: the cats, them
selves, were the sleepiest Ole
iopes that ever escaped a dog
food plant. One of EN- Walkct
over and peercd down at III.
piano player who was sitting Il
he pit just underneath. He ttna.
S, the lon) must nave cate.
he wrong hobo that night DO
cause all of a sudden he "
chucked over the piano-playcr
unsuspecting coconut. In tact, ii,
sprayed him plenty
This poor wight got up and
wiped around as best he could
and then announced that "thG
ab-jab lion show could 60 poun;
salt" He, for one, was heading
but fast-for the cool and cleans
ing tides of the village Watetll!
trough.
That ended vo-dee-ville fov thu
evenin', and the flicker came o.
with Pearl White. Folks kind
sauntered out, though; they
diln't like the perfumed air. Il
smelt too much like a certain
senatorial campaign that VIC ca!
think OF.
We'll 1iOnc nON 6icnoSn1 Of