Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-08-29

COUNTRYSIDE
BY PHILLIPS HARRISON

BY PHILLIPS HARRISON
The nation has successfully
weathered another round Of
political conventions. 1t seems
that Mr.. Truman and Mr.. Stas-
sen were unfortunate and that
the COP convention turned out
to be a testimonial to Mr.. Nix
on.
A home was found for q
mental patient on a large farm.
Things went fine until one
bright day the patient showed
up at the institution. What
was wrong?", questioned the
superintendent" Weren't you
treated right" Yes, every
thing was fine, good food, a
nice bed, and the folks were
kindness itself. But they put
me to thinning forty acres of
corn" The superintendent
thought this over and said"
Well l can't see anything
wrong in that. Thinning corn
can't be such a hard job" "Oh,
it wasn't the job itself that was
driving me to collapse" said
the patient" 1T was those
hundreds of decisions to be
made in each row, which stalks
to cut which stalks to leave"
at was enough to give anyone
a nervous breakdown
An interesting way to pass
the time away while on the
road is to see how many diff
ferent license plates can be
spotted. Last week / spotted
one from Alaska, several Can
adian plates, and one pair of
newlywedS from Indiana. !
knew they were newlyweds
because il was a bliStering hot
day and they were sitting al
most in each Others laps. Then
there was one from the Orient,
Japan / believe, and several
from Western part of the ma
ton. Try it sometime.
Pvt. Butler entered the army
a fifteen day furlough with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Tober
Butler of Route !, Clarendon.
Pv.. Butler entered the admy
in June 1856 and underwent
basic training at Fort Knox,
Kentucky He will report in at
Fort Bragg for entrance in
Jump" school, with a para
troop outfit. If l remember
correctly Mr.. Butler is a grad
uate of Williams Township
High School of last spring.
Jimmy Buffkin. sixteen year
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Eddie
Buffkin, OF Route 3, Tabor
City, IS reported improving at
Community Hospital, LoriS.
Jimmy suffered serious burns
recently and has been IN
serious conditions.
Mrs. Victor Fraley and chill
drcn. Stevie, Pam, and. Gave,
Of Florence, s. c. Vacatiuncd
with Mrs. Fralcy'S parents. Mr..
and Mrs. S. L. Gore. of Route
!, Clarendon last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tony Hcdgpcth
OF Fayetteville visited with
Mrs. Hedgepcth'S parents, Mr..
and Mrs. r. l.. Powell OF Route
l, Chadbourn, last week.
Folks are getting along with
the stalk cutting these days and
the end of the 1856 tobacco
crop can be seen. Some few
have also finished with the
marketing end. or course these
latter are few and far between.
l thought ] was familiar
with every crop grown in this
area until l saw something last
week. / will be forced to 20
back and inquire some day
soon.
The county has really been
doused with some heavy rains
in recent days. The Spring
Branch area showed more sign
of heavy rainfall if road wash
outs, etc. can be relied on. The
ground was getting dry so
suppose nothing is harmed.
With this issue we welcome
as new SubsCribcrs-Ruth Dun
can, Roberta Gore. Casper
Ganus. Joe G.. Ncaly. Dclmas
Hcwctt. Carl c. Prince. Hubert
Milbourne, Carl Wright. Rob-
crt Wright, and, s. c. Bur-
roughs. Thank you a lot and
may you enjoy the Tribune.