Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1960-07-13
Carers
Column
Bs-W. Horace Carter

RAIN: As we have said before, is a good thing
humans cannot decide when should
should have fair weather While prospective picnic
would be asking for clear skies the who crops
suffering from drought asking rain. We had
typical example of that Heavy
pL too much water on the OF sections The real
ovpour Wednesday Thursday was excessive for some
fields OF tobacco But it right Wednesday
we mad set out portion Of yard centepede grass
srgS were lust fine for tina, sly
Cling But the that grass in
the garden too Matter Of fact the grass
i'll the garden. We only hope in the yard
SIGNS OF GROWING OLD Do you remember when
open wells with post or two standing
nearby with tin cups hanging pot beied stoves
~ most churches had tor heating in the n
Mr there only through open windows for mir
conditioning and the hand were a popular item The
sound OF whiperg children who attended par
those days common noise And was not unusual
10 see parent leave the with child in hand
or III arm walk outside and then
even louder noise the was not spared Corn
stockings and wheat furnishings neighbor helped neigh
Dor ana The capped off each day with huge all
iao iaoored hard and long Carrying load OF
gun OH wagon MarVelng at the the
liked INTO the machinery and hoping didn't the small
BOY with Visiting the neigbbor who had tho frs,
radio set Even with the phones the reception was Door
out was weekly treat to hearmos Andy of old and
hen little later Lum Abner Learning TO swim in
he creeks and pond and what first time you really
'taFeo OH the bottom for Running out
side the house looking with amazcmen =, nm ,rnIan
WilZ|iig by at what seemed i fantastic speed When the
o OF July was really big holiday just about every
body taking off for day . When Won ca,1sbt y h;g
ng OF stump bumpers nearest creek 1--WE called tbcn1
stone o'ters IN our secon) brought home dressed
them and fried Many times thev were 60 small th
looked like fried oysters were really good Having
"y choe OF bringing in the split for the kitchen
WV" Hno'e OF craving the morning night
me Ola kltcfei stove with the
Foir The old FordSo with the handcrank tha,
broke many when she ..kicked" AhnI,, EN- ,
"S were ChevroetS and FordS were no pckun
''"NhH saw milling done n the woods and vo,
@dnt haul the logs surfaced roads t the mill '
ing for the oil lamp you came in after dark and
mad 10 light the lamp the coming of the cas- Lawn
'' really III up
"'' ou Deico engines that provided
u some times these batteries were so weak the Iisht w
H''e more than tightening bug Schools ,b,, - -
" J'St SIX months and were SO bad tina
S weather Kept about half students from, papg 10
"e SCHoo'houSe Not many teachers had care and
OUT with families the community Room and nod
Tor $1,000 and $40 90 tJomar,,aa -. ~ ooHia
ENJOYABLE Sunday treat Chickens came on the hoS
y,. , ,;, gag a' tie grocery store trip to town
was d Speclai event the family cu,.r;..
III 'he absence of money you could hunt the
t"ocS ana cartridges FISHING dono
' ' pak win worms and CricketS hadn't d.oo,a-
-, NEITHER had the artificial bugs flies and mice
'NN !"u got ana green turned cbau,
VI too"ceo or smoked cigarette Huntipg tor -;
W rs around Easter and hoping have some of those baS
'e" csES l" challenge playmates with rhos. orc ,hi
remember How about youp = e -''@"e 'ie "htsS