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I., Aug. 11. 1951resituated byitener of the Club, stersme ofil forrgan-ortantjroup.has t the Vhite-ex-iy not e for been hand, serva-iidatefolks .11 the£ the r, one stateago, North at, inled tin eating milk nation beenby a alertwarded r fur-rymen iiately orting i withrs ofjgister ent of chief i clear ? sureh and t doesrill be cifica-x banbackopeantheirsxportof ther sell unlesss, andut ex. Hat is ation-other snciesitim-3s of io nothomeicyondwholehabili-I eco-BAILEY, N. C--At this season of the year our town be-r . • * * 9.comes in reality a rural town, as it begins to stir with the hy he *irsfc streaks of dawn, heeding press- the crowing of the rooster's callvigor- to/awaken.folks. It's tobacco barning time, one 3 Sta- of the busiest seasons, of thesd in year. Horns begin to honk ear-uation ly at doors as trucks or autofirm mobiles roll up to pick up promised help for the day. If help is short, sometimes competitive prices are offered to entice labor to roll into the truck promising the extra nickel per hour. Pew believe themselves too oldto have a part in the barning andand none thinks he's too young — to hand tobacco at least. It's the one time of the year that nearly everyone, seeing an opportunity to make some extra money, engages himself out to some farmer for a certain day of every week. For the boy, white or black, who can wheedle himself into the job of driving the truck he's king and for all youngsters it means money tobuy all the ice-cream, buns, candy, chewing gum they can eat and go to the show more than once a week.The merchants of the town are astir too, opening up their business early for the convenience of the farmer who rushes in to buy twine or to get some extra groceries to help feed the bam labor or buy drinks that all will be clamoring for later during the day. By seven o'clock the hustle and bustle begins to subside, and from then until seven in the evening the town along main street takes on the appearance of a ghost town. Pew cars are parked along the street; few customers show up; only one or two' members of the various firms stay on hand to greet the salesmen dropping by or the stray customer.During the six or seven rush weeks, the business activity of the town is, generally speaking, a complete reversal of that of the remainder of the year. Those firms whose business hasbeen more or less dull up until now suddenly begin thriving while the general stores take a back seat. Drink sales soar, for the hot weather and hard work produce a thirst and hunger that water and food alone will not satisfy. At least once during the morning hours and ;again ih the afternoon all bam help stop for a Pepsi or Royal Crown and nabs.If theee drinks haven't been pro-jorothyuDear Dorothy Dix: My husband and I have been married only a few years and have.one child. We love each other very much, but my husband wants to belong to civicassociations and other dubs and I never could become interested insuch things. Consequently he goes out evenings and I stay with thebaby, as I don't feel right havingsomeone else sit with her.If my husband is late gettinghome I'm worried to death for fearsomething hashappenedto him. Ihave met some .of his friends but Ican't bear it when they/ laugh and Joke with him. Perhaps I am a little jealous but it hurts to have him so gay with others and so quiet when with me. -SARAHAnswer: ecu have a very bad case of martyr complex, and unless you take hold of yourself quickly, you'll soon turn into that worse of all possible wives-**•:;* nagging shrew! There's no reason in the world why you can't engage a com. petent sitter to stay with the baby so you can get out with your husband once a week, anyway, I thinkyou enjoy sitting home feeling sorry for yourself. ,YOU SHOULD JOIN HIMMan is a gregarious animal; he likes peoples and fun; If simple pleasures are denied him at home, he's gonig to seek them elsewhere. There is certainly nothing wrong in the type of club or organization he frequents: in fact, they are for civic and national betterment and it would do you good to get into such work and find out what goes on in the* world.When your child enters school, affiliate yourself with the parent* teacher organizations. You need them and they need you. If you learn to laugh a little with your husband, you'll soon lose the jealousy over seeing someone else do it.Dear MilRalph, has a lot of prlt;talking abostantly flgt up once, b again very for good a get along hAnswer: dissension:of the prewouldn't alt; hastily. On of,' filie wlt; these girls about it, » them into you can be feels. A begirl, you k laws of m second to 1 vation.## lt;be ar Mis my elassre much and ter. Howe teasing anlt; such anextests me. 3five, and a classmates done hothijfor his behiAnswer: the ways o: let you in cenilng the the trouble they like hi they insist lt;feelings wiis sometihrbut they do Your cue back. Don't and don't h Be a goodand you meLookingHoBY HEDDA HOPPER Flynn stayiHOLLYWOOD — Yvonne De Car- five shows.lo, whose picture “Scheherazade because hewas very popular in Israel, will be up in Bernthe first motion picture star to week in Tcmake a personal appearance in in Honolulu that country by request of the gov* between Saemment. She'll visit four cities, Tahoe, among them Tel Aviv and Jerussu lem. . . .Doug Fairbanks, home FREE Flt;from England, where he made nick's part; “Another Man’s Poison with Bet- town. Pat : te Davis and Gary Merrill, says Someone in he never knew two people more her into the cooperative than his stars. “Bette's Cotton wet acting was so exciting, he said, was pushed “that I used to run her daily rusher new suit , hi three and four times. to Europe.tried to helRELAY: It looks as tho Frank found himsi Sinatra, by his quick tempered trip pool. Thbre to Mexico with Ava Gardner, has hovering at delayed, rather than hastened, his same place ,, —^ - - . -, divorce. Thd lawyers had agreed Sr. pushed*vided earlier, someone is desig- that if he paid his promised settle-nated to hurry away tothe near- ment to Nancy, he could get a dt* RODGERest store for a supply. Then for a VOrce in Reno. Nev., when he went STEIN, the[ not few minutes all labor ceases ana there for a nightclub engagement. Leland Haj t, but a bit of a picnic follows. Now this trip has thrown a mon- Zand in Octjs to Beauty parlors find them- ^ey wrench into that plan Nancy’s opening* in 1a few selves booking pore perman- ^appy because of its effect on Rudolph Biounty ents — a £osul^_of , their children, who read the pa* grab Bobed in on hand. The theater deciaes this pers # jUdo Duray, the town con- Krakeur wiastra- is the opportune time to raise me sta^e Crockett, CaL, reportedly the star rolat a (Pr.^_e on tickets, ^ knowing that has gone Hollywood. He is said to Peggy Mallt;hi with money in one s pocket a per-1 ^trAn5 son isn't too proAnf-rv the extra cost. Theesuy.j,_A ^ and ice crea;, RT. CV ^--- •ly at with nrnnpP^^ b^ude have ven up P°8iton, wife, ‘‘Have beeirthat p of chi*d, and rose covered cottage for Saw the Ll(• *“ “‘L»;Cort. The cafe s sales of ]ong term contract Columbla. ttc_ Dav ,s ail kpt dogs, niates be in Judy Holliday's next were there“*'• reltere piotur =. Ta. Mairylns Etna. lun and tothe wife of prepa|ring a meal lor ----- tirwn ftrkt* Norman8* «S5?8SL??S?». 533^rhe hamin^r ■ of the black- of Betty Hutton, will start building smith shop % he ardv as broken a doll's house for her daughters indown trucks;ftre brbiisrht in/for the garden of his home. Betty isrepair.1 Oil dealeti find their tele- putting her Brentwood home up for {)— phones ringing constantly, ure- sale, . .Marjorie Reynolds, back steeh ing that the oil trucks get oil to from Japan and Korea with Jack band the barbs before the last drop Benny's troupe says if actors,r di- is gone: knew how much the boys over therelelty. Between twelve and one o'- need entertainment, they wouldn't,i in clock the bank has its rush hour, have to be asked to go; they’d vol ever- as customers dash in, dropping unteer. They talked to youngsters Nov. sometimes into an already in a Tokyo hospital — one had bothilaint formed toe, to get to the win- iegs shot off — who had caughtusto- dow for cash in ready change to their ^how in Korea two days be ricia pay the “hands at the close of Majorie was lost in a heli-the day. Anyone unable to get to copter over enemy lines. . .Errolwas the bank before it closes reliesher on the general stores for the ^ » i fsttle- needed cash. \^OnOQQf U. 0.idged Few indeed are the homes that f| a .In- from one member to the entire fjp Q|/ Shortagefund family aren’t working In tobacco. _f . ,From Iran s Fieldstased off so that they can supplement WASHINGTON la-The oU short-r for their salary .Everything is sacrific- age ^ Europe caused by the break ed cither for the saying of the to* in Iranian production is beingttitrvbacck) or for the extra dollar to be had. Gardens grow up in weeds,the gathering of the vegetables ispostponed, lawns go uncut, flower plots become seedy.Near the end of the tobacco barn-ing, as it is now getting to be, the strain and rush and loss of sleep and rest begin to tell on or.e. Nervesbecome frayed; faces have a tired, haggard look; steps aren't as brisk. Yet there’s the lighter side too. A good time is had by all around the barns. Laughter and jokes and neighborhood news give the light touch to the day’s work. Here, as in no other activity, work and furi combine.In order that the world of tobacco be not “too much with us, late and soon, everyone seeks a bit of recreation at the end of the day — if he isn’t too tired to do anything other than fall in bed. For the young people it is mainly a movie. The men gather down town at night or at a near-by country store and discuss their tobacco barning experiences: cost of barning per stick, lack of help, high labor cost, prospective prices. This year teh main topic of conversation is the black shank and what to do about it next year.Carnivals begin rolling through the tobacco area at this season toe, in order that they may “rake in on the ready cash. One has recently been to our town. There's something about the bright lights, the music of the merry-go-round, the turning .of the Ferris wheel, the lure of the fortune telling booth, the excitement of bingo, or the fascination of the lottery games that makes its appeal, that drawsthe crowd—young and old. The youngsters go for the rides, the youth for the excitement, the older people for the associations. For all, it furnishes an excuse to go somewhere, to mix and mingle with the crowd, and all from grandchild to grand parent are seen at thecarnival grounds during the week 1£;0ade up out of supplies on hand in the United State and Canada.A statement yesterday by Bruce K. Brown, deputy petroleum administrator, said a number of UJ5. oil companies are making arrangements to increase Middle East and Caribbean crude oil production by about 230,000 barrels a day.Additionally, he said, under a pooling agreement reached since a squabble over nationalization halted shipments from Iran, about 200,-000 barrels a day of Middle East crude oil which normally goes to the U.S. and Canada is being sent to Europe. »Search For (4)For ConvictIs Finally EndedRALEIGH (A5)— The Prison Department today reported the end of a ‘long, cross-country search for an escaped convict.It said the FBI and the Pennsylvania State Police had captured Kenneth Lorey of Lumberton who fled from the Moore County prison camp nearly a year ago.During the year the fugitive had been reported in Illinois, and he was finally caught near Scranton, Pa., working in a resort camp.There have been eight million-dollar gates in professional boxing.hour or so and chat with friends.Already any empty rooms or buildings throughout the town are being rented for grading space, and in some instances the graders have moved in and gone to work. Another phase of tobacco farming is beginning that will increase as the tobacco margets in surrounding towns open.As tobacco goes, so goes our own, rising and falling as tbe
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Rocky Mount Evening Telegram
Rocky Mount, North Carolina, US
Sat, Aug 11, 1951
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