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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1957 THE NEWBERRY SUN PAGE THREE RAIL KITTY CLOTHES By Lonnie E. Legge ' •cres of mountain land with a alee cottage and out-buildings. HI, as he was known locally, was • ladies man, who farmed his rocky hills and acted as guide to hunting parties of city slickers. One beautiful day in April, a big car drove up to his gate and honked the horn. Hi, taking his usual slow time, walked down to the gate, wondering if this was a late hunter. There was only one person in the car, who got out at his approach, wearing an outfit that almost made Hi laugh out right High top boots, tan leather rid ing britches, black leather coat, green silk shirt topped off with a forest green hat with a red feather. He spoke and added, "I am Alwin O. Benedict and wish to hire a guide to explore the fauna and flora of this region, which I know all about from my books, but I Wish to photograph them in their oatural habitat" "Alright** drawled Hi. ••dollar •n hour and I’m ready. After photographing several birds, plants and small animals, they came suddenly upon a mother skunk with four kittens trailing bar. The mother hid in the tall weeds, but the kits froze where they were. "What are they?" ex claimed Mr. Benedict "Rail kdttys," said Hi. •'Will they biter* asked Mr. Ben- •diet "Naw,” replied Ht Mr. Benedict picked up one of the kits by the scruff of the neck. It made a snuffling sound which brought the mother out the weeds stamping her feet in anger. “Holy cowl** yelled Mr. Benedict drop ping the kitten and running out erf the cloud of mist. “ I thought you said they were cats.” "They are—pole cats. What's the : difference between a pole and a rail?" Mr. Benedict stripped the new clothes off while HI went back to the house for some of his old clothes. After Mr. Benedict was dressed he paid Hi for his time and the clothes, adding a dollar tip. then left immediately for the city and a bath saying. "I’ll send you a present to remember this. Hi got a shovel and buried the fancy clothes, then in three days dug them up, and hung them on the line to air out. The next day he brushed them of dirt, the odor was already gone. Donning the fancy outfit he set out for the post office where most of the mountain girls congregated at mail time. He received a small registered box, which he took out onto the porch to open remarking. “Guess my city friend sent me a watch.” The girls gathered around to see Hi*s wonderful gift. When he raised the lid there on a bed of cotton, that reeked with lilac per fume, lay a gold plated, lipstick box cover. A cork stopper plugged the open end On one side was a label that read: “Amora Knuks #5." “Spanish,” Hi remarked knowingly. “Amora, I think means "Darling” and I guess “Kunks” means perfume." Another label on the container read:: “Caution do not remove stopper." "Well, I don't see why not, it’s all leaked out anyway,” said Hi disgustedly as he twisted th» stopper. Suddenly his hands and clothes were soaked with skunk scent that dripped from a minute hole in the bottom of the container which had been sealed with a pin fastened to the cork. He threw the vial from him with an oath as the girls scattered screaming and holding their noses. Hi reading the label again as it lay upside down noticed it was written backwards and should read. “Skunk Aroma #5.” He rushed home and buried the clothes again. Oddly enough, he was unable to wear them in public again as the very sight of them sent people into a panic. TURK CHIEF . . . Premier Adnan Menderes speaks to crowd in Istanbul after re-election by large majority. HOME FOR BLIND . . . Born blind, 4-year-old Petraglia triplets Stephen, Gail and Donna break ground for new home in Bronx, N, Y., as dad and mother assist. Materials and labor will be free. '“Now nv»ybe John will believe me when I tell him a r,cw car, financed by Purcells would save us money.” Come to think of it, why wait to tell John. Fll start looking around for that new car myself. J'urcelld "Your Private Bankers** 1418 Main St. Newberry SURVIVES BOMBS . . Indonesia’s Pres. Soekarno (left) escaped injury when assassins hurled 4 grenades at him in Jakarta, killing 5 schoolchildren and wounding many others. Moslem lead ers oppose Soekarno’s move to p?it Communists on national council. i< « » , — * ’ * * a *ri<»rce Dy uonvalr-Astr mantle. Atlas intercontinental hal- ^uri™ ^Iards. m0T ' d ^ DleK ° 40 , * unchl ”* «“« 1” on tabular trailer protected by REFUGEE SHELTER and sorting-out center for would have been much higher were it not for ?asualties in the McNeese College gym at Lake heroic action by doctors in the disaster zone, and Charles, La., was crowded by homeless Hurricane a 200-bed civil defense emergency hospital set up Audrey survivors from the Cameron area. The on the spot in isolated, sparsely settled Creole, La. iisaster caused at least 518 deaths, but the toll (Lake Charles, La., American-Prese Photo) I REMEMBER” BY THE DID TIMERS From Jessamine Bur gum, Ar thur, North Dakota: I remember seeing Sitting Bull, the Sioux Chieftain, riding in a parade cele brating the Fourth of July, 1889, at Bismarck, North Dakota. The “Constitutional Convention” met to celebrate North Dakota (then a territory) entering (with 3 other States) the Union. This great parade was a mile long, with military bands, calvary- men riding on their splendid horses, marching infantry in Navy Blue, bands of Indians in war re galia. Last of all was 44 young girls, age 8 to 16, riding horse back on side saddles, wearing long, red and white riding skirts, blue jackets With white stars and blue jockey caps. I was one of the girls representing my father’s na tive State of Kentucky. The May or of Bismarck ordered the bands to play softly, in fear of causing a runaway of the girls horses. After we dismounted, the bands blared, and loudly played the stir ring music of the Civil War. The Indians had been invited to attend and join in the parade from their reservation at Standing Rock (Sioux Nation) and they came and camped near the Camp Hancock site where the military troops were camped. These were the days before gasoline was invented and in 1889, all travel away from the railroad was by horseback buggy, wagon road or stages. i HALF-PAST TEEN * WHICH ONE HAS THE MOW GAS IU THE TAMK?" Enjoy rho FLORIDA vocation you’vo wonted but \ couldn't afford I FLORIDA’S GLAMOUROUS ^<s a- *■:> s i'.V' -vVjt. ..f.*... 7 wonderful DAYS-6 romantic NIGHTS Summor-Fell Ratos pot tli ft) person, double occupancy. FREE | yAHsW April 16fl« Hirw Docembar 15th EXCITING EXTRAS \ • Beach Cabanas at J Swimming la tha turquoise waters of the sparkling Sarasota Beach ^ Gulf of Mexico . . Golfing on tha world-famed • Horn's Cars of Yes terday ^ • Circus Hall of Foma # Hotel Swimming Pool ! i • Yachting if '• t • > jFBiMSStL Bobby Jonas course . . . Relaxing amid palm trees and sweetly scanted masses of flaming tropic flowers . . . Dancing and romancing — that's your Millionaire's vacation at tha celebrity-filled naw Sarasota Terraco Hotel! Yet aR this fabulaas luxury will cost you us LITTLI us $24.00! So _ don't wait another minute for reservations! • Water tour to Sun shine Springs with 4 I SEE YOUR LOCAL TRAVEL AGENT FIRST. ■mJI NEW SARASOTA TERRACE HOTEL P. O. BOX 1720 — SARASOTA, FLORIDA — TEL. RINGLING — 6-4111 BY LYN CONNELLY R obert Montgomery is planning another show in the drapaa category . . . Michael An- sara, “Cochise” on “Broken Ar row,” also is cast as an Apache in “Quantez," feature movie just being released by U-I . . . An- sara plays a “heavy" to Stars Fred MacMurray and Dorothy Ma lone . . . Yvonne DeCarlo is the latest movie and TV name to latch onto the recording bit . . . Play house 90 wants to do Eddie Can tor’s life story ... If they do, he will play himself . . . Montgomery Clift is scheduled to make his tele vision debut on Dean Martin’s show February 5th. Critics believe “You Are There’s" re-enactment of the Chicago fire may well become one of TV’s clas sics . . . Zsa Zsa Gabor, the glam our gal, may emcee an all-woman variety show for one of the nets (oh, no!) . . . Writers are claim ing that Russia has taken the fic tion out of their science fiction TV scripts! Pat Boone has pocketed $600,000 for his TV and movie stints in 1937, which is pretty nice pocketing for a young man still in college . . . CBS-TV here is still trying to work out a suitable TV format to bring Marie Wilson back to the home screens. PLATTER CHATTER MERCURY:—The beautiful bal lad “Sayonara" is done with sim plicity and warmth by Miyoshl Umeki, popular Japanese singer who makes an impressive debut on this label . . . Flip side has "Be Sweet Tonight" which points up her versatility . . . Handsome vio linist Florlan Zabach comes up with two good sides in "Two Tick ets to Guantanamo" and "Run away Romance" ... Red ‘Buttons combines talents with pert Miyoshi Umeki with “OOh, What Good Company We could Be" backed by “The Mountains Beyond the Moon" . . . Nice to hear from Red again. WARNS OF RED MISSILES . . . Dr. Edward Teller, father of H-bomb, tells U. S. Senate Rus sia could launch rocket attack on our cities. BACHELOR QUEEN . . . Fea tured actress Dianna Millay of Rye, N. Y., was crowned "Bach elor Queen of 1958" by 5,000 members of Bachelor Society of America. THE BAFFLES By Mahoney I