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l'lV 6]a4a/Iife Shrul
An Ozork Monologue
"Yes, sir, rvhen I left home and started out to find rnyself a job my dad said to me, he said, 'Son, don't go roamin' rotrnd; stay home, get yourself a passel of mountain land, alrvays get your seed corn back, never fail to attend the annual foot-washin' on the second Tuesday in May, vote the Democratic ticket straight in the fall-an' you'll live long and prosper.'
"But I started out, anyway. Pretty soon I come by a mountain cabin an' I_ seen a.woman sweeping off the rough hewn floor. I stopped an' said, Mornin', mam.'An' she sa-id ']\4ornin' stranger.' An' I said 'Mam, I see you been havin' a fish fry here.' She said 'No, yer worng', stranger. We ain't had no fish fry here. I-eastways not fer a long time. Them ain't fish scales yer lookin' at. Them's toe-n1ils. rfrre bin havin' a square dance'".
Nopo Builders Supply Sold in $2OO0OO Deol
_ l'I?p* Builders Supply Co., 259O Jefferson Street, Napa, California, was sold to George Altamura and members of his family for a figure in excess of $200,000 on April 9. The seller rvas Mrs. Elizabeth Harrington who has or,r'ned the yard for the past 20 years. The sale included three acres of land, all buildings, inventory and equipment.
Altamura otvns Alta Cleaners at 2556 Jefferson Street and will be in partnership with a cousin, Peter NIontana, of Southern California, and other relatives. The new owners took possession of the business April 20, and, Ed Boni rvill con.tinue as manager of the operation.