November 2, 1949 Wild geese came over Thomasville last week and people started buying new joints of stovepipe and airing out their long drawers. The geese were right, as usual, because yesterday the mercury was making passes at the 32-degree mark. People, somehow, seem to look better dressed in the winter, and I could have sworn some of my friends had on new suits had it not been for the strong odor of moth balls. One of the local merchants took advantage of the cold snap to bring me an electric blanket, which he asked me to try out for...

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