News: Last Thursday there was more excitement in Harper than we are used to. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Felix Monroe was rolled with toilet paper. That's a thing usually done by teenagers where they take rolls of toilet paper and throw them high into trees. Lucky for the Monroes and not so good for the teens, Mrs. Mildred Sojoiner lives across the street. Mildred is well known to the local authorities for bringing to their attention situations of crime, both felony and misdemeanor. Thursday night she not only witnessed the vandalism but with the aid of her field glasses she was able to see the license tags of all three cars driven by the culprits. Sheriff Mendale Wylie turned the matter over to the parents of the children and they planned a cleanup of the Monroe property for Saturday. One of the teenagers, who will go nameless because of age, got the bright idea to try to burn the toilet paper from the trees to avoid a day of hard labor. He and some friends purchased BIC lighters at the Toot and Tell It Store on Harper Lake Drive. The Friday night blaze was spectacular according to various eyewitnesses. Mrs. Sojoiner saw the action before the flames reached the first low-lying limb and notified the Harper Volunteer Firemen, all of whom were on her speed call. By the time the volunteers arrived Mr. Monroe had extinguished the flames with his garden hose. Saturday cleanup went off as planned except Mr. Monroe provide a list of yard chores he was planning to do over the next few weeks. The group got them all done before sunset.
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