I wanted to tell y'all about something that happened down at the Social Needs Office which is three doors down from the hardware store. Mildred Swarms is the lady down there who says who gets help and who don't. Her and Frances McGruder, a good Baptist, was discussing the Christmas gift collection for the needy. Mildred is a Methodist.
About that time this woman from out in the country come in. She had a stomach that stuck out like a big knot on a little log. I don't know the woman's name, the one that was with child, but Frances told me all about it. Well, this mother-to-be was looking for money to help to get her through her expecting time. Mildred, trying to find out if she could get help from other sources, asked her who the father was. And the expectant mother said, "It ain't got no father". Well, Frances said Mildred jumped up, knocked her chair over, and pushed pass them on her way to the front window. The young woman asked what was wrong and Mildred said she was just looking for the star, and the shepherd, and the wise men. She said she was particularly excited because this was the second time this had happened. You can't push too much past Mildred.
Tomorrow: More Goings-on Around Harper
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