Don’t put all your eggs in one omelet…recipes from the collection.

French Omelet - Cook Book

French Omelet from Cook book.

Oven omelet - The Charlotte Cookbook

Oven Omelet from The Charlotte cookbook.

Spinach Mushroom Omelet - Pass the Plate

Spinach Mushroom Omelet from Pass the plate : the collection from Christ Church.

Shrimp Omelet-Tarheels Cooking for Ronald's Kids

Shrimp Omelet from Tarheels cooking for Ronald’s kids.

Omelette au Natural - Waldensian Cookery

Omelet au Natural (Plain Omelet) from Waldensian cookery.

Western Omelet - What's Cook'n at Biltmore

Western Omelet from What’s cook’n at Biltmore.

cheese zucchini omelet - What's Left is Right

Cheese Zucchini Omelet from What’s left is right : what to do with leftovers when you’re desperate.

Corned beef omelet - Soup to Nuts

Corned Beef Omelet from Soup to nuts : a cook book of recipes contributed by housewives and husbands of Alamance County and other sections of state and country.

 

Believe it: He’s grandson of Civil War veteran

“Ringgold, Ga., has a mayor who’s one generation removed from the Civil War.

“Joe Barger’s grandfather — that’s right, his grandfather — Jacob A. Barger served as a private for the South in North Carolina’s infantry. Mayor Barger grew up in Salisbury, N.C., about 35 miles north of Charlotte.

” ‘He was born in 1833,’ Barger said. ‘So it’s 96 years’ difference between when he was born, and I was born.’

“The births were spaced that way because both Barger’s grandfather and father married younger women after their first wives died.

“Being the grandson of a Civil War soldier is so unusual, the 84-year-old mayor said, that when he tells people about it, ‘I don’t think they believe me.’ ”

— From “Civil War scion: Ringgold mayor is living history….” by Tim Omarzu in the Chattanooga Times Free Press (June 28)