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A4 THE CHOWAN HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2019 Massage about more than alleviating muscle pain Massage therapist can help with other issues BY HARRIET CLIFFORD For the Chowan Herald Many think of easing muscle aches and pains and mental stress when they hear the word “mas sage.” But so much more can be addressed. Some modalities (styles) may also only engage certain body physiology systems, for instance. Lymphatics massage, for example, addresses the (excess) fluids within and surrounding the cells. The strokes used to achieve this are very dif ferent than what’s used for deep muscle or straight relaxation. That’s why I like to say “therapeutic” before massage and body- work. It’s a therapy to help body, mind plus the soul. The term bodywork does have a deeper mean ing than a simple muscle massage. The first part, “body” means just that. Other areas of the body (that can be addressed) besides or in addition to the muscular system. There’s the connective tis sue, for example (myofas cial release is good here), and the tendons and liga ments, as well as intersti tial fluid (cellular fluid). Or the circulatory system (our blood flow), for BENNION another example, which is the pri mary system ad dressed with a Swedish mas sage. Or even our emotions, such as grief and sadness, can be touched upon. And “work” means just that. It’s a method or process used that “manipulates” or rather assists the body. So this does cover a wide base, wider than just “pressure” or “release” of muscle knots or letting go of stress induced thoughts. This is because of the many “tools” (learned techniques) that may be needed to address a particu lar body system to achieve the wished for result. The other thing to note is that the whole person is looked at versus just easing a knot in a quad or shoulder. Many think that just “rubbing” a shoulder where it hurts will ease the (let’s say) tension they are feeling. But a quick thirty minutes may not re ally work. Or just one sixty minute session once in a blue moon (are there any blue moon — even?) to fix all may actually just be a band aide. Another area or body system may need to be addressed to get the wished for result which is why getting a larger picture is more ef fective. The “body” is quite intricate! Bennion’s practice is mobile, traveling from Nags Head, Duck, Corolla and Hatteras and recently expanding to include Eliz abeth City, Hertford, Edenton and Columbia. And also largely a female practice (with the fellas by referral — sorry guys!) She is a graduate of the North Carolina School of Massage and Bodywork Therapy School, Car rboro, 1995. Among the many continuing edu cation courses taken over these past few decades, the most pronounced techniques Bennion uses are Russian Medical Mas sage, Structural Balanc ing, Polarity Therapy, Re flexology and Myofascial Release. And she became state licensed when that came into effect in 2000; LMBT #2311. So much therapy is available at the tips of her fingers to you, ladies! For information, visit the website https://thera- peutic-bodywork-and- massage-by-pamela.busi- ness.site/ , or send a text to252-423-0393, or email therapeuticbodyworkby- pamelaann@gmail.com. INGLIS Continued from Al Asked as to why Inglis prefers the 11 o’clock ser vice to the 8 a.m. Mass, she said, “I like the fulsome ness of the music.” Since religious roots run deep within Inglis’ family, our conversation turned to the ministry. Though Inglis said she considered a ca reer path involving a reli gious education, that was not to be. “I loved the academics, but I just did not feel com fortable going ahead with that plan right then,” she said. And then there were the times — women were not allowed to be ordained as Episcopal priests until the late 1970s. “Mama might have be come an Episcopal minis ter if they were ordaining women then, but that wasn’t an option,” Susan Inglis said. After graduating UNC Chapel Hill in 1952 with a degree in English litera ture, Inglis took some time off and traveled Europe, where she would meet her husband Ross. She shared a story about how they met on a train in Spain in 1953. “We were both going to Seville in the south of Spain for Holy Week when I met Ross,” she said. “No, it was not love at first sight, but we got along right from the beginning. We able to talk and enjoyed each other’s company.” Inglis described her hus band as “very handsome, blonde, but shorter than me.” The couple was mar ried 52 years and raised three children: Susan, Robert and Frederick. Mitchener recalled that his father John and Ross talked often when the Mitchener family owned a drug store on South Broad Street. He recalled Ross’ Scottish heritage and how his talents as a mechanical engineer led to a prosper-, ous and successful busi ness career. “Ross was- influential in many ways — as an out sider, he was able to cross bridges and able to bring folks into conversation a bit quicker than someone who is not similarly situ ated,” he said. According to Ross’ obit uary published in 2006 within the Daily Advance. “Mr. Inglis had lived in Edenton since 1956 and was an articulate admirer of this country but re mained a British Subject until December 1999, when he became an Ameri can citizen. He was edu cated at St. Alban’s College in Buenos Aires and at Southall College in Lon don. The retired president of Edenton Construction Company Inc., he had si multaneously been associ ated first with M.G. Brown Company as vice president and then with Edenton Cotton Mill as secretary. Among his many and wide- ranging interests was ar chitectural preservation. His company restored per haps two dozen important early buildings in the area. Mr. Inglis had a pivotal and ongoing interest in the restoration of the 1767 Chowan County Courthouse.” As to the 1767 Court house, Inglis shared a story about a conversation Ross had with someone from the state about the prop erty’s true owner. “The man said to him, ‘What makes you think Chowan County owns the courthouse?’” she said. “Turns out, that court- house was built by the Bri tish before the Revolution when North Carolina was still a colony. After the Revolution, the property went to the state — the land that the British had owned — so it was not county property.” Civil rights Edenton was at the van- guard of the civil rights movement in the 1960s, so much so that Martin Luther King Jr. visited the town in December 1962, where he spoke at the Ar mory on North Broad Street. King was a close asso ciate of Golden Frinks, whose home on Peterson Street is poised to become a museum. Frinks was the guiding voice behind the Edenton Movement, a series of protests and pickets throughout the early 1960s to desegregate public loca tions in town. Frinks led the town’s young activists to participate in his deseg regation effort and made them the main participants of the movement. Their ef forts helped successfully desegregate several public locations in Edenton in cluding the courthouse, li brary and the historically white John A. Holmes High School. Nationally, the Edenton Movement put the small town on the civil rights’ radar. “I knew Golden Frinks a little, but my husband knew him much better,” Inglis said. “He worked for my husband in Edenton in construction, a carpenter. Frinks achieved a lot with civil rights. His wife, Ruth, was a teacher. He was col orful.” Mitchener and Inglis re called how divided times were then in town. His fa ther was not only mayor, but a business owner who had to navigate a way to straddle the racial divide. He recalled how his father, before welcoming King to town, had to explain to folks that he was not mayor of just one side of town, but he served every one. Inglis was among the most well-known ladies in town with a prominent husband and genealogy that can trace itself to a time when plantations dominated the landscape. As such, no can deny what Mitchener confirmed — that it was brave thing at tending King’s speech that Mitchener estimated had more than 500 people presentFishermen say wa terway moves slowly; ef fluent will just sit, make brackish water “Frances already had her ecumenical wings, if I can coin a phrase, at that moment in time. The point being that she was able to move between different portions of society in a way that few people could,” he said. Frances added, “I MILES LAYTON/CHOWAN HERALD (L-r) John Mitchener, Frances Inglis and Susan Inglis sit Friday on the Homestead porch during a recent interview. remember standing in the back of the auditorium when he spoke. He talked about the importance of black people getting equal treatment.” Inglis explained her per spective about why she at tended the speech. “I was interested. I had lived in Canada for awhile and had a little bit different perspective. My husband was British, so he certainly had a different perspec tive,” she said. “My family tradition is to be more open to all people, and I was full of curiosity. I thought it was good that he came. I wanted to be there to hear him.” From my perspective, I’ve read more than a few timeworn pages from the Chowan Herald from the late 1960s as to the battles and wars waged over inte gration. Having this as a mindset, questions arose as to how Chowan County has changed when listen ing to Mitchener and Inglis talk about the connections between various groups — how is society different? Inglis noted that while the social strata exists then as now, there has been some progress. “They are connected dif ferently because then, the connection between white people and black people was who worked for you, but now that relationship is different because of school integration and more fair ness awareness,” said Inglis, a member of the Ra cial Reconcihation group whose meeting she at tended this past Thursday. Other topics Inglis kept abreast of lo cal affairs as she was an ar dent supporter of renew able energy. She attended several county commis sion meetings and was quick to share her opinions on the matter. “We need to support al ternative energy sources,” Inglis said during a speech in May 2017 as the county commission defiberated a 120-day moratorium on so lar farms. Inglis was known for her gardening. Indeed, the gar den at the Cupola House bears her name. She was an active founder of the Wednesday Weeders, a group dedicated to making that those gardens bloom. The gardens are designed in a Colonial style and con tain heritage plants that would have grown in an 18th century garden. The Weeders lovingly tend to the three gardens — the FILE PHOTO Frances Inglis accepts good wishes from Adrian Wood, at right, and Missie Harrell, left, at a recepton marking the renaming of the historic Cupola House Garden in her honor following a special ceremony in 2013. Orchard, the Pleasure Gar den and the Herb Garden —throughout the year. And as I passed her home often en route to my family’s home on nearby Court Street, I’d see Inglis gardening in the large yard behind her house. Friday, I asked her about the hundreds of small white flowers in the grass within the front and side yard facing Colonial Drive that appear be tween late Feburary and April each year. Some of these flowers have even migrated to the Court house Green. Inglis shared a story about these flowers that are called Ipheion or perhaps more commonly, spring starflower. Inglis said long ago, per haps the 1880s, her grand mother was given six bulbs. She planted them in the yard — the rest, as they say, is history. As to history, I asked about that gigantic tree that was cut down in 2018 in her front yard. She said that after the tree’s rings were counted, it was de "Grow Edenton" Resident Survey Share Your Suggestions about Edenton's Future G'- at ^H c https: Z/www.su rveymonkey ,com/r/Y62QWDB The "Grow Edenton" Resident Survey has been developed to assist Roger Coleman in his campaign for the Edenton Town Council (At-Large). Thank you for your participation. Paid for by the Coleman for Council Team P.O. Box 1033 Edenton, NC 27932 www.ColemanforCouncil.com termined to be at least 127 years old. Inglis said she was glad that it was cut down before hurricane season. Mention of hurricanes brought to mind the ques tion about living in a house by the bay. She said most times, the water doesn’t re ally go much beyond, well, Water Street. However, Inglis said in September 2003, when Hurricane Is abel invaded Edenton, a 7- foot storm surge pushed the water into the front yard and up to the front step at Homestead. Hurri canes aside, the view of the bay while sitting in a rock ing chair on the home’s porch is amazing. “This is fabulous,” she said. “I love it — it’s beauti ful!” And then there is Inglis’ cooking, recipes of which appear in a church cook- book that is stored on the shelves at Shepard-Pruden Library. When asked about cook ing, Inglis said, “I had a hungry husband. He was ready for supper, so I had to learn to cook. I didn’t know how to cook when I first got married.” My memories of Inglis’ recipe within that cook- book are faint, but it had something to do with her ring, so I asked her about her favorite dish. That too came with a story. “In the springtime, fresh herring roe is just so joy ous,” she said. “The fish is salted and smoked is just the greatest delicacy.” As to the story, Inglis explained that many years ago, herring were commonly found in the waters around Chowan County. Edenton was well-known for harvest ing tons of herring each year, that was until the tiny fish was depleted from overfishing. These days, herring is imported rather than caught locally. Herring aside, Inglis’ fa vorite food is corn on the cob. “Corn on the cob — that is your favorite food,” Susan Inglis said. “We came in hungry from the Racial Reconciliation group’s meeting (Thurs day). All mama needed was some corn on the cob.” Last thoughts Though it was hard to wrap up the interview with Inglis on that porch over looking the bay, time was growing short. When asked about how her longevity, Inglis said, “Secret to a long life? I think it’s in the genes.” Mitchener and I asked a question about what folks should know about Eden ton that they may not al ready know. For a fleeting moment, I saw Inglis’ eyes flicker and a wry smile appear cross her lips as she prepared to answer this very broad- based question that Mitch ener and I had asked. Her answer brought me a smile as she pondered how to answer with her trademark civility and grace. “How do I know what they know and what they don’t know?” she said. Exactly, I thought — she then continued by saying, “I would like them to know that it is a fine town that has fine architecture that represents a number of dif ferent periods.” As to Edenton changing during the past several decades, “Schools have been integrated and so many people have moved to Edenton from other parts — people retiring here. That’s a big thing. I think they make a wonder- fill contribution not only to the economy, but to the life of the town today.”
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