Double Birthday
Saililli iiw Community cele
brated her 87th blrthdby oa
Feb. 15 at the Lewie Haaa
thTwIe of theLate'Jmnea
Lottie Tlamimnih and the
ili^rtir of the late lev. and
Mn. Haay Smith.
She la om af the oideet
mem here of Bethel HU1
Chmch. She la the mether at
eleven children. Few ef them
me deeeeeed. The aarrivtag
eeven ami Ma. Archie Bel al
Shaaaea mad Mra. Moaea
Chavia ef Lam barton, Mn.
Leaaie flammnada ef Lam
berton, Mra. Eareata Scrag
ef Chicago, III., Mr.
Jamaa T. Hammaaiia ef Mary
hmd, Mr. Emi Hammeade of
Norfolk, Va., MB. Erytle
Mra. Hammoada haa lived
te aee her fifth gaaaratian.
She hae S2 grandchildren aad
SI great gimdrhlihia aad
Her aorvtvfcg ibtm are
Mn. Maggie Lowacy of Fay
ettevfflle, Mm. Caaale Chavia
of Pembroke, Mm. LUIIe
Hammonds ef Lambertoa,
Mm. Martha Chavia ef Pern
broke, Mm. Ethel Jacebe ef
St. Pools.
Abo celebrating her bhrth
day waa Mm. Hammonds'
daegbter, Mm. Meaea Ckark
of Lnmbeitea. She baa seven
cbfldren. They am Mm. Vb
glnia L. Slmpeoe ef Saapner
field, NC, Mm. Linda Lob
Brayboy, Mlaa Kite Chavia, all
ef Lambertoa, Mm. Barbara
Mendeae of Caiforala, Mr.
Aimer Jr. Chavia ef Alabama,
Mr. Michael Chavia of Boeea
(Sty, LA, Mr. Beaale L.
Chavia of Lambertoa.
party for Mm. Hanuaeada
and Mm. Cbavto who are
ahowa above.
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In perts of England it was once believed that seeing a hen
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foretold one's marriage within the year.
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GROWING UP IN
ROBESON COUNTY
by Ranald H. Lewry '
GEO WING UP IN ,
ROBESON COUNTY
Growing up in Robe ton
County before the advent of
modern conveniences gave
one a good insight of life as it
was lived by the people in the
rural regions of the county
during its early history. To
day's technology has both
simplified and complicated
the way modern families go
about living their daily activi
ties. Easy puah button gadge
try has taken moat of the
physical work out of the daily
routine chores required to
operate a modem household.
Disposable products are con
venient, save time, available
in all shapes and sizes, and
quantities ready for use when
wanted. The primary motives
for the output of products
from today's technology seem
to be die enhancement of
comfort for the consumer,
requiring less energy to uti
lize, and the American custom
of gaining a monetary return.
The monetary motive for
technological advancements
has put a great strain on
today's average families as
they undertake the task of
earning the money to pay for
the products which sustain
'their comfort. The stress
generated by the fact that
both spouses of more families
are having to work outside the
home, is creating more prob
lems inside the home. The
proliferation of disposable pro
disposal problem throughout
the country. By eliminating
much of die physical effort
formerly required to operate
and use products for our
welfare, plus over indulgence
in what we contu me have
created many health prob
lems. -
FIREPLACE
Even though thd masonry
open type fireplace Is a very
inefficient home he?ing-sys
tem, it was the primary
heating source -for homes in
Colonial America and rural
Robeson County when I was
growing up there. Wood was
? plentiful, but it took lots of
man powered energy to con
vert it into a form suitable for
producing heat for your com
fort in cold weather, or for
cooking food the vear round...
The fireptaaa was ? good
aid for bringing the family
close together during the
winter time, because at $
natural tendency to seek its
heating effect*. The drafty
and' npn-insulated houses
made ft necessary fa* families
to cluster in dose proximity
around the hearth in order to
receive benefits from its heat
producing capacity. Usually
one would get pretty well
cooked on the fireside while
[ still being chilled on the
backside.. To county this
delimma, one would stand up
in front of the fire and
perform a 180 degree rotation
periodically.
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and I go back before the first
battery powered radios came
into the average farm home in
Robeson County, the family
devised ways to entertain
themselves without having to
spend much money. The
fireplace served as the setting'
for wintertime entertainment
for my family. Since small
family farming provided very
little cash on hand, we had to
be quite conservative in how
money was spent. We would
make one item serve our
needs, such as having only
one kerosene lamp, one shot
gun, one ax, one Cross cut
saw, one iron kettle and even
only one checker board. Since
the checker board only took
two people to play the game,
we played a game called "Fox
And The Geese" on a home
made game board drawn out
on cardboard. A large white
button served as the fax and
several grains of corn were
the geese. In the game the fox
attempted to. single out the
geese and jump them one at
the time while the geese tried
to work as a unit in attempting
to pen the fox in a corner. We
even had a little game of
chance going on around the
fireplace, after having parch
ed some home grown peanuts
called "Jack-In-The- Bush."
In the game, requiring two
players, the test one would
conceal a certain fpSmKf'^Jf
peanuts in his hand, or he
could have no peanuts in his
hand. The second player
would make a guess at the
correct number of peanuts in
the hand, and if he guessed
correctly, the handful of pea
nuts was his to keen. On the
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tfl* *-r'
number of peanuts in the
hand. he would have to nuke
tkm. The player concealing
this peanuts usually had the
player had an equal opportu
nity at concealing peanuts in
his hand.. This was a game
you literally played for pea
nuts, but it served as,a means
for making many long whiter
nights enjoyable around die
fireplace.
' An opea fireplace served
other purposes beside produ
cing heat Tor comfort in
Robeson County before the
advent of electrification Be
fore synthetic fabrics, most all
cloth materials were made
from either cotton or wool,
and it had to be ironed. A
household usually had two flat
irons, which were heated in.
front of the fireplace. By
using an exchange procedure,
one could iron without inter
ruption, because there was
always s hot iron ready in
.front of the fireplace. Some
people used their fireplaces
for cooking, but we always
had a good wood burning cook
stove to serve us. I have
roasted a few birds over a fire
in the fireplace on a skewer
stick for in between meal
snacks when a good snowfall
was on the ground.. These
were usually victims lured
into a trap or under a deadfall
with corn meal after a snow
storm.
IKON KETTLE
We were required to take
Saturday night baths, while
growing up in Robeson Coun
ty, but bathing during the rest
of the week was optional. This
custom took a little more
effort and was not as enjoy
able a task to perform as is the
case under modern conditions
in cold weather. An eight
quart cast iron kettle was the
primary hot water heating
system, and the fireplace
'provided the heat...Some
times we used warm water
from the water taftk attached
to the cook stove as one side
of the fireplace in a galva
nized wash tub, while the
family shared the heat.The
tub of water we only emptied
once, and that was after
everyone had taken his turn in
the weekly ritual. Your place
via line far taking a bath was
determined by one's initiative
in getting the necessary equip
ment set up. The first in line
had to get a good fire going in
addition to the other chores
required to get a .Saturday
night bathing part' under
way.
The iron kettle fJl of hot
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water was maintained in orderH
to keep the temperature of tha I
water for Saturday nighti
baths, when I was growing H
.in Robeson County, has beenH
given a special place on theH
fireplace hearth in my honwfl
here in Virginia. This lwtH
water heating system of theH
past is still useful today as a I
"Nut caddy", and serves tol
remind me of earlier times?
when the fireplace was at the!
, center of the family circle oaH
long winter nights.
Cross Cut Saw
Today the chain saw luuH
reduced most of the workH
formerly required to get woodH
from standing trees into aH
usable form for burning. OneH
of the negative sides to theH
influx of chain saws is the teed
that they are traumatizing^
human bodies as the result of
accidents. We used the two
man cross cut saw to convert
trees into usable wood for.
heat production. You still got
your share of cuts ahd
bruises, but all you needed *
repairs were bandaids and
mercurochrome without mis
sing your turn at the end of
the cross cut saw. A mishap
with a chain saw usually
sends the participant to a
hospital for repairs.
Back when I was growing up
in Robeson County, the two
man cross cut saw along with
an ax comprised the equip
ment we used to convert trees
into firewood. The southern
shortleaf pinetree was the
source of wood for the cook
stove, while oak served as the
primary source for fireplace
wood. The wood sawing activ
ities would start in the fall of
the year. The sawing team
consisted of four able bodied
,men, and I never did have any
I
problems making the team.
Our Dad was the self appoint
ed team leader who had
certain duties to perform to
justify his position. The team
leader would pick out the tree
to saw, decide which way to
fall it, the height of the
stump, measure the block
lengths, split wood, and see
that a decent level of product
ivity was maintained.
The actual sawing team,
consisting of three members
in most cases, was expected
to keep the saw moving. Each
member of the team would
saw two blocks and rest one.
A soda pop bottle containing a
kerosene-oil mixture would be
prepared to put on the saw to
prevent sticking when sawing
pine trees due to the turpen
tine buildup. Anything was
welcomed.to ease the amain.
on ones back. Today when
many people are concerned
about die shape they're in,
and are looking here and
there for ways to reduce, I
think back to the days down
on the farm in Robeson
County when wood energy
was plentiful, and one could
maintain a trim figure by
pulling on one end of a two
man cross cut saw over a
course layed out on a fallen
tree.
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