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GLENDORA CUTSHALL, who
has taught school, worked in a
cafeteria, in a lawyer's office and
in the office of the register of
deeds, in content nowadays to
"mind the store." There she
meets everyone in her side of the
county ? and then some. The
store sells licenses for fishing and
hunting, making it an essential
shopping point for many visitors.
Cutshall's Grocery: Laurel's Meeting Place
Editor's Note: The following
article was written by Vickie
Tweed, the family living
editor of the Greeneville Sun,
and reprinted with permis
sion.
By VICKIE TWEED
When Glendora Cutshall
writes her newsletters for Hie
Greenville Sun from Shelton
Laurel, she has plenty to say
about the Health Clinic, the
residents on the mountain,
and the bear hunting and
fishing.
But she seldom speaks of the
many, many good things that
she does for the people who
live on the mountain and for
the people who visit there.
And there's very little men
tion of the "footstompin" good
times had at her store, Cut
shall's Grocery, when the
farmers and residents of the
Shelton Laurel area come
almost every evening to "pick
and grin," to dance and to just
plain ole' chew the fat.
She laughed when she spoke
about the wingding held at the
clinic once, Glendora and her
husband, Clarence, who is a
farmer, own the house in
which the clinic is operated.
It seems that there was so
much dancing going on at the
wingding ? with even the doc
tors and nurses from the
cllinic participating in tinging
and dancing ? that they
"danced every bit of grass off
the yard."
" There were about 100 peo
ple there," Glendora explain
ed. "I guess there were 31
couples dancing at a time ? ?
we had loud speakers and
street lights."
Not even the fact that she
and her husband had to resod
the entire yard later could
have dimmed that happy
memory for Glendora.
And she seems more that
happy to welcome the people
who make their way to the
store every evening about
dark to relax, hear some good
old-time pickin', and enjoy the
homey atmosphere of the
store.
"Every night we have a
crowd ? I guess from about 6
to midnight. The farmers sit
around and talk about farming
? some of the people dance.
We even had a couple of
members of the Ottway Five
up here to play one Sunday
afternoon.
"I remember about two
years ago ? it came a snow
knee deep, and the roads were
really slick ? but people came
all the way from Reviere and
Big Laurel to the store to
make music.
"There ?n a nan 66 year*
old - Dave Roberson of Spill
Corn ? that's near Big Laurel
? that had never had a music
leeson in his life and had never
owned a musical instrument .
"He took an old 190 guitar I
had, put a screw driver in it
and got a Castor Oil bottle and
made music with it. He's been
offered a Job with several
Grand Ole Opry stars ? plays
any kind of musical instru
ment there la."
And it looks like the music
scene on Shelton Laurel will
be there for a long time ?
even the newcomers are tak
ing a big part in the old-time
gatherings of pickin' and grin
nin'.
"There's a couple who come
here from Knoxville," Glen
dora said. "The man will be
retiring in two years from UT,
where he is a music teacher.
They are building a music
barn here to teach people to
make all kinds of music."
The correspondent is quick
to compliment others' pro
jects and good deeds, but
there are plenty of things
about which she could "toot
her own horn."
Take for instance, the inci
dent one winter day when the
school bus, with a load of
students, couldn't continue on
its route because the roads
awere so bad. Glendora kept 31
children at the store, which is
also her home, overnight until
the parents could pick them up
the next day.
Or consider all the folks who
stop by the store on their way
to unknown destinations and
remember Glendora for her
good deeds or kind words.
She's received many gifts
from all over the world from
people who have, at some
time, stopped by the store and
were impressed with her con
siderate, easy-going manner.
One of those gifts is a set of
space metals. These coins
were given only to those who
worked at Cape Canaveral
when the astronauts landed on
the moon, and are not in
general circulation.
As it happened, a man went
to Shelton Laurel on his vaca
tion with a group of boys from
^correction school to do some
snipping. They stopped at the
I store, and Glendora gave
them several gallons of ice in
milk jugs to keep their food
from spoiling and made them
some sandwiches.
The man was so impressed
with Glendora '? kindness that
he returned the next year, ex
pressed his thanks and gave
her the coins.
Glendora also has gifts front
Holland, China, Greece, the
Bahamas, Spain, Italy,
Equador and many other
places. One of her most prized
possessions is a letter opener
from Thailand sent to her by
Col. Silas Purvis Jr.
NEWCOMERS
Accordiang to Glendora, the
Shelton Laurel area's popula
tion is growing, and many of
the newcomers are people who
came there to retire.
One such couple, about
whom Glendora had many
words of praise, is Peter and
Paula Gott of New York.
"They built a log cabin up
here. The people here offered
their help ? they offered to
loan them a chain saw. But
they said they would rather
get the pleasure out of using a
cross cut saw. So they sawed
all their logs that way and
built their house.
"It is so beautiful, and they
did all the work themselves
They have a studio, and lira.
c?i make* pottery They
n?yk* music ? Mr . Gott
teaches hU aon and daughter
to pick a guitar and play a
violin ? they practice for two
hours every day."
Giendora spoke of man jr at
the newcomers to the moun
tain, and adfled that they fit in
to the community real well.
The local residents make
every effort to make them feel
at home, and enjoy giving
them tips on growing gardens
and crops.
the cutbhalls
Giendora and her husband,
Clarence, have two sons, Roy
Dale Cutahall of Greeneville,
and Billy Cutshall of Shelton
Laurel. They have two grand
sons and two granddaughters.
The Cutshalls attend White
Rock Presbyterian Church;
also numerous revivals and
singings held at various other
churches in the area.
Although Giendora tends to
the store from 5 a.m. to 11
p.m. each day, she still takes
time to do the things she en
joys ? like baking brithday,
anniversary and wedding
cakes for friends and
neighbors.
This past summer Giendora
canned 500 cans of fruits and
vegetables, 10 of which were
taken to Mars Hill College
where she won first and se
cond prises in competition
there.
At some time is her busy
day, she manages to round up
the news for her Shelton
Laurel column.
"I've been writing for three
of four years," she said. "It
it worthwhile when
people tell me they enjoy my
column and I get letters from
people like Col. Silas Purvis
Jr. , ...
"My main problem with
writing is that I'm always
busy and it's hard to find the
time - but I really love
writing.
"I would like to say thanks
to the many people who write
up their news and bring it to
me. I have a lot of friends that
help me out. Anyone who
would like to call to give me
news may do so ? my phone
number is 656-2301." (
shelton laurel
"This area used to be called
Druid," Giendora stated.
There were 500 people who
worked in the mill, the forests
and on the railroad tnat was
built from the mill to the head
of Hickeys Fork, near the
head of Viking' Mountain
"The band mill turned out
60,000 feet of lumber per day.
Thirty to 40 men worked, lack
ing lumber in the lumber
yard, with hundreds working
in the band mill and deep
forest.
"Logging camps were plac
ed at the mouth of each creek.
Miles and miles of railroad
tracks were laid up Shelton
Laurel to haul the logs to the
band mill at Druid, and on to
Run ion where the lumber was
shipped elsewhere.
"I would say the community
got its name from the fact that
there are so many Sheltons
here, and there are so many
laruel plants, here.
There are a lot of good
qualities about our communi
ty. We have some fine
teenagers, and a lot of them go
to college. The young people
here have always been en
couraged to go to college. I
graduated from Laurel High
School in 1937. There were 15
in my class, and all of us went
to college.
"The people here pull
together in times of sickness,
and for anyone who needs
help. We used to have log roll
ings, we laid log fences and
built barns ? and we used to
pull fodder.
"I love my frineds and all
the people here. I live day to
day to make new friends and
to help people in every way I
can."
That's why the road to
Shelton Laurel is well traveled
and re-traveled, and why the
gifts keep pouring in to Cut
s hall's Grocery ? the feelings
are mutual for those that
come in contact with Glen
do ra.
Free Seeds
Hie Opportunity Corpora
tion has received a grant from
the Western Economic
Development Organization of
more than $1,400 worth of
seeds and other planting
material for disadvantaged
families in Madison County.
Seeds or seed material for
"potatoes, beans, corn, onions, J
peas, carrots, cucumbers,
squash and other crops will be
available beginning March 17
at the Opportunity Corpora
tion in Marshall,
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Men
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Table of Children's Shoes
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