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THE YANCEY JOURNAL MAY 24, 1973
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Dear Editor:
I feel i" is my responsibility as a citizen to let our Yan
cey County Board of Education know that there is a group
of people behind them "all the way. " We are the people
who helped put you in a position to bring a change in our
school system. Now that the "political pot" that simmered
for many, many yearsTn Yancey County has started boiling
over, you can't expect anything but screams from the ones
1 who fell out of the pot.
By the way, since you are firing the teachers because of
their political affiliations, why didn't you make a clean
sweep of it? I read many, many names of teachers who
have taught in Yancey County Schools for years. And we
all know that until this year a teacher didn't dare apply for
a teaching position in Yancey County unless he were a regis
tered Democrat. Could it be that "qualifications" had any
thing to do with the changes?
Tfou art- doing a good job and the citizens who feel we
owe our children and future generations of children the best
schools possible in Yancey County are behind you all the
way. It is not we who are making those obscene phone
sending you dirty letters, and circulating petitions. We are
the "silent majority" who are supporting you with ourpr^ers.
God bless you and may you never forget to ask His guid -
a nee in each decision you make.
Mrs. Lillie Crowder,
Newdale, N.C.
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Mayland Catholic Women’s Guild With New Pastor, Reverend Michael Hoban
Mayland Guild Honors New Pastor
On May 18th, the Mayland
Catholic Women's Guild held a
dinner at the Spruce Pine Golf
and Country Club to welcome
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land C atholic Churches which
include St. Lucien's Church in
Sp>ruce Pine, Sacred Heart Ca
tholic Church in Burnsville,and
St. Patricia's Church in Lin
ville. Father HoSan's last as
signment was in Charlotte,N.C.
at St. Gabriel's Church.
The women of the Guild
also took this opportunity to
bid farewell to Mr. and Mrs. Ted
Ballou and family, members of
Sacred Heart, Burnsville, who
will be relocating in Bexmetts
ville, S.C. Also to Mr. and
Mrs. David Silver and family,
members of St. Lucien's Church,
Spruce Pine, who will be relo
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The dinner was opened with
a devotion by Rev. Michael
Hoban. Gifts were presented
to the Ballou and Silver fami
lies by Resident of the Guild,
Bill Tappan. Approximately
40 people attended which in -
eluded members of all parish
churches and friends.
Pictured (left to right) on
pl-ture accompanying this
story are Julia Ballou, Ted Bal
lou, Bill Tappan, JackTappan,
Maria Silver, David Silver and
the new pastor of Mayland Cath
olic Churches, Rev. Michael
Hoban.
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Most of the letters which
have come my way in response
to an inquiry about the cooking
and eating of wifd game re\eal
| pretty much what I had expec -
ted—that modem day hunters
are more interested in shooting
than in preparing and eating the
game they have brought in.
As a matter of fact several
writers confessed as much, say
ing that they generally gave
away their kill, including veni
son, not only because of the
trouble of preparation but be-
I cause they had lost their taste
for wild game.
Mr. Otis S mat hers of near
Asheville, indicates as much
in his reply.
"When I was a boy in depres
sion years I can remember that
much of our meat supply was
wild because my brothers were
out of work and had time for
hunting. Also money was
scarce to buy meat atthe store.
In the fall we might have
rabbit or squirrel several times
a week if my brothers were
lucky in their hunting. My
mother usually cut up the rab
bits and fried them like chick -
en. Squirrels she might make
into a pie. Sometimes she
would parboil the meat before
cooking it. Other times she
might soak it overnight in salt
water with vinegar to make it
tender and get rid of some of
the strong taste.
Back then it tasted mighty
gpod, but I guess I've got too
used to beef and pork to like it
now. I tried some deer me at
this Christmas and can't say
that I really cared for it. "
Another reader James Greene
from Morgan ton, North Caro
lina, indicates that he too has
lost his taste for wild game,
but remembers eating a variety
of such when he was young.
"I can remember eating pos
som lots of times, usually
stuffed like a baking hen, and
served with sweet potatoes.
Now it's a little too fat for my
blood, and I don't think that
I could eat it.
I used to like rabbit, squir -
rel, wild turkey, frog legs,and
turtle meat, all kinds of game
birds excepjt dove, which was
too dark and strong for me. I
do remember, though,that my
mother learned to cook dove
with apples and that took away
some of the strong taste, but it
didn't help the color. It just
won't compare with quail.
I still go deer hunting from
time to time, but I usually
give the meat away. It's' just
too much trouble, and besides
I’d rather have a good beef
roast than venison. "
Still another reader, Mr .Karl
Lyon, formerly of Johnson City,
Tennessee, and now living in
Cleveland, Ohio, y rites that
in addition to the usual small
wild game, he has on occasiai
tried both coon and ground ho&
"Racoon pie," he says, "can
be as tasty as chicken if you
»ak the meat overnight in a
solution of salt and vinegar.
You cut it up just like chicken
and cook it with potatoes,car
rots, and other vegetables. \bu
take the meat off the bones af
ter it gets tender.
You v can cook ground hog
the same way or roast it or
fry it if you want to. Either
way you have to soak it first
and it helps if you parboil it
too.'Tm not saying eitherone
is as good as chicken, but if
you can forget what you've eat
ing it ain't bad."
I must confess that my pre
judices in food are many. If
I tried ground hog and racoon
I'd have a hard time forgetting
what I was eating!
Men Attend ,
Conference
Donald C. Baucom, Direc
tor of Occupational Education,
and Hugo Peterson, Instructor,
Auto Mechanics Department,
both.of Mayland Technical In
stitute, will be among the
twelve hundred educators ex
pected to attend the sixth an
nual Community College- Con
ference which will be held in
Fayetteville on May 28-30,
with Carl J. Stewart, Jr. ,
state representative from Gas
tern County as the principal
speaker.