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Whatever happened to
- marble-playing? Ask the
average adult this question
and he’ll look startled, scratch
his head, and finally come out
with, “Lord, don’t ask me. I’ll
bet it’s been fifteen or twenty
years since I’ve seen anyone
playing!”
And then: "I remember,
though, when I was in
grammar school we used to
knuckle down at recess,
lunch, or after school and play
for keeps if a teacher wasn’t
around-or for fair if she
was.”
Benny Yates, a Boone
native, recalls that in his
youth every boy in his school
had a small poke in which he
carried a wide assortment of
marbles suitable for any
contest. “Pedabs, of course,
were the most common. They
were small, clay marbles that
weren’t worth much. The
ones we really prized were
glassies or steelies from
which we chose our toys
(t4ws) or shooters. I can
remember spending whole
afternoons bustin’ up the
hubs of car wheels to get the
ball bearings out. You could
trade one of the bearings as a
sticker and get at least 15
glassies in exchange.”
The favorite mountain
version of marbles, according
to Yates, was a circle game
which involved drawing a ring
on the ground and having all
participants (usually no more
than two or three) place an
agreed number of marbles in
the center of the ring.
The players then tossed at
a lag line to determine the
“ first shooter. The winner’s
first shot (from the edge of the
circle) scattered the bunched
marbles and the game was on.
GtrF Scouts Join^
104 Girl Scouts and 26
adult *&tauteers in Yancey
County discovered a world of
their Scouting
many countywide and indi
vidual troop activities made a
difference in the community
and in the lives of others.
Girls in all troops learned
skills that enabled them to
give community services such
as adoption of a family,
making and giving toys for
Day Care children, entertain
ing Day Care children, taking
Christmas Tree to Rest Home,
working with Senior Citizens,
and much more.
The Junior Troop donated
money toward the fountain in
the newly renovated square
and secured a plaque for the
fountain. Senior Girl Scouts
worked with the Senior
Citizens and others worked
with the Social Services and
Day Care Program. All of
these activities made a
difference to the many people
with whom they worked.
The Girl Scouts have
learned skills, needs, and die
satisfaction of worthy service.
At the same time they worked
with adults who care and who
If the shooter had knocked
any of the marbles from the
ring, he continued to shoot
until he missed. Then the next
shooter took over.
“A good shooter,” says
Yates, “would start with an
edger (a marble near the edge
of the ring) and work Ids way
around the ring, using the
same kind of English that a
pool player uses to manipu
late his taw. An expert coukl
sometimes clean the ring at
the first go-round. A real
daddy rabbit might walk off
with everybody’s marbles
before the day was over.”
Unlike flatland children,
mountain youngsters played
marbles throughout the year,
according to Yates. It all
depended on the weather.
“On rainy days when I
went to school at Valle Crucis,
we went inside, drew a chalk
circle on the floor, and played
the same as outside. The only
rub was that when I went
home after school, the knees
of my overalls were soaked
black from floor oil. You talk
about the faded denim clothes
kids wear today-Lord, you
should have seen my overalls
when my mother got through
bleaching them in strong lye
soap. They’d put today’s
clothes to shame!”
Yates also noted another
hazard of marble-playing,
sore, bloody knuckles. “You
were supposed to knuckle
down when you shot, and in
cold weather it didn’t take
much to start your knuckles
bleeding, especially if you
fudged a little (slid your hand
forward) to get more force on
the break. Fudging was, of
course, illegal, but a lot of
shooters got away with it.”
Yates admits to having
heard of other marble games
played in the mountains
chase, holey, potsy-but says
he played only the circle
variety.
Why has the game of
marbles died out? Obviously
THE YANCEY JOURNAL
Bax«7
Burnsville, N.C. 28714
IWe[7*4]«*2-21»
Edward YuzJuk, Publisher
Pat Raadstph-MaittgLr
Brenda Webb-Staff
Published Every Thursday
By
AlßaJdM.t -
Thursday, S«pt.2s, 1975
VeU, Number 39
Subscription Rates By Mafli
In Yancey Cowriy
One Year tS.M
Six Months |4.00
Dm i dttr |7jM I
serve as good examples of
moral character Through
these many projects which
make a difference in the
.■, ~ -
others, local girts and adults
realize the rewards of Girl
Scouting-the growth in skills,
satisfaction which add up to a
richer life. ,' I
The Girl Scouts helped
kick off the 1975 United Way
Drive in Yancey County be
delivering posters to coopera
ting Yancey County business
es. Pictured is David Mcln
tosh, owner of Davids Ltd.,
accepting a United Way
poster from a Yancey Girl
Scout.
UF Honors
Donors
The 1975 United Way
Drive will again specially
honor donors who give these
amounts to help their com
munity:
Century Club-donations
of SIOO up; Patrons-dona
tions of S2OO to $500;
Sponsors~ssoo or more.
tsp^-r-
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it has been replaced by TV
and a variety of other
activities, but one wonders to
what extent the loss is due to
paved streets, sidewalks, and
parking lots, plus the fact that
the dirt yard and playground
have been covered with grass,
providing an impossible sur
face for the game,
If reader* remember mar
ble games of tbehr youth or
know where such games are
played at the present, they |
are invited to share this
information with Folk-Ways,
Box 376, Boone, N.C. 28608.
Morgan Opens
Office In Asheville «
Senator Robert Morgan
has opened a western North
Carolina office in Asheville,
with a three-person staff to
hendle constituents’ problems
and to offer direct contact
with voters in that part of the
state.
The office is located in
Room 85 of the Federal
Arcade Building and the
there is composed of Lester
Roark of Shelby, Morgan’s
Staff Director; Jack Abbott of
Canton and Mrs. Beverly
Calvin of Enka.
South Toe VFD Meets b
. * -■ is a
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lo Discuss Fire House i£
BY GERTRUDE RAMSEY
The South Toe Volunteer
Fire Department, Inc. bad its
monthly meeting on Monday
night. The location for the
Fire Station and plans for the
fire house were discussed
The President. Janies
Burch, appointed a committee
to lay out the plans for toe
building and to proceed
immediately If possible with
the construction before cold
weather sets fat.
Fbe fighting gear has
been purchased for six of our
fire fighters in
our treasury. Mora sets are
needed to equip each of the
fire fighters with the best
possible protectioa and fadli-
Department fire fighters have
been taking intensive training
each week. This weak the
training was at MgpMWf.
Angel were guests of the
meeting. Mr. Elite is chief of a
gcstioftK md Invited thcsfouD
¥
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Ik .* I
9Ly
9 iM
Johnny Hensley J(f| |
Hensley’s 2*
Entry Is f> Y
Winner
rart
Johnny G. Hensley, Yah-'' > '
cey Agricultural Extension’''
Agent, received notice re- 1 '- -
cently that his entry in thC
Information Awards Program
of NACAA was judged first' ’ -
place in North Carolina and”-'
best of show. Johnny’s entry -*
was a colored slide series and ' -
script called
Greenery” depicting native
ornamental production in"
Yancey County. Johnny’s
entry represented North Ca~y-,
rolina in the Southeastern £
Regional competition and was ~
one of the winners at thai
level. ciuC
Carter »
•J-'Of
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To Attend ~j
Meeting 5
Oleata J. Carter, Assistant
Cashier of First-Citizens Bank
& Trust Company,
will attend the Western North
Carolina Group of the Na
tional Association of Bank
Women’s fall meeting this y
Thursday, September 25. The;. ]
meeting will be held at
Downtowner East in Char- )o
lotte.
Membership in the N%
tional Association of
Women is open to women who.j
hold executive and official ‘ (
positions in banks, trust
companies, and savings
banks. J
The western group of
NABW is composed of ,;|
than 150 members.
msj
“During the campaign last
year,” Morgan said th&r
week, “I promised that J-; : ,
would open an office to take-;
care of the needs of the people*?
in western North Carolina. J w
hope that the people will use *■
it to good advantage.
Roark said the office
be open five days each week
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For
those wishing to get in touch
with the office, he listed the
telephone number as 254-,;
- 8084 and the mailing
as Box 1371, Asheville, N.C. )r f
28801.
to come anytime to see their '3
fire drill which they condudt *"
once a week.
Every family in the whole
South Toe Area is urged
come to meetings, to learn cif : J
the qualifications of oeing if' 1 .
voting member and to take atf
active part in this
and vital service in our South' ‘ J
Toe Area.
The next meeting will be
at 7:30 p.m. at the South Toe
School, October 20.
Army News-"
David P. Carroll, 19, so*?i
of Mr. and Mrs. David W.
Carroll of Route 4, Burnsville.
N.C., was promoted to ArmytO
Private First Class whileO
serving as a rifleman in thtM
25th Infantry Division at.H
Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, <ff
That day the Lord made
covenant with Abraham, sax*,*/,
ing: “Unto thy seed have O
given this land.”