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3? 9. fl lx lx sol mi ftl lx to] mi Lx lx sol mt Lx 8 By BEBO EDMUNDS CHAPEL HILL—Almost anyone can sing shape-notes. Deigned to help people read music in early colonial days, the shape-note music is psy to read in the “Sacred Harp” hymnbook. Notes are written in squares, triangles Jmd diamonds to indicate pitch. And if you go to a singing convention, most people are compelled to join in the native American tradition. No one singer has the melody. Treble alto and bass do as mucli running around as the tune carrying tenor. A group at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill POPLARSTREET This 4-bedroom, 2-bath, centrally air-conditioned brick home is large enough to suit the needs of almost every family. The more than 2,600 square feet of heated area includes the bedrooms and baths, a large living-dining room combination, a paneled den, a convenient kitchen with breakfast area, and the basement. A sliding glass door leads from the breakfast area to a deck overlooking the large rear yard. The lot is located on a dead end street and joins Camp Carolina Property, offering privacy and a beautiful wooded setting. Loan may be assumed, $37,500. _. WHITE OAKS This quality home is situated on a large well-landscaped corner lot. With over 3000 sq. ft. of heated area and an additional 1000 sq. ft. of storage area, this home can meet the needs of any family. Some of the features include a formal entrance foyer with slate floor, formal living room with a bay window, separate dining room, family room with built-in bookcases, 2 fireplaces, a carpeted deck, and a well-equipped kitchen with built-in appliances. Make an appointment today so that you can enjoy better living tomorrow. $55,000. WILSON ROAD A nice older house located on 11 acres of partially wooded property fronting on Wilson Road and French Broad River. This house features 3 bedrooms, large living room with fireplace, and country kitchen with dining area. Financing available. $37,500 ALSO AVAILABLE —Other Homes, Building Sites, Acreage, Commercial Property. James C. Gaither And Associates •83-9470 34 South Broad Brevard, N. C. AFTER OFFICE HOURS Please Call Chuck Bradley Ralph Britt 883-2924 884-4521 ■if* ■ ’ Jimmy Gaither 883-9470 is reviving the shape-note tradition using the “Sacred Harp” hymnbook with monthly sings beginning this Sunday (Jan. 5), 2-5 p.m. in Gerard Hall. They will sing acapella (without instrumental ac companiment) “just like they do in the singing conventions in Georgia,” UNC folkloriest and professor of English Dan Patterson said. They will also sit in the traditional hollow square formation , so that no one singer is spotlighted. No one is audience. Everyone is expected to sing. Also acoustics are better in the hollow square, according to Patterson. In the 1850’s the “Sacred Harp” was acclaimed to be the most popular book next to the Bible in the rural South. You could buy it at the general store as well as bookstores. Now it must be ordered from the publishing company in Bremen, Georgia. However, the shape-note singing tradition is still going strong, Patterson said. Although many Americans have never heard of it because no recordings or singers are publicized, shape-note singers know who they are. Con ventions are listed in special directories. Within the shape-note singing tradition, there are several different schools each with t»-eir own followers, conventions and hymnbook. The Mennonites in Virginia use the “Harmonica Sacra,” for example. All the songs are religious, although the “Sacred Harp” is non-denominational. Most deal with salvation, the pit falls of hell or the glories of heaven as . in “Saint’s Delight.” “When I read my title clear to mansions in the skies, I’ll bid farewell to every fear, and wipe my weeping eyes, I feel like, I feel like, I’m on my journey home.” Patterson, himself, loves the music, most taken from ballads and fiddle tunes. “Wondrous Love,” for example, is sung to the tune of the 15th century “Ballad of Captain Kidd.” Patterson describes it as “beautiful” and “stark”. He thinks it has more life than much traditional church music which tends to be slower and duller. He added that an emotional involvement with the music makes it especially lively. By the third verse of “Holy Manna,” the folklore goes, everyone is crying in religious ecstasy. Many of the songs originated at camp meetings. They would camp out, sometimes in the middle of the wilderness,” Patterson said. “In the 1850’s they began to set up conventions to sing, usually in August, when farmwork was done. Often 5,000 people would show up.” Patterson has been to singing conventions in Georgia where he said, he met no “musical illiterates.” Before each song they sing the musical notes, and then the words. In North Carolina, he has found singings in a school house in Etowah, near Brevard; in the Church of the Morning Star in Dutch Cove; and a church at Harmony, near Statesville where he has joined in shape-note singing. “Usually they are very pleased to have you there,” he said “The Primitive Baptist Church gives it most support nowadays.” When Singing’ Billy Walker from Spartanburg, S.C. in troduced his hymnbook “Christian Harmony,” in which he used seven note sha pes, devotees of the four-shape Sacred Harp were outraged. Theirs was the purest, one said, “with few of the twisted rills and frills of the unnatural snaking of the voice which have in the last decade demoralized church music.” Benjamin Franklin White compiled the “Original Sacred Harp" hymnal in 1844. He married Thurze Golightly and their children helped spread the book up and down the East Coast. “It’s always been a family thing” Patterson said. Patterson feels that interest among musicians is reviving in the shape-note singing traditions. In the early days of the colonies, however, com posers felt they had to copy Europe to be artistic. They shunned their rural roots to be “miniature Europeans.” “If someone like Charles Ives had known about it he would have liked it,” Pat terson said. JHAVE YOU HAD YOUR ANNUAL CHECKUP? after you see your doctor. bring your prescription to ‘Wlmfo. 'Ptawmocq M&T 11-18-tfc MIKE MEANY & ASSOCIATES m REALTOR * Excellent building lot at Glen Cannon. Small down payment with extended financing. Beautifully arranged 3 bedroom home, with large kitchen, dinning room with fireplace, sewing, large living room, $29,7M.«0. SPECIAL- New 3 bedroom. 2 bath, fur nished, large stone fireplace In living room on 10 acres with panoramic view (50,000.00. HWY 64 Pisgah Forest -3595 877 REV. CLARENCE J. KNUPP Missionary Wesleyan Speaker Rev. Clarence J. Knupp, a missionary of The Wesleyan Church to Guyana, South America, will speak at 7:30 p.m., January 8, at the Brevard Weleyan Church, North Broad St. Mr. Knupp is on furlough after having completed his fifth term of missionary ser vice. During his years in Guyana he has served as pastor, district superintendent and field superintendent. As field superintendent his duties have taken him over a vast area reaching from the Pomeroon River in Western Guyana to the borders of French Guiana and deep into the hinterland of Guyana to the Indian mission stations at Paramakatoi and Pipilipai (pronounced Peepeeleepie). Missionary Knupp will tell about the country where he has served, the people and his work in this interesting land with its friendly people. Curios will be on display., Colored slides of the work will be ^hown. Efficient Producer The United States beef in dustry is extremely efficient. With only 9.7 per cent of the world’s cattle population, the U.S. produces 24.2 per cent of the world’s total supply of beef and veal. WX&XX&SSx-X-X^XWX-XWX'^XvXX-XOXOXvX-X^X-XWX-X-X-XWX^xSSfc^J^SR^Sft^X:::; Sapphire-Whitewater News 1 By Wallace Brewer .VAVAVV.’MViVW.VA'AV.WAUAMAi.WLM . i. tj.. ... . •x-x-x-xx The Sapphire-Whitewater Community Development Club Christmas program was held on Saturday night, Dec. 21. The emphasis was on youth and games were played under directions of Brenda Owen, youth director, and Jeanette Shipley. Hostesses included Pat Barclay and Debbie Owen. Christmas decorations in cluded a beautiful decorated Christmas tree and windows. Following the program gifts were given to the children, Christmas Carols were sung, refreshments were served with cake and cup cakes for dessert. Those people in attendance included Brenda Owen, youth director, James Owen, vice president; Pat Barclay, secretary; Jeanette Shipley, Lewis McNeely, McKinney Children, RamsyChildren, Reeves Children, Mrs. Russell Fisher, James “Buttons” Fisher, Becky Hooper, Mary Barclay, Eugene and Roseanne, Anton and Jackie Hansen, and President Wallace Brewer. Following the Christmas program the Community Club Members went “Caroling”. Lewis McNeely drove the truck that was on loan from the Tom Willis family. To them we express our ap preciation. “Jingle Bells,” “Silent Night,” “It Came Upon A Midnight Clear”, and many other songs of Christ mas echoed through the cold, clear night. A reminder to all club members of the regular dinner and business meeting at the Sapphire-Whitewater Community Development Club Building on Tuesday night Jan. 7, begginning at 6:30 p.m. Please bring a covered dish and a yen for an evening of fellowhsip. Wallace Brewer, secretary of ; the Lake Toxaway Volunteer Fire Department reminds all members to at tend the fire meet at the department Thursday at 7 p.m. for further firemanship training. Eighty hours of training have been completed under the direction of Luke Harrision, of Brevard, under the auspices of the Blue Ridge Institute of Hen dersonville. Erik and Hester Hansen attended the wedding of the latter’s brother, Lawerence Denslow, to Lois Avery at Sanford, Fla. at 3 p.m. on Dec. 28 at Grace United Methodist Church. Lawerence’s son, D. Ross Denslow, the pastor there, performed the ceremony. David A. Denslow, a younger brother, was best man. Norman E. Denslow, a son, of Valdosta, Ga. sang “The Wedding Prayer Beautiful.” The reception was held in the home of Ross and Bea Denslow in Sanford with the daughters and daughters-in law on both sides serving. The bride was Lois Avery of Enterprise, Fla. She is a friend of long standing and recently widowed. She and Lawerence honeymooned at Crystal River and Cedar Key, Fla. and are now at home in De Land, Fla. Iric and Linda Thomas and daughters, Renay and Michelle, of Bearwallow Drive spent last weekend visiting with his parents, the Gilbert Thomases at Bakersville. Erik and Hester Hansen visited with his brother and family, the Harold E. Hansens in Orlando, Fla. and they also visited with a niece, Mrs. Laura Garner of Barnswell, S.C. Beverly and Melvin Dann spent the Holdidays visiting the Louis Johnson family in Fla. They also visited with the T. Don Batson, Joe and Thelma Welch, Emma Ekstrand, and the Frank Days. Mrs. Nevea Whitted and Rotha Matson visited in Brevard and did some shopping. To Mary Jo and T. Don Batson: after the heavy winds here a few nights ago you have only one layer of roofing on your enclosed porch at Sap phire instead of the two previously. The Hansens enjoyed a double-header Christmas celebration this year. Op Christmas Eve the Geni Hansens hosted a Danish Smorgasbord for the im mediate family. Attending that function were Erik and Hester Hansen and their houseguest, Candi Gamer of Barnwell, S.C.; Denny and Carol Hansen of Rosman; and the host family, Gene and Rosanne Hansen and their children, Jackie and Anton. On Chtristmas Day dinner guests at the home of Erik and Hester Hansen included Tom, Marian and Susan Condon; Gene, Rosanne, Jackie and Anton Hansen; Denny and Carol Hansen, Candi Gamer, Mary Robinson, Janet Thompson, Terrie Wilson, and Bobby Lowe. The dinner was covered dish furnished by the four families. After dinner the guests enjoyed a gift ex change. Many of the guests remained or came back for supper also. Stuart and Lois Youngblood have returned home to Sap phire after spending their winter vacation on the Eastern Coast of Fla. They arrived home in time Ibr the Christmas and New Year Holidays. When 1 you think »f prescriptions, think of VARNER’S, adv MELTON COMPANY. REALTORS The Friendly Professionals 300 North Broad Street, Brevard, N.C. I WOODLAND TERRACE—Ideal location. Three or four bedroom home with two and one-half baths. Two fireplaces. Playroom 14’ x 30’. Very good condition. $49,000. Ask for Steve Dense. MOUNTAIN VIEW—Three bedroom home with one bath. Central vacuum system. Extra lot 100’ x 150’ included. $25,500. Ask for Chick Martin. v ENJOY THE EXCEPTIONAL VISTAS of the Blue Ridge Mountain range from this attractive 3 bedroom chalet situated on approximately one acre of woodland. $34,500. Ask for Herndon Williams. isi;'i FOR THOSE DESIRING PRIVACY—This four bedroom home located on one acre wooded knoll offers seclusion and privacy Formal living room. Separate dining room. Large panelled family room with fireplace. Finished two car garage. Located on SprindH Cove Drive. Only six months old. $53,000. Ask for Chick Martin. Steve Dense, REALTOR* “’ll Leonerd, REALTOR* Bradley, Associate Chick Martin, REALTOR* Buddy Malton, REALTOR* Vernon Richer, REALTOR* Herndon William*, Aeaoclate ' ,
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