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Ramp Queen Must Wield Scepter
Queen of a vanished empire is
Miss Maggie Lewis, if indications
are correct. Ever since the pungent
odor of ramps heralded the first
Ramp Convention back in April,
1929, Miss Maggie has been ,the
undisputed ruler of the ramp.
There have been plenty of queens
crowned this year or that, but none
who would usurp the title that Miss
Maggie won 27 years ago.
This year, though, unless a suit
able site can be found for the
gathering before the ramps reach
eating-size, tile word has gone
out, "No ramp convention." Form
er convention sites at Black Camp
Gap and Camp Hope are not avail
able. Miss Maggie will be there, if
there's a convention to be found.
She sayi she'll make it wherever
it is, age or no age, feeling young
er than ever. After ail, she says,
there've been times in those 27
years when she has walked as much
?s 12 miles to attend the conven
ion.
That's something of a record
since Miss Maggie "won't deny"
that she is 112 years old. Back at
that first ramp feast which she
cooked for F. W. Woody, Bill Palm
er, Claude Williams anrf Dewey
Sutton, she was said to be 85 years
old. Subtract 1929 from 1956; add
the difference to 85; and anybody
who can figure a little can come
out wjth 112.
There's still hope that Miss Mag
gie's realm of ramps won't evapo
rate into thin air. Folks who have
tried stewed ramps, or ramps with
scrambled eggs, or doused with
plenty of red ham gravy?or even
raw?hate to think of missing the
feasting and fun of the Ramp Con
vention. Ramps should be big
enough and sweet enough and plen- J
tiful enough about the third week a
of May and by that time some C
ardent conventioneer could locate E
a gathering-place' for his fellow- II
members to load their plates with t
the potent vegetables. If nobody 1)
does, we wonder whether Miss d
Jaggie worf't invite her old cronies
round (and don't forget North
Carolina Secretary of State Thad
lure, who's official "speaker for
Ife" of the Convention, and gets
o kiss the queen as well as crown
er) and fix upa really regal ramp
Inner.
TWO ((VEENS AND A SEt'KE'l AKY Or STA LE
are apt to t>e left with on ramps to hold as the
Ramp Eater* search for a site for this year's
Ramp Convention. Miss Maggie Lewis (left) has
been honored as ramp queen for the last 27 of
tier reputed 112 years, mad ture, (center), North
Carolina Secretary of State, is perennial Conven
tion Speaker; and Miss Ernestine Edwards (rifht)
was queen of the 1955 convention.
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EXPERIENCE MAKES THE DIFFERENCE
' MAIN STREET WAYNESYILLE
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This Year Over Nonexistent Realm
Flowering Trees And Shrubs
Reaching Height Of Bloom
Along Blue Ridge Parkway
The "flowers that bloom in the (
spring" are not as late this year
a? might have been expected, ac- ]
cording to a prediction from Blue
Ridge Parkway Asheviile District ,
Ranger Robert E. Howe, with a ,
number due to reach their peak
this weekend.
Blooming along the Parkway
from Wagon Road Gap to Beech
Gap are the serviceberry or shad
bush, pink azalea, magnolia, silver- '
bell and mountain andromeda.
Ranger Howe points out that re
cent warm weather and consider
able rainfall have caused plant
lfe to "catch up" to about its usu
al status at this time of year.
He reports in detail: 1
?Shadbush or Serviceberry ?
autstandjng display In the Grave
'ard Fields area (Mile Post 418
*21). Should be good through 5/13.
Pink Azalea?starting to bloom,
-hould be at its peak about week
end of 5/12. There will be a good
iisplay, especially from Bridges
Camp Gap (M. P. 417) to Grave- '
yard Fields (M. P. 421).
Flame Azalea?the last week of 1
May and the first week of June '
-hould be very good in the Soco 1
Gap to Mile High Overlook area. 1
(Note: This section is scheduled
to reopen May 18. upon comple
tion of paving.)
Magnolia ? beginning to bloom (
between Wagon Road Gap <M. P ,
(412) and Bridges Camp Gap (M. ,
P. 417). Should be in good display
by weekend of 5/12, (
Silverbell ? outstanding display
this year, in the area from M. P. ,
414 to 418. These large attractively
blooming treec should reach their ]
peak by the weekend of 5/12. ,
Mountain andromeda ? (Pierus I
Aoribunda) ? this attractive and
showy member of the heath fam
ily is now In full bloom and should
remain at its peak through the
weekend of 5/12. It Is especially
noticeable between Mile Posts 418
421. This is the only constructed
section of the Parkway in North
Carolina where this evergreen
shrub with its creamy "illy-of-the
ralley-like" flowers is found.
Purple rhododendron?very few
Aower buds this year. Graveyard
Fields area should be at its best
about June 10.
Smaller woods flowers now in
bloom Include the following: bluets,
merrybells, trout lily, trailing arbu
tus. spring beauty and hobble bush. ,
Ninevah Church
WMU Honors
Five Mothers
By MRS. AZE GRIFFIN
Community Reporter /
The Women's Missionary Union
of the Ninevah Baptist Church met
with Miss Selma Baldwin last Sat
urday night. Mrs. Hilda Holllngs
worth gave the devotions.
The WMU presented Mother's
Day flowers to:
The oldest mother, Mrs. Dock
Green: the youngest mother, Mrs.
Pat Lemlng; the youngest grand
mother, Mrs. Montgomery Queen,
and the mother with the largest
family, Mrs. Jason Smiley.
A revival is now being conducted
at the Ninevah church by the Rev.
Otto Parham. pastor of the Aliens
Creek Baptist Church. Services
start nightly at 7:30.
Senator Ervin '
Pays Tribute To *
Senator George e
WASHINGTON ? The foremost
statesman of the Congress, Sen
ator Walter F. George of Georgia,
announced last week that he would
not seek re-election after the com
pletion of his present Senate term.
THE REALIZATION
Reporters rushed to his office
across the hall from my office In
the Senate Office Building when It
was learned that the elder states
man. the dean of the Senate, was
to make an announcement. The
reporters alerted their downtown
offices to be ready to move a bul
letin on the wires and requested
the use of my office telephones in
order to get the news out as quick
ly as possibl. The realization that
the distinguished senior Senator
will leave the Senate causes one to
reflect on his remarkable career
and life. He is held in the highest
esteem and will undoubtedly go
down in the history of the Senate
as one of the top Senators of all
time. His public career is a model
of dedication to the finer aspects
of political service.
SENIORITY
Senator Carl Hayden of Arizona
will become the senior member of
the Senate in terms of service. He
has been a member of Congress
since Arizona was admitted to the
Union. Before becoming a Con
gressman, he was high sheriff of a
county in what was to become
Arizona. He was elected to the
Senate fn 1927 after having served
from 1912 until that time in the
House. Senator Hayden. alert and
possessing a keen mind, is Chair
man of the Appropriations Com
mittee. No man in Congress is
better informed on appropriation
matters than Senator Hayden.
GENERAL LeMAy
, General LeMay's testimony be
are our Special Air Force Sub
ommlttee and the subsequent
ivergent views expressed by high
idmlnlstration sources have touch
d off a national debate on the
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