Athletic Banquet
Held At
East Yancey
The annual Athletic Banquet
for East Yancey High School
students and , guests was held
in the school dining room Fri
day night. Gene Wyke, owner
of the Sports Mart in Asheville
was guest speaker.
Philip Thomas, a local; at
to*ney and president of the
East Yancey Boosters Club,
was master of ceremonies. Bob
Thomas, a former coach at the
school ar.ti presently with the
Sta‘e school transporta'ion di
vision, introduced the speaker.
Awards for sportsmanship
were presented to Tony Tipton
and Linda Sue Grindstaff. These
Gwa 'ds were presented by Bill
Banks in behalf of Yancey Coun
ty Chamber of Commerce.
Other awards we~e presented
-to—Don Anglin, most valuable
baseball player; Judy Grind
s*aff, most valuable girl bas
ketball player; Richard Wes
tall, most valuable boy basket
ball player; Mafcrk Bennett,
most outstanding football line
man; Je~ry Clevenger, most
outstanding backfidd football
player; most valuable football
player, Daryl Gibbs, which was
received by Richard Wes'all
for Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gibba
Jery Clevenger presented
letters to the various players
receiving letters in the differ
ent sports.
Ready for Summer Sun
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These big gourds yield big sponges when fully grown and
treated to a water bath. Many people like their coarseness for
rub-downs; others prefer to use them for the car.
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Look well at the sponge with which the young lady is cleaning
her car, noting especially its unusual shape. Then cast your eye
on the fruits of the gourd vine growing up the fence. Those fruits,
dried and with rind and seeds removed, furnished the sponge!
The fruits are those of the Luffa (or Loofa) gourd, a quick
growing annual vine which may climb 10 to 15 feet in a growing
season. / f
Its large, showy yellow to white flowers are attractive, the
foot to 2-feet-long green fruits abundant, but not particularly
noticeable while the large leaves are on the vines. They become
conspicuous when frost causes leaves to fall and the size of the
harvest may be seen.
Luffa is a Latinized adaptation of the Arabic word for these
gourds. The plants are tropical, the dried fibrous interiors of the
fruits sold in markets in many countries (and, flattened, in drug
stores in this country) for use as wash cloths or sponges. Hence
the common names of dishcloth gourd, rag gourd or vegetable
sponge.
Would you like to grow yourself a supply of sponges? It’s
easy. Select a warm, sunny place where soil is rich or can be
made so and there is a substantial support for the gourd vines
as they grow.
Plant seeds wnen soil has warmed where you want vines to
grow; Keep them growing fast by giving plenty of water and
fertilizer.
Chief pests troubling gourds are the striped cucumber beetle
and the melon aphid. Dust with methoxychlor for the first, with
malathion for the second, if they appear.
After the gourd vines have been killed by frost gather the
gourds and soak them in water until the rind and pith soften
I hen rub two gourds gently together until the rind rubs off Do
the same to dislodge the pith that fills the spaces of the spongy
interior. Then wash the fibrous part through several changes of
water, and dry. It’s now ready to use.
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THURSDAY, MAY 23. 1968