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PAGE 2 W h IVV/; E YANCEY JOURNAL APRIL 11. 1974 ~4-- — - —— f I A. ■* jrl DIRECTION INTO SPRING Two piece suit is ready fcr travel and anything on your agenda. Spring, Summer or what have you requires clothes that you can take for there or wear here. The design of the polyester is really thrilling to see, feel and own. Blue, Beige Sizes: 10-20 12'/2-22'/2 Ginny - Lisa Shoppe Banks Family Square Shopping Center Hs^Hwsaa? I pa PEPTO | BISMOL [! Menton* coma acton 16 oz. \ Peptof Reg. $1.98 j; Bismol OQ FO« UPSET STOMACH J. INOKJESTION „ —V y I w w I SS* 1 •J sß*o/ [ STRIDEX mm mm *k |J 42’s //* Reg. sl.lO m m j%V’ iPOLLARD’Si 1 DRUG STORE i TEGRIN J§ \ 1 shampoo/? \ i TUBE 7 \ | 2 Oz. / II \ * EFFERDENT Re& 52 39 § TABLETS _ | *< *1 77 BRONKUD [I | *r»d *h*<e/.ny o* X*X BRONCHIAL CONGESTION and BRONCHIAL ASTHMA 30 Tablets t| 3Q || Reg. $1.75 w I, i JY V i wan ffli\ \ Vil J • v j ft •......... J >•■> >r yr ,;, Hk p’-dw 1 """ 1 y? * \ HP ' ,y< f ll *And The Rains Came r The rains came! On Thursday, April 4, a weather front which had caused some showers on Wednesday in tensified Wednesday night into a heavy thunderstorm. Wind blew down service lines and lightning played havoc with electric power, and on Thursday, the swollen waters In Arabia, arrow-shaped amu lets of agate are worn lor the good of the blood ! Library Lists New Books New books added to shelves of the public libraries of Avery, Mitchell and Yancey Counties include the following: The Habsburg Curse, by Hans Holzer. Can a nine- hundred year- old curse affect not only the life and fortune of the per son against whom it is directed but also his descendants, his country and in essence—the pattern of today's world? Hol zer says yes— do you? Sweet Dreams, by Michael Frayn. Relax and let Frayn- Baker be your guide to a wcrld wildly conceived yet devasta - tingly recognizable—splendid, human, silly, and where every one will laugh at your jokes and your dress is always perfect Your Mind Can Stop The Common Cold, by Lucy Free man. How to live without psy choanalysis and'without colds' If you're depressed, use the healing power of tears. Many Roast Beef Au/us $3 00 Baked Virginia Ham 25 Baked Pork Chops and *n oo (fk Dressing wo Vegetables Wi Sweet Corn 7 As parragus " Potatoes l ' ' Jj~ 3 Lima Beans u .V n Mashed Potatoes Hot Cross Suns C ole Slaw Ice Tea or Coffee - Dessert Gree, » Beans Fish Fry Friday and Sat. Paul’s Country Kitchen Open: 7 Days 1-9 Mon. -Sat. 8-3 Sunday PHONE 682-6858 of streams and rivers overflowed their banks and caused flood damage throughout the county. Especially hard hit were some county roads which sustained washouts and ero sion of the shoulders. Shown above, the flooding waters of Prices Creek swirl over fields after Thursday's storm. psychosomatic research studies are made available to the lay public for the first time. I Gathered The Bright Days, by Lee Lane with Suztane Gleaves. This is the true ac - count of Lee Lane's 27 year mar riage abruptly ended by her husband's death in open heart surgery, the very operation he himself, one of the most brilli ant surgeons in the country, had forked to perfect. The Coming Dark Age, by Roberto Vacca. What will hap pen when modern technology breaks down? Vacca, who is a computer wizard and systems ex pert, says it will be between 1985 and 1994 and will begin in the U. S. and Japan. Hazard, by Gerald A. Browns, The background is the Middle East tensions. Hazard is the story of a free-lance intelli - gence agent whose personal ven detta against his brother's kill ers carries him to the nerve center of something global and deadly. Childhood Illness: A Com - tnon Sense Approach, by Jack G. Shiller, M. D. This book d eals exclusively with the sick child, from infancy to adoles - cunce. The author's entertain ing, non- technical style and numerous clear illustrations make the information accessi ble to any reader. As. We Are Now, by May Sarton. This short swift novel deals with an old woman trying to keep alive in a nursing home in a remote country place. It is told with dignity, intelli - gence and wit. From The Land And Back, by Curtis K. Stadtfeld. What life was like on a family farm and how technology changed it. What was life really like.lhcse of us living in the city who want to go back to the simple life need this realistic look at |he difficulties to face too. aqd J^olk-gpeecl) of SOUTHERN APPALACHIA with Roger* Whilm.r N M*l MiHr —— |MMI" l<" ■ i.l.imh w.ilirliil In til >|(ir- IhllrHrr. It"' l.li. Ilnnm . V. 1.. -8601 From time to time readers have sent in information about the making of homemade soap. Letters also reveal the swappiig of soapmaking recipes with neighbors and friends, an indi cation that a number of varie ties are being produced, vary ing from the elementary clothes-washing variety to per fumed facial soap. Roy L. Sturgill of Bristol, Va. recently reminded me of a vital piece of equipment in the pioneer days of soapmakiig —the ash hopper. The follow ing excerpt from his letter re veals the nature of its opersticn. " Dear Mr. Whitener: As I read your column each time it is carried in the local paper, I am reminded more and more of the many customs and items of the olden days that have vanished from the American scene. One item which I am sure the majority of people to day never saw, or perhaps ne ver heard of, is the ash hopper. Before, and until after the turn of the century every family had an ash hopper. In those days there was no lye available and the hopper was a means of pro ducing this vital product, which was necessary for washing clothes, making soap aid other scouring and cleaning chores. It was also used in the making of hominy. "The ash hopper was made by building a top box in a "V" shape with sides about two feet wide and three feet long; both ends were closed and a small crack was left in the bottom. The bottom box was a few in ches longer, and about twelve to eighteen inches wide and about the same depth. The en tire contraption was made of rough lumber, or if lumber was not available small logs were split and the smooth sides turn ed in, puncheon style. Os course the bottom box was seal ed to prevent leaking with what ever was at hand. Pine pitch was usually used for this pur pose. It was held togetherby posts (preferably locust) crossed in the middle and fastened se curely to the boxes with either nails or tough wooden pegs. " The ashes were saved from the stoves and fireplaces (hard wood ashes were the besti for this purpose) to be placed in the top box. From here on the rain and snow falling on and seeping through the ashes would eventually fall into the bottcm box in drops. This would be lye water, ready to be used by the woman of the house. In dry times water was earned and poured in the ash hopper, this was called "primin' the hoppa'." " Soap was made at least cnee a year by all families. This was dene by gathering all the meat scraps that were rot edible, and placing them in a large iron pot into which a lot of lye water had been poured. I don't remember how much, but a fire was built under the pot, and the mixture was boil- THE YANCEY JOURNAL Box 667 Burnsville, N.C. 28714 Ed Yaziuk—Publisher Carolyn Yuziuk-Editor Patsy Randolph - Manager Published Every Thurnday liy Twin Cities Publishing Co. 2nd Clans Postage Paid At Burnsville, N.C. Thursday, April 11,1974 Number 15 Subscription Rates By Mall: In Ynncey County One Year.. $4.16 Sin Months $3.12 Out of Connty or State One Year $6.00 Sin Months $5.00 ed hard until all the meat scrapG were eaten up. The fire was then pulled from beneath the pot and the contents left to c 001, usually over night. All that was left to do was cut the soap in bars. Bear in mind the soap always came out yet low. I don't think this product was ever recommended for shaving or mi-lady's bath, but it did this job for which it was intenctoi^ "To'rriake hominy, the com was selected carefully to see that there were no bad grains (either white or yellow corn could be used). It, too, was placed in the large iron pot 'with a given amount of lye water; here again I don't know the quantity used, but it was boiled until the husks were re trieved from the grains of com. This process caused the grains to swell, bursting the husks which made them easy to re move. The hominy was then taken from the fire and rinsed in a great number of cold water baths in order to remove all traces of the lye water, and any husks that remained. It was then stored for future table use. As a small boy I remem ber seeing my grandmother making hominy, and basically, to the best of my recollection this is near the formula she used. However, I am not an authority on making hominy. " Another letter from Mr. Wi lliam J. Rowe, of 3630 N.W, Whitehave, Washington, D.C., was passed along by Mr. Edwin Dougherty, who recently re - tired from the Department of History at Appalachian State University. Mr. Williams recalls pleas ant memories as a schoolteach er fifty years ago in Boone and a productive association with two pioneer educators in South ern Appalachia, the brothers D.B, and 8.8. Dougherty, founders of what is now Appa - lachian State. He is in search of the words to two songs sung in the Boone "graded school" of which he was principal. A portion of his letter follows. " There were two special songs in that school which we loved and would sing frequent ly. One was— if I have the title correct—Twenty Froggies Went to School. The other was and is Oh. The Hills. The Beautiful Hills. How I Love Those North Carolina Hills. " I hope to resume work on the second half of my memor ies soon. These will be some highlights in discussion as we lived our life in Boone." Readers who can supply the werds to these songs might con sider sending them directly to Mr. Rowe at the above addres or dropping them off to me for indirect delivery. I was pleased this week to receive a copy of Highland Heritage, an Appalachian Oral History Project of Emery and Henry College. It contains ar ticles on the evolution of Blue grass Music, an interview with a pioneer in the soft drink bot tling industry, the story of the Southwest Virginia Growers' Coop, and memories of early school days at Martha Washing ton College. Director of -the project was Dr. George J. Steven son and I suspect copies of High land Heritage can be obtained through him at Emory and Hen ry College,Emory, Virginia. Also happy to find Home spun (number 3) in my mail. Hope to swipe an item or so from this interesting Davidson County student magazine. Hope you readers will not wait for specific invitations to send material to this column. I'm always pleased to get infor mation about games, supersti - tions, remedies, customs, songs --anything about the past of Appalachia. All letters should be address ed toi Rogers Whitener, Folk- Ways and Folk-Speech,Box 376, University Station, Boone,North Carolina 28608.
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