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Toymaker Comes To Crafts Fair
When the Mt. Mitchell Crafts Fair opens on August 2, among the craftsmen will be Donald and
Clydia Renfroe from Asheville. Donald makes old fashioned wooden toys and Clydia helps him selling
at fairs and to crafts shops. Donald, who has become a skilled craftsman, says that he learned his craft
by trial and error. He has a craft shop called the Wonderweod Company. He has held or holds
membership in the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild, Blue Ridge Hearthside Crafts Association,
and the Transylvania Art Guild. Donald has displayed his work throngh the Southern Highland Crafts
Guild Fair in Asheville, The Southern Living Show and Southern Christmas Show in Charlotte, the 2nd
e Annual Murrells Inlet Outdoor Arts and Crafts Festival in Murrells Inlet, S.C., and the Georgia
Jubilee in Macon, Georgia.
To the Renfroe’s, making crafts is a family affair. The three children test each toy for durability
and safety. Donald gives the three children all the parts of the toys and watches as they assemble
them and play with the new toys. By doing this, the children have Invented new uses and features
which have been incorporated in later designs. Mr. Renfroe holds a B.S. degree in mechanical
engineering.
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Courthouse Records
Preserved On Film
What do you do if your local
courthouse burns down? First of
all. of course, you call the fire
department, but then don’t
worry, because there is a
microfilm copy of your county’s
records stored away in a safe
vault in the state archives
section of the Department of
Cultural Resources.
Since the creation of the
state Department of Archives
and History in 1903, there has
been quite a bit of concern about
many public records lost in fires
and other disasters. Many
counties did not have the
knowledge or money to see that
their records'' were properly
stored and cared for.
A local records section was
established in the division of
archives and history in 1959 to
aid local counties in the
preservation of records. Soon
thereafter, two teams of micro
filmers began recording all
available records in the state’s
counties.
The program continued for
11 years. During 1971, the task
of microfilming all past avail
able records in all 100 North
Carolina counties was comple
ted. During this period more
than 80 thousand record books
containing deeds, court records
and other information were
filmed; more than 42 million
pages of local county records
were recorded.
Forty thousand reels or 750
miles of microfilmed records are
now in storage in a special vault
in the Archives and History
Building for use if local records
are destroyed.
As the program continues,
the teams of filmers will visit a
county approximately every 3
years to update all records.
While the teams film the
local records, they also appraise
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and arrange them. Consequent
ly, many old documents are
given to the state archives by
the counties; These documents
are transferred to Raleigh where
four specially trained archivists
evaluate them for historical
information.
These records, deemed val
uable to history, are then
preserved in the state archives
to be used by those tracing their
families, history students and
others In search of historical
information.
By searching through a local
county’s records, many old
deeds, wills, civil papers, slave
records, military records and
court records can be added to
the archives. Many times
vacancies in a past governor’s
papers can be filled by
recovering copies of documents
he sent to a county.
The preservation and re
cording of local county records
will continue. The filming teams
and record preservation experts
in the Department of Cultural
Resources will continue to
advise Tarheel counties on
preserving their own valuable
documents. Such things as the
proper types of paper to use for
record keeping and inks that will
last for many years will make it
possible for many of the record
disasters of the past to be
avoided in the future.
With the preservation work
well under way for North
Carolina's 100 counties, the
local records section will soon be
turning their attention toward
the cities. The tremendous
growth of many of the cities and
towns in the state has greatly
increased their record-keeping
activities and municipal officials
are in need of assistance in the
preservation of records which
reflect the history of North
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Cathy Deyton Shows Souvenirs To Patsy Fleming
Deyton Tours England, Scotland
Cathy Deyton, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. 0. W. Deyton of
Burnsville, has recently return
ed from a tour of England' and
Scotland. Cathy, along with nine
other former 4-H members were
participating in the 4-H IFYE
Teen Caravan. The Caravan is
one of the 4-H international
programs sponsored by the N.
C. Agricultural Extension Ser
vice. The purpose of the tour
was to acquaint the members
with family life in another
country.
The Caravan members first
arrived in London, where they
visited many interesting points,
including the Tower of London,
Westminster Abbey, the Marble
Arch, and the Changing of the
Guard at Buckingham Palace.
Hereford, a flourishing agri
cultural town in the west of
England, was the next stop on
the tour. Cathy and the other
caravan members spent sixteen
days in Hereford, where they ■
lived with a host member of the
Herefordshire Federation of
Young Farmer’s Clubs. During
this time they participated in the
usual daily activities right along
with the host member, as well
as visiting the Hereford Cathe
dral, Weobley Carnival and
Mediaeval Fair, Hereford Cattle
Market Restaurant and the
largest cider factory in the
world.
After leaving their hosts in
Hereford, the tour progressed to
Stratford-Upon-Avon where
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pearean Theatre. The Caravan
members then moved to Edin
burgh, the capital of Scotland.
They spent two days in
Edinburgh touring Scotland’s
Royal Palace, St. Giles Cathe
dral, Robert Louis Stevenson’s
Birthplace, and the Scottish
National War Memorial.
One noticeable characteristic
of the English which Cathy
remarked on is the relaxed way
in which they ap' -oach life.
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Boxes, Crates Can Be
Turned into Furniture
RALEIGH—A stack of
cardbrnrd looses in your
storage area not
“turn you on,’’
can turn them into fur>\
niture that is a boon to
budget and decor,
Mrs. Edith Mc-
Glamery, extension
house furnishings spe
cialist, North Carolina
State University, says
that the “cube’’ shape
remains popular in
ready-made house fur
nishings.
What better way to
acquire needed furniture
than to make it from what
y oiuaJ-reacly have ?
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Youth are enthusiastic toward
opportunities available to them,
and young and old alike gather
together for recreation. Cathy
says participating in the caravan
is an experience she will never
forget. Pictured, she shows
Scotch plaid tie and British Flag
“Union Jack”, items brought
back from her trip, to Patsy
Fleming, Ass’t. Home Econo
mics Extension Agent. As a
follow-up to her trip, Cathy will
be presenting programs relating
to her experiences.
Take a sturdy box and
cover it with fabric,
paper or paint. Doesn’t
it look like an end table,
coffee table or a good
place to serve snacks?
"ACou might do up
sever£ti\bQxes at a time
and let your children use
them in their rooms.
They’re so easy to move
that they can be used
for chairs, tables or
dividers—all in the same
day.
Fruit and vegetable
crates are another kind
of box that can have a
future. Imagine them as
doll cupboards, as
for art supplies or even
as a small chest of
drawers.
There’s no end to the
useful furniture you can
design from boxes. And
every material you reuse
not only saves money, but
helps unclutter the family
storage area and the
landfills.
We need
each
other.
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