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• * The Singing Ambassadors from Greeneville, Tennessee will be at the North Bend Free Will Baptist Church on Saturday night, October 19, at 7:30 for a special song service. The pastor, Rev. Carmi Price, invites the public to attend. ★ There will be a Gospel Singing at Covey Rock Free Will Baptist Church on andjFolk-^pecelj of SOUTHERN APIMI t' IIIA wilh Roger* W hilni,.i Fall has away of remind ing one of his younger days, perhaps as no other season. And the clear skies and full moon during the past week have done their share in sharpening those memories for me. The nights, for instance, which have been so bright that a man might get in his tobacco, cut his sorghum cane, do a last bit/of haying, or dig his potatoes almost as well as if it were broad daylight. In my own boyhood I can remember the womenfolk delaying supper until well after dark while the men and boys completed farm tasks by the light of an October moon. And, Lord, how good the combread crumbled into tall glasses of buttermilk tasted after the interminable wait I Fall also brought on the making of kraut. During this familiar ritual there was a constant wrangle among the kids as they fought for tender pieces of core when the tender mountain cabbages were quartered and prepared for WNC Sierra Club’s New Members BY MRS. H. K. FREEMAN Publicity: WNC Sierra Club “Land Use” will be the subject of the regular meeting of the Western North Carolina (WENOCA) Group of the Sierra Club on Friday, Octo ber 11 at 8:00 p.m. in the First Federal Savings & Loan Ass’n Community Room, Comer of sth Ave. and Church St., Hendersonville, N.C. Heading the program will be Mr. George Jensen, Chairman, Henderson County Planning Board. Mr. Robert Chandler, Community Plan ner for this area, will speak, and Mrs. Phyllis Budd, Ist Vice President of the Hender son County League of Women Voters, will give a slide presentation to supplement the points made by the speakers. The public is invited to attend. The Annual Rededication of Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest will take place at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 19, St the Memorial Plaque after which a group will leave on an easy overnight backpack with tamping at Slickrock Creek. Several other hikes are planned of varying degrees as to length and ascents. The preservation quota is filled for the week-long 50 mile back | pack of the complete Santeet- J lah Trail which will start after w the service on the 19th. For 3 Sunday, October 20, a visit to j Hangover Mountain and/or j various hikes are planned. New, members who have 'joined the Sierra Club since the membership list was * distributed for the WENOCA i Group are as follows: Dr. and Mrs. W. M. Alexander, W.Lincoln Higton, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cree, all of Hendersonville; Mr. and Mrs. James L. Hawes of Asheville; Mrs. Roy Luchateau, Mrs. Fili Slater-Hammel and Mr. and Mrs. James E. Flack of Tryon; Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Horton of Black Mountain; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. A. Key of Old Fort; ! Mr. Gyde C. Miller and Mrs. i Joe W. Todd of Boone; Mr. : Talbot Patrick of Burnsville; Mr. Michael O. Quick of Marion; Ms. Louise E. Rora racher of Cullowhee; Mr. Nath Thompson of Brevard; Mr. and Mrs. John Wheeler of Sylva. Mr. and Mrs. Flack "ind Mr. Todd have transfer red from other chapters. Sunday night, October 27, at 7:00 p.m. The Heart Warmers Quartet from Bristol, Tenn., the Cbvey Rock Youth Choir and many more wqtstanding singers will be fhereT Cane River Baptist Church is having a Revival from October 13 through October 20. Services begin at 7:30 each night. Everyone is welcome to attend. shredding. Then the never forgotten odor of the mixed salt and cabbage as it was gently packed into the stone urn and covered with a clean white cloth. Still more memorable were the days of molasses making. Stripping the leaves from the standing cane, then cutting the stalks and piling them to one side where they might be packed up and carried to the mill. Sampling a stalk now and then by peeling down the hard surface with the indispensable Barlow and revealing the juicy pulp. Dipping off the green and yellow scum and tasting the sweet juice as it condensed in the boiling pan! And the next morning spreading the golden syrup with fresh country butter over hot biscuits! Fall also was the time for exploration—for seeking out the thick skinned muscadine and other wild grapes, cau tiously sampling a wrinkled persimmon, for rounding up a supply of Halloween pump kins, for discovering an overlooked watermelon in a shady portion of the patch, for gathering handfuls of rabbit tobacco or “Indian cigars” for a few stolen puffs. It was also the time for apple picking, for “laying away” the soundest of the crop in a dark closet or dry basement and for turning the culls into apple sauce, cinna mon laced apple butter, sweet cider, and other savory concoctions. What grownup person today who doesn’t remember spooning up a taste of destined apple jelly as the juice bubbled invitingly from a pot on tke wood stove? Fall and the harvest moon also bring in the memory of trick or treat and the over-supply of witches in the neighborhood (old sheets being handy and fancy garbs unavailable at that time). Somehow they were still scarey, even when we had seen an older sister, brother, or neighboring youngun wriggle into the disguise. And for those of you who would like to become a real mountain spook this Hallo ween, Mrs. Eugene Taylor, of near Asheville, North Caro lina, sends along this formula: “First, you carry a black cat and a rifle to the fork of a stream that flows east. There, in a pot already placed in position and fired up to boiling, you cook the cat till the flesh drops from its bones. After this the bones are tossed into the stream; if one floats upstream, the devil has accepted you as a candidate for witch hood. “Next, you climb the nearest mountain peak, wait until sunrise, and shout the formula: ’Devil, devil, my soul is yours! Place your mark on my body and make me a witch!’ Then you shoot your rifle into the sun. This don, you are a genuine witch and a disciple of Satan.” If there are other readers who have witch formulas or stories, I’d be pleased to,use them in FOLK-WAYS. Please send all material tor Rogers Whitener, Folk- Way* and Folk-Speech, Box 376, University Station,Boone N.C. 28608. We need each other. PI Little League Scores On October 12 games were played between Mars Hill and Hot Springs. Mars Hill walked over them 40-0. Marshall played and won over Laurel. Burnsville led a one-sided game against Bald Creek of a 68-0 final score for the Tigers. On October 19 the 3 games being played are a double header at Mars Hill with the first game at 6:00 between Micaville and Laurel and the j second game at 8:00 p.m. between Burnsville and Mars Hill. Hot Springs and Bald Creek will be playing at Hot Springs at 7:30 p.m. Admission for the games is SI.OO for adults and 50c for students. Everyone is urged to come out and support your local team. Yancey, Madison Counties Little League Football stand ings are: W L T Mars Hill 4 0 0 Burnsville 4 0 0 Micaville 2 2 0 Laurel 2 3 0 Marshall 2 3 0 Bald Creek 1 4 0 Hot Springs 0 5 0 1 l Ltmck Mena | MENU FOR THE WEEK Wednesday October 21-25 Chili Con Came w/Beans Monday Buttered Whole Kernel Com Hamburger on bun Combread French Fries A PP Ie or Applesauce Cole Slaw Milk Yellow Cake w/ Orange Thursday Buttercream Icing Fish Square on Bun w/ Tartar Milk Sauce Tuesday French Fries Macaroni and Cheese Cote Slaw Green Beans Peanut Butter Cake w/Peanut Carrot Strips Butter Icing Combread or Roll Milk Moonrock Cookie Friday Milk Teacher Work Day-No School w There’s nothing I can do. I’m just one person.” Do you really think God is going to let you get away with that? If you feel one person is too insig nificant to help make the world a better place, then work together with others at your local church or synagogue. Example: in Montana, one congregation was disturbed by the lack of adequate housing for senior citizens in the area. Through its perseverance, a non-profit building with 111 homes is now a reality. There are lots of things you can do, too. The God we worship expects more from us than sympathy and good intentions. Start treating your brothers and sisters ■pPSj like brothers and sisters. |REUQK>N| A Public Service of W v This Newspaper & fATf I The Advertising Council (jOtTO I Ji ■ Danny Bledsoe SAtr&ECUE. OK PATIO PARTY Isolate them&elyes iwio small 6Roups avo constantly PIS CUSS BUSINESS, TRY "TO PIYEET -THEIR ATTENTION TO OTHER QUESTS. PASS AROUNP A PITCHER OF ICEPTEA.IWHICH JAN BE A JPEAL ASSET -TO Sociability / East Yancey Player Os The Week Danny Bledsoe is this week’s “Player of the Week” at East Yancey High School. Danny is a senior end for the Panthers. He was chosen Player of the Week for his fine performance against the Har ris High Blue Devils of Spruce Pine. Danny caught one touchdown pass and played outstanding defense, stop ping Spruce Pine’s triple option time and again from his defensive end position. Danny has proven to be the most consistent ball player for the Panther team so far this year. For his performance last week and in the previous weeks, East Yancey is proud to name Danny “Player of the Week.” MOONSHINE MTN 3 Mile Burnsville MMYSHBIS I ||Rg||i^£s| M B FREE With The Purchase SOQBBH 0f Any Sport Coat » n Repeat Os 2 Sell-Out Items ip* I 100 % Polyester g Mens 100% Cotton §s : ■fpiiSiil F “» Bed Size ITee-ShirtQ-'^N.M qq /, Boys Brown ifJH 0r Blue °enim Fruit Os The Loom 100% Cotton IHRnntc obm Crew Wes,er " s,yle Jlik* H lgKS s i o : 6 s 130 Cal. Carbine snngTl Ideal For The Hunting Season See Us For All Your Hunting Needs I BURNSVILLE ARMY STORE BURNSVILLE PLAZA OPEN Monday - Saturday 9-9 pni Sunday 1-6 p i Panthers Lose To Harris High “***•*’ °J^ tober 11 » East Yancey Panthers traveled to Spruce Pine to play S C 8 r B,ue i Devl,s - The Panthers were defeated by a 38-12 ecZTlIu Panther* played weH but were hampered by a lack of depth. Harris scored twice in the first half before aZ m D “2 ® ,ed9oe W,th * S «»ring P-m making the score at alf-ttme 14-6. With the score 20-6 in the 3rd quarter flanker Johnny Miller ran a H.^n ng 2 i y C “ tUng b * ck ***** “ d a«ata while eluding tackier, to nuke thHc™ 20-12. From there on, however, It was all Harris. East Yancey got a good effort from QB Gary Wtoters whocompfeted 7 of 24 passe, for 87 and Burl Huakfau who ran for 104 yards Bledsoe played a standout game both offensively and on defenae. Johnny Miller ran for one touchdown, tatercepted a Hands paw, and also picked np a Harris fumble for the Panthers. Em Yancey s next game will be Friday night at Emit Yancey against Edneyville. This will be hast Yancey s Homecoming and everyone la urged to attend. THE YANCEY JOURNAL OCTOBER 17, 1974 PAGE 3
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