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Mrs. Joyce Arrowood Ro
binson. 49, of Wyandott,
Michigan died on March 15,
1976. A native of Yancey
County she had been living in
Michigan for about ten years.
Surviving are the hus
band, Clyde M. Robinson;
three daughters, Mrs. Ber
nice Walker and Mrs. Gail
McComb of Michigan, and
Mrs. Barbara Morris of Old
Fort, N.C.; four sisters, Mrs.
Lillis Mitchell of Elizabethton,
Tennessee, Mrs. Kate Hens
ley of Delaware, Mrs. Lovie
Laws of Route 2, Green
Mountain and Mrs, Ida Ruth
Phillips of Route 1, Burns
ville; one brother, James
(Bud) Arrowood of Burnsville;
seven grandchildren and a
number of nieces and ne
phews.
Funeral services were held
in McCall’s Funeral Home
Chapel in Marion, N.C. on
Friday, March 19 at 2 p.m.
The Revs. Clifford Early, Bill
Connor and Otis Parrish
officiated and burial was in
the McCurry Cemetery in
Yancey County.
ROY RANDOLPH
Roy Randolph. 72, of the
Riverside Community died
Saturday morning in an
Asheville hospital after a
lengthy illness. He was the
son of the late Isaac and Sallie
King Randolph, a native of
Yancey County and a retired
carpenter. His wife, Zetta
Peterson Randolph died in
1970.
X Surviving are one daugh
ter, Mrs. Louetta R. Harris of
Burnsville; one son, Danny
Randolph of Burnsville; two
sisters, Mrs. Arthur King of
Rurnsville and Mrs. Frank
Andrews of Leesburg, Ala.;
two brothers, Sammy Ran
c|olph of Mars Hill and Billy
Randolph of Detroit, Michi
gan, and a grandson, Randy
Mclntosh of Burnsville.
Funeral services were held
at 2 p.m. Monday in the
Chapel of Holcombe Brothers
Funeral Home. Revs. Ken
neth Mashburn, Howard Bu
chanan and Allen McKinney
officiated and" burial was in
the Cane River Church
Cemetery.
MARY RAY
Miss Mary Ray of the
Concord Community died in a
Burnsville hospital Wednes
day morning, March 17, after
a brief illness.
She was the daughter of
the late Robert S. and Joanna
Dellinger Ray.
Surviving are two sisters,
Mrs. Mildred Ledford and
Miss Maglee Ray of Burns
ville; and one brother, Thad
Ray, of Burnsville; and ten
nephews and nieces.
Funeral services were held
at 3 p.m. Friday in the Chapel
of Holcombe Brothers Funeral
Home. Rev. Ben L. Ray and
Rev. Don Sides officiated and
burial was in the Ray Family
Cemetery.
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Hjt'crfittion Commitwion ''JHp \
Woman’s Volleyball night The Yancey County Re- Thure., March 25 J
will be every Tuesday night creation Commission is spon- 6:30 Smokey vs. Athletics I
until further notice, from soring a Yancey County Mens 7:30 C.B. vs. Jordar I
7:30-9:30 at the Burnsville VolleybanXeaguerGimes will 8:30 Deytons vs. Spikers I
Gym, according to the Yancey be played at the Burnsville bye 1
County Recreation Commis- Gym and the dates and times Eagles I
sion. are as follows: |
. ... , „ w . w . \ Yancey County Mens Fas 1
meeting
Wednesd., nigh,. M.mh 24. 7,30 C.B. »s. Athletic
at 8:00 p.m. m the County »-30 Eagles vs. Jordan 7;JO A| , mana must b(
Courthouse. All mterested bye there and en who
women are asked to attend. Deyton interested.
Religious Overseas Appeal
America’s three major faiths are uniting again in an annual Religious Overseas Aid
Appeal to carry on world wide efforts to alleviate suffering and help people build new
lives. The message to church-goers and the general public will continue through the
Lenten season and culminate on March 28, the fourth Sunday in Lent. The three fund
raising efforts are the Catholic Relief Services, the Protestant “One Great Hoifr of
Sharing’’and the United Jewish Appeal. , . * ' \
In a world where disasters occiir frequently, where over 15 million homeless and
stateless refugees struggle for subsistence, and grinding poverty and hunger are the lot
of half the world’s population, the relief and rehabilitation agencies of the three faiths
have joined together in the once-a-year fund-raising campaign for the past 24 years.
The three faiths reach millions in travail and teach those in need how to help them
selves through developmental programs. These include agricultural projects, food-for
work projects and a host of other programs on nearly every continent. In all programs
emphasis is placed upon aid to children, pregnant and nursing women and the aged.
These and hundreds of other programs will be benefited and supported through the
response of people in churches and synagogues to the interfaith appeal.
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■ Church Dedication Service
Dedication services will be held Sunday, March 28, at 2 o’clock at the Morning Star Baptist
Church, Micaville. The two former pastors, Rev. L.V. Roberts and Rev. C. J. Wyatt will deliver the
dedication sermons. The Primitive Quartet will be singing.
The church was organized July 18, 1971. The new building was built the summer of 1972, and
the church began having services in it in November 1972. The last of the church debt was paid in
e ruary 1976. The pastor, Rev. Howard Wilson, and the members extend a cordial invitation to
everyone.
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Inquiries and comments
on ancient and unusual words
continue to come our way, one
of the most persistent being
the expression “foment”.
Following traditional us
age it is apparently spelled in
a variety of ways, as is seen in
a recent letter from Edwin
Judkins of Bristol, Virginia.
“Did you ever get the
wordfernas straightened out?
When Saint George has
slain ye draggon
He set him down fumist a
flaggon
And wit you well. Within a.
spell.
He had a pleasant jag on!
“With jokes aside, it
seems to me that this is not
one word but the combination
of two words as used in
mountain speech, and this is
the reason Noah Webster did
not put it in his book.
"Also there are two words
of different meaning. If a
happening occurred in front of
your face or house, it is fore at
or forent. If it happened down
the road at the intersection, it
is far and at or farent, say
something like Fargo Ex
press. This word has been
slurred in conversation, fer
ant, forent, fumist, etc.”
An explanation of (he term
comes bv way of a letter 1
(previously quoted but appar- |
ently missed by some readers)
from Randolph Roberts, also
of Bristol.
"In Webster’s New Inter
national Dictionary of the
English Language, 1926 edi
tion, one finds: foment,
fornenst, prep. (Fore, adv.;
plus anent) Obs. or Scot &
Dial, a, opposite to; facing;
over against; alongside, b.
fer; regarding, c. opposed to;
against, d. towards; in con
nection with. Another spelling
found is femenst.
"It is obvious from the
contradictory definitions gi
ven that the person using the
word could let it mean
whatever he had in mind, and
the listener could do likewise,
unless the context in which
the word was used gave a
definite clue as to its
meaning.
"In the 1930’s'1 heard the
word used in court cases by
people living in remote areas
of Wise, Dickenson, and
Buchanan Counties, Virginia.
As 1 remember in those cases
the word was usually intended
to mean opposite to or
facing.”
Readers who responded to
this column’s inquiries about
madstones some months back
may be interested in the
March edition of North,
Carolina Folklore Journal, |
specifically an article by Dr. I
Joseph D. Clark of Raleigh, a I
former resident of East |
Tennessee. 1
A special monograph issue |
on Madstones in North |
Carolina, it surveys their I
location, ownership, physical |
origins and characteristics, |
their uses, and their reliability.l
as curative agents. jj
Dr. Clark’s publication is I
an interesting and important!
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contribution to the study of
folk medicine.
Readers are invited to
send folk material to Folk-
Ways, Box 376, Appalachian
State University, Boone, N.C.
28608.
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BY DON TURMAN
A public hearing to assess
the needs of citizens of
Yancey County was held at
the courthouse on Thursday,
February 19. A iarge number
of senior citizens were among
those present and some of the
needs expressed included
home improvements (septic
tanks, bathrooms, etc.),
transportation, recreational
facilities (parks, community
center, etc.), additional nurs
ing home facilities, increased
homemakers services, addi
tional home health services,
meals-on-wheels for the el
derly, and a crisis center.
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An excellent example of
how churches can contribute
to the lives of senior citizens is
provided by the Brown’s
Creek Baptist Church in Celo.
Mrs. Gladys Sandlin made an
appeal to the members of the
church to make telephone
calls and visits to some of the
senior citizens in the commu
nity who are living alone or
are homebound. Approxi
mately 20 persons volunteer
ed and each oneis now calling
an elderly person at least once
each week and making occa
sional visjts. Additional calls
and visits are made during
times of special need or as the
volunteers desire. The older
citizens were first contacted to
see if they would be interes
ted in having someone contact
them in this way. Obviously
this program means a great
deal to the senior citizens and
is the kind of program that
other churches could begin.
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WAMY Community Ac
tion, Inc. has recently begun
providing bus service for
senior citizens. Routes and
schedules have been set up.
Persons interested in using
this service should call the
WAMY office at 682-2610 for
additional information.
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Transportation is one of
the greatest needs of senior
citizens in Yancey County as
well as throughout the United
States. Just remembering to
include a senior citizen on
regular trips to town or to the
store would be an important
service. Providing transpor
tation to the doctor and other
special places is greatly
needed. If just a few citizens
would be willing to give a
little time for this, the
problem could soon be solved.
Do this on your own if you
know someone who needs
your help or call the Senior
Citizen Hotline (682-6011) and
volunteer to provide transpor
tation to someone in your area
who may call in for help.
I Your dentist I
saves your
teeth.
He may also
save your life.
See your dentist regu
larly. It may save your
life. Cancer of the mouth
kills about 8,000 Amer
icans each year who
might have been saved
through early detection
and treatment. So see
your dentist for a com
plete oral checkup reg
ularly.
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Cancer Society f
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It s probably the most
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