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One of my earliest me
mories of growing up in the
textile village of Spindale,
North Carolina, was observ
ing the mysterious ways of the
local barber as he practiced
his trade on my elder brothers
and other of my neighborhood
companions.
Even as modem childrenr
react with fear to haircutting,
I had an instinctive dread of
clippers, scissors and other
barber weaponry. In addition,
I may have harbored the old
superstition that if a boy is to
grow into a powerful man, he
should not have his hair cut
until he is seven.
At any rate, I must have
been pretty close to that age
when my towhead got the
treatment, for it turned into a
neighborhood event. I still
vividly remember the taunt
ing chants of the cither kids:
“Cotton removed! Cotton
removed!”
I also remember from the
same occasion a fiery perfor
mance staged by the barber
when one of his customers
called for a singe. Deliberate
ly and diabolically (I thought),
the barber rolled a sheet of
paper into a tight wind,
touched a kitchen match to it,
and applied the ensuing blaze
to the combed ends of the
customer’s hair.
Immediately the nauseous
odor of burning paper and
scorched hair permeated the
room. But to my astonishment
the customer sat patient and
unmoving, assured by the
barber that the treatment
would give new life to his
hair.
Perhaps I should have
overcome my fear and asked
for this hairsaving treatment
since 1 am now quite capable
of fulfilling the scriptural
injunction of numbering the
hairs on my head.
In any event, my early
recollections of singeing were
recently stirred by a TV news
story about a barber who has
developed a gas-fueled torch
to replace the rolled paper
and its successor, the skinny
candle.
Next step: check with
Jerry Wilson, a Boone barber
of long experience. “Singe
ing? Hadn't done a singeing
job for twenty years until a
customer with about six hairs
on top came in last week
hoping I could help him
double them. He figured that
if I sealed the ends on the six
and made them healthy it
would encourage others to
sprout.”
The theory back of singe
ing?
“Well, in the old days the
idea was that unless the hajr
shaft was sealed, the natural
oil would leak out and the hair
would become thin and
lifeless.”
According to Jerry, this
belief was shared by both men
and women. “Back in thb
days when the boyish bob,
shingle, and the windblowfr
bob were in style, I singed!
about as many women ail
men. Nowadays you seldonj
hear of it, but I understand
some beauty operators use $
to get rid of split ends.” V
Wilson’s associate, Ned
Austen, who has barbered hisi
way across these United
States and back, offered
another possibility for the
singeing practice.
“Ever since Samson-and
maybe before-there hav£
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been all sorts of superstitions
about hair and hair-cutting.
We were told in barber school
that certain people think that
witches can gain control of
them through the hair-get
ting into their brains through
the hair shafts. To them it
stands to reason that the only
thing to do is close the shafts
with fire.”
&
But back to our torch
wielding barber. His theory
apparently is that Singeing is
the ideal way to keep the hair
in place without the use of
sprays and lotions.
“The hair is naturally
heavier at the ends when yhou
singe it, so it will look neat for
several days after a treat
ment.”
Convinced that the singe
is the thing of the moment, I
have twice had the candle
flame treatment within the
;'last ten days. Result: my hair
j does stay in place to a degree;
it still looks drab and lifeless;
!;I can still number all the hairs
‘ on my head.
V Readers are invited to
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; Ways and Folk Speech, Box
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versity, Boone, N.C. 28608
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Letters To The Editor
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’' Dear Editor:
t I live not too far from where the bus accident happened. I
had a 14-year-old boy, Roger Dale, on the bus. I agree that we
desperately need new buses and adult bus drivers. When I was
, going to Bald Creek High School we had adult bus drivers.
I noticed that although we all agree, no one has said “thank
you” to the bus driver, Jim Edwards. That's what I would like
to do now. Although I have done a lot of complaining about
having to pay S3O a month to the Clerk of Court for support, 1
am thankful to the Lord in Heaven above and to Jim Edwards
that I have Roger Dale to pay S3O a month on. I wish to thank
Jim Edwards because if the Lord hadn!t been with him, the
accident could have been a lot worse. For one thing the
Elementary School bus could have been coming up Elk Shoal
Road. The driver coulaf have gotten out of the way, but maybe
by the time the driver realized something was wrong, it could
have been too late and there might have been two buses down
there. One of them cotdd have been in the river or crushed
under the other bus. % <
Jim Edwards had a whole busload of kids lives in his hands,
and he realized this. His first concern was for the children. I do
not know you, Jim Edwards, just your name, but for the life of
my son, for myself, and for being the kind of bus driver you
are-from the bottom of my heart, Thank you, James Edwards.
Sincerely, A Grateful Parent,
Mrs. Phyllis M. Tipton,
Higgins Community
Taylor Gets Highest Award
Secretary of the Interior, Thomas S. Kleppe recently presented the Outdoor Recreation
Achievement Award to retiring Congressman Roy Taylor of North Carolina. Noting that Mr.
Taylor has served on the subcommittee on National Parks and Recreation since coming to the
Congress, sixteen years ago, and has been its chairman for ten of these years, Secretary Kleppe
said that “Mr. Taylor's good humor, his willingness and statesmanlike ability to compromise in
order to obtain results were of great help to this department and to the country. All we can offer,
in addition to this award, are sincere thanks for a decade and a half of personal achievement on
behalf of parks and recreation.” The Outdoor Recreation Achievement Award is the Department
of Interior's Highest award for contributions to the betterment of outdoor recreation.
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to prefer the latter.
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Dear Editor:
This is my part to try to keep our valleys and mountains
from becoming another Vacation Resort and not a home. Many
people make their living from the evergreens in these
mountains. I know, I grew up there. Thank you for printing
these facts in your paper. It’s our only way of keeping up with
our home land.
U.S. Army GI In Europe
And “We Serve Proudly”
MOUNTAINS CALLED “BLUE”
If you had to hear the everlasting roar
From the fights on the street,
Or the party next door.
If you could feel the absence
Os the serenity I knew,
From the hollows and ridges
That are known as the Blue.
If they were taken away,
The water so clean,
The nights full of silence,
A morning in Spring.
1 feel that you’d miss,
Just as I do.
Then how could you change them?
- The mountains, called “Blue.”
A G.I.
Dear Editor:
I think the time has come for the people of Yancey County
to voice their opinion and take action on the bus situation that
now exists.
Having been an Adult Driver for almost 4 years I have a few
feelings I’d like to share with you. There are many capable
student drivers, but are they really capable enough? Being 23
years old I sometimes wonder if I was capable enough. School
kids have so much to occupy their minds that they don’t fully
concentrate on driving. An excited mind or a personal problem
has no place behind the wheel of a bus carrying golden cargo.
Your kids are the most important asset God can give. A gift
which can be taken away in the twinkling of an eye. That’s all It
takes to send as many as 60 kids to a terrifying death. Even
adults are capable of wrecking. But with more driving
experience and a more mature mind, whose hands would yhou
rather your kids life be In. An adult or a school Idd, 16 to 18
years old.
Driving a bus is a good experience, but it’s also one that
will be on your conscience the rest of your life If something
goes wrong.
Adult drivers could be obtained if the pay were reasonable.
But can you blame an adult for not driving 3 to 4 hours a day for
$7 to $8 a day?
Yancey County Board of Education says they don’t have the
money for new buses or adult drivers. Yet we the taxpayers are
paying our hard-earned money on a new fancy high school
-what good will the school be with no students to go to It?
What happens after all our kids are killed on a dangerous road
in an old bus?
Yancey County buses are not kept up the way they should
be. I know from my own experience that most of the time It
takes 1 to 2 weeks of constant reminding to get something
fixed. A 5 to 10 minute Job that could save many lives. I’m not
putting down our County mechanics, but they know themselves
that without a reliable bus and driver that an accident like this
can happen any time. Maybe next time we the people of
Yancey County won’t be so lucky.'
Something like this puts terror In the heart of a little kid,
and you really can’t blame them for not wanting to ride an old
bus. It’s something to think about. Try to think about the
suffering these kids must have experienced In this past
accident. Then make up your own mind what you want. An
adult driver or a student one.
To maybe share In the mourning and sorrow at the death or
to know that your kids are riding on a safe bus with a reliable
driver.
So now’s the time Yancey residents, to speak your mind
and take action. I just pray to God you will. Won’t It be
wonderful to know that at any moment your Idd will come
through the door saying “Hey, Mom, what’s for supper?”
Pray on It. > ,
A Concerned Adult Driver