Mountain Musings
Mr. Yellowjacket:
My article concerning the yel
lowjackets apparently caused al
most as much reaction among my
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dear readers as did the "jacket”
venom in my "tired blood". Some
people that I would not have sus
pected of doing such a thing have
confessed to reading my column;
it just took the yellowjackets to
“smoke them out into the open".
However. 1 warn you that it is
dangerous to laugh at the old
Muser. May I cite the case of one
Shirley Davidson who did read my
column last week and could be
heard all over Lakewood laughing
and laughing. She did forthwith
step out into the yard where she
was attacked and stung twice. I
further refer you to the case of
one Nell McAfee whose unrestrain
ed guffawing and laughter over
the pitiable plight of her former
pastor almost caused a "local
emergency". Perhaps there are
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others who as yet have not con
fessed. To “frost the cake", one
of my Rood members, Mae Burn
ette by name, greeted me at
church with “Good morning, Mr.
Yellowjacket". (By the way, Hap
py Birthday, Mrs. Burnette.) My
'partner in crime" Boyce Biddix
tells me that another winged demon
tracked him down for another
whack at him.
Echoes from Homecoming:
Due to the Battle of the Byrds
and Bees, I did not do full justice
to Homecoming at Tabernacle. As
always I enjoyed myself to the
fullest extent with these old
friends. People that I have known
and respected from childhood were
there: 1 met new friends and re
newed old acquaintances. The
threat of rain hampered the at
tendance somewhat, but the hos
pitality was in no way affected. The
absence of Oden Walker. Mrs.
York and Mrs. Ella Byrd, who were
present last year and since de
ceased, was a topic oft discussed
during the afternoon. John Burn
ett avowed that there were no
better cooks in the world than at
Tabernacle. Bascombe Burnett
(thanks for the tomatoes, Bas) ac
cused me among other things of
trying to eat more than John. The
prestige and sweetness of years
was added by the presence of Nora
Grant and Ella Kerlee; there were
young ones to pick up the tradi
tions. The pastor, the Rev. Black
welder. graced the occasion with
both his piety and his wit. (I like
mayonnaise with mine too, Brother
Preacher.) The music was good;
I like the Tabernacle Youth choir.
Mrs. Hansen's solo fitted the oc
casion perfectly and somebody
picked my favorite hymn In The
Sweet By and By to close the pro
ceedings.
December and May
There must be something in that
spring water 1 have been drinking
at North Fork. I drove to the
Homecoming in ‘‘The Ark", my
little Ford pickup, accompanied by
my two daughters. Judy, aged 17
and Jackie, nearly seven. Now
Judy is a somewhat poised and
mature appearing young lady, but
I was overcome by something I
overheard. The Rev. Blackweld
er in greeting Judy. I was nearby
shaking hands and working up my
best Homecoming appetite, quoth
in dulcet tones, "Now is this Mrs.
Byrd or Miss Byrd"? I didn’t
catch Judy's response: I was ex
ulting too much over the “turning
of the worm".
Scandal on North Fork:
That Judy is going to get me in
truoble yet. When we were ex
pecting .Jackie seven summers ago,
Mrs. Byrd was having to stay home
quite a bit and Judy was my “bud
dy". attending church functions
and the like with me. The Ridge
crest Staff was conducting a re
vival at Mountain View church
where 1 was then the pastor. One
night at service Judy was sitting
by me and I had my arm across
the back of the pew. One of the
ladies of the church, not realizing
who I was sitting by. turned to
one of her friends and said some
I
thing like this, ‘ That old preachei
ought to be ashamed of himself
There his wife is at home, unable
to travel, and there he sits wit!
his arm around one of those Ridge
crest girls”.
Changes Made:
Owen High “ain't what she usee
to be”. Our new principal, Free
Martin, has assumed the admin
istrative reins laid aside by N. C
Shuford. He has taken a numbei
of decisive steps that mark hin
as a man of courage and action
For one thing all smoking ha1
been eliminated except at the
lunch period and that only in the
immediate area of the incinerator
A number of changes have beei
made in the schedule of duties o
the various faculty members ane
the lunch schedule has undergone
a drastic overhaul. The 10-minute
“break” in the afternoon has beei
omitted and the periods equalizer,
in time. Albeit. Mr. Martin is ;
big man physically, and Mr. Shu
ford was not large. Martin make
me think a good deal of Mr. Shu
ford before years anel experienci
mellowed him into the man the
students of today remember. (
was so scared of Mr. Shuford who:
I was a little boy that it wa
pitiful.) They say that love i
based on respect, and while I doub
if the students at Owen have learn
ed to love their new principal ii
so short a time, I am sure thee
respect him greatly. As time goe:
on. 1 trust that affection will fol
low in due course. The admin
istrative post at Owen is not «
place for a Mouse: I sincerely be
lieve we have a Man. I like the
way Fred Martin has stepped inti
a big pair of shoes. I know hi
has the best wshes and support o:
the Valley as he tackles the year -
work ahead of him.
Out of the Rut:
I was somewhat shaken up whet
I saw the new schedule. Since we
have been at Owen I have prett\
consistently taught only U. S
history and economic-sociology. It
a five period day. I taught three
classes of history and one ol
economic-sociology. The fifth anr
last period I supervised study hall
Mr Shuford had a two-fold motive
in this. For one thing, since 1
coach and have to be away a lot
at night on school duty, this gave
me a chance to check papers. Alsc
since I am called upon to conducl
many funerals up and clown the
Valley, it facilitated my being free
to serve the sorrowing families oi
our community. This has beer
drastically changed. I now have
a class in world history, three
classes in U. S. history and a class
in sophomore English. 1 don’t mine
the work so much as giving up
those seniors I wanted to teach
sociology. However I think I am
going to love the two new classes
1 have and while I am rusty, maybe
kicking me out of a rut will open
new horizons.
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Don't mind the muddy weather.
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learn English together.
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Southern Bell
Will Construct
Relay System
Southern Bell Telephone com
pany will begin construction soon
on a new Sl.250.000 radio relay
system between Charlotte and Ashe
i ville. M. C. Bowers, district engineer
> for the firm, announced today.
Radio relay is a system that beams
voice signals through the air with
out the use of wires, at almost the
speed of light. The new system
will serve as a major long distance
telephone artery for the Piedmont
and western sections of North
; Carolina.
The new radio relay system.
; which will carry up to 3.000 sim
ultaneous long distance telephone
] conversations, is being constructed
■ to meet the increasing telephone
| needs in. and between, the Pied
; mont and western sections of the
; state Because of this area's con
tinuing rapid growth and develop
ment. present long distance facil
ities would soon be unable to
handle the mounting number of
’ calls in this section of the state.
Mr. Bowers said.
The system is scheduled to be
in operation by the summer of
1960.
An important feature of the new
system is that it will provide a
‘weather - proof" communications
system for the area. This is of
major concern in the western part
of the state where wintry weather
can play havoc with aerial wire
and cable.
Farmers Still
Rate High As
Bank Customer
North Carolina’s emphasis on
industrialization has not caused
the State’s farmers to be pushed
to the back seat when they go to
their banks.
In fact, Tar Heel bankers bet
more heavily on their farmer cus
tomers in 1958 than in any prev- j
ious year in history. The bet paid j
off—for both the farmer and the
banker.
At the beginning of 1959, North
Carolina banks had almost $75
million in outstanding farm loans
—a seven per cent increase over
the previous year.
That meant that banks provided
about twice as much money for
farmers as any other institutional
lender, including the Federal gov
ernment.
For example, insurance com
panies held about $34 million in
farm loans. Production Credit as
sociations lent about $30 million.
The president of the North Car
olina Bankers Association, G. Har
old Myrick of Lincolnton, ex
pressed pleasure at the news. Said
Myrick: “It would have been
short-sighted for our banks to
have ignored the plain fact that
agriculture still is North Caro
lina’s biggest industry. We’re
making great strides in our indus
trial program in this State, but
it’s just common sense to main
tain our interest and support of
agriculture. We’d be foolish if
we didn’t.”
For more than ten years- the
North Carolina Bankers Associa
tion has led the nation in its farm
program. The bankers' organiza
tion spends more money and de
votes more effort to its agricul
tural activities than any other
two phases of its operation com
bined.
For example, the bankers oper
ate a two-week school for young
farmers each February. About
150 top-flight farmers attend the
school, with all expenses paid by
their hometown banks, to learn
about latest developments in farm
technology and credit. Numerous
other farm programs, including a
two-day farm credit conference at
tended by hundreds of bankers,
are held each year.
The NCBA is a joint sponsor of
; a statewide land judging program.
Last year, an estimated 17,000
high school farm boys participated
in that program.
These things, NCBA President
1 Myrick said, “are no more a con
j tribution to farmers than to the
! banks. We realize that if the
farmer suffers, everybody suffers
in North Carolina. We intend to
continue to do our part to keep
that from happening.”
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your eyes open for cars darting
out of side roads and driveways.
Sometimes people who use the
little-traveled roads grow careless
because they are not used to much
traffic past their homes.
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