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; Mountain Musings j by Gene Byrd \aST**an Stables , .,^t week my son, Bobby, l undertook the task of Inins' out our Sara£e suf ,',.,,ntly that the car might by ([’don’t necessarily mean , ;n| although possibly) of Mful maneuvering might be ''r’ially protected from the aments. . ,»v next spring the various '’’us that manage to get "eosited” in our garage will .'."ioubtedly have forced the (o remain outside. The family doesn’t belong to genus Litterbug, but we :;l|ify as first class “Clut : a',n most to blame for the iarable state of affairs that , storage facilities manage assume. 1 am constantly ".acting things that are -r i,-.lly good enough to keep ■ i'n my opinion, much too ■d cable to throw away. ' Sufficient to say, Bobby and , Vad quite a struggle, ami 1 ‘ need to have another ses '“n ‘ before things will be ’..-editable. Hills Beyond ■\mong other things, we un ,,(hed'a paper backed edi „f what was proclaimed its cover to be Thomas y, fe’s last great, book- The Beyond. ' \,,w 1 am not exactly a mas Wolfe fan. Forgive „ |tear Readers, I know that v of you are great ad .. jrt'Vs of Wolfe. The old Muser is a queer mradiction of being prudish w • occasional flashes of be ■V pretty uninhibited. The J. dish streak usually has the unpermost. [ love parts of Wolfe such a, . . "And time passing . . . (passing: like a leaf . . . time Ki-sing, fading like a flower time passing like a river jf r.ving ■ • • time passing . . . Ld remembered suddenly, like ,.,. forgotten hoof and wheel Time passing as men pass v i will never come back a iTh HEADACHE DR. EDGAR LYNGHOLM Chiropractor 388 Merrimon Ave. Ashe. AL 4-4711 sam . and leaving us Great God, with only this ' ’ knowing that this earth, this mo, thus life, are stranger than a dream . . I withdraw when the same non >• , . “ Same pen, ,s dipped into obscenity °r becomes a little “too ear luo ear thY- 1 erhaps that is why mv enjoyment of Wolfe is some what qualified. The Hills Beyond was as sembled from Wolfe’s mater ials after he died, by his close friend Edward C. Aswell. As well seems to feel that Wolfe ln this hook was creating a °f ancestors for George Webber. , Wolfe in his writings was intensely personal. He used characters to represent him «>u. in his famous book Look Homeward Angel, he was Eu gene Gant. After the furore cieated by his book, he seem ed to have soured on Gant and became George Webber in his later writings. George Webber, in The Hills Beyond, was descended from the Joyners. Mr. Aswell seems to feel that the Joyners were mostly products of Wolfe’s mind, among them a flamboy ant personality named Zach Joyner. Any child of these hills, of not too recent vintage, would plainly recognize Zach Joyner as a take-off on the great Zeb Vance. Some of the ribald stories, positions held such as war time governor and U. S. sena tor, the loss of one eye, plain ly delineate the immortal Zeb. Country Cousins Wolfe brought out an inter esting point with his presenta tion of his Joyner family. He had them all originating in the country. (Would that have been Reems Creek?) He seemed to try to develop the point that only the Joyn ers who moved to town a mounted to anything. He de picted the country Joyners as being victimized first by the timbering industry and' then by the mica mining industry, then with eroded fields and wasted farms sinking lower and lower in the social and economic scale. A point arises in my mind. What is a yardstick of Suc cess? Were the more or less fictitious Joyners, who lived Aumcjui Tmenw asmcuttoml Me. sedentary lives in town, or ®ven the famed politicos like Zach a great deal happier than the sons of the soil that elected to remain in the coun try and in obscurity ? What is Success anyhow, Dear Readers? I would like your opinions. Sometimes the old Muser wonders . . . and wonders. Welcome, Eloise! I was pleased to see the \\ hat’s Coin’ at Owen column activated last week. I want to welcome the cor respondent, Eloise Styles, to the News line-up. Eloise is a sweet conscient ious person, and 1 know she will carry on the worthy trad itions of those who have done so well in the past. Come on in, Eloise, the wat ers fine. (Of course Burleson and 1 may get together any day now anti muddy up the proceedings.) 1’oor Proof-Reading! 1 constantly admire the good work of those who proof read for our local paper. They must have both wisdom and fortitude. I make a lot of mistakes in the copy I turn in. I don’t suppose I would make a per fect copy if I tried ‘umpteen times. When I make a mistake in my ramblings, I merely cross it out by using sufficient X’s to cover the error. It makes a wild looking paper, but the proof reader always makes it come out pretty well as I in tended. Writers in primmer days would use X’s or asterisks to replace profane words or even to indicate romantic inter ludes. If someone were to apply that interpretation to my ef forts, I shudder to think of what they might think of me. (Ed. note—All the proof readers missed last week). Return Judy got home for the day (Sunday). It was so good to have her at church and home with us. She brought good reports of life at college. We are so happy for her to have the great privilege of more edu cation that we can’t quarrel too much at losing the joy of her presence. She says Boone has one ser ious drawback. The altitude, or something, has increased her already hearty appetite and she is gaining weight. Like most young ladies, older ones too, she looks with a dim eye on the advantages of gaining excess poundage. Perhaps “mushing” through the snows that always come in the Watauga capital city will take care of the problem. MY CROSS Dear God, you seemed to know my lack The day you placed it on my back. Comprehension comes on bend ed knee. My cross was custom made for me. Just heavy enough to break my pride, And bring- me humbly to Your side. When it weighs until I can’t bear it, 1 know you’ll come in time and share it. Big 6 room heating performance in a COMPACT CABINET sweet n’ low! . ' 33' high yet it '-i'.s up to 6 rooms! Inner HEAT TUBES Capture hottest heat— Built in BLOWER Guides it over floors. HEAT GUIDING OUTLETS Just pull and turn to guide the Super Floor Heat. SIEGLERMATIC TRY TO TIP IT DRAFT Heavy, Lifetime Ends soot, smoko and chimney CAST IRON Construction for troubles. SLASHES full house heating, FUEL BILLS! . mm I see the new CONSOLE SIEGLER that ozys fir i/se/fwith the fuel if saves/ TYSON Furniture Co “ft’s Thrifty to Trade at Tysons” :k mountain, n. c. "HONOR OUR BUSINESS WOMEN OCT. 2-8 NO 9-4381 (September 22, 1950) Cecil Nanney, worshipful master, will cut the birthday cake Friday night when Black Mountain lodge 663 AF & AM celebrated its 25th anniversary with a banquet at the Monte Vista at 7:30. Look for the total eclipse of the moon on Sept. 25. Mrs. Claude Rice before her marriage at 7:00 p.m. Wednes day, Sept. 20, was Miss Weeta Simmons, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Simmons of Black Mountain. Mr. and Mrs. John McMur ray of Morganton announce the birth of a son, John Har vey. Mr. McMurray is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. McMurray, Sr. Poet's Corner Conducted by Anne K. Sharp, Chairman Creative Writing Group A SUMMER GONE Have you ever sat on a hill Surrounded by a stillness As quiet as death; When the haze of fall Mars the beauty of the moun tains Which were Just a few short days ago As clear as a diamond; Rainwashed and sundried Mr. and Mrs. Leon Burnett of Chapel Hill announce the birth of a daughter. The baby' has been named Carol. Mrs. Burnett is the former Eliza beth Maddox. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Tiller and daughter Lea Ashley, have ar rived from Lakeside, Ohio, to spend several weeks with Mr. and Mrs. J. I*. Ashley before going to Florida. Robert Guy resigns at Ridgecrest. Robert Guy, un der whose management the Ridgecrest Baptist Assembly made great strides during the last four years, has resigned to accept a position as admin istrator of the Baton Rouge General hospital, Baton Rouge, La. By such a Divine Hand? Have you heard in the pensive hush The sudden cry of blue jays As they prey on other birds So small and innocent? Have you watched As the goldenrod seemingly without warning Burst forth into full bloom Declaring that summer is past And that the cold clammy hand of winter Soon shall blow it’s chilly breath Chilling the very soul of those who mourn A summer gone? —Mildred Reel Harris Swannanoa, N. C. Oddly Enough Diamonds, generally considered the most valuable of all precious gems, have been the cause of many bloody wars. In ancient times, only kings and emperors were allowed to own the sparkling Jewels. Today, however, diamonds are owned by people in all income brackets. Amazing as it sounds, less than thirty years ago most jewelers had no scientific method of determin ing a diamond's exact value — or of even being able to separate genuine diamonds from the fakes. Today, modern instruments such as the Diamondlite and the Diamond scope enable any jeweler to grade gems to a high degree of accuracy. Unfortunately, the layman still has no way of determining a diamond's true value. The only sure way, says the American Gem Society, leading associa tion of national retail jewelers, is to deal with a reputable merchant in your community. •> SHOPE CREEK by Mrs. Thelma Buckner (Sept. 15, 1960) Dear Readers, have you missed me these two weeks ? I suffered a very bad steam burn on my right wrist and hand which prevented me from getting out any news. Mom and I have been “gad ding” a bit recently. We spent two nights in Swannanoa with Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Nichols and Wayne, and a week-end with the Clinton Greggs and last week-end in Jones Cove with Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Creasman wAo took us to see Mrs. Laura Shop-' at the Skyline Rest Home on Sunday. We were sorry to learn of the passing of these friends: Mr. Elmore Burnett of Bee Tree who died Aug. 25. Mr. Roy Tipton of Black Mountain, died Aug. 28. Mrs. Fletcher Mason of Bilt more who died on Aug. 31, and Mrs. Freeman, Shope Creek, who died Sept. 3. F. B. Gregg of Beaverdam was our over-night guest re cently. G. R. Creasman is now em ployed as- a guard at Amcel. “Snake on the Loose” Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Nichols and Wayne were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Dilling ham and Mrs. Lena Cogdill on Sunday. The B. T. 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