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Mountain Musings
by Gene Byrd
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Many Calories:
More than my cup seems to
be filled to overflowing here
of late. The Muser and his
family are being invited to
birthday gatherings and spec
ial occasions enough that we
may not be directly contribut
ing as much to Sanford"s
“quality education” as we
should.
Last Sunday, we journeyed
out to the City of Asheville's
justly famed “tool shed ’ to
help \Y. T. Shook celebrate a
birthday. He didn't say which
one, and we didn’t ask. There
was a nice gathering ol kin
people and friends, and there
was a lot of delicious food.
Not only was the food good
but the fellowship with these
old friends was of the first
order. Since 1 taught Fred
and Eddie Shook the first year
I taught school, 1 have had
many worthy connections with
this family. We have exper
ienced both joy and sorrow
together.
The tool shed is so located
that one looks directly across
the huge lake created by the
Burnett Dam. It makes a
scene of rare beauty with the
Craggies in the background.
However, it made me want to
see the North Fork of a by
gone day, when the area was
settled by the descendants of
pioneer families and was tru
ly a “garden spot”. 1 have
heard many of my old friends
refer to this section with such
love and affection. I could al
most hear Aunt Sally blowing
on the horn to summon her
family to lunch.
The old Mountain View
church and cemetery had been
located just down the slope of
the Shone Mountain not too
far away. Just thinking of
my days as pastor of that little
historic church brought back
a flood of memories.
Then, on the Fourth of July,
Mae Burnett “set a picnic
dinner” for us at the farm
house out North Fork way.
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Anyone who knows the caliber
of Mae’s cooking- can imagine
what a repast we had. I might
he indicted for cruelty if I
reported all the delicacies and
especially for a fellow glut
tonous columnist, I shall re
frain. We were honored that
Roberta and Ralph Hudgins
could be with us. and Nell and
Claude McAfee dropped by for
fellowship in the afternoon.
We ate inside the house. 1
always could eat better if I
could put my feet under a ta
ble. Speaking of tables, v -
ate from a table that is one of
my prized possessions. After
Ralph Burnett’s death. Mai
sold her home on the Toll road
and moved to a trailer near
her daughter Nell. When slv
“broke-up house-keeping,’ sh
gave me an old fashioned round
dining table and chairs to
match. Food always tasted
good from this table, and the
Fourth was no exception.
Mae has been a mother to
us for the last few years, and
her love and loyalty mean
much to us.
The Flags Were Flying
As I drove out to North
Fork on the Fourth, I looked
for two large American flags
to be displayed at Maude and
Blaine Morris’ home. I was
not disappointed. Two flags,
honoring Joe and Scott Mor
ris who lost their lives in ser
vice during World \V av II,
were “gallantly streaming.
Not only did they honor the
dead; they honored the ones
who remembered and put
them there. Oh how lightly
we take our freedom some
times and how soon . . . too
soon, we forget!
It’s Never Been This
Late Before:
Last week I saw a remark
able updating of history in
this humble column. 1 was
attempting to list the taxpay
ers of this area for the year
1858, but somehow^the date
became the ‘‘late 18580 s.
This gives me sufficient op
ening to tell one of my favor
ite stories about the old moun
taineer who owned a wooden
work’s clock. This clock was
fine but somewhat erratic m
its time-keeping qualities. One
morning the mountaineer was
roused from sleep by the clock
striking one hundred times.
The startled individual pok
ed his wife in the ribs and
cried with some agitation. “Get
up at once, old woman, it s
never been this late befoie.
Good Reading:
At last I got sufficient time
last week to do something I
had delayed until I could do it
properly. 1 read slowly and
,-reat enjoyment the manu
script of Fred Schnelz’s “Some
5lants Do Grow Into Money.
. This is a thorough and pains
i taking treatise executed as
only Fred could do.
Space forbids giving more
than the highlights, but I
found this book most interest
ing. The foreword, conclud
ing with the author’s wish that
his readers might develop “a
Green Thumb, a Good Appe
tite, a Brown Skin, a Slim
Mid-Section and a Ready
Smile,” was especially good.
1 thought the photographs,
all by the author, were quite
outstanding, and the helps for
pronunciation of difficult
plant names were helpful in
deed.
The practical tips on propa
gation, care and sale of dif
ferent items were good; I
liked the portion on the use
of empty tin cans as recepta
cles.
Really, to me, the best part
was where from time to time
the honest down to earth phil
osophy of this truly remark
able man revealed itself in
, subtle ways.
airpine product
Troy Manufacturing Co., 01
Airpine Industrial Park.
At long- last, Fred, your copy
is on its way back to you. 1
Thanks for the privilege of i
leading your material. (The 1
shoe manufacturers may de- j
cide to toss you in the canal j
when they read the last few ^
pages.) ,
Bible School:
The I. a k c w o o d Baptist ,
church will hold its annual
Daily Vacation Bible school ‘
starting Monday, July 17, and ‘
lasting through the week. The 1
hours are from !' until 11 in c
the morning, and we hope the c
young folks of the area will {
avail themselves of this op
portunity. ]
Pastor Secured: ^
Our pulpit committee an- j
nounces that it has secured the
Rev. LeKoy Thomas to fill the
pulpit of the Lakewood Bap
tist church beginning the first '
Sunday in August. We are (
happy to secure the services of t
such a lovable and able man. r
We know he will grace the s
pulpit, and we want you to £
come and support him in the ,
Kingdom’s work. This means
some of you have only three
Sundays remaining to hear the s
Old Muser'preach. r
Grateful: t
Thank you for your poem, (
Mrs. Buckner. I shall cherish {
it. Keep up your good work, j
Held Lightly
Life is good: may I observe
Somewhat better than we de
serve.
Freedom held lightly in our
day
The purchase of blood in dire
affray.
Held lightly Freedom slips
away.
Hardly regained with usurious
pay.
Present fear and lethargy
could not mix.
With patriot’s “spirit of ’76.”
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ne of eight industrial firn
Maxton and Laurinburg
folks have two kinds of stock
n their industrial park: stock
in the bank and stock on the
hoof! Both support one of the
most unusual ventures in
Vorth Carolina’s expanding
program of industrial develop
ment.
The Laurinburg-Maxton oper
ation has already attracted
ught industries and created
700 new jobs. It also is the
inme for some 1.500 beef
i-attle being groomed for mark
?t—and therefrom hangs the
ale of the four-footed stock.
Airpine Industrial Park is
ocated on a 5.700-acre reser
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mrg-Maxton Air Force base
luring World War II. Re
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ment two years ago. the prop
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wo communities for develop
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six-man Airport Commission
?omposed of three members
from each town.
Financing has been self
supporting from the begin
ling. Actually, a surplus of
money was created and $80,
)00 lias been turned back to
he treasuries of the two
:owns.
Sen. Erwin
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WASHINGTON—This week
Americans have celebrated the
185th anniversary of the birth
of this nation. Amid the pleas
ures which the holiday always
brings, there is an increasing
awareness of the gravity of
the Berlin crisis. Khruschev
has told the President that
we have six months to settle
the Berlin problem. Since
World War li we have fought
one war and endured many
crises in the Cold War with
Russia. In typical American
fashion we do not like to dwell
long on grave problems. We
like the quick solution so that
we can focus our attention on
the enjoyment of the benefits
of the greatest society yet de
veloped. We are learning year
ly that there is no ready or
easy solution to make it easy
to live with Russia. Two facts
stand out in the Berlin crisis.
First, Communism is bent on
enslavement of the world eith
er by war or preferably by
gaining its end through apa
thv. indecision, and lack of
will. Second, Russia fears
the reunification of Germ r.y.
East Germany has 18 million
people living in it whose first
allegiance is to a reunited
Germany rather than their
communist puppet govern
ment. Russia has never for- 1 -
gotten that Germany could :
have defeated it except for !
Lend-Lease. At the same time i
R-ussia has never been grate
ful to the United States for
this aid. Moreover, Russia
sees a strong West Germany
that has come back in the last
five years to a position of
greater productivity than be
fore World War II. 1
SURVIVAL OF THE WEST
—In the face of the Commun
ist challenge two things are
essential to the preservation
of the Western World. First,
we must keep strong militar
ily. I have sought to accom
plish this objective during my
service on the Senate Armed
Sendees Committee. 1 should
point out that military
j strength alone cannot save us.
Second, our people must have
a determined will and the right I
kind of spirit. We should not
delude ourselves that foreign
I aid is going to save us, or
that we can hope to get other
! nations to fight our. battles
for us, or that we can scatter
our resources over the face of
the earth and win friends. His
tory teaches us that God gives
liberty only to those who love
liberty so much that they are
willing to fight for it. During
the darkest hours of 1940 af
ter years of apathy the Brit
ish people under the inspired
leadership of Winston Church
ill showed this determined will.
Several years ago 1 stood at
Jamestown, Va., and looked at
the replicas of the frail little
boats which brought the first
courageous English settlers to
America. I was impressed hv
.' the lesson taught by men and
women who were willing to
risk their lives in tiny crafts
upon a boisterous ocean to
found the nations we cherish.
The Western World must try
to negotiate reasonable settle
ments and solutions, but it
should never negotiate through
. fear, apathy, or indecision in
ines are products of the
is now using facilities of
its course of action. We should
never forget the advice Crom
well gave his men: “Trust in
the Lord, but keep your pow
der dry.”
WASHINGTON — The At
torney General has asked Con
gress for new weapons to com
bat organized racketeering.
The current basketball scand
als have brought home the im
pact of organized crime in all
walks of life. At the turn of
the 20th century Linctfln Stef
fens in a series of newspaper
articles uncovered the ugli
ness and corruption which
crime brings and a reform
wave swept the country. The
McClellan hearings have re
cently shaken public apathy
toward crime. On April 7th
the Attorney General announc
ed eight proposals to more ef
fectively cope with organized
crime, five of which are sim-_
ilar to proposals authored by
his precedessor. These bills
are legalistic in their language
but in brief they seek to curb
Guild Has
Family Picnic
At Joe JJ allins
The Wesleyan Service Guild
of the Methodist church met
Sunday evening:, July 2, at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. .Joe
Wallin for a family night pic
nic.
Those attending were the
Rev. John McWhorter, Fred
and Beth; Mr. and Mrs. T. W.
criminal activity by regulat
inn’ interstate travel for crini
inal purposes, regulating the
transportation of gambling de
vices not controlled by the
present Johnson Act, and by
making changes in the Fugi
tive Felon Act and the Federal
Firearms Acts. Most citizens
favor’the purpose of this type
of legislation, but the major
problem confronting Congress
and the Justice Department is
the drafting of the proposed
laws. It is difficult to curb
racketeering and at the same
time to safeguard the basic
civil liberties of the ordinary
sinner. In plain language, it
is hard to catch the sharks and
at the same time not catch all
of the minnows.
soil A L s r, i u k 1 1 1
CHANGES — Congress has
enacted four major changes in
the rules governing social se
curity benefits. These are:
(1) men now have the option
to retire at the age of 62 at
80 % of the benefits they
would otherwise be entitled to
receive at the age of 05, (2)
the minimum benefit has been
raised from $33 to $40 a
month: (3) the monthly bene
fit for widows has been in
creased by 10%: and (4) pro
visions for loss of benefits
have been modified on earn
ings between $1,200 and $1,
700 a year by those who have
jobs.
HEARINGS — The Consti
tutional Rights Subcommit
tee, of which I am chairman,
is proceeding with staff work
for hearings later this year on
the Constitutional Rights of
the American Indian. The
Subcommittee has received a
number of complaints from
the reservation and off-reser
vation Indians regarding a de
nial of their basis constitu
tional rights.
Nesbitt, Diane and Kathleen;
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Milo
vitz Mr. and Mrs. IT. C.
Wright and Coleman; Mr and
Mrs Gray Stephens, Cathy
and Nancy Kluttz, Mrs Henry
Pittman and Ken, Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Williams, Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Kerlee Jr., and Jei
,v Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hy
de,’ and Joe, and Miss Ginger
Wallin. _
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