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(Ed. Note - Sixth grader
Marylee Hoyle Dilling, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. David Dilling,
was District II winner in the re-
cent Colonel Frederick
Hambright Chapter DAR essay
contest. The local contest was on
the subject, "Coming To
America In Colonial Days."
Dilling wrote on "Early
Thanksgiving Celebrations.)
By MARYLEE DILLING
Thanksgiving Day, as we now
celebrate it, is quite different from
the feasts the early settlers held.
While we celebrate annually by
observing the fourth Thursday in
November in a day-long celebra-
tion, the Colonists of long ago
feasted at different times and
sometimes for several days at a
time. However, many aspects of
the Thanksgiving celebration have
remained unchanged throughout
the centuries.
The first Thanksgiving was held
in 1607 in Phopan Colony which is
now Maine. On December 4, 1619,
the 38 settlers of Berkeley's
Hundred held a day of thanksgiv-
ing at Berkeley's Plantation on the
James River in what is now
Charles City, Virginia, to celebrate
their arrival at the plantation.
The Mayflower came ashore on
December 21, 1620. The most
well-known Thanksgiving celebra-
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Early Thanksgivings were big feasts
tion was held in October, 1621.
The settlers had been in Plymouth
less than a year when the harsh
winter killed about one-half of the
Pilgrims. In the summer of 1621,
they expected a good corn harvest
despite the bad pea, wheat and bar-
ley crops. The Indians had helped
the Pilgrims grow the "strange
Indian corn" by using fish as
fertilizer. There were 20 whole
acres of Indian corn grown for the
upcoming festival.
In early autumn, Governor
William Bradford proclaimed a
harvest festival to thank God for
the progress made. The festival
was to be similar to the harvest-
home celebration in England.
The festival lasted for three days
in an open field near Town Brook,
Massachusetts. Ninety Wampanoag
Indians and their chief, Massasoit,
attended the three-day festival. The
Indians were male warriors who
wore war paint. They brought five
deer to the feast. There were 11
houses and four buildings provided
for people to sleep in.
The Pilgrims and Indians feasted
on roast duck, roast geese, roasted
wild turnkey, clams and other
shellfish, smoked eel, ground nuts
(potato-like roots) baked in hot
ashes, fish, wild plums, peas,
Indian corn, the five deer the
Indians brought, barley, waterfowl,
salad greens, herbs, corn pone,
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"Injun" bread (corn-rye), wine
from wild grapes, leeks, water-
cress, cranberries and pumpkin pie.
The women supervised outside-
over-the fire cooking and the men
went hunting. In Edward
Winslow's words, "Our harvest be-
ing gotten in, our governor sent
“four men fowling, that we might,
after a special manner, rejoice to-
gether after we had gathered the
fruit of our labors."
Captain Miles Standish held a
military review for his small army.
There were games of skill and
a
chance, and there was target shoot-
ing with guns and bows and ar-
rows. They held races and
wrestling matches, they sang,
danced, mingled with each other,
and the Indians entertained them
with dances.
About mid-October, the next
year there wasn't enough food for a
celebration, and the Pilgrims strug-
gled to survive. The third spring
and summer were hot and dry. By
July, 1623, all the crops had dried
up. Like a miracle the rains came,
gushing down in torrents and
sheets of pelting water. Governor
William Bradford proclaimed a day
of feasting and prayer on
November 29, 1623, to celebrate
this life-saving miracle. Some peo-
ple say this was the first true
Thanksgiving.
In future years there were simi-
lar celebrations held, but no truly
official date was set until the 20th
century.
Although Thanksgiving celebra-
tions have changed somewhat
since the early feasts of long ago,
in many ways this special holiday
remains the same. It is still a cele-
bration of harvest, and it is sill a
time when family and friends join
together to give thanks for their
blessings. Surviving many changes
and the passage of time, the pur-
pose of the Thanksgiving feast re-
mains the same.
School systems hold joint training
Cleveland Community College,
the three county school systems,
and the University of North
Carolina Chapel Hill Mathematics
and Science Education Network
have: concluded a joint training
program as part of the 1993
Eisenhower Mathematics ‘and
Science Education Program.
The program was awarded to
serve under-represented students in
the middle schools and high
schools of Cleveland County. CCC
served as the sponsoring institution
of higher education for the project.
As part of the program, middle
school and high school teachers
and guidance staff from Cleveland
County Schools, Kings Mountain
District Schools and Shelby City
The first grade class of Johnna Wyte and Wanda Gilmore are shown
as they greet Captain Joey S. Wyte, brother-in-law of their teacher,
who recently returned from a tour of duty in Mogadishu, Somalia.
While there he received cards, letters and pictures from these
Bethware students. They welcomed him home with a banner and
Valentines. After a visit with his family Capt. Wyte will be stationed in
Brisbane, Australia.
AWARDS
From Page 9-B
unteers and contributors who have
helped make Association services
successful throughout the year.
Reservations can be made by call-
ing or visiting the Patient-Family
Support Center on 230 North Post
Road, Shelby. The office number is
481-9535. After 6 p.m., call 538-
3180 or 538-8002.
M The Kidney Association will
hold an information workshop for
patients and families #ffected by
Prednisone Saturday, April 16 at 10
a.m. at the CRKA patient support
center. If enough people register, a
second session will be held at 2
p.m.
COURSES
From Page 9-B
The class location is to be an-
nounced later.
Sign language begins May 16
and will meet each Monday from
6:30-9:30 p.m. at Aldersgate
Methodist Church.
For more information on cours-
es, call 484-4015.
BW The Shelby Art League and
Cleveland Community College will
host the “18th annual Student
Artists Exhibition through march
30 at The Gallery at CCC.
Entries are from the county's
four high schools and four middle
schools. A first prize of $100, sec-
ond prize of $75 and third prize of
$50 will be awarded-in each divi-
sion. In addition, there will be 16.
honorable mention awards of $25
each.
Patients or family members may
register by calling Renee Ledford
at 481-9535 or 538-8002.
The workshop will have a $3
copying fee. Register in advance to
assure a seat.
Other lectures upcoming in-
clude:
Assertiveness to Health Care
(for senior citizens), 11-11:30 a.m.,
March 18 at Kings Mountain
Depot, March 21 at Lawndale Bliss
Center, March 25 at First
Assembly Church, Shelby, and
March 28 at Boiling Springs
Methodist Church.
Kidney Disease Patient/Family
Support Group, 1p.m., March 31 at
CRKA, 230 North Post Road,
Shelby.
The exhibit is free and open to
the public from 8 a.m.-10 p.m.
Monday through Thursday and 8
a.m.-4 p.m. Friday. For more infor-
mation call Hal Bryant at 484-
4023.
BW CCC will host the Burns High
production of Love Letters March
17 at 7:30 p.m. in the CCC audito-
rium. The production is free and
open to the public.
For more information, call
Dottie Mcintyre at 484-4025.
BW CCC will host soprano vocal-
ist Gena Poovey Sunday, March 20
at 2:30 p.m. in the CCC auditori-
um. The performance is free and
open to the public. The perfor-
mance will be a program written
by and about women to celebrate
Women's History Month. For more
information call Dottie McIntyre at
484-4025.
Schools met in class sessions at
CCC for lectures, small group dis-
cussions, group work and panel
discussions. The goal of the project
was for the participants to prepare
a written document to take back to
each individual school. The docu-
ment addresses educational theory
and practices for ensuring that mi-
nority students will choose to pre-
pare themselves for careers in
mathematics and/or science and
will ultimately enter careers in sci-
ence and mathematics.
Session topics included Learning
Styles, Critical and Analytical
Thinking Skills, Cultural Biases of
Standardized Tests, and Career
Opportunities in Medicine,
Nutrition, Agriculture and
Chemistry.
Coordinators for the “project
were Dr. Ron Wright, Dean of
Arts, Sciences, and Public
Services, CCC; Dr. Ron Nanney,
Assistant Superintendent,
Cleveland County Schools; Dr.
Jane King, Assistant
Superintendent for Instruction,
Kings Mountain District Schools;
and Dr. Faye Burton, Assistant
Superintendent, Shelby Schools.
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