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We’re still listening to glowing accounts of the fire, the food, the flu, the counselors, the crowd, the canoe, the rain and roof, tent and toil, our group, the dis cussions, next year, etc. We haven’t decided which are the woes and which are the joys. It took both to make the other. I keep hearing them sing the theme from Godspell--Day by Day. I get the feeling some of them think this is a new theme. It’s a recorded prayer of St. Richard, Bishop of Chichester (1197- —1253). It goes: O most merciful Re deemer, Friend and Brother, i may we know Thee more ' clearly, love Thee more dear ly, and follow Thee more nearly; for ThlneOwuSake— Amen. It has been set to music and used as a closing exhort ation since at least 1931. The newness is the current tune and tempo. Let’s hope we all join in making this joyful noise unto The Lord. We’ll all be In for a Real Adventure —Day by Day. Last Monday Morning at 7;45, Jaqultha, Jenny, Jonathan and I left J^e’s Branch, and at 10:45 drove up in front of Mer edith Woods Manor in Raleigh. Even two years ago I knew when I was near Concord, Sal isbury, High Point, Greens boro, Burlington; but not now. We by - passed everything from K.M. to there—where we visited some more J. Reids, John, Joanne, Jimmy, and Jeff. That evening I went from Jackie to Jeanette; and until Wednesday participated in the most jolly, joyful re run of lour years I could have dared hoped for. I stayed two nights with The Jim Curries, Jim, Spruill and Mary Virgin ia. I hadn’t seen Spruiil in 17 I years. It could have been the * week before. She’s one ofthe lew people I’ve know who has a place for everything and keeps it there--even the cat. While she was at work at The N.C. Museum of History and State Historic Sites, I got to gether with Estelle Rogers Hunter who is a dietician at Rex Hospital. As soon as she could make a deal with Far mers’ Market for a load of watermelons, she and I took off lor Roseboro to find our other roommate, Edna Earl Watson. Earle and Allen, their neice, and 3 adult daughters had just come in from a 10 day camping spree at Nag’s Head. If they had a place lor any thing, nothing was in it. But, the college crowd seemed right back in place, and it was a truly, truly time of jollity and joy. With such a span of years, you’d think indiffer ence and unconcern would have set in. but just the op posite is true. There are so many joys and hopes and dreams to share and antici pate; and to compare with the ones we had thirty or so years ago. We’reallstUlhopingand dreaming and anticipating— grand kids included. Estelle’s I father had been buried Satur- ' day. We could rejoice with her in having a father about longer than the rest of us. He was 89. Yet we know what an em ptiness a daddy’s going is, and we could be sympathetic. When we graduated in 1940, I can remember it seemed a little like funeral exercises as well as graduation. I could n’t conceive of life being so centered around these partic ular people for four full years, and then just coming to an end. Even though we’ve seen each other only once and twice since then, nothing came to an end. It was more than mar velous how we could just take up where we left oft. I just know we experienced a smid gen of Heaven. And it was all so renewing and youthifying. Instead of letting 30 years take its toll, we let 30 years just roll away. Remarkably so, everybody looked unaged--- and without the aid of frost- ings, foundations, or face lifts. Everybody was pretty much on their own. I was the only one who wore glasses full time--and tliat’s for conveni ence. I tried wearing them on a chain, but they got in my way every time there was somebody to hug. All us Js left Raleigh early Wednesday. WeletJoanneand her little Js out at Raeford to finish the week witli her folks. Then we went on to Red Springs to visit a little while in The Malcolm Watsonhome. A trip like this is a good way tor a Mother J and a Daughter J and Grand Js to get to visit each other. As soon as I got home Glenn and I began a peach hunt. Had to go nearly to Spartenburg to find enough for Ice cream which we enjoy ed alter the Dixon choir prac tice Thursday Evening. Speaking of peaches--Roy told me this morning he and Mary had been to Mr. L.D. Hardin’s funeral yeaterday. I was reminded of what a good time we would have at their peach place on old #29. We’d come from Winston-Salem to visit and Cap would delight in taking us all up to Archdale to the dairy and then to Har din’s tor peaches. All the Hardlns would come out and we’d make a festival out of a mere peaches purchase. Other than my own, I haven’t heard too much news. Just about everybody is either away or they just took Suixiay off. Fannie was with her sis ter, Mae Gaston for the week end. Lucille was visiting a cousin in Brevard. Lena and Preston was off on another jaunt. The Talleys were off on a loaf - with - relatives - week. The Crisps were in Mountville, S. C. for The Crisp Re-union. Come to The Flea Market in their back yard (Grover) Saturday, the 5th. Mrs. Youngblood said Betty was home and doing well except for a cold. Thelma’s arm is better—unable to be out; out of the cast, that is. Tony Batchler is home and progressing greatly. Lynn Wilson will have her tonsils out Friday at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte. Tom and Mae Humphriesboardeda bus to Maine this morning to visit with old friends there. Joan and Gary Swart are look ing for a place to live, Bubba is wondering where the shaggy went. Ginger’s sister, Jean- nie with her husband Junior Collins, their 3 sons and 2 daughters, came over for the weekend from Syiva where ttiey are spending several weeks before returning to Belle Glade, Florida. A couple days of that many extra feet and sleeping bags can soon put shag to shab. Only family to getherness can compensate. Bible School begins August 7. Everybody is invited. I was expecting to see Jean Francis looking pretty seedy after the experimental lunch- elon diet they are all on over at Cleveland Tech. She look ed rather sunny and jolly though. Their lunch is a pac ket of sunflower seeds. Some body has already lost 50 pounds. Grover News has not been all in vain. I’ve had several delightful telephone chats as a result of something written and read. Got a letter too. Several thought Minnie was Frances, and I had a chance to tell some of them how very much ALIVE and joyful Fran ces is! The calendar forces us to wind up July; but, gang, we must not wind up being jolly, joyful and jubilant. JOY is here to stay, and we all want our fair share. I was read ing a Concordance and this is what it had about JOY. Joy—In no other religion and in no other literature is joy so conspicuous as in Christianity and in the Bible. Physically and psycologically speaking, it is the criterion of health whereby all the pow ers and affections are enrich ed and harmonized. So in re ligion it denotes the satisfac tion of the soul at attaining its desire; and Christianity st ands firm so long as men who liave it are Invested with joy. See wliat your dictionary lias to say about joy too. I wouldn’t begin to estimate the number of references and exhorta tions to joy there are in both The Old and New Testaments. I’m sure Jesus, Paul and The Psalmists had as much to say about JOY as any one other thing. Question One of the Catechism is: Wliat is the chief and highest end of man? The Answer Is: Man’s chief and highest end is to glorify God, and fully to ENJOY Him forever. So let’s jot down all our July Jollies and see how Hlghward we can jump for JOY right in to August. The Kings Mountain Mirror can be purchased at Hardin’s Grocery, Renn’s Cafe and Shorty's Citgo. Decoiipajje Classes Set Anyone interested in enrol ling in an advanced Decoupage Class is urged to call the Community Center - 739-3549 between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Mrs. Alice Johnson will be the instructor for these clas ses which will be held each Thursday from 6:30 ’til 9:30 p.m. beginning August 17th. 1972. Film crew positions lights and sound equipment outside Four Fellows headquarters on Watterson Street which serves as a set Grover Squad Answers 5 Calls The Grover Rescue Squad was kept busy last week an swering a total of five calls. On the 24tb the squad deliv ered oxygen to a home in Blacksburg. On the 25th the squad was dispatched for an O. B. to Cherokee County Hospital. Two calls onthe 26th includ ed covering a wreck on I-B5 in South Carolina, right out side Grover and they also brought a patient home from the Cherokee County Hospital that day. On the 29th they covered an auto accident on U.S. 29 south of Grover. Two members of theGrover Rescue Squad attended an area 7 meeting in Troy, North Car olina Sunday. Bethlehem Baptist Church will observe Homecoming on this Sunday, August 6. All former members, pastors and all friends are invited. Regular morning services will be conducted with dinner on the grounds. Rev. Russell Fitts, pastor, wtll bring the message. 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