Pane UA-MIRROR-HERALD-Thursday, August 2, 1979
Receiving Awards
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PICTURE 1-Pictured is Alex McCaUum (leR),
Personnel Director at Spectrum Fibers, Inc., receiving
his Five Year Service Award during the month of July.
Presenting the award is Buford DeFore, Executive
Vice President of Manufacturing.
.. PICTURE 2—Pictured is Virginia Alley, employee of
Spectrum Fibers, Inc. in the Package Dye Department,
receiving her Five Year Service Award during the
month of July. Presenting the award Is Coye Terry,
Package Dye Supervisor.
PICTURE 3-Plctured is WilUe Strong (left), em
ployee of Spectrum Fibers, Inc. in the Piece Dye
Department, receiving his Five Year Service Award
during the month of July. Presenting the award is Steve
Moore, Piece Dye Supervisor.
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PICTl'RE 4—Pictured Is James Alley, employee of
Spectrum Fibers, Inc. in the Color Development
Department, receiving his Five Year Service Award
during the month of July. Presenting the award is Patsy
Sparrow, Color Development Supervisor.
PICTURE S-Pictiired is John McClain (left), is
employee of Spectrum Fibers. Inc. in the Plant
Engineering Department, receiving his Five Year
Service Award during the month of July. Presenting the
award Is Bill Stewart, Plant Engineering Department
Manager.
•Folk Ways-
Appalachian Expressions
Senator Harris Meets With Pres. Carter
By ROGERS WHITENER
Words and their ways
continue to pique the in
terest of Folk-Ways
readers.
Friend Alfred E. Me-
TTienla of Olade Spring,
Virginia, a regular
correspondent over the
years, has an especially
good ear and a good
memory for Appalachian
expressions.
He reached back a piece-
-70 years or more-recently
In recounting some of the
folk expressions heard in
Washington County,
Virginia.
He writes:
"The following old
sayings (expressions) are
remembered from a time
of more than seventy years
ago around and about John
McCormack’s Store in the
Liberty Hall-Lodl section
of Virginia.
"A horseback rider was
said to be ‘lidln’ uv a horse
or mule, and if the rider
had another animal In tow
he was said to be ‘ridln’ uv
a horse and leadin’ us a
mule.’ Or he might be
’ridln’ uv a hoss and drlvln’
uv a cow.
’’A teamster would be
’drlvln’ uv a team uv
horses (or mules). If the
team were oxen, he was
said to be ’drlvln’ uv a yoke
uv oxen’ (or steers).’’
Mr. McTlienla cites a
number of expressions for
people In a hurry.
“A person runnnlng fast
was said to be ‘bird-
working’ or ‘running
sideways to keep from-
llylng.’ Or he might simply
be ‘Ickln’ them up and
layln’ them don.’
"Another was ‘like he’d
been shot out of agun’ or
‘like he had been shot at
and missed.’ Still another,
and more pungent
description of a person in a
wild dash of speed:
‘runnln’ like a turpentined
dog.’
Mr. Mc’Thenla notes that
when a man wanted to
apeak of great numbers or
vast quantities he might
describe either as ’’more
than John the Baptist
q>oke about.’’
Storekeeper John Mc
Cormack also had a way
with words according to
Mr. Mc’Thenla and he often
used them to keep
pestiferous younguns at
bay.
"John McCormack was
a good man, well liked,
who had his own peculiar
vernacular and man
nerisms. Ofttlmes when
one of us ‘M’ ’Theeny’
younguns would ask him a
silly question he pretended
tx>t to hear or understand,
and In mock surprise he
would counter with ’shot
who’ or ’whot who with a
raxor?’
"When on too frequent
occasions one of us might
be pestering him a little too
much, he’d come out with
this threat: ’I’ll pin your
ears back and swallow you
whole!”
Another corresponent
who sends us folk Items
hx>m time to time is Mrs.
William Nye, Activities
Coordinator at Vespers
Nursing Home,
WUkesboro.
Recently she compiled a
Ust of Wilkes County
sayings provided by
Vespers residents. She
writes:
"Last week we discussed
one of your colunms on folk
speech and here are some
expressions the group
came up with. One lady
suggested that she was
familiar with your ’ugly as
a mud fence’ saying, but
that her father had always
added, ‘staked with
Usards.’ Others were
accustomed to hearing
‘nice-nasty’ Instead of
‘nasty-nice’ as used In your
column.”
Other Vespers saying:
“So lazy he wouldn’t get
his breath If It didn’t come
natural.”
“Purtlest woman that
ever stood In leather.”
“Cold as kraut.”
A response to how the
person feels: “Sorta as to
be up” or
“Like a crosscut saw.”
Overheard on the Ap
palachian campus recently
as a staff member reacted
to a verbal bombardment
by a lady overseer: “There
Just ain’t no way of
pleasing that woman. If
she ever gets to heaven,
Qie first thing she’s going
to do Is demand to see the
upstairs!”
Readers are Invited to
send folk materials to
Folk-Ways and Folk-
Speech, Box 876, Ap
palachian State Univer
sity, Boone, N.C. 38608.
James Drury
To Star At
Pineville Theatre
FinevUle Dinner Theatre
is bringing James Drury,
the star of television’s
celebrated series “The
Virginian”, to its stage for
a five week run opening
Aug. 14.
Drury will play a tem
peramental orchestra
conductor In the Broadway
comedy “Once More With
Feeling” by Harry Kur-
nltz.
The flippant plot of
“Once More With Feeling”
affords an absorbing in
sight into behind-the-
scenes aspects of the
conducting profession with
a comedic twist. This show
will be playing through
Sept. 16. For reservations
and Information call 704-
M2-3481.
Kings Mountain Senator J. Ollle
Harris was among 24 North Carolina
legislators who met with President
Jimmy Carter at the White House
Monday.
Harris was the only legislator
from this district to make the trip,
his first visit to the White House.
”I was very Impressed with
President Carter. He was very
cordial, relaxed, confident and
looked great,” said Harris, who
returned to Kings Mountain Monday
night.
‘The 2 p.m. conference, which was
initiated by U.S. Senator Robert
Morgan, was over in about 20
minutes, with the President
speaking for about five minutes on
numerous issues, including the
Pending Salt II treaty, energy and
inflation, windfall tax, etc. and
encouraging the legislators to help
restore confidence in government.
President Carter expressed hope
that inflation would be lessened by
February.
President Carter told the group
that he hoped other states will follow
Morgan’s example and bring
members of their delegation to
Washington.
Harris said there was also time for
handshaking and picture-taking
with the President before the
meeting in the Roosevelt Room, next
to the Oval Office, adjourned.
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IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR MOTHER
HELEN STANTON WHISNANT
WHO PASSED AWAY JULY 86,1978
A million times we mlued you, a million times we
cried.
If love could have saved you, you never would have died
It broke our hearts to lose you, but you didn’t go alone.
For our hEuide went with you, the day Ood called you
home.
TTIE CHILDREN
OtlB, Bernice, Vader, Evelyn
TO TOBY
Toby's been dealt a very tough blow
His eyes don't sparkle nor do they glow
The Lord has taken his father to a better
place
He took him far away from this world’s rat
race.
I pray the Lord show Toby the way
To deal with his memories every day
If ever in need he might be
I hope he'll feel free to call upon me.
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