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35627
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Summer fishing had its attraction, but it was more for tourists, the author opined. To his estimation, fishing in the time after the vacationers left had at least three special qualities. The onset of chill encouraging the catch to move to deeper waters, was the first. The departure of the masses leaves more space in the waterways, was the second. The exodus of summertime insects makes the experience on the open water more pleasant, was the third.
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35628
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The public education experience for many in decades past was spent in one room schoolhouses. The people of Williamston were reminded of that experience. It came with the arrival of the Poplar Point School, constructed circa Civil War and lately restored to its original condition. With its migration from this small town came reminders of that way of life for students. It was one different in many ways and better in some ways, to the author’s estimation.
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The title, echoing a shout by her fellow schoolchildren, hinted at the poverty stricken circumstances revealed in her clothes. Christmas Day, though, was an occasion to forget all she lacked, because of presents given by relatives in California. The present most cherished was a copy of Louisa May Alcott, Little Women; she could relate all too well to its main characters, the Marsh family.
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This tongue in cheek interview revealed challenges part of the North Pole’s daily operations, such as the CIA’s interception of mail from children perceived as threatening and elves moonlighting to make ends meet. With all the challenges, Ms. Claus assured the work was well worth it, considering the joy the gifts gave to children.
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35637
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The Andy in question was Andy Griffith, renowned chiefly for playing the title character in The Andy Griffith Show. The interview with Griffith yielded insights about his past work in theatre, as well as his present television productions. It also yielded the obligation that Griffith felt toward his hometown and state in helping to make him into the success he was as an actor.
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35638
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The recollected memory took place during the author’s childhood visit to her grandmother Mary Casey. As for what took place in a town the author also regarded as home, it involved visitors from Virginia and Maryland. They helped to make one Christmas Eve in the village memorable through their participation in town’s annual Turkey Shoot.
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The Reed Gold Mine, located twenty miles east of Charlotte, boasted first discovering gold in the United States in 1799. Little Meadow Creek’s gold mining industry, beginning in the 1820s, revealed its lingering effects on the town at the present time. For the author, it was perceived in how visiting the Reed Gold Mine State Historic Site impacted her, her husband, and young son.
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Separating the men from the boys took place during a quail hunt in February—not a usual month for hunting, according to the author. As for what else made the occasion unusual, that was the lesson the author learned from the man who took him on his first quail hunt. The lesson: youth is for making mistakes; old age is for impressing the young with their knowledge.
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35641
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Old Man Breen, a blind black guitarist, gave the author and his friends, Mike and Ricky, a new hangout: Breen’s Alley. In their meeting, the guitarist also instilled into Charles Seagraves and his childhood friends a value for blues music.
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The passage of years wasn’t enough to dim the recollection of a sixth grade teacher like Miss Elva and classmate like Jeffro Tillerson. Though they were gone in a sense by the time of Beauchamp’s writing, they were still alive in memory, and worthy of written recollection.
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35643
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Earl Roberson was the man with the Edgecombe experience. His experience had encouraged many to peg him a Renaissance man. This Renaissance man earned his title through a full life experience, one lived in Edgecombe and far beyond. It could be measured in his learning how to ski while in the army and restoring a local historical house, in a Master’s from Butler University, Indiana and an administrative position at Edgecombe Technical Institute.
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35644
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The trinity of Bs referred to types of trout that made NC Mountains a popular fishing area. They are Brook, Brown (also known as Speckled), and Rainbow. What makes this sport possible also was the right attire and equipment, along with knowledge of the state’s laws and licenses.
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35645
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The secret the author shared in the days after its discovery with three others was a Red Crocus. Though the flower was long since gone from the yard in which it grew, it proved to be much alive in another sense.
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35646
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The longleafs left could be found on the James Boyd estate in Southern Pines. Thanks to the preservation of this pine breed, Boyd may be known in NC history for more than his historic novels Drums and Marching On.
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35647
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Some of Stem’s notes on black music history: its African origins and intermingling with Christian hymns; noted musicians like the Jubilee singers and Scott Joplin; and types of melodies, such as roustabouts, work songs and spirituals.
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