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March 4– Ruritan Pancake & Sausage Breakfast March 7– Ruritan Club Meeting, 7 PM March 11– Rougemont Food Pantry Drive & Bahama Ruritan 70th Anniversary Party, 1 PM March 12– Daylight Savings Time begins March 20– Spring Begins March 27– Ruritan RMD District Meeting March 28– RECA Meeting, 4:30 PM April 1- Bahama Business Expo 9am-Noon April 4– Ruritan Club Meeting, 7 PM April 15– Easter Parade & Festival April 21-23– Ruritan ANCR Rally April 25– RECA Meeting, 4:30 PM

May 2– Ruritan Club Meeting, 7 PM May 9– Ruritan New Member Orientation, 7PM May 13- Rougemont Food Pantry Drive May 23– RECA Meeting, 4:30 PM May 29– Memorial Day

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… is published and distributed free of charge as a community service by the Rougemont Ru-ritan Club, 212 Bacon Road (P.O. Box 63), Rougemont, NC 27572.

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2017 Officers & Directors

Club Information and Index

President’s Letter

Angel Donations

Gently Used Shoes

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David Dohr Lawrence Daye Dustin Raymer Melody Ann Mininger Mike Cooley Ray Yearwood Lennie Newton Cindy Drake John Mininger

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Rougemont Ruritan Club President’s Letter

What is Ruritan? Ruritan is a community based organization, with members from different

walks of life, Who want to improve the commu-nity that it is part of. The motto of the Ruritan Club is FELLOWSHIP, GOODWILL, and COMMU-NITY SERVICE, and our goal is to include individ-uals from the community as members that live and breathe this same philosophy. 2016 was an exciting year for the Rougemont Ruritan Club. We have been involved in many activities, from Pancake & Sausage Breakfasts, Brunswick stews, food bank support, roadside pick-ups, Easter Parade, fruit baskets for the el-derly and shut-ins, community children’s Christ-mas party, the Little Free Library (adults & chil-dren), angel lights at Christmas, to flying Ameri-can flags on national holidays and scholarships. The two largest projects that we were involved in were the new Rougemont water system and the Rougemont Railroad Depot. The first was the water system that was official-ly dedicated on September 22, 2016. This sys-tem will provide safe, clean drinking water to the residents of the community affected by the contaminated water table. The late Joe Haenn (RRC member) was one of two individuals that

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spearheaded this effort to bring this project to com-pletion for the community. The second project is the restoration of the Norfolk & Western Rougemont Railroad Depot. The waiting room for the depot was moved to its site on the Rougemont Village property in 2010. The freight portion of the depot was moved this year, being the first time since the mid-1960’s that these two por-tions have been together. The stationmaster office area has been recreated between the two areas to match the original building design. Work will contin-ue during 2017 as we work to finish out the building to create a museum of history of the Rougemont ar-ea. I would like to personally invite every member of the Rougemont community, and the surrounding area, to visit the club during one of our regular meetings to learn more about what we do and consider be-coming a member. We meet the first Tuesday of every month at 7:00pm. The club building is located at 212 Bacon Road in Rougemont. If you would like to learn more about Ruritan, please feel free to stop by the meeting, contact me (919-886-0722, [email protected]), or a Ruritan neighbor. We want to be able to Step Up this year in both our membership and community support. Looking forward to meeting YOU! David Dohr 2017 RRC President

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GENTLY USED SHOES——-Patricia Russell, RECA

The Christmas season and the following weeks brought us tremendous donations of

lovely shoes to be shipped for distribution to those who sorely need them. We were success-

ful in receiving a new shipment of boxes into which we pack the shoes, and had enough

shoes to fill them all! YOU DID GOOD, ROUGEMONT FOLK!!

We at RECA welcome your gently used shoes. Any size, any color, any style can be

used. From size 00 to men’s size 22 (I spoke too soon about this size. We received a pair of

size 24 athletic shoes, and there was a person in need waiting for them! Imagine just how

often a need this specific could be filled without your help).

Please continue to leave your gently used shoe donations at the Rougemont Ruritan

cabin at 212 Bacon Road, or leave a message for RECA at 919-477-0681 if you need to leave

them somewhere else or arrange for pick up. If you leave a message, please be sure to leave

your contact information (phone) and times when you can be reached, as well as address so

that we can have your gift picked up. If you prefer to text a message, you may do that at

336-583-8223.

THANK YOU, ALL WHO DONATE YOUR GENTLY USED SHOES!

Once again, thank you for your help in this project. We could not do it without you!

Idea: In the past several months, we have had elderly people who are downsizing to a smaller home or going

into residential care, who have sent us stacks and stacks of shoes that appear never to have graced a foot

more than to try on the shoe. This is an excellent way to prioritize when it is time to downsize a home. Others

have given this project shoes from a loved one’s belongings when they have passed on and there is no one

available who can use the shoes. These are hard times to sort through belongings, but RECA stands ready to

ease the process in at least this one category, if you wish us to do so.

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A great “Thank You” to the following Rougemont citizens who con-tributed so graciously to the cost of lighting our Christmas Angels! People who see our angels at Christmas know Rougemont is a good place to live.

In Memory of John Anderson Robin and Elmo Coleman Jay and Beth Davis John and Melody Ann Mininger Shawn Mininger Lennie Newton in Memory of his Father

Mary Ann Nilsson Julie Nye Danny and Joy Roberts Rougemont Education and Community Rosemary and Steven Smith If we forgot a donor, PLEASE LET US KNOW.

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Fourteenth Annual Rougemont Easter Parade And Festival Come Celebrate the Rougemont Ruritan Club 14

th Annual Easter Parade &

Festival! Saturday, April 15

Come and see the parade with fire engines, tractors, classic cars/trucks horses, floats, marching bands, dancers, Ronald McDonald and more!

The Festival opens at 10 a.m. at the Rougemont Village (202 Red Mountain Rd) and the parade starts at 11:00 a.m. at the corner of Bacon Rd. and Chambers Rd.. Bring the kids and enjoy Food - Music -and– FREE Moonbounce - while wait-ing for the parade to come down Bacon Road and cross 501 and down Red Mountain Road past the activities at Rougemont Village.

The big Festival resumes immediately after the Parade, with games, prizes & Two Free Easter Egg Hunts for the kids (THE EGG HUNTS START AT

NOON SHARP !!! Don’t miss them!), Easter Bunny, Booker The Fox, Moon Bounces, live country, gospel, blues/jazz music/entertainment. A variety of Food & Craft Sales, Fun and Fellowship. Sponsored by: Rougemont Ruritan Club & Community For More Information Contact: Hallie (919) 475-9075 or Teresa (336) 503-2421

Please … !!!! No four legged friends. Leave them home for both health and insurance regulations reasons … Thank you in advance.

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ROUGEMONT RURITAN EASTER PARADE ENTRY FORM April 15, 2017 (Saturday) (No Rain Date) - Please Print Clearly

PARADE- (NO ENTRY FEE) - FREE

Name of Entry _______________________________________________________________________________

(Only one entry allowed per booth and/or designated space)

Address ________________________________________ City ________________________________________

Name of Person in Charge of Participating Group (s) and/or Individuals for Festival Events: (Mailing Address)

Name ____________________________--_________ Address __________________________________________

City ________________________________ Phone (Home) ____________________ Phone (Work) __________________

No. of Participants _____________/Name of Participating Group(s), Individuals or Organization: ____________________________

Description of Division Entry:

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________.

Food Vendor _______, Craft Vendor _______, Children Activity _______ , Musicians _____ , Dance _____, Mime ________ , Marching Unit

_______ , Performers ______, Blue Grass ______, Gospel ______ , Other ___________________________

Note: Rougemont Ruritan Co-Chairs in charge of Festival and Events are Hallie Mangum Bass and Teresa Elliott.

FESTIVAL IMMEDIATELY AFTER PARADE -ON RED MOUNTAIN ROAD, ROUGEMONT, N.C.: PARTICIPANTS-

(NO ENTRY FEE): Entertainers, singers, dancers, clowns, musicians & Performers or Parade Entries).

Note: Call if NonNote: Call if Non--Profit Vendor Interested in Food SalesProfit Vendor Interested in Food Sales-- (FEE) (FEE) -- All Craft VendorsAll Craft Vendors-- (FEE) space limited.(FEE) space limited.

EVERYONE PARTICIPATING IN THE FESTIVAL MUST READ AND BE IN AGREEMENT WITH ALL THE RULES AND INSTRUCTIONS. ( NOTE: NO PETS ALLOWED AT THE FESTIVAL SITE). THE PARADE/FESTIVAL COMMITTEE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT OR EVICT ANY ENTRY THAT IS NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE EASTER PARADE AND FESTIVAL. SIGNAGE OR BANNERS SUGGESTING SOLICITATION OF VOTES OR SUPPORT OF ANY CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE ARE ABSOLUTELY FORBIDDEN. ANY ADDITIONAL PARADE/FESTIVAL RULES WILL BE LISTED ON THE BACK OF EACH FLYER PRESENTED TO THE PARADE/FESTIVAL ENTRY PARTICIPANTS. THE ROUGEMONT RURITAN AND COMMUNITY ARE NOT TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY LOST, DAM-AGED, DESTROYED EQUIPMENT, VEHICLES, ANIMALS, INDIVIDUALS AND OR ANY OTHER PROPERTY OR WEATHER RE-LATED INCIDENTS.

ENTRY DEADLINE - April 1, 2017 Non-Profit FOOD Vendor-FEE And All CRAFT Vendors-FEE

Mail Check Entries To: Mail ALL Forms: Parade Entries & Entertainment (NO ENTRY FEE ) Rougemont Ruritan Hallie Mangum Bass, Co-Chair Teresa Elliott, Co-Chair P.O. Box 63 10724 S. Lowell Rd. 1000 Harris Mill Rd. c/o Mike Cooley Bahama, N.C. 27503 Rougemont, N.C. 27572

Rougemont, N.C. 27572 Email: [email protected]

ALL ARE WELCOME to the Fourteenth Annual Rougemont Community Easter Parade and Festival

Saturday, April 15, 2017; Parade line-up starts at 10:00 am. Immediately after the Parade, the Festival Events will begin @10:00 a.m.: Egg Hunt, Moonbounce, Bingo/prizes and Other Fun-Filled Activities, including Food & Craft sales. All Floats, vehicles, Schools, Musical Groups, Performers, Displays and Vendors are Welcome as space is available.

For More Information & Registration/space Call: (919) 475-9075 Or (336) 503-2421. Sponsored By: The Rougemont Ruritan Club and The Community.

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ROUGEMONT RURITAN EASTER FESTIVAL & EVENT ENTRY FORM April 15, 2017 (Saturday) (No Rain Date) - Please Print Clearly

Name of Entry _______________________________________________________________________________

(Only one entry allowed per booth and/or designated space)

Address ________________________________________ City ________________________________________

Name of Person in Charge of Participating Group (s) and/or Individuals for Festival Events: (Mailing Address)

Name ____________________________________________________________________________________

Address _____________________________________ City ________________________________________

Phone (Home) __________________________ Phone (Work) _______________________________________

Note: Rougemont Ruritan Co-Chairs in charge of Festival and Events are Hallie Mangum Bass and Teresa Elliott.

Division of Entry:

Food Vendor _______, Craft Vendor _______, Children Activity _______ , Musicians _____ , Dance _____, Mime ________ , Marching Unit

_______ , Performers ______, Blue Grass ______, Gospel ______ , Other ___________________________

No. of Participants _____________/Name of Participating Group(s), Individuals or Organization: ____________________________

Space and time slots are Limited. Entry Fees are as follows Craft Sales Vendors: Non-profit $25.00 Profit $50.00

Children Activity Vendors $10.00 ( NO FEE: Entertainers, singers, clowns, musicians & Parade entries).

EVERYONE PARTICIPATING IN THE FESTIVAL MUST READ AND BE IN AGREEMENT WITH ALL THE RULES AND INSTRUCTIONS. ( NOTE: NO PETS ALLOWED AT THE FESTIVAL SITE). THE PARADE/FESTIVAL COMMITTEE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT OR EVICT ANY ENTRY THAT IS NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE EASTER PARADE AND FESTIVAL. SIGNAGE OR BANNERS SUGGESTING SOLICITATION OF VOTES OR SUPPORT OF ANY CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE ARE ABSOLUTELY FORBIDDEN. ANY ADDITIONAL PARADE/FESTIVAL RULES WILL BE LISTED ON THE BACK OF EACH FLYER PRESENTED TO THE PARADE/FESTIVAL ENTRY PARTICIPANTS. THE ROUGEMONT RURITAN AND COMMUNITY ARE NOT TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY LOST, DAM-AGED, INJURED, DESTROYED; EQUIPMENT, VEHICLES, ANIMALS, INDIVIDUALS AND OR ANY OTHER PROPERTY OR WEATHER RELATED INCIDENTS.

ENTRY DEADLINE - April 1, 2017

Mail Check Entries To: Mail Entry Forms To Co-Chairs Easter Parade & Festival: Rougemont Ruritan Hallie Mangum Bass, Co-Chair Teresa Elliott, Co-Chair P.O. Box 63 10724 S. Lowell Rd. 1000 Harris Mill Rd. c/o Mike Cooley Bahama, N.C. 27503 Rougemont, N.C. 27572

Rougemont, N.C. 27572 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

ALL ARE WELCOME to the Fourteenth Annual Rougemont Community Easter Parade and Festival

Saturday, April 15, 2017; Parade line-up starts at 10:00 am. Immediately after the Parade, the Festival Events will begin @10:00 a.m.: Egg Hunt, Moonbounce, Bingo/prizes and Other Fun-Filled Activities, including Food & Craft sales. All Floats, Schools, Musical Groups, Performers, Displays and Vendors are Welcome as space is available. Sorry NO PETS allowed at Festival Site.

For More Information & Registration/space Call: (919) 475-9075 Or (336) 503-2421. Sponsored By: The Rougemont Ruritan Club and The Community.

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Rougemont Easter Parade & Festival Information and Rules OPEN TO PUBLIC: (No Parade Fee) - (No Rain Date) Fourteenth Annual Rougemont Community Easter Parade and Festival Saturday, April 15, 2017; Parade line-up at 10:00 a.m., turn on Bill Poole

Road in Rougemont, N.C., turn on Chambers Road for Parade Lineup. The Parade begins promptly at 11:00 a.m. PARADES ASSEMBLE: FROM: Durham taking Hwy 501 North to Rougemont, N.C., Turn left on Bill Poole Road just before the stoplight. Turn Right onto Chambers Road. (This is where we will all assemble.) The parade will proceed down to Bacon Road and then with Sheriff Dept. will Escort - (STOP TRAFFIC) to allow the parade participants to cross Hwy 501 at the stoplights and keep straight across to Red Mountain Road. The parade will cross the railroad track and will end at Rougemont Meadows. Floats and other

vehicles can continue down Red Mountain Road to Moore’s Mill Road located on your right, which takes you back to Hwy 501. To Return to Festival, at the stoplight turn right heading north, turn left onto Bill Poole Road, there is a church on the left – New Harris Grove, parking for vehicles. The Floats can park on Bacon Road where Parade began, across the street from the church.

The Festival Starts at 10:00 a.m.: Kids Games, Other Fun-Filled Activities Planned, located on Red Mountain Road, Rougemont, N.C. All Floats, Schools, Musical Groups, Performers, vintage cars, horses, Displays and Non-Profit Vendors Welcome. No Political or inappropriate markings signage on entries or clothing. This is a family, fun filled event. Bring your lawn chairs and blankets. For More Information and Registration Call: Hallie Mangum Bass @ (919) 475- 9075 or Teresa Elliott @ (336) 503-2421 TRANSPORTATION: Service will provide a shuttle vehicle to take you to the Festival Site. Volunteers will assist in providing transportation back to the Festival Site (quad in front of Roma’s Pizza area), where all the festivities, foods & crafts sales will be held on Red Mountain Road. No Political or inappropriate markings signage on entries or clothing. There will be vendor food & craft sales as space is available.

Vendors: Bring your own tables, chairs, power cords, etc.(Mail in: All Vendors Fee must pay by April 1st). ONLY Food vendors must mail form with Fee and on paper or letterhead list Name, non-profit ID # and signature.

Free Gospel Music, Jazz, R&B, New Orleans Style Praise Band and Country/Bluegrass Music, dance teams, games for kids and adults, Bingo, bowling, football toss, cake walk, fisherman games and more… Three Moon Bounces – (1) for toddlers, (1) for children and (l) for youth & adults with a 24 ft. slide.

FREE Easter Egg Hunts (Ages 0-5) and another Easter Egg Hunt (Ages 6- 11), (Bring your Easter baskets), if you do not have a basket, we will provide decorative bags for kids and ALL the Easter Eggs will be provided FREE. Bring your blankets or lawn chairs. Lots of Fun, games and community awareness demonstrations, the Boy Scouts first Aide and helping others through medical informational services booths. NO PETS ALLOWED at Festival for food, health and safety reasons!

Parents/Guardians are responsible for your vehicles & the children’s safety at all times.

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Back in 1920 circa 1925 in Rougemont… Remember When

What can be more fun to a bunch of small boys on sunny spring afternoons than a ride of some sort? Picture four little sweaty, overall clad, shirtless boys under the age of 10 in an age before four-wheelers and dirt bikes, who have free play time with a junked Model T Ford and a huge aging sawdust pile.

Yep, the Allen Gang of Poole boys are at it again. Tom is too little to be out with

the bigger boys and older sister Cathleen has other duties at home, so the squad has the afternoon to themselves. Mid-afternoon shadows find the boys all pushing with all their might to get the old car up the back side of the sawdust pile. There is much grunting, much slipping on the loose sawdust, and much giggling and salty comments from the older two boys. This particular sawdust pile at the edge of a clear-cut stretch of mixed pine and hardwood forest has aged for at least two years. The surface layer of sawdust is fairly solid, and the under layers have begun to compost beautifully for later use to enrich pasture land. The boys have played on this sawdust pile before and are quite familiar with just how solid the top layer is. It was this comparatively firm surface which sparked the idea of pushing the old outer shell of a Model T (no longer in possession of a mo-tor or transmission) up the sawdust pile and riding it down the other, steeper slope on the “front” of the pile.

Ah, sweet success. The top of the pile is relatively flat in the space where they have reached the apex and the Model T is at rest. The boys rest up, too. The longer they rest and look down the front of the saw-dust pile, the bigger their grins get. This ride down is going to be a hoot. Finally, they can wait no more. JR gets behind the steering wheel and instructs Bingham, Gess, and Mike to get ready to push. You, Gentle Reader, should know that Mike is not only the youngest by nearly two years, but also the smallest by a head of the four. Bingham and Gess push from the back where they can jump up on the bumper once the car starts its decline. Mike is to the side where he can jump up on the running board to ride.

The push begins. At last, the front tires of the Model T clear the lip of the sawdust pile, and they

slowly begin to roll. Suddenly, it is time to jump aboard and ride this hoss to the bottom! JR continues to strangle the steering wheel. Bingham and Gess are now on the back bumper and watching the world come toward them just beyond their brother’s head, which is framed by the steering wheel. He is so short, his head does not appear above the dash from Bingham and Gess’s perspective. Wow! They pick up speed and all too soon, the hulk of steel stops at the bottom of the pile. JR is already telling the others, “Let’s push it back up so we can go agin’.”

“Wait!” cries Gess, looking wild-eyed around. Bingham gets his drift,

“Where’s Mike?” Sudden stillness. Not a sign of the littlest brother. Now, the three boys retrace the path of their ride searching for the little one. Finally, about a third of the way down, the tire tracks show a bump. The boys frantically scramble about in the hump. Sure enough, the hump is Mike, knocked out and covered in sawdust. From the tracks, it seems the old car ran over Mike, who is even now unresponsive. The boys, in their vast medical knowledge (three backwoods urchins who have seen a doctor only when their mother was diagnosed with tuberculosis and transported away to a TB sanitarium to recover), believe Mike is dead. Parley follows. JR instructs the other two to say nothing, know nothing, when they get home. They have to make tracks. This is no time to get in trouble for being home late for supper. So, leaving Mike in the shade of the sawdust pile right where they found him, they trot home, subdued and neither talking to nor looking at each other.

The next we see of the boys, they have, curiously without the usual reminder, scrubbed their hands

and faces, brushed off most of the sawdust, and politely seated themselves in their accustomed places at the table. Grandma looks around, bends and says a quiet word to Papa, who looks around as well. “Boys, where is your brother?” Papa asks quietly, too quietly, perhaps. The boys look at each other, look around the table, look back at Papa with studied innocence, and shake their heads “no” as they shrug their shoul-ders. JR says, “We thought he was here.” Papa has them bow their heads and prays the blessing. Cathleen passes the biscuits, and the meal begins—in silence. About the time the potato bowl begins its round of the table, the back door opens. Mike wobbles into the room, still covered with sawdust, with a blue-black knot shining over one eye. Uh, oh!

Of course, Grandma rushes to Mike’s side. Papa goes to the child as well, and begins his quiet query

about what happened. Mike tells him pretty much what they did that afternoon, leaving out how much work it was, and ends by saying the last thing he remembers is stepping in a soft spot in the sawdust, and something hitting him up ‘side the head; then, waking up in the dusk and walking the quarter mile home. Papa is no stranger to the antics of his burgeoning baseball team. He clearly has an idea of what must have happened, yet, he still addresses JR as the oldest, “We will figure out how all this happened with you three not even knowing Mike was with you, after supper. Now, back your ears and dig in. Maw made this good

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supper for us, and we will do it justice.” The boys obey with very little enthusiasm. None of them wants seconds of anything except Mike,

who loves corn and butterbeans, and fills his plate a second time. His brisk walk home has cleared his head, and he finds that he is ravenous now. JR signals the boys outside to confer. The older three par-ley for about two minutes before Mike joins them. JR offers Mike a dime to tell Papa that the older three really did not know that he was tagging along after them (HUGE LIE), so there was no way they could have known Mike was under the sawdust. He accepts. They return to the house and find Papa still wait-ing for them at the kitchen table, lingering over his last cup of coffee.

Mike walks over to Papa and delivers his scripted admission, word for word, as he was given it

outside by the well. With a straight face, Papa lectures him on trying to do things he is still too small for, indirectly warns the older boys about what happens when they do not watch over their smaller siblings, then puts Mike over his knee, and delivers one swat to Mike’s little bottom, which Papa’s flat hand co-vers totally. Mike dutifully cries (the swat was nothing like real spankings), then they are instructed to go upstairs and get ready for bed.

Once they are upstairs and safely out of earshot of the adults downstairs, the three older boys

corner Mike. They hold him down while JR retrieves the dime they just bargained Mike with for their own deliverance, and take it away from Mike. Of course, Mike cries. JR tells him that if the grownups hear his crying, he will make the spanking he just got from Papa seem like a gentle breeze across his overalls. Mike snuffles his understanding, pulls off his overalls, and crawls into the community bed where the four of them sleep.

This is not the first time the older boys have bullied Mike into taking the probable same dime in

return for confessing to something and taking the punishment for the older boys, only to have that same dime taken away from him. The question, Gentle Reader, is this: “Why in the world did the child ever agree to something like that more than once, knowing his brothers as he no doubt did?”

We have not covered the later private conversations Papa has with each of the boys (without the other two), when each one gets a detail of the tale just a little off, giving Papa more answers than they can imagine they have told. Neither will we go into detail, the punishments each of the three received. Mike never knew about this part of “Life with Papa,” but the older three certainly compared notes. Lat-er escapades found them a little more careful to watch out for their younger compatriots, who would eventually swell their total number from five to ten. -Patricia Russell

Bethel Hill Ruritan Club Will Hold

A BBQ Cook Off Competition with GOOD EATIN’ on April 22, 2017 at their club house in Bethel hill, NC just north of Roxboro on US 501.

Prizes will be awarded for the best BBQ–

1st Place-$1000, 2nd Place-$500, 3rd Place-$250.

Entrants must supply their own pig cookers and sauces.

Bethel Hill Ruritan will supply the pigs !!!

Here’s a chance to match your skills against other pig BBQers !!

This event is open to the public, especially folks with big appetites.

Bethel Hill Ruritan will sell BBQ Plates for $8 Sandwiches for $4. To enter or get more information, Please contact :

Jim Wilkins at 336-503-2041

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Greetings: I am pleased to be entering my second year of a three year assignment as a Ruritan National Director. The second year term started at our January Ruritan National Convention, held in Kingsport TN. Each year immediately following the National Convention all National Directors are assigned to one or more districts. My assigned districts for the year 2017 are Cape Fear District in North Carolina and the Holland District in Virginia.

Duties and Responsibilities: Like any other office in the organization, the office of a National Director carries with it a requirement of service by an individual. Having accepted this position you have indicated that you are willing to exert the full effort and expend the time required to fulfill the demands of the office. Your acceptance automatically suggests that you have agreed to offer yourself to Ruritan in whatever way you may be called upon to do so by proper authority, even if it means extending your service beyond the normal stated confines of your office. We must become familiar with the responsibilities, duties, and scope of a Director. Whatever the undertaking, the of-ficer must always keep alert to the purposes and goals of Ruritan. The vision must reach beyond the narrow bounda-ries of bare responsibilities, for Ruritan can grow only as its leaders chart new, more progressive courses. A Director must attend all meetings of the National Board of Director (NBOD). The time, place, and agenda of the meeting is set by the National President. We Serve on National committees as assigned by the National President, and develop policies and plans to govern Ruritan. We plan for utilizing the services and maintaining the interest of outgoing national and district officers, considering and acting on all matters pertaining to procedure, policy, program, and budgets. Serve as a voting member of the district cabinet in assigned districts and help with club membership, growth, retention, and club improvement. A National Director represents Ruritan National at district meetings and nonRuritan functions within assigned district or districts. Report on district progress at NBOD meetings and inform district officers of actions taken by the NBOD. Submit re-ports of activities to National President quarterly and assist the district governor in conducting the combined cabinet meeting. Be personally responsible for trying to bring each club in assigned district above charter strength of 16 members. When club membership reaches 16 members, advise Ruritan National Office explaining what was done to reach this goal. The National Director assist with leadership training and instruction as requested. In Ruritan Service, Linward Hedgspeth, Ruritan National Director

WHAT IS RURITAN? The first Ruritan Club was chartered May 21, 1928, in Holland, Virginia. Since that first club, Ru-ritan has grown throughout the United States of America, and in doing so, has become "America’s Leading Community Service Organization." Ruritan National has nearly 30,000 members throughout the United States, that work to improve more than 1,100 local communities. Since the organization’s beginning in 1928, Ruritan Clubs have served America with Fellowship, Goodwill, and Community Service. Ruritan is a civic ser-vice organization made up of local clubs in urban areas, small towns and rural communities.

Ruritan's purpose is to create a better understanding among people and through volunteer community service, make America's communities better places in which to live and work. The slogan of Ruritan is "Fellowship, Goodwill and Community Service." Club membership represents a cross-section of the community in which the club serves, and is not restrictive with regard to occupation, social position, or any other specific criteria. Unlike most civic service organizations, Ruritan rarely has national programs. Rather, each club surveys its own commu-nity as to the needs of that community and then works to meet some of those needs. Nearly all clubs work locally with FFA, 4-H and other organizations serving youth. Nearly one in every three Ruritan clubs sponsors a Boy or Girl Scout unit.

Rougemont Ruritan’s own Linward Hedgspeth has been a Rougemont Ruritan Club President, Rocky Mount Durham Ruritan District Lt. Governor and Governor, and is now a Ruritan National Director. His wife Anne is also a Ruritan. She accompanies Linward on many of his Ruritan journeys. We are proud of Linward and Anne and their many contribu-tions to Ruritan and the Rougemont community.

Linward & Anne Hedgspeth

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Rougemont Extension and Community Association (RECA) Fall is always busy, yes?

We continued making craft gifts for the children who come to the Community Children’s Christmas Party (this year, 12/3/2016). We had some new things we hoped the kids would like. Santa was authenticated by those who know-the youngsters! Folks brought cameras and stayed for the piñata before joining the hayride to the Methodist Church for the Community Tree Lighting with singing and hot chocolate!!!

RECA decorated the Cabin for the Christmas party the weekend following Thanksgiving so that the building is ready for the Community Children’s Christmas Party. The decorations remained until the end of the week fol-lowing Christmas Day.

Our members visited Maple Heights Rest Home once again with goody bags for fall. The residents always seem glad to see us.

The gently used shoe collection slowed in September and October. Recently, several local folk who work with el-derly and shut-in Rougemont residents, brought collec-tions of shoes their clients decided they no longer need to keep and this bounty was tremendous. Thank you, again. We often see this reuse of footwear as people age and their lifestyles become more homebound. This is a good way to get good use of the shoes.

RECA sent donations to Red Cross yet again to help with the devastation caused by natural disasters. We are able to help in this way through our larger ECA organi-zation in North Carolina and the United States. We also appreciate it when local needs are brought to our atten-tion. Sometimes, we can help by joining with the Ruri-tan Club.

We wish to welcome new members to our group. We share our interest in community support and learning and producing craft items. We hope you are our kind of person!

All ages are welcome. We will continue to do crafts throughout the year as we have done for more than 30 years. We welcome your input and fresh ideads. VISIT/LIKE US ON FACEBOOK! Rougemont Extension and Community Association. We still meet on the last Tuesday of the month at the Rougemont Ruritan cabin. During daylight saving time, we enjoyed meeting at 4:30 p.m Now that daylight saving time has ended, this helps our members who have problems driving after dark. Come on by the Ruritan Cabin and join us. -Patricia Russell

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