The Charlotte Observer from Charlotte, North Carolina • 24

8B THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Wed June 14 1972 9 9 -X axhaw 9s Stirring Up Ghosts IN vittles rChr elinrlotit Obstrvcr Grave changes are taking shape down in Waxhaw this week Henrietta Faris is tickled pink with her new cemetery arrangement the scene may be that the poor old soul did indeed hang himself in his garters sing another chorus of "Amazin' Grace" while Nancy and her new squire Captain Dunlap sink slowly in the West or something --4-- 1 E-7'7 Spotlight 1 E- z---: PillI101111111111111111111111111112111111111111111111111M11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111N111111111111MIS i''' '1 5 011111 r'4- The Drama Association of the Waxhaws which Henrietta is directing again this year is fixing to resurrect poor old Rev William Richardson or an unreasonable facsimile thereof as called for annually in their historic play "Listen and Remember" Dot Jackson "I've got LOTS of surprises" Henrietta says "We're taking this scene off the stage and up the hill We've got new scenery Alice Neal has literally built a church in the woods And we've finally got a church bell to add to the eeriness of that scene" A -i :4444 The play is taking shape again to run Friday and Saturday this week and next And if things go as usual with great success for the eighth year Dare Steele a native of Greenville who married a man from Waxhaw wrote the script from a fertile stock of stuff that happened while the Waxhaws section was being settled The Waxhaws being that section at the juncture of Union Lancaster and Mecklenburg counties more or less where the Waxhaw Indians used to live Most resting souls are expected to rise only on Halloween or Judgment Day Rev Richardson is raised regularly four nights every June to accuse with his bony presence his remarried wife Nancy who is supposed to touch his corpse and if she laid him low as suspected her hand will bleed or else his skull will bleed the true facts varying with the teller of the tale (As noted before it has always seemed a little bit optimistic to expect a year-old corpse to bleed) Anyway as we shall see again nobody bleeds from this confrontation at all So the brothers and sisters of Waxhaw Presbyterian Church 18th century take that as proof to Nancy's innocence and figuring 4 to capacity crowds that well considering that 115 of the local citizenry is on stage (or most everybody in town) just have to come from someplace else It is not only the play that brings them The ladies of Waxhaw cook for those play-goers who want to have supper there before the performance And unless one has dined in Waxhaw the import of that added attraction is not fully appreciated (Jack Knight and I visited there recently and neither of us has been able to run a step since Jack Knight was not able to run very well even before we went) And where Andrew Jackson was it to say in either North or South Carolina Elinor McLaughlin of Waxhaw wrote the music The population of Waxhaw did the rest "I'd say there's not a household here where someone hasn't taken some part in it" Henrietta says Often they play a 41t 12 Atio 1: Ida Capel is getting the dining room crew ready to go "We can seat 120" she says "but we serve between 250 and 300 every night Everything is volunteer work except the dish-washing We hire some girls to do that We don't serve on paper plates We use china and silverware? This year they're roasting beef and broiling chickens and pickling beets and cooking up all kinds of other stuff including about 20 kinds of dessert And a plate will bring $2 for an adult-size and $1 for children from 5:30 to 7:30 each night of the show 'Ja 0 rcwweaWNIENSWWWN Getting On The Right Track The Bridge Train is not exactly found but at least somebody else has seen it No Libby Witherspoon of Hickory it was not a mirage Mrs Annie Holmes of Statesville who is now In Presbyterian Hospital says yes indeed she was one who went on that bridge-playing train excursion AP Photos Raquel Welch And 13Inebeard' Richard Burton's Role In New Film Presley The Performer First Live Concert In New York First SF Concert Since Altamont Mick Jagger Leads Rolling Stones PEOPLE: Soviets Give Bobby Fischer Equal Chance At Chess Title "I think it was about 10 years ago" she says "we stayed in New York about three days and saw some plays Claudette Colbert was in one of them and we played bridge coming and going I can't remember ever having a better time" Mrs John Rhodes was the lady said Miss Annie who engineered the arrangements in Charlotte Mrs Rhodes was not home when we called to see if such a thing had been done since But Libby we will try again "But I'm surrounded by lovely girls I think now I've played the princes a saint a gangster a homosexual What more is there?" She's down to size 3 now Helping a the calories however was the dinner party given for Tricia and husband Eddie Monday night by President and Mrs Nixon The menu included steak shrimp in delicacy served at their White House wedding a fudge-iced cake that said "Happy Anniversary Tricia and Ed" American chess champion Bobby Fischer is "egocentric capricious obstinate and hot-tempered" but has an "approximately equal" chance to defeat Soviet world champion Boris Spassky in their title match next month Tass said In Moscow Tuesday on "who will be first to seize the initiative" Elvis Presley who packed Charlotte 's Coliseum this spring has just performed for the first time in New York and at Madison Square Garden "We couldn't get a building in 16 years" he explained The Rolling Stones who'll be in Charlotte for a Coliseum concert July 6 currently are being gr et ed by sellout crowds in San Francisco The British group is making its first Bay Area appearance since the ill-fated Altamont concert of 1969 which led to violence and murder Richard Burton plays Blue-beard in his newest movie and with great off some seven ladies including Raquel Welch who plays a nymphomaniac nun "I'm an evil man" Burton told a London reporter presumably speaking of his role For one thing he and Liz Taylor are supposed to do a made-for-TV movie this fall Tricia Nixon Cox married a year Monday says she is very happy with married life but reveals that she's lost weight in the past year Her wedding dress was a petite size 4 A commentary by the news agency's chess commentator Yakov Rokh lin said the match for the world championship that will begin in Reykjavik Iceland July 2 might depend rt7114474r06111171-71 tilia140471 tteltzNei r4Or Rtr4 No extra charge for our professional decorative planning service 6x11AFIFI7I Hail The Poor Drama Critic! A-r 11 No More Quotatiolml Abuse iTopAy PRICES Imagine this sofa for on1y83425" plisHoutp 69 suoutp zY: could accomplish mir a cies with his little device As he explained in the earlier piece "When the show 'Nirvana' came to town I had the devil's own time with quotations The critics unanimously panned it as you know The most influential one in fact declared it to be scarcely better than 'Abie's Irish Rose' By Sydney Harris I knew there was a rising tide of what is called "consumerism" these days but I never dreamed that during my lifetime the lowly species of humanity known as the drama critic would ever be protected from quotational abuse One of the earliest pieces I wrote more than 20 years ago dealt with "the drama critic's dotter" a little man employed by theatrical producers to place three little dots like this within the advertisements of play PI or for only $3 1450 in a slightly less costly fabric I "How did you handle that?" I asked him Confession Cleans Slate of Past Sins 'Use' our charge account or our distributed payment plans for easy payments However if you prefer you can discount the above price on this (and other) sofas another 10 by using our advance payment plan Yes this superb sofa value is 86" long in your choice of 68 solids stripes print Scotchguard fabrics It has 2 Urethane Dacron seat cushions and a generous number of deep French tufts inside back and arms Also has Bucram-lined kick pleated skirts "There was only one thing to my three dots at the beginning of the ad like this: better than 'Abie's Irish Rose'" It was my triumph of the season" In the past I left the little dotter with the remark "You have a fascinatingly morbid profession which I would not find enjoyable" As I moved off he repeated to himself with deep satisfaction: "Fascinatingly enjoyable" There was nothing the man couldn't do with phrases out of context But I suppose he can always get a job writing epitaphs for politicians' tombstones even in New York amazed to see an ad for this fiasco quoting him as calling It "gay and imaginative" and omitting to mention it was merely the scenic effects he applauded Now the New York Department of Consumer Affiars has adopted a new regulation barring the use of deceptive quotations in stage motion picture and book advertisements The little dots will no longer work especially when the ad suggests that a favorable comment applied to a minor portion of the show was used by the critic in an unrestricted way In the past a skillful dotter Like the ad that reads: 'Exciting Amusing' says Ma tilda Frump of the Evening Bugle" when Miss Frump's complete remark was "Exciting my contempt this play is amusing only in its unconscious triteness" Sometimes a critic will pan everything about a plot acting direction music singing dancing and find a kind word only for its scenery which is called "gay and imaginative" Two days later he Is By BILLY GRAHAM I have had a question on my mind for quite awhile I hope you can answer it The Bible says that God forgives and forgets our sins when we ask for forgiveness Will we be judged again for these sins at the Great White Throne on the day of judgment? Are we punished for our sins here on earth or after life is over? MHM Senior Forum -0 Zirmmemftsimm 1 El When we confess our sins to God the Bible says that He forgives us and that is the end of the matter If we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness" I John 1:0 Christ took the penalty for sin which rightfully belonged to us When Christ came to all who accepted Him the gory alter of blood was changed into a "throne of grace" I heard of a man who came to the Lord for mercy and salvation and a ter ward he slipped and fell back into his old practices He fell upon his knees and said "0 Lord ray Pest sins have overtaken me again" But the Lord said "What sins?" You see they had been forgiven and the Lord had forgotten them And if He has forgotten them He can never judge us for them again Cy By PAUL HIGHTOWER My retired husband and I have traveled to 38 states by car and have learned how to save money We travel the secondary roads because we have the time and we don't care for the luxury motels A clean bed and shower are all we need We have a small ice cooler in the car and an electric coffee pot We can't cook in motels but we can make a cup of coffee and for breakfast we have that an orange and a roll we bought the day before We take off and at midday we stop in a park or small town have a cool drink and a sandwich from our cooler After that we shop for our next day's food then when we stop at a motel that night we go to a restaurant for a hot meal Mrs A Since the column appeared here suggesting $50 a day for a retired couple on the highway many travelers have protested and many have come in with letters like the above showing how costs can be held down Any day now some couple will drive by in a horse and buggy with a charcoal stove aboard and make faces at me The $50-a-day suggestion was admittedly for traveling the high road staying in the chain motels having all meals in restaurants and turning the wife loose on souvenirs If a retired couple has some cash hidden back or some good credit cards to take care of the emergencies that may arise on a long trip they obviously can beat $50 a day (If your question can be answered In this space send it in) ii re1" 7 AsTal I Me got 1 L'Ii 'V kCIVI rt e0 vy'11y) el 4'1 '9 fletil 1 ts I tiyA44 Vii 'ea IN laVintrall ecktenbur FURNITURE SHOPS INC 520 Providence Rd Charlotte WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAY NITES OPEN MONDAYS 0444 A 0.