April 2015

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A Little Soireein Liberty, NC

IN THIS ISSUE:

Liberty AntiqueFestival

Blunder ofthe Month

Golf Passions

Brimfield, Mass.Show

NASA Space SuitShows up inThrift Store

April 2015 Pickers Pedals Passions Blunders

� A Gathering at

Liberty, NC

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Pickers PedalsPassions & Blundersis a NC-based publication.

Mailing address...PO Box 578Rolesville, NC 27571

Publisher...M. Dale [email protected]

Editor...Renee Warren919.880.5217rtwdesigns@embarqmailcom

Find Us on Issuu.com

Pickers Pedals Passions& Blunders is an eclecticmix of unique items, pas-sions, events and bar-gains and the people wholove them. Our mission isto provide more exposureon a monthly basis for an-tique and collectibledealers in order to connectto consumers who want tofind those dealers. There’salways this unquench-able thirst to add to one’scollection and to find thatever elusive item, whetherit be a piece of period fur-niture, a doll, a tea pot,or a vintage piece of farmequipment. We just wantto connect folks so that ev-eryone can buy and sellthe things that we all love.

What Fun Stuff is Inside April?

Liberty, NC Antique Festival ................................3

Space Suit Shows Up on a Thrift Rack ..............5

Reference Materials for Your Customers...........6

Foxfire Book Set ...................................................7

Vintage Bicycles ...................................................8

Quilt Trail ...............................................................9

Brimfield, Massuchusetts Show .......................10

Vintage Prom Dress Season..............................26

Superman Comic Book Blunder ........................27

Golf in the Great North State ............................29

Brief History of the Golf Club............................30

Sedgefield Country Club and the PGA .............31

The Saga of Joe Monk - Book Review .............32

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The Man Who Brings Southeastern Antique &

Collectible Lovers Together in PersonWork began early in 1981 as the

clearing started on 100 acres on theOld Hwy 421 Road in Liberty.

Only thousands of rocks lay aheadwhen the key of the tractor’s turnedand the first of a whole bucket loadsof rock began to fill.

Vito and Mary Sinco had no ideathat the burden of the first rock wouldbe easy in comparison to the ton ofpaperwork that laid ahead for the next35 years to help thousands of smallantique dealers to sell their wares inan environment of the highest qualityon the East Coast.

As the dealers grew, so theattendance one, two, three, five,andlater ten thousand. More employeesfor parking food service lodging issurrounding areas. Which meant jobs,jobs, and more jobs.

Non believers just could not stayhome and joined in the celebration ofthe excitement of the Liberty AntiquesFestival.

When I sat in Vito’s modestcommand center, all I could think ofwas how much he had done for NorthCarolina, small businesses, and thesubsequent increasing of visitation to

The Exchange for Antiques, Artists,

Collectors & Samples

March 2015

our state’s Zoo.Liberty is small

but magical asRhonda Murray ofBarn Art and OleTime HardwareStore that takes youback in time.

As I had lunchwith Bob Moweryafter I met Vito, wetalked about the organic event thatalways coincides with the LibertyAntique Festival – the run up of mile-to-mile yard sales that line the highwayto Liberty in Randolph County.Places in town like the Ya’ll ComeBack restaurant and Chef Mark andPamela Rutzen’s Smokehouse Bistroare always glad to see folks drive into their small community to sell andbuy treasures. The conversation soonturned to deep inventory for thePickers, Pedals, Passions, & Blundersand the future possibility of brick-n-mortar stores.

Yes, Liberty is a special place andas this semi-annual event grows in thefuture, who knows?! Maybe the smalltown of Liberty will give a good shot

at topping theGuinness WorldRecord ofRecords when

it comes to the longest yard salerecorded!

- Dale Swiggett

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April 24 & 25, 2015

September 25 & 26, 2015

Located on Pike Farm Rd (formerly Andrews Rd), off John Marsh Rd. Easily accessible from I-85, I-95, I-40

Liberty and follow the signs. For additional visitor information and directions, call (800) 626-2672 or go to

HeartofNorthCarolina.com

Hours: 8 am 5 pm | Rain or Shine Admission: $7/person; Children under

12/Free FREE PARKING

For vendor information, contact:

Liberty Antiques Festival PO Box 939 Liberty NC 27298

(336) 622-3041 LibertyAntiquesFestival.com

Held just twice a year, 400 dealers from more than 25 states pack this 100-acre farm near Liberty, North Carolina. Dig through the

ture, accessories, pottery, glass, clocks, dolls, toys, military items,

NO CRAFTS OR REPRODUCTIONS just truckloads of antiques and collectibles.

Liberty Antiques Festival

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Talk About a Serendipitous Moment...

Special thanks to loyal reader

who alerted me to this excel-

lent story. After hearing this

news it seems everytime I walk

into a Goodwill Store, I hear

Elton John singing Rocket

Man in my head, hoping to

find something just as cool.

Booth Vendors...Don’t Get Lost in

the Crowd - Advertise with Us!You have one or more booths

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One solution is to spend $20.00/mo. to advertise your booth in PickersPedals Passions & Blunders e-zine.For a 3 mo. commitment, only a$60.00 investment, you get a pictureof your booth, short description ofitems, and booth location.

For booth vendors who have acalendar of events of different showsthey will be participating in we have agreat offer!

For $200.00, you can get a fullpage featuring up to five photos ofyour booth and past events, moredetailed description of items you haveto sell and more importantly, acalendar listing of upcoming eventswhere your customers can find you.Minimum commitment is for two

months for a total of $400.00investment to drive traffic to yourbooth(s) location(s) and events youplan to be an exhibitor.

For more info on these two greatadvertising offers, contact...

Dale [email protected]

or call 336.340.6299

Remember that as-tronaut who sangDavid Bowie's"Space Oddity" onthe InternationalSpace Station? ChrisHadfield is makingheadlines again—orrather, his flight suit is.Somehow the blueoutfit ended up in aToronto thrift store,CBC reports.

"I thought, wow,what is a flight suit likethat doing up there?"says Dr. JulielynnWong. When she saw the "ChrisHadfield" badge on the jumpsuit, "Myjaw just dropped," she says.

She bought the suit for a mere $40.To make the find even more incred-ible, Wong, who studied space medi-cine, actually knows Hadfield, ABCNews reports: "I trained with him; weactually had lunch," she says.

She contacted him on Facebookand was able to confirm the suit'sidentity with a photo and some de-tailed information. So how did it end

up in a thrift store? The former ISScommander himself doesn't know,telling Wong it's "a mystery to me."He's "had many flight suits over theyears," Wong tells ABC.

"It's possible that it inadvertentlygot placed in a donations bag whenhe moved back to Canada after liv-ing abroad for 20 years." Now, sheplans to use it in lectures she gives onspace supplies.

"This way, the flight suit is muchmore inspiring for the next generation

of space pioneers andinnovators," she says.(Click to watchHadfield's version of"Space Oddity.")

This article origi-nally appeared onNewser: 'Space Odd-ity' Astronaut's SuitTurns Up in Thrift ShopMore From Newser

- Cited....http://

www.foxnews.com/science/2015/03/02/

space-oddity-astronaut-suit-turns-up-in-thrift-store/

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Go the Extra Mile for Your

Customer by Providing Them

Reference Material on Items

The man holding your creamwarebaby’s plate is frowning. The longerhe looks at that piece of pottery, thedeeper the frown becomes. He’shearing voices in hishead.

Once voice iscalling himunflattering names.“You idiot!” itscreams. “How couldyou have left theRoseville book athome? How are yougoing to decide if this unmarked pieceis really Roseville or just some well-made imitation?”

Note from Editor

This excellent excerpt is takendirectly from Don Johnson &Elizabeth A. Borland’s book SellingAntiques & Collectibles.

The other is a kinder, gentler voice.“Sure, the piece is Roseville,” itreassures him. “It looks like Roseville,feels like Rosevill. If it walked like a

duck and talks like aduck...”

The voices onlyconfuse him. He’llbuy the plate if he’ssure it’s Roseville. Buthe has no way ofdetermining whether itis. If only you had aRoseville book he

could borrow. But you don’t. Thepiece of creamware goes back into

your display. The sale goes down thedrain.

Providing reference material withyour displays is an excellent way toboost confidence and promotegoodwill. More than that, it cancreates sales. Your unmarkedcreamware might have been part of aRoseville juvenile set. That pottery-buying customer would have boughit if he had been able to verfiy itsmaker.

Customers will especiallyappreciate reference material if youspecialize in a specific type ofmerchandise.

One of PPP&B’s

People Behind

the ScenesPatricia Dowdy is ourgraphic artist, an easternNC sales contact and con-tributing writer. Her end-less passion for antiquesand collectibles was inher-ited from her grandmother, born 1888 ineastern NC, and at age 90 continued togo picking! She loves the stories behindthe history of each antique or unique item.She enjoys collecting old bottles, pre1940’s magazines and enjoys being on thewater as much as possible. Her email [email protected].

I decorated my house like a medieval gothiccastle, European-style. Chandeliers and redvelvet curtains. My bedroom is pink andblack, my bathroom is totally Hello Kitty, Ihave a massive pink couch and a big antiquegold cross.

Avril Lavigne

Singer’s HelloKitty bathroom

A & AFLEA MARKET

S. Main St. & Railroad St., Sharpsburg, NC(seen from Hwy 301 N)

Open Thursday, Friday & Saturday, 8 am – 4 pm252-883-1028

Furniture & Collectibles

Also a wide variety of collectibleCOMIC BOOKS !

We have Collectibles, Glassware, Lamps,Furniture, Gun Cabinet, Stereo Equipment,Hand Tools, Movies, Appliances, Christmas

Decorations, Books, Records, etc.

It doesn’t get any better than this!

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Rebuilding My Beloved Foxfire Book Set

Renee Warren is theEditor of PickersPedals Passions &Blunders. She grewup around antiquesand collectibleswhile living in bothNC & SC but justwishes she had paid more attention toher grandmothers about their love of an-tiques and collectibles. Her favorite cat-egory is anything Asian or Oriental.

In one of the last issues nearly fiveyears ago, I wrote a small piecefeaturing a very unique set ofinstructional manuals that comprisewhat is known to Deep South nativesand residents as the Foxfire Series.

For those readers out thereunfamiliar with what started out as asimple high school class conceptended up becoming a huge successin the print world of recorded oralhistory of Appalachian natives, do

some researchinto this fantasticmust-have set ofbooks that reallyshed a lot of lighton the old waysof living.

I had a halfcomplete set avery long time agoand lost them alland several othertreasured booksin a move. So, Istarted rebuilding

my collection with some help fromother PPP&B staffers who gave meseveral books for gifts.

The reason I love these books somuch is 1. for historical value(tremendous!) and 2. one neverknows if/when one is knocked backinto the Stone Age by either a folly ofman or whim of the Universe.

By gosh, I know how to build afire without a match or lighter! I wasa Brownie and Girl Scout and those

life lessons that led to badges reallypaid off when it comes to survival ofhard times possibly to come.

I have fond memories of my greatgrandparents living in small ruralcommunities here in North Carolinaand so much of what is in these bookstotally resonated with me because itwas an accurate accounting of life insimpler times.

I highly recommend this bookseries for those out there who are intosurvival and prepper info, historicalinfo on daily living in Applachianmountains, and a whole different subculture living in deep hollers.

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Look for Pickers

Pedals Passions

& Blunders

Featured Items &

Upcoming Events!

Our e-zine is

currently a ‘work-

in-progress’ since

we are evolving

it to better serve

our community.

Thank You to all

who have given us

great feedback!

Pedals....

Vintage Bicycles Bring Back Fond

Memories...Here’s a Buyers’ SourceFor those who aree really into

collectible antique bicycles, there is aperson in the Triad (North Carolina)area who specializes in offering goodto excellent quality items.

Currently there are the followingitems being offered.....

1.His & hers 1954 maching pairblack & red (please inquire)

2.Gold Jaguar $1,400.003.Green & White $1,800.004.Columbia Pope $1,500.00

For more details, please contactDale Swiggett, cell 336.340.6299.

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Happy Birthday, Lil’ Sis

Dedicated to Becky Swiggett.....

There was a little girl who had only had curls at 5years old. She always wanted our Father to take her tothe Mickey Moose Barn. When she turned 50 she hadlong since moved one thousand away but ask her brotherto take her to the Mickey Moose Barn on her 50thBirthday. The road had changed but the barn still stoodwith a fresh coat of paint and some new images.

Happy Birthday Little Sister!.....Love Dale

While in town for the Liberty Antique Festival, come visit...

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Randloph County (NC) Quilt Trail

-Cited as per http://www.co.randolph.nc.us/soil_water/downloads/pcc-quilttrail-brochure.pdf

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Randloph County (NC) Quilt Trail

-Cited as per http://www.co.randolph.nc.us/soil_water/downloads/pcc-quilttrail-brochure.pdf

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Events....

Big Goings-On in Brimfield,

MassuchusettsEven though we focus on the Southeastern part of the US,

we definitely don’t want to leave out any shout-outs and infoon upcoming events in the northern part of our nation.

Up in Brimfield, Massuchusetts, they have a huge event forantique lovers, the next one is set for May.

BRIMFIELD ANTIQUEAND COLLECTIBLES SHOWS

Show Dates for 2015May 12 - 17 July 14 - 19 Sept 8 - 13

General Information about the Show:

The Brimfield shows operate three times a yearduring May, July and September and are open fora six day period begining on a Tuesday andending on a Sunday. Some operators open alldays while others choose to open for just a fewdays during this period. The show schedule willprovide you with this information. Please notethat the weeks change from year to year so verifythe dates on our home page before booking anytravel arrangements. Check Helpful Hints below for more specific details.

Show Times: Look at the show schedule for opening times. Closing time is officially at sunset, however many dealersclose at between 5-6pm based on weather conditions.

Go visit http://www.brimfield.com/html/brimfieldfaqvisitors.htm for more event details!

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Events....

BRIMFIELD ANTIQUE AND COLLECTIBLES SHOWS...photos from 2014

Get “Your WalkOn” While

Browsing thisGreat Antique

Show!

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Events....


From toys to bottles to baseball bats, you’llfind a lil’ bit of everything while walkingthrough our dealers’ tables and booths.

The weather in New England is veryunpredictable. The shows run rain or

shine so come prepared.

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Events....


Good golly Miss Molly! But isn’t that thelil’ old lady from Pasadena’s hot rod?!ç

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Events....


The great state ofM a s s u c h u s e t t scould possibly givethe great state ofNC a run for themoney when itcomes to compar-ing Native Ameri-can Indian objects,hurricane lanterns,and old antiquestorage trunks andchests.

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Remember that Massuchusetts was one ofthe original Colonies that declared their

independency from Britain, thus has a richhistory of antique firearms and railroad

signaling collectibles for the die hard historian.

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Depression glass,antique armoirs,Native AmericanIndian dress, andcollectible outdoor

sports itemsgalore!

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Go visit http://www.brimfield.com/html/todocommunity.htm to find out more about the Brimfield, Massachusetts


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BRIMFIELD B&Bs....

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Below is from www.brimfieldshow.com/Wheretostay.htm

BRIMFIELD B&Bs....

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Classifieds....

Willow Tree Consignment

1214 Maple Avenue

Burlington, NC

Be sure to go to Issuu.com to check out Pickers Pedals Passions & BlundersFebruary edition for more info on The Willow Tree located in Burlington, NC.

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Consignment Connection in Burlington, NC

Booth #10284 Booth #10287



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For info on our advertisingpackages and rates, email PatriciaDowdy, [email protected] details.

Pickers Pedals Passions& Blunders Lesson for

the Month...

Do not make the mistakeso many make by trying towash and/or polish patinafrom an item. This actu-ally diminishes the valueof an item.

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Booth #10179 / 10180

Current Trends continued pg 24

It’s Prom Season...Does Your Daughter Want to Wear

a Vintage Gown?Oh, the rites of Spring passage is

the yearly procession of formal dancesand proms that occur all across ournation.

Men, make no mistake about it,this is a seminal event in a youngwoman’s life and not some trivial gig.The dress is EVERYTHING!

So, your daughter has decided shewants to be different than the crowdand has expressed interest in wearingsomething ‘vintage.’ Parents, do notpanic. First you must establish withyour daughter what her definition of‘vintage’ is compared to yours. A

whole lot of scrappin’ and fightin’ canbe avoided by this first step.

Once everyone is on the same pageabout said dress, then it’s relativelyeasy to go shopping. In mostmetropolitan places, there is at leasta small handful of shops that carry oreven specialize in resale of vintageclothing. Often times, treasure trovesof vintage clothing can be had atEstate Sales and auctions.

Perhaps there is a female relativewho owns a vintage dress that iswilling to loan out in hope that newlife would be breathed into it.

There are shops online for thosewho have slim pickings in yourimmediate area. The photo below iscited from a cool website http://w w w . r u s t y z i p p e r. c o m /vintagedresses/prom/

And of course, for the moreadventurous of those out there willingto tackle sewing your daughter’sdress as a reproduction, there isalways a pattern out there for alltastes. And for those who can’tmanage to keep from sticking pins-n-needles in your fingers, there mightbe a talented tailor in your area.

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It might be the most valuable pieceof insulation ever.

A copy of Action Comics No. 1,the 1938 comic bookthat debuted JerrySiegel and JoeSchuster's Super-man, was found inthe walls of a Minne-sota house during arenovation and soldfor $175,000 onTuesday, accordingto comic-book sellerComicConnect.com.

While doing arenovation earlier thisyear in Elbow Lake,Minn., building con-tractor DavidGonzalez found thecomic among news-papers used as insulation in the walls

A Rare Copy of 'Action Comics' No. 1 was

Discovered in Insulation of Minnesota House

A copy of 'Action Comics' No. 1— featuring the first appearance ofSuperman — found in the wall of a

Minnesota house was sold for$175,000 this week.

- Cited USA Today, photo: APPhoto/MetropolisCollectibles, Inc./

ComicConnect,Corp.

** As a side note,one of PPP&Bstaffers who is anavid comic bookcollector gave usthe back story onthe torn backcover. Rumor wasthere was a tusslebetween finderand anotherperson and intheir excitement,back was ripped,thus lowering

overall value. BIG blunder!

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FACEBOOK: Rick’s Comics/Toys

We have a lot of vintage toys,artwork, legos, action figures,statues, comic book supplies.•�Vintage Toys�•�Non-SportsCards •�Comics Old & New

•�Subscription Services • and more

lots of great items

Come on by to see us, or callabout specials we are running.

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Pedals (as in cars)....

Upcoming Car Shows in NC

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Golf in the Great North State

North Carolina is a state known formany things but what stands out themost - our wonderful love of golf.

Our state is home to some of themost well known and best belovedgolf courses in the world. Many aplayer has passed through our grandstate swinging an iron or wood.

Perhaps NC’s long historyregarding this esteemed game is rootedin the fact so many settlers of this statewere the Scots and the Irish. Theybrought their love of the game to theNew World and indeed, set deep rootsdown in NC.

We wanted to tip our hat to oneof the sport passions that could onlyyield up jokes such as ‘the reasonwhy it took all day and all night toplay 18 holes is because of fact thatdragging dead partner (heart attack)around the golf course.’ ☺

Yeah, we’re pretty serious aboutour collegiate basketball AND ourgolf, folks.

As for me, even though I’m a bornand raised Tarheel with deep Scots-Irish roots, I never warmed to thegame of golf.

Don’t get me wrong! There is a

whole lot of Zen in knocking a tinyball into a small hole from a greatdistance.

But when someone hands me agolf club, I tend to do somethingcompletely different with it(remember, I am a martial artsteacher). ☺

- Renee WarrenA Brief History of the Golf ClubFrom blunt wooden instruments of the old days to today's adjustable,insanely high-tech drivers, golf clubs have been getting better and bettersince the Scots gave us this frustrating, exhilarating pastime.

960–1279: Royals from China'sSong Dynasty play chuiwan, hittingballs into holes with a set of 10 be-jeweled clubs.

1400s: Despite earlier evidence ofproto-golf in the Netherlands, Scot-land gets credit for inventing the game.

1800s: Par for the course, golfmakes its way to the United States.Players use 20 to 30 wooden clubs ofvarious functions to hit featheries, hardleather balls stuffed with feathers.

1856: America's hickory trees getthe shaft when Robert Forgan exportsthem to Scotland to make golf clubs.Harder persimmon wood is used forthe club heads until drop forging al-lows for mass-produced iron heads inthe late 1800s.

1931: Billy Burke becomes the firstgolfer to win the U.S. Open usingsteel-shafted clubs painted to look likewood. But there's no faking Burke's

unique grip—he only had three fin-gers on his left hand.

1932: Pro golfer Gene Sarazenthinks outside the sandbox to de-velop the modern sand wedge, anduses it in his British Open victory.

1939: Golf's rule-making author-ity decrees the use of no more than14 clubs in a round but puts no limitson dorky apparel.

1959: Engineer Karsten Solheiminvents a putter with more weight atthe heel and toe of the blade and athinner, lighter sweet spot. The noveldesign makes it easier for golfers tohit the ball straight. He quits his dayjob, creates the golf-equipmentbrand Ping, and makes a fortune.

1971: Alan Shepard takes onesmall swing for a man, one giant drivefor mankind when he hits two golfballs on the moon at the end of the

Apollo 14 mission. The second trav-els over a mile.

1973: Lightweight graphite-shaftclubs become popular among womenand senior golfers. The rest of theworld

—ahem, PGA Tour players—catches on by the mid-1990s.

1980: In Caddyshack, RodneyDangerfield's character stocks his bagwith a driver that dispenses beer.

1991: Callaway rocks the golfworld when it introduces the Big Ber-tha stainless-steel-headed driver. Per-simmon-headed clubs quickly be-come garage-cluttering relics.

2013: TaylorMade's R1 driveradjusts to 12 different lofts and sevendifferent face angles, adapting the clubto playing conditions. Isn't thatcheating?

- Cited as per PopularMechanics, May 16, 2013

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The History of Golf, as per WikipediaOriginsA golf-like game is,

apocryphally,[1][2] recorded astaking place on 26 February 1297,in Loenen aan de Vecht, where theDutch played a game with a stick andleather ball. The winner was whoeverhit the ball with the least number ofstrokes into a target several hundredyards away. Some scholars argue thatthis game of putting a small ball in ahole in the ground using golf clubs wasalso played in 17th-centuryNetherlands and that this predates thegame in Scotland. There are alsoother reports of earlier accounts of agolf-like game from continentalEurope.[3]

In the 1261 Middle-Dutchmanuscript of the Flemish poet Jacobvan Maerlant's Boeck Merlijn mentionis made of a ball game "mit enercoluen" (with a colf/kolf [club]). Thisis the earliest known mention in theDutch language of the game of colf/kolf as played in the LowCountries.[4][5]

In 1360, the council of Brusselsbanned the game of colf:“... wie met colven tsoltes om twintich scell’ oftop hare overste cleet ...”(he who plays at colfpays a fine of 20 shillingsor his overcoat will beconfiscated).[6]

In 1387, the regent of the countyof Holland, Zeeland and Hainaut,Albrecht of Bavaria, sealed a charterfor the city of Brielle, in which it wasforbidden to play any game formoney. One of the exceptions to thisordinance was “den bal mitter colvente slaen buten der veste” (to play the

ball with a club outside the townwalls).[7] Two years later, in 1389,the regent Albrecht offered the citizensof Haarlem a field called ‘De Baen’(the course) to be used exclusively forplaying games – especially colf –because these were too dangerouswithin the city walls.[8]

In 1597 the crew of WillemBarentsz played "colf" during theirstay at Nova Zembla, as recorded byGerrit de Veer in his diary:

Den 3. April wast moy claerweder met een n.o. wint ende stil, doenmaeckten wy een colf toe om daermede te colven, om also onse ledenwat radder te maecken, daer wyallerley middelen toe zochten.[9]

(The 3rd of April the weatherwas nice and clear with a north-easterly wind and quiet, then we madea colf [club] to play colf with, and thusmake our limbs more loose, for whichwe sought every means)

Early golf in ScotlandThe modern game of golf is

generally considered to be a Scottishinvention. Aspokesman for theRoyal and Ancient GolfClub of St. Andrews,one of the oldestScottish golf

organisations, said "Stick and ballgames have been around for manycenturies, but golf as we know ittoday, played over 18 holes, clearlyoriginated in Scotland."[10][11] Theword golf, or in Scots gowf [g?uf], isusually thought to be a Scots alterationof Dutch "colf" or "colve" meaning"stick, "club", "bat", itself related tothe Proto-Germanic language *kulth-

as found in Old Norse kolfr meaning"bell clapper", and the GermanKolben meaning "mace or club".[12]The Dutch term Kolven refers to arelated sport.

The first documented mention ofgolf in Scotland appears in a 1457Act of the Scottish Parliament, anedict issued by King James II ofScotland prohibiting the playing of thegames of gowf and football as thesewere a distraction from archerypractice for military purposes. [13]Bans were again imposed in Acts of1471 and 1491, with golf beingdescribed as "an unprofitable sport".Mary, Queen of Scots was accusedby her political enemies of playing golfafter her second husband, HenryStuart, Lord Darnley, was murderedin 1567. George Buchanansubsequently wrote that she had beenplaying "sports that were clearlyunsuitable to women". Golf wasbanned again by parliament underKing James IV of Scotland, but golfclubs and balls were bought for himin 1502 when he was visiting Perth,and on subsequent occasions whenhe was in St Andrews andEdinburgh.[14]

An entry in the Town CouncilMinutes of Edinburgh for 19 April1592 includes golf in a list of pursuitsto be avoided on the Sabbath.[15]

The account book of lawyer SirJohn Foulis of Ravelston records thathe played golf at Musselburgh Linkson 2 March 1672, and this has beenaccepted as proving that The OldLinks, Musselburgh, is the oldestplaying golf course in the world.There is also a story that Mary, Queenof Scots, played there in1567.[16][17]

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Deep PGA Roots in Greensboro. NCWyndham Championship moved

back to Sedgefield Country Club, sokeep your eyes on the summercalendar for this great event.

Triad natives take great pride inhaving Sedgefield County Clubhooked at the hip to the PGA crowd.

It is common place to be in andaround the golf events and to see afamous celebrity or pro athletelunching at the table next to yours.

Fortunately the Triad area has alittle bit of everything to satisfy thewhole family from the outlet mallshopalic to the pickies eater to the die-hard golf fan.

And if you find yourself in theTriad, you’ll have to taste bothWestern and Eastern NC barbeque.

Sedgefield Country Club is acountry club located in Greens-boro, North Carolina, south-west of the city center. Estab-lished in 1925, it is primarilyknown for its golf course andthe PGA Tour event it has heldsince 2007: the WyndhamChampionship, formerly theGreater Greensboro ChryslerClassic, and the GreaterGreensboro Open (GGO). It

also hosted the tournament from1961 to 1976.

The course was designed byDonald Ross and opened forplay in 1926. It is currently theonly Ross-designed course host-ing a regular event on the PGATour. A second 18-hole course,originally Cardinal Golf andCountry Club and opened in1975, was renovated by PeteDye in 2007.

- Cited as per Wikipedia

- photo cited Business Journal

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Since we are shining a spotlight onthe wonderful maddening game of golf,we thought this book was the mostappropriate one to include in our bookreview.

The Saga of Joe Monk: TheGreatest Golfer of Olive Chapelis written by James E. Snyder, Jr. ofLexington, NC.

SynopsisJoe Monk was a young black golf

prodigy. His swing was so pure andwide and flowing that his soul andgolf's spirits seemed to merge as one.

He learned to play with a tobaccostick as his club and small roundpebbles as his projectiles.

Because of his race he was re-quired to travel north to establish cre-dentials sufficient to participate in thegreat North and South Amateur inPinehurst, predecessor to Augusta,golf's southern rite of spring. Poten-

Book of the Month - The Saga of Joe Monk:

The Greatest Golfer of Olive Chapel

tially the world's greatest golfer, hisquest for immortality on the numbertwo course is poignant and stirring.

The author was born, reared andeducated through secondary schoolin Lexington, Davidson County,North Carolina. He received his BA

degree in history from Wake ForestCollege in 1967 and his Juris Doc-tors degree in law from the WakeForest University School of Law in1970. He has been a practitioner oflaw in Lexington from his admissionto the bar, he is married to SandraCraver Snyder, and they have twodaughters and six grandchildren. Heis the author of seventeen books(three are multiple editions).

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An ad in the classified section of ourlocal paper offered for sale a “Chip& Dale mahogany table" -- it's got tobe one of a kind!”

Real Classified Ads... REAL CLASSIFIED ADS TAKEN FROM NEWSPAPERS

“Antique Stripper to Display Waresat Store”

“For sale: an antique desk suitable forlady with thick legs and large drawers.“☺

True story, overheard at the ArdinglighTrade Fair, on a very cold day."I'm cold, I must be getting old""We're all getting older - the only thingthat's not getting older is the antiques"

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Don’t Forget the Greensboro WyndhamGolf Event Coming Up in August 2015

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