Editorials

A friend called Saturday morning to offer Kristi and me "an evening out" -- the North Carolina Symphony was playing in Wilson and he had two extra tickets. We were all over that.
After we arrived at the Edna Boykin Cultural Center and found our seats, I felt like I'd been transported back into time.
My first exposure to the Symphony was when I was in seventh or eighth grade and they bussed us from Southern Nash Junior High to Nash Central with all the students from that grade in the system.

This weekend marks the 53rd Spring Hope Pumpkin Festival which is truly something to celebrate for a small town.
While strolling around downtown Spring Hope, you'll find a granite marker on the ground near the Depot which honors the founders of the festival, Ralph Bass and Elmo Tant. The two men have gone down in Nash County's history as the co-founders of the event which was launched in 1971.
Spring Hope has had a long history of people taking pride in their town and making extraordinary commitments to their community.

This photo published in The Nashville Graphic on Oct. 10, 1978. Kim Crickmore (seated, second from left) was elected president of the 9th grade Debu-Ettes. Other officers elected were (seated left to right) Rhonda Morton, vice-president; and Pam Proctor, recording secretary; (standing left to right) Chris Poplin, parliamentarian; Kathy Mills, corresponding secretary; Margaret Williamson, historian; and Cherie Batts, treasurer.