Carthage Buggy Festival 2012

Find yourself at the24th annual Carthage

Friday, May 11,and Saturday,May 12, 2012

Buggy Festival

BY MARTHA J. HENDERSONSpecial Sections Editor

The Carthage Buggy Festival was start-ed in 1988 as a celebration of the rich his-tory of Carthage.It commemorates the famous Tyson and

Jones Buggy Factory that produced thecarriages that were essential to life inrural North Carolina from the mid-1800sto the 1920s.One of the biggest and best-known

festivals in the region, the CarthageBuggy Festival attracts thousands ofvisitors to the Moore County seatevery year.Buggy Festival Committee members

invite you to bring the whole familyout to experience the joy and pride ofan entire community celebrating itsheritage.With the 24th annual festival set for

Friday, May 11, and Saturday, May 12,organizers have done everything theycan to ensure that festival-goers of allages will have plenty of activities andentertainment to fill their day with fun.

Festival Kickoff EventOn Friday, May 11, the Carthage Buggy

Festival fun gets under way at NancyKiser Park.From 6 to 9 p.m., the park will be filled

with a display of antique firetrucks, acruise-in of classic cars, live music pro-vided by the Crawley Creek Company andgrilled burgers and hot dogs.The Carthage Firefighters Association

has invited departments from all over tobring their antique firetrucks to be partof the show. Carthage’s own antiquefiretrucks, a 1945 Seagrave fire engineand a 1932 Chevrolet fire engine, will beon display.Classic car buffs can get a preview of

Saturday’s car show as members of theSandhills Classic Street Rod Associationdisplay their vehicles at the park onFriday evening.The Crawley Creek Company will be

performing its combination of country,modern and gospel, mixed up with a blue-grass sound from 6 to 9p.m.

The Carthage HistoricalMuseum, including Tyson’sKitchen, will be open tofestival-goers from 5 to 9 p.m.The Carthage Garden Club willbe holding a fundraising bakesale inside Tyson’s Kitchenduring the evening.As always, the Carthage

Firefighters Association willhave hamburgers and hot dogs availablefor sale.

Festival ActivitiesBuggy Festival fun and festivities start

bright and early on Saturday, May 12,with the presentation of colors by the

Marine Corps drill team at 9 a.m.The Union Pines High School Band will

then play the national anthem.After opening remarks by local digni-

taries and members of the CarthageBuggy Festival Committee, the band willperform several more numbers.The Rev. Eugene Ussery will once again

serve as master of ceremonies for theevent.A number of daylong festival activities

also get started at 9 a.m., including the

Benefit Classic Car and Truck Show andthe children’s activity area. More than 120crafts and food vendors also will open forbusiness.Sponsored by the Sandhills Classic

Street Rod Association, the Benefit

Classic Car and Truck Show is for 1977and older American-made vehicles only.More than 150 cars will be on display.Awards will be presented at 2:30 p.m.Children of all ages can play from 9 a.m.

to 4 p.m. in the children’s activity areafree of charge. Amusements include Tubsof Fun, the Frog Hopper, swings, a superslide, train ride, bungee jump and muchmore. And, best of all, everything is free.Food and crafts vendors will be offering

a wide variety of goods at booths liningthe festival area. Whether you fancy a

funnel cake, ice cream, hamburg-ers or kettle corn, you are sure tofind something to satisfy yourtaste buds. You’ll also find plentyof opportunities for shopping atthe more than 100 vendors who areoffering everything fromhomemade dog treats and hand-thrown pottery to tie-died clothing,floral arrangements and gardenflags.At noon, the crowning of Ms.

Buggy Festival and Mr. and Mrs.Tara Plantation and Pinelake willtake place on the Buggy Festivalstage.Festival-goers should watch the

skies above historic downtownCarthage around noon. Plans are tohave a airplane flyover around mid-day, compliments of Gilliam-McConnell Airfield.

Transportation ShowcasedAnd, what’s a buggy festival

without buggies? Throughout the daySaturday, more than two dozen buggieswill be on display around the courthousesquare. These buggies will include a few

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Entertainment LineupEvery year, Buggy Festival organizersbring an exciting lineup of musical entertainers to its stage, including cloggers and bands playing gospel, country and bluegrass music.Taking the stage first at 10 a.m. will bethe Deep River Bluegrass Band playingtraditional bluegrass with a twist as wellas some country. The band comprises JeffMedlin, James Hill, Teddy White, RonnieBailey, Harold Pickett and JimmyKennedy.

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Find yourself at the24th annual Carthage

Friday, May 11,and Saturday,May 12, 2012

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favorite for music lovers at the annualBuggy Festival. Brooks will bring herSouthern gospel sound to the stage at 1p.m.The ninth annual Buggy Idol contest will

be a fitting finale for the family-funfestival as potential stars of all ages willsing their hearts out as they try to winover the judges and take home the topprize of being named the “Buggy Idol.”The contest begins at 4:30 p.m.For the safety and well-being of festival-

goers, pets are not allowed at the festivalor the car and truck show again this year.Service dogs are permitted.Parking spaces for festival attendees

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surrounding the Buggy Festival area.Handicap-accessible parking is availablein the Fidelity Bank parking lot onMonroe Street with golf cart access to thefestival provided by volunteers.

With all that the 24th annual CarthageBuggy Festival has to offer, Sparkssays the best thing about the bustling,fun-filled family festival is that all theactivities are available free of charge

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Festival Begins Friday Night at Nancy Kiser ParkBY MARTHA J. HENDERSON

Special Sections EditorThere’s so much fun to be had at the annual Carthage

Buggy Festival that just one day can’t contain it all.To offer festival-goers even more to experience, event

organizers have stretched the family-fun festival toinclude Friday evening.The 24th annual Carthage Buggy Festival kicks off

with an evening of history, music, food and fun Friday,May 11.From 6 to 9 p.m., Nancy Kiser Park in Carthage will be

filled with a display of antique firetrucks, a cruise-in ofclassic cars, live music provided by the Crawley CreekCompany, and grilled burgers and hot dogs.The Carthage Firefighters Association has invited

departments from all over to bring their antiquefiretrucks to be part of the show. For the past two years,the antique firetrucks show has been a growing attrac-tion for the evening.While the group hopes to have most, if not all, of the

area’s antique firetrucks at the show, it all depends onwhich ones will run when it’s time to fire them up anddrive them to Carthage for the event, says a spokesper-son for the association.Several firetrucks from the county and a few from out

of the county are expected. There will be two antique

firetrucks from Carthage. These include a 1945 Seagravefire engine and a 1932 Chevrolet fire engine.During the evening, trophies will be awarded to antique

firetruck show participants for oldest firetruck and far-thest traveled. The public will have an opportunity to

vote on their choice for Best of Show, which also will beawarded during Friday night’s festivities.Classic car buffs can get a preview of Saturday’s car

show as members of the Sandhills Classic Street RodAssociation display their vehicles at the park on Fridayevening.The public is invited to come out and enjoy live musical

performances by the Crawley Creek Company. A localband featuring brothers Wayne and Max Livengood, aswell as Mark Fry, Austin Cameron and Noah Richardson,the Crawley Creek Company plays a combination ofcountry, modern and gospel, mixed up with a bluegrasssound.The Carthage Historical Museum, including Tyson’s

Kitchen, also will be open to festival-goers from 5 to 9p.m. The museum houses relics of Carthage’s past, fromold tools and vintage buggies to historical clothing andphotos from the early 1900s.The Carthage Garden Club will be holding a fundraiser

bake sale inside Tyson’s Kitchen, next to the museum,from 5 to 9 p.m., as part of the Buggy Festival activities.There also will be a bouncy house for the kids and, once

they’ve worked up an appetite, you can treat them andyourself to a hot dog or hamburger. Members of theCarthage Firefighters Association will be selling hot dogsand hamburgers throughout the evening.

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Carthage Fire Department’s 1945 Seagrave fire enginewill be on display during the Friday night festivities.


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Crawley Creek Company Rocks the Park on FridayBY KATE SMITH

Newsroom InternThe Crawley Creek Company band is like

a palpablememory: a circle of fiveSouthern locals fingering out their stories.At age 18 and 16, “self-directed” brothers

Wayne andMax Livengoodmade a band ofthemselves, built on calloused fingers and acouple of radio station gigs. The brothersgrew up in Carthage with the birth of blue-grass, the acoustic pan-out of country, folkmusic about lost love and trains, and theelectric craze of rock ’n’ roll.“My brother and I always idolized Don

Reno, Red Smiley and the Tennessee Cut-Ups,” saysWayne Livengood. “In Carthage,we could pick up their broadcast early inthemorning all the way fromRoanoke, Va.I’d watch Red Smiley play that big 45Martin guitar— I loved to hear him playruns on it — beautiful guitar. Hewas, andis, my ideal.”Now, after nearly 60 years, the Crawley

Creek Company has the history of life’stwangs and breakdowns narrating theirmemoirs throughWayne’s rhythm guitar,Max’s Dobro, fiddle, guitar, banjo andman-dolin, Mark Fry’s rhythm guitar, AustinCameron’s banjo andNoah Richardson’sbass.“My brother and I are the band,”Wayne

Livengood says, in a literal sense, as theirnature has been grafted with themusic. “Ihope when I leave this ol’ world that I’mmaking a G chord run onmy guitar and theLord calls me right up.”Known as the Bluegrass Tarheels until

2009, the Company is a combination of pastand newmembers. In a word, Livengooddescribes the current members.Mark Fry is “fun loving.”“Hewent from not being able to [proper-

ly] sing or play a note seven years ago, tosinging and playing very very well,”Livengood says.Austin Cameron andNoah Richardson

are 15 years old and have an appetite formusic and the band.“Austin is the best five-string banjo play-

er that I know. He’s focused. Hewants toget it right,” Livengood says. “Noah is dedi-cated— dedicated to what the bass can doandwhat it can do for the band. They’refarm boys; they raise chickens and cattle.They’re the kind of youngmen that makeyou proud of the United States that yougrew up in.”With the canyon between ages in the

band, Livengood still claims that “we’re allthe same age.We’re not looking for any-thing. We just want to have a good time.Four- and 5-year-old kids have to be taughtnot to like bluegrassmusic; it puts rhythm

in them and they can’t help but dance.Bluegrass gives all people the opportunityto sit back and relax and not be bothered byanything. They can enjoy the beat and thetone.”Though the Crawley Creek Company has

weathered and strengthened for 60 years,it’s been only two years since its resurrec-tion.“My brother and I have been playing for

so long that we decided to retire from theband. Nowwe’ve begun again, and we’repushing toward a new horizon.“We play country, modern, gospel, and

mix it up with a bluegrass sound,”Livengood says. “We try to play whatpeople have heard andwhat they like.

“Bluegrass-stylemusic tells a story.People write the history of their lives whenthey write these songs—messages aboutthe simple life and what life has to offer.“Whether that be ‘comforting andwarm’

like Grandma’s chicken pot pie, or‘ponderous’ like solitude in a field of beard-ed wheat, themusic resonates with us,stitching our patterns together with themusicians as people sharing our ‘good andbad.’”The Crawley Creek Companywill be pro-

viding themusical entertainment for the24th annual Carthage Buggy Festival kick-off event, Friday,May 11, at NancyKiserPark. The bandwill take the stage from 6 to9 p.m.

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Museum Open DuringFriday Buggy Festivities

BY KATHERINE SMITHNewsroom Intern

The 24th annual Carthage BuggyFestival kicks off on Friday, May 11,with an evening of history, music, danc-ing and food.From 6 to 9 p.m., Nancy Kiser Park

will play host to an antique firetruck andclassic car show, and a performance byCrawley Creek Company. There will alsobe hamburgers and hot dogs sold bymembers of the Carthage FirefightersAssociation.The Carthage Historical Museum,

including Tyson’s Kitchen, also will beopen to festival-goers from 5 to 9 p.m.The rustic building, at 202

Rockingham St., houses relics ofCarthage’s past. Three buggies areglassed in on the porch. Visitors canbrowse through old tools, photos fromthe early 1900s, historical clothing and

furniture, as well as a vintage organ.The museum also features written

excerpts on past schools, churches,businesses and war heroes, including thefearless James R. McConnell. Its regularhours are from 2 to 5 pm. every Sunday,excluding holidays.“All of what is in the museum comes

from what the people of Carthage havefound in their attics and parents’homes,” says Carol Steed, a member ofthe Carthage Historical Committee,which operates the museum. “So themuseum literally comes from our ownpeople.”The Historical Committee also will

have books and ornaments for saleduring the Buggy Festival, Saturday,May 12.For more information or to set up a

special tour of the museum, contactCarol Steed at (910) 947-5686.


BY KATHERINE SMITHNewsroom Intern

The name Thomas B. Tyson representsa prominent part of Carthage history.Tyson, amerchant, purchased a small

buggy repair shop in 1856, and renovatedit into a leadingmanufacturer of buggiesin the pre-automobile era. TysonemployedW. T. Jones, acarriage painter, shortlyafterward. The twosecured amass-production permit and— despite a postwardepression— 20 shortyears into business, theywere sellingmore than600 buggies a year.Tyson and Jones

Buggy Company thencame upwith the idea for the first rubber-tired buggies, and by 1895 their businesshad boomed to 3,000 buggies per year.In addition to his business life, Tyson

also had a small family. HemarriedMaryJane “Miss Polly” Person in 1842, andfathered his only child, Lucian, 11monthslater.“Asmost men did in those days, Mr.

Tyson built a house for his family,” saysCarol Steed, amember of the CarthageHistorical Committee. “It was a big house,and it stood where the Carthage FoodLion is today.”Years passed before the familymoved.

Their first house was relocated to wherethe parking lot behind the Carthage

courthouse is now, cater-cornered to theCarthage Library. Here, Tyson allowed hisbrother to board.“Not only was the Tyson’s first house

there,” Stead says, “there also was akitchen connected to the back through aGladys walkway. It was separate in caseof fire.”

The Tysons eventuallysold part of the property,including the house andkitchen, to a business-man namedMonk, whoset up a cleaner’s store.They sold the other halfto the county.Monkmoved the

kitchen to behind hisshop to be used forstorage; the county tore

down the Tyson home in 1961.AfterMonk’s business closed in 1978,

the Carthage Garden Club purchased theTyson’s Kitchen.The Garden Clubmoved the kitchen to

a location across the street from Fred’sstore, where it became a small touristattraction. In 2005, it wasmoved onemore time, to a location behind theCarthageHistoricalMuseum on 202Rockingham St.“Wemoved it in hopes ofmore traffic

and so it can be openmore often,” saysSteed. “We’ve planted plants that werepopular in the 1800s around the kitchen.”Both themuseum and the kitchen are

open from 2 to 5 p.m. every Sunday,

excludingholidays.“It needed a

new roof andthe porchneededrepairing,”Steed says.“About amonth ago,after repairs were done, we gave it to thetown.We’ll get it really cleaned up andopen in time for the Buggy Festival.”Not only will Tyson’s Kitchen be open

for folks to browse, but the Garden Clubwill hold a fundraiser bake sale insidefrom 5 to 9 p.m. Friday,May 11, duringthe Buggy Festival activities at NancyKiser Park.Earnings from the bake sale will go to

replenish funds that were depleted duringrenovation of the kitchen and to the Club’sAppearance Committee.

“We just hope that people appreciatethe way life used to be,” Steed says, “andmaybe see something that they haven’tbefore.”“The kitchen pulls on us,” Stead adds,

“because it’s a small snapshot of ourancestry. Kids usually love the old woodstove andmusty crannies because it tugson the imagination.”And of course, the kitchen holds a

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Roots to Festival StageBY MARTHA J. HENDERSON

Special Sections EditorMitzi Brooks knows that she has been

singing since she was 5 years old, but theBuggy Festival performer doesn’t knowhow long she’s been performing at thepopular annual festival.“I know it’s been

several years, but Idon’t know how long,”says Brooks. “I doknow that I love it.”Brooks, a former

teacher in Robbins whonow teaches at BennettElementary School inChatham County, saysperforming at theannual festival givesher the chance to catchup with people that shedoesn’t get to seeexcept when she’s atthe Buggy Festival.“I get to see former

students andmeet a lotof new people, too,”Brooks says. “I reallyenjoy it.”Brooks will bring her

Southern gospel sound to the CarthageBuggy Festival stage at 1 p.m. Saturday,May 12. She is a popular performer whotouches a chord with the festival audienceeach year she performs.Born and raised in Elkin, N.C., Brooks

developed her Southern gospel roots in thefoothills of the AppalachianMountains.While she was attending college atAppalachian State, Brooks began perform-ing with two groups she started, Gabrieland Straight to the Heart.

A teacher for thepast 20 years, Brookshas taught fourth, fifthand sixth grades inRobbins, as well as inChatham and Yadkincounties.Currently, she

resides in Bear Creekwith her husband,Eric, whom shemetwhile attendingAppalachian State, andtheir children,Brittany, 11, andCorey, 13.Brooks attends

Beulah Baptist Churchwhere she sings in thechoir, and also leadschildren’s church.Brooks performs at

weddings and festi-vals, as well as in con-

certs and at churches.“I really like going to churches and

singing,” Brooks says.Brooks has recorded four CDs with

Karen Peck Gooch and KimRuppe Lordsinging backup on her CDs.

COURTESY OF ERIC BROOKS

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What can make fun even more fun? Freefun!

And that’s what children of all sizes willfind when they come to the 24th annualCarthage Buggy Festival’s children’s activi-ty area — lots of free fun just for them.

There are activities and rides for big kidsand for little kids. Every year, event organ-izers make sure that nobody gets left out,that there is something fun for everyone.And, all of the activities are always offeredfree of charge.

Children of all ages can play from 9 a.m.to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 12, in the children’sactivity area. (See the festival map onpages 20 and 21 for location.)

While family fun is always the focus ofthe annual festival, the children’s activityarea holds a special place in the organizingcommittee’s hearts, says Town Managerand Buggy Festival Chairperson CarolSparks.

“We are most proud of our children’s

Kids Can Bounce, Slide, Fly and Spin — All for Free

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Youngsters soar through the sky on the mechanical swing set at last year’s Carthage Buggy Festival.


Band Delivers Bluegrass With a TwistThe Deep River Bluegrass Band brings

its own special twist on bluegrass to theCarthage Buggy Festival stage Saturday,May 12.The Deep River Bluegrass Band, which

includes musicians Jeff Medlin, JamesHill, Teddy White, Ronnie Bailey, HaroldPickett and Jimmy Kennedy, will take thestage at 10 a.m. and return to it at 2 p.m.Although all of its members have been

playing music in other bands for morethan 20 years, the Deep River BluegrassBand has been together for about fiveyears.

“We play traditional bluegrass, as wellas some country, and other music in anewer twist with a bluegrass style,” saysband member Jeff Medlin.The Deep River Bluegrass Band plays a

number of local music barns and events,including the Special Olympics BluegrassBarbecue at the Fair Barn in Pinehurst;Fords Mill in Rockingham; 705 MusicBarn; and, of course, Clyde Maness’Music Barn in Carthage.“We also play local festivals and play in

Townsend, Tenn., at the Spring Festivaland Old Timers Day in May,” Medlin says.

COURTESY OF DEEP RIVER BLUEGRASS BAND

The Deep River Bluegrass Band performs at the Spring Festival and Old Timers Day in Townsend, Tenn., last May.


A part of Moore County’s disasterpreparedness operations will be on dis-play at the 24th annual Carthage BuggyFestival, Saturday, May 12.

Members of the Moore County MedicalReserve Corps will be on hand todemonstrate and explain the prepared-ness procedures that would be employedin the case of an emergency.

According to MCMRC coordinator MattGardner, who also is the health promo-tions coordinator for the Moore CountyHealth Department, which administersthe MCMRC, the Medical Reserve Corpsis a national network of volunteers — bothmedical and nonmedical — who areprepared to respond and act in whatevercapacity they are needed in the event of alocal public health emergency.

“The Medical Reserve Corps wouldrespond in the event of a disaster,pandemic or emergency,” Garner says.“The Health Department’s trailer wouldbe deployed as a mobile unit and would

act like a mobile command center.”In addition to sharing information,

Garner and other MCMRC volunteers willbe on hand to answer questions about theprogram and recruit volunteers for theMCMRC.

A major part of a mobile commandcenter is communications. In the event ofa local emergency, the MCMRC turns tothe Moore County Amateur Radio Society(MOCARS) to provide its communicationsoperations.

“In the event of an emergency,MOCARS would be involved, setting upradios and providing communications,”Garner says.

The MOCARS is federally licensed andactively supports all aspects of areaamateur (ham) radio, including communi-ty service activities.

At the Carthage Buggy Festival,MOCARS will have an emergencycommunications display set up, includingradios and antennas.

“MOCARS works with the MooreCounty Health Department to supply

communications wherever the HealthDepartment would need us in the case ofan emergency or disaster,” says Chuckoswald, a MOCARS member.

“At the Buggy Festival, we will givedemonstrations on what we would bedoing in emergency situations.”

The Health Department’s trailer will

serve as the mobile command center atthe festival just as it would in the case ofan emergency. MOCARS will utilize thegenerators on the trailer just as theywould in an emergency situation.

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activities,” says Sparks. “New this year will bea super slide and a FrogHopper. The bungeetrampoline is returning as well. And, likealways, everything is stillfree for the kids!”A four-station bungee

trampoline proved to bevery popular with adven-turous festival-goers,says Sparks, so the com-mittee knew it had tobring it back. Not just forchildren, this super tram-poline uses a bungee sys-tem that enables a per-son to jump extremelyhigh in the air while alsoperforming flips andsomersaults.The bungee trampoline is operated by

trained personnel who ensure the jumpers aresecurely strapped into the harnesses. They alsomonitor each person during their ride.The kid-sized activities available will include

a Tubs of Fun ride that lets kids spin as fast asthey like; a new super slide that is more than 30

feet tall and 100 feet long with three lanes forlots of sliding fun; an oversizedmechanicalswing set that seats 20 children or adults asthey are lifted up and soar through the sky.New to the festival this year is the Frog

Hopper. According to Fun Rides and Events,the FrogHopper is a ride designed for littlepassengers. It lifts passengers up vertically andthen “hops” downs during descent.

Visitors to the festivalwill once again see thered train winding its waythrough the children’sactivity area.“The train is very pop-

ular,” Sparks says. “It’sbusy all day.”Manymore amuse-

ments will provide hoursof fun for children dur-ing the Buggy Festival.Kids, don’t forget to

bring your parents andgrandparents to the Carthage Buggy Festivalbecause there is plenty for them to do as well.From down-homemusical entertainment,

tasty treats andmore than 100 vendors toclassic car and vintage tractor displays and atalent contest, there is plenty for familymem-bers of all ages to enjoy during the annual festi-val.

Health Department,MOCARS also providescommunications for theAmerican Red Cross.MOCARS holds its regu-

lar meetings at the MooreCounty EmergencyOperations Center, inCarthage, at 7 p.m. on thethird Thursday of eachmonth, except December.Anyone interested inamateur radio is encour-aged to stop by the displayat the Buggy Festival andfind out more or contactJames Johnson at (910)400-3019.For more information

about the Moore CountyMedical Reserve Corps,stop by the HealthDepartment trailer at theBuggy Festival or visitwww.moorecountync.gov/health.

DisasterFrom Page 14

KidsFrom Page 12

The Frog Hopper ride

The Tubs of Fun ride


Festival Vendors Offer Shopping Opportunities GaloreVariety will be the name of the game when it comes to

the vendors who will be hawking their wares during the24th annual CarthageBuggy Festival,Saturday, May 12.There will be no

shortage of items tolook at, admire andpurchase during thepopular family-funevent, from homemadesoaps and salts to bird-houses andmuchmore.Festival organizers

are expecting more than125 vendors, includingboth food and arts andcrafts booths, guaran-teeing that there issomething for everyone.The wares available

will range from home-made dog treats andhand-thrown pottery totie-died clothing, floral arrangements and garden flags.Buggy Festival organizers say they purposely try not to

offer too much of the same thing, preferring to havevendors that offer a little bit of everything.

If you are ashopaholic, satisfyingyour shopping fancywill not be a problem.Handmade wreaths,painted gourds andwood trash bins,rocking chairs andtables will be inabundance as willhandmade leather beltsandmuchmore.The eclectic assort-

ment of merchandiseavailable from thevendors at the CarthageBuggy Festival also willinclude handmade ironyard signs and decora-tions, metal art madefrom scrap metal andmore.

If you find yourself at the Carthage Buggy Festival andyou still haven’t bought Mom the perfect gift for Mother’s

Day, you are sure to find just what she wants from one ormore of the vendor booths. Books, note cards andChristmas ornaments are just a few of the items that aresure to appeal.A gift collection based on harvested lavender bushes

would provide a chance to pamperMom or yourselfluxuriously.There will be face painting for the young and the young-

at-heart to enjoy.TheWildlife Rescue Center, of Sanford, will have

several birds, including a red-tailed hawk, a barred owl, ablack vulture, a great horned owl, a Mississippi Kite andtwo Eastern screech owls, on display. The group will beset up on the lawn of the historic courthouse.Throughout the day, Wildlife Rescue Center volunteers

will be on hand to answer any questions festival-goersmay have about the rescued birds and animals or theorganization.For those wanting something to commemorate the 24th

annual Carthage Buggy Festival, event organizers willhave a booth set up next to the entertainment stage whereyou’ll find a large assortment of festival T-shirts, caps andlicense plates.If you are a vendor who is interested in having a booth

at the festival, there are still some spaces available. Call(910) 947-2231 or e-mail [email protected].


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What brings together people with var-ied backgrounds and a wide range ofages from geographies spanning coast-to-coast? Answer: Their love of cars anda desire to indulge that love affair whilemaking the community a better place.In this case, it’s the love of olderAmerican-made vehicles by members ofthe Sandhills Classic Street RodAssociation (SCSRA). Formed in the mid-’70s, the club comprises some 70 activemembers throughout Moore County.What is a street rod? It begins as a“stock” vehicle (in the case of SCSRA,this means American-made and morethan 35 years old) and is limited indesign only by the desire, imaginationand pocketbook of its owner. It can rangefrom “basically stock” to “radically mod-ified,” which is what makes the carhobby so interesting and diverse. Unlike

the “100-point restorations” of the high-dollar Concours d’Elegance events,where vehicles are restored to the exactway they came from the factory), streetrods can follow a variety of forms andare designed to be enjoyed and driven bytheir owners.This love of cars often begins at ayoung age and can continue well beyondthe years of retirement. Some car own-ers are motivated by the potential profitderived from restoring, modifying andselling a vehicle, even to the extent ofmaking it a business. Most owners, how-ever, consider their car or truck a laborof love and try not to focus on the moneyinvested. It’s still a hobby; and like manyhobbies, it can take on a life of its own.My wife, Anita Owen, and I are SCSRAmembers. We moved to North Carolinathree years ago from San Diego, bring-ing with us our long interest and involve-ment in the street rod car culture. An

ordained minister, I served for 26 yearsas the president of a national ministrythat provides chaplains to more than2,000 motorsports events every year, andfor 20 of those years I served as the offi-cial chaplain for the National Hot RodAssociation, the world’s premier sanc-tioning body for the explosive sport ofprofessional drag racing. Anita and I owna highly restored and modified 1959Chevrolet sedan and look forward toattending a number of car shows andcruise-in events throughout the Sandhillsarea.Each year, SCSRA hosts its BenefitClassic Car and Truck Show in conjunc-tion with the annual Carthage BuggyFestival. The car show attracts morethan 100 cars/trucks with participantsfrom locations throughout North andSouth Carolina. The activities of the

Area Street Rod Club Shares LoveOf Vehicles, Community Outreach

KEN OWEN/Special to The Pilot

The Benefit Classic Car and Truck Show is always a popular attraction at the Carthage Buggy Festival.

An estimated 150 cars and trucks willbe on display during the Benefit ClassicCar and Truck Show at the 24th annualCarthage Buggy Festival. Sponsored bythe Sandhills Classic Street RodAssociation, the car/truck show is opento 1977 and older American-made vehi-cles and will be held rain or shine.The Benefit Classic Car and TruckShow event begins with a sneak peek onFriday, May 11, from 6 to 9 p.m. atNancy Kiser Park, with registration onSaturday, May 12, from 9 a.m. to 12:30p.m.The day of show registration fee is$20. Dash plaques will be available forthe first 100 vehicles registered.Awards, including Top 50, Best ofShow, Truck, Mopar, Ford, Chevy, GM,Other and Ladies Choice, will be pre-sented at 2:30 p.m. on the festival stage.The Sandhills Classic Street RodAssociation will also hold a $500 cashraffle. Raffle tickets are $5 each andwill be on sale before and during the carshow. You do not have to be present towin the $500 raffle.The Benefit Classic Car and TruckShow is a charitable event that will raisemonies this year for the Carthage FoodPantry and the First Baptist Church ofVass Food Bank.For more information, visit www.sand-hillsclassicstreetrods.com or contactTomWalker at (910) 949-6594 or TomMurray at (910) 295-3559.

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Buggy Festival — as well as class compe-tition for Best Chevy, Ford, Mopar, Truck(et. al) of the show—make an enjoyableday for the participants.SCSRA also hosts a Fall Car Show and

schedules a monthly Cruise-In on thethird Friday of each month (April throughOctober) at Ledo Pizza in Southern Pines.Cruise-Ins are casual gatherings of

car/truck/motorcycle enthusiasts whoshare their love for their vehicles withothers. These events draw hundreds ofspectators from the community, whichmay spawn future involvement in thehobby. All proceeds from these events —as well as two cash raffles in conjunctionwith the two annual car shows — go tolocal charities. This year’s chosen chari-ties are the Carthage Food Pantry andFood Bank in Vass, Wheels to Work andMoore Coalition for Human Services.Since their inception, SCSRA has raisedmore than $75,000 for a variety of localcharities.SCSRAmembers participate in other

community activities such as Christmasparades in Southern Pines, Aberdeen andCarthage. About 20 members broughttheir cars in support of the Southern PinesPolice Department-sponsored “NationalNight Out” last August. Members traveleach year to Pinelake Nursing Home inCarthage to wrap Christmas gifts for theelderly and also participate in the TaraPlantation (assisted living and Alzheimer’scare unit in Carthage) community out-reach and appreciation day.The club also hosted the New Year’s

Day destination party for the annual cara-van hosted by Cruisin’ Carolina Magazine,a caravan which originated in Charlotte,with participants from all over theCarolinas.Members are drawn to the club by their

love of custom vehicles as well as the

opportunity to assist in various communi-ty projects. The Moore County Board ofCommissioners presented its 2011Governor’s Volunteer Service Awards tofive individuals, one of whom was SCSRA-member John Calhoun. Calhoun overseesthe transportation committee as FamilyPromise’s transportation chairman. Theirpurpose is to restore used vehicles, whichare then donated to low-income workerswho need wheels for work.“I consistently tell people I meet that

I’m amazed at the number of beautifulcars that are in our area and truly admirethe amount of work that goes into the cre-ation and maintenance of each one,” saysBert Higgins, an SCSRAmember andretired banker from Connecticut.SCSRAmembers are proud of the

opportunities they have had to assist localcharities and community organizations.These charities are obviously appreciativeof the club’s desire to lend a hand, asevidenced by comments from variousrecipients. Rebecca Ainslie from theCancer Care Fund, a 2011 charityrecipient, commented, “Our sincerethanks for the donation that will help ourlocal cancer patients. We love that it israised in such a fun way with wonderfulpeople.”The Rev. Joseph Batluck, president and

executive director of Sandhills TeenChallenge, said in a letter to SCSRA,“Because of partners in ministry like youand generous gifts such as yours, we areable to continue to help more men over-come addiction.”Monthly meetings are held at the Lunch

Box That Rocks restaurant on MorgantonRoad in Southern Pines on the firstMonday of each month at 7 p.m. Eachmeeting begins with prayer, and membersbring canned goods for the Carthage FoodPantry. Anyone with an interest inAmerican-made cars and trucks is encour-aged to attend.You also can learn more about the

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Kids of all sizes love catching a ride on the red train, a popular attraction at the annual Carthage Buggy Festival. Like all the children’s activities, the train ride is free.

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Antique Fire Truck/Classic Car ShowFood and DancingMusic Provided by Crawley Creek Company

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9 a.m.Presentation of the Colors

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9 a.m. - 4 p.m.Children’s Activities AreaCrafts and Vendors

10 - 11 a.m.Deep River Bluegrass Band

10 a.m. - 2 p.m.Benefit Classic Car and Truck ShowModel A Car Show

10 a.m. - 4 p.m.Tractor and Buggy Display

11 a.m. - 12 p.m.The Harvesters Quartet

12 p.m.Crownings:

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2 - 3 p.m.Deep River Bluegrass Band

3 - 4 p.m.The Harvesters Quartet

4:30 p.m.Buggy Idol Contest

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Festival-goers at the 24th annual CarthageBuggy Festival will be treated to a number ofexciting, foot-stompin’, hand-clappin’ livemusi-cal performances, including two performancesby TheHarvesters Quartet.A gospel music tradition, the popular quartet

will take the stage across from the historiccourthouse at 11 a.m., Saturday,May 12, andwill return for a second hour-long performanceat 3 p.m.This will be TheHarvesters Quartet’s fifth

appearance at the Carthage Buggy Festival andthe group is happy to be returning.“The Buggy Festival is one of our favorite

events of the year,” says lead singer DannyParker. “Not only do we get to walk around andcheck out themany booths, we get to performtwo concerts.“We’vemade a lot of friends in the area over

the years, so naturally it is good to visit withthem, too.”

Since 1953, TheHarvesters Quartet has beenone of the top gospel groups in the nation.Organized in Charlotte, the original members

were Pat Patterson, Bill Hefner, Buddy Parker,HershelWooten andDavid Reece. After theyhad disbanded for a while, Hefner laterreorganized the group. He performedwith TheHarvesters Quartet until he was elected to theU.S. Congress, representing the 8th District ofNorth Carolina.While themakeup of the quartet has changed

over the years, the group has always worked tomaintain the sincerity and dedication handeddown to them, never forgetting their responsi-bility to their God and their friends.Today, TheHarvesters Quartet is based out of

Sanford and comprises five outstandingmusi-cians, including Phillip Hughes, Danny Parker,AllenHunter, Jim Collins and G.W. Southard.The group is known for its friendliness,

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acceptance of Jesus Christ as one’spersonal Savior while delivering his wordof salvation and encouragement.Originally fromEnterprise, Ala., tenor

Phillip Hughes received his vocal trainingfromThe SteveHurst School ofMusicMinistry and Performance in Nashville. Hesang lead for the Kingsmen Quartet for sixyears. Hughes also previously sang withTheHarvesters Quartet, The AnchormanQuartet and TheMelodyMasters Quartet.Sanford resident Parker is the group’s

lead singer andmanager. A graduate of

Stamps-Baxter School ofMusic, he and hisbrother, Ivan Parker, once sangwith TheNoblemen. Backed by years of experience,Parker’s warm, engaging personality andsmooth lead voice has warmed hearts andgained friends wherever he is heard.Hunter is a seasoned gospel music singer

who once toured with the popularRevelaires Quartet. The baritone singer’soutgoing personality appeals to audiencesof all ages. Hemakes his home in Raleigh.Bass singer Collins is fromGraham.

Before joining TheHarvesters Quartet,

Collins spent 25 years with TheMastersQuartet and four years with The Noblemen,where hemet and toured with Parker. Hisversatility, warm, sincere personality andgreat bass voice are a great contribution toTheHarvesters Quartet’s music andmin-istry.G.W. Southard, of Charlotte, plays the

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“Words can’t express how I feel” was TeresaTaylor’s response when she was asked todescribe how she felt about being nominated

for and winning Ms. Buggy Festival 2012.“I’m speechless,” Taylor says. “I’ve been on a real cloud

nine. It’s a real honor and I’m so proud of my daughter.”It was her 10-year-old daughter, Mandy, a fifth-grade

student at Carthage Elementary School, who wrote theletter nominating Taylor for Ms. Buggy Festival.Every year at the Carthage Buggy Festival, one special

person is chosen to be Ms. (or Mr.) Buggy Festival.Carthage administrative assistant Karen O’Hara, a

member of the Buggy Festival Committee, says thetradition has been a popular festival attraction for thepast 10 years or so, with Carthage Elementary studentsnominating their loved ones for the title.“It’s called ‘Ms.’ but we had a ‘Mr.’ several years ago,”

says O’Hara. “Really, it’s open to anybody the kidsadmire.”And Mandy does admire her mother.In her nominating letter, Mandy wrote: “I would like to

nominate her because she is a strong and confidentwoman. … She always tries to give us the best, she nevergives up and she does it by herself. To me, she is likeSuperwoman. … All she does is give. … Also, she alwaysputs others before herself and now it is her turn toshine.”


WinningMs. BuggyFestival LeavesMom Speechless

see MS. BUGGY, page 25

PHOTOS BY HANNAH SHARPE/The Pilot

Mandy Taylor nominated her mother, Teresa Taylor, for Ms. Buggy Festival because she says her mother is likeSuperwoman. Teresa Taylor will be crowned Ms. Buggy Festival 2012 at noon on Saturday, May 12.


The letter, which Taylor hasn’tseen yet, concludes with Mandystating that her mother “is myrole model. She is my everythingthat is why she deserves to beMs. Buggy Festival.”Upon hearing that part of her

daughter’s letter, Taylor said herheart swelled “because younever know what children areobserving. It makes it allworthwhile. It touched me thatshe noticed and that I’m notdoing it in vain.”In addition to raising three

children, Taylor, a certifiedCNA, works as a private dutynurse for Liberty Home Care.She also is attending SandhillsCommunity College and study-ing to be a massage therapist.“I’ll graduate in 2013,” Taylor

says. “I told Mandy that thisaward would look good on myresume. When she told me that

she had called me Superwomanin her letter, I told her I wouldmake myself a cape. Mandysaid, ‘Oh, no.’”Taylor says that between work,

schooling, cooking, raisingchildren and taking care of her89-year-old aunt, Mary HallTaylor, who lives with the family,there is never a dull moment.A good sense of humor, upbeat

attitudes and a genuine love foreach other help Taylor andMandy get through.“We share everything. We

have that kind of relationship,”Taylors says.The Taylors regularly attend

the Buggy Festival, whichmakes winning the award evennicer.“This is a real honor for me. I

have really struggled throughlife to get where I am today andthis gives me more self-esteem,”Taylor says. “I’m lookingforward to being there and beingpresented. Last year, I wasrunner-up and was proud of that,but this is even better.”

Difficult DecisionTeresa Taylor will be crowned

Ms. Buggy Festival at noonSaturday, May 12, during the24th annual Carthage BuggyFestival.Every year, the town gets a big

stack of letters nominating aloved one for Ms. or Mr. BuggyFestival.“They’re wonderful,” says

O’Hara. “It’s just amazing whatthese kids come up with, whothey pick, and the reasons whythe choose whom to nominate.”Many employees have the

opportunity to read the letters,but there’s just one impartialjudge who remains anonymousto keep the contest equitable.“I think the judge looks for the

most unique, most heartwarm-ing type of letters,” says O’Hara.“It’s a difficult decision to make,but what we try to do, to be fair,is get a letter representing eachgrade level.”In addition to the winner of

BuggyFrom Page 24

see BUGGY, page 26

The Winning LetterThis year I would like to nominate my mom TeresaTaylor for Miss Buggy Festival. I would like to nominateher because she is a strong and confident woman. Sheworks day and night taking care of the elderly, then shecomes home and has to take care of three kids and my 89-year-old aunt. It is not easy.She always tries to give us the best. She never gives upand she does it by herself. To me, she is like Superwoman.She goes to work day and night, comes home, cooks din-ner, picks my brother up from work, helps me with myhomework, does the laundry and keeps a house for us tolive in. That’s amazing!If my momwon this than it would be so cool because allshe does is for others, she deserves this award. All shedoes is give. All her life that I know of she has took care ofolder people. She’s worked in two nursing homes. She hasbeen wanting a break and if she won this it would meanthe world to me because all I want is for her to have abreak.Also, she always puts other before herself and now it is

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Ms. or Mr. Buggy Festival, thejudge picks five letters forrunners-up, so there is either awinner or runner-up from eachgrade. The winner and the run-ners-up will read their letters atthe festival.

Deserving Runners-UpWhile Mandy Taylor’s letter

nominating her mother, TeresaTaylor, as Ms. Buggy Festivalwas selected as the overallwinner, letters from each gradewere selected as runners-up.

Following are those letters:“My mom (Lara Sepko) should

be Ms. Buggy Festival becauseshe comforts me when there is astorm. My mom loves me and Ilove her. My mom cooks for meand helps me take care of mydog.”

— Morgan SepkoKindergarten

“I want my mommy (VictoriaBotson) to be Mrs. BuggyFestival. She prays for otherpeople that are sick and poor. Sheputs me to bed, walks me toschool and makes me lunch.

If we didn’t have the BuggyFestival then we would not thankthem for what they have doneand that would not be fair.”

— Gwendalyn BotsonFirst Grade

“I think my dad (Jared Salazar)should be Mr. Buggy Festivalbecause he is serving ourcountry in Afghanistan. He is funto jump on the trampoline with.

He is a great cook. He can cookthe best enchiladas. He playsWrestlemania with me, mybrother and my sister. I love tosnuggle with my dad. I so, solove my dad!”

— Trissa SalazarSecond Grade

BuggyFrom Page 25

see BUGGY, page 27

HANNAH SHARPE/The Pilot

Carthage Elementary students whose nominating letters for the Mr./Ms. Buggy Festival contest wereselected are Margaret McNeil (front row, left to right), Mandy Taylor, (back row) Haylee Ratliff, MorganSepko, Gwendalyn Botson and Trissa Salazar.


“I think my great-grandma (ClaudiaSmith) should be Miss Buggy Festivalbecause she cooks the best pies in theworld. My great-grandma is so wonderful.

I think my great-grandma is so wonder-ful because she is the only one who takes

me to Subway, but that’s not all.She is also wonderful because she is the

only one that takes me to church everySunday. We stay with her in her newhouse also.

The reason I think she should be MissBuggy Festival is because when she gotout of the hospital she gave me a twentydollar bill to spend on myself andprobably no other great-grandma orgrandma would do that when they just gotout of the hospital.

This is why I think my great-grandmashould be Miss Buggy Festival.”

— Haylee RatliffThird Grade

“I want my MeMe (grandmother JudyBittle) to be Miss Buggy Festival becausewhen I was little my MaMa would go towork and my sisters went to school.MeMe would take care of me by teachingme match and how to gorgel (sic).

When I was sick she would give mechicken noodle soup and make the mostbest homemade from scratch biscuits.Yummm!!! She showed me love.

“Also she takes care of her older sister.She can’t be alone. She inspires me bykeep doing things even if they get tough.

“That is why I want MeMe to be MissBuggy Festival.”

— Margaret McNeilFourth Grade

BuggyFrom Page 26

BY LEIGH PEMBERNewsroom Intern

Pleasant imagery does not cometo mind when one thinks of some-thing getting clogged, but clog-ging as a dance is entertainmentat its finest.The Quicksilver Cloggers will

perform at 12:30 p.m. Saturday,May 12, as part of the CarthageBuggy Festival’s entertainmentlineup.The Quicksilver Cloggers have

been together for more than 15years, although only two of itseight members have been with itsince the beginning: Aileen

Garner and Jennifer Garner, whoare unrelated.The other six members are

Bonnie Hanham, Brenda Ritter,Lou Smith, PamKennedy, SarahDaffron and Jane Drzewicki.The group is Robbins-based, but

its members are spread acrossthe area in Robbins, High Falls,Vass, Pinebluff and Greensboro.Aileen Garner is the leader of

the team, but Daffron, who is acertified clogging instructor, alsoplays an important role.“I do most of the teaching and


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The Quicksilver Cloggers, including (front row, left to right) Aileen Garner, Lou Smith, Jane Drzewicki,Brenda Ritter, (back row) Jennifer Garner, Bonnie Hanham, Sarah Daffron and Pam Kennedy, will beperforming their clogging routine at the Buggy Festival.


choreographing,” Daffron says. “But all ofus go to workshops, and we practice once aweek.”The Quicksilver Cloggers have

established themselves in several differentfestivals over the years. They go to manyon a recurring basis, including a pigpickin’ in New Bern, a Fourth of July cele-bration in Denton and Farmers Day inRobbins.“We’ve done lots of different festivals,”

Daffron says. “We go many places, and wehave fun doing it.”The cloggers participate in both

competitive and noncompetitive events.The two competitions that they focus onare at the North Carolina State Fair andthe North Carolina Senior Games.“For the competitions, we have to have

perfectly matching costumes andsynchronized steps,” Daffron says.“Competitions have a lot of pressure, butwe like staying to that standard for all ofour performances, anyway. The onlydifference is if something is messed up, noone gets fired.”

However, they really have nothing toworry about, as they are capable cloggersand have triumphed on several occasions.The Quicksilver Cloggers have gottensecond- and third-place finishes at the fair,and have advanced from the county levelto the state level in the senior games.“Those of us who are old enough

compete in the senior games. Pretty soon,all of us will be old enough,” she jokes.“But we have won before and gone toRaleigh for the state competition in theperforming arts category.”Even with their distinguished record, the

Quicksilver Cloggers do not have any kindof predetermined price that they chargefor their performances.“We do not have a set fee,” Daffron says.

“We have to buy the music, the costumes,and pay for our travel. It comes out of ourpockets, but we happily accept donations.”Daffron encourages people who are new

to the dance to try it if it’s something thatinterests them.“Dancing is fun, but clogging is twice as

fun,” Daffron says. “If you see the dance,and you fall in love with it, the first step isto find somewhere to dance. If there’s not agroup in your area, then get one together.If it’s something that you love, you’ll findsomeone to dance with.”

One great aspect of clogging is that youdo not need a partner to be able to clog,and it can be done at any age. This is not tosay that it is easy, as the cloggers’performances usually last at least 30minutes, with little to no break timebetween songs. However, the longperformance time does not stopthese women from doing whatthey love.“For this group of ladies, clog-

ging is their passion,” Daffronsays. “Mostly we do it for fun,and of course it is goodexercise. I don’t do other exer-cises. I feel like clogging is theexercise for me.”While clogging helps them

stay active, the members of theteam do not clog solely for funand exercise. Theirparticipation has helped themform lifelong friendships with their team-mates.“People who dance together form very

strong bonds,” Daffron says. “I would say Iand the other girls on the team are closerthan blood sisters.”This is not surprising, as the current

team has been dancing together for morethan a decade. During that time, they have

created and memorized many routineswith the help of Daffron’s talent for chore-ography. The experience she gained whileearning her certification makes her morethan capable of creating clogging routines.“To become a certified clogging

instructor, it takes a certain number ofhours of teaching, going toworkshops and choreographingroutines,” Daffron says. “I alsohad to go to the national con-vention that they have everyThanksgiving, but if you love it,getting it doesn’t feel like work.The certification really helpspeople who teach in studios, butI just did it for my own person-al experience.”Earning the certificate is just

part of the lifelong processassociated with learning toclog. Initially, people learn the

basic steps. From there, they keep addingto those steps as they become betterdancers. According to Daffron, learning toclog is not hard if you have rhythm,instinct and a love for clogging.“You can always keep learning,” Daffron

says. “You can always find something toadd to a step to make it more interesting orfun.”

CloggersFrom Page 28

“For thisgroup

of ladies,clogging is

their passion.”Sarah Daffron

Since it started in 1988, the BuggyFestival has celebrated the richhistory of Carthage.

The annual event also is acelebration of community and, assuch, organizers like to honor andrecognize those who have helpedmake the town of Carthage the won-derful community it is.For each of the past nine years,

Carthage Buggy Festival organizershave named four individuals as Mr.and Mrs. Tara Plantation and Mr. and

Mrs. Pinelake.They are residents of their

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Mr. and Mrs. PinelakeSelecting the king and queen to repre-

sent their facility, themanagement atPeak Resources - Pinelake turned to twopeople they say are both “a pleasure tohave around”—Ted Smith and AnnaCockrum.Although Ted has only been a resident

at Peak Resources - Pinelake for a year,he hasmade quite an impression on thefolks at the facility.According to a spokesperson for Peak

Resources - Pinelake, “Ted is alwaysready to attend an activity.”Ted loves to play bingo and enjoys

watching TV. Fishing is also one of Ted’sfavorite pastimes.“Anna has a positive attitude and

always has a smile on her face,” says aspokesperson for Peak Resources -Pinelake.This positive, upbeat approach to life

and her love for encouraging othersgoes a long way toward explaining whythemanagement says Anna is such a

pleasure to have around.Anna, whomanagement also says

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Visitors to the 24th annual CarthageBuggy Festival may wonder what thesemitrailer with the large colorful muralon its side is and what’s it’s doing at thefestival.Well, that’s exactly what the folks at St.

Joseph of the Pines want. They also wantthose visitors to stop by and check out theSJP Semi called Together We Can DoMOORE and find out what the programand the mobile medical clinic are all about.The 18-wheeler semitrailer helps St.

Joseph of the Pines fulfill its mission tohelp those least able to help themselves.In the spring of 2009, St. Joseph of the

Pines developed a program to help thepeople in the low wealth rural parts ofMoore County, people with no access tohealth care, wellness and health informa-tion and no health insurance.Thanks to a $448,470 grant as part of the

Omnibus Bill in December 2009, St.Joseph of the Pines was able to outfit thesemitrailer to become a mobile satelliteoffice for rural patients who aren’t able todrive to the offices of the program’s part-ners.The semitrailer is equipped with masses

of medical supplies and two fully fur-nished examination rooms. It also hasoffices for screening eligibility, a stage foreducation and cultural events and a stor-

age area to provide needed nonperishablefood and hygiene items to all who visit thesemi. The trailer was built to St. Joseph ofthe Pines’ specifications and went intoservice in June 2011.“We act as a satellite office for the

resource agencies we partner with,” saysLynne Drinkwater, community relationscoordinator for St. Joseph of the Pines.“Our goal is to be a one-stop shop for peo-ple so they can come get everything theyneed at one time.”TheMoore Free Care Clinic is one of the

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tal program are also on the horizon.Drinkwater and other St. Joseph of the

Pines personnel will be at the semi duringthe festival, handing out calendars to letpeople know the semi’s schedule as well asfliers to let people know what the programhas planned for the summer. Tours of thesemitrailer also will be available.“We want people to visit the semi to see

who we are and what we do,” Drinkwatersays. “We hope that by visiting the semi ina festival setting, they will not be intimi-

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This article is reprinted from theFebruary 12, 2012, edition of The Pilot.

BY JOHN CHAPPELLStaff Writer

Every year with its Buggy Festival,Carthage celebrates the achieve-ments of a former slave, though until

recently few knew it.William T. Jones— born a slave, and the

son of a slave and her owner— ran thefamed Tyson & Jones Buggy Co., thebiggest business around.Though he was an African-

American described in censusrecords as “amulatto gentleman”and a former slave, Jones never-theless became a leading busi-nessman and industrialist, recog-nized and honored, his color thebest kept secret in Carthage his-tory.His elaborate 1880s Queen

Anne Victorianmansion stands atthe entrance to the town’s historicdistrict. Now a bed-and-breakfastinn lovingly restored with wrap-around porch and fanciful ginger-bread trimmed in elegant PaintedLady fashion, the Jones houseevokes the lavishness of a bygoneera.Few in Carthage today realize

its builder and former owner wasa blackman ofmixed race wholived openly with his white wife,operated one of the biggest facto-ries in the South, taught SundaySchool in theMethodist Church,served on national and localboards, and was admired andloved without anymention ofrace.Today, the fact that Jones was

an African-American is something the townhistory committee’s present chairwoman,Carol Steed, thinks the town can take pridein— though for years nobody spoke of it.“People on the committee— even long

years ago—were not sure,” she said. “Wehad nothing to verify it then, aside from hispicture, and sometimes pictures fool you.“I still think a lot of people outside of the

museum have no idea. Now it is a source ofpride.”That’s the wayMayor LeeMcGraw sees

it.

“I think it’s a neat thing,”McGraw said.“When I joined the committee back in 1998,his picture was one of the first things I saw,and I said, ‘Wow! African-American!’People have done a lot of research trying tofind out asmuch as we can about him.”One of those people now owns the Jones

house. PatMotz-Frazier operates therestoredmansion as The Old Buggy Inn.She’s delved into historical records, collect-edmemories from other townspeople, andtried to find out everything she can aboutthemanwho built her house.

‘Regarded in All Aspects’After his death in 1910 the local paper

described Jones as “a citizen regarded inall respects as probably the peer of any, liv-ing or dead, in usefulness in accomplishedpurpose… andwithal in the example andmodel which he has left the present andfuture generations.”Jones was known nationwide as a pioneer

ofmanufacturing techniques and businessacumen. Yet over the century since hisdeath, most people in Carthage seemed to

forget he was black, a former slave, ofmixed race and in an interracial marriage.“His father owned a plantation, and his

mother was a slave on the plantation,”Motz-Frazier said. “His father wasmarriedand had three other children with his wife,all white. He had freedMr. Jones. Censusrecords in Raleigh showed it. Once weknew it, people started telling other thingsthat they knew.”Bit by bit, she pieced together a remark-

able story, wondering all the while how itwas that people around Carthage— even

on the town’s HistoricalCommittee— just assumedJones was white. She found onereason after learning Jones andhis wife had no children.“He did have three white sib-

lings,” she said. “His father wasmarried to a white woman, andthey had three white children,two boys and a girl. His fatherowned a plantation, where hismother was a slave.”WhenMotz-Frazier started

telling what she’d discovered,people thought she had it allwrong.“Charles Prevost and his sister

came down to tell mewhat I hadbeen saying wasn’t true,” shesaid. “So, I gaveMr. Prevostcopies of everything I had found.Then— it took him about amonth— hewent behindme,went to Raleigh, checked censusrecords.“He came back by himself

about amonth later and apolo-gized and said that I was right.He felt really bad, because hefelt for all these years that thecommittee had beenmisrepre-

senting the truth. Once he knew it, and Ibegan telling it, people started coming outof the woodwork telling us that they knew.”

Fought for ConfederacyJones was born a slave near

Elizabethtown on Aug. 8, 1833, and diedNov. 29, 1910, a freeman—well-respected,well-known, and wealthy.As a freedman, he hadmoved to

Fayetteville, where his work as a carriagepainter attracted the attention of twoCarthagemen: Thomas Bethune Tyson, and

Alexander Kelly, the county sheriff. In 1857they talked Jones into coming to Carthageto take charge of the painting departmentof their little buggy factory.Two years later, Tyson, Kelly & Co. gave

Jones entire charge of the vehicle part oftheir business. He enlarged the companyand its trade grew, but with the beginningof the Civil War in 1861, production wassuspended. Jones andmanyworkers left toserve in the Confederate Army. Captured,they were interned at Fort Delaware.“There were 12,000men in Fort Delaware

at the time,”Motz-Frazier said. “Duringtheir time there, 600 were separated to betreated in retaliation for the wayUnion sol-diers were being treated. They told themthat they were going home, that they wouldbe exchanged for Union prisoners.”That didn’t happen. They segregated

them from the normal population and putthem on starvation rations. They were notgiven water.“A lot of the time they had to catch water

in their cap when it rained,” she said. “Onearticle saidMr. Jones was in prison a year,but I think it was longer.”While Jones remained at Fort Delaware,

the 600 weremoved about. At Fort Pulaskioutside Savannah they were crowded intocold, damp quarters and fed only ameager“retaliation ration.” The group came to beknown as “The Immortal 600” for whatthey endured and their refusal to take oathsof allegiance to the Union.“Theywere taken to other prison camps,

then latermarched— a hardshipmarch—back to Fort Delaware,”Motz-Frazier said.“Many died. When they got there, theywere in bad shape, starving and dying.”Jones started picking up potato peelings

‘The Town Secret’Race of Famous Carthaginian Embraced

William T. Jones


Pat Motz-Frazier, owner of the Old Buggy Inn, and CarolSteed, of the Carthage Historical Committee, stand in front ofthe bed-and-breakfast that was once William Jones’ mansion.

see SECRET, page 35

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off the ground and saving bread crusts,makingmoonshine for them to fill theirbellies, warm them up. Union prisonguards began buying his moonshine andpaying him in Union currency.“By the end of the war, a great many

were no longer living because of the hard-ships they endured,”Motz-Frazier said.“Matt Blue— you know, who had a home-stead here in Carthage—was one of the600. At the end of the war, when the warwas over and they opened up the prisoncamp formen to come home,Matt Bluecould not walk, he was so ill. Mr. Joneshired a carriage for him— and some otherCarthagemen— to come home.”

‘Town Secret’Back inMoore County, Jones set about

helping Tyson rebuild the business usinghis moonshinemoney as capital.“When the war was over, and they came

back to Carthage, that’s how they reopenedthe buggy factory,”Motz-Frazier said.“They reopened the company on this

money he’dmade sellingmoonshine.”She and Prevost spent a lot of time talk-

ing about how it could happen that aSouthern town had a blackman, married toa white woman—which was illegal— andliving in one of the biggest houses in town,owning and being president of a company,yet not being persecuted.“WhatMr. Prevost and I kind of conclud-

ed was that it became the town secret,” shesaid. “When they came back to Carthage,Sherman hadmarched through. There wasdevastation. People were starving. Here isa company that can reopen, can pay so thatmen can buy feed, plant crops, feed theirfamilies— and they can prosper. OtherSouthern towns weren’t able to do that. Sowhat if he was a blackman— at that pointwho the hell cared?”The former slave, former colonel of the

Confederacy, former prisoner-of-war wasback in Carthage with hard currency—U.S. dollars— at a timewhen hardly any-one in the state had anything but worthlessConfederate paper.“He came out of prison with considerable

money earned while there, and brought ithomewith him, something that probably noother prisoner did during the whole courseof that war,” according to “A Short Historyof The Establishment and Growth Of the

Vehicle Industry in Carthage, N.C.,” asreprinted in 2009 by theMoore CountyHistorical Association.Jones bankrolled partners Tyson and

Kelly in rebuilding their ruined buggy busi-ness.On the firstMonday of eachmonth— the

great sales day in Bennettsville, S.C. —they brought buggies down fromCarthagein long strings, one hitched behind theother and pulled along by horses ormulesover deep sand roads. The trip took about aweek, down and back. Jones went down

with buggies and came backwithmoney.In 1873, he and Tyson bought out Kelly,

changing the name to Tyson & Jones. Jones— having visited Northern factories ontrips— concluded it was necessary to usemachinery. He bought a steam engine andboiler, circular saws, a planer, drills andothermachines. He had it all shipped toJonesboro, then hauled to Carthage on wag-ons.In 1889, Jones and Tyson incorporated,

with Jones as company president. In 1895the company exhibited in Atlanta at theCotton States Exposition and continuedexpanding. A 1902 Republican Party flierurged voters to support “Col. W.T. Jones ofCarthage— one of the Captains of Industryof the State” for the state house. His cam-paign was unsuccessful.Three years later, the wooden buildings at

the factory began to be replaced by brickstructures. One remains.The race of this Confederate colonel,

belovedMethodist Sunday School teacher,town leader and prosperous industrialistapparently became the town secret. Hisphotograph never appeared in any Tyson &Jones catalog.

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Special Sections EditorThe Buggy Idol Contest has become one

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you’re having fun. How true that is! This isthe ninth year of the Buggy Idol Contestand it seems like it was only a few yearsago whenwe had the first contest,” says anevent spokesperson.“The number of talented competitors

grows every year,” says Carol Sparks,Carthage townmanager and festival com-mittee chair. “The contestants are verygood, making the contest evenmore popu-lar.”Winners of the 2011 Buggy Idol contest

were Jack Oxendine, ages 1-5; CallieMcIntyre, ages 6-12; KatieWallace, ages 13-17; and Jeannie Garcia, age 18 and over.This Buggy Idol win was the third in a

row for Oxendine, who also took home thetop prize in his age group in 2009, 2010 and

2011. Will he be back to defend his reign asone ofMoore County’s singing stars?Festival-goers will find out when the con-testants take the stage at 4:30 p.m.Saturday,May 12.The Buggy Idol contest will be a fitting

finale for the family-fun festival as poten-tial stars of all ages will sing their heartsout as they try to win over the judges andtake home the top prize of being named the“Buggy Idol.”A $100 prize will be awarded to winners

in each of the different age groups.Styled after the television hit “American

Idol,” the Buggy Idol contest featurescontestants split into four competing agegroups. The first group is children ages 4 to8. The second is children ages 9 to 12. Thethird is ages 13 to 17, and the fourth is from18 years of age to infinity. There is no agelimit, organizers say.“It’s a first cousin to the ‘American Idol’

contest,” Sparks says, “and our contestantsare as talented as the ones on ‘AmericanIdol.’”The Buggy Idol contest is open to both

singers andmusicians, although in previousyears, it has been dominated by singers.Three judges will evaluate each per-

former.To compete, contestants must fill out an

application form and pay a registration fee.Contestants may register until 4 p.m.Saturday,May 12. The entry fee is $10

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Hot dogs and ice cream and popcorn, ohmy!When you come to the 24th annual Carthage Buggy

Festival, Saturday,May 12, there’s one thing you don’t wantto leave at home—your appetite.From the sausage dogs, meatball sandwiches, fried pick-les and breakfast sandwiches available at theHot DiggityDog concession to the roasted corn and popcorn beingserved up by Squeezers, there is sure to be something totickle everyone’s taste buds.Festival organizers have once again lined up a wide

selection of food vendors whowill be offering an array oftasty treats, says Karen O’Hara, Carthage administrativeassistant and Buggy Festival committeemember. Decidingwhich goodie to try first will be the hardest decision of theday.Visitors who prefer traditional festival flavors will not be

disappointed. In addition to funnel cakes, the lineup of funfair flavors to be found at the food booths surrounding thehistoric courthouse in downtown Carthage includes cottoncandy, candy apples, snow cones andmore fromMartinEnterprises/Sweet Thing Concessions.Gilbert’s Homemade Ice Creamwill once again be

churning up some creamy goodness with the help of a 1937JohnDeere engine. It’s almost asmuch fun watching the

ice cream being churned as it is eating a scoop— almost.The smell of fresh-popped kettle corn will waft through

the air around the Vinksters Gourmet Kettle Corn booth.You’ll want to try one of their lemonade shakers, the per-fect complement to a few handfuls of kettle corn.Speaking of cool, Sunshine Delights will be serving

Italian ice, lemonade and funfingers to hungry festival-goers.HopeManess will be sellingsnow cones, which are always ahit on a warm festival day.Those with a slightly bigger

appetite will not be disappoint-ed with the selection of fooditems offered by vendors,including Polish or Italiansausages, beef and blackenedchicken on pita bread fromCarolina Fun Food.Patrice Colvin’s booth will be

serving grilled panini sandwiches, Philly steaks, wings andfries.Festival-goers who are adventurous andwant to try

something a bit different will want to stop by theCaribbean Grill where the choices include jerk chicken,Caribbean rice and salads and stuffed grape leaves.

What could bemore appropriate at a North Carolina fes-tival than barbecue? The Carolina SmokeHouse is theplace to find pork barbecue, brats and sauerkraut, as wellas potato twister chips.You’ll want to leave room for dessert— soft-serve ice

cream at D&J Concessions and freshmini doughnuts andfrozen strawberry lemonade at S2 Concessions— yum!

Whether you choose an oldfavorite or opt to try somethingnew, you’ll find plenty ofbeverage options to refresh yourpalate. The refreshing beveragesavailable will include lemonade,limeade, orangeade, sweet tea,sodas andmore.The good eats actually get start-

ed on Friday evening during theantique firetruck and classic carshow event at NancyKiser Park.From 6 to 9 p.m. Friday,May 11,the Carthage Firefighters

Association will be selling hamburgers and hot dogs.They’ll fire up the grills at the festival on Saturday as well.On Friday evening, the CarthageHistorical Association

will be holding a bake sale in Tyson’s Kitchen, located nextto the CarthageMuseum.

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VOLUNTEERSEvery year, a team ofdedicated volunteers

begins meeting inAugust to plan the

popular family festivalthat brings thousands of

visitors to Carthageevery Mother’s Day

weekend.The continued success

of the annualCarthage Buggy Festivalis owed to this team of

hard-workingindividuals, says Town

Manager Carol Sparks,who has chaired the

festival for more than 10years. Pictured are

members of the 2012Buggy Festival

Committee, including(seated, left to right)

Karen O'Hara, CarolSparks, Dina Tharp,(middle row) Ronni

Lussier, Linda Phillips,Elaine Frye, Bart Davis,(back row) Brian Tyner,

Rocky Davis,Doug Brown and

John Calhoun.Not pictured are Gail

Meeks, Pat Motz-Frazier,Milton T. Dowdy,

Vincent Cornelius,Wendy Butner and

Neal Wolfe.JOHNSIE TIPTON/The Pilot

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