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On the CoverLucky 3 Farm has a heart for their farm and their customers. So much so that they don’t waste any part of the animal - resulting in a fabulous line of skin care products

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keeping it down home - from the Sandhills to the Crystal Coast

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FREEVol 7 -Issue 2 Jan/Feb 2015

Skin CareNatural , Handmade Products

Ft. FisherBackroads Carolina

Pam Jones

Jim Hinnant

P5 - Letter from the Editor

P6 - Local Business Love

P7 - Arts & Events

P8 - Local Skin Care Products

P14 - Old Country Store

P18 - Living Down Home

P19 - Backroads Carolina

P24 - a Word from Down Home

This Christmas - I simplified the Christmas decor in our home and our gift spending and it turned out to be one of the most magical Christmas’ we’ve ever had! This word - simplify - has been on my mind and in my heart.

Recently, I read a blog - http://www.graceuncommon.com/word-of-the-year-2/ - about choosing a word of the year rather than mak-ing a Resolution for the New Year. Is this why this word - simplify - keeps coming up? I think so!

So, this year I am going to use this word in my home - in my personal life and in my faith. I’m going to clean out my closets and things in my life that fill it up with stuff that is not necessary. After all, the word simplify means to rid the unnecessary so the necessary can shine.

No matter how cluttered life gets, one thing that stays simple time after time is living Down Home - and we’re gonna keep it that way.

Cindi Pate - Editor/Publisher

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Carolina Chocolate FestivalFebruary 7 & 8www.carolinachocolatefestival.comCrystal Coast Civit CenterMorehead City, NC

Rumba on the LumberMarch 7, 2015 Downtown Plaza Lumberton, NC 28359chili cook‑off, 5k race, 1 mile family fun, free kids area Rumba on the Lumber is a festival of food, movement, music and the arts. Attracts thousands. 600 runners stay for chili and shopping. Chili cook‑off 100 booths. Continuous country and beach entertainment

The 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Fort Fisher

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This year’s anniversary celebration is truly unique and will begin North Carolina’s official 2015 commemoration of the momentous events that

brought the Civil War to an end 150 years ago. Some of the highlights for the weekend include

a re‑creation of the January 1865 Union attack on Fort Fisher with hundreds of Civil War living

history actors, the unveiling of a new museum exhibit, an “above the scenes” tour and more.

23rd Emeral Isle St. Patrick’s Da Festival - sponsored by Transportation Impact Saturday, March 15th from 9am-6pm at the Emerald Plantation shopping center. Admission and parking are free for the festival.

The festival features over 75 arts and crafts vendors, food vendors, clowns and static displays along with amusement rides, a climbing wall, face painters, and many other fun, family-oriented activities. As always, the festival will feature delicious foods such as corned beef and cabbage, shrimp burgers, hamburgers and hot dogs, Mediterranean cuisine, BBQ, funnel cakes, fried peanuts, cotton candy and much, much more. Festival goers can also enjoy a beer garden.

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Skin Care Products

by Cindi Pate

Does the weather take a toll on your skin?

The changing of the seasons takes a toll on our skin. But there’s no need to be alarmed as long as you are equipped with the right products.

Two vastly different businesses that make their own skin care products are located right here in Eastern North Carolina - but, both very much the same in that they make

their products with pride and sincerely care about their customers.

Clinton, NC

CountryGirlSoapCompany@gmail.comwww.facebook.com/CountryGirlSoapCompany

Owned and Operated byHannah Naylor

384 Greys Mill RdLouisburg, NC

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cell: 919-795-2028www.lucky3farm.comtraci@lucky3farm.com

Owned and Operated byCalvin, Traci & Rachel

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Lucky 3 Farm boldly believe every animal that is sacrificed for the nourishment of our minds and bodies should be honored. One way they do that is to use all of the animal, not letting anything go to waste.

The results are these amazing, simple products with simple ingredients that are great for your skin. Rediscover how our ancestors moistur-ized and cared for their skin.

When Lucky 3 Farm says “Simple ingredi-ents”, they mean it.•from the farm lard or beef tallow•oils found in nature•essential oils from flowers or herbs•beeswax

No articial colors or fragrances - No chemicals you can’t pronounce - No animal testing.Simple ingredients that are good for you - in-side and out.

Why is animal tallow great for your skin?

Our skin easily absorbs what we put on it, so a basic rule is to not put anything on your skin you wouldn’t put in your body (eat). Animals fats, such as pig lard and beef tallow, are most like our own skin. Tallow is uniquely compatible with the biology of our cells. About 50% of the structure of our cell membrane comes from saturated fats, with remaining amounts consisting of monoun-saturated and to a lesser degree polyunsaturated fats. It is the saturated fats that give cell membranes the “necessary stiff-ness and integrity” necessary for proper function.

Lard has long been used as an effective carrier of healing herbs (natural medi-cine). So Lucky 3 Farm has continued this ancient tradition with their salve, lip balms, and soaps.

Luck 3 Farm has a large selection of all-natural skin care products - we’ve only chosen a few of our favorites to share with you. To see their complete line, visit them at www.lucky3farm.com.

Lucky BalmThis simple, nourishing all-over tallow balm is part of our Back to Basics Skincare line. This balm can be used as a:

-Body moisturizer-Face balm-After shave balm-For very dry, cracked hands-After-sun soother

-Callus softener-Feet softener-Diaper ointment

Ingredients: 100% Grass Fed Tal-low, Sweet Almond Oil, essential oils (jasmine, lavender, orange, rose and ylang yang.). Store in a cool dark place for up to 1 year.

Lucky ShaveSay goodbye to razor burn and hello to close, comfortable shaves with our all-natural shave soap for men. This shave soap comes in a glass bowl ready for your shave brush. We combine our tallow and

our lard, along with other mois-turizing oils, to make a rich soap that’s great for your skin.Lucky ShampooYou won’t miss your chemical-laden shampoo when you use Lucky Hair shampoo with its foamy lather that leaves your hair oh so clean.

We offer 2 type of shampoo bars: normal-oily & dandruff.

Ingredients: lard, lye, jojoba oil, castor oil, essential oils (lemon-grass, peppermint, lavender)

Lucky BellyThis simple, nourishing belly tallow balm is part of our Back to Basics Skincare line. We slow-infuse our 100% grass fed beef tallow with dried lavender for 24 hours, giving this balm the wonderful smell and healing properties of the lavender. Then we add pure lavender essential oil with a bit of lemon essential oil for a lift. Lavender is known for being helpful in preventing stretch marks.

Ingredients: 100% Grass Fed Tal-low, Sweet Almond Oil, essential oils (lavender & lemon). Store in a cool dark place for up to 1 year.

Lucky LipsLucky 3 Farm’s new line of lip balms soothe and heal your chapped or sore lips. Made with 3 simple ingredients: our own lard from our pastured, organically fed pigs and beeswax and essen-

tial oil. All ingredients are all natural - no synthetics, chemi-cals, artificial flavors/scents, or petroleum products.

Fats from animals raised on pasture are incredibly healthy for our skin, in fact it is the saturated fats that give cell membranes the “necessary stiff-ness and integrity” for proper function. Long lasting and great smelling! And it works great!

Lucky SoapThis old fashioned lard soap is part of our Back to Basics Sk-incare line. It’s made with the lard from our pastured, organi-cally fed pigs.

This soap is great to use as a body soap or in homemade cleaning products. If used as a body soap, it will leave you squeaky clean, but soft and

moisturized. This soap is known for it’s ability to cut through grease in homemade cleaning products, such as dish soap or cleaning spray.

We have 5 scents to choose from: Orange, Lemon, Lavender, Farm Fresh Floral, Farm Fresh Pine.

Ingredients: lard, lye, es-sential oil (Orange: sweet orange; Lemon: lemon; Lavender: lavender; Farm Fresh Floral: lavender, orange, lemongrass; Farm Fresh Pine: pine, cedarwood)

Give this Back to Basics soap a try - you’ll be pleasantly surprised!

Country Girl Soap Company is a small home based business in Sampson County, North Carolina and is owned and operated by Hannah Naylor. Country Girl Soap Company offers natural handmade soaps, lotions, lip balms, body butter, bath bombs, scrubs, and so much more! Here are a couple of our favorites to help you help your skin this Winter.

Butter Me UpThis body butter is a moisturizing prod-uct designed to keep moisture in your skin by providing a protective barrier. It includes Shea Butter and also includes other natural ingredients containing vitamins and minerals to help keep your skin healthy.

Jolly Rancher Lip BalmYou can never have too much lip balm. And this balm not only smells great, but is made of lipids, oils and beeswax which is great for mois-turizing and relieving chapped or dry lips.

The Old Country Storewritten and photographed by Cindi Pate

There’s not many of these old country stores left in rural Eastern North Caro-lina. Slowly, the doors are being closed to {I dare to even say it} digital gas pumps and corn dogs in the warmer.

But in a few Eastern North Carolina communities, the Old Country Store is still alive. Not much to look at from the outside, but full of life on the inside.

Phyllis Candler remembers walking, riding her bike - even driving the tractor down to Mr. Alton’s store when she was younger. Mr. Alton - Uncle Fudd as many called him - was always ready to get up and help.

The store has been owned by several folks over the years, but somehow it always wound back up in Mr. Alton’s hands. Since Mr. Alton’s passing, his son, R.B. Crawford has unlocked the doors each day for the locals to come in and “have a sit with him”. And, they all come faith-fully - for things as important as a benefit dinner to just finding out the latest news around town.

Men - young and old - gather there to

catch a few minutes of rest, tell their tall tales and fill their bellies with a drink and a nab (or a moonpie).

Over the years, many a men tell their stories of eating a belly full of chitlins, possum stew or bar-b-cue raccoon. They remember going to the store with their grandpa - buying candy and cola. These memories are still being made for future generations to hear.

My husband, J.R. Pate, sneaks in every once in a while and takes our two young-est boys. They each - husband included - get a drink and a snack {those boys of mine can’t just have a nab and a drink, they want a nab, a moon pie and an icecream} and they love it when R.B turns The Price is Right on the television as they scoot up close to the wood burning heater to keep warm.

R.B. Crawford’s store {Alton’s Store} is located in the Pikeville/Nahunta area of Wayne County on Pikeville Princeton Road. If you are in the area - stop in and grab a part of history.

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I can remember going to this store for a soda and nabs many times as a girl. Annette La Vie

{Left to Right} - R.B. Crawford, Timmy Ferrell and Wayne Sasser are enjoying the warmth from the wood burning stove.

The McDonald’s sign makes me happy! I enjoy living in our small town. I can run into one of my best friends at

the local supermarket or a classmate I haven’t seen since high school! It is pretty simple living but it suits me fine.

Pam Smith Jones ‑ Living Down Home in Beaulaville, NC

Living Down Home

written Jim Hinnant

Backroads Carolina:Ft. Fisher

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Childhood memories sometimes are vivid for special places. We

lived at Carolina Beach in the early 60’s as my dad was the pastor of the Carolina Beach Community Church. I can remember going with my dad down past Kure Beach to Fort Fisher. We’d sometimes see “the hermit” (Robert Harrill), but most of the time we’d stop to see the remains of the old Civil War fort. There wasn’t much there then except for the mounds of sand, but if you go now, it’s a place full of history about the significance of Fort Fisher and the port of Wilm-ington.

About this time 150 years ago, Wilmington was the only port-city open for the Confederacy. It was still open partly due to the double inlets of the Cape Fear River. The traditional entrance by Smith Island was defended by fortifications on both sides, but the new entrance, created by a hurri-cane some years earlier mak-ing Smith Island, was farther upstream near what is known as Federal Point. In 1861, Confederate forces built an earthen fort that had defenses

on the north wall and on the seaward side. Traditional brick-and-mortar forts were not able to withstand the new advances in firepower like the rifled can-nons, so a sand fort was built that would absorb the energy of the projectile and possible explosion with minimal damage. Of course, another reason could be that there was a lot of sand in the area.

Inbound Blockade Runners, bringing supplies into the port at Wilmington, took advantage of the ability to change course at the last moment and avoid the Union Blockade. Union ships would have been required to cir-cumnavigate Frying Pan Shoals that extended out from Smith Island in order to attempt to stop the fast-moving ships. From Wilmington, rail lines of the Wilmington-Weldon Railroad extended northward through Goldsborough to join with lines to bring supplies to the armies in Virginia and northward.

The first significant attempt by the Union to take Fort Fisher was December 1864. Union Major General Benjamin Butler with about 1,000 men attempt-ed an amphibious assault to

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ordered additional troops into the area under the command of Major General Robert Hoke. They were able to repel the Union at-tack, and Butler withdrew his men off the beach. Fort Fisher remained in the hands of the Confederacy, and Butler, a political appointee who had performed poorly at Petersburg some months before, was relieved of com-mand.

The second attempt was in mid-January 1865. Fifty-six Union ships, still under the command of Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter, pound-ed the fort for two and a half days. Union infantry, now under the command of Major General Alfred Terry, landed north of the fort and entered through the north-west corner, next to the river near Shepherd’s Battery. This forced Confederate troops to fight within their own fort. The battle lasted into the night with the Union eventually taking the fort and shutting down the port at Wilmington.

The loss of Fort Fisher closed the Confederacy’s last remaining sea port and ended their global trade. Its loss probably ended any chance for European rec-ognition thus sealing the fate of the Confederacy.

Today, there is a visitor’s center and museum on the site where only ten percent of Fort Fisher still stands along with a restored palisade fence -when I was a kid, we could climb on them. The seaward side of the fort has succumbed to the ocean, and the ap-proximate southern point of the seaward side now is residence of the North Carolina Aquarium. Still, there is much to see and do in the area and realize the importance this loca-tion had in our nation’s history. Since Fort Fisher Historic Site is near the end of US 421, it’s not really on a back road, but it’s still a great place to visit that close by. You may want to do as I did and take US-117 which can now be considered a backroad in Carolina.

Fort FisherFrom a drawing by Frank VizetellyIllustrated London News

The vantage point in this view is from the beach outside the fort, facing south. The Northeast Bastion on the right, with the Mound Battery visible in the distance.

Garrison life on Federal Point — dubbed “Con-federate Point” by its new inhabitants — was dull, sandy, and uncomfortable.

Fort FisherFrom a drawing by Frank VizetellyIllustrated London News

Anytime we’d go to grand-ma’s house, she would make us a pallet on the floor for us to sleep on. It was always an adventure and those days are remembered with delight and wonder. I am sure that many of you have these same kind of memories.

But, historically, what is a “sleeping” pallet?

The sleeping pallet refers to a thin mattress of blankets or bed of hay, grass or straw that was covered with a linen or cloth. The sleeping pallet was placed on the floor, not on a structure or frame. This uncomfortable sleeping arrangement was meant for servants or those

of a lower economic sta-tion. The servant put their sleeping pallet to the side or foot of their master’s bed so they could attend to any needs during the night. The sleeping pallet was commonly used in Medieval Europe.

During the Colonial Era up until the Civil War in America, slaves were often provided no more than a sleeping pallet in their quar-ters. Today, most of us sleep on mattresses, whether inner spring, foam or futon style. If you have ever visited a historical site such as Williamsburg in Virginia, try to imagine how life must have been if you were a slave or poor and only had

a straw mattress and thin blanket to sleep on after a hard day of manual labor.

Today, the term refers to a platform, manufactured from wood, plastic, metal or paper, used to transport goods from one place to another with the use of a pallet jack or forklift. This device provides a stable flat surface for stacking any item that needs to be moved.

But many of us in the south still use a sleeping pallet for overnight guests.

a Word from Down Home

palletA compilation of sheets or blankets placed on the floor for seleeping on. Mainly used in the southern states.

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