Evince Magazine December 2022

Editor’s Note

rowing up in suburbia, I felt no strong connection to my surroundings. It’s hard to feel connected to a series of strip malls that were built within the last 30 years. I was never interested in genealogy, because any mention of family trees inevitably led to the speaker claiming to trace their roots to the Mayflower.

My interest in place and history and how they intersect changed when I moved to Danville.

I met genealogists Ressie Luck, Danielle Pritchett, and Karen Williamson.

They showed me a side to genealogy that isn’t about bragging rights but rather is about a connection to where you’re from that is deeper than your hometown.

These women, by living out their passion publicly and boldly, have profoundly changed me. The way these women talk about connection to the past and ancestors helped me realize

that maybe we were never meant to all be ruggedly independent. We need community and connection, with our surroundings and our past.

Kendall Ratliffe is the editor of Evince Magazine and a results coach at www.tryonething.co.

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On the Cover: Photo of Karice Luck by Jameel Austin Photography

Karice (Ressie to those who know her) Luck grew up around genealogy, although she didn’t know it. The Reverend Bedford Luck was a community historian and also Luck’s babysitter and grandfather. “Pa Pa would always talk about his ancestors and people he was related to,” Luck recalls. “We were really close. I would never be bored around him. He was a preacher, so with his delivery and animation as a child, I was captivated. He knew how everyone in Danville was related.”

Pa Pa wanted to know about Gardener Luck, their family’s earliest ancestor. “I wanted to be like Pa Pa, so I got into genealogy from trying to find out about Gardener when I was really young.” This led Luck to oral history about Gardener, although she doesn’t know how much is confirmed, she says.

From there, Luck started asking more questions about family ancestors. “I would collect elders’ stories in the neighborhood. I didn’t know what I was doing, I was just working off of the clues Pa Pa gave me.”

When Luck was a freshman in high school, her sociology

teacher Ruth Butler spent a great deal of time teaching the humanities, the social sciences, and how they connect. “She started talking about oral histories,” Luck recalls, “And I was like Oh, is that what I do? I had never heard of a genealogist before.”

From there, Luck started to get connected to the wider genealogy community.“Everything was on the ground, hands-on,” Luck says. “Ancestry.com really expanded my research because they were digitizing so many records, so it just grew and grew and grew.”

Although Luck started research with her own family, as she started making family connections in her research she ended up building a database of the entire region.

“I have so many people in my database,” Luck sas. “I’ve got Danville, Pittsylvania, and Caswell covered. if anyone new asks me, I’ve probably already got their great-great-grandpa in the database,” she laughs.

Luck finds the work interesting and essential. “With DNA now, you find out things for certain that you’ve sort of known your whole life,” she says. But confirming family stories isn’t just fun, it’s important for so

Karice Luck

Our Hometown Historian

by Kendall Ratliffe photo by Jameel Austin Photography

many reasons, according to Luck. “There’s health reasons, knowing what’s in your family,” Luck says. But there’s more than medical conditions in the family tree. There are experiences that descendents carry with them, even if we don’t realize.

“To me, I feel like it makes you whole,” Luck says. “I think that there’s so many things that go on in our family history that we don’t know about, and we mimic our family history without knowing it. When you learn more, you can look back on your family history and know yourself better, and it brings about a sense of pride.”

This is especially true for families and groups with trauma and displacement in their history, like Black Americans who descended from enslaved Africans. “Often we can only get back to our greatgreat-grandparents,” Luck says. “It’s this mystery of not knowing for people who have been brought here and their history has been stripped from them. There’s a blessing in knowing.”

And for families whose stories were never written, DNA can carry researchers when they get to the end of the paper trail. DNA continues to upend established

knowledge, Luck says. “Even a couple of years ago people have found out they weren’t who they thought they were. DNA is changing people’s lives. It will tell all of your family secrets so don’t do it if you don’t want to know!”

But if you don’t mind a surprise revelation or two, or if you like detective work, research can be fun and rewarding, Luck says. “Always start with yourself and work your way back to your earliest living family members. See if they’ll let you interview them,” Luck says. Familysearch.com is a free service with a large database that is as respected as but easier to use than Ancestry.com.

When you run out of digital resources, Luck recommends going to the communities where your ancestors were from. Small local libraries often have undigitized archives that you can access in person. “You’ll find where they lived and worked and worshiped and who they were connected to and how they lived,” Luck says, giving you a fuller picture of their lives.

And for Luck, that is a blessing. “Genealogy has totally blessed my life,” she says.

While reflecting on the passing of Betty White, I thought about how many teachers, like myself, loved The Golden Girls. Teaching is central not only to many a Golden Girls plot but to the relationship dynamics among the show’s four major characters as well. From on-screen teacher Dorothy to beloved naïve Rose—portrayed by the even more beloved late Betty White—the Girls offer a surprisingly comprehensive representation of the trials and triumphs of the profession. As we settle into the school year, join me in recalling what made these characters great in this four-part series.

Rose Nylund (portrayed by Betty White)

On the final episode of the series, Dorothy, recently married and preparing to leave her roommates, sentimentally shared with her new husband the things the other Girls taught her. For comedic effect, the writers had Dorothy agonize over an answer for Rose and finally dredge one up: “A square knot!” (7.26: “One Flew Out of the Cuckoo’s Nest”).

Calling Rose (as Sophia once did) a simpleton works for the purposes of comedy-typing, but as with each of the previous profiles, it’s

not the whole story. A naïve midwesterner with a heart of gold, Rose often misunderstood or didn’t understand what everyone else thought was simple or obvious. And while Rose, like Sophia, frequently told stories with the goal of helping those around her, she always struggled to keep her listeners engaged—Rose seemed to come from a different world altogether. She and her interlocutors often communicated at cross-purposes, and while Rose had the best of intentions, she faced apathy or outright hostility when attempting to hold forth.

But once again, the character represents fundamental truths of so many teaching experiences. Rose’s futile attempts to impart wisdom provide a reminder that every teacher will occasionally struggle to reach their students, perhaps appearing out of touch and distant. But Rose is no failed teacher. Indeed, she reminds the viewer that persevering through the acidic vulnerability of such disheartening times is possible. And she highlights the fundamental and most important characteristics that the profession requires, particularly in our current times: kindness, decency, understanding, and empathy. Little surprise, then, that despite the universal groans when she tried to tell a story or draw a labored

Why Teachers See Themselves in Betty White’s Rose

(and the Other Golden Girls)

by Marc Muneal

analogy, Rose remained beloved by the other Girls—and by critics and audiences.

Betty White’s passing on the last day of 2021, seventeen days short of her hundredth birthday, means that the primary cast of the show are now all deceased. The sad finality of that moment, however, is tempered by the immortality of the characters and the many timeless lessons they shared.

Marc Muneal is a professor of English at Averett University in Danville, Virginia.

December Calendar of Evince

Abbreviation Key

• CP = Carrington Pavilion, 629 Craghead Street

• DMFAH = Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History, 975 Main St. 434.793.5644 www.danvillemuseum.org

• GML = Gunn Memorial Library, 161 Main St, Yanceyville, NC, 336.694.6241

• HNT = The Historic North Theatre 629 North Main Street, 434.793.SHOW (7469)

• MSAC = Main Street Art Collective, 326 Main Street, 434.602.2017

• MH = Mt. Herman Branch Library, 4058 Franklin Turnpike, Danville, VA 24540 MainStreetArtCollective.com

• RBA = Ruby B. Archie Public Library, 511 Patton Street, www.readdanvilleva.org

• SS = Smokestack Theatre Company, 319 Lynn Street, Danville, VA 24541

• WC = Wednesday Club, 1002 Main Street in Danville.

Ongoing

November 10-until funds last River District Dollars: a community based e-gift card. While supplies last, buy a River District Dollars E-Gift Card for any value between $25 and $100 and get a matching bonus card for free! Bonus cards are limited to one per person, however people can purchase as many cards as they like, but only one will receive bonus funds. www.riverdistrictassociation.com

Fridays

Listen to Your Art - Fridays, Dec 2nd, 9th, 16th 4:00 pm. Create unique works of art for holiday gift giving (Ages 12-17, supplies and music provided). MH.

Saturdays

Christmas Vendor Fair: Our classroom area will filled with vendors, offering specials & gift sets. Saturdays, Dec 10, 17 & 24. 10 am – 5 pm. MSAC.

Weekends

Free Admission Weekend: 2nd weekend of each month, DMFAH.

Tree Lighting Ceremony: Santa, Artisan Booths, Live Music & More. 6:00pm. 144 Court Square, Yanceyville, NC 27379

December 3

Caswell Toyland Christmas Parade. 10:00am. 144 Court Square, Yanceyville, NC 27379

Family Tree Paper Art Picture: Come make a custom family tree, frame included. These make great Christmas gifts.11am, $45. MSAC.

December 4

December 7

December 1

Paint a Snowman Door Hanger:

Come paint an adorable snowman to hang on your door or wall. $35. 6 pm MSAC.

Christmas Open House: Come have cider & goodies while shopping our special sales. 12pm-8pm. MSAC.

Riverview Rotary Christmas Parade - Christmas around the World: “The best smalltown parade in Virginia.” Come early for the Ugly Sweater Fun Run. Cheer on your favorite organizations and businesses. And don’t miss the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile and the performance of The Blue & Gold Marching Machine of North Carolina A&T University sponsored by Caesars Virginia. Parade begins at Main & Broad and ends at Main & Craghead. 5:00pm

It’s a Wonderful World: A Radio Show: The Wednesday Club will present Smokestackan ensemble of theater artists dedicated to creating transformative theater for the community. You may have seen the film before, but you have never seen it like this! You will travel back in time and witness the magic of 1940’s radio, including live sound effects. WC. Bark The Halls: Walk through Ballou Park while staff are testing the lights for the Community Holiday Light Show. Take a holiday-themed photo with your dog and let your best friend enjoy a festive doggie treat. 6-8 pm Ballou Park.

December 8

Random Acts of Art: Create a woodland creature bookmark and leave it out in the world for a stranger to find! (All ages, children under 10 must be accompanied by an adult). 4:00pm. MH.

December 2

Luminaria Trail Walk: Stroll along the Riverwalk Trail, listen to holiday music from local carolers and musicians from 6 to 8 pm, beginning at the Danville Community Market and ending at Main Street Plaza trail head.

December 6

Dr. Betty Heard Christmas Reading: In honor of Dr. Betty Heard, Linda Lemery will read holiday stories to children ages 4-9. Public welcome. Free. 7:00pm. Averett Multipurpose Room (Student Center), 420 W. Main St.

Christmas with the Celts: Hear Irish Christmas carols, see Irish dance, listen to contemporary songs played on Irish instruments. A fifth-grade choir from GLH Johnson School will sing. 7:30pm GWHS Tickets available at danvilleconcert.org; Eventbrite. com; Karen’s at the Mall; Ginger

Riverview Rotary Christmas Parade featuring a prrfomance by The Blue & Gold Marching Machine of North Carolina A&T University

Bread House; Main Street Art Collective. $30 adults/$15 students 18 and younger 434.770.8400

December 8 (thru 11)

It’s a Wonderful World: A Radio Show: Smokestack Theatre Company. Tickets on eventbrite. Th-Sat - 7:30pm; Sunday 2:30pm. 319 Lynn Street.

Christmas/Holiday Concert: “Born In Bethlehem” with DACAS. O Little Town of Bethlehem, Twelve Days of Christmas (with DACAS), Bugler’s Holiday, Trumpeter’s Lullaby, Nutcracker “Sweets”. GWHS 7:30 p.m.

December 15

LEGO Club for Kidst Theme: Winter Wonderland (Ages 6-11,

December 17

Wayne Alan’s Magic of Christmas: Exciting yet heart warming magic and illusion show, themed around Christmas, full of family fun and comedy. $ 7:30pm HNT

December 23

The MJ Experience Christmas Show: Back by popular demand the famous Michael Jackson Tribute Show this time with a Christmas theme. $ 7:30pm HNT

UPCOMING: January 17

Connecting Caswell Breakfast: Join us for a complimentary breakfast, fellowship and opportunity to reconnect in the business community after the holidays. 8:00am. Caswell Senior Center, 649 Firetower Road, Yanceyville, NC. CaswellChamber.org/events

December 8 (thru 23)

Community Holiday Light Show: Displays lit up and full of the holiday spirit created by the community. No fee to enter a display. Admission $10 per car and $20 per mini-bus/15 passenger. Ballou Park. 6-9pm 434.857.3384.

December 9

Wonderwall: Famous Beatles Tribute Band. Their show is a live, passion induced spectacular that takes you on a musical journey through the life and times of this most celebrated band. Featuring an array of Beatles classics such as “Hard Day’s Night”, “Can’t Buy Me Love”, “Sgt. Peppers”, and “Hey Jude”. $ 7:30pm HNT

December 10

49th Holiday Tour of Homes: From 11am-5pm, tour inside 11 sites including the Mansion on Main at 782 Main Street presented by Danville Historical Society and Friends of the Old West End. Advance tickets $20 at Eventbrite. com; Karen’s at the Mall; the Ginger Bread House on Memorial Drive; Rippe’s and Vintages by the Dan in downtown Danville. $25 on Tour day at Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History and Langhorne House Museum. www. danvillehistory.org 434.709.8398 610.787.1314

children under 10 must be accompanied by an adult). 4:00pm. MH.

December 16

It’s a Wonderful Life: shown at the North 75 years ago. Although It’s a Wonderful Life initially received mixed reviews and was unsuccessful at the box office, it has become a Christmas classic. $ 7:30pm HNT

December 27, 28, 29

The Harry Johnson Holiday Classic: Basketball tournament with middle school teams, girls and boys high school teams. GWHS. Times vary. See the November issue of Showcase.

Ishuffled sleepily into my sunny yellow kitchen.

“Top of the morning to you,” said a cheery voice.

I whipped my head around. “Who’s there?”

“I’m the not-you in this house,” replied the plant in the window.

“You’re still talking,” I said.

“I am,” said the plant.

“I keep thinking I dreamed you up, but you’re still here.”

“Let’s move on,” said the plant. “Yesterday, we decided to be more productive today.”

“Really,” I said wearily, or maybe warily.

“We’re going to decorate for the holidays,” said the plant. “You got out the decorations yesterday.”

“I don’t see any decorations.”

“They’re in the living room.”

“Gimme a minute to microwave yesterday’s coffee.”

“Okay, but you’re best in the morning, so don’t waste your cognitive brain power.”

After the microwave beeped, I hoisted plant and coffee--now the temperature of boiling-hot lava-and trudged into the living room.

The decorations were thrown haphazardly everywhere.

“Put me on that table where I can freely view the space,” said the plant. “Good. Put your coffee on a different table. You won’t scald me if it tips. You can be my hands.”

“But it’s my house,” I said.

“But you’ve admitted you’re not good at decorating and agreed to let me help.”

“I did?”

“Let’s start with that garland. Put it right up there on that door frame.”

“Need a ladder.”

“You got it out last night, along with the other holiday stuff. Up there. Now.”

The plant knew what it was doing. I put the decorations where it told me to put them. The plant set a fast pace, snapping out orders like a drill sergeant. I had to scramble like I was in a decathlon with all the events occurring at once.

“There, that’s it,” said the plant, almost quivering with satisfaction.

“Trees, garlands, lights, decorations, everything.”

“Wow.” I sipped coffee tasting like cooled liquid lava. “Decorations look better than they ever have.”

“I enjoy the winter holidays,” the plant said modestly.

“Where did you learn how to decorate?”

“Some talents we’re born with,” said the plant. “Please move the other decorations outside.”

“Why?”

“We’re rolling now. We’re doing the outside next.”

“I feel strangely energized,” I said. “It’s that coffee,” said the plant.

“And the unaccustomed achievement,” I said, between shuttling decorations and plant outside. “Thank you for sharing your skills.”

“It’s my gift to you for adopting me,” said the plant. “An expression of love and kindness. Contribution to community starts at home. Plants generate oxygen. It’s part of our contribution culture worldwide. Isn’t your inside air fresher? How about putting up those winter flags?”

“I’m on it,” I said. “And humanity uses that oxygen and shoves out carbon dioxide as our contribution. We’re almost symbiotic in a twisted kind of way.”

After finishing the outside, I draped a hand around the

Decorating

with Plant

by Linda Lemery

plant’s pot. “It looks like a party for a season worth celebrating. I’ll make cookies for neighbors tomorrow. It’s the season of giving.”

I looked down. The plant seemed to be leaning ever so slightly in my direction.

“I’ve never eaten a cookie,” said the plant. “But don’t grind up a cookie in my water. I don’t know if there are master gardeners on-call for full-soil exchange emergencies in small towns. However, maybe I could smell a cookie.”

“Plants have a sense of smell?”

“No, but when we photosynthesize, we take in carbon dioxide and send out oxygen. Both are gases. The fragrance of freshly made cookies is gaseous in nature, at least in the way people sense it. Assuming it’s not poisonous for me.”

“How would we test that?”

“Bake ‘em in a room with me. If I start to keel over, take me to another room.”

“Great. Next topic – CPR for plants.”

“And in life’s emergencies, always go with the simplest solution: repot, water, watch, wait,” said the plant. “Adaptable and recyclable metaphor for solving most problems, by the way.”

About the author: Linda Lemery llemery@ gmail.com wishes readers a happy holiday season and looks forward to hearing from readers who decorate with their plant.

Movies You Missed from 20 years ago

by Josh Lucia @jlucia85

To End All Wars (8/10 Rating)

Released December 6, 2002 (LA) Streaming on Amazon Prime. For rent/purchase on all major platforms. Genre: Action, Drama, War Rated R: War violence and brutality, and for some language 1h 57m

Ernest Gordon was a POW during World War II. He wrote Through the Valley of the Kwai, chronicling the three years he spent on the Death (or Burma) Railway. To End All Wars is based on that book. Films about war have always been produced in abundance, so much so, that “War” is a genre of its own. It can be easy to overlook these films, but David L. Cunningham’s take on Gordon’s story is worth a watch. Mark Strong and Robert Carlysle give standout performances, but the entire cast is top-tier. It is rare to see a movie present such brutal imagery in a way that does not feel gratuitous or unnecessary. There are certainly moments and images that earn the “R” rating, but they felt important and necessary to show us the conditions these men endured as captors forced

to build a railroad through the Burmese jungle. Their treatment is painful to watch, and yet there is beauty to be found in this film, as the prisoners find forgiveness through their faith. Some Christians may tend to avoid “R” rated films, but the messages of forgiveness and turning the other cheek are worth giving this a watch. Non-Christians should not let the religious message steer them away, though. This is not a movie about salvation but about the power of forgiveness and likewise the dangers of vengeance and hatred. We all struggle with forgiveness at certain points in our lives. Perhaps this holiday season, as we approach a new year, seeing the messages presented in this movie may help us see those who have wronged us not as enemies but as human beings in need of forgiveness.

Also check out: Equilibrium, About Schmidt, Star Trek: Nemesis, 25th Hour, Gangs of New York, Narc, Two Weeks Notice, Catch Me If You Can, Chicago, The Pianist (follow @jlucia85 for these reviews and more)

Understanding

Sulfites

by Dave Slayton

Idid an online search about sulfites in wine to understand sulfites better. The site sommailier.com had some interesting things to say about this subject in an article entitled, The Truth About Sulfites in Wine

You may be surprised to know that sulfites in wine are naturally occurring. It begins by saying that the sulfite commonly found in wine is sulfur dioxide (SO2). The fermentation process (when yeast consumes grape sugars and produces alcohol) of winemaking naturally creates sulfur dioxide as a by-product. Consequently, all wine contains sulfites.

There are also bacteria in the grape juice to be fermented. Sometimes a winemaker will add sulfites to the liquid to help the yeast and stop the bacteria. If not, the bacteria may spoil the juice causing it to smell like vinegar.

The article also says, “While wine receives a lot of attention due

to its containing sulfites, the truth is that many foods, such as baked goods soup mixes, jam, canned vegetables, chips, tea, frozen potatoes, and more, often contain sulfites.” Hmm, food for thought.

The article also states that in the late 1980s, a spike in asthma cases led the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to declare sulfites as an allergen. This led to the labeling requirement that wine labels must disclose if a level of 10 mg/L of sulfites or higher can be detected in the wine, even though the FDA estimates that only 1% of the population has a sulfite sensitivity.

This article also addresses “wine” headaches, “When talking about headaches after drinking wine, many people attribute that symptom to sulfites. However, the 2008 study ‘Alcohol and migraine: trigger factor, consumption, mechanisms. A review’, from The Journal of Headache and Pain found that even in people

diagnosed with asthmatic sulfite allergies, sulfites are not linked to headaches.

If you think you have sulfite sensitivity, see your doctor for a test to be sure. And, as I frequently say, drink water and stay hydrated while you enjoy your wine.

Cheers!

A Gate to

Christmas Past

by Mack Williams

The gate to memories of Christmas past (not long past, but my past) swings open in the most surprising places, this time, in a Roses Department Store! The Roses to which I refer is the Roses Express at Ballou Park, which was heavily damaged by fire this past April. Hopefully, it will re-open sometime. The following details my trip to that particular Roses Express in December, 2021.

Upon entering Roses Express that Christmas season, I saw little “stocking-stuffer” cans of Spanish peanuts selling for a dollar! My father, Bernard Williams, loved Spanish peanuts! And they don’t seem properly consumed until their remaining red skins have been licked from the skin of one’s salty fingers!

A display bin contained a handsize, black plastic elephant figure. I remembered the pair of black stone elephant book-ends in our bookcase when I was growing up. I think they came from my Grandmother Hamlet’s home in Statesville. Those sturdy elephants bolstered the many volumes through which my young mind “thundered” and “trampled.”

The two lightweight, plastic store elephants couldn’t have supported hardbound books; but they could possibly have worked in the case of my “volumes” of

Speaking of books (of sorts), in that Roses store, there were the “Assorted Lifesavers Books,” seeming only half the size of their former childhood glory (like the current World’s Famous Chocolate bars). I was happy to see the Lifesaver’s Books still include my childhood favorite, butterscotch.

There were also little stockingstuffer packages of old-time hard candy, you know, the ones shaped like raspberries, strawberries, and rolls of festive ribbon.

There were bags of shortbread cookies, just like the one my daughter Rachel had brought me over Thanksgiving! That shortbread, covered with multicolored sugar sprinkles, looked and tasted just like similar Christmas cookies I bought every Christmas at the no-longer extant W&W Grocery in Yanceyville. This was when Rachel and her brother Jeremy were growing up. I was glad Rachel had happened across something even so simple, which brought back a childhood Christmas memory for her and a “young fatherhood memory” for me.

The last Christmas-themed object there, but one of the most meaningful to me was a Christmas ornament hanging above one of the check-outs. It was a simple, thin, “tinsely” Santa Claus, which I imagine would have gone unnoticed by many. What made it especially noticeable for me was that it reminded me of something long ago. My Grandmother, Mollie Miller Hamlet, had been in the hospital in Christmas of 1963; and one of the nurses had made her a simple but very nice little Santa Claus wall decoration consisting of ribbon, styrofoam, felt, and cotton.

Grandmother Hamlet passed away the following February of 1964, so she must have sent it home to me during the Christmas of 1963, for I am in a picture holding it in front of our old family Christmas cedar (procured from the back woods). I was twelve years old then and evidently still a “Santa believer,” for tied to the left side of the tree is my “Santa Wish List,” personally written and addressed to Santa.

There was a certain way in which the various products of the Roses Express had been laid out to attract the public’s “Christmasbuying fancy,” but their particular arranging had also attracted “my memory’s fancy.”

Donald Duck sold by Dell (comics, not computer) for a dime each.