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Sunday, October 19, 2014
ADLEN ROBINSON
Columnist
family
Although I was born in
Kentucky, we moved
from the state when I was
just a baby.
1 did grow up visiting
the beautiful Bluegrass
State, as my parents were
born and raised there, so
I had plenty of relatives
.on both sides to visit.
My parents graduated
from the University of
Kentucky. And yes, my
dad was a huge Wildcat
fan. I still smile thinking
of him watching all of
those basketball and foot
ball games. I know he
has a courtside seat in
heaven.
Visiting Kentucky was
always fun for us “city
kids,” especially when
we visited my mom’s
side of the family. One of
her sisters lived in a real
log cabin and another
owned a farm.
A third sister and her
husband used to own a
KOA Campground,
where we used to get
treats from the store for
free. That was exciting to
a young child.
I remember when that
log cabin was built. I
thought I had died and
gone to Little-House-on
the-Prairie heaven, which
some of you may recall
was my favorite book
series growing up.
My sweet maternal
grandmother, Hazel
Clarkson, was an amazing
woman, definitely ahead
of her time. A writer and
an artist, Granny also
made beautiful pottery,
which when he was physi
cally able, my grandfather
James Arless painted.
A lifelong school
teacher, my grandmother
even went back to school
to get her master’s degree
when she was in her 50s.
Granny died when I
was in my early 20s and I
really hate that there are
so many things I never
gotto ask her.
Recently I was walking
through our family room
and stopped in front of a
painting Granny painted
in the late 19705. It is of
charming Poplar Grove
Baptist Church in Casey
County, Ky.
I asked my mother
about the story behind
the painting. Even
though she knew some
of it, she said we should
ask her oldest sister, my
Aunt Viola Thomas. We
then decided to take a
road trip to ask her in
person.
It had been a long time
since I visited Kentucky,
so it sort of surprised me
how little had changed
in small Jamestown.
We stayed at Lure
Lodge, which is on
beautiful Lake
Cumberland, which I
had grown up boating
on.
It was also the lake
that inspired my dad to
purchase his first boat
(before I was born) and
then raise my three
brothers and I boating
and enjoying lake life
wherever we lived.
Visiting with my
mother’s sisters was
such fun. I loved listen
ing to their stories of
what life was like grow
ing up in rural Kentucky.
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Two cast members of “Gypsy” peek out from behind the curtain before a dress rehearsal Wednesday night at the
Cumming Playhouse.
By Crystal Ledford
For the Forsyth County News
hat has been
described by many
theater critics as one
of the best American musicals
in history began a three-week
run at the Cumming Playhouse
on Thursday.
BK Productions presents
“Gypsy: A Musical Fable,”
based on the 1957 memoirs of
Gypsy Rose Lee, a famous bur
lesque performer, actress and
author in the 1940 s and ’sos.
The musical is based loosely
on the book and focuses on
Lee’s childhood and teenage
years, growing up on the 19205’
vaudeville stage under the
direction of her mother, Mama
Rose.
BK Productions’ Bob and
Kathy Russell, who have previ
ously brought to the playhouse
such favorites as “Annie,” *42nd
Street,” “White Christmas,” and
“The Georgia Senior Follies,”
said “Gypsy” is one of the best
scripts in Broadway'’s history.
“It’s a drama with a lot of
emotion, but there’s also a lot of
comedy.” Kathy Russell said.
“It’s one of those great shows
where you’ll be laughing one
minute and then crying.”
She said the show primarily
tackles the relationship between
Mama Rose and her two daugh
ters — Louise, based on Lee,
and June, based on Lee’s real-
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The Payette
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About this series
Charles Payette’s Bible collec
tion — numbering more than
3,000 books, wood blocks and
other rare artifacts —is consid
ered one of the world's finest
and rarest in private hands. fn
fact, some books in his collec
tion are the only known ones in
existence. Over the next sever
al weeks, the Forsyth County
resident is offering a closer
look at some of the Bibles.
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1662 Book of Common Prayer
Played role in
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Great Ejection
By Adlen W. Robinson
For the Forsyth County News
Before examining the
incredible 1662 copy of the
Book of Common Prayer, the
11th part in the Forsyth
County News’ series on resi
dent Charles Payette’s Bible
collection, it is important to
note the book was introduced
to the Church of England in
1549. :
Written and arranged by
the then Archbishop of
Canterbury, Thomas
Cranmer, the book was not
immediately well received.
Cranmer, who began quiet
ly working on the book while
Henry VIII was still the
reigning king, felt sympathy
for the early Reformers and
wanted the clergy, as well as
the people, to have a “guide”
when it came to worship.
King Henry VIII, while he
needed to defy his Catholic
faith in order to end his mar-
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Charles Payette of Forsyth County holds up the mas
sive 1662 folio presentation copy of the Book of
Common Prayer given to the Archbishop of
Canterbury. This edition’s controversial mandates in
the Act of Uniformity resulted in the “Great Ejection.”
This honor was given to the Archbishop for permitting
the book, which had been silenced 103 years earlier, to
remain virtually unchanged for the next 300 years.
riage with then Queen
Katherine of Aragon and
marry Anne Boleyn, didn’t
want to significantly alter
traditional church worship.
Cranmer felt differently.
In fact, Cranmer felt
strongly that people, if they
were literate, should read the
Bible every day. If illiterate,
as the majority of the popula
tion was, Cranmer felt people
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