NOTES – 1985

Pine Mountain Settlement School
Series 17: PUBLICATIONS PMSS
Notes from the Pine Mountain Settlement School
Spring and December 1985

NOTES – 1985

“Notes from the Pine Mountain Settlement School”
Spring and December 1985

GALLERY: NOTES – 1985 Spring

Little did anyone realize the full impact that the experience at Pine Mountain Settlement School in Eastern Kentucky would have on the lives of these highly affluent and supposedly sophisticated youngsters from [Bayside Academy on] the Gulf Coast.

TAGS: NOTES – 1985 Spring, Environmental Education, Christmas, West Wind, Bayside Academy, Mary Rogers, Burton Rogers, Afton Garrison, Carol Urquhart, Bette Andersen, Alonzo Turner, folk dance, Arthur Johnson, Sarah Bailey, spinning, John McCutcheon, community, Pine Mountain Country Dancers, Denmark, Danish-American Exchange, Nancy Garber, folk festivals, White House, GED class, 4-H, Scouts, Earn and Learn, Upward Bound program, Alpha Sigma Tau Sorority, Martha DeCamp

TRANSCRIPTION: NOTES – 1985 Spring

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NOTES FROM THE
PINE MOUNTAIN
SETTLEMENT SCHOOL

PINE MOUNTAIN * HARLAN COUNTY * KENTUCKY 40810
Telephone: 606 / 558-4361

Spring         James Urquhart, Director               1985

Many schools continue to come year after year to participate in Pine Mountain Settlement School’s very special Environmental Education Program. We share with you here one such experience. Although Pine Mountain has had many phases in its educational program throughout the years it continues to have the same impact on students that William Creech had wished for in 1913.

A CHRISTMAS AT PINE MOUNTAIN

It is finally Christmas Eve. The tree has been cut and carried into the lounge at Westwind. While it was attached, with much ado, to two crossboards at the base, it still leans at a precarious angle and threatens to come crashing down at any moment. But it is a beautiful tree, decorated with strings of popcorn and cranberries, ornaments cut from paper, each with the name of a child, and tiny cornshuck angels. Around the tree lie the presents — all handmade with loving care, and wrapped in all sorts of paper, from brown bags to newspaper. Many hours have gone into the planning and making of each gift. There are many Band-Aids and blisters to prove this, and each gift is accompanied by a poem composed by the giver that says something special about the one who will receive it. Carols are sung at the evening meal and the Christmas story will be read from the Bible, by the fireplace in Westwind. The family has gathered together and the time has finally come.

Scenes such as this could have occurred throughout the mountains at the turn of the century, but these are students from Bayside Academy and this is a tradition that has developed over the past several years. It is a very special time for these eleventh graders. It is a special time because they have been anticipating this moment since they were in elementary school. It is a special time because of what has happened to them during the week that they have been at Pine Mountain Settlement School. All who come here come away changed. There is something new in their minds and hearts when they return to their homes on Mobile Bay — something that grows and increases in meaning as the months go by.

[Image: Photography of a group standing on the porch of the Creech Cabin.]

The concept of “Christmas at Pine Mountain” evolved at Bayside Academy during the 1970s when it became evident that something was needed to bring members of the rising senior class closer together for better interpersonal relationships and effective leadership roles during their last year at the school. Little did anyone realize the full impact that the experience at Pine Mountain Settlement School in Eastern Kentucky would have on the lives of these highly affluent and supposedly sophisticated youngsters from the Gulf Coast. This probably comes as no surprise to the alumni of Pine Mountain Settlement School, however.

We first became aware of Pine Mountain Settlement School some twelve years ago while conducting a course in Appalachian Studies for high school students on the campus of Berea College. We visited the school during several summers and became aware of the unique beauty of the mountains, the campus, and the people dedicated to the school. Those who have been afforded the privilege of observing the quiet elegance of Mary Rogers, the gentleness of Burton Rogers, the patient wisdom of Afton Garrison, the enthusiasm of the Urquharts and the Andersons, and all those traits possessed…

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…by other members of the staff, understand that here is no common gathering of teachers. Even those who prepare the meals and those who are involved in maintenance are integral parts of the learning process.

The week of “Christmas at Pine Mountain” begins at midnight Saturday night, the third week in December, when the students board a chartered bus on the Bayside campus. The rules are basically simple — no dope, no booze, no radios, no tape players, observe quiet time in the dorms, leave your shirttail out for anyone who might need one to hang on to; and learn the words to “Amazing Grace.” Discipline is not of serious concern, because the tradition has become so important, that no class wants to be known as the one who ruined it for others to come. It is a long way from the Gulf of Mexico to the mountains of Eastern Kentucky and there is time to begin the process of getting to know each other and to respect wants and needs of others. Just sharing a pillow on a cramped bus at 4:00 A.M. takes on somewhat a different meaning.

The group arrives on the Pine Mountain Campus late Sunday afternoon. They are assigned rooms and the bus leaves until the end of the week. They are on their own. The dormitory is certainly no Holiday Inn, but it has a certain personality about it that carries one’s imagination back to years past. The handmade furniture, the pictures on the walls, the view from the big room, the smells and sounds — all blend together to call up images of a slower, more peaceful time. It also becomes evident that the stories told by their schoolmates before them about how sounds carry in Westwind, were all true. The need for a “quiet” rule is apparent.

Shortly after the luggage is unpacked and the evening meal is disposed of, the group gathers in the chapel for an interlude of organ music by Burton Rogers. Again, they find themselves in another place of peaceful beauty. Exhausted from the long trip and faced with a full week the students go quietly to bed. The staff watches, remembering Christmases past and wondering what is already going on in their minds. Will special “magic” occur as it did each year prior to this one? How will this group differ from those in the past? The answers to those and other questions will become clearer in a few more days.

The breakfast bell at Laurel House is ringing. Some of the students are already in the living room and dining hall, exploring yet another new and special place. Others are straggling down the hill, bundled against the cold. South Alabama kids are not accustomed to seeing traces of snow on the ground, or watching the “smoke” of their breath on frosty mornings. Pine Mountain is to their right. Some view it with apprehension, some with eagerness, but all know that they will climb it soon. They have to go home and join the group that has climbed the mountain before them. It is a matter of pride; they cannot fail. But, each knows that there will be a shirttail to hang on to, if they need it, just as they are willing to have theirs out.

Breakfast is another new experience. There are bacon and eggs alright, but homemade bread, homemade jelly, honey on each table, cooked oatmeal, milk in pitchers, and all they you can eat as long as none is thrown away! They have been told by those who have come before them that any waste food will be weighed. They are determined to waste less than any other class.

[Image: Photograph of a student watching Sarah Bailey at the spinning wheel.]

After breakfast, all are gathered in the library where Mary Rogers tells them the history of Pine Mountain Settlement School. All eyes are glued to this lady; every word is taken in. Anyone who has come under the spell of this exceptional person as she spins a story understands the moment. The visit to Creech’s cabin immediately following her story serves to drive home what life was like for the early settlers who came into this region. The staff then divides the class into groups for classes in geology, early settlers, and Indians for the remainder of the day. The students know each staff member even before introductions are made. They have’studied journals kept by other students before coming here. “There’s Griz — look at that beard,” and, “There’s Raccoon and Mary,” are comments whispered among the group. They have heard that this group really believes in what they are doing and really cares about the students. Will it be that way this year? And there are two new people. Bette Anderson will teach them geology, and then there is the new high school intern.

There is time for solitude and writing in journals before the evening meal. Most of this time is spent in and around the dormitory until dark. Sunset comes early in the mountains and it is time for the folk dance in Laurel House. They are ready for Alonzo Turner. They know that he takes great…

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…pride in what he does and if they don’t pay close attention to him, he is going to call them to task. A number of kids from the neighborhood have come in for the dance. They are part of a group that is preparing to go to Europe with their folk dances. The music begins and in a few minutes students, staff and chaperones are dancing with all their might — laughing at mistakes and being amazed at the intricate dances that Alonzo makes seem so easy. It is beginning to dawn on some of them that they can have a good time — a hilariously good time — without stereos and hi-fis, without expensive cars, and without alcohol and drugs. Exhaustion soon takes over and they all brave the cold up the hill to the dormitory and bed. The second day of Christmas has come to an end.

Again the breakfast bell brings them down to Laurel House. They have managed to blow only one fuse from using two hair dryers at once and most have remembered to keep the shower curtains inside the showers. They are making plans during breakfast about evening and morning shower schedules, so there will be enough hot water and everyone is cautioned about flushing commodes when someone is in the shower. Look at the chart showing wasted food! Banana peels shouldn’t count, you can’t eat them, although some are threatening to, if an improvement isn’t made. Classes are coming up, but the mountain is there to be climbed in the afternoon. The morning seems to drag. The classes are interesting and they are gaining a better understanding of this place, but the best is yet to come. Little do they realize at this time, what the best really is.

Lunch is consumed in short order — the preparations begin for the climb. The leaders come for them and they start off. Members of the Bayside staff have left for Cumberland, Kentucky to pick up Arthur Johnson and to buy a supply of junk food and film. Withdrawal symptoms for Coke and potato chips are becoming evident among the group and the students are in good hands for the rest of the afternoon.

Some who make the climb, do so with relative ease, although it is strenuous. For others, it is a matter of survival — a matter of scratched hands, torn clothes and bruised knees — a matter of tears and self-doubt. And it gets harder the higher they go. But the top finally comes and they know how all the others who had come here before them have felt. Standing together at an overlook, they can see for miles in every direction. Pine Mountain Settlement School is below them on one side and they can see the road winding down the other to Cumberland. It is a view that will make a lasting impression in their minds. God has done something special here, both on the mountain and in the valley below. The time comes all too soon for the climb down and most are surprised that this is almost as demanding as the climb up.

They have all made it! They have all been to the mountain and now all they want to do is collapse in the chairs and on the floor at Westwind. The Bayside staff returns with Arthur Johnson and the supplies. The group makes much ado as the food is distributed. One student manages to roll over and with a big grin, says, “I made it to the top, Mr. Tidwell.” Now that “it” is over, they go on with what they have to do, working in a more quiet and confident manner. Supper is good, as are all the meals. This isn’t institutional food — it is better than at home. They are also impressed by Carol Urquhart leading them in a song of thanksgiving instead of someone saying grace at each meal.

Arthur Johnson is a treat. Here is a mountain man who plays and sings the music of the mountains and tells them stories about life in the mountains, both past and present. They sing and laugh the evening away with him. As time goes on, they seem to forget that he is blind. In fact, some have doubts that he really is. All become aware that they are in the presence of a man who can see more about life than many men, sighted or blind. The staff watches each one with interest. The mountain magic is beginning to work. They are beginning to understand a culture far different from their own. This is one based on far simpler and more basic values. It is not that anything is wrong with their own heritage, but it is almost impossible to appreciate or understand one culture unless there is another with which a comparison can be made.

They are beginning to come together — they are beginning to understand and appreciate each other. Most of them have been away to summer camp at one time or another, where they sat around a campfire and sang and became close friends. This is something very different. This is a learning experience about a time and place; about the Appalachian people and their culture. The Southern Highlands and the people are experiencing change, just the same as elsewhere, but this group has the rare opportunity to experience it as it was many years ago. They are beginning to understand. When Arthur finishes, he sings “Amazing Grace” with them. Some have learned the words; some have not, but all would know them after this. And thus ended the third day of Christmas.

The stout little woman with her hair tied in a bun on top of her head and who seems always to smile is Sarah Bailey. She chats with the students while the spinning wheel whirls. She spins the wool with incredible ease. Those students who try it soon find that it is much more difficult than she had made it appear. The same is true when, later in the morning, she teaches them to make cornshuck flowers and dolls. Later, they learn other crafts taught by the staff. Ideas for Christmas gifts are popping into their heads. Several of them have been learning to whittle with Al Anderson and one of the maintenance staff, so some gifts are already in progress.

After lunch John McCutcheon arrives. Those who have been at Bayside for several years know him, because he has been in concert there before. They sense that a special time is coming, because he is very good at what he does. Without question, John is the best in the country with the hammered…

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[Image: Photograph of boys trying their hand at a two-person crosscut saw.]

…dulcimer. They are looking forward to spending the afternoon and evening with an artist who has told them stories and sung the songs of Appalachia and has gained national prominence.

The afternoon goes as expected. Laurel House rings with music from the banjo, the fiddle, the guitar, the autoharp, the dulcimer, the hammered dulcimer and any other instrument that he happens to have at hand. Laurel House rings with songs sung by John alone and with the students. Laurel House rings with laughter at his stories and tales. It is a happy time. After it is over, many linger to visit with John and to try to play the hammered dulcimer. Others go away for solitude and journal writing.

After supper, with a roaring fire in the fireplace, and in the candle-lighted living room of Laurel House, he begins again. This time he is talking to them — telling them a story through his music. Playing the instruments and singing old ballads and hymns brought over to this country, he tells them how it was a long time ago and how it came to be. He sings to them of the coming of the railroad, of the struggles in the mines and of bitter conflicts during the forming of the unions. He tells them the story of a people and they understand. They listen quietly and at times there are tears in their eyes. The tears are there because they understand. The fourth day of Christmas comes to an end.

The breakfast bell rings after almost all have gathered in Laurel House. They sing their thanks and eat their breakfast and are out and about with no prodding from the staff. There is much to do. The tree has to be cut, carried to Westwind and decorated. There are gifts to be completed and poems to be written. Poems and notes must be composed with more meaning than had been envisioned a few days ago. This is serious business. Time is running short. The bus will be coming back soon. The staff leaves them to their own appointed tasks, making themselves available only if there are special questions. The staff people of both Bayside Academy and Pine Mountain Settlement School feel good about the week, although we spoke little of it during the day. Over the years, we have worked together and we know that we have done what we can. We have placed what we believe to be right and good before them, and now they may choose what they wish.

The evening meal is a feast. The kids have prepared a huge Christmas card for the kitchen staff. They present it and tell the women of their appreciation. Many pick up loaves of homemade bread that they have ordered. After the meal, they gather around the piano and sing Christmas carols and then make their way back to Westwind.

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It is finally Christmas Eve. The Christmas story is read from the Bible. The family has gathered together and the time has finally come. Names were drawn at the beginning of the week. Each student in turn, reads a poem or note and presents a gift made during this week at Pine Mountain. Some poems are humorous and some are serious, but all have a special meaning filled with love. A casual observer might think, from the reactions of each recipient, that gifts of priceless value are being exchanged. And, in a way, this is true. The special moment sweeps over the students and staff alike. It has happened. The special magic that we had hoped for has occurred. Those who have not experienced these special moments cannot understand its impact and meaning. Those who have, already know. With the traditional singing of “Amazing Grace,” the evening comes to a close. All now know the words; and all now know the meaning of the words.

AUTHOR’S NOTE: We have no way of measuring the effect that “Christmas at Pine Mountain” has in the lives of our children, but we do know that it is a positive influence. We see this in the way they behave and interact with one another when they return to Bayside. We know this from the notes that they write on their papers and from the letters sent to us after they have graduated. The full impact of the experience seems to come to them within six weeks to two months after they return home. It apparently stays with them. We don’t know why this experience happens as it does. Perhaps it is because of an old man’s hopes.

[Image: Photograph of a group of boys in an outdoor setting.]

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[Image: Photograph of couples dancing in front of seated onlookers.]

COMMUNITY

The Pine Mountain Country Dancers have been chosen to go to Denmark this summer on the Danish-American Exchange. Twelve of their group as well as adults: Alonzo Turner, long time country dancer; Carol Urquhart, community worker; and Nancy Garber, musician and former Pine Mountain intern, will travel to Denmark for three weeks of exciting times. They have planned a program of dance, music, and stories to depict our Pine Mountain area and history. Ky. Set Running, Jenny Pluck Pears, Aunt Sal’s Song, The Cuckoo, Levi Jackson Rag, and many more of the group’s favorites are being rehearsed furiously every week after school by the twelve young dancers. Of course on Wednesday evenings all the country dancers (usually 22-25 area youth gather as in years past) for 1 1/2 hours of dancing and singing. This spring 21 of our group again traveled to Berea College for the 50th Annual Mountain Folk Festival. The group is enthusiastic about all their undertakings. Fundraising for the trips is continually going on through bake sales, raffles, and craft sales. The students have been serving as goodwill ambassadors for Pine Mountain frequently as they are called on to dance for groups coming into Pine Mountain, or as they preform at festivals such as the Swapping Meet or Mary Breckinridge Festival. This summer the whole group plans to travel to Louisville to perform at the Kentucky State Fair.

One former country dancer wrote excitedly to the country dancers on receiving the news of their Denmark trip, that it was 49 years ago that another troupe of Pine Mountain Country Dancers set off to perform throughout the east, including the White House.

The dance group is only one way in which Pine Mountain is re-committing itself to strong community programs. The GED class plans to hold graduation in the chapel for our community members who have been attending classes all year here and have passed the GED test. The 4-H group here have already been in cooking, sewing, bowling, geology, drawing, crafts, auto repair, and photography, and are continually exploring new areas of interest. Scout troops are going again under Pine Mountain sponsorship. Earn and Learn, a summer employment and study program for area youth will again be held, as well as the Bell-Harlan County Upward Bound program which will be housed here in conjunction with Southeast Community College. Preparations are being made to open an after-school and evening tutorial program, working with youngsters in problem learning areas, as well as homework. In a region where statistics show one of the nation’s highest school dropout rates, we will work in conjunction with area educators to help stem this major educational problem.

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[Image: Photograph of a row of girls standing in a mountain setting.]

Easter break at colleges usually means Florida for many students, but not for five volunteers from the Alpha Sigma Tau Sorority at Northeast Missouri State University. These girls gave five days of their vacation to come to Pine Mountain and work in the renovation of West Wind dormitory. The building has begun to have a much needed facelift, with new wiring and bathrooms planned and each room redone with new beds, curtains, rugs and painting. These girls worked in the Mountain Room and hallway of the basement, painting and patching. Martha DeCamp, national social concerns chairman of the Alpha Sigma Tau, put out a plea for volunteers to help work at the sorority’s national charity, and several chapters have willingly responded. We welcome Alpha Sigma Tau’s active participation in Pine Mountain’s ongoing programs, and are grateful for the strong financial support over the past four decades.

[Image: Sketch of a single trillium bloom.]

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A SPECIAL INVITATION

During the course of any given year, some 10,000 people come in touch with Pine Mountain Settlement School through our programs of Environmental Education and Community Education and Recreation. The shared experience of students discovering each other and the world around them reaffirms the hope of William Creech that our efforts “may make a bright and intelligent people after I’m dead and gone.” In looking after the prosperity of our nation he had a “heart and a cravin’” that people might grow better. Pine Mountain Settlement School remains firm in its commitment to this purpose.

Pine Mountain Settlement School is significantly dependent on the contribution of friends who feel that education and community service are important. This valued partnership is essential for continued growth and quality programming demanded by our commitment to students, young and old. Currently, 51% of our operating budget comes from program charges, 33% from our modest endowment, and the remaining 16% from individual contributors. Our income needs are growing in three major areas: physical plant improvements, maintaining and enhancing quality staff personnel; and growing community programs. Your valued partnership is critical as we move ahead in revitalization and continued commitment to our purpose. Your contribution today can and will make a difference tomorrow. Please help, and we will make a difference together. Remember, your contribution is tax deductible.

[Image: Small sketch of two pine trees in a mountainous setting.]

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

Wildflower Weekend  April 19-21, 1985
Black Mountain Wildflower Weekend  May 3-5, 1985
Alumni Work Weekend  May 24-27, 1985
Edible Plants Workshop  May 31-June 2, 1985
Appalachian Family Week  July 7-13, 1985
Elderhostel  July 14-21, 1985
Medicinal Plants Weekend  August 2-4, 1985
Homecoming  August 10, 1985
Elderhostel  September 8-14, 1985
Fall Color Weekend  October 18-20, 1985
Nativity Play  October 18-20, 1985

GALLERY: NOTES – 1985 December

TAGS: NOTES – 1985 December, volunteering,Alonzo Turner, Pine Mountain Country Dancers, photographs, drawings, Danish-American Exchange, interns, Environmental Education, work camps,Bud Carr, plant collection,E. J. Carr Plant Studies Center, Bette Andersen, volunteer staff

TRANSCRIPTION: NOTES – 1985 December

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NOTES FROM THE
PINE MOUNTAIN
SETTLEMENT SCHOOL
PINE MOUNTAIN     HARLAN COUNTY    KENTUCKY 
Telephone (606) 558-3571 — 3542

December            James Urquhart, Director               1985

[Image: Sketch of children playing amidst small animals in front of father, mother and child under tree.]

Volunteering at Pine Mountain Settlement School . . .

Alonzo Turner, Pine Mountain School alumnus, and neighbor, has participated in country dancing at Pine Mountain longer than anyone cares to remember. A 3rd generation caller, he was a Pine Mountain Country Dancer in the 1930’s and has continued to work as a volunteer in the dance program ever since. Now Alonzo comes to the school twice or three times a week to lead dances with our visiting groups in the environmental education program, giving most of these children and adults their first taste of American folk dance. The enthusiasm with which he meets each group is contagious and by the end of the first dance there is not a person on the sidelines.

Alonzo also works with the local Pine Mountain Country Dancers, twelve of whom went to Denmark this past summer as part of a Danish-American exchange. Alonzo was able to go on that trip with the students and brought the Turner version of the Kentucky Set Running to the Danes. The trip with the dancers was a dream of a lifetime for Alonzo, one of Pine Mountain’s biggest volunteers.

[Image: Photograph of couples dancing.]

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Internships

[Image: Photograph of four young people seated in a row.]

Every season at Pine Mountain Settlement School brings volunteers in the form of interns to our environmental education programs. Most often college students, the interns spend three months learning about the natural history of Pine Mountain, through our classes taught in the program. By the end of the third week, these interns are starting to teach one or more of the classes in the program. Each intern is to complete a project in the three month’s time too. In the past such diverse projects as hand-hewn and constructed sheep pen, all done with the broad axe, plants studies, weaving and dyeing projects, plantings, booklets or brochures, drawings of the buildings, library and archive work, murals, community work, story collecting and many others have all been done. This fall’s interns included Mary Shuler — Michigan, Nancy Nicholson — Michigan, Connie Clopton — Iowa, and Fernanda Moore — South Carolina. In addition to their projects this year, they became known as our singing interns, and regularly offered their talents at campfires, chapel services, and other occasions.

Work Camps

For many long years work camps at Pine Mountain Settlement School have provided much needed labor and repair of the campus. Scraping, painting, roofing, digging and the repair work which needs desperately to get done, but which there is never enough funds or labor on the staff to do, get done by groups of volunteers. Recently volunteer groups have been treated to some of our programming including hiking, classes in the local natural history, folk dances with community, crafts, and picnics. Volunteer church groups have participated in services at local churches, too, and the participants have made friends in the mountains. In the past two years such diverse groups as a Alpha Sigma Tau chapter, from NE Missouri State University, Muskegon, Allegan and Sturgis Michigan United Methodist Youth Fellowships, Hattiesburg, Mississippi United Methodist Youth Fellowship, Pine Mountain Association of Alumni and Friends have all worked to help Pine Mountain Settlement School continue to serve through education.

[Image: Photograph of young people working outdoors.]

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Giving a Lifetime of Work

[Image: Photograph of Bud Carr educating a group of young people about plants.]

Recently Bud Carr contributed his entire plant collection to Pine Mountain. This now forms the E. J. Carr Plant Studies Center. In addition to that generous gift, Bud is a volunteer for us, traveling from his home in Bell County 3 or 4 times a month to work in the center, sharing his expertise with Bette Andersen, Plant Center coordinator, and with numerous groups that come in to Pine Mountain. This collection includes over 1,000 edible and medicinal plant specimens, 1500 books on natural history pertaining to plant life, wild foods and medicinal plants, personal files and experiments and over 500 published articles, scrapbooks since 1965, over 20,00 color slides, and 6,000 black and white negatives, extensive herbarium collection of Bell and Woodford Counties plants, a topographic map collection of eastern Kentucky, as well as an array of equipment and supplies for photography, cooking and processing of edible and medicinal plants. The collection is being used by Pine Mountain Settlement School to teach the botanical history, folk lore, medicinal and edible uses and medical preparation and food recipes of plants.

Pine Mountain Settlement School is delighted to be able to accept this collection and is honored to be associated with Bud Carr, who has made such an important and unique contribution to the study of plants and their uses.

Staff as Volunteers

[Image: Photograph of a group of staff members standing in an outdoor setting.]

Pine Mountain Settlement School’s staff puts in many more hours than 40 a week, so they definitely could qualify as volunteers too. Because they believe in what Pine Mountain is doing, they give that extra willingly. All of them join me in wishing you a holiday season filled with joy.

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At Pine Mountain Settlement School we could not operate our educational programs without your generous gifts and valued partnership. Included in that partnership is the gift of time given so freely by many who come here to help us carry on our programs. These are just a few of our volunteers here at Pine Mountain. We welcome your participation in our programs. If you know of any groups or individuals who have time and talent to volunteer, please encourage them to join us in fulfilling our mission in the mountains.

“Your gifts to Pine Mountain are tax deductible”

[Image: Sketch of holly branches with leaves and berries.]

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Jan. 7-9  Winter Botany Weekend
Mar. 2-8  Elderhostel
April 11-12  Board of Trustees
April 18-20  Pine Mtn. Wildflower Weekend
May 2-4  Black Mtn. Wildflower Weekend
June 6-8  Edible Plant Weekend
July 13-19  Appalachian Family Week
July 20-26  Elderhostel
August 1-3  Medicinal Plant Weekend
August 8-10  Homecoming Weekend

[Image: Small sketch of pine trees in a mountainous setting.]

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See Also:
E. J. CARR PLANT CENTER Guide
EVENTS CHRISTMAS at Pine Mountain Settlement School GUIDE
HISTORY PMSS Summary 1983-1984
HISTORY PMSS Summary 1984-1985

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