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April 4, 1978 Around Adair with Ed Waggener This article originally appeared in the April 4, 1978 edition of the Adair County News. Topics that week included the Miss Lake Cumberland Pageant, the last snow of the year, an almost-local production of Fiddler on the Roof, and a change to serving real butter at the Dillon Dinner House. Around Adair: Miss Lake Cumberland Pageant, A professional affair By Ed Waggener Saturday's sixth annual Miss Lake Cumberland Pageant was an unqualified success. Miss America, Susan Yvonne Perkins really was here. Columbians really did see her downtown, in their shops, going about the Square as any other ordinary shopper might. The parties leading up to the event, and following it, were all Derby-week class, and, for another weekend, Columbia sparked as the gem of Kentucky. The Pageant itself remains the big attraction. This year it drew some 2500 people, from all over the state, to the dressy, fairly expensive show. What sets the pageant apart of others in Kentucky is the professionalism of the production. The pageant, this year, again, is exactly what Sue Stivers said it would have to be, throughout: First rate, top drawer, regardless of the expense. There are any number of areas where the pageant promoters could cut costs, but they refused to do anything to cheapen the event. They have set Columbia up to be a superb host city during the first weekend in April, and in the end, it is yielding great dividends. Each of the contestants seems to have a stronger tie to the community after having been in the pageant. The last two Miss Lake Cumberlands, Vickie Harned and Carolyn Jones have made the community a second home, visiting here often. In her farewell to the pageant, the outgoing Miss Lake Cumberland, Carolyn Jones, told the group how much she had enjoyed serving as Miss Lake Cumberland. "I've learned to love the people here. I've learned to love this town," she said, and only an effort by this poised, talented, young woman held back the tears. She spoke volumes in those short lines for what the Miss Lake Cumberland Beauty Pageant has come to mean to Columbians, too. Adair's Alpine region It's hard to remember that just one week ago, Monday, March 27, there was snow in Adair County. It wasn't all over the county, and I didn't suspect there would be any when I left Columbia traveling south on Highway 61. Out in the Flat Woods there was no evidence, either, until I began to ascent up to the Sparksville Hill. Halfway up, the trees were covered with snow. And on top of the hill, all the way from Antioch Church to the Reno Hill in Cumberland County, the ground was lightly dusted with snow, as though sprinkled with a confectionary sugar topping. Actually, every snow is heavier in that area. I've traveled across the hill every week during the winter, and invariably, the snows are heaviest there. Anatevka, Tennessee If you like live stage performances, one of the best places to go now is the Cumberland County Playhouse in Crossville, Tennessee. For the past month now, the playhouse has been presenting "Fiddler on the Roof. The play will run through April 23. Crossville is only two hours from Columbia. They're on the same time as we are, so there's no confusion in this department. From Columbia, take Highway 61 to Burkesville, Highway 90 to Albany, then Highway 127 through Jamestown, Tennessee, and on to Crossville. The musical is produced and directed by Mary Crabtree. Her son, James Crabtree, plays Teyve, and his Teyve is every bit the equal of Zero Mostel's. David Evans, as Motel, the Tailor; Nancy Katz, as Tzeital, and Tom Foust as Perchik, the student, give great performances. The cast of the Cumberland Playhouse's "Fiddler," is partly professional but mostly local talent. We saw it opening night, and at times it was possible to tell that not all the actors were professionals. But that certainly doesn't spoil the evening; not one whit. If anything, it adds to the enjoyment. "Fiddler" is nothing if it is not enthusiastic, and the Cumberland Playhouse's rendition is the most wildly joyous performance of the play I've ever seen. It's more than worth the trip, which is particularly pleasant this time of year. Passing the butter test Curt Yarberry, the KYANA Supervisor, is elated that the Dillon House has begun serving real cow butter. Saturday, I had to ask him what he keeps in his own refrigerator at home. "Butter!" he answered, somewhat testily. I wondered, before, because even though I have been an advocate of using Adair County products, I noticed the Parkay in our own refrigerator, heretofore. (That is a somewhat misleading statement, as some may believe that we regularly use margarine at our house. Not so. We don't regularly use anything at home as we don't regularly eat at home as we have only been married 8 1/2 years and haven't fully set up housekeeping yet.) Yarberry did admit that his wife occasionally buys oleo. But it is easy to see that he disapproves, and overlooks it because Mrs. Yarberry is from town and couldn't be expected to do differently. Yarberry's devout loyalty to dairy products has made me start a new chapter in our house: No more oleo. Butter only. And maybe the Dillon House's position will change some of the other restaurants in Adair County. (Remember back when the dairy lobby was strong enough to keep the oleo industry from coloring the imitation butter to look like butter, and you bought it white, and had to mix the dye in? Remember how bad the stuff tasted when you tried to save time and serve it white? Remember the plastic bag of white oleo with the little capsule of orange-red dye which you pinched to break - hopefully into the package - which you then kneaded until the oleo was a butter-yellow? And remember the orange-red spot on your face or the wall paper when the capsule broke out instead of in?) If you can, you remember that, even then, the artificial was never quite as good as the real thing. Fight on, Jimmy Curt! This story was posted on 2019-04-28 13:25:53
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