Plan your calendar for Pioneer Day, scheduled for November 17, the Saturday before Thanksgiving. The Friday before will be for the school children to visit the park. Barney Zellars and Russel Reese will make their sorghum syrup from fresh squeezed sugar cane to once again delight the children. Mark Davis, the Society's blacksmith will teach the children the basics of foundry work. Miss Ann, Miss Gloria and Miss Emily will be decked out in period attire in the cabin to tell stories. Miss Mobley Ross will open the School House to a new generation of students and tell them how things used to be. The cotton gin always fascinates the children when Mister Wyatt and Mister Larry show the complete cotton cycle from seeds to shirts. Master Sawyer Jerry Stone is on a search for a worthy log to saw up for the children. Miss Flo's ladies will be cooking over an open fire to feed the kids a snack like they have never tasted before. The Friday before Pioneer Day is always so much fun and is one of the reasons all the work is worth it. Jerry and Frankie Phillips will once again have free cotton candy for children of all ages on Pioneer Day. The tractor show and free hayride are being organized by Mr. Russel and Mr. Buddy Hawes. Miss Flo reported that Buddy Hawes was working on a solution to be able to cook French fries and apple fritters at the same time. Mr. Murray Norman will have fresh apple cider for all visitors to sample. Anneice and Billy Butler's soap was a sellout last year so visitors will need to get to their black iron pot early to get a unique gift for those special names on their Christmas list. Jane McWhorter will be washing clothes over an open fire like our great-great-grandmothers did 200 years ago before the spin cycle was invented. Ben Ross reported that the ham and biscuits would be on the menu again at the Smoke House. Anyone who would like to show their quilt in the Quilt Show is encouraged to call Miss Nobie Dean Hawes. Keeper of the cooking fire, Forrest Inglett, will be tending the fire around the oak tree stump near the 200 year old cabin. Miss Linette reminded the nimble jointed that turnip green picking time was coming up. This promises to be a wonderful, fun day in Lincoln County.