PoetryTHE HAPPY YADKIN
I spring from the top of a mountainous crop,
And tumble through meadow -green valleys;
I laugh with the trees, and hum with the bees,
And sing for the Sandys and Sallies.
Through quietness and throng, e'er singing my song,
Forever and onward I prattle
To glide by the hills, and work at the mills,
And water the rollicking cattle.
Through winter and cold I never grow old,
But always am jolly and youthful:
I flirt with the weeds and wind at the reeds,
Yet ever am honest and truthful.
With ripples and swirls, like dimples and curls,
I rival the maidens and lasses;
And steal from their eyes the tears of their sighs:
Or smile at the weather that passes.
I watch for the lads who slip from their dads
To play in my shadowy waters;
With dapples and gleams, and dancing sunbeams,
I gather my friends from all quarters.
Then ever and on my c corpus and lawn,
Escaping their futile commotion,
a Like birds on the wing, with vespers to sing,
I flee to the billowing ocean.
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L. Grady Burgiss
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Written duly 26, 1929
Revised October 21, 1969
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MOCKSVILLE� NC
Dedication Ceremonies Involving the
Yadkin/Shore and Donnaha River Park Projects
Saturday, October 12, 1985
PROGRAM
9:00 a.m. Yadkin/Shore River Park site
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yadkin County Board of
Commissioners
Tour of Yadkin/Shore River Park . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. and Mrs. Henry Shore
10:30 a.m. Donnaha River
Park site
Presidina and Invocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . Grady J. Hunter, Chairman
Yadkin County Board of
Commissioners
Recognizing of Special Guests . . . . . . . . . . .
. . Grady J. Hunter
Guest Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . Hamilton C. Horton, Jr.
Attorney at Law and former Member
North Carolina General Assembly
Stat..s Report on Yadkin River Trail . . . . . . . .
. . David Brendle, President
from Wilkes County to Rowan County
Yadkin River Trail Association
Comments on the Yadkin River Trail . . . . . . . . .
. . John Morris, Director
from the State's Perspective
Office of Water Resources
Department of NRCD
Recognition of selected persons . . . . . . . . . . .
. Frank F. Zachary, Vice Chairman
who contributed to the success of the
Yadkin County Board of
Donnaha and Yadkin/Shore Park Projects*
Commissioners
Benediction: The Happy Yadkin . . . . . . . .
. Rebecca A. Lopez, Staff Member
by Poet Laureate Rev. Grady Burgiss of
Northwest Piedmont Council of
Yadkin County
Governments
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yadkin County Board of
Commissioners
.Tour of Donnaha River Park site . . . . . . . . . . . . Pete Williams, Clifford PoweZZ,
John Whitley
*Note: Persons to receive special recognition from the Yadkin County Commissioners
for contributing to the success of the Yadkin/Shore and Donnaha Park projects include
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Shore, Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Kinney, Pete Williams, John Whitley, Clifford
PoweZZ, John Morris, John Sutherland, Brian Hobson, Kennon Briggs, James Graham, Bob
Johnson, Wade Hoke, Kathy White, and Dan Kornelis.