This Here's How We Dun Got Started

Put near a year ago it was dun brung to my 'tention by that there Sis, who lives on that there western end of town, agin that there golf course, that a group of usins should git akin on celebratin 270 years of this here town Lisburn. Welp, I dun said I was a willin' to help iffin I could.

Then bout six months ago it was dun brought to my 'tention agin by that there Sis, that we need to be a celebratin'. So put near six of ussins dun got together to start Cel-E-brate Lisburn, maybe seven or so.

We dun decided to have a meetin' at that there fire house. It sits back behint that there Tom Banks’s place, aginst the crik. The grounds was all in use so we had to be a movin' to the utility room. Thanks to them thar people at that there Lisburn Community Fire company, they be some good folk. So we set to organizing and arranging and putting to order a bunch of stuff forrin us all to be a celebratin'.

Some of the folks here in town, 'cludin me, dun got together back when this here country dun turned 200 and dun put a book together. Turned out it was a dang good book, and there was a bunch who thought weze mite be able to fetch us a couple bucks to put a new book together, a dang ole com-plE-ment to that there first one. So we dun started a bakin' a writtin' a researchin' and all we could to start the funds a flowin'.

We’ze a hopen' to show that there rest of the county that we’ze just a plain ole folks here in Lisburn. We dun treat or naybors put near like kin, gather together for vittles. We'ze a thinkin 270 years ago that that there Mr. Frazier was prob'ly a celebratin' a mite also. So we started scouttin' arount to see if we could put together a tour of sorts to visit apon the folks with the older homes here and about. Then Miss Mary Ellen got it all put together rather nicely. I have to tell ya some of these here homes and buildins are bout two days older then dirt but is still very beautiful.

I reckon my favorite tis the church made to a home. You know them there people is being real good! Seein' we’ze workin' on the comittie we’ze gonna have a private tour and possible pot luck dinner. You know these country cookin' folks can cook up a mess of fine vittles.

So this here's all we gots till a mite later when we're fixin' to have us a Founders Day. Iffin y'all wants ta help, come on down to the fire hall and give us a hand!


Thanks to Stephen Turbett
President of the Celebrate Lisburn Committee
for the tongue in cheek hillbilly update.

Party After the Tour

Submitted by Mary Ellen Banks