| Show arrived the young men of the town went willingly to work onhouse for them dance would be in the of fing for those who helped These Our Fathers 124 The town of Fairview had quitereputation for holding good Saturday night dances The popularity of the dance held until World War II but the abrupt decline in favor since that time seems to be permanent was One of the old the earliest dance Eclipse Pavilion halls in Fairview The building served as dance hall and post office for many years It was eventually replaced by the present dance hall that was built on the same site Both buildings were just east of the Floyd Young Drugstore on Main Street During the early years dancing wasmajor social event The Saturday night dance drew nearly everyone in the valley and as many came to watch as to participate Dignity and grace were the order of the day and the waltz was king Jack Pearson used to boast that the waltz withglass of water he on could dance top of his head without spillingdrop The dances never got out of line because the hall was lined with spectators whose whispered conversations and pointing kept young men from holding the girls too close and thereby going down the road to moral decay must mention however that the bolder males were not above takingdrink or two before the dance in order to bolster the ego and gain enough courage to ask the girl who always seemed unapproachable She was the one who was bound to be held closer amid the whispering and pointing rather suspect however that all the girls enjoyed the holding close and the whispering Besides the bold swain was likely to throw caution to the wind after the dance and take the girl to the drugstore for an ice cream soda Personal History of Golden Sanderson 1977 pp 26-27 123 |
