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■hk black mtn. arts club
■The Black Mountain Arts Club
Kill continue its program meet
taL... throughout the entire year.
■ Activities of the Club have been
Hrpanded to include not only paint-
Kg and sculpture, but unting, dra-
Ka, composing, music and all the
Kndicrafts, On Friday evening
Kctober 19th at 7:30. An opening
■jeeting will be held at Oak Knoll,
Ke studio of Miss Daisy Erb and
Sirs. Mary E. Aieshire for the pur
pose of forming Art classes for
■he coming winter season.
■ Instruction for both beginners
■nd advanced students will be
■ffered. All interested persons are
■ivited to attend.
S The Regular Monthly Program
■leeting of the Arts Club will be
■eld at “Hill top” the home of
B)r. and Mrs. Frank Howard Rich
ardson at 4 p. m. Friday October
E These programs are both inte
lesting and instructive.
I The Club is planning an Arts
Imd Hobby Show for Thanksgiving
fsveek-end. Enter your exhibit and
aid the club in its efforts to make
known the creative work and inte
rest of the Arts minded people
>f this community. Many of the
sntries will be for sale suitable
or the home as Christmas gifts.
Membership is open to all who
,re interested in promoting the
irt interests of this communi
y-
tOßKßT M. SLACK ON WAY
tO MANTT.A
Robert M. Slack chief radio of
icer has been in service 15 months
,nd has crossed the Atlantic four
imes. Robert was chief radio oper
.tor at the State Patrol Barricks
adio station near Moore General
lefore his entry into service. He
ook up his same trade after join_
ng service. His wife is the former
diss Medrith Slack. Robert is the
ion of Mr and Mrs. H. .T. Slack
>f Black Mountain.
EARL W. SWANN
PROMOTED TO CPL.
Earl R. Swann, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Leonard Swann of Black
Mountain has been promoted to the
rank of Corporal it was an
nouced by the 6th air force Bom
ber Command Headquarters at
Albrook Field, Canal Zone. Cpl.
Swan is an arial gunner with the
397th heavy Bombardment Squad
ron Sationed at the Rio Hate Army
Air Base in the Panama.
He arrived in the canal zone
last February—prior to his enter
ing the army .he was employed
by the Morgan Mfc. Co.
Gene S. Swann, brother of Cpl.
Swann is an aviation store keeper
third class stationed at the Naval
AirStationat Jacksonville, Florida,
prior to transfer to Jacksonville, he
was stationed aboard the aircraft
carrier S. S. Intrepid for twenty
two months Seaman Swann entered
the Navy in May 1943. Prior to
entering the Navy, he was employ
ed by the Morgan Mfc. Co.
Both Swann Boys expect to re
turn home for good in about six
months.
COTTONSEED NOW
MOVING SLOWLY
Movement of cottonseed is still
slow because of continued rains
over most portions of the South
eastern states and because of the
late maturing of the crop, accord
ing to a statement released by the
Markets division of the State de
partment of agriculture.
Market Newsman John Win
field said that reports indicate that
many producers are selling their
cottonseed as fast as the cotton is
ginned to avoid any possible loss
that may occur from the heating
of the damp seed. He added that
Pinners are “said to he moving
seed to oil mills without much, de
lay.”
North Carolina cottonseed which
has been examined showed high
moisture content and in one or
two instances extremely high free
fatty acids, Winfield reported.
He said the average grade of
cottonseed inspected in North
Carolina last week was 85.5.
All reports received thus far by
Ihe state Agriculture Department
indicate that oil .mills in the South,-
cast have paid a uniform price of
$567 per ton basis grade 100 for
R ced f. o. b. gins.
™e BLACK MOUNTAIN news
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CPL. HOWA'RI* H. CRAIG
HOME ON LEAVE
Cpl. Howard H. Craig son of
E. H. Craig of Vance Ave. in Black
Mountain is home on leave after
serving 19 months in Italy. He
was discharged on the point sys
tem having 105 points. He and his
wife and 16 months old daughter
are residing at Swannanoa.
Mr. Craig also has three sons
in service overseas. Seaman First
Class Robert Craig is at Guam.
He was on the first navy ship to
enter Tokyo bay to liberate the
American soldiers taken prisoners
by the Japs. The other son, Wayne
D. Craig is serving with the 9th
Army in Germany. He had quite an
experience one day while out in
the woods. He overheard some
Germans arguing about where to
surrender or fight. There is where
Craig settled the argument by
capturin an eight of the Germans
single handed. The oldest son,
James K. Craig has been serving
in the 9th Army in Germany for
over a year right now he is in
a hospital but will return to duty
soon.
STOCK SHOW IN ASHEVILLE
There will be next week on the
17th and 18th day of October a
fat stock show. It will be held on
Valley Street in Asheville at the
City Walter Department Building.
This show is sponsored by the
North Carolina Bankers Associ
ation and the Asheville Chamber
of Commerece.
Its purpose is to encourage and
to help boys and girls to raise
better animals for better meat
production.
Guy Ledbetter is a member of
Black Mountain Chapter of the
F. F. A. He has a herford calf
to put in the show. He lives in
the Broad River Section.
By Paul Garrison
AMERICAN LEGION
AUXILIARY TO MEET
The American Legion Auxiliary
will meet Monday October 15, at
I 7:30. At the home of Mrs. J. L.
Potter.
Gold Star Mothers are cordially
invited.
All members are urged to attend.
A DAY WITH
THE RED CROSS
Workers are needed immediately
at the Red Cross Rooms of the
iilack Mountain —Swannanoa Chap
ter. Eight hundred much needed art
icles for service men in hospitals
make up the quota. These articles
are simple to sew and can be made
rapidly. There are two hundred hot
water bottle corners, two hund
red bedsides bags, one hundred
cushion corners, one hundred frac
ture pillow corners, and two hund
red vitility bags.
The chapter has two heated work
rooms. One is located at Swanna
noa near Beacon Manufacturing
Company, the hours to be an
nounced later. The other is in
Black Mountain across from the
Post Office. The hours are every
Thursday from 9:00 o’clock to 1:00.
After spending the past six
teen months overseas, Capt. Wm.
R. Chapin. Jr. has cabled bis wife
that he has received orders to
come home. Mrs. Chapin and their
children, Steve who is five years
old and Connie born last Decem
ber 28. at Moore General Hospital,
have been making their borne
with her folks, the Charles E.
Spencer’s since Capt. Chapin left
the country in June 1914.
Capt. Chapin enlisted in the A.
A. F. in March 1942 and made the
usual trek around the U. S. A.
from camp to camp covering three
states, California, Florida an d
Michigan. As a member of the Air
Transport Command he was then
sent overseas and spent the first
12 months in Assam, Idnia. Since
last June he has been stationed in
Running, China. Next stop should
lie Black Mountain, N. C., where
he hopes to rest a bit and then
pack up bis wife. Steve and Connie
and leave for as yet, parts unkown.
If he shouuld be fortunate enough
to lie discharged, they will return
to Indianapolis to pick up theii
civilian lines. Otherwise they will
go where ever the Army commands.
Eventually though, they hope to
go back to their families and
friends in indianopolis.
BLACK MOUNTAIN. N. C. OCTOBER 11. 1945
MONTREAT NEWS
Two fortunate young ladies hav.
ing- birthdays on the same day
were the Misses Joyce Gates and
Barbara Head since they were
entertained by several friends with
a dinner party at the Inn one even
ing last week. The table was very
pretty with a centerpiece of pink
daisy, Chrsamthenums and pink
candles. The birthday cake,embos
sed in pink and green was cut by
both young ladies while the lovely
gifts they received were admired
by the Misses Besty Pardue, Faye
Ruth Phillips, Mildred McCall, Jo
Gregg, Karen Johnson, Mary And
erson ,Jane La Rose, Betty Mcln
tosh, Pat Duffy, Jean Griner, Mary
Jennings Ann McLemore, Jean
Rotha, Louise Chandler, and Mat
tie Lee Ijadd.
Mr. and Mrs. John Nisbet and
Miss Margaret Nisbet will move
soon to the Webbwood apartments.
Mrs. R. B. McMasters of Dunedin,
Fla., is spending two weeks here
visiting her daughter, Winfred, a
student in the College, stopping at
the Inn.
Mrs. W. T. Bell. Glen Ridge,
N. Y„ is visiting- her sister, Miss
Grace W. Hardy on Assembly
Drive. Mrs. A. J. Ryner, Scars
dale, Miss., is also Miss Hardy's
guest.
Dr. and Mrs. L. Newell Turner,
Rt. .1, Savannah, Ga., returned to
their home Thursday after spend
ing two weeks here. Dr. and Mrs.
Turner have been spending their
vacations in Montreat for several
years.
Those attending Synodical in
West Asheville last week, were
Miss Zulean Anderson, Miss Lois
Ellis, Dr. Nettie Grier, Mrs. Chas.
Dorsey, Mrs. Helen Armstrong Dr.
and Mrs. Sam Glascom and Mrs.
Clark Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. James Franklin
Ireland Cocoanut Grove, Miami,
Fla., are vacationing here Mrs. Ire
land is an artist of not and is
finding many subjects in the sur
rounding scenery of while Mr. Ire
land finds bis enjoyment in climb
ing the mountains and following
the trails.
Mrs. H. K. Lowrey who lias been
here since June 13th, returned to
her home in Augusta. Ga., Satur
day. This makes the sixteeths sum
mer for her in Montreat.
Mrs. Walter W. Harrell and son,
Baddy of Morristown, Tenn., visit
ed their daughter and sister, Doug
las, a student in the College who
lives at Sylvan Heights. Douglas
returned home with them for the
week-end.
Mrs. Vande Erve from Charles
ton, S. C„ has been a guest of Miss
Ernestine Harrison at Tx>ok Out
Lodge.
Miss Mary Bauman, who has been
visiting Miss Annie Hudson, for
several weeks, left Thursday for
New York City where she lias a
position. Her brother, Albert, is
in the Maritine Service.
Miss Annie Webb entertained
with tea on Monday and Tuesday
afternoons honoring the new mem
bers of the College faculty, divid
ing the personnell into two groups
Her lovely apartment at Wehb_
wood was the scene for these
events. Likewise, Miss Elizabeth
Woodhouse entertained with two
buffet suppers, at her home on
Kentucky Road, having the same
honorees. These were most delight
ful events
The many friends of Tim Webb
will l)o glad to know that he arrived
safely in England and has entered
Cambridge University. He. and his
sister, Ann made their home for
five years in Montreat with their
Aunt, Miss Annie Webb. Tim at
tended Davidson College two years.
Ann will remain in this Country
a while longer before returning to
their home there.
Mr. and Mrs. Logan David, daugh
ter Mrs. Beatty and granddaugh
ter Virginia of Dunedin Fla. have
been visiting their cousin Miss An
ni Webb.
W’re happy to report that Miss
Elizabeth McE. Shields has re
covered from a short illness and is
able to resume her writing. Miss
Shields for many years was a head
of the Childrens Division of the
Presbyterian Committee of Pucbl
cation in Richmond Va. but now
lives in her beautiful cottage “Al
talure”, near Look Out Road, with
her sister, Mrs. Nan Faster. Many
of us are enjoying the use of her
devotional book, “As the Day Be
gins", and love her poems for chil
dren, some of which have been set
to music and are in our hymnals.
“KEY CITY IN THE LAND OF THE SKY”
FREEDOM of OPINION
THROUGH THE PRESS
Freedom of opinion is the right
to say what you think the right
to disagree with the other fellow. It
is one great advantage that. Ame
rica offers to all its people.
We are a part of America. We
believe that our paper should j
have a column where the people I
of our community can have their
say in anything they wish.
It gives the public an opportu
nity to express their thoughts.
We will be glad to print articles
of this Kind, but every article
MUST BE SIGNED. While we
may not agree with what you
say, we will as Voltaire said, "De
fend to the death your right to
say it.
boyd e. McDonald
In Merchant Marines
Boyd E. McDonald, husband of
Mrs. Eva Me Donald is now see
ing with the U. S. Merchant Ma
rines somewhere in the Pacific.
He and his wife were both em
ployed by the Glenn L. Martin
Aircraft Co. in Baltimore, Md.
He worked there thfree years and
then joined the U. S. Merchant
Marines in June 1945.
They have a daughter 21, mos
old.
Mrs. McDonald and daughter,
Judy are now living in Baltimore,
Md., but expect to move back to
Black Mountain in the very near
future.
CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS
Pat Webb
In our school this year we have
a few clubs. I belong to the dra
matics club, therefore, Ishall tell
you about it.
We have twenty-seven in our
'class. We meet ever Monday and
Wednesday. We chose officers the
other day, they are follows: Presi
dent, Red Straehla; Vice Presi
dent, Quentin Esloe; Secretary,
Joyce Watkins; Treasure, L. E
• Carroll; News R”V fr. Nancy
LeMaster and Kenny Wilis.
We are planning, to give a play
“The Mad Night”.
We shall inform you of the date.
Yes, she used to teach your cor
respondent many years ago in the
Assembly’s Training School in
Richmond.
Another Montreat celebrity in the
field of Religous Literature is Miss
Anne Rankin, who has edited the
dept. “Byway of illustration”
for the "Ernest Worker” for quite
some time.
Miss Ann is also an artist, both
in landscape and china painting.
She lives with her sister. Miss
Margaret, who says that she is
a “culinary artist” and she’s right.
Their home on Virgina Terrace
is one of the show places of Mont
reat.
Miss Mary L. Campen was the
week-end guest of Dr. Nettie and
Miss T.ucy Grier, who entertained
at dinner for her Saturday evening
at Assembly. Inn. including also
Miss Carrie Mae McElroy and Miss
Mary Lord.
Miss Lenore Del Valie of Char
lotte visited the Meadames Hoe
gland, Raby and Brown at the
Inn over Sunday .
Bill Hill Says
Mrs. Ed Bartlett found a card
in Ed’s coat with a number on it
and asked Ed what It was and
he says it’s only a number of a
race horse and she says I thought
I’d just tell you that your horse
just called you on the phone.
THIS WEEK TO BE
DESIGNATED AS FIRE
PREVENTION WEEK
Featuring the slogan “nine out
of ten can be prevented,” the four
th annunl Cooperative Forest Fire
Prevention campaign is being
launched this week.
The slogan is based on factual
records compiled over a period of
years showing that more than 90
per cent of the nation's some 220,-
000 annual woods and forest fires
are man-eaused, and therefore pre
ventable.
Heading up the active public
such fires in North Carolina is
State Forester W. K. BeichJer, with
headquarters in Raleigh, where he
his fire control officer P. W.
Tillman are coordinating the ef
forts of the numerous cooperating
public and private agencies. The
campaigns were inauguarated by
the U. Forest Service, after
Pear] Harbor, at the request of the
Armed forces.
“The measure of the. magnitude
of the fire problem on a national
scale is the fact that every year
an average of 220,000 forest, woods
and range fires lay waste about 31
million acres of land, an area the
same size as the entire state of
North Carolina,” Mr. Beichler
points out. “Bringing this scandal
ous picture closer to home, an
average of well over 27 million
acres burn in the South each year.
And last year in North Carolina
although there was about a 50 per
cent reduction in fire damage over
the previous year, we still had
2,328 fires burning 135,245 acres
at an estimated damage of $125,-
000.00!”
RATION BOARD
TO-STAY OPEN
Several weeks ago the local War
Price and Rationing Board was
ordered closed as of Oct. 14th by
authority of L. William Driscoll,
District Director. However, since
it is necessary that tires and some
other coumodities be rationed for
awhile longer, the District Office
has retained Mr. N. H. Holman as
clerk to receive all of appli
cations with headquarters in the
City Hall. All applications will
be approved by local panels but
issued from the Asheville Office.
TWO GRAGG BROTHERS
IN THE SERVICE
T-Sgt. Wm. A. Gragg (Bill) en
listed in the Army June, 1942 and
was inducted at Fort Jachson, S.
C., he then took his basic training
for the Calvery at Fort Riley,
Kansas and Fort Bliss, Texas.
After a years service in the States
was sent from San Francisco, Cal.
to Brisbane, Australia. Sgt. Gragg
has seen action in New Guinea,
Admrialty Is., Leyte and Luzon.
He was wounded on Leyte Dec.
1944. After recovering he rejoin
ed his old outfit which is the 7th
div. of the Ist Calvery, this Cal
very div. was the first to enter
Tokyo being McArthur’s honor
guard. He has the good conduct
ribbon and the combat medal. The
last word received from him was
last month and he was expecting
to be home in the near future.
Before enlisting in the service
he was helping with the construc
tion of Moore General Hospital. He
attended Black Mtn. School and is
thte eldest son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. S. Gragg of Black Mountain.
His brother P. F. C. W. S. Jr.
Gragg (Jim) is serving with the
32nd Inf. in Korea. Jim entered
service Dec. 1944 was inducted at
Fort Bragg and took his basic
training at Camp Blanding, Fla.
He left for overseas in March 1945
and has been to the Hawaiian Is.,
'Okinawa and Korea. His wife,
the former Esta Honeycutt and
baby are living with her pai'ents
in Asheville. He attended Black
Mtn. School was employed by the
Swannanoa Laundry of Asheville
before entering service.
RUMMAGE SALE SATURDAY
The Tea and Topic Club will
have a rummage sale Saturday.
It will be in the Junior Order
Hall across from the Depot. There
will be articles other than clothing
for sale.
The proceeds from this sale will
go toward Civic improvement.
Anyone wishing to donate arti
cles contact any member of the
club. All donations will be wel
comed.
COMMITTEE FOR COMMUNITY]
WAR FUND DRIVE HELD j
MEETING
The committee met Tuesday
evening at the office of Mr. Me
Dougle at the Elementary School
building to assign captains for
the various districts for the drive.
Now as never before the agen
cies who help to support the needy
and the service men and women are
looking to our community to up
hold and support them even more
than eber before.
These worthy agencies depend
entirely upon us, who have the
means of giving to help other
who have met with misfortune.
The service men and women who
have come hack need a place they
can go to for entertainment and
food. Such agencies as the USO
and seamans headquarters have
helped emensely b providing the
necessary entertainment and food
for those individuals who enjoyed
the priveleges when on leave.
Several of these agencies have
people who came there to see to
it that no person goes away hung
ry or without help if they need it.
The same applies to help given
our local relief agencies. If mis
fortune has struck these people
know that by the generosity of
their neighbors, help will be given
and the best that can be had.
Let us size up and weigh care
full v the results of generosity. For
instance with winter weather near
the time is pasing fast and we
know that not just one family
will suffer but many. If we as
donagers to this great cause could
see the happiness and love express
sed bv the needy when thy are
told that relief is near and food
on the wav, it is only then that
we reap our satifaction from
giving.
Small children will be provided
with clothing the aged will re
ceive hosnitalization for those
who need it and many other items
will be met. But let us as
members of this great community
be generous and give until it hurts.
Lets try to beat our donations of
last year, then when we have done
this we can rest assuraddlv that
we have helped in the right wav.
Those who were assigned as
cantains are as follows.
Mrs. A. F. Tyson Jr. for Black
Mountain; Mrs. W. W. White,
Black Mountain; Mr. J. E. Fer
guson W. N. S.; Rev. Styles, Black
Mountain; Mr. W. H. Armistead,
Montreat; Mr. D. H. Corkran,
Black Mountain College; Amiel
Kirstein, Broad River Section: V.
C. Lytle, Bold Mountain; T. C.
Burnette, North Fork; Paul Harris
Ridgecrest; L. J. Barrett-publi
city with Mr. McDougle as our
chairman, who has served on
numerous such committee believes
also the need for an support is
mounting to the points that it
will take everyones help to make
it a successful drive.
As the various captains and
who ever they appoint as their
assistants call at your door, be
generous and thoughtful, give until
you have given your limits. If they
miss you for reasons beyond your
control look them up or phone
any one of the captains near you
and give your donations. Be gene
rous in Victory.
MRS. H. W. BAUCUM ON WAY
TO CALIFORNIA
Mrs. H. W. Baucum left Tuesday
October 2 to go to Berkley, Calif,
to get their daughter, Mrs. Heber
F. Peacok and her two boys to
bring back to Black Mountain to
stay this winter.
Mrs. Peacok’s husband, Rev.
Heber F. Peacok is serving as a
ehaplin in the Army in the Philip
pines. Mrs. Baucum is expected
to arrive in Berkley either the
Btht or 9th. She is driving thru.
ByVirgil Gray
At the Black Mountain College
the working of filling the silo is
almost completed.
Also the Mountain Orphanage
has undergone repairs during the
past s\immer and it is looking nice
ly. The windows have new frames,
also tthey put an new plaster and
are now finishing painting the
walls.
Merchant construction company
has been in chare of the repairs.
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ORDINANCE PASSED
BY TOWN BOARD
An Ordinance requiring all persons,
firms, and corporations, .opera,
ting a business within the corpor
ate limits of the town of Black
Mountain, to deposit all .waste,
garbage, etc., in a receptacle.
Be it ordinanced by the Major
and Board of Aldermen of the Town
of Black Mountain, in regular meet
ing- duly saseinhled.
SECTION I
That all persons, firms, or cor
porations, doing- business within
the Town of Black Mountain, be
and they are hereby required to
deposite all garabage, trash, waste,
and other refuse, daily in a recep
tacle, the same to be placed in
front of th,e place of business of
each and every firm doing business
within the Town of Black Moun
tain, so *hat the same may be car
ried away b the Sanitary Depart
ment, by trucks furnished for the
same.
SECTION II
That this ordinance is deemed to
be for the health and to improve
the sanitary conditions of the citi
zens and the Town of Black Moun
tain, and to help ordain pursuant
to the general laws of the State of
North Carolina .
SECTION 111
That any persons, firms, or corp
orations failing to comply witti
Section I, of this ordinance a viola
tion of the same shall be declared
a misdemeaner, and shall be punish
able with a fine of not less than
$25.00 nor more than $50.00: That
each violation shall constitute a
separate offense.
SECTION IV
That a copy of this ordinance
shall he mailed to each and every
business within the corporate li
person, firm or corporation, doing
mits of the Town of Black Moun
tain.
SECTION V
That this ordinance is deemed to
lie an emergency measure for the
health and safety of the citizens of
the Town of Black Mountain, and
to improve the sanitary conditions
of said town, and the same shall
he in full force and effect on and
after May 15, 1915, as herein provi
ded.
The above ordinance was duly
passed on it’s first, second, and
third reading, and is now in full
force and effect, this May 15, 1945.
THREE ALLISON
BROS. IN SERVICE
Corp. Morgan, Sgt. Claud and
Walter Allison of U. S. Navy are
serving in the Armed Forced. Corp.
Morgan is on his way home from
the European area where he has
been for IS months. Morgan is at
tached to the Post Engineers, and
his wife, Sally Alice and four chil
dren are living in Black Mountain.
Claud Allison has been overseas
26 months and is a nose gunner on
B-24. Claude was in Germany when
it feel. He had his last leave two
years ago.
Walter Allison received his train
ning at Bainbridge and has been
jn service seven month si From
there he was asigned to his hoot.
They are the sons of Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Allison of Old Fort and
the brothers of Mrs. Richard Hu
gh.y of Black Mountain.
By Charles Cairnes
The Balck Mountain College has
just about finished filling their
silos. The Mountain Orphanage
and the College work with each
other. The Orphanage sends their
teacher and cutter u.p to the col
lege and the college sends their
truck down to help the Orphanage.
The girls at the college work as
much as the boys do. They load
unload cut the corn work in the
silos and drives the trucks and
tractors. Some go barefooted and
wear overalls and shirts as same
as the boys do.
On Sunday night September 30,
a union service was held at the
Black Mountain Methodist Church.
The prayer and announcements
were made by the Rev. Harding, the
pastor. The scripture was read by
the Episcolpian pastor and the Bap
tist minister taught the lesson.
At the end of the service the Rev.
Mr. Styles of the Presbyterian
Church said the Benedication.
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