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Dear Marge
Black Mountain. N. C
November 1. 1945
Dear Marker
Mr. ar.d Mrs. Clarence Frady
and son and Mr. and Mrs. James
Hyatt and son drove to Greenville,
S. C. Sunday.
Pfc. Marion Holden is home on
a leave for a few days, he has
been in the service for 2 1 i years
and is expecting to be discharged
shortly.
Mrs. Hadley Watson and baby
daughter. Landy, hvae been visit
ing Mr. and Mrs. Glen Stafford and
family for the past two weeks.
Lt. Hardlev Watson is on a busi
ness trip. Mrs. Watson is a native
of Lingig Island off Mindonao in
the Philippines. She was a Lt.
Nurse in MacArthur’s United
States Forces in the Far East.
Mrs. Watson is planning on going
back to her home in the Islands
and take up nursing again.
You remember Clarence Cook?
Well he is home now, he was dis
charged the 20th of October. His
father is J. I. C Q ok who works
at the Black Mountain Lumber Co. I
I called the Tysons and they
gave me the names of a few vis
itors here. Mr. and Mrs. Weller,
Capt. and Mrs. Clark, Sgt. and
Mrs. Ingram and Sgt. and Mrs.
Gerard, even if they won’t be here;
but for a short time we the people
of Black Mountain are glad that
you are here.
You remember reading that ar
ticle on the Gragg Brothers in the
News ? Well Bill Gragg is home
now for a furlough but will go
back to Ft. Bragg after it is up,
since he has rejoined the Army. He j
is the one that was in Tokyo and
his division was MacArthur’s hon
or guard. The other brother Jim,
i* still in Korea.
Joseph P. Quinn is home now
he was discharged last month.
His brother, Bill, was home on a 1
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Bay Their Snow Suits Now %M,.
The kiddies may be wading
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furlough, but has gone back to:
camp.
Leonard Harris (Bill), was home
on a 30-day furlough but has gone
back to Ft. Bragg where he ex- j
pects to be discharged. Bill had
just returned from Italy where he j
had been with the sth Army.
Oh yes, Marge, Mr. and Mrs
; F. S. Cunningham of LaGrange,
Kentucky, have moved to Black
Mountain, to make their home. Mr j
i Cunningham has been in the news-;
paper work for many years and is
employed oy The Black Mountain
1 News.
What do you think of the Old
Fort Section of the News this
week?
Mrs. Margaret Stone is steadily
regaining her strength since com-
I ing home from the hospital.
Hurry up Margaret and kick out
i of it, we miss you.
As you know Halloween has al
ready passed but I will still tell
you of a few things I saw an
heard around Black Mountain
There was no serious damage done
that I know of. On Halloween
i night I was in town and saw’ all
kind of costumes, there were sev
eral dressed as skeletons, witches
j one I saw 7 was dressed as a ghost
One little girl was dressed as a
witch and when people came down
the street passed where she was
standing she would say “Boo” and
1 of course they would be scared.
The next morning after Halloween
! the windows were marked with
soap. I overheard a man say that
his wicker settee was carried off
his porch, and as I came by the
Black Mountain High School I saw
a wicker settee on the front steps
of course I can’t say there was
any connection in the two settees.
Mrs. J. P. Matthews of Black
Mountain was taken to the St.
i Josephs Hospital Saturday after
-5 noon. She is critically ill with a
very bad heart and high blood pres
! sure.
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FRANKLIN—J. Tom Franks
and John McCloud, local well dig
! gers, have related & story of an
; unusual find while performing
| their work.
Mr. Franks stated that they were
; digging a well for Graham Grind
, staff on the Palmer property in
j the Bethel communiyt on Frank
lin-Highlands highway, and had
gone down to a depth of about 31
feet through solid rock when they
. found a Z wrench. The wrench,
he said, was badly damaged by the
water but otherwise was in good
condition. He said there appears
; to have been no possible way for
the wrench to have gotten there
| from th surface.
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SLAYING CASE
MURPHY—Following a prelim
| inary hearing held before Justice
j of the Peace F. O. Bates here into
i the death of Scott Lany, whose
! body was found in the woods about
three miles south of Murphy on
highway No. 19 Monday, \yill Gar
rett and his wife, Bessie Garrett
of Cherokee county, were ordered
held for the November term of
Cherokee county superior court on
a chrage of murder.
JoJhn Rider, who makes his
home with the Garretts, is being
held as an accessory in the case.
Garrett testified that he struck
Laney on the head with a piece of
iron which later was found in his
car.
The Garretts are being held in
Cherokee county jail without bond
pending trial of their case. The No
vember term of court convenes
next week.
Funeral services for Laney were
held at 2 o’clock Wednesday after
noon at Little Brasstown Baptist
church, the Rev. A. B. Lovell of
Hiwassee, Ga., and the Rev. W. P.
Elliott of Murphy officiating.
THE BLACK MOUNTAIN NEWS
OLD ORCHARDS
By Harley Leslie Barrett
The old trees bent and twisted by
winter winds and summer storms
stand like guarded sentinels, fling
ing their dying limbs in despair.
Neglected by man they serve as
homes for the smaller type of wilrj
life. The rambo and greenings
grow to prodigious heights. High
in the dead limbs red-headed wood
peckers deftly chisel their homes
in the decaying wood. Blue birds
flash a brilliant blue as they flit
from tree to tree calling to each
other in sweet lilting song. Usual
ly deep within the trunk a family
of wood mice live comfortably and
secure storing quantities of apple
seeds in the spacious hollow cav
erns for food throughout the win
ter. Flying squirrels and the
smaller owls use the deserted
flickers’ nest to doze away the
I day light hours. The orchard
grass affords good forage for
cows who prefer its lush green
flavor.
After an early snow can be seen
the tell tale tracks of wild life
that have visited the orchard. The
cotten tail rabbit comes with the
gathering shadows to nibble at the
frozen fruit, leaving criss crossing
trails across the unbroken snow
When food is scarce an occasional
crow will drop down and inspect
the fruit, taste it and complaining,
fly away. The pheasant and quail
pause and scratch away the snow
looking for seeds trampled by the
white tailed deer.
For generations the twisted old
apple trees have home fruit rip
ehed by the summer’s sun.
Time was when the owner
walked proudly among his trees
pointing with pride to the great
masses of bursting blossoms send
ing out exquisite perfume scenting
the summer’s air. Filling the air
with soothing drone myriods of
honey bees sipped the fragrant
nectar, and in uneering flight msfcie
their way to distant hives. Orioles
sang in th- 5 twisting blossoms from
morning’s sun to even tide.
But that was yesteryear! To
day the deserted orchard stands
in sad disrepair. The years have
broken their limbs and gnawed at
their very hearts, leaving them
bare to rot and decay.
Slowly one b one in fitting ges
ture they crash to earth having ful
filled their place in nature’s plan.
Somehow devices that have
served their useful purposes find
a final resting place in the old or
chard. An old binder broken down j
on the north forty at harvest time,!
slowly rusts away. Two wagon
wheels, a tongue, and buggy chas
sis stand as they were placed, dis
intergating together, a fitting final
resting place for things of a by
gone era. f
Surviving are the widow, nine j
children, Misses Bessie, Blanche,!
Josephine, Ralph, Junior, Pat and
Virgil Laney, all of Murphy Pfc.
T. C. Laney, with the army in
Hawaii, and Pvt. Buster Laney of
Camp Crowder, Mo.; four brothers,
Frank and W. T. Laney of Marble
Floyd of Brasstown and Horace of
Hazelwood; and two sisters, Mrs
. BLACK MTN. LIONS
Honored By Dist. Gov..
Ed. H. McMahan, Dristrict gover
nor of Lions International, spoke
to our Lions of Black Mountain
and Swannanoa Thursday night
at a meeting of the club at the
Monte Vista Hotel.
Mr. McMahan made a fine talk
on Lionism and we are proud of
such a man as our governor.
J. A. Dougherty, R. E. Finch,
H. A. Kerlee, J. A. Marshbum,
W. H. Curry, A. W McDougle,
A. P. Perley Jr., and J. L. Potter,
were rewarded for 10 years of
service in the Lions with chevrons.
These sixmen that have spent
10 years in Lionsim, upholding and
doing the things for the communi
ty that Lionism, teaches, have
certainly done a fine job.
We hope that the next ten years
will bring about the same faith
ful enthusiasm in the Lions Club,
that these men have shown in
the past. ,
The following new members were
taken in at this meeting: John W.
Clark, the Rev. W. H. Styles. Mack
Woodcock, George Stone and J. C.
Cornelius.
SUFFERS FATAL
BULLET WOUND
Edgar Lloyd Wilkie, Henderson
ville, 36, died at his home in Fletch
er Tuesday night from self-inflict
ed gunshot wounds, according to
the report of Henderson County
Coroner J. F. Brooks.
Funeral arrangements in charge
of the Shepherd funerla hmoe had
not been completed Wednesday aft
ernoon.
According to Coroner Brooks,
Mr. Wilkie had been despondent for
sometime and had threatened to
take his own life on several oc
casions. He shot himself on the left
side over the heart with a rifle,
the officer reported. No inquest
will be held.
Surviving are his mother. Mrs.
| Edna Justice Wilkie, three broth
> ers, W. G. Wilkie of Fletcher; B.
B. and Cecil Wilkie of Portland,
Ore.; and four sisters, Mrs. D. E.
Ballevv of Arden • Mrs. Helen Ow
ens of West Asheville; Mrs. C. G.
Baldwin of Hampton, Va., and
Mrs. T. E. Singleton of Fletcher.
Miss Martel To Edit
Paper At Waynesville
Dorothy Martel, Waynesville,
junior at St. John’s high school,
has been named editor of the school
paper. This is her third appoint
ment as editor of the publication.
Other members of the editorial
staff are Tuck Ray, cartoonist;
Grace Furtado, business manager;
Barbara Boyd, advertising manag
er; Herman Sieber, Dolores Gass,
Francis Frazier, Nancy Furtado
and Ann Mormino, reporters.
Arrested On Liquor Count
Charlie Dougherty, negro of
Black Mountain, who is said to
have a suspended sentence of 18
months, was arrested on a charge
of violating the liquor law and
placed in Buncombe County jail in
default of S3OO bond for his ap
pearance in police court.
Leaving! For Germany
Master Sgt. P. W. Shinton has
been in the service 22 years adn has
been home on a 30-day furlough.
He will plans to leave soon for
Germany. He is a member of the
82nd Airborne Division. Has made
57 missions in a glider pilot. Sgt.
Shinton soon will be elegible for re
tirement.
Welcome home Sergeant.
Dorcas Ann Hampton of Gastonia
and Mrs. Mattie Smith of Brass
town.
Ivie funeral home is in charge
of arrangements.
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South Bend. Ind.-Members of
the young people’s- forum of the
Swedish Gloria Dei
Lutheran Church had their organ
fund-raising supper recently
with coffee made in dishpans and
using borrowed spoons, someone
stole 150 engraved spoons a»d
the church's coffee pots ju.
fore mealtime.
Wooden Leg
Found On Corner
Chicago,—Police of the Blue
Island station have added a n
odditv to their collection.
The latest puzzler is a man s
wooden leg. complete with shoe
and braces.
It was found on a street corner.
How the owner managed to
leave the scene is still a mystery
to the cops.
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Bladi Mountain, N. C.
.THURSDAY. NOVEMBER I,^
entered a tavern here recently
and had several drinks.
As he was leaving he sla PPe(i
a bill on the bar and propriety
Frank Moriarity gave him chants
for a $lO bill. Eater Moriarn- dis
covered the bill represented S]q
in Japanese invasion currency.
He took the matter to police
who advised him to wear his
glasses oftener.
NORMAN, Okla. — University
of Oklahoma officiate recently re
ported that more than 450 w a:
veterans had enrolled at th,
school, an increase of 400 pPI
cent over last year.
A total of 189 veterans seekirv
entrance have been processed re
cently.
Truman Televised
In Park Address
NEW YORK. Oct. 27—Presi
dent Truman made his first tele
vised broadcast today as he de
livered his addreos in Centrai
Park. N. B. C. television crews
relayed the picturesque scene to
viewers in New York, Philadel
phia and Schenectady.