~ the black MOUNTAIN news
Voi. 1. No. 13
I LACK MTN. SWANNANOA RED
I ChCSS CHAPTER SALUTED
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Second of a Series of Five
Broadcasts On Role
Played By Chapter
It The Black Mountain-Swannanoa
Chapter of American Red Cross
§|ras saluted Monday, November
Ih at 2:45 to 3:00 p.m. over Ra-
Station WWNC, Asheville,
rth Carolina, in the second of
series of five broadcasts on the
e played by Western North
rolina Chapters in the Red
ass program at home and over-
This honor was rendered to the
ick Mountain Chapter in recog
nition of its outstanding work in
[aims. Two other Chapters of
Western North Carolina, Yancey
lounty Chapter and Mitchell
lounty Chapter, were also cited
n the program.
The salute to the Black Moun
ain Chapter came at the end of an
nterview on Red Cross service to
eterans. The interview empha
ized the need of greater numbers
f workers to carry on this ever
xpadning seiwice.
The broadcast pointed out that
nany men already are out of uni
orms, and it is the pleasure and
irivilege of the chapter to serve
hem. All returned veterans map
:ount on this chapter to give them
ill the help possible.
The Red Cross is ready to help
veterans and their families in
raking out their claims for gov
ernment benefits, in advice on em
ployment and vocational training,
and many other problems of civ
ilian life.
Other broadcasts in this Red
■Cross series over Station WWNC
dress services to the Armed
Forces, civilian relief overseas,
ana the future plans of American
Red Cross.
RUBY F. JONES
BECOMES BRIDE
OF E. H. KNIGHT
Mr. and Mrs. John P. Jones of
Canton have announced the mar
riage of their daughter, Miss
Ruby Frances Jones to Edward
Hines Knight, son of Mr. and Mrs
S. D. Knight of Weldon.
The ceremony took place on
November 18 at the parsonage of
the West Canton Baptist Church
with Rev. C. H. Green officiating.
Only members of the immediate
family were present.
The bride wore a navy suit with
black accessories and a corsage of
orchids.
Mrs. Knight was graduated from
Canton High School and attended (
Blanton’s Business College.
Mr. Knight is a graduate of
Weldon High School and the Uni
versity os> North Carolina, class
of 1944.
Mr. Knight recently bought the
.lumper Pharmacy in Black Moun
tain and we sure are glad to have
Mr. and Mrs. Knight as citizens
of our city. Welcome to Black
Mountain.
A. T. COOK GROCERY
GROWING FAST
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The A. T. Cook Grocery Co.
across from W.N.C. Sanitorium on
Road 70, is growing fast and Mr.
Cook has made many improve
ments lately.
The stock has been re-arranged
to give a nice display, and free de
livery has also been added to the
services.
Mr. Cook now has three regu
lar clerks beside himself and of
fers good service.
Mr. J. C. McCool has recently
been added to personnel. Mr
Cook invites you to come in and
look the store over.
RED CROSS CHAPTER
FIRST AID CLASS
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It is announced by Thomas Nes
bitt, Chairman First Aid, that Red
Cross First Aid Class of the Black
Mountain-Swannanoa Chapter held
the first meeting Monday night
26th in the Red Cross office,
mud will continue approximately
two weeks. Fourteen members
constitute the class. The instruc
ts, Lee Greer and Louis Plunk
°tt, are here from National Head
'Uarters Red Cross. I
288 Handicapped
Veterans Placed
On Jobs In Oct.
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6,689 Veteran Referrals to Non-
Agricultural Jobs Were Made
In October.
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More than 35,900 veteran visits,
indicating the increased speed at
which veterans are being returned
home and discharged from service,
were recorded in local offices of
the United States Employment
Service in North Carolina during
October, the 35,061 given service
almost doubling the number in
September.
Dr. J. S. Dorton, USES State
director, reports that 6,689 vet
eran referrals to non-agricultural
jobs were made in October, and
that 2,824 veterans were placed
on jobs. The report on handi
capped veterans shows that 708
complete applications were taken
and 288 handicapped veterans
were placed on jobs in October.
The Employment Service di
rected veterans to other agencies
handle their problems during Oc
tober, as follows: Veterans Ad
ministration, 2,060; Vocational Re
habilitation agency, 54; Selective
Service, 81; training agencies,
683; and other agencies, 1,563.
Pracitcally all veterans contact
ed are of World War 11, veterans
of other wars ranging around one
percent of the totals.
SGT. N. E. VERNON
IS DISCHARGED
Master Sgt. N. E. Vernon, Jr.
son of Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Vernon
of Montreat Road has recently re
ceived an honorable discharge
from the army and is back at
home. He entered service in
September, 1940, as a member of
the 105th Engineers, National
Guard Unit of Asheville, N. C. He
left the states in October, 1943,
and landed in England. He served
with the 3rd Army Engineers in
France and Germany and was re
turned to the States October 26,
1945. '
He wears the Good Conduct
Medal, the I’re-Pearl Harbor rib
bon, the American Defense Rib
bon, the European Theater rib
bon with 5 battle stars. His unit
was awarded the Meritorious Unit
Citation.
That’s A Horse On Me
Says The So. R. R.
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The other day, a fellow decided
to take a horseback ride, so he
went to the local Riding Academy
and rented a horse.
He takes a ride along side of
the railroad and came to a trestle
and seeing a wide board in the
center he endeavored to to coax
the horse to walk the plank.
The horse started to Cross, but
1 “spraddled” out too far and got
astride of the plank walk and all
fours went down, horse, rider, and
all. Mr. Rider had a time getting
the horse out, train was flagged
at Ridgecrest to give time for re
moval of horse.
So the conductor says, “That’s
a horse on me.”
VICTORY QUOTA
SHORT $41,375
The quota for Black Mountain
and Swannanoa townships is $58,-
000.00.
Os this amount up until Fri
day, November 16, $16,625 had
been subscribed. This loan is to
bring the boys back, the first one
sent them over, the in-between
loans was to supply the boys while
thev were fighting.
We should all be as anxious to
get them back as we were to get
the war over. Let’s all subscribe
to the Victory loan and get the
boys back so that 'they too can
help build a bigger and better
America of Peace.
Receives His Discharge
Herbert H. Gregory of the U.
S. Navy arrived home November
21 with his honorable discharge-
He is the husband of Mrs. Mildred
Gregory of Montreat. He sensed
in the Pacific with the 63rd See-
J bees’s for ten months.
“KEY CITY IN THE LAND OF THE SKY”
BLACK MOUNTAIN, N. C., NOVEMBER 29.1945
11 MONTREAT CHAPEL
Montreat Chapel, designated as
“Friendship Chapel” because of its
spirit of friendliness, is enlarging
its program in various activities.
Every two weeks on Sunday eve
nings picture slides and moving
pictures of religious and cultural
natures are being shown to fine
and appreciative audiences.
On Thanksgiving evening an ap
propriate service was held, follow
ing which all present enjoyed
light refreshments. On Thanks
giving evening from three to five
o’clock in the afternoon, the cir
cle of ladies of the Chapel called
“Friendship Circle” exhibited
their donations for The Mountain
Orphanage and many friends of
“PLY” SAYS BILL
Since light planes are being
manufactured now for civilian fly
ing, the fathers and mothers of
American boys and girls are soon
going to be asked, “may I fly
1 Daddy? Mother?
1 The modern father and mother,
should do a little preparing for
that day. You might tell them
that it is dangerous or you might
say that flying isn’t necessary,
you might refuse them the neces
sary funds to learn to fly, but you
haven’t bluffed them in the least.
They will fly just the same.
Flying will be cheap before
long, as the boys come back from
overseas and get established back
home, many thousands of the boys
will have flying fields, and land
ing strips throughout the country,
in fact in every hamlet in the
United States.
These boys are experienced and
careful flying instructors and are
ready to teach American youth
the art of flying.
Now why don’t you, as their
father, be prepared to talk flying
with them. To do this you must
acquaint yourself with airplanes
or even fly one yourself so when
he starts flying you will be able
to help him in many ways, be
cause you will talk his langugae
The Civil Aeronautics authority
will establish accredited fields ev
erywhere and will appoint com
petent instructors to teach you
and your boy to fly.
If you, yourself know something
about flying you can be in a po
sition to talk to the would-be pilot
as you would if you were letting
him drive your car for the first
time.
We take for instance a “stall,”
thep are not the least dangerous
if the flyer is high enough, he can
easily come out of a stall, the
danger lies in flying slow and low
when a stall occurs. The flyer
hasn’t time to come out of it when
flying low. Stalls are caused
sometimes on account of not
enough flying speed. This you
could tell him to if you are pre
pared also, however the instructor
will do this.
There is another flight phenom
enon that might occur while in a
stall and that is a spin. This means
about what it says. The plane
whirls around swiftly as it loses
altitude, if flying high this is not
a dangerous maneuver, if the fly
gi> takes his hands and feet off
the controls the plane will right
itself.
The technique, taught by all
good instructors from this ma
Montreat came to see the splendid
work done for this fine cause, fol
lowing their custom of many
years. Fine fellowship and light
refreshments were enjoyed. In
cluded in the donations were the
following items: fifteen dresser
scarfs; seventy-five tea towels;
$18.50 in money, and’ one hundred
and eighty-seven quarts of canned
fruits and vegetables. t
In the development of this work,
■ other atcivities are planned for
the winter and coming year which
will add much in extension of its
usefulness. Each Sunday morn
ing Sunday School and preaching
services are held from ten o’clock
to eleven forty-five.
neuver is a quick, positive recov
ery.
• Some companise are making
spinproof planes that have no rud
ders . Thus being spinproof as
they have no rudders to kick,
there’s nothing to get excited
about.
They have a tricycle landing
gear, and are very easy to land,
just glide in and land on all three,
let it roll and come to a stop. They
1 are guided the same as a car.
You will find to that if you
know something about flying you
wont be bored when yoru son or
daughter talks to you about “slip,”
“torque” or “G”. They’ll treat you
like a real guy, because you know
how to talk theri language.
Watch for continuation next
week of “Fly” Says Bill.
CECIL BEARDEN
VISITS UNCLE HERE
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Cecil Bearden of Blueridge, Ga.,
' is visiting his uncle, M. C. Stanley
' of Black Mountain.
Mr. Bearden came here also
for a health check-up at the W.
N. C. Sanitorium. He says that
the people of Black Mountain are
all friendly and the city is extra
ordinarily clean, and that he in
tends to make preparations to
move his family here in the near
future.
We thank you very much Mr
Bearden for your opinion of our
fair city and its people and hope
ypu will enjoy being one of us.
Ladies’ Aid Circle
The Ladies’ Aid Circle of the
Old Fort Methodist Church will
sponsor the movie, “It’s A Pleas
ure” featuring Sonja Heinie, on
December 4th and sth. Mrs. H.
O. Huss is chairman of the group.
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Bill Hill Says:
H. D. Smith, master of the
Grangers, ast me tuther day es I
knowed the population of Black
Mountain and I sez to him; —“not
all no ’em, cuz I’d only bin here
tu munths.”
PRISONERS OF WAR
WILL BE REMOVED
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All Prisoners to Be Removed From
Farms and Plants By The
End of This Year
After performing nearly two
million man-days of labor in North
Carolina agriculture and rural n
dustries, Prisoners of War will be
removed from farms and plants by
the end of this year.
Dr. J. S. Dorton, who, as State
director of the War Manpower
Commission and recently of the
United States Emloyment Service
in the State, has sent letters to
industrial employers of prison la
bor notifying them that, due to
availability of more labor for such
work, certificates of need will be
withdrawn as of December 31, and
before that date as civilian labor
becomes available, unless the War
Department withdraws the pris
oners earlier.
Reasons given for this with
drawal of prison labor include: re
turn of about 33,000 veterans each
month; about 8,000 people are
filing claims for unemployment
. benefits; farmers and farm la
. borers are over the peak in em
, ergency crop harvesting and mar
keting; many workers have re
. turned from war jobs in and out
. side the state; and many new en
trants into the labor market from
many sources.
In addition to more labor be
coming available locally, it is the
known policy of the War Depart
ment to return Prisoners of War
■ to their homelands as rapidly as
possible, depending primarily on
; shipping space.
Prisoners of War were first
1 brought into North Carolina in
' the second quarter of 1943, and
I later became available for work.
At first the majority were Italians
' but these gradually were with
> drawn, and during the past year
> only Germans and the natives of
’ their satellite countries, all in
German armies, were included,
i War prisoners were made avail
i able for work only when civilian
’ labor could not be found. Local
’ USES managers recommended
t certification of need ana Dr. Dor
’ ton approved certificates of need.
Certified needs reached as high
; as 12,000, but the peak of prison
ers employed, reached in October,
1945, was about 5,100. The Agri
cultural Extension Service han
| died certification so prisoners for
farm work after October, 1944.
J IDENTIFICATION
BUREAU, FINGER
» PRINT SYSTEM
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: An up-to-date Identification and
! Finger Print System has been in
• stalled in our city. It is said to be
• one of the best in W- N. C. This
> system not only identifies the
• lawbreaker but accident victims as
well.
The way the system is organ
' ized, enforcement officers can
! reach in their files and at a mo
ments notice get the finger prints
as well as the photograph of any
one who has been arrested for any
, kind of crime.
I Chief Smith says that it is the
last word in crime detection, and
t that the system will be a great
help in preventing crime.
Clarence Kennedy who has had
special training as well as army
training in this line, is in charge
of the work as well as the files
and photographic work.
More equipment is to be added
to the office in the near future.
JOHN SHAW DIES IN
JOHNSON CITY
Funeral services for John M
Shaw, 56, of Black Mountain, who
died at a Johnson City, Tenn., hos
pital Tuesday following a long ill
ness, will be held at the chapel of
the Harrison Funeral Home here
Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock
The Rev. Grady Hardin will of
ficiate. Masons will be in charge
of the services and burial will fol
low in Tabernacle cemetery.
Surviing are his widow, Mrs.
Alma Sabiston Shaw; one daugh
ter, Mrs. James Randolph; two
granddaughters of Black Moun
tain; two brothers, Dr. Colin Shaw
of Atkinson, and M. G. Shaw of
Wilmington; and three sisters
Mrs. Ted Peders and Miss Rosalee
Shaw of Wilmington, and Mrs,
George Amos of Tucson, Anz.
IHE GRANGERS 800,000
SI ROM-GROWING FAST
Earl Carroll’s
Vanities To Be
In Asheville
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Production Is Scheduled For Mon
day, December 3 In City
Auditorium.
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The newest edition of Earl Car
roll’s Vanities, a fast-paced spark
ling, musical show, featuring Lola
Jensen, Bob Gentry, Ray Mayer,
Alphonse Berge, Grace and Nicco,
Park and Clifford, and “The Most
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Beautiful Girls in the World”, will
1 be presented in the City auditor
ium Monday evening, December 3,
under the local management of
John L. Bowers.
The attraction will be offered at
popular prices with reserved seats
and mail orders are now being
filled by Mr. Bowers at Post Of
fice box 2, Asheville. Seats for
cash are now available at various
places in Asheville and surround
ing towns.
The Earl Carroll Vanities have
been noted since their beginning
for gorgeous costumes, lavish
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scenery, beautiful girls. Producer
Carroll gives tempo first place in
outlining the qualifications for a
successful musical revue. The
new Vanities is a good example
,of the Carroll ideal. It is fast
paced, with liveliness, constant ac
. tion and originality.
“Mexican Fiesta,” “Birds of
i Paradise,” and “Magic Canse” are
; among the intriguing titles select
: ed for the breathtakingly beauti
i ful ensemble numbers of the Earl
Carroll beauties. A repertoire of
• unusual modernistic numbers by
i Eddie Gale, dance director.
New and unusual lighting ef
i sects are employed. It was in
Carroll’s famous Hollywood Thea
ter-Restaurant that he first de
veloped the lighting technique now
> used in the “Vanities.” He de
i scribes it as a means of intensify
| ing mood. Violent reds, oranges,
and yellows, are thrown on the
stage during a rhumba number to
accentuate the primitive, sultry
feeling of this Latin Ameriacn
dance, while the pale blue lights,
used in the dazzling fan number,
amplify the atmosphere of ethe
real beauty.
In announcing the presentation
in Asheville of the Vanities, he
said, “I am indeed happy to offer
as my first attraction since re
turning to civilian life a show of
the high caliber of Earl Carroll’s
Vanities. It is a good show, and
has the things we have been miss
ing for a long time—laughter and
song, dancing and gaiety, the
smiles of beautiful women. I shall
continue with a policy as regards
entertainment to bring to Ashe
ville the most of the best for the
least.”
First-Aid Instruction
Set At Black Mountain
Instructions in a standard Red
Cross first-aid class began at the
Red Cross room in the town hall
Monday night at 7:30 o’clock.
The class will be held five nights
a week for two weeks with Red
Cross instructors in charge.
$2.50 Per Year
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Important That Gragers
Throughout Nation
Stick Together
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Every business and practically
all professions have organized
and we know that the farmers own
the largest business of all.
It is very important that the
Grangers throughout the nation
stick together in their organiza
tion.
We call attention to this fact
that without this unity of the
“feeders of the nations” that the
demands we ask would be ignored.
We as “Grangers” of the Swan
nanoa Valley Grange in this sec
tion are ready to state facts that
exist, to the men we have helped
to elect to the legislature who
want to know our needs, and are
willing to co-operate. If they
know what we want.
We members of the Swannanoa
Valley Gragne were in hopes that
we would not have to go that far
to get a little work done on our
secondary roads, so that we might
be able to travel them this win
ter.
It would be well now to empha
size the fact, that we as grang
ers, in this communitp are getting
to be a very strong organization,
and are not asking anything im
possible from our commissioners.
When Governor Cherry of our
State, can see the conditions of
l our secondary roads and agrees
with these farmers that these
roads do need work, it is high time
that the commissioners should use
it too.
We don’t like to have to take
our committee of the Grangers
to the state, but it looks like that
will be the ultimate end.
We respecfuliy invite the com
missioners to come and take a
bumpy ride with us in their car.
CRAGMONT BOUGHT
BY THE BAPTISTS
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Will Begin The Operation of a
Summer Assembly At The
Site Next June
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The Original Free Will Baptist
Church of North Carolina has
completed negotiations for the
purchase of the Cragmont sani
tarium property near Black Moun
tain and will take possession early
: next year and begin the operation
: of summer assembly at the site
next June, it has been announced.
The Rev. Henry Melvin, of Dur
ham, president of the Young Peo
ple’s convention, is here at present
1 as a representative of the assem
bly ground committee making
plans for renovating the buildings
; on the property. He said that at
least two more buildings Will be
constructed before the opening of
the season next summer. j
Included in the purchase; were
1 115 acres of land, the 35-room
main building, and four single cot
tages. The property has its own
water supply.
The property was owned by Ray
Harrison, Black Mountain busi
’ ness man. While the amount in
-1 volved in the transaction was not
revealed, the church recently com
• pleted a financial campaign for
SIO,OOO with which to purchase a
summer assembly center.
Mr. Melvin said the assembly
grounds committee plans to name
a resident superintendent and
caretaker in the near future and
that present plans are to have the
property available for use by va
cationists when it is not in use
by church groups.
He said that interest in this type
of work in the Free Will Baptist
church is keen at present and that
he anticipates the four church
groups who will use the grounds
will require all of the accommoda
tions during the 12-week season
in June, July and August.
The grounds will be used by
League and Sunday School camps,
the women’s auxiliary camp, con
vention and Bible study groups
and for recreation; by ministers
for Bible institutes, district as
sembles, and conferences • and by
vacationists when not in use by
the church.
The property is situated about
two miles northwest of Black
Mountain.