I Devoted Tc
II The Upbuilding
Our Community
\oL 1, No. 21
lID1 ID CROSS FUND DRIVE
I discussed at conference
B o- —
Biss Lacy H. Darter Says
if Red Cross Program
| | Must Be Continued
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--■ Miss Lacy H. Darter, field di
■ctor for the American Red
■ oss at the U. S. Naval hospital
■ Pensacola, Fla., spoke Monday;
■ a regional Red Cross confer- j
Ice with representatives from 24
lestern North Carolina counties
I attendance at the George Van- j
Irbilt hotel, in Asheville.
|lliss Darter stressed the fact
■at although the war is over 1
| re are still thousands of sold-'
Is, sailors, and marines in hos-j
|al s and for that reason the Red
Hi ss program must be continued.
■John C. Wilson, of Atlanta,
Inager of the Southeastern area
Sices of the Red Cross; Mrs.
lima Tinsley of Atlanta, chief
I radio for the Southeastern
lea; Ben Stanton, assistant re-
Bonal director for the two Caro
las, and W. D. Dibrell, South
■stern area general representa
le, were present for the meeting.
■ The invocation was pronouncd
I the Rev- I. N. Northup, and H.
■. Gaskey welcomed the repre
■ntatives. The Buncombe ctrun
■ chapter was host.
■ Mr. Stanton discussed the high
■ghts of last year’s Red Cross
■nd campaign and told of plans
■r the 1946 drive.
■Mr. Wilson spoke on the chal
fcge that 1946 offers and stressed
■e factors that will enter into
■e coming fund campaign.
■ Mrs. Tinsley spoke on worker
■aining in connection with prep
■ations for the campaign. She
■so discussed the matter of pub
|ity for the campaign.
I Mr. Dibrell’s subject was the
echanics of the campaign, with
ress on the importance of push
g it to a speedy and successful
nclusion.
Each of the talks was foHowedj
an open forum in which ques
ms asked by the representatives
;re answered.
“Although the war is won and
e fight is over, our army, navyj
d veterans’ hospitals are not
ipty—until they are, the Red
■oss has a job it must do,” Miss
irter said.
“During the war we all realized
e importance of a speedy re
very of our servicemen who,
:re wounded or otherwise hos- !
talized, so that they could re-;
rn to the fight. Now, isn’t it
en more important that we of-1
r ou r Red Cross esrvices to help
ose men return to a peaceful
>rld where they are to live?”
wal Airport Gives
Service To Large Lines
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Bill (Red) Nichols, owner and
erator of the Nichol’s Flying
:rvic e, better known as “Fly”
VS Bill, says that they have a
arter service from Black Moun
'n to most any city in the state.
Flying is a fast and economical
‘y °f travel and most comfort
ile.
There has been some 40 stu-
; nts w ho have soloed at the
ichols Flying Service since last,
aimer who will get their pri-!
Ue license this spring. There
'll be quite a lot of privately!
'ned planes in the very near fu-l
re - Mr. Nichols says that he-
I I have the agency here for two
more makes of light planes for
C; future pilots of tomorrow.
ou can buy a plane in the
aie way you buy a car and it is
eas y way to own your own
me. Many people will take to
a air in the coming summer.
FI V” says Bill.
W. M. S. Meeting
The regular monthly meeting of
°man’s Missionary Society of '
Black Mountain Baptist
mrch was held Tuesday night
he Memorial Room of the
l!( h. Mrs. W. B. Kyles presid
cner the meeting in the ab
''' of Mrs. Worth Cook, presi- J
1 ' The Lucy Wright Circle 1
1 charge of the program under
leadership 0 f Mrs. H. W.
u com. I
™e BLACK MOUNTAIN news
> army preparing
FOR RETURN OF
CITY BUILDING
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Vacated Recently By The AAF
[ Airways Communications Sys
tem and Weather Service
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MOVED TO LANGLEY FIELD
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Maj. Garland F. Steele, post en
-1 gineer at Moore General Hospital
! began work Tuesday morning pre
j paratory to returning the City
1 Hall to the city of Asheville.
Maj. Steele has been designat
j ed custodial officer for the build-
I ing which was vacated recently
| by the AAF Rirways Communica
l tions system and Weather service,
the two units having moved to
Langley Field, Va.
Maj. Steele will prepare the
disposal report to be submitted to
the Fourth Service Command Di
vision Engineer in Atlanta. Be
fore the structure can be returned:
to the city it must be restored to.
the condition in which it was re
ceived when the air forces tpok it
over. This will entail removal of
temporary partitions, some paint
ing, and other necessary repairs.
All of the furniture now in the
building is air forces property, !
Maj. Steele said, and it will be:
crated and shipped to other points.'
The Second Advisory Commit
; tee of Zone 4, District 31-A, Lions
International, was held at the
;
Monte Vista Hotel in Black Moun
j tain on Thursday, January 17th
at 6:45 with the following pres
! ent: E. Z. Stines, Zone Chairman;
Wesley Brown, Secretary and L.
T. Smith, Vice-President of the
Asheville Lions Club; Boyce
| Whitmire, President and Ray '
Pointer, Secretary of the Hen
dersonville Club; A. W. McDougle,
1 President, H. W. Sanders, Sec
retary, and W. W- White, Deputy
| District Governor of Black Moun
tain Club.
The object of these meetings is 1
to exchange ideas and make re- ;
ports on the various activities of
the Clubs in Zone 4, thereby stim- '
ulating the promotion and better
ment of Lionism in Western Caro
: lina.
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MARION E. WALKER (
SUCCUMBS FRIDAY
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Marion E. Walker, 71, retired
farmer of the North Fork section
of Buncombe County, died at the
home of his sister, Mrs. Jack Cor- (
dell of the North Fork section,
Friday. J
Funeral services was held Sun
day afternoon at 2 o’clock at '
Homer Chapel Baptist church.
The Rev. Eugene Byrd and the j
Rev. Armistead officiated and
burial was in the church ceme
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tery. . t
Pallbearers were Bennie Mor- g
ris, Cecil Morris, Thomas Morris, .
Talmadge Shope, George Hick- }
man and Carl Patton. <-
Mr. Brown was a native and
life-long resident of Black Moun- j
tain township. He was a mem- j
ber of Mountain Viey Baptist
church. j
Surwiing are the widow, Mrs.
Ollie Walker; one son, Elijoh
Walker; three daughters, Mrs. T
Lucy Vanover, Mrs. John Blue, j
Mrs. Roscoe Hollifield; three sis- (] _
ters, Mrs. Cordell, Mrs. Wiley L
Morris, and Mrs. Jennie Rick-|
man; and 11 grandchildren and N
several great-grandchildren. g
Harrison funeral home of Black
Mountain had charge of arrange
ments. n
For better Job Printing C
see us—The News. t
BLACK MOUNTAIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 194&
I
; IMPORTANT
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The Black Mountain Arts Club begs the privilege of sponsor
ing a meeting of officers and directors of local civic clubs, town,
school, and library officials in a preliminary movement for
creating a memorial to our soldier dead.
This meeting will be held at the Monta Vista Hotel on Tues
p day, January 29th, at 7:30 p.m. All civic clubs having by-laws,
membership dues, and regular stated meetings are asked to send
their officers or representatives to this meeting. W. D. Weather
ford, president of the Arts Club, will be in Black Mountain for
this occasion.
»
Whatever we do, or do not do, should be an expression of
.! all our people. This expression of individuals could find an
j outlet throifgh the various local clubs. Perhaps after this first
meeting, the next move would be made by duly elected dele
y gates from each organization. Such elected group to be a de
j liberate body, empowered to act with authority. Before going
very far, it would be necessary for them to incorporate and
establish definite rules and regulations.
r ' ft falls to me to call the meeting for January 29th. In the
J meantime I may not be able to further contact the various units
which should attend; Therefore, you are asked to pass the word
’ along, in order that we may all get together for the purpose
of unity in any memorial plan which we might undertake.
- CHARLES E. SPENCER,
> Acting President of Black Mtn. Arts Club.
' ROOSEVELT BALL
SCHEDULED FOR
SATURDAY NIGHT
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. Asheville Auditorium And George
' Vanderbilt Hotel Ballroom To
Be Used For Annual Event.
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SPECIAL MUSIC PROVIDED
The main ballroom of the George
Vanderbilt Hotel, in addition to
the City Auditorium, will he used
for the Roosevelt Birthday ball j
Saturday, January 26, with music
relayed from the auditorium, it
was announced Saturday by David i
Alexander, executive board mem- j
ber and chairman of the dance
committee for the Junior Chamber;
of Commerce which is in charge
of plans for the ball.
The Moore General Hospital or
chestra will provide music for the
dance and an elaborate floor show
has been planned. A food bar!
will also be a feature as will the
giving of valuable prizes, includ
ing 12 pairs of nylon hose, foun- ;
tain pens, and blankets. The Wo- '
man’s Civic club is in charge of
prizes.
The ball, which is one of the
outstanding social events of the
season, is expected to be a gala oc- 1
casion, officials said Saturday.
Tickets to the dance will entitle t
their holders to attend dancing in
the auditorium and the George
Vanderbilt ballroom where tables
will be placed around the dance
floor. Table reservations for
either place may be made by tele-,
phoning No. 3272 at any time and
3750 after 6 p.m. The Junior j
Rhododendron club is handling
table reservations.
The county goal for the annual
March of Dimes appeal, which will
be climaxed by the ball, is $16,-
000.
Baptist Church Choir
Enjoy Chili Supper
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Members of the First Baptist
Church of Black Mountain, en
joyed a chili supper Friday night,
January 18 at 6:30 at the church.
After the supper was served a j
business meeting was held and the
following officers were elected for
the choir: Reed Hill, president;
Miss Iris Willis, vice-president;
Miss Louise Mease, secretary
treasurer; Mrs. George Stone, as
sistant director. Lt. Robert Guy
is director of the choir. Mrs. W.
E. Vernon, pianist; Mrs. E- V.
Gouge, assistant pianist.
Choir practice was held immed
iately after the business meeting.
Mrs. Stone, directing.
The following were present:
Rev. H. W. Pastor, pastor; Mr.
and Mrs. Reed Hill, Mr. and Mrs.
F. S. Cunningham, Mrs. Edith
Peacock, Mrs. W. E. Vernon, Miss
Helen Padgett, Mrs. B. W. Row
land, Mrs. Carl Moore, Mrs. Doug
las Hamby, Jr., Miss Ethel Mae
Rice, Mrs. George Stone, Miss
Nora Summey, Miss Betty Kearn
ey, Miss Louise Mease.
Alert, single, middle-aged wo
man, who still has mist in her eyes
and poetry in her soul, invites
correspondence from mature gen
tleman.
“KEY CITY IN THE LAND OF THE SKY’
RED CROSS WORK
IS PLANNED AT
' BLACK MOUNTAIN
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: .Mrs. Thomas S. Sharp Is Chair
man and Dr. Hubert Clapp
Is Vice-Chairman.
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1 WILL AID RETURNING VETS
! Plans for activities during the
i coming year are being made by
the Black Mountain-Swannanoa 1
j Chapter of the American Red
Cross, which serves the townships
of Broad River, Black Mountain 1
; and Swannanoa in Buncombe
County.
Mrs. Thomas S. Sharp is chair
, man and Dr. Hubert Clapp is vice
-1 chairman. Mrs. Bessie S- Carr is
executive secretary and maintains
offices in the Black Mountain
town hall. *. .
Mrs. Carr will continue to give
a major portion of her time in as
-1 sisting the approximately 1,500
returning veterans in this area
I and their families by providing
j them with information, aiding in
obtaining privileges and filing
claims.
The community-wide program
1 will include home nursing, nutri
| tion and first aid courses. Gray
j Ladies will contniue to work at
Moore Hospital and production
! work of the chapter will be con
tinued. An expanded Junior Red
Cross program is planned and the
disaster relief committee has com
pleted its organization. Summer
! plans will include work at the
! various religious assembles and
| summer camps in the area-
A Bundle From Heaven
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Little Kermit Patrick Russell,
son of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Russell
of Black Mountain, was born at
9 p.m. Friday, January 18, at St
Joseph’s Hospital in Asheville.
Kermit weighed 7 pounds, 7 ’
ounces. Mother and son doing!
fine. Welcome Kermit and con
gratulations Mr. and Mrs. Rus
sell.
Buy all the bonds you can. Keep
all the bonds you buy.
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Bill Hill Says:
A doctor went to see a woman
patient tuther day and told the
husband the main thing wuz to
keep her quiet, and when he went
back next day, the woman’s mouth
wuz closed up with a towel.
- CHANCES GOOD
FOR VET CARE
State Medical Society Committe
May Back Out-Patient Pro
posal At Meeting.
Favorable action on the pro
: posed out-patient plan for medical
! treatment of war veterans is ex
pected by the executive committee
I of the North Carolina Medical so
l ciety at a meeting in Raleigh on
January 27, it was announced
Monday by Dr. Oren Moore, presi-
J dent of the society.
Dr. Moore said that all persons
i he has talked with about the plan
are in favor of it. He added that
i representatives of veterans’ or-
I ganizations and of the Medical
society had conferred with offic
ials of the Veterans Administra
tion in Washington about it and
had found them anxious for it to
be arranged. If 'the executive
( committee acts favorably, the
next step will be final approval by
the Veterans Administration and
then the plan could be put into
! operation, Dr. Moore added.
■ The plan, which was first sug
gested by Legion officials in Wil
mington, would make it possible
for war veterans who need med
r ical care either in tneir own homes !
or in hospitals in their own cities
. but at the expense of the govern-'
ment hospitals.
Dr. Moore said it is estimated,
that at least 500 war veterans wh j
; need medical care are in theii 1
j homes in North Carolina waiting 1
, for admission to government hos
. pitals. Doctors all over the state
i are getting numerous calls for
help from these veterans.
, 1 The executive committee of the
| society is composed of one man
. 1 from each of the 12 districts in 1
the state. The meeting will be
held at the Sir Walter hotel in
Charlotte.
The crowded conditions in gov
ernment hospitals makes it im j
perative that something be done
for the veterans, Dr. Moore de
clared. There are many who are
in no condition to wait for treat
ment until the hospital program
of the government "has gone far
enough to take care of them.
MARION MAN HURT
IN ACCIDENT AT
BLACK MOUNTAIN
Bill Brown Was Injured When
Car He Was Driving Skidded
On An Icy Curve.
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CAR OWNED BY MISS BROWN
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Bill Brown, 21, of Marion, was
injured late Thursday night when
the car he was driving skidded on
an icy curve on the Asheville-
Black Mountain highway near the
Western North Carolina sanator
ium, turned over and cut a large
power pole into two secitons.
The car, officers said, was
owned by Miss Hazel Brown, sis
ter of the driver. The two, ac
companied by several basketball
players from the Marion Manu
facturing company, v >re returning
from a game in Canton when the
accident occurred officers said.
Although the car was demolished,
none of the occupants was injured
except Mr. Brown, whose condi
tion was reported to be satisfac
tory Saturday at the U. S. Veter
ans’ hospital, Oteen.
Water System Improved
At Black Mountain
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The entire water system of the
town of Black Mountain has been
cleaned, a new sterilization plant
installed and 157 acres of land
added to the watershed, it has
been announced by members of
the town council.
All of the main water pipes in
the town system were revealed in
an examination to be corroded and
they were cleaned. An automati
chlorinator was installed at a to
tal cost of approrimately $3,500
Approximately 157 acres of
watershed land were purchased
from the estate of W- 11. Holman
providing the system with an ad
ditional 200,000 gallons of water
a day.
A baked potato can be a gour
met’s specialty if properly re
spected in the kitchen and at the
table.
GEN . BRADLEY REJECTS
MOORE FOR V. A. UNIT
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MAJ. R. M. ALBRIGHT
IS BACK ON HIS JOB
1 AS STATE DIRECTOR
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3 Was In Military Service For Mor<
Than Three And One-Half
Years—Was Overseas.
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- WEARS FOUR BATTLE STARS
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5 Major Robert Mayne Albright
1 on military leave for more than
' three and one-half years, two
thirds of which was spent over
l seas, is back on his job as State
• director of the United States Em
■ ployment Service for North Caro
-1 lina, even though he still has
» nearly three months of terminal
■ leave from the U. S. Army.
: Major Albright was commission
’i ed as a First Lieutenant in the
l Labor Branch of the War Depart
i ment on May 18, 1942, and spent
14 months in and out of the Penta
■ gon Building in Washington. He
• coordinated civilian labor in three
'I separate Service Commands, was
responsible for training War De-
partment labor officers and co
ordinating them with Federal la-
bor agencies.
Transferring to the Allied Mili
i tary Government Captain Al
! bright wsa sent in August, 1943
J to Italy, where he became chief
labor liaison officer between the
United States and the Italian Gov
ernment. Later he was chief la
bor officer for the British Eighth
Army, assistant labor officer for
the American Fifth Army and
chief labor officer in the Trieste
area- He wears four battle par
ticipation stars, representing the
Naples-Foggi, Rome-Arne, Worth
Appenines and Po Valley cam
paigns. His promotion to Major
| came while he was in Italy.
Major Albright’s war activities
followed closely those in which he
had several years of experience
and are in line with the require
ments of the position he resumes 1
in civilian life. He joined the Em
ployment Service agency Febru- :
ary 1, 1936, as adminisrtative as
sistant and served as assistant
director and acting director until
[ his appointment as State director ’
on June 21, 1937. He held this 1
, position until he entered military
service. 1
In 1941, Major Albright was
elected International President of
I the International Association of
Public Employment Services, the
3 professional organization covering
i the United States and Canada, of ?
j
i officials and personnel of the pub
- lie employment services and Un- “
3 employment Compensation agen
. cies. He presided over the meet
a ing held in Louisville, Ky., in J
1942. Previously he had been
s president of the North Carolina
_ Chapter of this association.
A native of Raleigh, Major,
1 Albright received his A. 8., M. A. ,
- and J. D. (lawl degrees from the | j
r ' Sta A e University, where he was
s manager of the Graham Memor- j
1. ial, student union, for two years
i, He earned Phi Beta Kappa hon- ,
j ors, was a varsity wrestler and de
. bater and was Young Pemocrati j
- Club organizer for colleges in
- North Carolina while a student
He took the bar test and wa3 j
granted his law license in 1936.
Legion Auxiliary Meets
With Mrs. C. E. Keith
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5 The Legion Auxiliary had a cov j
i ered dish supper in the home of
t Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Keith. About j
j 40 were present.
j After supper was served Lieut i
f Commander G. W- Green from i
Ridgecrest, a prisoner of war for c
t 32 mnoths, spoke of his experi- {
( ences during the war.
I The Legion Auxiliary is very }
grateful to Mr. and Mrs. Keith {
for their hospitality. 1
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Pvt. Harold Kelley t
i Is In Moore Hospital (
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Pvt. Harold E. Kelley, son of
Mrs. Florence Kelley of Marion
R. F. D. No. 4, has been admitted
to Moore General Hospital for 1
treatment. Pvt. Kelley became ill
while on furlough from the sta- a
> tion complement at Camp Bland- s
ing, Fla. £
Member
North Carolina
Press Association
$2.00 Per Year
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Moore General Hospital
On Surplus List To
Continue Until June
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Gen. Omar N. Bradley Tues
day definitely rejected Moore
General Hospital, the army’s large
installation lying between Black
Mountain and Swannanoa, for use
by the Veterans’ administration.
General Bradley, head of the
Veterans’ administration, rejected
the hospital together with 33 oth
er surplus army hospitals in tes
timony before the house appro
priations committee in Washing
ton, D. C., shortly before noon
Tuesday.
Maj.-Gen. Norman T. Kirk, sur
geon-general of the army, said
during a visit in Asheville last
Thursday that Moore General hos
pital would be continued as an
army general hospital until at
least June 30. He added, how
ever that the unit was “not a per
manent institution in the present
plans.” He gave no idea of how
long the army would maintain the
hospital after the June date.
Bradley said that most army
hospitals rejected are either of
temporary construction or are too
far from population centers. The
general gave as grounds for re
jection of Moore General the rea
son that it was in an “unsuitable
location.”
Col. Frank W. Wilson, com
manding officer of Moore General,
said Tuesday when informed of
Bradley’s rejection of the local
unit: “Moore General hospital is
not shown on the list of hospitals
to be closed (by the army) on
March 31. I am not in possession
of any information as to its fu
ture status.”
Until Tuesday the Veterans’ ad
ministration has declined to say,
save in isolated cases, what sur
plus army hospitals had been
found unfit for Veterans’ admin
istration needs.
General Bradley also Tuesday
submitted to the house committee
before which he was appearing a
list of 70 new hospitals and addi
tions authorized by congress or
under construction and to be com
pleted in 1947.
The general estimated that an
administration hospital at Salis
bury, N. C., vjould be completed
July 13, 1947.
Since last September, Moore
General hospital has been in use as
one of more than a hundred tem
porary separation centers des
ignated by army service forces to
speed return of eligible soldiers
awaiting discharge.
Construction of the army hos
pital in the Asheville area was
begun in 1942. Cost of the struc
ture has been estimated to have
been near $5,000,000. The hospit
al, first designed as a 1,520-bed
unit, was built on the site of the
former state test farm. Approx
imately 125 acres were in the
tracts originally selected for the
hospital site.
General Bradley told the house
appropriations committee Tues
day that some additional surplus
hospitals might eventually be ad
ded to the approved list, provided
enough new doctors to staff them
become available.
Black Mountain Clothing
Drive Being Conducted
Persons having useable clothing,
bedding and shoes to contribute to
the Victory clothing drive have
been asked to bring them to the
city hall here during this month.
When the drive is over the cloth
ing will be sent to the central re
ceiving staton in Asheville, it has
been announced.
Several organizations have been
helping in the collecting of this
clothing, among which are the
Voung People’s department of the
State Street Methodist church and
the Black Mountain Woman’s
Club.
Often the happiest moment of
the whole social evening is when
a tiresome guest announces he
must leave.
With all her experience, every
woman expects to do better when
she marries a second time, and
some do .