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pevoted To rhe Upbuilding our Community I U No- 27 K H N THOMAS FLYNN WAS IfATALLY INJURED SATURDAY ,„ c ral Services Werr Held Tuesday For Auto Victim .——O ohn Thomas Flynn, 19, o ]. Mountain, died in an Ashe e hospital Sunday morning a re =ult of injuries said to hav suffered when he was struck , ca r in front of the Tunne 0, east of Beaucatcher tunnel urdav night. ;rnest G. Holbert, 22, of Swan i oa _ was ordered held for grand v action following an inques ndav into the death of Flynn. r oU ng Flynn died Sunday in an leville hospital of injuries said iave been suffered when he was ick by a car in front of the ine i Grill, east of Beaucatcher ne l, Saturday night. [olbert was arrested following accident by Sgt. \V. M. Nail, the State Highway Patrol, and rged with reckless driving. He : released under bond of SSOO. he amount of bond was not in ased following the coroner’s in st. Dr. P. R. Terry is Bun ibe county coroner. 'uneral services for Mr. Flynn •e held Tuesday morning at 11 ock at the Black Mountain e Will Baptist church, with the r. Mr. Beachboard in charge, ial was in the Tabernacle cem ry. The body remained at the ie of Mrs. Shelby Sneed untill e for the rites. Ir. Flynn is survived by his ents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd nn, of Black Mountain; three thers, Harley, serving with the y, and George and Eddie C nn, both of Black Mountain five sisters, the Misses Mallie rley, Barbara, Faye, and Mar et Flynn, all of Black Moun undreds Visited Airport Sunday o iols Flying Field Is Growing n Popularity Every Day— Located Near Here o • be beautiful spring weather Sunday brought out hundreds )eople to the Nichols Flying d. where many air minded >le went up for a ride. The mis Flying Service has two or e very competent instructors :ach flying. They have soloed e than 50 students since last many who will receive their ate pilot license this spring, ie field has been leveled and grass seed has been sown this ag to beautify the field, m hanger is undergoing many irs. The office walls have i papered with air maps of the le United States, be planes have been condi ed and are in A-l shape. Mr. iols invites the public to visit airport. he Black Mountain Airport of air transport service to any he cities within a radius of 200 V says Bill. mirv Climbs To 78 Degrees On Monday, 0 uminer weather came to Black •ntain and Western Nortl olina Monday. eadings of 78 degrees were re led by the U. S. Weather bu -1 in Asheville at both 4 o’clock 5 o’clock in the afternoon ’ was the highest, recorded mid here on a March 4 since weather bureau was estab in 1903. he mercury passed the 70- k between noon and 1 p.m. and ® o’clock Monday night still d at the comparatively high ung of 65 degrees. Low read for the 24-hour period was 38 'ees. ho maximum reading on record Wheville for March 4 before day was 71 degrees, reached 910. Ked Cross Drive -- Off To Good Start Have you Given Your Putt? THE Black Mountain Needs Houses 0 , Possibilities Are Good For Black' Mountain If Only We Had More Accommodations o The Chamber of Commerce who have been receiving inquiries con cerning our fair city. Some for vacations, some as permanent cit izens. Black Mountain has just started to grow. The many new buildings now going up are by local citizens who will reap a benefit ffom the com ing season as well as being estab lished as permanent business mer of the future. Next we should think about more houses to house the vaca tionists who want to come to our fair city. Many millions of dollars will be spent in North Carolina this year. Let’s all think this over and see if there is any possible way of getting new homes. Real Estate Transfers o William Hastie to Robert B. H Bell, property in Black Mountain township. Robert B. H. Bell to Johnßoerg er, property in Black Mountain township. Emma Rutherford to Bessie Forney, property in Black Moun tain township. Holly W. Hipps, to Dr. James M. Buckner, property in Swan nanoa township. J. A. Solesbee to Ernest B. Hol lifield, property in Black Moun tain township. B. J. Owenby to W. H. Creas man, property in Black Mountain township. C. H. Bartlett to board of tax supervision, property in Black Mountain township. L. E. Brown to board of tax su pervision, property in Black Mountain township. Grovement, Inc., to Sylethia J. Allison, property in Swannanoa township. The Northwestern Bank, trus tee, and the Black Mountain Building and Loan association, to 1 J. A. Solesby, property in Black Mountain township. Tom Miller to Jack Swayngim, property in Black Mountain town ship- ■ • «•„ r Board of tax- supervision to l . H. Taylor, Jr., property in Black Mountain township. Earl McCall to Lloyd Rodgers, property in Swannanoa township Allen P. Perley to G. L. Royster, et al, property in Black Mountain township. Road Petitions Are Ap proved at Board Meeting 0 The Buncombe County Comm is sioners approved two road peti tions for presentation to the State Highway and Public Works com mission at their meeting Tuesday One petition asked for resurfac ing of the old M a shall highway from the Dix Creek road at the county home to the Madison coun ty line. The other asks the state to take over the Jim’s Branch road in Swannanoa township. The road intersects with the Black Moun tain highway at the Davis place. New Dry Cleaning Place Opens In Swannanoa O J. S. Jarrett and A. V. Warlick of Swannanoa are opening a new dry cleaning place in the very near future. The new plant is be ing built now next to the Porter and Franklin grocery. Both boys are old timers in the business —no doubt will enjoy a good business. They are install ing new and modern equipment. The News congratulates you oi your new enterprise, and wishes you best of luck. PLEASE . . . RED CROSS. BLACK MOUNTAIN news *********** * * * CLEAN-UP-PAINT-UP * WEEK JUST AROUND * THE CORNER HERE * * * * Clean-up and Paint-up week * * will start soon and we notice * * one place has beat the sched- * * ule some. * * The lot back of the McMur- * * ray Chevrolet Co. has been * * cleaned up and it has made * * one fine improvement. * * We will all have to follow * * this example soon as clean * * up and paint-up week will * * soon be here. * * * *********** To Hold Two-Day Training Session Under Direction of David W. Gamble, State Training Supervisor RALEIGH Applications for jobs filed by returnning war vet erans are piling up at a rapid rate, 11,600 new applications hav- j ing been added in January to i bring the total at the end of the month to 24,468 in the local of fices of the United States Employ ment Service, it is revealed by R. C. Godwin, State Veterans Employment Representative. During January, Mr. Godwin points out, 104,062 visits, or 56.3 percent of all visits to local USES offices, were made by veterans, all but a small percentage of them World War II veterans. This reveals that considerably more than half of the contacts in local USES offices were made by vet-1 erans, who now pose the greatest i problems for veterans employment representatives and other person nel in local offices. Placements of veterans on jobs took an unward turn in January during which 3,223 confirmed lo cal placements were made, al though veteran referrals to jobs reached 7,696 in the month. Fif ty-five addtional veterans were placed in.. .jobs at~ distances from their home areas. Mr. Godwiif calls upon employ ers to exert greater efforts to find i places for these returning veter ans, in order that they may be able to reap some of the benefits, in freedom from want and fear, for which they entered the mili tary service. During January, unemployed; war veterans filed 73,485 claims for servicemen’s readjustment al lowances, an Average of about 17- 000 a week, and self-employed vet erans filed 2,479 claims on a monthly basis. Local USES office personnel in January directed 21,677 veteras to other agencies, such as the Veter ans Administration, Selective Ser vice, Vocational Rehabilitation, for services other than those given by the local offices, Mr. Godwin re ports. $3000.00 Fire Damage To Crawford Home 0 Dr. H. D. Crawford’s residence in Lakewood, caught fire about 12:30 Sunday afternoon. The cause of the fire was undetermined and the loss to the building was esti mated at around $2,000.00, the contents of the house $1,000.00. All was partially covered by in surance. The Fire Department was on the job in five minutes and saved the building and contents from burn ing completely. Trailways Group Holds Safety Meet At Hotel o Approximately 40 drivers and maintenance men of the National Trailways bus system attended a safety meeting in the Langren ho tel Monday evening, sponsored by the Virginia Surety company. J. K. Stewart, of Charlotte, spoke to the group on safety rules in connection with operation of the buses, and showed a movie on the safe operation of buses. “KEY CITY IN THE LAND OF THE SKY” BLACK MOUNTAIN, N. C., THURSDAY MARCH 7, 1946 .. A. MORE POWER TO THE DRAGON . . . China is to pump new life into the old dragon by building the biggest concrete dam, irrigation project and power plant ever known. Yangtze gorge project, with co-operation of the U. S. bureau of reclamation, builder of Boulder and Grand Coulee dams, is drafting overall plans. The mechanical lock facilities are shown above. They are capable of hoisting a loaded vessel of several thousand tons displacement capacity. John Lucian Savage is consulting engineer. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PUTS OUT 3 COLOR FOLDER Active Secretary Will Be Chosen To Be On Duty At All Times The Black Mountain Chamber of Commerce have turned the op- • eration of the golf course and club house and other facilities over to the Town Board. The Chamber of Commerce are now in a position to give full at-: tention to attracting more people to our community. , A very attractive new folder on Black Mountain, three colors, with new pictures, revised list of our attractions, and new maps of the territory and points of inter est adjacent to our community is being prepared. They plan to give these the widest possible distribu tion. The Chamber of Commerce are 1 already receiving a greater num ber of inquiries than they ever have before this early in the sea- : son. Travel bureaus, individuals, and other Chambers of Commerce are all wishing to know what we have to offer. They 'will have an active secre tary on duty all day in a centrally located office for at least four months in season. Ten WNC Servicemen Receive Discharge Among ten Western North Carolina servicemen who have been honorably discharged froir | the armed forces, according to dis patches received are: William Creasman, Swannanoa; James P. Stone, Black Mountain. _ i I i . . I Bill Hill Says: I wuz down to the airport tuther day and tuck a ride with Bill Nich ols in a airplane and I ast him if he’d bring me down safely, and he says, “I’ve never left anyone up there yet.” Workers Sought Oteen Hospital o There Are Immediate Openings ( For Journeymen Carpenters and Other Types of Work. 1 o Applications for a number of positions at the U. S. Veterans’ ' Administration Hospital, Oteen, ' will be accepted was made yester- 1 day by the secretary of the local 1 board of tl. S. Civil Service Exam- ' iners of the hospital. Applications will be accepted for hospital attendants, mess at tendants, construction workers, maids, recreational assistants, , psychial therapy technicians, so cial workers, psychiatric, librar ians, registered nurses, occupa tional therapists chief, utilization and training and employes rela tions and chief recruitment and placement. * There are immediate openings for journeymen carpenters and other types of construction work ers and the wages offered are the prevailing scale in this area, with time and a half for overtime. All appointments will be made local ly. Moore General Badly In Need Os Help o ! Fifty people, white or colored, men or women, ages 18 to 60, are . needed at once at Moore General | Hospital. I The hours are from 8:00 a.m. ito 4:30 p.m. $20.00 weekly min -1 imum for laborers, mess attend ants, and ward attendants. Up to $1700.00, $1900.00, and $2300.00 for medical, surgical, and other technicians. They need especially a store keeper, head baker, laundry work ers, plumbers, stenographers, and typists. Meals and quarters for men. No quarters for women. 128 TAKEN INTO NAVY LAST MONTH o A total of 128 men were enlist ed through the local navy recruit ing station during the month of February, it was announced by Chief Signalman C. J. Rhinehardt. This is the largest number of men enlisting through the Asheville office since November, 1943, the chief stated. ’ Two men from Black Mountain : were among the list. They are as follows:Kenneth O- I’oteat and ', Edgar T. Chandler. OFFICIALS CONFER ON MILK PRICE SITUATION IN ASHEVILLE The Red Cross Kick-off Meeting 0 Red Cross Drive Is Now Under Way and Every One Is Urged To Do His Part. o On Monday night, March 4th, the house to house canvassers for the Red Cross Campaign met at the elementary school for dinner and final instructions for the drive. There was a film showing vari- 1 ous Red Cross activities that will 1 ’ o carried over into civilian life 1 id made available for the various ; v .immunities. Special attention was given to instruction in convalescent swim ming, which will be used for dis abled veterans, and crippled chil dren. Chaplain Bradley of Moore Hos- 1 pital, spoke of his experience over seas and paid tribute to the Red Cross workers and their service to our men in battle. He also spoke of the service to men now in hospitals. Mrs. Carr explained to the workers, the procedure under which Red Cross worked and em phasized the fact that Red Cross is a well regulated and supervised agency. The workers were asked to see that every one had an opportunity to participate by contributing to the quota of $9,000-00 to be raised in this area. Attention was called to the fact that in many chapters, contributions were being made on the basis of $5.00 shares. One taking as many shares as possible. The Red Cross office in the Black Mountain City Hall is head quarters for the campaign. Work ers will report daily and contrib utions will be received at the Red Cross office by those not reached by tftf*%driters. i It is the hope of the Campaign Committee that the campaign may be successfully completed by March 9th. Black Mountain Is Air Marked Is Recognized By The CAA As A Designated Landing Field. o Last week we published an ar ticle concerning the marking of small towns and cities so air travel would know where they were. We forgot to mention that Black Mountain is air marked, and is recognized by the CAA as a des ignated landing field. The city of Black Mountain is to be complimented on this one of their finest deeds in the history of the city. These markings may save some air traveler’s life in the future. Draft Boards To Re view Men Listed As 4-F 0 Buncombe County draft boards received instructions Tuesday to review all 4-F registrants between the ages of 18 and 26 years with a view toward reclassification. Only registrants without chil ■ dren will be affected. The draft boards therefore tare ’ asking all persons in Buncombe! county who have been classified j 4-F and are within above stat ed age limits to contact the board if they have children. Hospital Train Brings 120 To Moore Hospital f 0 r A hospital train brought ap • proximately 120 patients to Moore » General hospital during the week i end, according to Col. Frank Wil i son, commanding officer. The patients came largely from i Camp Blanding, Fla., and many e will require hospitalization for 3 several months, hospital authori ties stated. Member North Carolina Press Association $2.00 Per Year OPA Representative In Asheville; Deliveries Are Cut In Half Officials in the Blue Ridge Milk Producers’ association and its af filiates were in conference Tues day with a representative from the Office of Price administration in Raleigh) but no changes in the deadlock which resulted in the di version of approximately half of Asheville and surrounding towns and community’s milk supply. Most housewives found their milk deliveries cut to half the quantity they have been receiving as the three big distributors affected struggled to meet the emergency, protecting hospitals and similar institutions and families where there are infants depending on the milk for their food. The milk produced in Buncombe county is being sold outside 'the county at a higher price than that which the producers are permitted by OPA ceilings to pay in combe. This started Monday and the first effects of the diversion of the normal milk supply of the county, estimated at 3,500 gallons daily, were felt Tuesday when the actual deliveries to customers were cut in half. E. D. Mitchell, designated spokesman for the Southern Dair ies, the Half-Circle B dairy, and the Biltmore Dairy Farms, said Tuesday night that as far as he knew there had been absolutely no developments which would change the situation in the least. The producers complain that the retail ceiling price permitted on the Asheville market is 16 cents per quart whereas the ceiling in Charlotte and other cities is IT cents. As a result, the distribut ors say they are unable to pay the same figure to the producers that is paid in the milksheds where the -price charged at retail is 17 cents. The producers are asking $4.75 per hundredweight plus the 90 cents bonus paid by the federal government to encourage produc tion. They were being paid $4.20 plus the 90 cents bonus. They claim that in Charlotte and other milksheds the produc ers are receiving $4.65 for their milk. The distributors say they have absorbed all the rise in cost of milk that they can under prevail ing prices, contending that their margin of profit is so small that they cannot grant the increase in price sought and still stay in busi ■ ness. Black Mtn. Man Elected Vice-Pres. o Bob Leonard Named Vice-Presi dent of Southeastern Poland China Breeders Association o Bob Leonard of Black Mountain was named vice-president for North Carolina of the Southeast ern Poland China Breeders Asso ciation at a recent organization meeting in Florence, S. C. The association plans to hold at type conference in Orangeburg, S_ C., in October of this year. The; states of North Carolina, South; Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, Ten nessee, Alabama and Florida are; ! covered by the association. We congratulate you Mr. Leon ard on your new venture—you have earned it. » New Associate Os News Arrived Sund’a'F 0 John Ealy, who recently bought Mr. Barrett’s interest in the 1 Black Mountain News, arrived' Cast Sunday to take over his duties as partner in the firm- Mr. Ealy is looking for a per i manent residence as he intends to r j make his home in Black Moun— • | tain. ‘ ALWAYS BY HIS SIDE.
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