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Thursday, March 7,1946 ■the black mountain news I "Service Is Our Motto" K Subscribe now for The Black Mountain News I There's Still A. . . I BIG JOB AHEAD §j Before there will be telephones for p all who want them ■ There is still a tremendous eonstruetion K job ahead of us before Me can furnish tele j§ phones to all who want them. New switch ■ boards must he first manufacturer! and then ■ installed in a great many cities and towns. At I other places buildings must be constructed or ■ enlarger! to provide housing facilities for this U new central office equipment before it can ■ be installed. ■ We are well along with our ■ three hundred million dollar ex- A pansion program to provide ■ more and better service for the B South. However, in some of the H more congested communities /A 3^ ■ considerably more time will ■ be required to catch up on TAf 1 held orders for service. J 3& K But we can say that we Jm I are on our way to furn- I ish service to those I who want it. / l ] Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company INCOIFOBATI* I High Grade Monuments For Sale I 0 I Come select your monument off the yard or write for information to S. B. Moore o [ McDowell memorial works K Marion, N. C. Phone 232-L II OLD FORT CAFE I II GOOD FOOD AT I AL L TIM E S I 11 4; Business Men’s Lunch S MARVIN MCINTYRE, Prop. f, dfw COFFEE I THE BEST PART OF THEMEAL | OLD FORT NEWS Johnson N. Nesbit Dies In Asheville Hospital] o Johnson N. Nesbit, 63,, of Old Fort, died in an Asheville hospital about 3 p.m. Sunday following a long illness. He was a member of the Old Fort Methodist church, of the Joppa Masonic lodge, and of Lodge No. 175, Order of the East ern Star. Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Margaret Halford Nesbit; seven sons, Clifford R., of Oak Ridge, Col. Earl Nesbit, of Mitch ell Field, New York, Carlyle, of Newport News, Va-, William, of the Merchant Marine, Hubert, of Houston, Tex., Max, of Old Fort, and Joe Nesbit, of the Navy, now stationed at Pensacola, Fla.; two daughters, Mrs. Arlo Bates, of Dickson, Tenn., and Mrs. Charles Krisel, of Beaver, Pa.; and three sisters, Mrs. Annie Hughes and Mrs. Charles F. Noblitt, both of Old Fort, and Mrs. J. M. Cockran, of Hilton Village, Va. Conservation News o By L. B. Hairr. J. G. Burgin of Marion, R. 4, planted two acres of alfalfa last spring. Seventy-five days from the date it was seeded, the alfalfa was thirty inches high, and Mr. Burgin had this alfalfa mowed for hay three times during the year. Mr. Burgin says that by feed ing his cow on alfalfa hay this winter she has given as much milk as she did last summer while she was going in the pasture. He also says he hsa found alfalfa to be good to feed to hens where the eggs are to be used for hatch ing. Mr. Burgin, in preparing the field for alfalfa prior to the seed ing, applied several loads of ma nure, two tons of lime, 300 pounds of phosphate, 30 pounds of borax, and 700 pounds of high grade fer tilizer per acre. He planted ap proximately 30 pounds of alfalfa seed per acre on a good seed bed. Several McDowell farmers in cluding Joe Sawn, Paul Lac’xey, J. G. Burgin and M. V. Snypes and others are making preparations to seed alfalfa on their farms this spring. Plant Potatoes In March 0 Irish potatoes are a standby in almost every garden and should be planted during March when the soil is dry enough to work. Irish Cobbler is a dependable variety for early yield and is a goodpo tato, but it is not the highest yielder. Green Mountain is mid season and a quality potato that many planters like. Then comes a later variety known as Sequoia, a heavy yielding kind that is now being planted by many growers. „ All varieties do best where the soil is rich, moist, but well drained. Potatoes should be cut with one or two eyes, but as near two ounce pieces as you can get them- Heavy application of a good fer tilizer will give best yields. This should be well mixed with the soil so that the potato does not come in direct contact with raw fertiliz er. If it can be applied a week or ten days before planting it is better. Garden No family with land, back lot or field should fail to plant a garden while the food and labor situation is as it is now. Rhubarb, aspara gus, English peas, mustard, spin ach, beets, lettuce, and turnips mya be planted in the foothill counties early in March, but in counties of higher elevation it is better to wait until late this month or early April. Seven McDowell Men Join Regular Army 0 Seven McDowell county men have enlisted for service in the regular army, according to the lo cal recruiting office. The men are: Hugh B. Elliott, Marion; Robert Gilland, Old Fort; Charles K. Kanipe, West Marion; John W. Laughridge, Marion; Harold W. Ledford, Marion; James D. Finley, Marion, and James C. Hicks, Marion. Daughter Born o Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Harris of Old Fort have announced the birth of a daughter, Johnsie Mae, on Thursday, March Ist, at Marion General Hospital. THE BLACK MOUNTAIN NEWS TVA Dams Are Not Providing Protection Asheville (N. C,) Citizen-Times Febray 17, 1946 The January fjoodsbrough* home to Chattanooga the unpleasant truth that the TVA dams are not providing complete and unfailing protection against the high wa ters which come at infrequent in tervals and which are capable of working vast destruction. They gave a rude awakening to the citi zens who had been unwisely im agining that Chattanooga was now flood-proof- The Chattanooga News-Free Press which can not be reasonably Suspected of an inveterate preju dice against TVA and its works de scribed the January flood as “de structive.” It declared that “hun dreds of fine factory sites” were inundated. In fact, eight locations which had been previously offered to the Veterans Administration as affording a desirable site for a hospital had to be eliminated be cause of the high waters that cov ered them. The Tennessee Valley Authority dams are minimizing the flood menace for Chattanooga and other communties. This much must be conceded by event the worst of foes of the TVA. But this is the most that can be claimed for them in the way of flood control. They can not hold in check the high waters which come occasionally. They serve to reduce the flood menace, not to remove it alto gether. Sooner or later, Western North Carolina must have effective flood control. Bitter experience has al ready emphasized for us many times how costly uncontrolled high waters can be. The industrial development of this region is be ing hampered by the fact that many of our most suitable indus tri sites can not be used because they are now subject to overfloow. But when we get around to adopt ing flood control measures, we should see to it that they are de signed to do the job of taming high waters. When flood control is combined with navigation im provement and power develop ment it necessarily sacrifices much of its effectiveness. Marion High Band Gives Concert Tonight 0 The Marion High School band, one of the best in this part of the state will be presented tonight in the school auditorium at 8:00 o’clock, according to Miss Mabel Beach, director. The North Carolina state music contests will be resumed this year after being cancelled for the past four years and many of the num bers to be featured on this pro gram were prepared for the con test to be held in Greensboro, April 23-26. Several of the soloists will pre sent selections which have been prepared for the state contest and a highlight of the program will be a cornet trio. The Glee Club will also present several numbers. Buncombe Native Taken By Death At Seattle o Mrs. W. E. Teague of Old Fort has received word of the death of her brother, Robert (Bob) L. Williams who died February 25 from a heart attack, at his home in Seattle, Wash. Besides Mrs. Teague, he is survived by his wid ow, a son and daughter, three grandchildren who live in Seattle, also a brother of Springfield, Ore gon. He was the son of J. T. and Lou Pettit Williams and was reared in the Candler section of Buncombe County. Forty years ago he went west and has made his home at Vancouver, British Columbia, and in later years, at Seattle. J. E. Thompson Leases Bryson Case, Old Fort 0 J. E. Thompson of Morganton, has leased the Crystal Case on South Main St. in Old Fort, form erly operated by Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Bryson. The building which is owned by Dr. D. M- Mclntosh was redecorated several months ago, and new equipment installed. The new owner who has taken a three year lease on the building, has purchased the equipment from Mr. and Mrs. Bryson. Mr. Thomp son is having a new tile floor laid. Give to Your Red Cross. Oteen Hospital Funds May Be Available Soon Congressman Zebulon Weaver, in Asheville recently because of illness of his brother, A. E. Weav er of 102 Merrimon avenue, said that funds are expected to be available soon for continuing the expansion program at the U. S. Veterans’ hospital at Oteen. New clinical facilities, dining room facilties, a new recreation building and theatre, and other units are included in the general expansion program' which is ex pected to cost in the neighbor hood of $1,000,000, Mr. Weaver said. As a result of the pressure of war necessity the capacity of the hospital was increased from 839 to 1,269 beds, but it was not pos sible for the other facilities to be expanded in proportion at that time. Part of the new program is de signed to bring the other units in line with the enlarged capacity of the hospital. Although the institution was working under severe handicaps of overload because of the war pres sure rating from the Veteran’s or ganizations which made a critical survey of its operations. Mr. Weaver explained that a bill containing part of the appropria tion for the expansion is pending before the senate, having already passed the lower house. Old Fort Eastern Star Met On Monday Evening o At a meeting of the Old Fort Order of Eastern Star held on Monday evening, the following of ficers were elected to serve for the coming year: Mrs. W. W. LeFevre, Worthy Matron; Mr. W. W. LeFevre, Worthy Patron; Mrs. Robert Her vey, Associate Patron; John Mel ton, Associate Patron; Mrs. Lois McDaniel, Conductress; Mrs. Ray mond Burgin, Associate Conduc tress; Mrs. Foidell Hensley, Sec retary; Mrs. Katherine Rhine hardt, Treasurer. Mrs. Daphne Mackey, retiring Worthy Matron, has received no tice of her commission as grand representative in North Carolina, for the state of Pennsylvania, her native state. According to an nouncement, public intsallation of incoming officers will be held the later part of March. NEWS FROM THE MOUNTAIN FOLKS o By Mrs. Boyd Elliott. A nice bunch of children were reported at Stone Mountain Sun day School Sunday. Brother Red dings, from near Old Fort, led the services. The children are prom ised an Easter egg hunt. o Roy Elliott, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Elliott, is home on a visit, he has been in the U. S. Navy. Also his twin sister, Mrs. Floy Elliott Moore and her hus band, George Moore, from Black Mountain, are visiting in the home. o Mr. and Mrs. Luther Hall spent the week-end with Mr. Hall’s brother, B. L. Hall, near Old Fort. o Some of the Mountain folks are getting ready to farm, making gardens, some working in their flowers. Mrs. Cordie Davis and Mrs. Bessie Elliott are working hard with their flowers—that is their hobby. o Mr. Bob Daugherty, our mail man is really a lot of help to the mountain folks, bringing in seeds and plants nearly every day, and always willing to help with our orders and advice. Old Fort Woman’s Club o The Old Fort Woman’s club met on Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Russell Griffin. Mrs. Joe Giles served as joint hostess. Annual election of officers re sulted as follows: president, Mrs. G. K. Miller; v-pres., Mrs- W. S. Burgin; 2nd vice-pres., Mrs. W. C. Macon; secretary, Mrs. Russell Griffin; treasurer, Mrs. S. F. Mauney. EMpa/ib- WAR BONDS M FIy” Says Bill o Coordination Exercises (Elementary) Coordination of the controls is very important, especially in turns. It’s a good idea to prac tice coordination whenever you can. Here is an exercise which will do much to increase your flying skill. Alternating banks and turns in level flight—Before you turn, check the air on all sides and to the rear of you for other planes, particularly the area in which you will be turning. Start a medium banked turn in either direction, and turn through an arc of 90 degrees. Then roll the plane out of this turn, fly straight and level for a moment, and proceed to make a turn in the other direction. Keep your bank about 30 de grees—keep it constant during the turn. Keep the nose of your plane at a position on the horizon that will prevent loss of altitude. Keep all the movements smooth an dwell-coordinated. You’ll soon discover the deep satisfaction that comes with smooth maneuv ering and good coordination. SNOWS IN PARIS The greatest snowstorm in Paris history ended March 3 with 15 3-4 inches on the ground. It had been falling three days. American armed forces used trained dogs of war for the first time in the marine landing on Bougainville. You are—Your Red Cross. YOU ARE THE RED CROSS! 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