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Mr. Walker Elliott, one of our bus drivers, reports good luck on a fishing trip. His catch was large enough to divide with his brother. Two are on the sick list this week, Aunt Minty Elliott and Mr. Charlie Davis. We hope them a speedy recovery. We mountain folks do not worry too much concerning the soap shortage. We just save our meat scraps and Aunt Nora Vess comes over and makes us a pot of soap. Lawrence Brown was through the community Sunday. I’ll wag er, not many sheriffs have his experience. As he passes through the people of the countryside gather round his car exchanging greetings and pleasantries. Usu ally people run from the sheriff. Concert Series At Mars Hill To Close March 30 Ruby Spencer Lyon, soprano, and two associate artists will ap pear in a concert at Mars Hill col lege March 30 as the last of the series of artists’ attractions spon sored by the college for the year. Miss Lyon is well known over America, having sung the role of Sally in “My Maryland” and hav ing appeared with a number of musical organizations. She was at one time prima donna with the Harry Davis Opera company of St. Louis, soloist at Paramount theater, New York, soprano with the Metropolitan Grand Opera Quartet, prima donna with the Monte Carlo ensemble, guest art ist on a number of national broad casts. The nonpoisonous indigo snake kills and eats the deadly rattler. Send in YOUR NEWS THE BLACK MOUNTAIN NEWS <——■ - » "—— I MONTREAT NEWS ———— ■—■ —* “Why is this called the land of the sky?’ Listen and I’ll say it loud. This morning while on the mountain top I walked right thru’ a cloud!” The Woman’s Auxiliary held its last meeinig for the year at As sembly Inn at 4:30, March 19. Af ter the usual preliminaries the officers reports were given and literature subscriptions were tak en for the coming year. Mrs. W. L. Fairley, newly elected vice president will be chairman of the program committee, assisted by Mrs. Helen Armstrong and Miss Roberta Daniels. Miss Daniels gave the report of the Executive Board meeting. Mrs. Nan Foster and Mrs. Janie Holt were elected representatives to Presbyterial which will con vene April 24th. Mrs. Gordan Mohy and Mrs. W. H. Armistead were elected alternates. Mrs. Helen Armstrong gave the 2nd vice president’s report and Miss Annie Bell Hill gave the his torians. Miss Daniels gave the high lights of the year’s work ir the president’s report. The fol lowing cause secreetaries gave re ports: Miss Spencer, Mrs. Mauld in, Mrs. Kelly, Misses Hoyt, Plant, Ward, McElroy, and Herrin, Mrs. Amy Hudson and Mrs. Nelson Bell. The annual reports of the circles were next given, followed by the singing of the doxology. Prayer by Mrs. R. C. Anderson closed the meeting. Lovely pink gladioli, which were presented tc Mr. and Mrs. Crosby Adams by the Asheville Music Club, were enjoyed by the entire group. Th auxiliary then adjourned to mee again in their annual banque'* meeting at 6:00 o’clock. The banquet table was most beautifully decorated with gladiol and forsethia. Attractive plac cards were made and arranged by Miss Helen Miles. The roll call by circles showed forty-eight mem bers and visitors present. After a most delectible repast the meeting was called to order nad Dr. R. C. Anderson gave a short devotional. Mrs. R. C. An derson, while in Atlanta, Ga. vis ited the office of the executive committee on Woman’s Work and gave an interesting report on thf work being done there. Mrs. Armstrong led a prayer whicl preened the installation service conducted by Dr. T. H. Spence. Miss Daniels turned the gavel over to Mrs. Nelson Bell Mrs. W. R. Henderson will continue as chairman of Circle No. 1, with Mrs. O. C. Landrum as co-chair man, Mrs. O. R. Yates will head Circle No. 2 with Miss Ellis as co chairman. Miss Bessie Wilson will be chari man of the Business Woman’s Circle, while Mrs. Armistead and Mrs. Ennett will continue as co chairmen of Friendship Circle. The singing of “Blest Be the Tie That Binds” and the benedictioi by Dr. Joseph Hopper closed a memorable evening. o— — Dr. Clarence McCartney, pas tor of the First Presbyterian Church of Pitsburgh, Penn., spoke to the College Student Body in chapel Thursday. Dr. McCortney is the author of several well known religious books. He and Mrs. McCortney and some friends spent the rest of the weke at As sembly Inn. o The College Junior class pre sented “Way Down South in Dix ie”, an operetta, in memory of Stephen C. Foster in Anderson Chapel Saturday evening. This was the story of Foster’s songs come to life—of the plantation on which they might have lived, the loves they must have known, and the dances with which they could have whiled away the time on dreamy summer evenings. Miss Nannie Watkins is the sponsor of this group. Sue Bur ney directed the production. Music was given by the Dreamers.” The soloist were: Dixie Girl — Betsy Crutchfield; Uncle Ned Faith May; Susana —Sarah Baker; Ala bama Boy—Phyllis Anderson; Nellie Bly—Mary Lucas; George —Peggy Schelling; Nell’s lover— Lenore Orr; Camptown lady— Mary Des Camps; Robert, the Planter —Helen Silvers; Jeanie — Mary Ellen Shobe; The Roamer — Joan Rodrian; His Mother—Jo Clyburn; His Father —Jo Gregg; His Brother—Pat Wolfe. Pianist —Elizabeth Harkey. Costume committee—Azilee Kepley, Vivian Mahe, Mary Catherine Hall; Pub licity Chairman—Mildred Bailey; Stage Committee—Jean Graham; Jean Webster, Barbara Stephen son, Betty Johnson, Chinky Lid dlel, Pat Cox, Mary K. Swenk, Mary Alice Roberts, Corey Lee Pratt, and Charlene Creasman. o Mrs. A. P. Hassell and Mrs. Frank Sandford of Hendersonville, came Saturday to visit Mrs. Has sell’s sister, Mrs. Fisher Bell of Black Mountain. On Sunday they were joined by Miss Susan Currell, and came to Montreat to visit with Miss Leila Kirtland, Miss Estell Lumpkin and Mrs. Pearl Jones In the afternoon other friend joined the group and Miss Kirt land showed them all the wonder ful collection of old and beautifu wood-prints and exquisite water color paintings which she brough from Japan. o Mrs. Roger P. Elser from Hono lulu, H. 1., is visiting her mothe. in Sommerville, Tenn. This weel she came to Montreat to see he) friend, Mrs. Culpepper,, house mother for the students at As sembly Inn, and her niece, May Priscilla Walker, at Fellowship Hall. o Mr. E. C- Barlow of Marysville, Ohio and his niece, Mrs. Grace Somerville, of Delaware, Ohio, are making an extended visit at Assembly Inn. o Mrs. Robt. Glasgow, field rep resentative of Converse College in Spartanburg, S. C., Miss Mary Andrews, also of Spartanburg, and Mrs. Frank Wardlow were in Montreat Saturday on committee work. These ladies all have homes here and are members of the Cot tage Owners Association and the Board of Trustees of Collegiate Home. o Mrs. Rose Bel'k, librarian at William and Mary’s College in Williamsburg, Va., formerly sec retary in the Presbyterian Found ation, spent the spring holidays here. She was joined by her son, George, who is a student at Christ’s School near Asheville. Mrs. Belk is a sister-in-law of Mrs. W. H. Armistead. o Miss Sallie Liddell has joined the “Montreat Colony” at Winter Haven, Fla. She expects to be gone about two weeks. John Far rior, accompanied by his mother, Mrs. S. C. Farrior, drove the car down for her. They returned to Montreat Thursday. o Dr. and Mrs. R. C. Anderson and Mrs. Clarke Johnson, spent a few days in Atlanta, Ga. this week. o Dr. C, C. Mitchell was quite happy to have a number of the members so his family pay him a visit this week. They were his again and again . . . Thl » gentleman since 1894 appears in Washington on every occasion to voice his opposition to one and all measures before congress. Now he is against loan to Britain. He is "General” Jacob S. Coxey, leader of Coxey’s army in 1894. He now wants to protest against the United States loaning any money to anyone in Europe. son and wife, MrTand Mrs. Morns Mitchell from Clarksville, Ga., and their little daughter, his daugh ter-in-law, Mrs. Broadus Mitchell and two small children, and her mother, Mrs. Bergdolf, from New York City. o Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Deslauriers, of Washington, D. C., where Mr. Deslauriers is employed by the T. W. A., visited their aunt, Miss Annie Webb Thursday. Mrs. Des lauriers will be remembered as Jill Webb, who at one time made; her home here. After graduat- j ing at Montreat College, she held j a position in Asheville for a short while, then returned to her former home in England and joined the Wrenns. Mr. Deslauriers whose home is in Rhode Island, went overseas with the American Armed forces. They were married there in the fall and returned to America in December. Jill says that her brother, Tim, is doing fine at Cambridge. Their sister, Ann, still in America, is working for a clinical company in New Orleans, La. These young peo ple are the children of Miss Webb’s brother, Dr. Robert Webb, of the Royal Free Hospital in London. o Dr. T. H. Spence made a hur ried trip to New York this week in the interest of the Presbyter ian Foundation. o The Bible class which has been held at the home of the Misses Rankin each afternoon at 4:30 o’clock, will be resumed on next Wednesday, April 3rd. o Mrs. F. L. Hill of the Montreat office, took a short vacation this past week-end and went with her husband to Wilmington and on down to Charleston, S. C- En route they visited the famous Cy press, Magnolia and Charleston gardens, which were magnificient in their spring beauty. 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