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W j) e voted To I The Upbuilding If Our Community 01. 1, No. 37 ,ast Meeting of Woman’s Club eeting Was Held At The Home of Mrs. H. A. Kerlee 0 rhe last meeting of the season . t he Black Mountain Woman’s ib was held last Wednesday, a at the home of Mrs. H. ty o„ Kerlee. yi rs . C. E. Spencer, chairman the Home and Garden commit , had arranged a perfect pro im for the occasion, and the ightful home and garden of , hostess completed the picture, rhe speaker of the afternoon, s George Pennell, president of , Asheville Garden Club, chose her topic “The Perennial Bor • ” Beginning with the world’s 5t perfect garden, The Garden Eden, Mrs. Pennell emphasized ■oughout her talk, the beauty, nfort, and health giving qual >s of a home as the main points be observed in perfecting the rennial Border: l. Select only such space as can | cultivated thoroughly. |. choose a focal point of inter- I and determine from that the iign of the garden border. . Determine the kind of plants It suited to your project. Rhe made many practical sug tions as to the kinds of flow for continual bloom, arrange kit of species in the border, kializing in some one kind, and Icing a place for the annuals. Lfter the talks, when the au hce was fully in the spirit of occasion, Mrs. Roy Alexander |g three songs which fitted into setting, Mrs. Pennell’s talk I made for them. L Spring, Ilgenfritz; 2. Iris, Ilf; 3. In My Garden, Firestone. I. McDougle accompanied Mrs. jxander. The program was [eluded by Mrs. George Stone, p read the poem of Mrs. Sal t’s, entitled My Garden. Irs. Spencer then announced jt the judges, Mrs. Hunter of knnanoa, and Mr. Timmerman [Asheville, had visited some 18 [dens of club members the prev p weeks, and had selected the fee best. Mrs. Hunter then irded the first prize to Mrs. S. [Bittinger, the second to Mrs. |A. Kerlee, and the third to P- Grace Thompson, lelicious refreshments served fthe hostess committee made a |ng conclusion to the delightful Ision. is. George M. Whitaker led Friday At Her Home |rs. George M. Whitaker, 73, lat her home on Montreat 1- Black Mountain, Friday |>ing. pneral services were held P a y afternoon at 2:30 o’clock Pe Black Mountain Presbyter- Ichurch, the Rev. W. H. Arm fcd and Dr. T. H. Spence of- Iting. Burial was in the Whit- P ceretery at Barnardsville r e Rev Will Edwards had of graveside rites. P^ 1, carers, nephews of the de ■eii were Paul and Vernon Imobe, Herbert, Kenneth, Earl ■ Orville Allen. Friends of the ■ ' were honorary pallbear pr'iving are the husband; three f hters, Mrs. John A. Wood, of ff. Charles, V a ., Mrs- H. S. I erson of Smyrna, Tenn., and ■ t dean Whitaker of Black ■ nt ain; four sons, James H. I -' e al Whitaker of Black |. ntain , John E. Whitaker of |treat, and Starlin C. Whitaker Ga.; one sister, Mrs. K e Allen of Barnardsville; one p 1 John Holcombe of Mar ■ “1 grandchildren and four •^grandchildren. PoMaHAN— ROBERTSON I o- r and M rs. J. W. McMahan P nn °unced the engagement of ■b Genevieve McMa lj ... ph V. Robertson, son of Ka, rs ' M- J. Robertson of F Mountain. ■ net' ' an USes P ouc h as a ies *[° r catc hing fish. He F - ’ *ing in it hut swallows ■ W"' : - ■■ he catenes. the black MOUNTAIN news J. G. Adams, Jr. Campaign Mngr. 0 Zebulon Weaver Seeks Renomination For 12th Congressional District 0 J. G. Adams, Jr., District Cam paign Manager of Zebulon Weav er for Congress, on his return from a recent trip through the ten counties of the Twelfth Con gressional District reports that he sees a steady increase in Weaver strength. “Mr. Redden in his early trav els,” says Mr. Adams* “created a wide interest and undoubtedly made a considerable impression on a number of courthouse groups- Any candidate opposing a con scientious incumbent must natur ally have this early advantage, because the incumbent is never able to leave his official work for campaigning purposes until com paratively late in the campaign season. But, I feel that Mr. Red den has reached and passed his peak, and by Primary day Mr. Weaver will be still farther out in front than he is today.” Buncombe County, Weaver’s home ground, is believed by Mr. Adams to be solidly behind him in both the City and County areas. Adams says that Mr. Weaver hopes to be able to return home from Washington by the end of this week for at least a few days personal campaigning, and renew ing contact with some of his old friends and supporters. He ex pects to get to Buncombe County early next week. (Political advertisement) Killed In Truck Crash Tuesday 0 Madison County Man Is Victim Os Accident Near Oteen 0 Ulysses G. Worley, 56, a farmer of Barnard, in Madison county, was instantly killed on the Black Mountain highway 2.4 miles east of Oteen Tuesday when the pick up truck he was driving collided with a State Highway and Public Works commission sand truck. Mr. Worley’s truck was going east and the state highway truck said to have been driven by James B. Honeycutt was going west at the time of the collision, patrol men said. Mr. Honeycutt was not injured. An inquest into Mr. Worley’s death was scheduled for today at 2:15 o’clock, Dr. P. R- Terry, coun ty coroner announced. Mr. Worley is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Ruth Baker of Madison county; two brothers, Kelly Worley of Black Mountain and Everett Worley of Leicester; and by five sisters, Mrs. Joe An derson of Madison county, Mrs. Ada Waller of Fletcher, Miss Car rie Worley of Black Mountain, Mrs. Anna Mae Massey of Black Mountain, and Miss Bonnie Wor ley of Fletcher. The accident was investigated by State highway patrolmen Jess Sullins and C. D. Horton. Mrs. Blanton Feted At Bridge Luncheon Mrs. Eleanor Blanton was guest of honor, at a b ridge luncheon giv en by Mrs. R. B. Crisp at her home on View Point Drive last Thursday. Guests were served a two course luncheon at 1 o’clock. In the games Mrs. Walker Blanton won high score prize and the hon oree was the recipient of a guest prize- Mixed spring flowers dec orated the home. Others playing were Mrs. R. J. Noyes, Mrs. J. Will Pless, Mrs. G. B. Justice, Mrs. A S. Bradford, Mrs Ralph Alexander, Mrs. C. A. Harris and Mrs. R. W. Proctor Mrs. L. H. Mashburn Taken To Hospital Mrs. Leroy H. Mashburn of Black Mountain was taken to Mis sion Hospital in Asheville last Saturday for an operation. Her condition is very satisfac tory, it was announced- BLACK MOUNTAIN, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1946 STATE LAW SAYS STOP WHEN YOU HEAR SIREN o The Black Mountain Fire Department made a run this week to a fire on Ridgecrest Road, and found plenty of difficulty in getting around cars. Both sirens on the fire truck were going full blast—and still no one would pull over. It is a state law that when hearing a siren all cars should pull over to the right as far as possible until the fire truck has passed by. In case of accident no damages can be collected. Let’s all watch this and obey this law. Sossomon-Tyson Furniture Co. * 0 Is Now Open For Business With A Full Line of Quality Merchandise o Sossomon-Tyson Furniture Co. has recently completed a beauti ful new building on Broadway ad joining the post office. It is def initely an asset to our town. The building is approximately 40 ft. wide and 90 feet long. It is now open for business with the fullest stock of quality home furnishings ever offered in this community. At night the spacious windows are a treat for the eyes. This new business has given the spark to Broadway that marks it as one of the very best business streets in town. The property adjoining Sossa mon-Tyson Furniture Co. was re cently sold to a representative of the A. & P. Tea Co. Plans are now being made for the construc tion of a Super Market there which will be one of the finest in Western North Carolina. At present the property has been im proved by the town and is offered to the public as a free parking lot. The lot is being used by the town through the courtesy of Sossamon- Tyson Furniture Co., The A. & P. Tea Co. and W. T. Wright. MONTREAT NEWS Miss Charlotte Banz and Mr. Stafford J. Broaddus were mar ried May Ist at St. Lawrence Church in Asheville. Mrs. Broad dus is the the daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Banz of Youngstown, Ohio, while Mr. Broaddus is from Freeport, Texas. They both are of the military personel at Moore General Hospital. They intend to make their home in Freeport when they have received their dis charges. At present they are oc cupying an apartment in the home of Mrs. C. C. Anderson on Look Out Road. o Mrs. John H. Robertson spoke to the combined fifth grades in the Black Mountain Elementary School Thursday on Africa. This was in conjunction with Miss Sus an Currell’s Bible classes as these grades have been reading some Mission Study books as parallel reading. o About twenty members of the Young People’s Department of the Steel Creek Church near Char lotte, according to their annual custom, held a retreat at Assem bly Inn over the past week-end. o The Bible Club of the Lee Ed wards High School of Asheville, spent the week-end at Sallie Campbell Camp on Kentucky Rd. o Miss Margaret Pritchard, R.N-, formerly a missionary to Korea, has rented the house known as Park View No. 1, near the In firmary, where she and her father will reside this summer. She hopes to be one of the first to re turn to Korea. During the war years she was the head of the Cadet Nurses Training Corps in Grace Hospital at Banner Elk. Dr. Wade H. Boggs, executive secretary of Christian Education, Louisville, Ky., will preach the baccalaurate sermon for Montreat College in Anderson Auditorium, Sunday, May 19th, at 11:00 a.m. “KEY CITY IN THE LAND OF THE SKY” Softball League Completes Season 0 9th Grade Girls And 11th Grade Boys Become Champions o The local High School brought its intramural competition to a close last week. In the girl’s league the 9th grade girls won the champion ship with their hardest competi tion coming from the 10th grade girls. This gave the 9th grade girls their second intramural tro phy since they won the basketball tournament earlier in the year. Members of the championship club were as follows: Sara McDougle, Edith Ragan, Gladys Garrison, Peggy Morrow, Diella Goodman, Maxine Padgett, Martha Melton, Betty Sue Bur gess, Betty Rice and Grace Willet. The 11th grade boys were pushed for honors by the 10th grade boys. Members of the 11th grade club were: Jack Ramsey, Irvin Willis, “Sporty” Turner, Bobby McCool, Scott Burgess, Pete Brittain, George Godfrey, Mack Burnett, Jack Miller and George Williams. The track meet had to be post poned until next fall. There was so much rain until the softball competition was barely complet ed. Major Allen Cabiness, Columbia, Miss., will make the commence ment address at 10:00 Monday morning, May 20- The Annual May Fete will be presented at 4 o’clock Saturday afternoon in Central Park. Saturday night at 8:00 the College will present the choir and advanced music pupils in concert in Gaither Chapel. Fri day night the College Senior class will present the play “Pride and Prejudice” in Anderson Chapel at 8:00 o’clock. The public is cord ially invited to all these exercises. o Miss Minnie Groves had a de lightful visit from her niece and husband, Mr. and Mrs. A* M. Doaty, and two children, of Wash ington, D. C., this week. o We are sorry that Miss Annie Rankin is not so well and do hope that she will be greatly improved soon. Mr. John H. Robertson went to Marion Monday evening and spoke on Africa for the Wesleyan Service Guild at the First Metho dist Church. He was accompan ied by his family. o Mr. and Mrs. Wm. M. Linton, are occupying their cottage on Kentucky Road, which was form erly known as the Aiken place. They are having some work done on it, making it into a permanent home. Mr. Linton has received notice from the Foreign Mission Committee to proceed in the near future to the west coast where he will arrange for transportation to Korea. Mrs. Linton will remain here until plans are completed for the occupancy of our former mis sion stations there. Members of their family will be with her from time to time. In the meantime, Mr. and Mrs. Linton are making a hurried trip to Chicago to visit their son who has recently re turned from overseas -1 (Continued on page 4) 30,000 Are Registered ——O Next Saturday Is Chal lenge Day, But Little Change Is Likely 0 Reports from 24 of the 52 pre cincts in the county indicated a registration of more than 30,000 voters for the primary on May 25, according to the best informed political observers. There was apparently a great variation in the intensity with which the registration was ‘‘work ed” in the various precincts, some going “heavy,” where interest had been stirred up, and some not tak ing full advantage of the poten tial possibilities of the precinct. In some instances the interest was attributed to a group of can didates living in the precinct; in others to a superior precinct or ganization, or to intensified ac tivity on the part of “G.1.” candi dates. Next Saturday is Challenge day, but political observers say that in view of the new registra tion there is likely to be little or no challenging of names on the registration books. Precinct workers are expected to be active during the next 10 days ringing doorbells and lining up support for their candidates. Three separate factions or groups have opened headquarters and are active in the business of organizing for the primary. The “Organization,” which is supporting the incumbents on the county ticket, has headquarters in the Langren hotel, rooms 130 and 140, with W. Z. Penland as office manager. The “G.1.” ticket supporters have headquarters in a tent on a lot across from the College street entrance to the courthouse, with Charles Baber in charge. The J. Weldon Weir “Organiza tion City-County” faction has headquartres in the Legal building with Mr. Weir in charge. Real Estate Transfers 0 County of Buncombe to Horace E. Richey, property in Black Mountain township. Hettie Mabel Reinhardt to Carl B. Moore, property in Black Moun tain township. C. E. Pettit to John Edward Quigley, property in Black Moun tain township. Sophronia E. Byrd to John E. Quigley, property in Black Moun tain township. Ralph Gardner to Finley E- Stepp, property in Black Mountain township. G. N. Ennett to Finley E. Stepp, property in Black Mountain town ship. i : —~*"V - 1 ♦ *3, Bill Hill Says: Joe Russell went out to the col lege tuther day and wuz workin’ in the back part uv one uv tha rooms, when the professor, wht wuz near-sighted, says: ‘‘You, in the back uv the room, what wuz he date uv the signing of the Magna Carta?” '‘ T dnnno.” says Russell. “Well perhaps you can tell me the Ten nis Court Oath.” “I dunno.” “I Mfv.rd that lesson last Friday, where were you?” says the pro fessor. “I tuck the day off to go fishing. ’ “Oh, you did, did you ? Do you expect to pass this course?” ‘‘Well I don’t suppose so, Mister, I just came out here to fix this radiator-” *********** * * * WE’RE SORRY * * o * * Due to lack of space this * * week, the NEWS finds it nec- * * essary to apologize for not * * printing some of the items * * friends and correspondents * * have so kindly sent to us. * * Please continue to send * * your items. We are going to * * try to print all the news next * * week. * * * *********** First Postwar Family Reunion Dr. and Mrs. Richardson Enjoying Family After Being Separated 6 Years 0 Dr. and Mrs. Frank Howard Richardson, of Hilltop, Black Mountain, are having their first post-war family reunion, after having been separated for the past six years. Their oldest daughter, Mary Faison, formerly state supervisor of Nursery Schools in North Caro lina, and her husband Capt. Vic tor A. Gauthier, Jr., now on term inal leave before taking up his duties in Washington as civilian analyst in the War Department, are here with their sons, Robert and Richard. Howard left for New York Sat urday to complete the book and music for his new play, Lone Star, under option to Michael Todd. Raymond, recently separated from the army combat engineers after service with General Patton’s Third Army, with his wife, the former Thelma Ledbetter of Tex as, will leave shortly to resume his interrupted college course in geology at the University of Tex as. Ruth Cadbury,. a graduate of Montreat and now a sophomore at Agnes Scott College, came home for the week-end, preparatory to finishing her college year, after which she goes by plane to Texas where she has been accepted for work with the Spanish-speaking Mexicans in San Antonio by the Southern Baptist Home Mission Society. The only one to miss the reunion was Dixon, now a lieutenant (jg) in the medical corps of the Navy, stationed at the Base Hospital, Camp Le Jeune, who was unable to get leave to make the trip. Musical Program Thursday Evening Mrs. A. W. McDougle’s Pupils Will Give Fine Program at School o A musical program of piano so los, duets, trios and quartets will be given by the pupils of Mrs. A. W. McDougle on Thursday eve ning at eight o’clock, May 16th, in the Grammar School auditor ium. Alice Burnett, voice pupil of Mr. Frank Gough and Sara McDougle, pupil of Mr. Francis Griffith will assist in the program. The public is invited to attend. The program is as fol $425.00 Debt Assumed By Old Fort Legion Post o— A four hundred and twenty-five dollar indebtedness on the com munity building in Old Fort was voluntarily assumed by the new Legion Post of our city. There are only 40 to 50 mem bers in Arrowhead Post No. 280, but every one a heart of gold. When such people organize into one band and take the interest these veterans have for the com munity, that community is going to prosper. H. R. Early is the commander; I. L. Caplan, Jr., adjutant; Clark Early, finance officer, are the new commanding officers. WANTED NEWS COPIES The Black Mountain News will pay 25 cents each for one copy of the following issues of the Black Mountain News: Sept. 27, Oct. 4, and Oct. 18, 1945. Member North Carolina Press Association $2.00 Per Year Arts Club Is Guest Os College May 18 O Dr. Lowinsky Is Planning A Program Full Os Interest o The May meeting of the Black Mountain Arts Club will be held on Saturday, May 18, at 8:30 pjn. at Black Mountain College in the dining hall building. Dr. Edward E. Lowinsky, direc tor of the Music Department, is planning a program full of inter est for the occasion. The quality of the Saturday evening music program given by Black Mountain College during the past year has attracted a growing audience enthusiastic in urging music lovers to take ad vantage of this opportunity so near to us- A full attendance of Arts Club members is expected. Members of the Black Mountain Community Chorus and of the Music Department of Montreat; College and of Warren Wilson College are invited to attend as guests of the Black Mountain Arts Club. The following program will be presented: Mozart, String Quartet in B flat major; Busoni, Duettino Con certante after Mozart for two pianos in F major; Mozart, two Arias for soprano from The Mar riage of Figaro—Sylvesta Mar tin, voice, Mark Fax, piano. The Violet, Aria from The Marriage of Figaro, Florence Fogelson, voice, Mark Fax, piano; Brahms, Mainacht, Feldeinsamkeit, Wie bist Du meine Konigin, Richard Lockwood, voice, Mark Fax, piano; Mendelssohn, two duets—Sylvesta Martin, voice, Florence Fogelson, voice, Mark Fax, piano; Beethov en, piano quartet in E flat ma jor—Trudi Strauss, violin, Gretel Lowinsky, viola, Anna Lockwood, cello, Edward Lowinsky, piano. Beers Barnes Circus Coming O Will Show At Swannanoa Friday and Black Mtn. Saturday, May 18 o Featuring Big Alice largest per forming elephant on the road, al so featuring Canines of the small est ever shown in circus this is a very entertaining act especially for the kiddies, and will be shown at Swannanoa Friday, May 17,. and at Black Mountain, Saturday,. May 18. The Lois troupe queens of the tight wire dancing, jumping din ing rone, skipping and acrobatics ■ on a slender strand of steel. Also the Laßelle Ray Troupe with their flving rings featuring the breath f aking smn of death; Merryn, the great sensational balancing on high pedestal a marvelous dem onstration of skill and dexterity. Walt Davis and his Wyoming Ramblers, a real Cow Boy Band - Singers, dancers, whip cracking;, rope spinning and beautiful danc ing cowgirls. See the broad jump ing monkey in guest of a new world’s record. He jumps across the tent in the big show. Real clowns, the funniest, craziest con gress of clowns you ever wit nessed. Numerous other acts space will not permit to mention. Pleasant Gardens Civic Class Visits County Offices In Marion 0 The city of Marion were hosts tc a very welcome party of 9th graders civic class, under Mrs. Margaret Miller from Pleasant Gardens school a few days ago. While on their tour the young citizens saw a session of Re corders Court and also visited the health department, welfare depart ment, Red Cross, Board of educa tion, U.S. Employment service, Tax collectors office, City Hall. Clerk of Court, Register of deeds and county accountant. The twenty five members of politics, and other phases of civic organizing. Patronize our advertise- *
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