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Page 6 ; BLACK MOUNTAIN NEWS —Thurs., October 10, 1916. riSdUT" Church Notes 0 Sunday 10:00 a. m., Sunday school. 11:00 a. m.. Morning worship. 6:00 p. in., B. T. U. 7:00 p. m., Evening worship. You are cordially invited to at tend all these services. H. W. Baucom, pastor. VISIT BLACK MOUNTAIN Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brockway of West Palm, Florida, visited in Black Mountain, on Friday. They were over night guests of Mrs. T. W. Kirby of Broad River. The Brockways had been to northern Michigan, to visit their son, a World War II veteran who is now a patient in a Veterans Hospital. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmßS AT THE FIRST S|GN OF ILLNESS CALL YOUR DOCTOR !t’« dangerous lo try to diagnose an illness, on ly your physician is trained to do so accur ately! Call him, then call us lo scientifically fill his prescription. « j Knight’s Pharmacy Black Mountain, N. C. WOOD We Have Dry Hardwood Split For Cook Stove, Fireplace or Heater Blocks C. S. BETTS Phone 2681 Black Mountain, N. C. MOHk V, Mas^iaisSßfeSA:. ,.v ', . ?,. wrWmii v COMMUNITY COLORED NURSERY SCHOOL This week the children learned why and how the chipmunk got its stripe. When the animals met by order of .their president, the porcupine, who was chosen be cause he could quiet any argu ment by “throwing his quills.” the question to be settled was: “Was the sun to be allowed to shine ? The chipmunk, hopping about mer rily, provokingly said: “But it will shine, it will shine!” The animals grew angry, and the bear started to growl— “gr-r-r, gr-r-r-” They had decided that the sun must never shine again! At that mo ment, day began to break,” the heavy clouds parted, and the sun shone upon them with a great big smile. The little chipmunk chirp ed happily: “It did shine! It did shinet ’ “Gr-r-r, gr-r-r,” roared the furious big bear as he clumsily ran towards the little chipmunk, chasing him up a tree. Just as the small animal almost reached a hole in the tree where it could hide, the great big, bear reached up his paw and struck the back of the chipmunk, tearing a strip with his claws, and that, my child ren. caused the stripe that the chipmunk carries on its back. The children are interested in the redwood tree of California. They have a “burl” from the tree, which they keep moist while wait ing for the green shoots to ap pear. They learned about this big i tree, where California is, and that they live in a big state called North Carolina; that Black Moun tain and Asheville and other towns are in a big piece of land by the name just as their houses are in a smaller piece of land call ed Black Mountain. Say You Saw It In The News Add Telephones At Record Pace The demand for telephones in the South, as related to the per cent now in service, is about twice that of any other region in the country. A review of Southern Bell oper ations during the first 12 months of peace reveals that new com pany records have been set during 1946 both in volume of local and long distance calls handled and in telephones added. Long: distance calls made over Southern Bell telephones during a recent month are about 139 per cent greater than in 1940. Local calls are averaging about 39 per cent greater than in 1940. Since August 31, 1945, South ern Bell has added more than 300,- 000 telephones, and in a recent month broke all Company records by increasing the telephones in service by more than 37,000. The average monthly gain in South ern Bell telephones now is more than four times the average for 1945 and for the prewar period of 1936-1939. Today there are more than 2,- 100,000 Southern Bell telephones, over 800,000 more than we had on September 1, 1940. Southern Bell employees now number more than 45,000, approximately 11,500 more than at the end of the war. More equipment, more people, more of every things are being add ed as fast as possible to furnish more and better telephone ser vice. Approximately $400,000,000 in expenditures for additional tel ephone facilities will be required during the next 5 to 6 years in the nine states served by Southern Bell. The Company will spend about $84,000,000 to enlarge its facilities this year alone and the rate of expenditure will acceler ate as materials become available in increasing quantities. This rep resents by far the biggest expan sion program in the Company’s history. BUY BONDS AND KEEP THEM Patronize Your Local Merchants BLACK MOUNTAIN ARTS CLUB The club held its October meet ing at the “Spinning Wheel” on Hendersonville Road. Besides the artistic and attrac tive native work, Mrs. Hursh, the hostess, displayed African handi craft, hammocks, screens, floor mats, and other household articles a type of the “Art of Weaving” that had never been seen by some of the members. All were so inter ested that no time was left for the visit to the Biltmore Weaving and Homespun Shops on the Grove Park Inn Estate. That trip will be a treat to look forward to. as will be many of <he other inviting pro grams of the Arts Club, planned by its ever-alert, never desponding Chairman, Miss Mary Young. The next “great anticipation” will be realized on November 7 at Mrs. Aleshire’s home, Oak Knoll, when Mrs. Angie Wright will give a most enjoyable and illuminating talk on the criteria for a good pic ture, explaining how judges esti mate pictures and then make their decisions. Mrs. Wright will have many beautiful paintings to use as illustrations. On Friday and Saturday of the first week in December, the Black Mountain Hardware Co., will once more grant the arts club the privi lege of using one of its windows for another display of the handi craft of our neighbors and friends at the Western North Carolina Sanatorium. Our local artists are invited to send their articles, hand icraft which they may wish to sell. Make out your Christmas shopp ing-list for there will be very desirable lovely luncheon sets, baby sets, purses, change purses, and many other attractive “gifts." The other “sale” was very en couraging and remunerative. Let’s make this such a successful one that the prospects for the winter, the long, dreary days of our “shut in neighbors,” and for their Christ mas will be most joyous. They, too, want to give to others. “There are lonely hearts to cherish as the days are going by.” The following leaders have been selected to instruct classes for the arts club. Poetry—Mrs. William White head. Painting—Mrs. Aleshire. Literature Creative Writing— Miss Edith Chatterton. Drama—Mrs. W. H. McMurray. Mr. And Mrs. John Ealy Move To Indianapolis O Mr. and Mrs. John W. Ealy and daughters Carolyn, Shirley, and Gloria, Saturday morning left for Indianapolis to make their home. Mr. Ealy was formerly co-owner of the News. Prior to early this year when he came here to become associated with J. C. Cornelius, News publish er, Mr. Ealy was chief draftsman in the auto radio division of RCA. Weaving—Mrs. Genevieve Fis cher. Other Handicraft — Mrs. Win. Hamilton. Archaeology and Art of Egypt, Palestine and Mesopolania—Mrs. Thomas Sharp. Music —Mr. Robert Guy, Mrs. Geo. Stone, assistant. Please notify Mrs. E. J. Anth ony, chairman of activities, if you wish to enroll in any of these groups. The executive committee has appointed Mr. Richard Seawright as treasurer. Dues are now pay able. Please communicate with Mr. Seawright as soon as possible. If not “who steals (the art clubs) purse (will steal) trash.” With apologies to Shakespeare. In accordance with our promise to mention each week if possible, a painting exhibited during the arts festival, we have selected a particularly enchanting one, a study of the Night-blooming cer eus or “cerea” by Mrs. A. G. Bar nett of Asheville. It bordered somewhat on the modernistic art. By surrounding it with an antique frame that had been painted white to harmonize with, and heighten the effect of, the brilli ant whiteness of the flowers, the artist had achieved an ethereal touch. A large plant of this flow er in its once-a-year full bloom, is a sight wondrous to behold and never to be forgotten. It glows as did the candle of Ceres that night that she started out to search for her daughter, Proserpina, who had been carried off by Pluto. “Ethereal—and like a throbbing star Seen mid the sapphires heavens deep repose.” —Miss Elizabeth Kennedy is here from Washington, D. C., to visit her parents. A graduate of Shaw University, .Miss Kennedy plans to teach. Americans Drive Older Cars Today One reason why tires are still scarce, though being produced in record-breaking numbers, is that Americans this year are driving more miles than ever before, and using more cars which are old enough to need new rubber, J. M. Woodcock manager of the B. I • Goodrich Store said today. Statistics on gasoline consump tion for the first half of the year, he said, point to an average of 680 gallons per passenger car for the year. This is 174 gallons, or 34 per cent, more than the average for last year, and tops the record figure of 667 gallons set in 1941. (The low point for the last decade came ir. 1944, a l 390 gallons for passenger cars.) Trucks and buses are showing the same rise, Mr. Woodcock said, the 1946 full-year estimate being 1,140 gallons per vehicle against 1,300 last year and 1,412 in 1941. “This evidence of extensive driv ing, coupled with a better than 25 per cent increase in cars in service that are more than two years old, means a tremendously active market for replacement tires,” the manager said, “and helps explain why they are still hard to get despite production lev els exceeding any peacetime years.” There are now, he said, about 25,300,000 cars more than two years old on the roads, while in 1941, only about 20 million of the 27,600,000 registered autos were beyond the two-year mark the age at which cars generally begin to “he in the market for” replacement tires. Mr. Woodcock predicted that gasoline consumption per car would continue to rise—even “on top” of the coming great increase in auto registrations. He said a “very conservative” projection, based on data from the U. S. Bureau of Mines and the Public Roads Administration, indicated 685 gallons for 1947; 709 and 727 for the following two years, and 731 in 1950, assuring “a continu ing high demand for replacement tires.” —Mr. and Mrs. John Harris and son of South Bend, Indiana, are in Black Mountain for a visit with friends. Sewing Machine Needs Care For Best Work Your sewing machine needs oil ing after each day’s work, or after 8 to 10 hours of use. Even Whe not in use, it deserves occasional oiling to prevent the drying and gumming of earlier lubrications : All too many homemakers who are expert seamstresses let their most important tool work dav after day without care for j ts long-suffering mechanisms. In a( j. dition to frequent oiling, general cleaning is recommended if t h e machine has not had a good “g 0 . ing over” within the past six or eight months. Even when it has not been used, it needs a thorough cleaning at least twice a year. For smooth running, wash dirt and gummed oil out of the mach ine with a cleaning fluid such as kerosene, carbon tetrachloride or gasoline. An old oil can filled with the fluid will do the trick. Liberal amounts can he squirted into all bearings and oil holes, the machine head tilted back and the same thing done on the underside. Dance Together —And Find Out They’re Cousins o They met at a dance in a Red Cross club in Germany. He was a GI from Chicage and she a “dis placed” Yougoslav girl awaiting return to her native country after three years in a German concen tration camp. They swapped ques tions —with exciting results. Katie turned out to be Jack’s first cousin. Their mothers were sisters. The rest was inevitable. Plans for family reunions, exchange of photographs, and letter writing. Jack promised to visit Yugoslavia, where he was supposed to have looked up Katie in the first place. Ladies’ WEARING APPAREL Rice’s Quality Store
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