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Swannanoa News In The Spotlight Py Quentin Enlow With the return of several top h feminine performers, Coach pavidson’s Swannanoa high K “ 00 l lassies are showing rapid mprovement as they make prepa '"tions for their opening cage skirmish of the season December g she Grace high school girls’ m will furnish the opposition on that date, and scout reports in nate that it will be a tough battle. The Grace and Swannanoa boys w :;i clash in the main attraction an hour later. Coach Davidson’s probable start ing lineup will have Patsy Webb, Petty Ingle, and Betty Gibbs at forwards, while Nancy LeMasters, Katherine Green, and Patsy Wil j person will get the starting nod at the guard positions. Wiss Webb, who gained a cage reputation with the Beacon Mills cirls’ basketball team is a veteran if last year’s Swannanoa squad. Ingle and Gibbs also played var sity ball last season, while the guards aren’t exactly new to the game. LeMasters and Wilkerson hit the first-string lineup most of the time last season, and Miss Green was a first-class reserve. Coach Davidson has several outstanding subs to depend on this ••ear. Hazel Nannev, who played part-time last season, is a top notch guard stand-by. Patsy Stroups, a promising newcomer, will probably fill in several times, and Jacqueline Whitaker, Evelyn Roberts, and Betty Hensley are expected to see plenty of action on the hardwood this fall. The local teams have scheduled several tough opponents for cage contests this year. Black Mountain, Sand Hill, Candler, Grace, and Warren Wilson Junior college are some of the teams who will try to ; put Swannanoa out of the running for the Buncombe county basket ball crown; and, from all indica tions, they will have a tough time doing it. Sam Patton told interviewer |*| INI IJ * Shoes are still on the shortage list. Don’t you be caught short. Bring your shoes to us for expert re pair—longer life. • FULL SOLES A SPECIALTY C & c SHOE SHOP SWANNANOA, N. C. Buchanan’s 5 i c 0c & Store Swannanoa, N. C. Phone 3673 “HEADQUARTERS FOR SANTA CLAUS” AND Christmas Toys Open All Day Wednesday Till Xmas _ Use Our Lay-Away Plan Ray’s Case Swannanoa, N. C. UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT - HALL SMITH—RAY BALLARD * —We Specialize In — * T-Bone Steaks \ * Fried Chicken * Pork Chops and * Sandwiches of all kinds All Cooked on Our New Grill Hamburgers Off Our Grill—lsc Open 5:00 A. M. to 12:00 Midnight Phone 3676 Patton Rites Held Sunday Funeral services for Ben F. Patton, 75, a farmer and life-long resident of Swannanoa, were held Sunday in the Swgnnanoa Presby terian church with Dr. Thomas A. Painter, Jr., officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery. Son of the late John M. and Betsy Davidson Patton of Swan nanoa, he died at his home on Bee Tree road Friday night after a long illness. Survivors include the widow, Connie Morgan Patton; five sis ters, Miss Jean Patton of Ashe ville, Miss Louise Patton of Swan nanoa, Mrs. J. T. Croyle of Pitts burgh, Mrs. D. L. Parrish of Badin, and Mrs. L. E. Reighard of Lenoir; one son, Paul E. Patton of Swan nanoa; and five aughters, Mrs. Arthur M. Bannerman of Swan nanoa, Mrs. Francis Shouse of San Diego, Mrs. J. 0. Buchanan of Asheville, Mrs. Lewis Reynolds of Asheville, and Mrs. John E. Crutchfield of Greensboro. Harrison funeral home, Black Mountain, was in charge of ar rangements. Bill Ward, sports editor of Radio Station W. N. C. A., that: “The secret of sporting success is to heed the advice of your coach and lead a good, clean life.” Take Pat ton’s advice, Be A Good Sport, and I’ll see you at this same spot next week. Look Who’s Here! Mr. and Mrs. William King of Swannanoa, R. F. D. No. 1, are the parents of a son, born Satu.- day in Mission hospital, Asheville. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Jones of Swannanoa announce the birth of a son, born Saturday in St. Joseph’s hospital in Asheville. Mr. and Mrs. B. D. West of Swannanoa announce the birth of a son Thursday, November 28, at St. Joseph’s hospital. With The Sick Rufus Freeman of Swannanoa has been absent from his work at the McMurray Chevrolet garage because of illness. BACK AT RAY’S CAFE Ray’s Case at Swannanoa is now under the management of Ray Ballard and Hall Smith, it has been announced. Mr. Smith was formerly con nected with the business but has been away for three months. The business will continue to be oper ated under the name of Ray’s Case. ATTENDS GAME Miss Mary Deal of Swannanoa attended the Georgia-Georgia Tech game last Saturday in Atlanta. “1,000 calories daily is too much to let you die quickly, and too little to let you live long.”—Sir Arthur Salter, British economist. Folksongs And Ballads From The Valley By Artus Moser Swannanoa, N. C. o The great beauty and charm of the Christmas carols and folksongs that have come down to us here in the valley have seldom been sur passed. It would seem appropriate, therefore, that I should present some of these that I have collected and make them available during the remaining few weeks before Christmas. I wish I could quote the tunes, but that is impossible in a newspaper. Later I hope to publish many of ballads and songs I am quoting in this column, and of course I shall want to print the music along with the text; because, as I pointed out last week, a folk ballad without the tune is really only half of the presenta tion. I have had the good fortune to find many people who can still sing these old songs, and I have had the additional good fortune to be able to record these tunes and to sing the songs as I believe they must have been sung by the anci ents. Certainly the tunes that have come down to us are as strange and beautiful as the words. If one will read these songs aloud, how ever, he can well imagine the tunes, and if he will read them slowly, halting at some word in the middle of a line, usually at the end of a clause or phrase, he will find himself making a tune of his own. The first one I am quoting today is called the “Cherry-Tree Carol.” It should be kept in mind that Old Christmas was and still is cele brated in certain sections of the mountains of this region on Janu ary 5 or 6. It is believed that Christ was born on the night be tween these dates, and that at this time the animals bow their knees at midnight, and that the spirits of the departed loved ones com municate with certain relatives and friends. The Cherry-Tree Carol When Joseph was a young man, A young man was he, He courted the Virgin Mary, The Queen of Gallilee. When Joseph was an old man, An old man was he, He married the Virgin Mary, The Queen of Gallilee. Mary and Joseph were a-walking one day, Here is apples and cherries A-plenty to behold, Here is apples and cherries A-plenty to behold. Mary spoke to Joseph So meek and so mild: Joseph, gather me some cherries, For I am with child. Joseph flew in anger, In anger flew he, Saying: Let the father of your baby Gather cherries for thee. The Lord spoke down from heaven, These words he did say: Bow you low down, you cherry tree While Mary gathers some. The cherry tree bowed down; It was low on the ground, And Mary gathered cherries While Joseph stood around. Then Joseph took Mary All on his right knee Pray, tell me, little baby, When your birthday shall be? On the fifth day of January My birthday shall be, When the stars and the elements Shall tremble with fear. Winter Time is Here DON’T WAIT until the last minute to HAVE YOUR CAR WINTERIZED. Do it now—while there is still time. Call us for Fuel QQfiyl Oil & Kerosene. Phone POSTER’S ESSO STATION SWANNANOA, N. C. Woodmen Cagersj Rounding Into j Top Condition o I Pleased with the condition of his cagers who are rapidly round ing into shape for their initial contest of the season, Coach Kenneth Mills sent his Swannanoa Woodmen squad through a spirit ed scrimmage on the high school floor last Monday evening. Mills, a three-year varsity lad from Swannanoa high school, an nounced that new uniforms have been ordered for his crew, and 1 that, pending arrival of the para phernalia, no definite schedule has been made. Any independent teams wishing ( to play the locals are requested to write Coach Mills at Swannanoa. All home games will be played on the high school hardwood, but: Mills indicated that his team j would rather play away from their own environment. Then Joseph took Mary All on his left knee, Saying: Lord, have mercy upon me For what I have done. Social Events o MISS MONTEATH MARRIES PAUL SWANN Miss Sarah Darby Monteath, daughter of Mrs. Mary Henderson Monteath of Asheville, was mar ried to Paul Arthur Swann, son of Swannanoa, on Sunday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Swann of at the First Baptist church in Toccoa, Ga. The Rev. A. T. Cline officiated, using the double ring ceremony. The bride, who was given in marriage by Dudley Stevens of Gastonia, wore a gray wool dress maker suit with black accessories and a corsage of red roses. Miss Mary Monteath, sister of the bride, was maid of honor. She wore an aqua wool suit with of pink rosebuds. brown accessories and a corsage The bridegroom had as his best man James Wallace Stevens, also of Asheville. o MISS O’DONOGHUE WED TO JOHN W. GOGGINS Miss Florence O’Donoghue, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. O’Donoghue of Lowell, Mass., was married to John Wesley Coggins, son of Mrs. Henry Allen Coggins and the late Mr. Coggins of Bee Tree, in the rectory of St. Mar garet’s Catholic church, Lowell, Mass., on November 17 at 4 p. m. The Rev. John McManmon, cousin of the bride, performed the ceremony. After a wedding trip to the coast, the couple will reside, in Washington, D. C. o MISS COGGINS TO BECOME BRIDE OF PORTER GARLAND Mrs. Henry Allen Coggins of Bee Tree announces the coming marriage of her daughter, Betty Jane Coggins, to Porter Hickman Garland, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hickman Garland of Ashe ville. The wedding will take place in the First Christian church at 8 p. m. on Friday evening, Decem ber 13. The Rev. Harold Tyer will perform the ceremony. Cattle may develop nutritional diseases, the most common of which is “creeps,” when there is a shortage of phosphorus in their feed. Well fertilized pastures pro duce better cattle. G. Tom Scott, state director of PMA, asks housewives to serve more cabbage. There is a big over production this year. The govern ment hos bought many cars in the Elizabeth City area. ■ * | Say You Saw It In The NEWS Say You Saw It In The NEWS Thurs., Dec. 5, 1946—BLACK MOUNTAIN (N. C.) NEWS—I are well stocked with gifts for girls of N all ages! walnut and other veneers. Gen- I uine aromatic red cedar lined! ‘yP* •• Some with automatic, compart mented tnays. Shop early and take your choice of several AN INEXPENSIVE GIFT! '/ | COLORFUL HASSOCKS j! - | ,jj One and two-tone colors with contrasting I ' 1 : Si'o' piped seams!. Covers of washable leather- Jf IlHlPfe. H ette. Choose from our wide selection of Jf SnSB /i , 1 IH shapes and sizes. They’ll be greatly ap preciated, either as handy foot stools, or Delight “HER” with a Vf"] - CHAISE LONGUE i 1 .r# Udfcfr i«BEf mnM She’ll love something for her very •• own room! 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