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tl\i ±Z I^4o BLACK MOUNTAIN NEWS I ★ ★ A PROGRESSIVE and growing newspaper in a progressive ANI) growing COMMUNITY ★ ★ | Vol. 3, No. 24. ■ * T- V I (lelflecilafvi I [ By JACK GREENWOOD * * The V. F. W. books—“ General I Marshall’s Victory Report" have I arrived and are now on sale at I t j, e s'KWS, Black Mountain Drug ■ company, Knight’s Pharmacy, and B Key City Pharmacy. The price is * SI.OO. Neatly bound in a white I durable cover, the books contain 1 a memorial page to those from B the community who lost their lives I in the war as well as a complete I list of all men and women who -■ervcd in World War 11. It looks 4s if shooting free 1 throws would be one of the casi- I .* plays in basketball. All you 1 save to do is walk up to the free I throw line, get set and toss it in. [ At least that’s the way it works I in theory. And the book says that I anyone can be taught to shoot B free throws with a reasonable I degree of success. Well, that’s what the book says I and that's the way it looks, but I in actual practice it isn’t so easy. I Take the case of a Black Moun- I tain eager. Last week in practice i I he was hitting eight and nine out ' I of 10 without any trouble. Then ■ came Oakley and the jinx—Todd. ‘ I The same boy missed eight out | I of a possible 10. If he were a B young player, you might say he i was nervous. But those things B happen to the l>est of players and f there is no way to explain it. The Black Mountain boys lack two things that mean the differ f ence between a mediocre team I and a team that can go places —a I good ball handler that can control I the ball downcourt and bring it up fast, and eonsistentcy at the ■ free throw line. ■ For fighting spirit the 1948 five, according to those who should II know, ranks with any team that the school has ever fielded. No . matter what the score is, either for or against them, the boys keep fighting until the final whistle. _ And, while that is commendable, they still need a cool headed ball handler who can keep control and direct play until the proper open ing presents itself. Without a I player of this type, few teams | ever advance far against strong ! competition. ‘Don’t count the Black Moun tain boys out," were the words of , Martin Nesbitt, Oakley principal. They still have a good chance of surprising someone before the I j end of the year.” Martin is not the only member of the Nesbitt family interested in the fortunes of the Oakley teams. Friday night two sisters braved the bad weather to follow the boys and girls to Black Moun tain. Evidently the Rev. W. A. Hun eycutt, pastor of the First Bap tist church, doesn’t believe in signs or notices. A few nights ago ■ he drove around to the home of some friends, breezed up to the door and asked if the folks want ed to go to the ball game. R t*ing stiong fans the folks started to get ready, then some one thought to look at the sched uk. The game was being played < ; t Biltmore and the genial pastor —Continued on Page 8 Thursday. February 12, 1918, Black Mountain. N. C. “Milestone Model ’ and the Men Who Made It B -flea Twenty men whose combined craft* and skills are representative of the myriad trades contributing to pro duction of a motor vehicle, pose at Flint, Mich., with a “milestone model"—the 20,000,000th unit produced by Chevrolet in its 35-year history. From the engineer with State Officers Attend Regular O.E.S. Meeting A large crowd attended the reg ular meeting of the Black Moun tain chapter U. D. Order of East ern Star held at the Masonic Hall Tuesday night. Visitors present included Mrs. Nell Porter of Swannanoa, wor thy grand matron; Alvis M. Tingle of Asheville, associate grand pa tron; Mrs. Mae Willman of Ashe ville, associate grand conductress; and Mrs. Willa Brown of Black Mountain, grand warden. All of these officers were of the grand chapter of North Carolina O. E. S. Also present was Mrs. Jean La- Patra of Asheville, grand repre sentative of Illinois. Purina Begins Second Series Oi Ads In NEWS With the urgency for grain con servation throughout the country, Wright’s Cash Store of Black Mountain has planned a series of advertisements to appear regularly in the NEWS to describe the feed ing programs and Purina Chows and Sanitation Products available to help in the conservation efforts of farmers and feeders of Bun combe county. This series of advertisements marks the second consecutive year in which Wright's Cash Store ex plains to the public the products anil programs developed at the i3B acre Purina Research Farm at Gray Summit, Mo., and the ana lytical, biological, and pathologie i 1 laboratories at St. Louis. In addition to the complete line of Purina Chows for all types of livestock and poultry, the local store serves this community with seeds, allied lines, and other farm necessities. • RESULTS—CLASSIFIEDS! ! ! his designs and blueprints, to the polisher with his buffing tool, from the chemist to the hooded welder, these are the men who keep the nation’s traffic arteries humming. De spite production difficulties, Chevrolet has produced its latest million cars and trucks in almost exactly a year. Black Mountain Citizens Participate In County Community Chest Program Jaycees Select Bleachers As Second Project Erection of bleachers at the ath letic field and improvement of the playing field itself were two pro jects which the Black Mountain Junior Chamber of Commerce de cided on at a regular monthly meeting held at Sarg’s Res taurant Monday night. A large crowd attended. The above named projects were unanimously decided upon after a thorough discussion of all points. After many other worthwhile im provements bed been examined, the Jaycees agreed that the most pressin need at present is for the improvement of the softball field and for the installment of seats. When tfiese two goals are reached, Black Mountain will have one of the best small town athletic plants in this section. Two committees were appointed by Walter Styles, club president. A. F. Tyson, Jr., Bill Ellington, William Holcombe, and Oscar Tin ney were named on one committee to investigate the cost and other details. Ross Taylor, Tyson, Hol combe, and Sarge Brantley were selected to examine the possibil ities of improving the playing, field, sowing grass and rolling. The Jaycees pointed out that the reason no thank you notes were mailed to those who con tributed to the lighting if the field was the fact that all money col lected was used to install the lights. Meeting Postponed Due to bad weather the World Day of Prayer scheduled for Fri day night at the Presbyterian church, has been postponed until further notice. Council Praised For Outstanding Job Acording to J. R. Gill, presi dent of the community chest of Buncombe county, the Black Moun tain council has done a very out standing job of planning and work ing with the development of the local community council under the leadership of Herb Sanders, chair man. cooperating with the Lions club, chamber of commerce, City public officials, Women’s groups such as the Tea and Topic club, Parent-Teachers association and —(i'ont’d on Page 4, SEC II Northwestern Bank Moves Up Among Leaders The Northwestern Bank has ad vanced twelve places among the 1,000 largest banks of the United States, according to information received today by William Hickey, cashier of the Black Mountain-Old Fort branch. The advance was from 51! to 499th position. The complete message follows: —Continued on Page 5 New Sprouts On Old Stumps The Black Mountain Chamber of Commerce was organ ized and incorporated in 1923 with the following charter members: TREYLON BROWN CLIFFORD PORTER J. I. ARCHER A. R. BAUMAN L. G. BEALL H. B. CRAVEN R. E. CURRIER (This year the Asheville Chamber of Commerce celebrates its fiftieth anniversary, and the local unit will have its Silver Jubilee.) | Pay only 5c Buncombe Baptist Ministers Plan Series of Meetings The ministers of the Buncombe Baptist Association plan a special series of services for ministers at the First Baptist Church in Ashe ville next week, February 16-20. The theme of the services will be “The Place of the Preacher in the Plan of God”. Dr. Courts Bedford of the Baptist Home Mission Board in Atlanta, will speak to the ministers each morning at 11:20. The program will begin each morning with a devotional period led by one of the ministers at 10:30 which wil be followed by a doctrinal discussion. The min isters will go to the S and W for lunch each day, and the after non part of the service will be held there with different minist ers discussing some Old Testa ment, New Testament, and mod ern-day preachers. A mision rally will be held in each of the five districts of the Buncombe Baptist Association next week, February 16-20, with Dr. Courts Redford of the Bap tist Home Mission Board in At lanta as the speaker. Special mu sic will be provided for each ral ly by the choir from some neigh boring church. The service will begin at 7:30 each evening. The churches in which the meetings wil be held and the churches pro viding special music will be as follows: Monday, Cane Creek near Fairview with music by Reed Memoru.,; Tuesday, West Asheville with music by Grace; Wednesday, Weaverville with music by Chunn’s Cove; Thurs day, Victory with music by Mount Carmel; and Friday, Swan nanoa with music by the First Church in Asheville. Dr. Redford Asociate Secretary of the Bap tist Home Mission Board in At lanta, will speak each evening on some phase of the work carried on by Southern Baptists in the home mission territory. H. M. Ho cutt, missionary of the Buncombe Baptist Association, wil be in charge of the meetings. MINISTER’S REVIVAL Buncombe Baptist Association February 16-20, 1948 Theme: “The Place of the Preach er in the Plan of God”. The morning meetings will be —Continued on Page 5 CIRCLE MEETING FRIDAY The Pauline Arnold Circle will meet Friday, February 13, at the home of Mrs. George Stone at 7:30 p. m., if weather permits. MEETS MONDAY The Black Mountain Chamber of Commerce will hold an import ant meeting at the City Hall Mon day night at 7:30. F. B. DENNIS J. D. ECKLES W. C. GREENE A. A. HEGEM AN J. P. DARKER F. A. i’ERLEY R. L. WOODARD
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