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BLACK A PROGRESSIVE AND * ★ Vol. 4, No. 8. Ponies, Raiders Meet In Crucial Game Friday Fresh from their 18 to 0 con quest of Ben Lippen at Memorial Stadium last Saturday, Coach Eutren Byrd’s Darkhofses will seek to keep their Buncombe county ! jeapue record clear when they , ra vel to Sand Hill Friday after noon for a crucial clash with the j R e( | Raiders. The Sand Hill eleven is big and tough and has been pointing for the Ponies since the opening of i practice last month. The Raiders I backfield is extremely dangerous I an( j can travel with the best, once past the line of scrimmage. As the winner of this game will have a cood chance of going on to grab county grid honors, both teams are expected to be at their peak | for the contest. Against Ben Lippen Saturday I c a pps scored after a run of 80 var ds with an intercepted pass and jimmy Milbee sneaked through [ ce nter for a second six pointer I during the first half. After stall ing several enemy threats, the Horses counted again in the last period on a pass from Reece to Capps in the end zone. This con cluded a march of 60 yards and was the longest extended drive of the game. Black Mountain lineup: Ends, Osteen, Rice, Gregg. Tackles, Morris, Chandler. Guards, T. Reed, Mclntosh, Stevens. Center, R. Reed, O. Reece. Backs, C Reece, Milbee, Capps, R. White, K. Glenn, Clyde Reece. Jaycees Plan Campaign For Subscriptions The Black Mountain junior chamber of commerce, in con junction with the Black Mountain NEWS, will launch an intensive subscription campaign within the next few days to help defray the cost of the portable all-steel bleach ers which have been ordered for the athletic field. Latest infor mation is that the bleachers will be delivered by the end of the week. Form letters, cards, and sub scription blanks are now being printed and the subscription drive will open just as soon as final details are ironed out. The jaycees plan to conduct other projects at the same time. This includes the sale of membership in the bleacher club. Announcement will be made shortly, officials said. COMMITTEE MEETS The executive committee of the Black Mountain Arts club will meet at the library Monday, Oct. -5, at 8 p. m. This will be a general business meeting. MEETING DATES __ 0.E.5., first and third Tuesday, ' ; 3O p m., Masonic hall. Cions club, second and fourth Thursday, 7:00 p. m., Monte Vista. Jaycees, second Monday, 7:00 P- m., Sarge’s Restaurant. Swannanoa Men’s club, first Monday, 6:30 p. m., Swannanoa School. Black Mountain Lodge No. 663 F. and A. M., 8:00 p. m., fourth briday, Junior Order hall. M’aycaster-McFee post 129, American Legion, 8:00 p. m., city ■‘ a 'C first Tuesday. Swannanoa Book Club, third Tuesday, 8 p. m . Bead the ads and look for your name —you may win a free ticket t 0 your local theatre. mountain news GROWING NEWSPAPER IN A PROGRESSIVE AND GROWING COMMUNITY Musical Program At t ity Auditorium Friday rile Famous Indian River Harmoneers of Knoxville, Tenn and the Davis (Blind) Trio from Gastonia, N. C., will appear in a concert program at the Asheville city auditorium, Friday, October 22, at 8 P. M. There will also be a big quar tet contest with quartets, duets, trios, and solos competing for honors and cash prizes. This pro gram is expected to be the biggest and best of its type ever pre sented in WNC, and is recom mended for the entire family. 900 Children Evacuated In Surprise Drill More than 900 students and their teachers were evacuated from the grammar school building Friday morning in a surprise fire drill conducted by Principal A. W. McDougle and witnessed by Mayor J. L. Potter, members of the town board and District Principal N. C. Shuford. The drill was conducted to comply with the law which requires at least one drill each month. During September the first drill was held at which time Mr. Mc- Dougle and his staff worked out the details for use in case of fire. Each room was assigned its own line of march which is so arranged that there is no waiting or cross ing of lines on the way to the safety zone. The alarm was sounded a few minutes after the children had re turned to their classrooms follow ing the morning recess. A few seconds later they were pouring out the seven exits in a steady stream, without confusion or ex citement, and marched quickly to the safety zone where they wait ed with the teacher in charge. Al though they evacuated the build ing in less than 90 seconds, the fire department was on the scene in less than a minute after the alarm was given. “When an alarm is sounded,” Mr. McDougle explained, “each room has a monitor who im mediately closes the windows, the students line up single file by their desks, and march at the word of their teacher who leaves the room last and closes the class room door. As soon as the build ing is cleared the janitor checks the west tier of classrooms and I check the east tier.” In addition to those already mentioned the following were present for the surprise drill: Melvin Lance, J. G. Northcott, Dr. F H. Richardson, Ronald Finch, R. T. Greene, and Ben Hardwick, Carl Smith, and Dean Willis of the Black Mountain fire depart ment. OES Will Sponsor Carnival At Clubhouse The OES will sponsor a carnival at the clubhouse on Friday, Oct ober 29, beginning at 7:30 p. m. ■Proceeds will be used for the Masonic and Eastern Star home hospital and orphanage. Entertainment will consist of cake walks, prizes for costumes, fishing pond, lunch counter, horse racing, and games for the young and old. The public is invited to attend. HUMANE SOCIETY BRANCH A branch of the Asheville hu mane society will be organized in Black Mountain with the first meeting scheduled to be held at the city hall, October 22, 7:30 p. m. All interested persons are requested to be present. Thursday, October 21,1948, Black Mountain, N. C. WITHOUT EXCITEMENT OR CONFUSION . *'■*'- y | "Tgvj . s : « .v&x. ® las' More than 900 children were evacuated from the grade school build ing during the surprise fire drill Friday morning. Mrs. Dempsey Whit aker is shown escorting her class to the safety zone with Mrs. J. G. Northcott in the background. Photos by Ellington LIONS’ TRUCK MAKES FIRST RUN . . . ■* :#!&■■' SK j^| ' ' .-;X, .* ... • " • , , ' ; ,/ * < w VvM, •• X . . ..> - - ■ • \ , • : .v' - ' ' v/ • •• V N' ' • • _ '. ~ ” .. - - i ; ■* / - " \ v . ' V/-'" . , * * V/' , /' ' , ; % , < ✓ y x ' . When Principal A. W. McDougle of the grade school sounded the alarm Friday morning for a surprise fire drill, the Black Mountain fire department was on the scene within a matter of seconds. Town and school officials are shown here inspecting the navy surplus fire truck which was bought last week by the Lions club and which will be presented to the town. In the background the children may be seen returning to their classrooms after the all-clear had been sounded. B&PW Dinner Meeting Monday The Business and Professional Women’s club will hold a dinner meeting at the Monte Vista hotel Monday night at 6:30 p. m. Members may bring guests and One Act Plays Will Be Friday On Friday night - promptly at one minute before eight, - the curtain will go up on the first of a series of one act plays to be given in the grammar school auditorium. The plays are: FIRST DATE, and DIXON’S KITCHEN. Admission will be Adults 25 cents, Children 15 cents. Cast, FIRST DATE: | Mr. Tippett Lawrence English Mrs. Tippett Alice Whitaker ; Henry Tippett Bill Morris j Lorraine Totus Clara Reid ; Evelyn Tippett Doris Jones Matilda (Maid) Jo Ann Cordell In DIXON’S KITCHEN: Annie Lee Dana Gilliam L em Burton Osteen p a Paul Norton Tyj a Patsy Rickets ; Gji Harold Bailey Jack Leon Riddle must make reservations with the committee or Mrs. Garnet Green wood - 4503 - before Friday night. Speaker of the evening will be Roy Taylor, who will discuss legis lative issues. An open forum will I follow. I The world community day ser vices will be held November 5 at 1 the Presbyterian church. Pay Only 5c Clubhouse Packed For Lions Club Annual Barbecue Five hundred Lions and their guests were present for the annual Lions barbecue held at the club house Thursday night at which time a drive was launched to raise funds for the fire truck which was purchased last week from the War Assets Administra tion at Jacksonville, Fla. W. Dean Willis, Jess Dotson, and J. B. Wil son returned from Florida with the truck Wednesday night. The truck, which was donated to the Town of Black Mountain by the local Lions club, will be paid for with funds raised by various projects. Officials estimate that between S4OO and SSOO will be realized from the barbecue. Do nations have been received from Beacon Manufacturing company, Morgan Manufacturing company, and SIOO from Grove Stone and Sand company. The Black Moun tain Ice company donated the ice and all services for the barbecue and George Sarti and the Clear water Finishing company at Old Fort donated more than SIOO worth of cloth to be auctioned off. Many of those selling tickets did not report until the night of the barbecue and as a result preparations had not been made for the large number which at tended. The chicken ran out but there was plenty of pork for all. Will Holman was general chair man assisted by Charlie Spencer. Others who helped included Bill Hickey, Tom Nesbitt, Reid Tull, John Ramsey, T. Greene, W. C. Hor.'ycutt, Otty Leeman, Bob Williams, Miss Mary G. Wilson and her home economics class, and Dempsey Whitaker. B&PW Schedules Benefit Party The Business and Professional Women’s club will hold a benefit card party tomorrow (Friday) night at 8:00 p. m. at the Monte Vista hotel. Bridge and rummy will be played with a prize for each table. Tickets are 50c and can be secured at the NEWS office, Band Box, and Rug and Jug Shop. No tickets will be sold at the door. Reservations may be made by calling anyone of the above places. Move Started To Clean Old Church Cemetery The old Tabernacle cemetery which adjoins the Mountain View Memorial park, has become the land of the forgotten man. Despite the fact that Tabernacle is the oldest Methodist church west of the Blue Ridge and that the ceme tery is the final resting place of many of our oldest settlers, it is now a mass of weeds, trees, and brush. Although several attempts have been made to set aside a day and clean the grounds, those who tried to make the arrangements say that a few folks show but not enough to do the work. Plans are now afoot to organize an im provement association which will take care of the cleaning each year. The cemetery is owned by the Tabernacle church and people are buried there from all over the Swannanoa valley. Many graves are more than 100 years old. Fam- Continued on Page 4 ★ ★
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