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November, 1947 THE DIALETTE Page 3 Soccer TonraameEi To Be Played Soon; Exciteineni Is Increasing Girls! By all means, go all out for sports! Every team you make will give you one hundred points toward your “M”, provided you play a certain number of games. What girl does not want an “M”? So get busy, and go all out for sports. Well, soccer has really begun, since we have had so much nice weather. The Blackfoot tribe has won two games so far this year by defeating the Sequoias and the Shawnees. Each time they won by one goal. Then along came the Chickasaws and defeated the Blackfoot tribe by one goal. All other games have been tied. The tennis tournament got un der way Friday, October 31. The first bout was played off by Joy Langford and Ophelia Williams with the latter winning five out of six games. The other bouts will be played off later. Because of rain, the fall hike for the Hiking Club had to be postponed. At last! After so much rain, which was a great handicap in It WILL Be Done— Even though you may not know it, much work is already being done on our annual for this com ing year. Most of the pictures have been taken, and the theme and cover have been selected. A general idea of the lay-out has also been decided upon. By starting early, the Staff hopes to have the annuals out before the end of school. our playing soccer for so long, we began playing last week. And from the rumors which have been going around, every tribe has a good team—or will have when all the girls learn to play, so it should be a very interesting tournament. The soccer tournament will be gin before long, if the rain isn’t a drawback again. Even if you don’t play on your team, you should go down and support your tribe by yelling and pulling for them. And, believe me, a soccer game can really be exciting! Let’s remember always that good sportsmanship is the most important rule to follow in any sport; we should be good losers as well as good winners. Staff Entertains With Traditional Hike For the first time this year, the com.plete Staff had a business meeting Monday night, November 3, in Gaither. Following this meeting, the old members of the Staff entertained the new mem bers wdth a moonlight hike and picnic, despite the fact that the ground was soggy from the down pour Sunday. While the spon sors, with the aid of Mr. Town send, built the fire, the other members of the Staff hiked to Chapman home, coming back by the grill at A.nderson Auditorium where they enjoyed toasted marshmallows and hamburgers with all the trimmings. Patror.iKo Our Advertisers The English language is a fun ny thing. Tell her that time stands st'i] when you look into her eyes an ! she’ll adore you, but just try t'viing her her face would stop a clock. SHOE SHOP EXPERT SHOE REPAIRING BLACK MOUNTAIN THE FRIENDLY DEUG STORE Alv.'ays Sor.ref’ing New REXAL-L 'k T HE U Z Z E L L ’ S Eia^' k Moantain Co. GARLAND HOME & AUTO SUPPLIES Ei”'’istcRe O T’RES ® BATTFRIES O RECAPPING -k State Sircet & Montreat Road PhOBd > BLACK MOUNTAIN A Peep Into The Past . . Do you like history? No! Well, a lot of people don’t care partic ularly for it; but since people make history, let’s turn back a few pages and read awhile. A long time ago, before most of us were born. Montreat was young and much different from what it is today. There were no paved roads nor electric lights. The way of travel was by horse or horse-drawn vehicle. But Mon treat must have been beautiful then, as now, with the mountains rising up around Lake Susan, the white flecked blue sky, and the bright sunshine. But then, too, there were days when the sun failed to shine, and the rain poured down from water-filled clouds — clouds that seemed to break themselves upon the moun tain tops. It was such a time as this that my story is about. It rained and rained for about a week. Roads became almost impassable, and it looked as if Montreat would be cut off from the outside. It was feared, too, that the lake-dam would burst. It was dangerous to cross over by the dam, so to enable the girls to come across from what was then the Montreat Hotel, a great log was laid across the creek above the lake, and a hand rail was put upon it. In those early j'ears we had no such dam as we have now. There was only a wooden dam. And in the place wliere the park is now, tl'.ere was another Anderson Au- BLUE RIDGE CAFE state Street Across From Theater BLACK MOUNTAIN Good Food, That’s All ditorium, squarely in the path of the dammed-up water. The keep er of the Montreat store became alarmed and moved over across the road. But, miraculously, the dam did not break; it held back the tons and tons of water until finally the rain stopped, and the flood-waters subsided. Montreat was left safe, but with a leaking dam. This was bad in itself, but a good thing came of it. The people became conscious of the need for a stronger, more sub stantial dam. But from where was the money to build it com ing? That was a big question, but it was answered. At the time, there was a family living here at Montreat by the name of Graham. Mrs. C. E. Gra ham and her son, Allen, recog nized the need for a new and better dam and kindly donated the money needed to build it. But there was one stipulation in re gard to the gift (now I come to the point of my story)—that the lake be called “Lake Susan”. It seems that the name “Susan” was precious in the Graham fam ily. Mrs. Graham’s name was Susan, and so was her daughter’s and granddaughter’s. Of course it was done as Mrs. Graham re quested; and now, even though she and her son are dead, the name “Susan” lives on in the name “Lake Susan.” KEY CITY CAB CO. 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