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Goes Where It’s 1 Invited B——— ■■ 1 ■■ 1 No. 3 BUCK MOUNTAIN NINE HOLE GOLF COURSE I IST HE PRIDEiOF THE COMMUNITY ■western north ■ CAROLINA IDEAL VACATION LAND -■Anticipating' many delayed vnca- Bbns in fall and early winter, Carolina’s resorts both and seashore— are pre- to stay open longer this than ever before. ■While some hotels, lodges and courts will close as usual after Labor Day, a survey by State Advetising Division re- that a substantial number lenghten their season by from weeks to two months or more, anticipate a bettering Hi >4 and help situation to handle ■ influx of honeymooners and re- service men, as well as ei- who for years have been B' busy to relax. ■ ■The color season has always at- and Smokies, but efforts Hll be made now to exploit the more fully. Resort ope rat - B for a long time have argued the fall is the best month in Southern mountains. Winter has the least rainfall of seasons. The days are warm the air usually clear, aiding in a country known for distant vistas. ■Accomodations through October in most cases, year around Hll be available at the following towns: ■Asheville, Blowing Rock, Little ■kitzerland, Waynesville, Brevard, Hryon, Hendersonville, Flat Bock Hlerokee, Bryson City, Murphy— Franklin. Andrews, — Hock, Rake I.uro, Iligh- Tapocc. ..lions through Sept ;'aßlb'-r will |>e availubh in J'.invi'lc |Hi Weaverville, \Ynittie, and ■■tiny other places in the vicinity. addition, there wilt bo ihulo guest farms and other nearby along the through this country. HT. MITCHELL I PARKWAY UNK I WILL BE LET ■ The highway link of 4.7 miles will connect the Blue Ridge Horkuay a* Swannanoa gap with top of Jit. Mitchell, river be let to a contractor on Oc- 9, John A. Goode, member the State Highway and public commission, said yesterday. Bt is expected to cost approxi ; 3 Work on the road which is con- d one of the most important ■n this section from the standpoint tourists attractions in the future, expected to be started as soon ; the contract is let. and will be in about four months, Goode said. JW. B. GRAGG CAME TO ■black MOUNTAIN ON MULE j FORTY YEARS AGO ■One of the Town's Old Timers I and Home Town Photographer I came here rdin’ a mule —way ■liack during the Horse and ■Buggy days —just following the ■“Gay Nintties." I helped move ■the post office and took the job las assistant and general "flunky.” i Pretty soon the town came strag gling in—just a young goslin all 1-Tabbed with dew —you should ■have seen her then. She shook ■off the dew and began to grow, Bso I decided this is no place to ■he a flunky, as the lure of pho ■tography, which I had practiced ■for seevral years, began to haunt ftne, I made up my mind to open ■up a "Picture Gallery.” In August, ■1904, I stretched my tent, and ■ented a small building near by ■ n which to do my finishing. After ■enting three months I bought the W'Uilding, and by the following ■uminer I had erected an addition ■to the building ot take the place ■f the tent. I started out with a ■eader—“So-Cute” Photos 24 for Hi sc, and everybody and the kids ■4ud ’em made. ■I But this was such small money. ■ decided to branch out and add ■otne more lines, so I opened u ™e BLACK MOUNTAIN news “KEY CITY IN THE LAND OF THE SKY” . NICHOLS SERVICE “FLY SAYS BILL” ..In the last issue of the paper, we mentioned that if more people knew that htere was an airport here, — more people would come here to spend their vacation by plane and spennd their vacations. This was demonstrated just recently when, Mr. Cockrell flew here from New York for a few days visit with his mother Mrs. Lanier, who had writ ten him that there was a field here. Mr. Cockrell and wife Beth were flying a light plane, of popular make, a 65 horse power which has a cruising speed of 85 miles per hour. This week we had another visitor on business from Marion, N. C. Mr. G. W. Biggerstaff. He is only 17 years old and does a fine jobo of years old anddoes a fine job of flying, he has only had around 25 hours flying time and came by his self. He flew at 3,000 feet and made the trip in about 20 .minutes. The most careful fliers we have in civilian flying are boys and girls of 16 to 20 years old. Mr. Nichols, says, that people from 16 to 65 make the best fliers. It really is the coming mode of travel, it is just around the corner, all corners.. The old timer, thinks it is dan gerous, BUT he also thouvht that it was dangerour to ride in the first automobile. But the modern youth of today are much farther advanced than we old timers in every way, and naturally their minds run in everything modern as it should. The light planes of today are made to "take it” and can stand a lot of abuse and will fly by their seiver after they are off the ground and “trimed” out. It is n.ore - what “not to do” than what “to do”. Numerous students, at Mr. Nich ols flying service have soloed in the past week or so, among some of which are: Jim Buchannan, Charles Porter, Nancy Walters , Marion Taylor, and Charles Connelly. Mr. Portor and Mr. Connelly are from Swannanoa. Mr. Nichols, is really making good headwap in teaching people to fly. Extensive improvements are be ing made on the field, it is being leveled and made smooth. He in tends to sow grass seed this fall so that the field will be a smooth spot as well as a beautiful place to land and again we say, “FLY SAYS BILL” The Blue Ridge parkway is al ready constructed and surfaced with stone as far as Balsam gap, which is about six miles closer to Asheville than the point where the highway link to Mt. Mitchell will begin. Cleaning arid Pressing business — put a barrel out in the front with a sign on it, telling ’em to hop in and we’d press ’em while they wait. Next a Barber Shop, and then a Motion Picture Show which could run only one hour each night with ether and oxone for lighting, as the town had no electric lights then. We had a seating capacity of 100 which netted us $lO per night at 10c admission. The show business didn’t prove to be a very profit able side line, so I decided to close it out and continue to pur sue only the other lines, to which I added signs, and finally tailoring to the cleaning and pressing business which proved very profitable after the opening of the Dickey Campbell lum ber operations on Mt. Mitchell during the year 1912, which was the year the town installed elec tric lights. My studio was lo cated down below the railroad on muddy Black Mountain avenue. Had a good view of Lakey-Gap and High-top mountain on the south, and was bounded on the north by Tom Ownby’s ox lot. I was greeted each morning by two or three big loong-horn oxen gaz ing through my skylight. Finally this ox lot was purchased by Columbus Hall, who built a post office and shut off my view. Lot o’ funny things happened (Continued oil Page 3) BLACK MOUNTAIN, N. C. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 20,1945 BLACK MTN. LIONS JUNGLE CAPERS Thursday night, September 13th, the Lions met at the Assembly Inn at Montreat for the regular 7:00 P. M. Dinner. Judge Wilson War lick was the guest speaker. Judge Warlick is a Superior Court Judge from Newton, N.C., who is now holding Court in £his district. We are fortunate in having him bring us a message at this time. DOWN BY THE CLUB HOUSE STREAM We gathered for the last regular ■meeting. XJp in the “i.een” Lions were not present. The weather was ideal, especially for drinking some of Lion Leeman’s delectable coffee, and a good time was missed by the Lions who were not £here. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Richard T. Green was born in Black Mountain on Sept. 2nd. He is a charter member of our club was city clerk and treasurer, before •joining the armed forces a few months ago. Alvin W. McDougle was born at Parkersburg, W. Va. on Sept 9th. He is a charter member and an educator in our local schools. IN THE BONE YARD Black Mountain, comes to the front again by entertaining District 31A officials in their first cabinet meeting, which was held at Mon treat Sunday, Sept, 9th. T. Green comes back smilin’ and lookin’ well. He may have joined the army about the right time for post-war occupation on some for eign strand. If he goes to the for East,we suggest that he make ar rangements for our club to meet o.S <r) pp ; joj -yj -Q aq , Things are happening so fast, it at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, during next month. A little suki yaki might be good for us. Our national worry, seems to be what to do with the unemployed. On the other hand, a large number of people with “hot money” are taking to the air, and soaring away on the wings of the afternoon. Per haps a larger number will stick to th,e old jobs and plod along as usual. We sent the District 31-A con vention picture to The Lion at Chi cago, and' last week week we got it back with a reply, that to use it would start an avalanche of such pictures from the fifty-odd Dic_ tricts in Lionism. Charles Leee Bryson, whose people were born in Western North Carolina, said "Try me some time, with a story of some big activitly of your club, and the picture of the Lions doing it, and see what I do with it.” Looking beautiful or inteligent doesn't seem to get us anywhere. If we ever see our “Mugs” in the Lion, we must overcome a certain amount of inertia. OH HAPPY DAY We have had V-J Day. Now. we would fain sit back and just watch the world become heavenly. A few may still be looking forward to V-S Day-- a day when we obtain victory over our SELF. For col lectively and individually we po ssess all the traits of evil that was manifest in that day when Bel shazzar saw the hand writing on the wall. More than that, our power to destroy makes the fall of Bab ylon look like the work of a five year old boy. With no virtues, and more elaborate ways of sinning, we have reached t ne place where we had better be good-- or else. O BLACK MOUNTAIN ARTS CLUB The exhibit in the Fellowship Room of the Methodist Church closed on September 6th. Many local exhibitors brought oil paint colors, unusual photographs, hand painted china, woven articles, and other varieties of handiwork. Given on short notice, the ex hibition was well attended, though there were several local people were not informed of the affair. The regular monthly meeting of the club will be held Friday Sept ember 14th at 8:00 P. M. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Leeman. Ir- £ i'BCjOi. -■KjL g ■ THE CLEM MONTS On September Gtli. we gave you a little story of Mr. and Mrs. Clem, ments: Above is a picture of the couple and their muJe. We hear of people that have worked for some firm, or factory for several years, but these folks hav made themselves a job and are sticking to it. They do not make a fortune but Mr, Clemments, says, that h.e cant take it with him when he leaves here anyway. They are happy in the thought that they are helping someone and doing a service to the community. Mr. Clemments says that he tries to run h.is regular route on time and is seldom late at his stations. Mrs. Clemmonts says, "Now you better not put my piettfre in the paper, because you’ll not sell any more pictures. But we know that it has sold us more papers. SO THERE PAINT MATERIAL TO BE MINED IN NORTH CAPCIguNA f ‘ — T / ■,A r While du Pont engineers search the sounds and river bottoms of eastern North Carolina for.ilmen ite —a black sand used in paints — commercial quanities of the stuff are being- taken out of a mountain in the Yadkin River’ valley near here. Dr. J. L. Stuckey, state geolo gist, Dept, of Conservation & De velopement, said that approximately 100 tons of the mineral is being recovered per day by the Yadkin valley Ilmenite Co., a division of the Glidden Co. and is being con centrated at the company’s plant at Finley N. C. Meantime, he said, the concern is core drilling to determine the course of the vein and the proba drillings indicate that the .mineral continues some distance down the side of the mountain. The ilmenite now is being re_ covered through open face mining, but the drillings reveal the vein tends to dip faster than the slope, and underground mining may be necessary in the future, O BILL HILL SAYS: I went in to Ann’s Eat’in house the other Jay and ast’ Mr. Hodson where Ann wnz, and he said, thet she had gone out til git her lunch. The business meeting will be follow ed by a short talk on oil painting, given by Angie Weaver Wright of Asheville, and Ed Dupuy of Black Mountain, and will tell the club some interesting things about old furniture and craft work. Sgt. Walter B. Gregg Sgt. Waler B. Gragg Jr., Member of the U. S. Army Air force,s sailed from Seattle Washington on Sept. 10th. for same point in the Pacific. While on his last furlough, Sgt. Gregg married Miss Athleen Me Mahan or Asheville on July 16th. Hee ntered tlie service on March 3rd. 1943, receiving his basic train ing Miami Beach Florida. He re_ -ceived his technical training at Buckley and Lowry Fields in Denver and Tyndall Field, at Panama City. He bass pent the last eighteen months at Tonopas, Nevada. Sgt. Walter B. Gregg, Jr. Sqdn. C-J APO 198682 AZ c/o Postmaster San Francisco, Cal. o NOTICE This issue of the paper will be the last to be sent out free. Send in your subscription. School Lunches Are Big Problems For Mother School bells are peeling for Carolina farm children, the rural women are faced with the big task of preparing lunches for their youngsters. Nutritionists of the State Col lege Extension Service realize the situation that confronts so many mothers and have offered £he fol lowing statement in regard to the problem. Planning and packing the school lunch is just as important prob lem for mother as the planning i .id prepay atibn of the meats that are served at home. A child must ■ have a noondaym eal which will combine with his meals at home give hima well balanced diet . each day- if he is to grow normal, ly, to beac tively mentally, and to . build up a resistance to colds and other diseases. The school lunch should contain about one third of the daily food requirements for th,e individual childs need for body building, re gulating-, and energy. It should be made up of food that is easily digested in order that the child may do as good school work as he is capable of doing. There should be variety in tex ture, an interesting contrast of flayors that blend well together, and harmony in color. The food shouldn ot be all soft, all solid, or all dry, but some of it might be a little soft and moist and some crisp and crunchy t° chew. For instance a lunch made up of a hard cooked egg, a banana, ajyd , plain cake would be too dry. The addition of a cabbage salad or pickled beets and an apple in place of the banana would improve the texture, and make a more ap petizing lunch. O WAR TIME WILL END SEPTEMBER WITH War time will be abolished as of September 30, congress leaders decided today. The house interstate committee voted without dissent for a bill to end "fast” time at 2 a. m. on that date ... a Sunday. Senators said similar action would be taken on their side of th e cabitol soon and there seemed little doubt that both chambers would approve the bill. Clocks thus will be turned back one hour. They were advanced an hour on January 20, 1942, as a war measure, intended to increase daylight hours of production and to save fuel, light and power. Senator Hoey told reporters “We expect to abolish war time as of September 30, that is a certainty.” There has been increasing op position to the "fast time”, from the rural areas, principally. Farm ers have flooded the mail of their congressmen with complaints that the system worked a hardship on them. For example, they said that in the winter morning ohores had to bo performed by artificial light and children had to go to school in darkness. Nothing in the legislation pro hibits the practice of advancing the clocks an hour in the sum mertime, a local option. Many communities go on this “daylight saving” time from June to Sep tember annually. BLACK MOUNTAIN GOLF COURSE GREAT RECREATION CENTER Our American Red Cross Any one, whether serviceman or civilian, residing in the township of Black Mountain, Broad River, and Swannanoa has the privilege and the right to call on the Black Mountain-Swannanoa Chapter of the Red Cross for assistance in case of a disaster or an emerg ency. The service to be rendered can be determined only after con sultation with the Executive Secre tary, Mrs. Bessie S. Carr. For your convenience and for the sake of greater efficiency an office has been established in the Black Mountain City Hall. It is open each week day from 9:30 a. m. to 5:00 p. in. Phone 4161. After hours calls 3561 in case of an emergency demanding immedi ate attention. The American Red Cross, •of which this Chapter is a unit, op erates under a charter from the Congress of the United States. Therefore, as a national service organization it functions accord ing to certain principles set forth in its charter. It is neither a welfare nor charitable organiza tion but cooperates with all auth orized agencies. There is no charge for any service rendered, but as the work is supported entirely by voluntary contributions, once each- year, us ually in March, there is a nation wide campaign for funds. At that time every one will be given an opportunity to participate in the support of the overall program of the Red Cross at home and over seas. For service and ex-service men and their families the Red Cross has special obligations. In emerg encies pertaining to sickness, death, temporary financial needs, and such related problems, the fif'd Cross is prepared to give di rect and immediate assistance. It will advise and help in the pre paration of claims dealing with allowances, insurance, and bther Government grants or privileges. The secretary, Carr, is pre pared to counsel with servicemen or their families regarding prob lems upon which they need advice or guidance. Servicemen on furlough, or upon discharge from service, will find it to their advantage to con tact Mrs. Carr immediately. She can advise regarding the G. I. Bill of Rights and other privileges and can assist in the securing of benefits to which they are entitled. This Chapter has special re sponsibility for servicemen at Moore Hospital—patients or staff members—and their dependants, while residing or visiting in this area. We welcome the oppor tunity to serve these boys who have suffered in our behalf. As we serve them, so are our boys being served by the Red Cross wherever they are. Fir civilians suffering from a disaster or an emergency beyond their control, th" Red Cross will give either direct assistance or cooperate in seeing that it is pro vided by the proper agency. Under no circumstances will the Red Cross let them down. With the return of servicemen to civilian life there will be a greater need for Red Cross serv ice and activities than ever be fore. And so long as there are dis asters and human needs to be met there will be a place for the Red Cross. The opportunities for service will be greater, not less, and we must plan and work to gether if we are to measure up to our responsibility for this com munity. If you know of nay one in the community suffering as a result of a disaster beyond their control, first direct them to the Red Cross Office and then notify Mrs. Carr. If you do not know Mrs. Carr, get acquainted with her. She is the one who directs and coordinates all our activities as well els being a wise founselor and friend. Under the auspices of the local Red Cross chapter a home nurs ing class began on September 10. It is being held in the Red Cross room across from the post office. Two nurses, Mrs. E. F. Barth and Mrs. Weston Gardner have volun teered their services in conduct ing these classes two nights a week, Monday and Friday, from 7:00 to 10:00 o’clock. Persons interested in future classes of this kind may enrol! now. Classes will also be held in out lying areas such as Ridgecrest and Broad River in the near fu ture. Those for the colored peo ple also are being planned. Th e Red Cross chapter is not only interested in aiding in in struction of this nature but is in terested in regard to the welfare of the families of those in service and will assist in the return of the veteran to civilian life. : - “Home News” With A Weekly- Message ■■ - j j $2.50 Per Year Mr. Ross Taylor In Charge Mr. Ross Taylor, member of the P. G. A. and holder of Grade A Card, the highest card obtain able and secured only by work and experience. He received the card there years ago, but has been golfing since ha was 13 years old. Ross has several records and has won tournament in the south ern league as amatuer and pro amateur. He won the Malvern Hill amateur tournament approxi mately 15 years ago, won the Waynesville tournament in the same year and a year later won the North and South Jr. at Greensboro, Tenn. Ernie Ballard and himself won the pro-amateur tuornament at > Greenville, S. C., and while play ing at Malvern Hill as amateur he made the course ree->, d of 63 strokes and on the same course madea new record in the pro league of 60 strokes. Mr. Tay lor is of teh belief that there will be a gerat many more golf- , ers because of the fact hat serv ice men and women have had the opportunity to play golf and he believes they will continue to do so as 'they are released from service. This is a reality, for many of the service men from Moore Genera] are regular play ers at the Black Mountain course. They have come to like the game and upholding the game as one of the greatest national pastimes of the age. The pro golfers are under jur isdiction of the Carolina section of the P- G. A. and elect their officers from these territories. The Black Mountain golf course has been under the constant watch by people who are buying their future home sites around this golf course. ,Mr. Robert Ecktes has said thajt upward to one hundred lots had been sold around the course and beautiful Lake Tomahawk in the past few months. This is a source of revenue for the city of Black Mountain and they are trying hard to put it to the public as a place for those of average income as well as those of wealth to have a place so he can spend a few hours a day to relax himself and perhaps his family. This course is a pleasant place to beat the ball around and get some of that relaxation that is needed, as the old saying goes, “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” You are invited to go there by Mr. Taylor and his friends and enjoy a friendly game of golf among sports like yourself. Black Mountain College Black Mountain College is situ*- ated in the heart of the Great Craggy Mountains of Western North Carolina, a section noted for its climate and scenery. Be cause of the altitude —2,400 feet— the summers are usually cool, particularly at night. The College campus with its farm and a little lake is just off U. S. Highway 70, three miles from the town of Black Mountain. The railroad station Black Mountain is on the scenic Southern Railroad Line from Salisbury to Asheville. Di rect Pullman cars from New York to Black Mountain. The City of A.sheville is fifteen miles from the college. The lake is bordered on the south by the dining hall, with a dining porch; on the north, by the new studies building erected with student ant} faculty labor. The living quarters of the College students include two dormitory buildings with bedrooms for two, three and more persons. Members of the Black Mountain College community take care of their own rooms. At Black Mountain College teachers and students live on the campus. They have their meals together in the dining hall. Thus there is a constant personal con tact among students and teachers. The College farm supplies milk, meat, and vegetables to the Col- . lege kitchen. The College community life in summer offers opportunities for dancing, picnics, light farm work, hiking, and swimming. Cothing appropriate for walk ing in the mountains and for working outdoors should be pro vided. as well as ordinary city clothes suitable for this climate. Evening dresses are worn at dances and concerts. —o— It is hoped someone will volun teer to clean the Red Cross room once a week while the Home Nursing Class is being held.
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