SWANNANOA !’ THE HOME of ;i FRIENDLY I I MERCHANTS “Beautiful Swannanoa Valley” VOL. 1— NO. 3 Moore General Major Richard H. Parks, Cross Hill, S. C„ formerly divisional psy chiati’ist for the 84th (Rail-split ters) Division and the 12th Arm ored Division, has joined the neuro-psychiatric section of Moore General Hospital. The Major saw action in Europe and wears the Bronze Star Medal for heroic ac tion against the enemy. Mrs. Parks and family have joined him in North Carolina. a 4 Pfc. Lester B. Battles, who sweated is out a long time before he finally went under fire on Leyte (better “Leyte" than never, he says), was decorated with the Bronze Star Medal at a ceremony at Moore General the past week. The award was given him for having helped evacuate wounded men under heavy enemy fire. Pfc. Battles hails from Chesterland, Ohio. Fourteen Puerto Rican soldiers have arrived at Moore General Hospital for treatment —enough to start a "Circulo puertoriqueno” (Puerto Rican Club). They all came to Moore General via Mad igan General in the state of Wash ington from the 296th Infantry Regiment. Moore General graded civilians are now on a 40-hour week sched ule. They work eight hours daily Monday through Friday and have Saturday and Sunday off. Hurrah for peace! Mr. Charles J. Parrish of Balti more. editor of “Purple Heart Chapter News”, visited Moore General Hospital in mid-summer and what he saw hero pleased him mightily. Writing in' his pa per, he devotes an entire page to the hospital in which he expresses his amazement on seeing the fine facilities medical, surgical, re conditioning, religious, etc. —avail- able fdr the patients. He also praises th e setting and climate of the hospital. “If all the parents of our sick and wounded soldiers being cared for at Moore General could only see this hospital and could behold the beauty of its setting and could have some idea of the climate, they would knoyv that every pos sible factor to contribute to their recovery has been utilized in the wisest way in this place.” he writes. The incidence of mosquito breeding sites in the vicinity of Moore General Hospital has been reduced by' 50 per cent since the present elimination project started in Juse, Ist Lt. Andy Barth, hos pital mosquito control officer, who resides in Black Mountain, says. Grove Stone Quarry Lake east of the hospital is getting a going over and all mosquito-breeding sites are being drained off and oiled. Drainage canals are being blasted through 1,600-foot granite beds so that the water in standing pools can be drained back into the lake. An even more intensive mos quito control project is in the off ing for the not-too-distant future, Lt. Barth revealed. Synthetic Tires Get Army 0. K. SAN ANTONIO, Texas —After three years of testing by the ord nance department tire test fleet at Normoyle Field. San Antonio, final approval has been given use of synthetic tires for army use. Announcing that synthetic tires had “become of age,” the depart ment said that the “tires stood up under the most punishing kind of service.” | STRICTLY SUSINESS ■■■ » . - ——. 1 - ' ’ |ljj| I AA/V'-Aa Ue^, “The parole board will pardon you if you have a promise of a job—er, it so happens my wife needs a gardener . . " the BLACK MOUNTAIN news SWANNANOA SECTION Warren Wilson College Swannanoa—The topic for Sun day morning service at Warren Wilson College will be “Good Ground” which is a part of the series of talks being given on 1 “The Garden of God ’. : The vespers Sunday night will be second in the series of our ves pers theme “When the Flag Flew”. A Memorial Service was held for Mr. Eckard Tuesday after- . noon at 4:30 in the chapel. The message most beloved by Mr. Eckard were read. A solo was sung by Mr. Connet. “Crossing the Bar.” A. J. Waldrop, of Swannanoa, the friendly Watkins man, has been with the company for a year and a half and around Swanna- ' noa for 9 years. We have learned to depend on him for our many needs in his line and can ( erly on his integrity. Mr. Waldrop formerly was with Beacon and just decided to get into business for himself. He really knows the right way to feed all kinds of stock to the best advantage for the farmer, who has to work hard enough as it is for his profits. To consult Mr. Waldrop is to the ad vantage of all concerned. POET’S CORNER YOUR JOB AND YOU! Wherever you’re working—in of fice or shop And however far you may be from the top— Though you may think you’re just treading the mill, Don’t ever belittle the job that you fill; For however little your job may appear—- You’re just as important as some little gear That meshes with others in some big machine, That helps keep it going—though never is seen. They could do without you—we’ll have to admit— But business keeps on, when the big fellows quit! And always remember, my lad, if you can. Th e job’s more important (oh yes; than the man! So if it’s your hope to stay off the shelf, Think more of your job than you do of yourself. » Your job is important—don’t think it is not — So try hard to give it the best that you’ve got! And don’t ever think you’re of lit ! tie account — Remember, you’re part of the to tal amount. If they didn’t need you. yo wouldn’t be there — So, always, my lad, keep your chin in the air. A digger of ditches, mechanic of clerk— THINK WELL OF YOUR COM PANY, YOURSELF, AND YOUR WORK! —Reprint Airplanes Offered For Sale To Schools PORTLAND, Ore. —Want to buy a real dive-bomber for SIOO or a twin-engined fighter plane for $150? If so, the Reconstruction Fi nance Corpoartion has some sur plus planes at its bargain counter. The offer is limited to educa tional institutions giving courses j in aeronautics. War Manpower Commission Raleigh—Women, who did a valiant job during the war period in filling places vacated by men drained from industry by Selective Service and thus helped increase production to an all-time high, are now going back to their home work, school or other activities. During the pre-war period women composed approximately one-third of the labor force in North Carolina industry, but as mor e men went into service, more women took jobs in essential plants. By January, 1943, women made up 36.9 per cent of the labor in about 500 of the State’s larger and more important indus trial plants. The percentage in creased until it reached the peak of 46.7 per cent in May, 1945. However. Dr. J. S. Dorton, State director of the War Manpower Commission, points out that many hundreds of smaller plants in this State are not included in these reports and that many of these plants were manned entirely by women. He has no way of estab lishing it, but is reasonably sure that half of the labor force in North Carolina at the peak was made up of women. In July, 1945, the ration of women workers had dropped to 45 per cent and Dr. Dorton has figures to indicate the drop reach ed 44.2 per cent by August 15. With the passage of V-E Day, many women felt that they had made their contribution to the war cause and began returning to their home duties. After V-J Day still more left jobs they had held during the war. Layoffs in plants engaged in war work and employing large numbers of women, such as the U. S. Rubber Co. and the National Carbon Co., stimulated this de cline in the number of women en gaged in industry. Eight war es tablishments in North Carolina, as of June 15, were employing women to the extent of 44 per cent of their total labor force; whereas, on August 15 only 17 per cent of their total labor force was women. Many hundreds of women who worked patriotically and effective ly during the war period have dropped out of the labor market and others will follow and will not again seek or accept outside jobs. Just how many will retain their jobs or seek other jobs, or wheth er or not the proportion of women workers in North Carolina indus try will drop to the approximate by one-third of prewar days, re mains to be seen, and Dr., Dorton will not hazard a guess. More Meat on the Table OPA has increased class II slaughterers’ quotas on cattle from 100 to 125 per cent: for calves from 75 to 100 per cent; and for hogs from 50 to 65 per cent over last month’s quotas. This is in line with the agency’s policy of keeping slaughter quotas as high as possible. The slaughter quotas for sheep and lambs remain at 100 per cent, the same as the last previous period. At 1912 Prices • . • and Soon! Household washing machines will be back in the stores this fall at 1942 prices, according to announcement. Manufacturers will he required to tag the washing machines with their retail ceiling prices before they are shipped to dealers. This policy will be followed with all major reconversion items, ac cording to OPA, so that “each family will be able to buy a wash ing machine and an ironer to fit its needs.” Shoppers should he able to find some washing machines in the stores by fall and will be seeing them in quantities by year’s end. it is said. Production of ironers is ex pected to come along a little more slowly and it will be the first of next year before they will appear in sizeable lots. Kitchen and Aluminum Ware The prospect that long-scarce aluminum pots and pans will soon he available for Henderson county housewives in quantity and at 1942 prices is held out. Descendant of British King Dies in California WATSONVILLE, CALIF. Mrs. Bertha Ord Rowe, 71, great-grand- 1 daughter of King George IV of Great Britain, died here recently. Mrs. Rowe’s grandfather was James Ord, son of a morgantic mar riage in 1785 between the then prince of Wales and Lady Fitz-Her- , oert, a reigning beauty of London, j The prince became King George [V, and the son, ineligible to the British throne, assumed the name of Ord and came to the United States about 1800. One of his sons was Maj. Gen. E. O. C. Ord of the Civil war, after whom Fort Ord, Calif., was i named, and another was John S. j Ord, a farmer in Santa Cruz coun- i ty, father of Mrs. Rowe. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER J# 1945 . | - 4 w ' : M Ai ♦ MRS. E. N. HOWELL Mrs. E. N. Howell, Swannanoa, President of the North Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers, announces the district conferences for the fall with the theme, “To gether We Build.” During the wai period, these one day meeting were confined to the local offici als who could gather in a central place for a discussion of the year's problems. With the close of the war, however, it is expected that attendance at the various confer ences will he enlarged over recent years. In many of the districts, however, there will be two instead of one conference in order that travel may be reduced. The schedule follows: District No. , September 25, Greensboro, Mrs. Claudius Dockery, Jr.. Guil ford College, Director: No. 3. {Sep tember 26, Mt. -Airy, and Octobei 2, Hickory, Mrs. Holland hawing. Charlotte. Director: No. 1. Sep tember 27, Asheville. Mrs. Alien Luther. Asheville. Director; No. 2, September 28, Morganton, Mrs. J. Worth Morgan, Forest City. Di- j rector; No. 5. October 3, Salisbury, and October 4. Hamlet; No. 6, October 5, Sanford, and Octcbci 9, Oxford. Mrs. Jessie Q. Mills, Raleigh, Director; No. 9, October 11, Ahoskie, Mrs. J. E. Winslow. Hertford, Director: No. 10, Oc tober 12. New Bern. Mrs. Paul Davenport- Sr., l’actolus. Director; No. 'B. October 16. Fayetteville, and October 17. Wilmington. Mrs. B. T. Williams, Stedman. Director. Biltmore Pareat-Teach.ro As sociation, Mrs. C. F. Smith, presi dent. will be hostess to the Con ference of District No. One on Thursday, September 27th. at Biltmore school in Asheville. Mrs. Allen Luther of Asheville, District Director, will preside over the Conference, assisted by Mrs. Ton. Fergus oil, Bryson City, Vice-Di rector. Registration will begin a! nine-thirty. All PTA’S in the din triet pro urged to send as many representatives as possible. Dis trict No. One is composed of thf following named counties: Bun combe,. Madison, Henderson. Trapsylvania, Havwood, Jackson Swain, Graham, Macon, Clay and Cherokee. The 70 Parent-Teacher Associations in the District have 1 a membership of more than 8,- 000. In addition to the Director ; and the State President, a num ber of State Chairmen represent ! this District on the State Board j of Managers. They are: Mrs. R. 5 U. Sutton, Home and Family Life, , Sylva; Mrs. H. B. Carter, Goals, Asheville: Mr. Leon Connor, Juve- I nile Protection, Asheville; Mrs. i Curtis Balwdin, Majestic avenue. , Asheville, and Dr. Carl Killian, s Visual Education, Cullowhee. i ! Mrs. Howell will attend each session, as will C. W. Phillips. Di rector of Public Relations of 1 Woman’s College, Greensboro, as the National representative. Mr. Phillips is the 2nd Vice President of the National Congress. Mrs. J. W. Burke. Executive Secretary. Gibsonville, and Mrs. J. S. Blair, Field Secretary" and Past Presi dent, Elizabethton, will attend many of the conferences and par ticipate in the program. Home Coming The Freewill Baptist Church of Swannanoa is having a Home Coming Day. Dinner will be served on the ground. Them - ill b" the regular serv ice in the morning and specia' singing by the various groups. The get together will last until -1:30 in *re af' -moon. Com ■ - v a ’ all <1 have a good time. BUSINESW MAN’S ( I Cl.I! OF THE BAIT!ST Donald. British Women Buy Up Reconditioned War Suits LONDON. —Approximately 225.000 reconditioned battle suits, dyed green and sold at $4 and six cou- j pons each, have been snapped up by British women as being the best clothing bargain of the war. The wardrobes of Britain’s wom en are so depleted, their coupons , for replacements so inadequate, the ! stocks of clothing in the shops so , shoddy and inferior, that a pure I woolen, well-made battle suit is ir resistible. | Bargains like this are invariably snapped up as soon as they rppear. j The days when a party invite or a , new date meant a new frock are forgotten. Man Runs Into Bad Egg After Selling Chickens CHICAGO, ILL. Waldo Barton, Pine Village, Ind., sold a truckload of chickens here for a nice sum but ran into a bad egg. Barton told this story to police: Having collected $720 for the chickens he stopped at a tavern and met a Negro who called himself “Willie.” “Willie” told Barton he knew where they could buy cigarets and Barton accompanied him. Out side, “Willie” knocked him down and helped himself to the chicken “gravy” s72o worth. Bureau Limits Taxpayers To Just One Wife a Year WASHINGTON.—As far as the tax collector is concerned, a man can have only one wife in one year. This ruling was made by the bu reau of internal revenue in a case from Missouri. The taxpayer’s wife died in 1944, and he remarried within the year, claiming each of the wives as a dependent. The bureau said, in ef fect; that it limited wives to one a year, and allowed only one SSOO ex emption, instead of two. More New Industries Established in Mexico MEXICO CITY.—More than 180 in dustries with capital totaling $42,200,- 000 have been established in Mexico under a law granting five year tax exemption to “necessary” plants. Industries making mechanical de vices comprise 32 per cent of the total capital. Next in order are pa per, construction materials smd chemical products plants. Two-thirds of the new companies are in Mexico City or its environs. Woman’s Club Program Sponsored By Committee On Art The Woman’s Club of Black Mountain held its first meeting of th e year at the home of Mrs. C E. Keith on the afternoon of September 12. After the business meeting, the program, under the direction of Mrs. Powell Alexan der, was opened by a vocal solo, “The Lord’s Prayer,” by Mrs. George Stone. The speaker of the afternoon was Lt. Louise West of the occupational therapy staff of Moore hospital. Lt. West ex plained the stenciling of textiles -u\d vi ayoa number of arti cles decorated by patients in the hosptial and some done by staff members. She demonstrated the making nad using of the stencil, and explained the types of dyes to be used. The presentation of the subject and the display of work were most interesting and profitable to the club members and their guests. Mrs. Hamilton then exhibited some unusually beautiful quilts that she had made, and also an authentic ceremonial dr-ss cf the Kiowa Indians from the Black Hills in South Dakota. Many floral arrangements bbrought by avrious club members made a bright and colorful dis play on the po cli. The first prie was awarded to Mrs. Y/iili • lor a striking bouqu t of do p red gladioli. The second •> ize -.vent to •' Fiizgc-ald and th third to M s. Viatic. After the program dellc'ctis re frevhmer.i. were served by th hoster . ( ;ii> ilttoo. cons‘at;n:i of Mrs. ’Kith. Mrs. Dell. Mrs. Ash- Y\. Mrs. Go d on, JJrs. Haiiam. : Mrs. Hardin. Mrs. Porter. Mrs. Reinhardt, Mrs. Taylor and Miss Brides Learn How To Cop? With Hubby’s Temper TOLEDO. Ohio. —A lesson in locating the “right” husband is part of a homemaking course "guaranteed to produce better wives” which has been added to the curriculum at the Unlverstly of Toledo. The course teaches would-be brides how to cook and balance the budget and also gives them suggestions for coping with hus band’s temper. That lesson is called, “How to I Keep Things On a Harmonious Basis.” Landlord Present Bonds for Babies \25 War Bond for Each Kid Born on His Property. CLEVELAND.—If you’re looking or a landlord that not only loves ihildren but pays a $25 war bond for ■ach child born on his property, you :an find him in Cleveland. Henry Solomon, like his Biblical lamesake, is quite a guy. He’s a nan of deep philosophy, a lover of :hildren and the owner of several tpartment houses. Recently he paid for his 56th :hild, David Michale Miller, born o Cpl. and Mrs. Pierce Miller, ten ints of Solomon. The apartment owner has been Jiving cash to every child born to iis tenants for a good many years. The reason for Solomon’s benevo ence dates back to 1923 when he, iis wife and three-year-old daughter :ame to Cleveland from Hungary. Door after door was slammed in his lace by landlords who disapproved >f children. “I resolved then that if I ever iwned any property for rent no body would experience the same leartache that I had felt,” he re plied. And Solomon followed through. Today 90 families, 50 per cent of vhich are families of servicemen, rent apartments from him. He is aarticularly anxious to have service nen’s wives and children. He hinks it is his and other land ords’—duty to provide living quar :ers for families of our fighting men. Solomon’s standard rate of pay ment used to be $5 for the first :hild, 10 for the second, S2O for lie third and so on. He raised his ionation at the outset of the war. The doubling business continued, lowever, with each subsequent addi :ion. Incidentally, he has promised that f one of his tenants gives birth to quintuplets, the apartment building in which they live shall be theirs to iave, to hold, and to pay taxes on. Thank You We have received many subscrip tions in file past few days for the News. We want to thank each apd every one of you for your sub scriptions, as well as your con gratulations you have extended’ us. some by letter and some by personal calls. We mean to improve our paper as we go along, and you too, can help by sending in your news from your neighborhood or section each week. You noticed in the last issue, we had a want ad and for salt column. If you have, something for sale, send in your ad, we will bill you later for it. If you want some thing let us help you get it. Try classified ad. Florida may have her Fountain of Youth, but up here in God’s country life begins at fifty. His appetite returned on the evening bus from Big Hungry. | THESE WOMEN I By d’Alessio I n |,J "i Mi W-, 1 I I r S e t a pair of slippers for my husband. His old ones keep slipping off my feet when I make breakfast!” > , SWANNANOA ; MERCHANTS > ASK YOU [ TO BUY 2 I AT HOME Where Friends and Nature Meet $2.50 Per Yea r War Manpower Commission RALEIGH. —Eight of North Carolina’s important plants, en gaged entirely or chieflj in pro ducing war materials and supplies, reduced their forces from July 1 to September 1, by 13,489 work ers and expect to reduce them some further by November 1, Dr. J. S. Dorton, state director of the War Manpower Commission, is advised in reports from local U. S. Employment Service offices. These plants employed 24,162 wodkers on July 1, but had re duced the number to 10,313 by September 1. Os these plants, the N. C. Shipbuilding Co., Wil mington. plans to continue almost on its former schedule for sev eral months, at least. Five of these strictly war plants plan to wind up the work and close out completely within the next few weeks. These are National Carbon Co.. Winston-Sa lem, Firestone Tire and Rubber Co., Winston-Salem: U. S. Rub ber Co., Charlotte; National Muni tions Corp., Carrboro, and Consoli dated Vultee Corp., Elizabeth City. National Carbon Co., Charlotte, which reduced to about 10 per cent of its original force by Sep tember 1, plans reconversion to civilian production. Four war pdouction firms, per manently established in peace time operations in the state, have had layoffs and are preparing for converting to civilian production. These are Ethyl-Dow Chemical Co., Kures Beach, near Wilming ton; Edwards Co.. Sanford; Wright Automatic Machine Co., Durham, and Dayton Rubber Co.. Waynes ville. All of the workers laid off by these ar.d other plants as a result of the end of the war are find ing and can find work immedi ately in North Carolina’s expand ing peace-time industries, which, in connection with agricultural ac tivities, Dr. Dorton estimates, can absorb from 100,000 to 150,000 or more additional workers during the next 18 months. Executive Committee Os Church Women Meets The Executive Committee of the United Council of Church Women met at the Baptist church Friday afternoon, Sept. 1. Plans were made for three meetings each year; the first one to be held Nov. 2 at the Baptist Church. This is World Com munity Day and will be an all day meeting. The following of ficers were elected: Mrs. Grady Plardin, president: Mrs. Florence Drinker. Ist vice 1 president; Mrs. W. R. Jenkins. 2nd vice president; Mrs. W. B. Kyles, secretary; Mrs. Walter , Styles, treasurer;* Mrs. H. W. Baucoxn, publicity chairman, i The next meeting of the Exeou i tive Committee will be held Octo | her 29. Those present at this meeting ■ were: Mrs. S. S. Cooley, Mrs. Grady Hardin. Mrs. Janies Marsh . burn, Mrs. W. B. Kyles, Mrs. Fannie Fitzgerald, Dr. Cora 1 Reeves and Mrs. H. W. Raucom. Bicycle Tires Made From Goldenrods NEW ORLEANS—Many a cyc list owes his tires to the lowly goldenrod. The Southern Regional Re search Laboratory here through research produced rubber from goldenrod, suitable for bicycle tires.