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MEMORIES
■ .■j ust now me met up with Bill
■avalho; now Bill is a wonderfull
and a great sportsman. Before
J, mild say hello, lie started to tell
Be about the football game. They
Bust have had a wonderfull time
Beause each time I exerted my-
Blf in opening my mouth to ask
question, Bill would answer three
i hadn’t even thought of.
|Blt all started on the way to Knox
e. when we traveled together
[was a wonderfull trip. It was
rd to distinguish whether it was
stag crowd or at some afternoon
■a party. Everyone was talking at
Be same time, betting pro and con
K their respective teams.
BThey were careful and watched
closely that their bets against didn’t
Heceed their purse they had on the
supposedly winning team.
■There were Roy Alexander, Sid-
Hey Cray and his boy and a guy
wailed Joe. These were the sports
fnen, who were exchanging dimes.
K I don’t know Joe but this a good
name for one of your best friends,
Spat is if you cant think of his name
In company.
BlViikc Forrest nearly lieat Tenn-
Hkt. The score reaching a close
of 7-8 as the ball was earri
■l down in the end zone which
our friends and the dime
Bice again went on the march.
■ That trip was a fine one it
IBrned out better than the week
jßfore when Bill Henry Burnell
Borace Stroupe and Drowsy Hardin
Barted to see the Detroit Tigers
Hid Washington Senators play base
:§Lti. This trip was terrible it all
Ait broke our sportsman’s heart be
jfjßuse by the time they got to states.
Mil,, the timing gear went bad and
|Be trip stopped short.
■t was late at nite-no filling stat
| Bus open not even a light to be
wen. Henry and Drousey and this
and Bill came back to home
H report their short coming.
H li was still early when Bill got
Bme, so he knocked long and loud
[Hi the door until he woke another
HBuy named Joe, that was Joe
a neighbor, he is a fine
man so it took him to con-
RBince the family that it was Bill
Hack home.
LITTLE BUNDLE FROM
HEAVEN
I I Rev. and Mrs. Grady Shope of
Creek announce the birth of
H daughter, Nancy Jo. Rev. Shoppe
pastor of Swannanoa Gospel
Kabernacle in Swannanoa.
j By Lawrence Pembroke
IB Hear is some news, Mr. Editor
the Swannanoa section. My
father came in Thursday night
has to be back at Camp next
His name is Glenn Tea-
He is in the Navy.
B The revival closed Sunday night
the Swannanoa Baptist Church.
I The Boy Scouts went to Lake
unes on a camping trip Friday
id came back Sunday.
By Margaret White
Cpl. Joy Blankenship of Swan
anua. arrived in the States safely
fhr being in Germany for about
.'ears. His wife learned Thurs-
a V. September 20 after receiving
telegram from the war depart
knt. He saw his son, Joy Blanken
hip Jr., for the first time when
| e fame home September 27.
NEW STUDENT
Norman Ware
1 am pleased to send you the
lews of the past week. I am a
' e ' v student of Swannanoa High
khuoi an( j have b ee n attended j
-ular an( ] n opinion of Swan-1
lan ° a school is that it is line, the;
Sclents take a great interest in
heir work and show a good school j
I'hit. The school has a fine ball
l| b and their fighting spirit was
hnwri Friday’s game with the
‘lack Mountain gridders. I enjoy
: f,in K to Swannanoa school and
my subjects and teachers and
1'" Edwards High School in Ashe-
THE BLACK MOUNTAIN news
SWANNANOA SECTION
SWANNANOA TOWNSHIP
Kenny Mills
Swannanoa township has just
about as many sections as New
York City, but people in Swan
nanoa cannot seen to realize this.
New Village, Old Village, Swan
nanoa Heights Nigor Hill, Grove
mount and Black Bottom are what
most people think is Swannanoa,
but it isn’t. No, there is Moore
General Hospital ,Buckeye, War
ren Wilson College, Bee Tree and
Christian Creek.
The business section of Swan
nanoa is known as “The Station”.
Whe Beacon Mfc. Co. was first
built, the also built a village. The
village was located on the south
side of the mill. This is what is
known as “The Old Village.”
Later on where the mill grew
larger, they built another village
in the north side of the milll. This
is what is known as “The New
Village.”
Not over five years ago places
such as Black Bottom, Nigor
Hill, Buckeye, Grovemount, and
Swansanoa Heights were very
small sections of the community.
Now every place Is built, just to
look like one of the Beacon vil
lages.
Where Moore General Hospital
now stands, then used to he the
apple orchid, chicken farm and
the grape vineyards, of the North
Carolina State Test Farm. Now
one of the biggest Government
hospitals in the state stands right
in the mists of our community.
WARREN WILSON BUYS
AIRPLANE
Ray Cordell
Last week Warren Wilson Col
lege purchased a reconditioned air
plane from the government. It has
been brought to the Black Moun
tain Air Port.
Mr. Nichols who is in charge,
says that the plane is in very good
condition. They took it over the
college for a reconnisonce mis
sion so to speak to see the field
where they will land there today.
Althought the plane is in good
flying condition, it will not be
taken off the ground again; once
they get it to the college.
They purchased the plane for
educational purposes only, that is
to tear down the plane, then re
construct over and over; so as to
teach the students he pars which
are essential to a plane. In this
course they will become familiar
with the controls and parts of the
engine.
I think it is a very good thing
the benefit of air-minded world
to which we are approaching.
Miss Jeanette Shelton
SWANNANOA, N. C.,—Miss
Klemm, chemistry instructor at
Warren Wilson College accompa- j
nied by the chemistry class visited
the Black Mountain Ice Co. in
Black Mountain, October .2.
They are cordially received by
■Mrs. Hoffman the owner of the
plant.
Both Miss Klemm and students
found it both interesting and edu
cational.
FLASH CARROLL BECOMES
“UNCLE”
“Dugan” Nichols
L. E. Carroll, better known as
Flash Carroll has became an uncle.
His sister, Nancy Brooks has a
fine baby boy. She came home:
Sunday October 7. The mother
is fine and if the gaby takes after j
L. E., he will grow up to be a'
very fine boy. Her husband, who
is in the Navy is expected home
soon.
“SWAN” RANKS FOURTH
James I. Enloe
“Swan”, Swannanoa High School
paper is expected soon. Ranking
* fourth in a nation wide survey of
! school papers, “The Swan” will
I consist of news from in and ground
! this community and will still be
'priced at five cents... .Speaking
I of your article on the artist, Arms
I Moser (Black Mountain Nrfws first
edition). I speak for everyone in
saying, it was great. We, the stu
dents, are happy to have him in
our midst as a member of the fa
culty of this school Until next
week.
SGT. HARRY NOBLITT
SOON TO BE
DISCHARGED
Sgt. Harry M. Noblitt, of Swan
nanoa who has been in the ser
vice for over three and one half
years soon will be discharged .
Mrs. Noblitt intends to resume
his grocery business upon his re
turn. He run his store ■ for six
years before entering the ser
vice.
Talk about team work the boys
in service had it. And this is a
sample of team work at home
also.
Mr. C. T. Noblitt Harry’s fath
er took over the store when Harry
left and left his business in Old
Fort to do so Mr. Noblitt Sr. has
only lost one day since this hoy
went away and has driven every
day from Old Fort to carry on the
business here.
That is real team work. We cong
ratulate this “work-together at
titude” between father and son,
this is one boy that has a job for
sure when he gets back .
GOOD SPORTMANSHIP
There was a great football match
here last Friday aftersoon bet
ween the Black Mountain High,
Dark Horses and the Swannao
High Warriors. The teams were
well matched and played a tough
game to the finish, the final score
being a tie 6-6. Though the rain
literly poured down may of the
Swannanoa High school students
stood on the open field to witness
this match.
As a cheer leader and in behalf
of our cheer squad we wish to
congratulate the Black Mountain
School in choosing such a fine
cheer squad. They can really yell!
The two teams met in fast mo
ving game of clean sportman
ship and we hope we can play off
this tie some day when it doesn’t
rain.
By Bett Burleson
I am very glad to send you the
news that has happened, and is
happening around my home.
My father is building a new
house. It is made of pine and oak
lumber. It has four rooms in it.
He works most of his time on it.
He says he will finish it by No
vember if possible.
My brother came home last Sat
urday evening- but he left Sunday
morning He is stationed at Bain
bridge, Maryland. X .also have 3
more brothers in the service. Two
are in the army and one in the
marines. They haven't been home
in a long time.
My brother, Ned who is in the
Navy sent me a beautiful scarf
with the navy insiga on it. I was
very well pleased.
1 went to church yesterday and
there was a big crowd there. We
had a grand time.
A boy that lives down by ua
was reported killed by accident.
I’m very sorry for his parents. He
was the only boy in the family. His
name was Paul Shoppe.
Will you please answer and tell
me if you will except this news for
your paper?
BRIDAL SHOWER
FOR MISS MARION ASTLEY
Last Thursday night a bridal
shower was held at the home of
Mrs. A. F. Magnant. It was for
Miss Marion Astley who is to be
the bride of Tulio Nargaro-Oct.
21 at Boston, Mass. Miss Astley
received many nice gifts and ap
preciates them deeply.
The hostesses were Mrs. Nell
Martin, Mrs. Bonnie Bass, and Mrs.
Mary Powell.
Mr, Moser has asked me to send
the following news. 1 and my girl
fried Ruth. Jones went to Swan
nanoa yesterday and then went on
| to town and saw Guest Wife. It was
a very good. After the show we ate
supper and then came home and
went to church. We had a very
nice time.
By Norma Hayes
The 9th grade softball team play
ed the Bth grade team. The 9th
grade girls beat the Bth grade girls
Ito 0. The ball game was very hot
all could be made was outs.
THURSDAY. OCTOBER fL 194
CHAS. TALENT IN
AUTO WRECK
While returning from Asheville
when their car left the road and
struck a cement arch over a ditch
Charles Talent was the only one
who was seriously injured. He had
a number ofstitches taken in his
head and neck. He was thrown
through the front windshield. He
is getting along fise now.
DAVID WILSON’S DEATH
David Wilson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. James Wilson of Swannanoa
died Friday, October 5 in St. Jo
seph Hospital from pneumonia. Hi;
funeral was conducted by the Rev
Troy W. Lunford at the Christiar
Creek Baptist Church.
The Harrison Funeral home was
in charge. ffl
OLD TIME REVIVAL
SWANNANOA
If you are discouraged, sick in
body, can’t sleep at night, perp
lexed in business, worried about
the future and world conditions,
and need a spiritual uplift come
to The Church of God Revival
which begins Sunday October 14
at 7:15 o’clock each evening.
If you are a Christian come
and help us. If you are not, come
and let us help you.
Pastor Paul L. Thurman
BUSS AND NELL’S CAFE
CHANGES OWNERSHIP
Mr. Burnette has bought the
case in Swannanoa, known as the
Buss and Nell’s Case.
He has had considerable know
ledge of the case business and is
ready he says to give you good
food as well as good service.
Virginia, his daughter with un
tering efforts helps hhn in the
case.
This is one of place where you
can go and enjoy a good whole
some meal well cooked and just
like mother used to cook. It is
with great pleasure, we welcome
Mr. Burnette as the new owner of
the Case.
By Ra Cordell
Swannanoa School’s enrollement
list climbed high this year. We
have more pupils in school now
than ever before. The School Dist
rict extends from Government,
14ee Tree, Riceville, Azelea, Buck
eye Cove to Swannanoa. Out of this
territory you can easily see that
many children would come bet
ween the ages of six and eighteen
years.
Whether it is the Army Draft
Eaw, that has thinned our boys out,
or just nature, I really can not
say; but the poulation through this
section of Western North Carolina
is strictly becoming feminine. In
School on the highway at th« show
on in town, you will see on the
average of five girls per boy.
On my way to Columbia, S. C.,
last Saturday, I saw along the high
way and in small towns between
Swannanoa and Hendersonville,
three hundred and forty three girls
and women, while we only counted
fifty-eight boys and men.
Xf this situation continues three
or four years, women instead of
picking a husband will be glad to
grab anything that comes along.
This should lie avoided.
Perhaps the man shortage will
improve in the coming years,
during the day and you will dis-
Take notice to the pop. of people
cover the same unabalanced ratio
of man to women that 1 have.
MILDRED DAVIS ILL
MildeTd Davis of the 10 grade
has been absent from school due
to illness.
We hope she will get well soon.
In the beautiful Valley of Swan
nanoa the Moutains have begin
to color up in rainbow color with
the clouds hanging low over the
mountains makes a very beautiful
sight.
GOT SOMETHING TO
SWAP—PUT IT IN
THE SWAP COLUMN.
LETTER FROM MRS. DAVID
SON TO MISS GUINN AT
WARREN WILSON
I sat down pencil in hand to
typewrite you a letter, Pardon
the ink, I dont live where used
to live because I moved to where
I live now. When you come to see
me, you can ask anyone the way
because nobody knows. I am so
sorry we are so far together, I
wish we were closer apart.
My Aunt Burlie died and is
doing nicely. I hope you are the
same. My cousin has the mumps
and is having a swell time; She is
at deaths door and the doctor is
trying to pull her through.
We are having more weather
this year than we had last year.
I sent you a coat by express. I
cut th buttons off to make it
lighter. If you want them, they
are in one of the pockets. I start
ed to St. Clair to see you. I saw
a Sign and it said “This will take
you to “St. Clair.” I got on the
sign and set there for three hours
but the darn thing didn’t move.
My neighbor’s baby swallowed
some pins, but they fed it as a
pin cushion so now everything is
ok.
In case yau don’t get this letter
let me know and I will send it
to you. In this envelope is a pic
ture, but for fear of losing it,. I
took it out. I hope you like it.
Miss Gary Steppe of Black
Mountain is in the graduating class
at Warren Wilson this year. She
graduates in Advanced Business
and assists in the college library.
She is the daughter of the late
asd Mrs. Walter Steppe.
We are glad to have in our cam
pus communitv. Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Crooks and Rev. and Mrs. Edwin
White.
The Crooks, who are living in
the Laursen cabin, were former
missiosaries in Thialand.
Mr. White is a minister at a
Presbyterian church in Kingsport,
Tenn., and the author of “High
land Hertiage”, a book which is
considered to be the most author
ative study of the Mountais region
in recent years.
By Fredia Ownsby
I am going to write some of the
things that have happened during
the past week and week-end.
The Swannanoa School has got
a new hits. This will enable the
school to carry more children safely.
Other busses will not have to make
so many loads either.
Mrs. W. X,. Martin station oper
ator on the Asheville Black Moun
tain highway, is expecting her son,
Cecil home any time now as she
got a letter from him last week
saying he was on his way then
September 27th.
Betty Jean Vess of the 9th grade
at Swannanoa has a brother that
was discharged from tire Army. His
name Is Kenneth Vess of Farm
School.
Mrs. E. G. l.ee of Swannanoa,
N. C., got word from her son,
Pvt. E. G. l.ee that he would he
coming home sometime in the
next three months.
1 have two cousins, Pvt. John P.
Ownsby and Pvt. Herman F. Owns,
by who is expecting to be home
any time." Johnny had a 30 day
sick leaveabout three weeks ago.
NEWS FROM BLACK BOTTOM
I would like to tell you about
my trip to Tampa, Florida, this
summer. I went to spend a month
with my father who it at the pre
sent employed at an electric com
pany in Tampa. The trip through
the three southern states of Geor
gia, South Carolina and Northern
Florida, were very tiresome. There \
were no mountains, no trees, j
and very little anything but sand
and sunshine. But when we got
into Florida everything began to
look better. ffl
NEW CHURCH
I am sending you the news of
our community. There is not any
thing that’s new going on ex
cept a church is being built in
Hawie Cove. It is nearly finished.
It likes the roof and windows.
MOORE GENERAL
SWANNANOA N. C.— Major
Earl W. Rothermel, stationed at
Moore General Hospital since Octo
ber 28, 1942, will lie given his re
lease from the Army Medical Corps
sometime this week, it was learned
at hospital headquarters this
morning-. His home is in Reading;,
Pennsylvania.
Major Rothemel came to Moore
General as chief of physical ther
apy. East December he was named
chief of th hospital's Recondition
ing Service.
He has also served as president
of the Officers’ Club at the hospital.
He entered on aciive extended
duty in May 1942 and was station
ed at Station Hospital. Fort Dix,
N. J., before being- transferee] to
Moore General.
Major Rothermel is a graduate of
Temple University and of-Franklin
and Marshall College. He was en
gaged in the practice of medicine
and surgery when called to the
colors. His home address is 748 N.
Pennsylvania! Street, Reading, Pen
nsylvania.
Swannanoa N. C. Last spring
Captain Milton Lieberthal, chief of
gastro-eteronology section in Moore
General Hospital, Swannanoa, N. C.
decided to enter a radio play he had
written in off-duty hours in the
Dr. Christian prize contest, heard
over Columbia Broadcasting Co.
He didn’t stop to think that the
venture might take him along an
unending road in the field of radio
dramitics.
First of all, the Dr. Christian
judges liked the script so well that
they requested Captain Lieberthal
to withdraw it from the contest to
enable them to buy it outright.
They had signed up Claude Raines
for a play and Lieberthal’s Diag
nosis After Death”. was just the
vehicle they wanted for them. The
play was heard on a Dr. Christian
program over WWNC, Ashebille,
a member of the CBS chain.
Since that time Captain Lieber
thal has sold three scripts to radio,
one of which was broadcast on “The
Sheriff program heard over 180 1
stations of the American Broad-i
casting Company network every 1
Friday at 8:30 p.m. EST. He has
just completed a fourth script
which went into the mail Friday.
Captain Lieberthal, who was a;
practicisg gastro-enteroligist in,
Bridgeport, Conn., before entering j
the service, became interested in '
writing and producing the Moore j
General Varieties Show still being j
on WWNC. He had also been writ- j
broadcast every Thursday evening
ing and taking roles in musical ;
comedies in his student days at
Darmouth undergraduate magazine
“Jack L Lantern.
He received his bachelor of arts
degree from Darmouth and his med
ical degree from New Yory Univer
city He has been certified by the
American Board of Internal Medi
cine in internal medicine and in the
sub-specialty of gastro-enterology. j
He has been chief of his section at
Moore General for the past 30
months.
0
Captain Joseph E. Lantagne has
been appointed Chief of the Recon
ditioning Service of Moore General
Hospital, succeeding Major Earl
W. Rothermel, retired, Colonel
Frank W. Wilson, commanding of-»
ficer of the hospital, announced
Sunday.
Captain Lantagne, whose home
address is 1036 College Avenue,
Menlo Park, Calif., has been at
Moore General Hospital since No
vember 1944 whefe he has served
as chief of physical recondition
ing and post athletic officer.
He entered the service as a
first lieutenant in the Air Corps.
He served as director of physical
training at the Portland Army
Air Base and as chief of special
services until December 1942 when
he was transferred to Hamilton,
Field, Calif., as director of physi
cal training and special service
[ officer. In August 1944 he was
sent to Military Intelligence School
at Camp Ritchie, Md., to prepare
for duty in France. With the li
beration of France, he was sent to
Moore General via Lawson General
I in Atlanta.
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Capt. Lantagne is a graduate of
San Jose College where he was a
four-letter man, in football base
ball, boxing and wrestling and was
an all-conference and in the Far
Western Football Conference in
1934 (repeat 1934). He then took
his master of arts degree at Stan
ford University where he was in
structor in hygience and physical
education and had trainer for
all athletics. In 1940 and 1941 he
was at San Francisco Junior Col
lege as football, soccer, boxing and
golf coach. He then went to Santa
Barbara College as a football and
boxing coach and instructor in
statistic and physioglogy.
He is married and has one son.
His wife is on Standford’s faculty.
NEW BUSINESS OPENS
IN SWANNANOA
W. M. and Evertte Mills start
ing new feed store in Swannanoa
N. C. W. M. worked on a farm in
Tenn. raised a family of three
boys, two who are in service and
one at home. Charles Winfred fi
nished school in Swannanoa and
is now a 2nd. Lt. in the Army
Stationed at Boco-Raton, Fla.,
studying radar. Claude S 1-c of
Navy overseas 30 months wound
ed in Asiatic Area April 16th is
back in service. Bee n in a number
of Major battles. Everettee has
been at home operating a chicken
farm west of Swannanoa on high
way 70.
They have operated their poul
try farm for the past 9 years and
have at present five thousand
chicks. They have grown and put
on the market twenty thousand
broilers per year and their new
brood will mature around Christ
mas. After the chickens are put
in the brooder they never touch
the ground but are changed from
brooder to brooder over a periot.
of twelve weeks which is the
average time of maturity. The
building are equiped with modem
equipment.
Mr. Mills has had wide exper
ience on poultry diseases and of
fers his knowledge to those who
need it. They started in a small
way using a furance brooder and
later changing to electric. The
building in which the poultry were
kept a few years ago burned down
causing considerable damage and
loss, but they immediately fought
more to build up the flock once
again.
They supplied eggs for the hat
chery but have eliminated this and
changed to fattening poultry. Mr.
Mills was employed at Beacon’s for
the past ten years but now invites
his neighbors in to see for them
selves his enterprise.
He expects to supply every need
of the feeder as far as conditions
will allow.
CLUBS FOR SWAN. SCHOOL
Swannanoa School has made
seberal improvements this year. It
has the following clubs for the
students to take part in:
Glee Club
Girl’s Service Club
Dramatic’s Club
Journalism Club
Art Club
Band
Folk Music Club
FOLK DANCE CLUB
Latha Martin
We have a good football team
asd expect to have an equally good
besketball team. Mrs. Horton is
the girls’ coach and Charles Ta
lent is the boy’s coach. "V
We have games lined up with
Sand Hill, Tryon, and Black Moun
tain.
SWANNANOA TO PLAY
SAND HILL NEXT
The Swannanoa Warriors clash
ed with the Black Mountain Dark
Horses Friday October 5 on the
Swannanoa field. The teams were
evenly matched and the final score
a tie 6-6.
Next week the Warriors will
play the Sand Hill School .
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