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the BLACK MOUNTAIN news m “ key citi in ™ E land ° f the sky ” Vol. I No. 9 jit. Mitchell Area Opened To munters November 1 For 12 Days |;h Hunter Is Required o Secure a Permit— Fees $2.50 Per Day ,e hunt sponsored and guided ;he Conservation Department ed its opportunities to sports from several states. Each er is required to secure a per from C. N. Mease of Marion h ended October 27th for all ications. The fees are $2.50 lay with game license number ihed. The permit lasts but one but the hunter has the priv ! to apply for more time if the day hasn’t been taken up by r hunters. ; present the first and second the hunt has been filled but JBr days up to the 12th are open, rafii hunter is checked in each and allowed to go to the ffflKing grounds around 7:00. He by a warden or ranger to a specific place. ||*his way no hunter is put in flHt danger or inteferes with an ■r hunter. Hiis safety precaution means igreh to each hunter, he is put and p||Sed in such a position as not t|Bver crowd the territory. The Cgftervation Department has a firerecord behind them. It is their elßest desire to prevent accidents great the same time provide good for the hunter. They have tljHchecking stations one at Cur tijrelreek and the other at Big Toe irepr. Each hunter is required to arefy the territory in which he is greg and in this way the warden Jreanger 'knows his whereabouts E; he doesn’t check out at ap lately 5:00 in the evening. If ng does go wrong they know iately where to go to find j rson. As these regulations j ide for safety purposes it is j tive that each hunter obey he last letter. Also loaded ire prohibited on all high while crossing or walking »ths. Parking should he ob at all times, so as not to in case of fire emergency oreccidents. Do not block any fire li|Bs or block any through roads whether it is a fire lane oipighway. Try and make it an otner hunting season without a mifiiap. These precautions apply tfftdl territories and not to Mt. Jrechell area alone. ITION WRITER :s VISITOR AT BLACK MOUNTAIN iting Black Mountain college sday and Friday were Miss I. . Wylie, well-known serial r for The Saturday Evening of Princeton, N. J., and her Is, Mrs. Rayburn White of delphia, Mrs. Alfred Roelker Brooklyn Heights, and Mrs. Allen of New York City. ( group motored South, arriv ere Thursday morning. They fed the morning session of lass in design, visited the ng room, attended afternoon s in the social sciences divis ind joined in the singing of ensemble chorus Thursday en asked what had prompted isit to Black Mountain col- Miss Wylie said, “I’m not or ily interested in educational Jtions, but I have heard a deal about what Black Moun lo liege is doing and wanted to ■s work first-hand. No, I’m 'riting about it, I’m just in- A GREAT UMBERING STATE 'th Carolina ranks 10th as a ring state and has at its dis -13 billion feet of board tim- The largest virgin red spruce s and virgin hardwood is lo in western North Carolina, surpasses all others in the d States. North Carolina s, it is said, yields more var roducts, other than lumber, my other state. North Caro dso has 13 navigable rivers dch some of its lumber prod ire transported. GRANDPA? NO! S. R. RAYBURN Pictured above is S. R. Rayburn of Black Mountain, son of G. E. Rayburn, now serving in the Navy near China. He has been in the service 18 months. He reads the Black Mountain News and says he enjoys it very much and would like to have it more. No, he isn’t old, he’s only in his twenties, but hasn’t found a bar ber shop over there. He left the States in June on this last trip. SGT. POWELL IS KILLED IN BELGIUM Sgt. Edwin L. Powell of Swan nanoa, brother of Mrs. Marjorie Ensley, of Kenilworth road, and Arnold E. Powell, of Swannanoa, who was reported missing in Bel gium since December 29, 1944, was killed on that date, it has been learned by his brother. Sgt. Powell, who had been over | seas eight months, and in service | four years, served in the ninth j armored division. The widow, Yeoman Second Class Lillian B. Powell, of the WAVES, is stationed in New Orleans. The Bronze Star medal has been awarded posthumously to Sgt. Powell for heroic action in connec tion with military operations against the enemy. The citation follows: “For heroic action in connection with military operations against the enemy—on Dec. 18, 1944. When the leading tank of the column was hit by enemy fire destroying com munications with the rest of the column, the tank commander was wounded. Sgt. Powell, realizing the need for immediate coordina tion, dismounted from his tank sit uated at the column’s rear, climbed upon the disabled tank, and di rected fire by shouting to the tur ret gunner through the open hatch. Other tanks in the column were able to adjust their fire ac cordingly by observing the bursts from the leading tank. “The rare presence of mind ex ercised by Sgt. Powell in main taining the tactical effectiveness of his column at a critical moment proved a decisive factor in enab ling it to successfully accomplish its mission. Sgt. Powell’s initia tive and intrepid daring are in keeping with the highest traditions of the armed forces.” 373 HANDICAPPED MEN GIVEN JOBS Raleigh—Added emphasis dur ing the “National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week, proclaimed by President Truman for October 7-13, resulted in the placement in jobs of 373 handi capped persons during the first 20 days of October, an increase of 65 percent over placements of such persons during the entire month of September, by the local offices of the United States Employment Service in North Carolina. The report, announced by Dr. J. S. Dorton, State director of the USES, shows that in the 20-day period, jobs were found for 229 handicapped war veterans, 220 of them World War II veterans, and for 134 handicapped non-veterans, as compared with 155 veteran and 71 non-veteran placements, total of, 226, during the entire month of J September. 1 NO TRACE FOUND IN SEARCH FOR SERGEANT HOPE Every Possible Clue Is Being Checked By Authorities of Buncombe County With the hours that brought frantic search for Sgt. William F. Hope, 22, stretching into days of waiting, police officers in this sec tion are continuing their efforts to pick up a trace of the missing man. Sgt. Hope disappeared last Sat urday on the eve of his wedding to Miss Melba Cole, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Furman Cole, of 45 Trot ter place. Since that time no trace of him or his car has been found. Members of his family and mem bers of Miss Cole’s family have been extremely anxious, feeling that something occurred out of his control which prevented him from appearing for the wedding which was scheduled for 7:30 o’clock Sat urday evening. He was last seen about 5 o’clock, some two and a half hours before the time for the wedding. He was at a filling station in West Asheville, having left his barracks at Newbridge a few minutes be fore. He had made painstaking preparations for the wedding,' it was disclosed. Records at the office of the reg ister show that he aiid Miss Cole went together to get the license on Friday before the wedding was scheduled on Saturday. Previous to that Sgt. Hope’s blood test and health certificate had been filed in proper order, the records reveal. Miss Cole said that she had known Sgt. Hope for a year, but that she had been engaged to him only a month. ( Sgt. Hope will not have over stayed his leave until after Nov. 17, army officials here said. If he does not report by that date the case will come under the jurisdic tion of the F. B. I. and the search for him will be intensified by that much. Meanwhile both peace officers and military authorities here are checking every possible clue that might lead to a trace of him. This takes time, and so far has brought no result. YOUNG PEOPLE ENJOY PARTY For the Ridgecrest young people the “ghosts of the goblins” were out in great numbers Tuesday night. Who-000-000-ee! At the church recreation rooms the guests were met by several ghosts who directed them to follow the Jack o-lanterns to the side entrance where they were greeted by the ghost host and hostesses who di rected them to the big, bad witch who told their fortunes and who in turn directed them to the dead men’s booth. The master of ceremonies was “Dangerous” Dan Turner, who kept the guests entertained throughout the evening with games, contests, etc. The basement of the church where the party was given was “spooky” with low, soft candle glow, corn shocks, autumn leaves, streamers of gold and black which added to the festive occasion. A delicious buffet supper consisting of two kinds of sandwiches, fruit jello, pickles, potato chips, cakes, candy, apples, hot chocolate and coffee was served to the following: Misses Alice and Annabelle Tur ner, Oreta Hollifield, Doris Blank enship, Carolyn Smith, Alva Snipes, Mesdames Victor Creas man, R. L. May, N. L. Perkins; Messrs. Dan, Bill and Doyle Tur ner, Stacy Barrentine, Eddie • ’erk ins, Bob Cole, Pete Brittain, Tom Walters, and Mr. and Mrs. Brooks. The success of the party was due to Misses Alice and Annabelle Turner, Oreta Hollifield and Mrs. Victor Creasman who decorated the social rooms and prepared the food. In the afternoon Tuesday Mrs. G. W. Greene directed the Junior and Intermediate Training Unions in a party the program of which consisted of games, contests and refreshments after which they had a “Ghost Walk” visiting different homes in the community and tak ing the young people home. NOTICE TO GRANGERS ' Be sure and attend meeting Monday night, November sth. Elec- I tion of officers. j BLACK MOUNTAIN NEWS, NOVEMBER 1, 1945 A NEW STORE FOR BLACK MOUNTAIN Dr. Alfred L. Hooker Owns and Operates The Home Store Likes Black Mountain A new store has opened on Black Mountain Ave. just below the railroad station under the name of “The Home Store.” Dr. Alfred L. Hooker who owns and operates The Home Store has been coming to Black Mountain for the past five years to spend the summer and has now made this his permanent home, having purchased a home here some three years ago. Dr. Hooker comes here from West Palm Beach, Florida where he has been in dental practice for the past seventeen years. He was engaged in the station ery and office supply business at West Palm Beach for about four years previous to his dental service there. He went to West Palm Beach in 1923 from Westfield, Massachusetts. He was born a farm boy and during his early years was engaged in farm work and varied mercantile activities. He graduated from Tufts Dental School in Boston, Mass, in 1917, was commissioned a First Lieu tenant in the dental reserve corps during World War I. Associated with Dr. Hooker in The Home Store is his son, Alfred L. Hooker, Jr., who came to Black Mountain from West Palm Beach, Florida, where he was employed by the Florida Power and Light Co. as substation maintenance electrician. In The Home Store a much needed addition to the business activity of Black Mountain is made and you will find your needs in Sta tionery, Office Supplies, Phono graph Records, Sheet Music, books, games, toys, musical instru ments, radios and radio servicing filled with promptness and courte ous service. Service is our motto. MORE ABOUT GOOD OLD BLACK MTN. By EI) STEPP I’ll tell you a little more about good old Black Mountain, it’s not because I was born and raised here that I like it so well, it was the good things she did for me. When she began to pick up she gave me about five years work. I opened all the streets at that time under Mayor Dobbins. They allowed me to use 14 men (7 white and 7 col ored) and 2 of my teams. They used me then for other things such as unloading cars, digging base ments and beautifying yards, etc. I had a lot of good friends in Black Mountain, they all looked out for me and kept me employed. I will tell you who a few of them were. Mr. Con. Dougherty, Mr. Walter Dougherty, the McCoys and Mr. Bert Brown, Clarence Brown and Mr. Floyd Dennis. Later on Mr. John McGraw, Mr. McMurray and Mr. R. L. Woodard. The white ladies of the town also gave me a week’s work once, I can’t recall all of their names. There w T ere Mrs. Dickey, Mrs. Heg man, Mrs. Callie Crawford and a Mrs. Walker that lived on Church Street. These ladies asked the town for me one week which they called clann-up week. They paid for this. I used 6 men and 2 teams, I mean I had plenty to do. Mrs. Hegman was the boss. *— —— ———■< j Bill Hill Says ( I seed a sign in a show window 1 the other day and it says: “Wo- ( mens clothes half off,” and I’m inclined to believe it. WILL SECURE FUNDS TO COMPLETE NEW EDUCATIONAL PLANI The Pastor, Rev. Tom E. Walters Greatly Encouraged With Future Prospects The Ridgecrest Baptist Church is preparing to launch an effort to secure funds with which to com plete the new educational plant begun a few months ago. Much of the money and material is now ; on hand for the project. When I finished it will be one of the best I small church plants in the South. The pastor, Rev. Tom E. Walters, is greatly encouraged with the prospect of completing the work. He has had wide experience in church building and development and thinks that the Ridgecrest church has a great opportunity to minister to multitudes of people from the twenty states compris ing the territory of the Southern Baptist Convention. It is expected that one unit will be finished by Thanksgiving at which time a special program will be given. NEEDS FOR WORKERS IN NORTH CAROLINA ARE GREATER TODAY Needs for workers in 1,908 North Carolina establishments are greater today b 8.4 percent than the number of workers these firms employed a month ago, it is shown in a suivey made in September in a special visiting program inaugurat ed by local United States Employ ment Services offices, results of which are announced by Dr. J. S. Dorton, State director of the USES. In the new special expanded vis iting program, undertaken to de velope jobs for returning war vet erans, returning war workers and other workers, and to help supply the needs of all employers, needs were found for 26,660 additional workers for the 1,908 firms already employing 318,801 workers a month ago, equivalent to an in crease of 8.4 percent in their total employment. In cases of 559 establishments, classified as the larger and more important, 252,336 workers were employed a month ago and need was shown for 18,247 or 7.2 per cent additional workers, by now. These are in general the firms from which labor information was se cured during the war .period. Their needs ranged around 4 percent dur ing the last few months of the war, while the manpower stabiliza tion program was in operation. Local USES office personnel in augurated their special visiting program soon after the war ended. In September, they found that 1,- 349 firms, most of them employing less than 200 workers each, had total employment of 66,465 work ers then and within another month need 8,413 additional workers, or an increase of 12.7 percent. Several thousands of smaller em ployers, most of whom were not able to obtain help needed during the war period, have filed orders with local USES offices, which, along with orders of the employers visited in September and whose needs reached 26,660, make up the total of 44,029 orders for workers which were on file in local USES offices in September. In developing the special ex panded visiting program to em ployers not previously called upon, local USES office personnel in the State traveled an aggregate of 4,- 363 miles, an average of 3.2 miles per visit, and spent more than 800 hours, an average of 36 minutes per visit, Dr. Dorton reports. Receives Discharge Eleanor Padgett Landers, Sea man First Class, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Padgett, received her discharge from the WAVES October 26, 1945 from U. S. Naval Personnel Separation Center U. S. Naval Barracks, Washington, D C. Her husband, Sgt. Robert G. Landers, is also from Black Moun tain Mrs. Landers reported for active duty in the Navy June 15, 1944. Was last on duty at Wave Quarters “F”, Arlington Farms, Virginia: Quartermaster on Ship’s Company. Subscribe today for The News. , , , , , j ■ ■ , Soldier And Radio Return Home Recently From Iwo Jima Island AWARDED BRONZE STAR FOR ACTION •* , * P ■ ww Camp Chaffee, Ark., Oct. 6, 1945 —Sgt. Thomas G. Stafford, of the 44th Infantry Division here now at Camp Chaffee after 203 days of combat across Fance, Germany and Austria, has been awarded the Bronze Star for gallantry in ac tion Feb. 15, 1945 in the vicinity of Bellevue Farm, France. In noting the award to the In fantryman Co. E, 114th Inf. Regt., Brig. Gen. William A. Biederlinden, 44th commander regiment cited: When two soldiers were seriously wounded in an enemy mine field, Sgt. Stafford and two other men traversed open ground under ene my small-arms and mortar fire on two occasions and removed the two men to a covered position. This courageous and unselfish action reflects credit upon Sgt. Stafford and the Armed Forces. Sgt. Stafford entered military service from Black Mountain, N. C. He is the son of Mrs. Delphi Stafford of Black Mountain, N. C. Married, his wife, Mrs. Viola Staf ford, lives at Black Mountain. AUXILIARY MEET HELD AT FLETCHER Approximately 50 members of the first district of the Woman’s auxiliary of the National Council, Episcopal diocese of Western North Carolina, attended the fall meeting of the group at Calvary Episcopal Church at Fletcher Wednesday. The meeting was opened with a celebration of the Holy Commun ion, with the Rt. Rev. Robert E. Gribbin, bishop of the diocese, as celebrant. Principal address of the meeting was made by the Rev. Mark Jen kins, rector of Calvary church, who described the reconstruction and advance fund program. The Rev. A. Rufus Morgan of Frank lin also spoke briefly. Mrs. Mark Jenkins, district di rector, presided and other officers taking part on the program were Mrs. A. 'B. Stoney of Morganton, president; Mrs. McLeod Patton, chairman of missions and church expansion; Mrs. T. J. Wooldridge, chairman of the united thank of fering; Miss Lucy Fletcher, chair man of Christian education; Mrs. C. H. Browne, of Hickory, chair man of advance work • and Mrs. May New, of Gastonia, treasurer. New Buildings At Sylva Two new business buildings are under construction at Sylva at the present time. P. E. Moody, owner of Moody funeral home is building a two story and basement building on main street. The street floor will be used for the funeral home, the basement for storage purposes and j the second floor for living quart ers. It is of brick and steel con struction and Thomas Buchanan is contractor. l“aul Kirk and Homer J)avis are constructing a garage on the Cul-' lowhee road, near the intersection' of Highway No. 107. The build- 1 ing is to be 125 by 65 feet, with display rooms in the front and a service department in the rear. The building will cost approximately *15,000. Subscribe today for The News $2.50 Per Year £ Marion Glen Morgan Has Returned Horae With Honorable Discharge Marion Glen Morgan, C. M. 3-c, has just returned home with his discharge. He has been in service for three years and most of this time he has served overseas. Glen joined the Sea-Bees in 1942 and completed his basic training at Camp Bradford, Va., he later was home on a furlough and from there he was sent to the Aleutians Is lands where he stayed for 14 months. From there he went ashore at Iwo Jima shortly after the land ings were made. On his way to Iwo Jima, he stopped at Honolulu where he received a small two tube Emerson radio as a gift from his sister who sent it to him as some thing to pass the time away with and probably hear programs from p back home. . On learning he was to be sent . back home he returned the radio > and he himself arrived home with I a discharge. , Glen pleasantly surprised his family when he stepped off the bus , at the station here this week. He said it gave him splendid service during his stay on the island. He left Norfolk Sunday and arrived here Monday. ’ Welcome back Glen. ' TO HOLD ANNUAL » MEETING NOV. 26-27 IN ASHEVILLE, N. C. i . ’ The Program For Principal Day, ! Monday, Is Being Arranged On Post-War Program The North Carolina Chapter, In -1 ternational Association of Public ; Employment Services, will hold its ‘ delayed annual meeting in Ashe • ville Monday and Tuesday, No vember 26-27, R. C, Godwin, State president, Raleigh announces. Program for the principal day, Monday, is being arranged around : the post-war program for the U. S. Employment Service and Unem ? ployment Compensation Commis sion personnel wh oform the mem bership. North Carolina has the > largest membership in its history i and the largest in the Southeastern | States, a total of 428, Godwin re , ports. Officers will be elected to sue ceed Godwin, Miss Katherine Queen, secretary, and Miss Mar -1 garette Carpenter, treasurer, all of Raleigh. The new officers and the • three district vice-prsidents prev ’ iously elected at district meetings, Mrs. Kathryn Lott, North Wilkes > boro, Western; J. A. Gawthrop, ■ Reidsville, Central, and Mrs. Jean > nette M. Grainger, Wilson, Eastern 1 will be installed. I NORTH CAROLINA CLIMATE IDEAL > The unusual geopraphy of this , state rising from sea level to an , altitude of 6,600 feet or more over l a distance of 400 miles, has a , climate similar to that of the Medi terranean Area. The state has a varied vacation opportunities, one , that will meet the ideas of most any person which takes in basking . on the sandy beaches, fishing, hunting and golfing to skhig on snow covered mountains. It has a climate with a year ’round average 56.6 degrees in the mountans, to 64. degrees in the southeastern portion and 60.6 de grees in the central and north eastern section. An ideal place to spend a vacation regardless of your requirements. It meets them all. | DISCHARGED FROM ARMY William T. Rhodes of Black Mountain arrived home the 21st of October. He has been dis-- charged from the Army. Bill was in the Iwo Jima, Leyte J ar, d stayed in the Philippines Is- I lands until he was sent to a base i hospital and then to Portsmouth, Ya., where he received his dis charge. Bill has a wife and three children. The Black Mountain News wants the news of your community— send it in to us.