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Member North Carolina Press Association fool. 1 No. 10 if ALL FLYING CLASS TO BEGIN j AT BLACK MOUNTAIN AIRPORT I LYING CLASS BY BILL NICH ! OLS WILL START IN FEW DAYS, IS REPORTED o [Bill Nichols, owner of Black Airport brought in three Ly flying planes the past week, e has sold two of the planes, one which Paul Brewer, a local res- Lt, is learning to fly. The oth was sold to D. W. Harrison, an H time flyer. h'he Brewer plane will be flown soon as can be licensed and C Brewer will solo in it. lA new family Piper Cub, 3 Lee, 100 horse power, will soon j on the field for “family rides.” hce this is the coming mode of Lvel, for family and business use, [would be well to go to the Air [rt and try the new family Cub. [Mr. Nichols will soon announce l fall flying class and those air Inded people have the opportun t of their lives to learn to fly. |‘Fly,” says Bill. RTS CLUB WILL SPONSOR SHOW o [The Black Mountain Arts Club jll sponsor the Arts and Hobby low as an educational feature timed especially to interest the [uth of this community in de loping their own talents and in fcrning to appreciate the work of bfessional artists and crafts- In. , FThc entries will include paint ks and crafts by members of the Its Club, school children, visit- L artists and craftsmen. [Hobbies will include work creat lor collected by the owners, lich of the work will be for sale [ objects for the home or for Iristmas gifts. lOf a special, educational nature hi be the objects from more than [enty foreign countries which hi be lent from private collec- Irip in this area. In an effort to pict the wide variety of mater |s, designs and methods used, the splay will include hand-wrought ptals, pottery, glass, ivory, horn, bod; fabrics, coins, pictures, sta pry and furniture. [Admittance will be free and embers of the Ants Club will be (esent to explain the exhibits. Mary E. Aleshire, Exhibition Chairman. 'RED BROWN ON IN TERMINAL LEAVE o / |W. 0. (jg) Fred W. Brown, Jr. id his wife and baby son are vis ing his parents in Lakewood. Warrant Officer Brown volun ered in January 1941, and was ’orseas 20 months. He was 'arded the Bronze Star Medal r meritorious service in Europe, ithorized five Bronze Service ars, for participating in Norm idy, Northern France, Rhineland, rdemes and Central Europe cam igns; American Defense Ribbon r service prior to December 7, 41 Meritorious insignia for serv ‘ with 105th Med. Bn. 30th In ntry Division. On termination of his leave he Tecta to enter college to continue s study in chemistry. Mrs. Brown has made her home th her parents in Welch, W. Va. pile her husband was overseas. The invention of felt is some bes ascribed to Oriental shep- BLACK MOUNTAIN CHAMBER of fOMMERCE MAKE FUTURE PLANS The Board of Directors of the lack Mountain Chamber of Com pile held its regular monthly eeting on Monday night, Novem r sth. Extension plans for the promo- In of Black Mountain during the xt two years were made, realiz £ that at the present time prac ally all accommodations for vis a’s are taxed to capacity, never cless it is very essential that the vantages of our community must kept before the touring, pub la addition to attracting sum i:i' visitors every effort is be ? made to get permanent resi ,:s'. Much activity is reported mdeveloped real estate, and ™e BLACK MOUNTAIN news DISCHARGED AFTER 7 YEARS SERVICE O * After seven years of service in the Navy, Merrill Mashburn has been dischraged from the Navy. Merrill has seen lots of service in m Merrill Maxwell Mashburn the past seven years, and is glad to settle down with his family on terra firma. He had intended to re-enlist and stay in the Navy until retirement age, but wanted shore duty and since that wasn’t granted he is not going back. HARLEY BARRETT LEAVING FOR HOME o Harley Barrett, who has written several very beautiful articles for the News, left Friday for his home in Indianapolis, Ind. Harley is a brother of Mr. Loren J. Barrett, the associate editor of the News, and came here with Mr. Barrett when he moved here from Indianapolis and had intend ed to stay one week, but has stayed all summer. He says that Black Mountain and its surroundings have grown on him and he likes its people. We hope Harley, that you will continue to write your stories and send them to us once a week so that we may feel your presence in your stories, even if you are not here in person. We want you to know that we have enjoyed having you with us and hope that you will be coming back some day to stay. We wish you the best of good luck and remember that you have made a host of friends in the “Key City of the Land of the Sky.”— The Editor. ******** ** * * RICE’S QUALITY STORE * ADDING MERCHANDISE * * * o * Rice’s Qaulity Store are con * tinually adding new stock to * * their store and it is a big, * little store. Practically any- * * thing you want in their line, * they can supply you. Many * * new fall and winter articles * are arriving weekly and are * of the best brands of mer * chandise. * This is one of the most up * to-date and cleanest Big, Lit * tie Stores in Western North * * Carolina. • * ******** * Jf Buy more Victory bonds. with the lifting of restrictions on building materials, we ought to see many new homes constructed here. In the new' advertising folder an appeal is being made to individ uals to locate in our midst. Ex tensive plans are being made for the distribution of these folders. The directors for the current year are: B. H. Hunter, president; H. W. Sanders, first vice-presi dent- J. L. Potter, second vice president; A. P. Perley, treasurer; Albert Garland, secretary; and R. E Finch, C. C. Uzzell, Dr. James Marshburn, Dr. F. H: Richardson, Kay Harrison, J. 0. Williams, J. G. Northcutt, James A. Dough erty. BLACK MOUNTAIN NEWS, NOVEMBER 8. 1945 HUNT CONTINUES FOR SGT. HOPE 0 No Trace Yet Found Os Man Who Disappeared Last Saturday o No trace of Sgt. William E. Hope, who disappeared last Satur day on the eve of his wedding to Miss Melba Cole, 45 Trotter place, West Asheville, had been found up to last night, army and police of ficers, who have been working on the case, reported. Army officers revealed that they had talked to Frederick Hope, of Chicago, father of Sgt. Hope, and that the father reported he had not seen or heard from him since he vanished a few hours before the scheduled wedding. The father was also quoted as revealing that Sgt. Hope had planned to come through Chicago on a trip shortly after the wedding with his bride for a brief visit. He expressed deep concern over his son’s disappearance, army of ficials here said, and indicated he had received no word of any kind from him. Mrs. Gladys Hope,, of Rockford, 111., the sergeant’s mother, and a brother who came herj for the wedding, have returned home, it was learned. LEADS COURSE AT CENTENARY o Christian Activities Week open ed at Centenary Methodist Church last week with a fellowship supper attended by approximately 75 oung adults. Rev. Grady Hardin, pastor of the Black Mountain Methodist Church and former assistant pas tor at Centenary, is conducting a course on “Working With Young Adults,” and Rev. Reid Wall, pas tor of Burkhead Church, is teach ing the one on “The Negro, Our Neighbor.” Dr. Mark Depp, Cen tenary pastor, will lead a brief chapel service each evening. BIGGER MARKET INDICATED FOR PEANUT CROP 0 — New markets for North Caro lina peanut crop, estimated at 351,000,000 pounds this year, are forecast with an announcement from James A. Stewart, vice pres ident in charge of American Can company’s research and develop ment division, that new canned peanut products are being tested. Mr. Stewart said that his com pany’s research department has canned experimentally peanut scrapple, peanut succotash, baked peanuts and soy beans in tomato sauce, peanut soup and chocolate pudding with peanuts. He added that results of this experimental canning indicates these products can be commercially packaged. The high nutritive value of pea nuts, one of the best sources of vi tamin 81, together with the nut’s widely popular flavor, should cre ate an excellent market for such items, the can company officials continued. As an indication of the importance of peanuts in the diet of the American soldier, he said that more than 62,000,000 cans of the nuts were supplied the gov ernment during the first 6 months of 1945. During the war the mili tary forces used 100,000,000 cans of peanuts annually. The can company is continuing it’s research on cam ing the pea nut in various forms, he said fur ther. P. T. A. RAISED $375 AT OLD FORT CARNIVAI o The P. T. A. o Old Fort spon sored the Carnival which was held in the gymnasium at th eschool the past week and the association net ted $375.00. They intend to use the money to purchase a movie machine for the school. Iris Marie Young was crowned queen of the carnival. She is a member of the 10th grade. Billy Guthrie was chosen King, Clyde Silver and Sibyl Robertson from the grammer grades were at tendants. Japanese soldiers repatriated from Marcus island said they had been without arms and ammuni tion and that their only food for many weeks had been snails and grasshoppers caught by patrols. “KEY CITY IN THE LAND OF THE SKY” Lt. Com, Geo. W. Green Speaker at Lions Club o- Thursday night, November Bth, Lt. Commander George W. Greene, USNR, was our speaker. Lt. Greene was horn at Canton, China and entered the Navy prior to “Pearl Harbor.” He was stationed at Corregidor and. Bataan during the fateful days of surrender, and he spent more than three years in Jap prison camps. He was re leased when the American Rang ers broke through the Japanese lines at Camp Cabanatuan. Lt.' Greene spoke from most unusual experiences. FIVE OLD FORT PERSONS HURT IN AUTO MISHAP o Five persons, all of Old Fort, were injured Sunday afternoon when the car in which they were riding overturned several times on the Asheville-Weaverville highway just north of the intersection with the Marshall highway, according to investigating officers. Robert Dover, 40, said by of ficers to have been driving the car, was admitted to Mission hospital, where his condition was reported to be “fairly good”. He was suf fering from internal injuries and lacerations, officers said. Others in the accident, who were given dispensary treatment at the hospital, were Miss Gertrude Al lison, 21; Troy Morrow, 23; Miss Irene Allison, 18, and Miss Ruby Burnette, 18. Officers arrested Troy Morrow at the hospital on charges of pub lic drunkenness, they said. According to officers’ reports, the car, a Model A Ford, was speeding at the time the accident occurred. A NEW WRITER FOR THE NEWS 0 Miss Betty Griggs To Write 7th, Bth and 9th Grade Old Fort School News Another writer, Miss Betty Griggs, of Old Fort School, has promised to write us the activities of the 7th, Bth and 9th graders at school. It will be very interesting to get the news from the school. Efforts have been made to get the school news but without much results. We hope that we can get more news in the near future. Four hundred fifty Japanese women and children repatriates from Manila landed on Kyushu, from Japanese cosatal defense ships recently. Chilean merchants are visiting the United States to reopen trad ing. «tnn ,mn»» Bill Hill Says I wuz down to Beacons tuther day and I says to Mr. Owens—l says, “your machinery is making a lot of noise,” an he says, “tulk louder Bill, I can’t hear you, the machinery is makin’ too much noise.” RITUAL CONTEST HELD NOV. FIFTH The Buncombe County Federation Consists Os A Boy From Each F.F.A. Chapter. o The Ritual contest was held on the sth of November. It was held at Valley Springs where all F. F. A. chapter of Buncombe County met. The reason for the contest was to encourage each officer of the F. F. A. club to know their part in the opening and closing exercise of each meeting. Black Mountain F. F. A. chap ter won fifth place in this con test. Swannanoa won first place. Valley Springs served refresh ments after the contest. We are looking forward to many other contests this year, such as basketball, field day, seed judging and others. The teachers of ag riculture were there. We have a Buncombe County Federation consisting of a boy from each F. F. A. chapter. This group was the ones who decided our contest for this year. Any boy participating in these contest must have a membership card for 1945-46. HUGE SUM SPENT ON WAR EFFORT ADVERTISEMENTS o War-effort advertising in U. S daily and Sunday newspapers dur ing the last two years of war August, 1943, through July, 1945 added up to $98,813,358, or an av erage of over $4,000,000 a month, according to the final report just released by the bureau of adver tising, A. N. P. A. The report, compiled for the bu reau of advertising by the Adver tising Checking Bureau, Inc., sum marizes advertising in support of the war effort in U. S. daily and Sunday newspapers from the start of the study in August, 1943, to its completion in the last full month of war, July, 1945. Through the two years, no tabulation was made of the dollar value of the vast amount of news and editorial mat ter backing the war effort in daily and Sunday newspapers, nor was any advertising, news, or ed itorial space in the country’s week ly newspapers included. From August, 1943, through July, 1945, U. S. daily and Sunday newspapers carried over 2,340,000 separate war-theme ads, totaling more than 736,000,000 agate lines . . . enough to fill more than 300,- 000 standard-size newspaper pages of war-effort advertising every day for the two years. This is enough space to fill more than 12,700 twenty-four page standard size newspapers carrying nothing but war-effort advertising, and enough advertising to fill a 24- page standard-size newspaper ev ery day for 35 years. Fifty different war-effort proj ects, including miscellaneous, were supported by $98,813,358 of adver tising in U. S. daily and Sunday newspapers during the two years. No breakdown of war bond adver tising as to its sponsorship by lo cal or national advertisers, or as to whether it was paid or donated is available. But of the remaining $56,215,913 (exclusive of $42,597,- 445 spent for war bond adver tising) $51,874,543 was paid ad vertising and $4,341,370 was do nated by newspapers. Os the paid total, national advertisers placed $24,475,213 and local advertisers placed $24,781,311. Space bought by the government for recruiting amounted to $2,607,919. The top five war-effort projects of August, 1943-July, 1945, in terms of newspaper advertising support were: 1. War bonds $42,597,445 2. Red Cross 6,252,678 3. Armed forces recruiting (sponsored) 5,133,385 4. Don’t telephone .... 5,125.075 5. Waste paper salvage 4,453,7p5 STATE’S THANKSGIVING DAY SET NOVEMBER 22 o Thanksgiving day will he cele brated in North Carolina on No vember 22. the traditional “fourth” Thursday in the month. That date is provided under a state law. Governor Cherry said he would formally proclaim the day within a week or so. Buy more Victory bonds. SWANNANOA VALLEY GRANGE ELECT NEW OFFICERS MONDAY ONE NAME MINUS ON HONOR ROLL . 0 Jack Martin Silvers name does not appear on the city’s Honor Roll Board. There is a Jack E. Silvers an n|gE JACK MARTIN SILVERS other U. S. service man here too. His name is on the Roll. Mrs! Silvers says, that Jack Martin Silvers, her son, found out that his name was not on the Hon or Roll and was ashamed to come up town, even after spending 20 months of meritorious service on the O’Toole, a destroyer escort. What about it fellows let’s get his name on the Honor Roll. LEGION AUXILIARY TO HOLD ARMISTICE DAY BANQUET NOV. 12TH The American Legion and Aux iliary are holding their Armistice Day banquet at the Black Moun tain High School Lunch Room at 7:00 o’clock November 12t.h and each member is asked to bring one or more veterans and their wives of World War I and II as guests. The Legion has a wide field from which to secure their members as there are several hundred veterans that are on the honor roll board. The meeting is being held to celebrate Armistic Day and to show and explain to its new pros pective members what the Legion has to offer. The field is unlimited for new members as veterans are coming home to settle down. This type of organization will afford many hours of leisure time to the vets where they can meet and discuss their experiences and at the same time help in promoting a Legion Post which is very much in need in this town. The committee who has formed this meeting expects to have a fine meal, entertainment and a good speaker. Tickets can be bought from Mr. Potter, Mr. Keith, Mr. Hickey and Mr. Douglas Jones, also at the door the night of the banquet. Officers for the Legion are: Mr. Potter as finance officer; Mr Jones Chaplin, Mr. Cook, Ist vice commander; Mr. Reinhardt, 2nd vice commander; William Hickey, commander; Paul Richardson, ad jutant. All veterans are urged to be present and to bring guests. The modern quince is a product of Persia. The biggest sea animals on the globe are whales. TAR HEEL RIDTNG CLUB HOLDS MEETING AT MONTA VISTA HOTEL The Tar Heel Riding Club met Wednesday, Nov. 7th at the Monte Vista Hotel w r ith the idea of or ganizing a riding club for this com munty. The plan to bring in stock horses for riding purposes and to i>uild up more interest among the people, for this is nearly a com munity pass-time and is gaining popularity fast. There are several ridng stables near Black Moun tain, also a great number have their own mounts. The club intends to employ a nationally known handler who knows the business in and out and to belt) promote more interest. At the present no exact name has been submitted but it will be a man of wide experience. Lt. Bows Devoted To The Upbuilding of Our Community $2.50 Per Year MANY NEW MEMBERS WERE ELECTED TO TAKE THE GRANGE WORK o The Swannanoa Valley Grange No. 978, met at the Black Mountain High School Building Monday night at 7:30, a stated meeting for the purpose of election of officers. Many new members were elected to take th Grang work at the next meeting. The Swannanoa Valley Grange is growing “fast and * furious” and farmers as well as others are in vited to know more about the Grange and what wonderful work they are doing in the community. There are fourteen officers in the local Grange and the new of ficers are as follows: Master—H. D. Smith. Overseer—Jack Ramsey. Steward —John Gragg. Assistant Steward Edison Plemmons. Lady Assistant Steward—Mrs. Clara Snyder. Chaplain—Mrs. Guy Roberts. Secretary—Edward Jackson. Treasurer—J. C. Cornelius. Lecturer —Mrs. Eos Jackson. Ceres —Mrs. Ruth Nescaug. Pomona—Mrs. Mary Deans. Flora —Mrs. Hattie Buchanan. Gate Keeper—M. C. Stanley. Member of Executive Commit tee—Orlo Goodson. OLD FORT WOMAN’S CLUB MET ON FRIDAY The Old Fort Woman’s Club met on Friday at three o’clock at the home of Mrs. W. S. Burgin. Mrs. W. E. Tague, president, presided. Mrs. S. F. Mauney, member of World War II Memorial Commit tee appointed to assist town and other local organizations in de ciding upon a permanent memorial to the boys of Old Fort and vicinity who gave their lives, spoke for the committee in recommending a memorial park, or the planting of dogwood trees, marking entrances to town and main streets. A truck lane through the mountain section was also proposed as a project for recommendation for safety to State Highway Commission. Mrs. Russell Griffin and Miss Gertrude Dula are other members of the Memorial Committee. Announcement was made con cerning distribution of Christmas seals. Mrs. Joe Giles, Mrs. Kim ball Miller, Mrs. W. H. LeFevre and Mrs. Russell Griffin were wel comed as new members. Mrs. H. C. Huss gave an inter esting discussion on “The Consum er’s Part in Re-conversion.’ Mrs. Margie Rabbetts of Cincin nati was visitor. The hostess was assisted during the refreshment hour by her niece, Mrs. Max Hunt. The December meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. W. C. Macon. Mrs. Kimball Miller will present a program on “Music.’ 7-8-9th Graders Start Student Council The 7,8, 9th graders of Old Fort School have started the Student Council. Election of officers was held last week and Lucile Grind staff was elected president, Betty Jean Moore, vice-prsident; Patsy Grims, secretary; Betty Marston, treasurer. The council also have the Glee Club, Debating Club and the 4-H Club. ers has expressed his desire to ob tain the necessary facilities where by he can raise his own horses and colts and from time to time trade his stock for other riders and eventually have a good strain of riding horses. Cards were sent to a good many riding enthusastics in and around Black Mountain, Swannanoa and Moore General. At present there are two Riding Academys on Laky Gap road owned and operated by Mr. Sw rayn gim and . Mr. Swayngim has provided many hours of riding sport for his customers and puts at their dis posals several varieties of gaited horses. He also can outline scenic (Continued on page 5)
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