Devoted To
XV* UpboUdSn;
of Our Community
Vol. 1, No. 19
P. T. A. Will Join In The North
Carolina Victory Clothing Drive
25.000,000 Persons In War-Devas
tated Areas Were Clothed
Adequately Last Spring.
In connection with the Parent-
Teacher program in North Caro
lina it is announced by Mrs. E. N.
Howell, President, of Swannanoa,
that associations in the state will
join again this winter in the Vic
tory Clothing Collection *for over
seas relief, to be conducted from
January 7 to 31, 1946.
Through the efforts of P.T.A.
members and hundreds of other
patriotic Americans, 25,000,000
persons in war-devastated areas
were clothed adequately last
spring through the first United
National Clothing collection, Dur
ing that nationwide effort, many
hundreds of P.T.A. members
worked energetically and tireless
ly to help ease the suffering that
followed in the wake of war.
This year’s goal is 100,000,000
garments. The North Carolina
Congress of Parents and Teach
ers has asked every local unit to
participate in the collection. In
communities where no clothing
collection committee has as yet
been organized, P- T. A. leaders
are urged to take the lead in form
ing such a committee. Informa
tion can be secured by writing
to The Victory Clothing Collec
tion, 100 Maiden Lane, New York
7, New York.
CIX)THING WANTED
AND NEEDED
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The Victory Clothing Collection
Started Officially Monday.
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The victory clothing collection
started officially Monday of this
week. All are asked to co-operate
either as organizations or indi
viduals in this contribution.
Thousands of self respecting
people in the war-devastated lands
of these foreign countries are
struggling against the necessities
of life itself, hunger, cold, and
disease.
They are really ; n dire straights
and need, clothing, shoes, socks,
stockings, coats and clothing of
all kinds. Tee little children who
don’t realize what it is all about
suffer the most.
Let’s all of us people of Black
Mountain and surrounding com
munity' contribute to this relief
that we might share towards the
creation of a lasting peace, and
to instill self-confidence in these
needy nations that th *v may re
build a better nation in which to
live.
OLIVER M. DAVIS
PROMOTED TO SOT.
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He Is Stationed On Christmas
Island In The South Pacific
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Oliver M. Davis of Black Moun
tain, has been promoted to the
rating of Master Sergeant. He
is stationed on Christmas Island
in the South Pacific- He entered
the army in December, 1942, and
was assigned to the Fort Bragg
t inance Office. He later grad
uated from the Army Finance
School at Wake Forest College.
He is the only son of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry M. Davis of Black
Mountain and husband of Mrs-
Mildred S. Davis of Keysville, Va.
NOTICE
Red Cross Appeal
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Anyone having one or more
acant rooms for rent in the vi
cinity of Swannanoa or Black
Mountain please notify the Red
' roSs office at Black Mountain
r ity Hall Building. It is a desire
house families of service men
at Moore General Hospital. Phone
4161.
• ' r estone Store, Cherry
Street, Window Display
\o\v Firestone tires and auto
supplies are being displayed in the
•Mm,i,w of the store on Cherry
A" The store is managed by!
oeit Garland. Boy do these
ti>( look good. I
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THE black mountain NEWS
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Visits Parents Here
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Corporal and Mrs. Fenton S.
| Cunningham, Jr. left Black Moun
i tain Wednesday morning by mo
i tor after spending a week with
Cpl. P’enton S. Cunningham, Jr.
I his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. S.
Cunningham, Montreat Rd. They
are enroute to Camp Chaffee, Ark.
where Corp. Cunningham is a
laboratory technician in the Sta
tion Hospital there.
Corp. Cunningham has been in
j service for about three years and
j expects to receive his discharge
j soon and will resume his inter
; rupted study at the School of
; Medicine, University of Louis
| ville, Kentucky.
ART AT BLACK
MOUNTAIN COLLEGE
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Art at Black Mountain College
is based upon art as an active ap
preciative and creative force per
meating all activities of life. It
attempts to aid the student to see
in the widest sense; to open his
eyes to his own living, being, do
ing; to understand the essential
crafts, tools and materials. Art
students learn that 'the experience
of creating, constructing, and see
ing is not a hobby or a pastime.
Even the beginner can sense the
'xhiliration of creation and while
thus giving form to personal ideas
relate the exhiliration of creation
and while thus giving form to per
sonal ideas relate these ideas to
the world in which he lives.
Some students evolve art stud
ies of interest to the entire com
munity. Some design and create
low cost materials, furniture, and
apparel. Some design and weave
textiles suited to widespread in
dustrial production, others evolve
stage settings and costume tech
niques. Development of an un
derstanding of the meaning of
form in nature and human beings
as well as to works of art.
Grangers For 1946
To Be Much Stronger
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The Swannanoa Valley Grange
is growing in ‘Leaps and Bounds-
Many of the farmers that don’t
belong to the Grange at the pres
ent are planning on joining the
organization soon.
This is one of the best organiza
tions that a farmer can belong.
It holds the farmers prices up to
where he can make a decent prof
it for his hard work.
Join the Grange now and help
get things done.
Patronize the advertiser.
BLACK MOUNTAIN, N. C., THURSDAY. JANUARY 10, 1946
Because Franklin Roosevelt himself had long suffered from infantile par
alysis, he was zealously devoted t 6 extending research toward completely con
quering the disease . . . and to the Warm Springs Foundation whose facilities
can aid those already stricken. The man who became president in the face of
so great a handicap appreciated all the more the value of completely restored
health, and the jieed for an institution which would make necessary therapy
available to all. Until infantile paralysis smites someone dear to you, you can
not realize how tragic it is. May you never know But to help those whom it
has already claimed, give generously .... JOIN THE MARCH OF DIMES.
MARCH OF DIMES
GIFTS ARE NOW
BEING ACCEPTED
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The Campaign Is Made Each
Year For Funds To Combat
Infantile Paralysis.
Members of the Junior Cham-J
ber of Commerce of Asheville an
nounced last week that initial j
gifts for the annual March of
Dimes campaign are now’ being acJ
cepted.
The campaign is made each
year for funds to combat infan
tile paralysis and the junior cham
ber has agreed to sponsor the ap
peal this year, at the request of
Harry Gruver, chairman of the
Buncombe County Chapter of the
National Foundation for Infantile
paralysis.
George Herndon is chairman of
the initial gifts committee. He
said that many business estab
lishments had been notified of the
beginning of the drive and asked
to send checks made payable to
David Alexander, chairman of the
March of Dimes Appeal, or to
himself (Mr. Herndon) at the
Bank of Asheville.
The appeal itself will be launch
ed on January 14 and will last
through January 26, reaching a
climax at the President’s ball to
be held on the 26th in the City
Auditorium.
Robert R. William, Jr., tempo
rary director of the appeal for the
Jaycees, said he believed that the
county’s goal of $16,000 would be
exceeded.
The national foundation was
established by President Roose
velt in 1938. Last year, the
foundation spent $25,000 in this
county to combat infantile par
alysis.
TOBACCO MART
RESUMES SALES
Tobacco sales on the Asheville
hurley tobacco market resumed
sales this week after a two-weeks
Christmas holiday.
R. S. (Dutch) Witherington,
market supervisor, said that the
factories had been relieved of
most of the congestion that pre
vailed before the selling holiday,
and it was the general opinion
that the market would be stead
ier in Asheville now than it was
the last week of sales before
Christmas-
SPECIAL SERVICE
AT HAIM 1 1ST CHURCH
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Recording of Contata Will Be
Played At Vesper Service.
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The First Baptist Church of
Black Mountain is having a spec
ial service at five o’clock, Sun
day, January’ 13- A recording was
made of the contata, “The Story
of Christmas,” which was given
by the combined choirs of the
churches of Black Mountain on
December 20. .This recording will
be played at this Vesper service
by Lt. Robert Guy. The public is
cordially invited to hear this
music.
PATIENT AT MOORE
GENERAL HOSPITAL
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T-4 Robert L- Fortune, son of
Mrs. Margaret Fortune of Black
Mountain is now a patient in
Moore General Hospital. He is
being treated for an injury sus
tained while on furlough from
Northington General Hospital in
Tuscaloosa, Ala., where he is a
patient.
Bill Hill says
I wuz visitin’ the court tuthcr
day, and I heerd the court say to
Sheriff Brown—“ Your reports
should be written in such a man
ner that even the most ignorant
may understand them.”
“Yes sir”—says Brown, “whut
part is it that you don’t under
stand.” ?
MOORE HOSPITAL
TO RECEIVE GIFT
OF THIRTY RADIOS
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Ceremony Is Scheduled To Be
Held Thursday Morning
January 10
The formal presentation of 30
radios, the gift of Southern Bell
Telephone company employes of
North and. South Carolina, to
Moore General hospital is sched
uled for 10 o’clock Thursday
morning, January 10.
The ceremony will take place in
the Red Cross living room. Miss
Woodson l’osey of the Asheville
office, will present the sets to
Mrs. William Morris Redwood,
chairman of the Red Cross Camp
and Hospital council. Miss
Blanche Delinger division super
visor, with offices in Charlotte,
has been invited to attend.
The radio sets are the Christ
mas gift of Bell employes to hos
pital wards in which there is a
dearth of radios. Each radio will
bear its wooden plaque on which
will be inscribed the donor’s name.
The Asheville district is pre
senting 18 machines, including 10
from Asheville aritl Bell employes
at Moore General hospital, two
from Lenoir, one each from Mor
ganton, Rutherfordton, Murphy,
Waynesville and Hendersonville.
Spruce Pine, Newland, and Boone
employes are presenting one set
together.
In addition there will be seven
sets presented by Gaffney, S. C.,
Bell employes, and one each from
Laurinburg, N. C., Whitmire, S.
C., and Spartanburg, Charleston,
and Barnwell in South Carolina.
Several sets will be placed in
wards needing them while the re
mainder will be allotted later ac
cording to demand and need. The
radios were to have been present
ed at Christmas time, but manu
facturers were late in delivering
them to the hospital. Bell em
ployes are giving a total of 194
sets to government hospitals in
the Carolinas.
Report Soon On
City Water Supply.
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Thad Burnett is going to give
us a report on the new system of
our water supply in the next few
days.
Conservation Heads To Speak At
The Wildlife Federation Jan. 23
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SPENT CHRISTMAS
WITH HIS PARENTS
Arrived Here December 21 After
A Cross-Country Trip From
Camp Pendleton.
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Pfc. John Hanley Martin spent
his first Christmas with his par
ents since December, 1941.
Hanley, who is the only son of
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac C- Martin of
Black Mountain, arrived here De
cember 21 after a cross-country
trip from Camp Pendleton Marine
San Diego, California, and
he stayed until the afternoon of
Christmas Day.
He reported to Camp Lejune,
New River, where he will receive
his discharge in the very near fu
ture.
Pfc. Martin enlisted at the age
of 17, and took his basic training
at Paris Island, South Carolina,
and New River, N. C.
He was a member of the First
Marine Division, which took part
in the invasion of Guadalcanal,
where he was a front line mes
senger boy.
After receiving two wounds he
returned to the U. S. Naval Hos
pital at Oakalnd, California, and
after recuperating, was sent ov
erseas again in January 1944, this
time participating in the Guam,
campaign, where he was later sta-1
tioned until his return to the
States in December of this year j
Pfc. Martin is entitled to wear
the President’s Citation, , Silver
Star, and the Purple Heart.
Hanley attended Black Moun
tain and Swannanoa Schools, and
before entering Beacon Manufac
turing Company, Swannanoa.
Both of his brother-in-laws
were recently discharged from the
army. They are Willard Owen
Reed of Black Mountain, and Al
fred Lee Knupp of Old Fort, who
were both prisoners of the Ger
man government.
Teachers Underpaid
In Black Mountain
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This is one well known fact
that we the people of our city are
forced to admit.
The hard working teachers of
our grammar and high schools
work only a part of the year on
wages that are insufficient to
send them to school when their
duties are over fer the season
They are forced to take summer
work and neglect their own edu
cation in which they are entitled
to have and should have.
While we have fine educationa
facilities in our city, it could be
improved if the neachers were
getting a wage that would per
mit them to be given a fighting
chance.
Would we work as hard as they
do for the paltry sum they re
ceive? You answer this one.
Another Fire at Montreat
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Fire caused by a defective flue
in Mr. J. R. Robinson’s house in
Montreat Sunday night, was
quickly put out by the Black
Mountain Fire Department-
Flying squirrels had built a nest
near the flue and a defect in the
flue caused the fire which was es
timated at $150.00 damage.
The light, transparent fabric
called gauze is said to have been
made originally in Gaza, Palestine
from which it derives its name.
Member
North Carolina
Press Association
$2.50 Per Year
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Will Be Held In Odell Memorial
Auditorium of Greensboro
College
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Seth Gordon, head of the state '
game program in Pennsylvania,
and Fred A. Westerman, head of
the fisheries program in Michi- 1
gan, will be featur«Sd speakers at
Idle first annual meeting of the
North Carolina Wildlife Federa- '
tion in Greensboro on January 23
and 24, it was announced January
6 by President Frank L. Page of
Greensboro.
The annual meeting which will
be held in Odell Memorial audi
torium of Greensboro College will
open at 1 o’clock Wednesday af
ternoon, January 23, and the ad
dress of welcome will be deliv
ered by Julian Price president of
the Jefferson Standard Life In
surance Company. At the opening
session President Page will give
a summary of the federation’s ac
tivities since its program got un
der way six months ago, and Sec
retary-Treasurer E. J. Stoker,
Greensboro, will give a financial
report.
Speakers on the afternoon pro
gram will include Judge Don Phil
lips, of Rockingham, who is tak
ing a prominent part in the fed
eration’s program.
District meetings are scheduled
for 3:35 o’clock on the opening
afternoon for the purpose of elect- ■
ing officers for each of the nine
districts. Each district will also
name two directors of the federa
tion for 1946.
Gordon and Westerman, both of
whom are nationally known auth
orities in their respective fields,
will speak at the session Wednes
day night, January 23.
The business session of the fed
eration will begin at 9:30 o’clock
Thursday morning, January 24,
and election of officers for 1946 is
first on the day’s agenda. An
other highlight of the business
session will be consideration of
federation policy and proposed
changes in the organization’s con
stitution.
Federation officials expect an
attendance of 500 hunters, fisher
men and farmers at the meeting.
Each of the 91 affiliate clubs
which have been organized in 88
counties of the state has named
a delegate and an alternate to at
tend, and about 60 directors of the
federation will be present in their
official capacity.
President Page emphasized that
all federation members, as well
as all other persons interested in
the state’s wildlife resources, are
cordially invited to attend the an
nual meeting or any session.
Miss Mamie C. Vance
Dies At Blowing Rock
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Mrs. Mamie Currell Vance, wid
ow of Dr. James I. Vance, out
standing Presbyterian minister,
died suddenly Thursday night at
her home in Blowing Rock, where
she resided with her daughter,
Margaret. Burial was in Nash
ville, Tenn. Services were held
in the First Presbyterian church,
of which her husband was pastor
for many ears.
Mrs. Vance spent many sum
mers at Montreat and those who
knew her will be saddened to hear
of her passing.
Sympathy is extended to the
bereaved family.
Ennett, Discharged
To Enter Davidson
S. Sgt. George N. Ennett, Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mr.s G. N. Ennett
of Montreat, recently discharged
from the army, will return to Da
vidson college the latter part «f
this month.
A student at Davidson prior to
entering service >n September,
1942, he went overseas in October,
1944. He holds the Amerk.’.”-
t beater ribbon, Good Conduct
medal, Victory medal, European- ,
African-Middle Eastern ribbon
with three battle stars, Purple
Heart, Bronze Star, and Combat
; Infantryman’s badge. He was a
member of an anti-tank group of
I an infantry unit. i