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Avoid trouble by bringing your car or truck
here for the right kind of mid-winter check-up.
Drive in today. A delay will shorten its life.
We are car conservation specialists equipped to
tune up and tighten up your truck for smooth |
winter driving.
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Wonderful blouses wonderful Avardrobe
stretchers. Wear them under your suit—
wear them >vith just a skirt. Pert, fresh and
new for an active life.
RICE’S QUALITY STORE
THE BLACK MOUNTAIN NEWS
a« i r Tr^n^mit
.er reception cix rr.ucn io«ti
;han old-type land stations.
As now conceived by Wcsting
| ,vork will be made up of two-mo
|;ored airplanes equipped with’tele- j
vision and frequency - modulation
:ransmitters and flying some 30,000 ,
beet in the air. Programs originat- !
j .ng in ground studios will be beamed
to the cruising planes, then re- ,
1 aroadcast to television receivers in
pomes.
I The Stratovision system promises
to crack one of the toughest nuts of
television broadcasting: how to in
crease the coverage area of each
, transmitter. Because television and
j FM radio waves travel in a straight
rflne, they do not follow the curva
[ ture of the earth but simply shoot
sff into space. This means that tele
vision broadcasts from the highest
practical tower erected on the
1 ground cannot be received much
more than 50 miles away from the
’ source. By raising the antenna and
■ transmitter 30,000 feet in the air,
however, the reach of the sh*rt
! waves is increased four times,
thus drastically reducing the
| amount of equipment necessary to
pick up and relay the programs,
j provide coast-to-coast linkage by
I ground installation would require ap
-1 proximately 100 relay towers and
hundreds of transmitters; or a 6,000-
mile co-axial cable network esti
mated to cost at least 100 million
dollars.
Kiddies Like to Wash
If It’s Made Easy
Children can honestly love the
task of washing hands before meals
| under suitable conditions. The basin
must be adjusted to their height.
. Either it is a special low type, or
there is a box or step-stool placed
before it.
I After all it is a most uncomfort
able feeling to have water trickling
,back down the arms, and that’s
[what happens when a tiny tot tries
! to wash at a regulation height basin.
I Try out the box to step on, and
place the rod for towel and wash
! cloth low enough for easy reaching.
If there are several children in
the family, not all of whom can
read, use pictures to designate the
place for each child’s individual
towels, a duck for Susie, a kitten
for Bobby, and so on. And here’s
; a simple way to help a child not to
- waste soap: Teach him to place the
| bar on the bristle side of a hand
brush. This will keep the soap dry
Instead of melting away in a damp
dish or basin.
Poultry Segregation
A definite trend toward segre
gation of turkeys from other poul
try on breeding farms and in hatch
eries is reported by the department
of agriculture, which has long en
couraged this desirable practice as
a disease-control measure. Turkeys,
chickens, pigeons, in fact, all kinds
of poultry should preferably be
raised only with their own kind. In
a recent report on the operation of
the National Turkey Improvement
plan, which includes disease control
measures, Frank E. Moore of the
department’s bureau of animal in
dustry declares that in some areas
the desirable procedure of segregat
ing turkeys from other feathered
stock "is practially 100 per cent,
while in others it is far less so.”
“It will take time,” he adds, “to
accomplish this in many areas but
we recommend it as a goal for ev
ery turkey breeder and hatchery.”
Scientific investigation and practi
cal experience have shown that such
segregation helps prevent the spread
of parasitic and other poultry dis
eases.
Siamese Life
Chief economic interest of the Si
amese is in farming and fishing—
about four in five make their livings
from those occupations. Government
activities normally employ a consid
erable number. Possibly 1 in 50 has
a regular job in an industry. Some
women keep stores. It is a tradition
for men to enter the priesthood, but
few devote their lives to it. Monas
teries are popularly regarded as
places to get the three R’s along
with religious training. Primary edu
cation was made compulsory be
fore the war. The Siamese are fond
of games, especially those with an
element of chance. They like to pit
toy fish against each other, and en
gage in kite battles. Nearly every
one chews betel nuts.
Cooked Cabbage
j Tests at several state experiment
' stations show that cooked cabbage,
, held over hot water an hour io keep
it warm for serving, loses 70 to 80
per cent of the vitamin C it had when
freshly cooked, and in two hours
loses 90 per cent. As freshly cooked
cabbage contains only about half
the vitamin C of raw cabbage, the
man who kept dinner waiting gpt
very little C when he finally ate his
cabbage. Cooked cabbage held in the
refrigerator two or three days and
then reheated does not lose as
much C as that kept standing on the
stove for an hour or two. When
warmed up after refrigeration, It
contains 24 to 32 per cent of the vita
min C It had when fresh and raw.
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NATURE STUDY
HOLLY
By MRS. THOS. S. SHARP
“Below, a circling fence, its leaves
are seen wrinkled and keen;
No grazing cattle through their
prickly' round can reach to
wound;
But as they grow- where nothing
is to fear,
Smooth and unarmed the point
' less leaves appear.”
—Souther.
Have you ever observed the up
per leaves of the holly tree ?
They have no prickles, yet the
lower leaves are armed with sharp
points.
Holly is used for hedges in
England, not only for its beauty,
but also for its safety. It for
bids passage. The berry on the
English holly is . more brilliant
red than ours.
“Lo! now is come our joyful’st
feast
Let every one be jolly
Each room with ivy leaves is
drest
And every post with holly.”
Many associate the holly with
the Crucifixon as symbols of the
Crown of Thorns, calling it
Christ’s Thorn, as the red berries
seem to be drops of blood.
Holly, with its festive signifi
cance, became quiet sacred in
some Christian countries. It was
a type of “The Burning Bush” to
northern Europeans of the Mid
dle Ages. Some considered it to
be a symbol of the Virgin.
The holly tree, is of two kinds.
Many do not know this. Be sure
<o buy 7 J ‘he one that produces both
kinds of flowers, for the other
kind does not have any.
Our forefathers had a tradition
that evil forces feared this tree,
consequently they would plant one
beside the house as a safeguard.
Be sure to have one in your yard
or else.
“The gobelins will git you if
don’ watch out.”— Riley.
“The holly and ivy about the walls
wind,
The yule log and candle shed
cheer;
Not a grumble or frown in the
snow-covered town,
For merry old Christmas is here!
—Old English Carol
Our European forefathers used
branches of holly for their Yule
tide festivities, kepeing alive a
custom among the Romans in
their midwinter, Saturnalia festi
val. The Romans even exchanged
adorned with sprigs of holly.
They also used it for decorating
their halls. Because of this, the
•!y church discountenanced the
use of holly by Christians in
their celebrations.
The American Indians gathered
holly leaves to make a patent
drink from them. This was the
voru-i C-o’non) or ilex vomitoria,
belonging to the san ? genus as
our holly. The early explorers
wrote of the “black drink” used in
the mysterious Indian ceremony.:
"’hey thought that this gave them !
the power of presight. When ’
strong, the tea is very potent!
Laurel for the quiet, peaceful
heart,
Holly for the Spirit gay.
This powerful drink was given
to Indian boys just coming of
age, which should have been a
warning never to touch “strong I
drink”. In fact, it has been said
that Indians never got drunk un
til we so-called Americans gave
them our whiskey,—one curse we
brought upon them! The bever
age had a medicinal (cleaning') ef
fect, weakened, it was used for
“tea.” Indians, as well as the
English, were great “tea drink
ers.”
In the New Year ceremonies of
the Creek Indians, the drinking
emetics and the sacred “black
drink” were important features.
They boiled the leaves of the ilex
cassine, and used the tea for
purification, drinking it before
council meetings to “invigorate
the mind and body and prepare
for thought and debate. Osceola
means' “Black Drink Singer.” He
was a celebrated leader of the
Seminole Indians of Florida.
When traveling through the Ev
erglades you will see the remnant
of Osceola’s tribe of Seminoles.
Holly is used profusely in our
southern yards as it is particu
larly beautiful and showy in the
winter. Its scarlet berries help
to make it a very ornamental
shrub.
The berries of most hollies are
considered poisonous, yet the
leaves have been used for “tea”
wherever it is grown. The Yau
pon and the ilex cassine never
make the tea strong! The Eng
; li.?h, likewise, extracted medicine
and tea from the leaves of their
! holly.
I Another kind of holly produces
j a tea that has become of consid
| erable commercial importnace.
Yerba make (ilex paraguayensis),
Paraguay tea- The South Amer
ican Indians' have used it from
j earliest times. It is a stimulant
so should he made very weak,
i There are large plantations of
| yerba made in Paraguay and
Brazil. There the plants are kept
a small shrub with many stems so
as to produce an abundance of
leaves. The native tree is large
with a well-rounded head.
The beginning of our New Year
reminds us of an old English cus
tom to close the New Year. They
dressed in holly and ivy, effigies
of a boy and a girl. These they
paraded through the streets. Lat
er, after all ceremonies were over,
these effigies were burned.
Additional Wacs Arrhe
At Moore General
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] Thirty-six additional Wac tech
nicians arrived Wednesday for
| duty at Moore General and have
| been assigned to Headquarters
j Detachment and the Wac Hospit
| al Company, Col Frank W. AVil
] son, post commander, announced
j Wednesday.
The new group brings the total
number of AVacs added in Decem
ber and thus far in January to 50.
They are replacing Wacs who
have been or are being discharged
from the service on account of
Points, age, years of service, or
dependency.
They come from general hos
pitals in the Fourth Service Com
mand which have recently been
deactivated.
Save money by patroniz
ing the advertised mer
chant in your town.
' Vore General Will
normal load of other types of
cases! such as Tropical diseases, ,
orthopedic, etc.
Authorization was received at
the hospital Tuesday for the hos
pitalization of 400 T. B. patients
in Moore General, Col. Wilson
said. He pointed out that these
patients are still members of the
Army and do not come in categor
; ; under the jurisdiction of the
Administration.
Col- Wilson also announced thdt
\ a very small part of the quota of
T. B. patients arrived at the hos
! pital this week.
Cases to be handled at Moore
General Hospital will for the next
| part be those in which the tuber
\ culosis is moderate in nature or
i in which pulmonary tuberculosis
is suspected. The latter suspect
ed cases will be sent to the hos
pital for the purpose of prolonged
observation for establishing of a
diagnosis. Cases of pulmonary
tuberculosis requiring no surgical |
treatment other than pneumon
thorax will also be handled.
Plans for the handling of T. B.’
cases at Moore General were dis
cussed recently by Col. Wilson
and Col. Esmond R- Long, Army |
chief consultant on T. 8., who
spent several days at Oteen and
Swannanoa in mid-December.
Civilian Employees At
Moore General Invest
In Victory Loan Bonds
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The end of the Victory Loan
| Drive on December 31 found:
90.47 per cent of the civilian em-j
ployees at Moore General Hos- 1
pital investing 23.12 per cent of
their pay based on the November
payroll in bonds, Lt- AA r illiam Rice,;
post savings officer, reported
Monday.
War Department civilian totals 1
included $19,052.83 from payroll
deductions and $3,768.75 in cash
purchases totaling $22,821.58. In
addition employes of the Post Ex
change bought $1,172.50 worth of
bonds through payroll deductions.
These employes participated 100
per cent.
Military personnel, enlisted and
officer, invested $8,160.25 in cash
purchases and $14,146-25 in pay
| roll deductions.
One new member was added to
j the SI,OOO bond club, Lt. Rice an
j nounced. The club organized
| during the Seventh \\ r ar Loan
and has eight chax-ter members.
The figures cited above include
all purchases by hospital person
nel during the period Octobre 29-
December 31. The figures also
represent the purchase value of
the bonds.
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4" 814 JAN. '46
HOME APPLIANCES
ARE COMING BACK
All those wonderful things you’ve been waiting for are on thei;
way in. Don’t let the lack of ready cash keep you from getting
that refrigerator or washing machine you want. Come in no*
and apply for one of our easy payment loans. Save time and
money by paying cash for the things you buy.
CONSULT US IF YOU NEED CASH
THE NORTHWESTERN BANK
Member F. D. I. C.
Black Mountain, N. C.
Thursday, January 10, 1946
SPECIAL STUDY C ■
top \f CO CRDW. ’ r i
o.'tv AVas started Under
Li n of Dir. J. S- Dor ton, Fn: •
yt c IV- ctor of the AV ar
cr Comrafegion.
Tobacco, growing, mark -
processing in North Car
n the subject of a specij
: de by the Occupation;
Analysis Unit of the Unite
States Employment Sendee. On
of the main purposes of this stud
was to assist local USES (iffj c <
;u IE-:- eff* !ts to place tobac
, . j : g w rki-ra in gainful en
plovment durng about seve
n th- nf the year in which no to
bacr i work is avialable.
T - study was started ur.de
,i:- •; <-f Dr. J. S. Dorton, f O ,
mcr State -Director of the Wa
Manpower Commission and ha
been continued hv Robert M. d
Ilruyne, acting State director 0
the USES- Miss Blanche I.an
caster, Chief Occupational Analys
and other occupational analyst
conducted the study, assisted b
tobacco growers, warehouseme
and processors. A pamphlet, con
taining about 50 pages and 16 il
lustrations, describes the find
ings. A map shows the Borde
Belt, the New Bright Belt, th
Middle Belt and the Old Brigh
: Belt—all producing bright flu
| cured tobacco —and the new Bui
ley, air-cured, belt in the moun
1 tain area.
Detailed descriptions are give
of 101 different jobs performe
by workers in planting, cultivat
, ing, stripping, curing, marketin
and processing leaf tobacco. Som
of these job descriptions had no
been covered previously in th
: USES Dictionary of Occupation;
i Titles. Approximately 86 pei
i cent of all workers engaged i
processing tobacco are classed a
unskilled, although they have d<
veloped forms of dexterity whii
might be utilized in other types i
work. The remaining 15 percs
| embrace, in this order; skille
sen-ice, semi-skilled, clerical an
professional, managerial an
j technical workers.
A large number of these worl
J ers are seasonal, their periods (
I employment ranging from 16 t
20 weeks during the year. T
study is for the purpose of tryin
to find work suitable for thei
during the remaining period o
unemployment. Many of thei
are farm workers, of course, whi
others engage in domestic wori
Large numbers, however, are lei
with no suitable regular wof
Many draw unemployment ben:
fits and perform odd jobs durin
more than half of the year,
i Further efforts will be made 1
■ j the USES in cooperation with otl
[ er agencies toward getting il
i dustry to develop jobs which w
utilize more of the time of the
: seasonal workers.
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