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'?j|r D*voW*l To UpbalkHm Q Ur Community 1, No. 20 - ■■'— ■ ■ I —. ii ii .him. ■■■■-■ ■ ■ ■■■■in —l.. ii- - i i " ■ J ' r - : ~ - J Alack Mountain Water System Improved mngregation Enjoys Recording I of Christmas Cantata Sunday M o Mnbined Choirs of The Community Churches Are "■Planning To Form Organization For Regular I Group Singing During The Coming Year jj 0 ■ e congregation of the Baptist Church enjoyed the recording of rtWchristmas cantata, “The Story of Christmas,’’ by the combined W. g 0 f Black Mountain and Swannanoa churches, under the direc rW 0 f Lt. Robert Guy, at the 5:00 o’clock Vesper Service Sunday. The ■ffrding was made by station WWNC when the cantata was given at K. e General Hospital, De~ Hhc chorus. ■embers of the chorus were in to come to the Baptist K'ch at 6:30 and hear the re ■ing again played especially «them and their guests. Re (iiments were served by the Hist Church choir in the Sun |m School auditorium and then ■Guy invited all to come in the Hch auditorium to hear the re- Hing, which was greatly en ■d by all present. the playing of the cah ■ Mr. a W. McDougle asked to make a few re- Hks. He suggested to the Hibers of the chorus that they Bnot disband now but should Bn an organization to keep the Hr us together and practice reg- B* for such occasions as Christ- B and Easter and sing regular- Bogether for the good they may our community. He called Hseveral members for their ■ion, and all spoke very en- Biastically in favor of such a ■ wkev. H. W. Baucom, pastor of B Baptist Church, made a mo- B that a committee be appoint ■ t form such an organization B Mr. A W. McDougle, acting |B chairman, appointed the fol- Bing committee: B ev - H. W. Baucom, chairman; B' Roy Alexander, Swannanoa; ■plain E. U. Youngdahl, Moore Beral Hospital • Edward Dupuy A| W McDougle, Black Moun ■ Robert Guy was authorized byl the group to order special 1 Hue at once for the coming ■ter cantata, and as soon as the arrives the members wil ■ notified when and where to and form their permanent Banization by electing officers j Berve during the coming year; B make further plans. ■us' before the group disband ■ foi the evening, Edward Du ■ asked to say a word. He said B Lt. Guy had devoted much B ahle time and thought in get mUP the cantata for Christmas B ap hed the group to show him B r appreciation for same by all ■•ding, which was unanimous. B^ e community is very for ■ate in having such talented as Lt. Guy as a director B'usic, and Mrs. Guy, who plays H violin so well. I'ver & Light Co. To lave Office In City Hall I 0 Beginning February 1 the North Bolina Power and Light Co. will ■ e an office in the front room ■ the City Hall where you can Band pay your bills. ■ he °ffice will be maintained B collection of bills and all other ■mess of said company. Water ■’ telephone bills, Harrison- H'ce Funeral Benefit Associa 1' as We H as all town taxes and l laes fan be paid in the City ■ s office as formallly. HLRCIaI NOTICE— Please ■ ' all checks separate for the ■ er ent bills to be paid by you. J r. 0. U. A. M. ■“he j r . o. U. A. M. will hold ■ open meeting Tuesday, Janu ■ --1 at 7:30 o’clock p.m. A ■ tipe °f program is planned B nvitation is extended to the ■ u to attend this meeting. ■ '' m believes in the applica ■ (,f the Golden Rule. ™e BLACK MOUNTAIN news Lion Leadership A short time ago I heard a man 1 say that problem children nearly always have problem parents. Af * ter thinking this over I agreed 1 with him, and continuing my thoughts, I reached the conclusion that problem towns nearly always have problem leaders. A town that presents a poor physical ap -1 pearance, that fails to look after its young people, that lacks a civ ic pride, is a town with indiffer ent leadership. It is nearly al ways a town without a Lions Club. This is true because a Lions club, while improving a town through its activities, at the same time is developing future civic leaders of the highest type. The quiet men of ability, given an op portunity to work and help others in a Lions club, emerge as lead ers. They, along with the natural ' leaders of the club, learn “to rec ognize community needs, to dis cover means of meeting those needs, and to effect a remedy ” Educated along these lines, these 1 men in time become the leaders of their community. “A problem town nearly always has problem leaders.” Give a town leaders, trained in Lionism, and it will not be a problem town. i MUSIC AT BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE Music at Black Mountain is not only a part of the curriculum but an essential element of commun ity life. Students and teachers of everv interest take part in the in strumental and vocal groups en joying the experience and discip line that comes from functioning consciously as part of a whole. Their performances are a weekly occurrence. Music is studied as a language with its own innate log ic and architecture. Designs in melody, harmony, counterpoint and rhythmics are practiced as elements of musical architecture and in their mutual interdepend ence. The history of music is conceived as an integral part of the culture of a period- The ear lv music studied is sung and played before it is analyzed. A good music library facilitates the practical and theoretical work. Black Mountain believes that in a shaken world of ideas, music as a World of inner order can help toward developing that commun ity for which we all toil. The Grange — —o The Grange is unique among the institutions which seek the benefit of the open country. It is a farmer’s organization a so cial, educational and economic force, plus a neighborly and com munity building agency. It places emphasis on moral and spiritual idealism It is a fraternity wi j a beautiful ritual. It builds, it helps, it defends, rural life. It is truly the farmer’s best friend. BLACK MOUNTAIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 194& New Water Sterilization Equipment Will Give Black Mountain High Grade Pure Water System With the installation of new water sterilization equipment Black Mountain has made notable progress toward completion of a water works improvement pro gram which is designed to give the town a water supply compar able in quality.and purity to any in Western North Carolina. Too often in public affairs, elected officials hesitate to take action on any problem unless im pelled by an aroused public.. Yet,! efficient town administration de-j mands that certain contingencies! be forseen and provided for before | they reach the attention of the j public, since by that time they, may create problems affecting the health and welfare of a whole community. In no phase of city activity is this more required than in water supply. The present town administra tion has done a fine job in initiat ing and expediting the water works improvements now nearing completion, but ironically the very efficiency wrtn wnich the problems are solved prevents gen eral public knowledge of the work done. It is the purpose of this article to tell something of the difficulties encountered and sur mounted in bringing the water system to its present improved condition. The first indication of sub standard conditions arose from bacteriological tests of distribu tion system' samples- These sam ples contained a high percentage of bacteria, revealing that the water was of questionable purity for public consumption. This fact brought to the attention of town officials resultde in a re-examina tion of the entire water system. It was to participate in the ex amination that the writer was called in to make an investigation of the poor quality cf the water and to report on other phases of the water system which might re quire attention. One of the prin cipal requests, being to investi gate the cause of abnormal drop of the storage reservoir level dur ing periods of normal rainfall. The writer was asked to do this work in spite of the fact that he could devote only his spare time to it, because of his previous knowledge of the Black Mountain water system and his experience in the similar, though larger, sys tem of Asheville. The water available from moun tain streams from uninhabited watersheds is chemically and bac teriologically the purest in the world. As a consequence, the sterilization provided by the av erage mountain town is the poor est in the world. It is difficult to convince the average citizen of the necessity of purifying a wat er supply with a recognized high degree of purity, but that it is necessary, any town with the ex perience of Black Mountain can readily testify. The reasons for this are quite apparent with an understanding of the processes involved in col lection and distribution of water. Water in an open stream is sub ject to two processes which oper ate simultaneously and continu ously, a constant contamination from contact with the air and ground, and a constant purifica tion from oxidation filtration ov er sand beds, sedimentation in pools and exposure to sun light. These two processes maintain a varying equilibrium in the com position of the water but all nat ural waters invariably contain some impurities. When natural waters are collected and intro duced into a pipe system the pur ification process is stopped and the contamination process only reduced. In a system the size of Black Mountain approximately two billion gallons flow through the pipes in a ten-year-period, a comparatively short time in the “KEY CITY IN THE LAND OF THE SKY” life of a water system. The move ment of this water through the system is very slow, allowing microscopic growths and other im purities from unsterilized or im properly sterilized water to de posit and often to grow in the system. In this manner an ac— cumulation of contamination is built up which will pollute the ! water passing through the system no matter how pure the water at the source of supply. In spite of the high chemical purity of soft mountain water, it possesses one troublesome char acteristic in a distribution system. Soft surface waters are slightly acidic in nature in contrast to the highly alkaline hard waters in other regions. Here again, the enormous amount of water com ing in contact with the pipe sur face renders the slight acidity of. serious import because of the re sulting corrosion and the promo tion of the growth of an inorganic bacteria known as crenothrix, the slime growths of which cannot be removed by ordinary main flush ing, a procedure of some value in reducing other impurities. Corrosion and cronothrix not only materially impair the carry ing capacity of the mains, but al so create unpleasant tastes and odor in the water. A preliminary survey indicated that inadequate and spasmodic sterilization combined with an ac cumulated system contamination was the under lyin- cause of poor bacteriological samples in the Black Mountain system, and ser ious reduction in the carry capac ity of the pipe net work. Since this was within the province of the State Board of Health, the Board of Alderman requested the State to send an engineer to re port on the conditions as found and to recommend necessary im provements. The state confirmed the findings of the preliminary survey and recommended instal lation of completely modern ster ilization equipment. This recom mendation has been carried out in the present improvement. New equipment consists of a Wallace & Tiernan, automatic, visible vacuum, solution-feed chlorinator and a recording flow meter which gives a 24-hour rec ord of the water demand. Opera tion of the chlorinator is accom plished hydraulically using water from the Holman system recent ly acquired by the city. Hydraul ic operation eliminates the annual cost of electric operation; the sav ings resulting from the use of the Holman system over alternative hydraulic installation amounting " ~~ ' Bill Hill Says: Tuther day a soldier went in to the examiners office fer a job, after they went down the list of available occupations, the soldier says: “I can’t do eny of em.” Well then I can’t place you, the exam iner said, and the soldier says “well I’m a ringtailed baboon.’ Well why didn’t you say so. I’v got two jobs open on the OPA. to the cost of the entire improve ment. Simultaneously, with the prob lem of sterilization the abnorma drop in storage reservoir level was investigated. Measurement of run-off and flow tests on the main supply line revealed that' with a run-off of 200,000 gallons! per day that the demand on the system sometimes exceeded 500,- 000 gallons per day. While the per capita usage was high enough to indicate considerable distribu tion system leakage, the margin of safety was dangerously low and it was felt desirable to pur chase the Holman property, doub ling the available run-off and completing the last step in the ac quisition of the water-shed. A leakage survey was conduct ed and a number of large leaks located and repaired, further in creasing the water available to the town. The only way to insure equit able allocation of the cost of op erating and maintaining a water system is to completely meter the system and to base all bills on actual meter readings. Methods of reading, billing, and collecting in use were not systematic and a more accurate and rigid system was beieved desirable. The re sult has been gratifying, the ad ditional revenues accruing to the department being sufficient to cover the cost of all the improve ments mentioned in addition to purchasing the Holman property within the alloted time. ■» Additional treatment is con templated to eliminate corrosion difficulties. Through the efforts of the pres ent Board of Aldermen, the water supply has been doubled, adequate sterilization provided, purchase of the watershed completed and distribution mains ileaned and carrying capacity restored, re duced all without interruption of service and with only minor un pleasantness of taste and odor Only those with a first-hand knowledge of the difficulties en countered can have a real appre ciation of these accomplishments. This program was initiated by Mr. W. T. Green, just prior to his induction into the Army. His du ties were assumed by Mr. Geo. Wren, present city clerk, whose efforts have insured the success of the program. NEWS CUTS YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION RATE The regular rate of $2.60 per year for the News, has been cut to $2.00. If the subscription is for only six months the rate will be $1.25. Let us enter your name on our list now, and we will mail The News to you each week. We are printing 2,000 copies this week, so that it will go to more people on the Rural Routes. Be sure to subscribe NOW. College Newspaper To B< Published By The News The Dialette, a nwespaper made up by the students of Montreat College, will soon he published by the Black Mountain News. It will be a six or eight page Vninature newspapre and will j contain interesting news of the college. college. There will be 500 copies printed of the first edition. A Correction 0- There was .an error in .the rani, of John Harley Martin. He was a Corporal instead of a Private First Class, as the paper stated last week. Martin is now dis charged and is at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac C. Martin in Black Mountain. L. J. BARRETT SELLS INTEREST IN NEWS 0 L. J. Barrett, associate editor of The News has sold his inter- Jj». L J. BARRETT est to J. C. Cornelius and John W. Ealy. Mr. Barrett left Sunday morn ing for Indianapolis, Indiana, his former home, where he intends to buy a farm and do truck farming. We are going to miss you Loren, and wish you the best of success in all your undertakings. JIM AND FENT. Facts About Black Moun tain You Ought To Know 0 Did you know that Black Moun tain has one of the best equipped communities for recreation of any small town in North Carolina? We have a fine club house, excel lent lake, modern swimming pool, magnificent golf course, small play lots, and thousands of peo ple. Did you know that there is prac tically no planned recreation in this entire community? By this we don’t mean games for children only, but a planned program of recreation that will include swim ming, boating, hikes, parties, folk games, hobby classes, crafts, golfing, music—and a thousand other things. Did you know we have spent thousands of dollars for equip ment and practically nothing for direction ? Did you know that a place with out a program is a poor invest ment and a total loss ? Did you know that real recrea tion is as necessary as work? Did you know this is as true for adults as for children Did you know that the Town Council established a Recreation Commission for the purpose of using what we have to best ad vantage ? Did you know ’hat with a small investment in money and time we can have a directed program of recreation that >#lll meet these needs New City Ordinance Requires Bldg. Permits o A city ordinance recently made requires building permits for all new construction, remodeling or repairs, within the incorporate limits of the City of Black Moun tain. Plans, specifications, and esti mated cost of work must accom pany application for permits. You can obtain your permits from G. W. Wren, city clerk. This must be done before starting any construction or repair work. $15.00 Reward The Allred Mercantile Co. will pay $15.00 as first prize for the •best “slogan” for their store and SIO.OO for second best. Base-yeur slogans upon-the ad vertisement you will find on page eight. Mail your slogans in to the store. All slogans become the property of the Allred Mercantile Co. Winners will be announced later. North Carolina Press Association $2.50 Per Year New Building For Mars Hill —o Dormitory For Girls and Faculty Apartments Are Included o The board of trustees of Mars Hill College, which met in a called session Saturday, approved plans for the immediate erection of certain needed buildings on the campus and for making other im provements at the college. To meet the urgent need for more housing facilities at the col lege the board authorized the erection of a dormitory for wo men, an apartment house for fac ulty members, and some small cottages. They also authorized the c in version of the present dining room and kitchen into a cafet a and the enlargement of the sc v age disposal plant. Henry I. Gaines, of Asheville, architect >r the college, met with the boar<( f trustees and later with the ministrative officers of the ( - lege to make plans to begin i erection of the buildings as r i as possible. Nineteen members of the bn I were present for the meet These were: Mrs. E. N. C Hickory; W. T. Duckworth, A ville; Mrs. Rush Stroup, She E. F. Watson, Burnsville; Ju A. Glazener, Brevard • John Carrier, Gastonia; Robert O. H man, Morganton; Mrs. C- M. mer, Albemarle; Roy J. V Mars Hall; A. W. Whiteht Marshall; the Rev. J. B. G Biltmore; the Rev. J- R. O. Asheville; Dr. Bruee Sams, l Hill; Dr. L. M. Caldwell, Newt Frank Jarvis, Spindale; the I Oscar R. Mangum, Lenoir; G er H. Jones, High Point; M’ W. Gordon, Marion; Mrs. L. Frans, Hickory. Meeting with members of board were: Dr. Hoyt Black' president of the college; Dea v M. Lee; Mrs. R. L. Moore, bur B. M. Canup, assistant bursar H. Tilson, superintendent of br ings and grounds; Mr. Gai John Mcßee, Spruce Pine, at ney and banker; and Mrs. O R. Mangum, Lenoir. At the close of the business sion, which was held in the 1 science building, members of group were guests of the h economics department at lu with Mrs. J. V. Howell as hos' Major General Kirk T« Visit Moore Hosp o All is in readiness at M General Hospital for the visi Thursday of Major General man T. Kirk, surgeon-genera the United States Army. Following a general inspe< of all phases of medical and gical services rendered at the pital, General Kirk will bf guest of honor at a party in 4-H Club on the post, Thur evening. General Kirk is paying his visit to Moore Geueral Hos since he became surgeon-ge on June 1, 1943. He had prev ly been commanding genera Percy Jones General Hospita Battle Crock, Mich General Kirk is regarded as of th« nation’s top orthopedic geons and has performed oj tions on former Secretary of I Henry L. Stimson and Lieut. < eral Brehon Somervell, rece retired commanding genera l the Army Service Forces. During the second World ’ he visited every one of the fi ing fronts, making most of tips by ■plane. He is also author of numerous article' medical journals and books. Friends of Mrs. Robert Qu will regret to know (hat her rt er passed away <*o the January.
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