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Devoted To The Upbuilding | our Community I 01. 1, No. 24 OHN H. ROBERTSON RESIGNS AS MANAGER AT MONTREAT Lrd will Relieve Him I Os The Responsibility I immediately I jj Robertson, who has IS the title of Business Manager I Montreat for almost two years, Indered his resignation recently f , the Board of Directors in a tiled meeting on Thursday, ac- Loted the resignation, fMr Robertson states that he L specified that the resignation I! effective May Ist in order to: [ e able to complete certain proj- L ts at Montreat which he had fanned and started, but that the feoard decided to relieve him of further responsibility immediate ly. but granting a terminal leave if earned vacation time, f Mr. Robertson states that he Lad planned to return to Texas [bout June Ist, and would prob [blv have re-entered the profes sion of Civil Engineering in that tate, but now no definite plans ire worked out. At present he ex acts to remain in this area at east until school closes, as his ddest son, John C., is a senior n high school at Montreat and Robert is in the Black Mountain school, nad Mr. and Mrs. Robert son do not want to interrupt their school work at this time. We are also advised that Mr. Robertson is working on a propo sition in the Black Mountain area which may keep him here indef initely, and will probably have a definite announcement to make within a week or two- In the meantime he is enjoying the re lief from responsibility and tak ing a badly needed rest. Six New Workers To Red Cross Staff Announcement Made By Annie Jess Brabson, Field Director, At Moore General Hospital o Six new workers have been add ed to the Red Cross staff at Moore Genera! Hospital, according to an announcmeent made by Annie Jess Brabson, field director. The new members, who have been transferred here from other posts in the sendee command, include: Ruth Flaler, of Fort Recovery, 0-, who served 27 months in Orlando, Florida and Battey General Hos pital: Christine James, of Phila delphia, who entered Red Cross sendee in 1943 and served at Stark General Hospital and Camp Butner; Ethel Clare Elikan, of Wheeling, W. Va., who served at Camp Wheeler for over two years; -Mary Neal of Walnut Cove, N. C., Miss Neal is the daughter of Mr a nd Mrs. J. N- Neal and served IS months at Hunter Field Air Base; Leila Rice of Lakeland, Florida, who served seven months at the Naval Hospital at Palm Beach, Florida • and Mrs. Cordell Craig of Chattanooga, Tenft. Mrs. Craig, is the holder of a citation tor outstanding service at Camp Stewart, Ga. She is the only Red Cross worker known to hold this citation in the fourth service command. Ladies Night At The Lions Club The Lions Club meets tonight a the Monte Vista hotel to en -111 tain and be entertained by the adies. It’ s ladies night. Be sure 1 corr| e and bring your lady, /me the main features to be music and singing r -Mrs. Roy Alexander, Lt. Robt- U J. Mrs. Robert Guy and Mrs. ‘ M • McDougle. This is a i so fellowship night or the new members, as follows: r - Rubert Lee Clapp, John W r ' " r - Weston D. Gardner, J. • Holman, J r ., George L. Kirk patrick, Edward Hines Knight, A ° l ! eph C - McNey, J. E. Sylvester, Jr ert J - Terrell, Geo. W. Wrenn, Corne one! Come all! Let’s have a K°od time. * atr °nize the advertiser the BLACK MOUNTAIN news “KEY CITY IN THE LAND OF THE SKY” Spirit of Lionism Cure World’s Ills 0 The Atomic Bomb Has Given The World The Jitters, and Feature Writers Give Headache. o By Ellis Loveless, International Director. Even though the newspapers ev erywhere declare the Atomic Bomb the biggest story of the war, to which I agree, here’s one newspaperman who thinks so: much publicity has been given the bomb that it is now being decid edly overplayed. Actually, it has j come to be a weekly rehash of j the original announcement. It was completely devastating; when first used as a weapon of war, and no additional comment orj statement can increase its tre-j mendous destructive power. From the beginning of time progrses! and new inventions have brought j about new sensations. Only a few j years ago man was content with his flintlock-powder pan musket.! Then some one introduced the per cussion cap idea, and later it was found practical to put the cart ridge right inside the gun. Then came the repeating rifle, to be jfoflowed and outmoded by the machine gun • and the evolution continues. History records that the introduction of the steamboat, the steam locomotive, the automo bile, the flying machine and many other new ideas created startling conditions. However, they did not enjoy the support and coverage of world-wide radio and press net works. The Atomic Bomb has given the i world the jitters, and the feature writers are givipg thejr readers » headache. News correspondents and commentators have had a field day with this new terror. Certainly the bomb’s development was an outstanding achievement. It is a striking illustration of the limitless possibilities of wide spread organization, complete co ordination, and cooperation on a mass basis. It proves again that the human element, properly trained and un der efficient direction, is capable of accomplishing wonders, Just | look back for a minute and review i a few of the notable achievements produced under pressure of win ning the war, and think of the tremendous good that could be posted on the right side of the 1 balance sheet if this same terrific ! force was directed toward healing the ills of the world. Leaders Attend Girl Scouters Montreat Meet o Under the leadership of Miss Edith Conart and Mrs. Ann ! Bronckhost of the Girl Scout na ! tional staff program division, New York Ciyt, a training course in Girl Scout program building is being conducted this week at As sembly Inn, Montreat, for profes sional Girl Scout leaders. The needs of girls from seven to eighteen years of age is the main consideration of the confer ence, which began Tuesday morn ing Feb. 5 and continued through Wednesday, Feb. 13, with leaders from varied points in the eastern I half of the United States in ta- I tendance. \wjr NAVY’S COACH . . . Capt. Thomat J. Hamilton, who has just been ap pointed head football coach of *ht U. S. naval academy. ThUwlllbe b second coaching tour at AjmapoUa having coached In 1934, 1— IBM. BLACK MOUNTAIN, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14,1945 Sltl®., ; • vljiyi -mnitfimTitiiitmim lliil LADY ASTOR COMES HOME . . . Pictured against a backdrop of a British flag at the pier, following their arrival in New York City, are Lord and Lady Astor. The viscountess, American-born former member of parliament, is en route to Virginia to visit relatives. When asked her plans, Lady Astor stated that she “might run for congress.” Matter of lack of American citizenship stands in her way at present, however. ; A Presidential Proclamation O By proclamation of President Truman, the month of March has been set aside as Red Cross Month and the time for its ! Annual Fund Campaign. All American citizens have been re ! quested as a patriotic duty not to conduct or participate in any i campaigns that might interfere with the success of the Red Cross j Campaign. For sixty-five years the Red Cross has served veterans j and their dependents as well, carrying on various community j services in the interest of human welfare. : You are asked to help carry on. Three Girls To Be| Young People ; Crowned Queens Present Program Girls’ Auxiliary Coronation Serv ice To Be Held Here At The Baptist Church Sunday o Three girls, Betty Rice, Joyce Gouge and Polly Wheelon, will be crowned queens when the Girls’ Auxiliary hold their Coronation Service at the Baptist Church, Sunday, February 17th at 5:00. All the members of the organiza tion will be honored and the work they have done will be acknowl edged by the rewarding of em blems dear to every G. A. heart. The leader for the service will be Mrs. H- W. Baucom, assisted by Miss Ethel Mae Rice and Mrs. G. W. Stone, Counselors. This is open to the general public and everyone is urged to attend. We assure you if you have never wit nessed a candlelight Coronation Service before, you should do so this Sunday. This is the climax for a whole week of activities for the G. A-’s known as Focus Week, which has been held throughout the entire South. Last Sunday the girls served at the morning worship service, a mission study class was held at the church Monday eve ning followed by a supper. Wed nesday evening the girls had charge of prayer service. Friday night, February 15th, at 6:30 p.m. a Mothers and Daughters banquet will be held at the Baptist Church. The Girls’ Auxiliary is the mis sionary education organization for girls 9 to 16 years of age in the southern Baptist Churches- Since its organization in 1913 it has become international in scope, with 9,744 auxiliaries throughout our southland and an ever in creasing number in foreign coun tries. Sgt. Howard Gosorn Receives His Discharge o Master Sergeant Howard Gos orn, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Gosorn of Old Fort, has received his discharge after three years and nine months service in Euro pean and Pacific Theaters of War. He arrived this week from Manila, his latest assignment. Glenn Gosorn, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. Gosorn, has recent ly been released from active duty with the armed services in Europe. Five Young People From Montreat College Give Inspiring Program At Black Mountain Church. o Five young people from Mon treat Clolege presented a most inspiring program to the young people of the Black Mountain Presbyterian Church on this past j Sunday. The subject of the pro -1 gram was “Character Building.” Those on the program were Lib Harkey, pianist; Betty Crutchfield ! and Doris Royster, soloists; Ruth Lovelee, devotional, and Gladys Goodman, speaker. “In order to build a worthwhile 1 character,” stated Miss Goodman, “one must think straight, believe straight, and live straight.” W. W. White In Hospital 0 W. W. W T hite was operated on I for double hernie at St. Joseph’s | Hospital Monday. He is getting 1 along nicely and it is hoped that he will be back home soon. Without eyes and living under ground, a worm senses the fall of night and wriggles to the surface. * ■" : V.,.; .■'. / Bill Hill Says: ' A feller went to the pust office tuther day tu mail a letter and Mr. Kerlee weighed it and told him it was too heavy fer one stamp, that he’d have to put a nuther one on—an the feller said “that would only make it heavier, wouldn’t it? The Arts Club Presents Musicale 0 Young People From Colleges and Black Mountain Public Schools Render Splendid Program. o An enthusiastic audience greet ed the varied program presented February 12 at Monte Vista hotel by young people from Montreat College, Warren Wilson College and Black Mountain public schools. Montreat College was repre sented by a group of twelve young ladies who sang with finish a group of songs accompanied by Miss Lois Benjamin, a student at the college, who also contributed a beautiful aria from the opera Romeo and Juliet. Miss Benjamin has a carefully trained voice that shows much study and ability- Its high ranges are unusual and true to tone. Mrs. Elma Randall con ducted. The Warren Wilson Girls’ Glee Club, conducted by Mr. John Con net, director of music in Warren Wilson College, sang with such spirit and thorough enjoyment that the mood of the music was communicated to the audience. In fact, both glee clubs would be a I credit ot any community or col-! lege, and we are fortunate to have had the opportunity to hear them. Miss Anita Purkey, a student was accompanist for Warren Wil son. The piano solos given by Joyce Wells, Sybil Joyner, Wilma Jus tus, and Thelma Brooks, Black Mountain grammar school pupils, were very well received- They showed individuality in presenta tion, thorough preparation, and a feeling for the mood of the selec tion. Miss Alice Burnett, who gave voice with excellent possibilities two vocal solos, has a pleasing in tone and resonance. She is the pupil of Mr. John Goff, of Ashe fcttfc i , Everyone concerned felt that the program was very much worth while. Red Cross Group Serves At Oteen Thirty Junior Hospital and Re creation Corps Members End Training Course o Thirty junior hospital and rec reatino corps members have com pleted a Red Cross training course and are serving as hostesses for monthly birthday parties in the recreation building of the U. S. Veterans’ hospital, Oteen, Mrs. Murray Strain, chairman of the hospital and recreation corps of the Buncombe County chapter of the American Red Cross, an nounced recently. Others who planned the course are Mrs. Rex Starnes, chairman of the junior hospital and recreation corps, and Miss Lola Crawford, Red Cross field director. Lectures were given by Herbert Caskey, chairman of the Buncombe Coun ty chapter; Lt. Col. Devid E- Quinn,, manager of the Oteen veterans’ hospital; Maj. S. Spen cer, chief of physical medicine at Oteen; Miss Helen Taylor, recrea tion director at Oteen, and Mrs. Anne Neal, acting executive secre tary of the Buncombe County chapter. The following junior hospital and recreation corps members have begun their duties: , The Misses Betty Moody, Fran ces L. Brackett, Sue Evans, Wilma Watkins, Joyce Warren, Iris J. Welch, Emily D. Frazier, Alice Baker, Nancy Davis, Jean Allen, Anne Pinkston, Louise Burnett, Jean Corboy, Loraine Sigmon, T’at Stephenson, Dorothy Velsor, Jean Vaughn, Nancy Abemethy, Pauline Bradley, Violet Lamb, Mary White, Lillie Hilton, Alice Newell, Nell McCravy, Irene Smith, Geneva Buchanan, Mary Feuchtinger, Clara McK. Gudgre, Phyllis Himes, and Nell B. Mc- Craven. Montreat Program Under the auspices of Montreat College, Bobo the Magician and his company of fellow-performers appeared in a program Saturday evening at 8 o’clock in Anderson Chapel. * INFANT’S DEATH SADDENS * j * RETURN OF OLD FORT VET * * . o * J. T. Baker, Jr., of Old Fort, * , * a veteran of 13 months over- * * seas service with the armed * * forces, returned home Friday * * and saw his seven-month- * * old son, James Oral Baker, for * * the first time. After a play- *| 1 * ful evening, the baby was put * * to bed at 11 o’clock Friday * * night. When the father went * * to awaken him for his bottle * * Saturday morning he found * * the infant dead in bed. * * Dr. J. B. Johnson, Old Fort * * physician, who was summoned * ’ immediately, said the child * * apparently died of a heart at- * tack. * * Funeral services were held * * Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock * * at Cherry Springs Baptist * * church in McDowell county, * * the Rev. I). C. Wesson officiat- * * ing. Burial followed in the * • * church cemetery. ******•+**** Let’s Be Honest With One Another If You Get Yours And Keep Mine Too, What In The World Am I Going To Do Once a farmer had 1200 bushels of corn, which he sold, r. t to one grain merchant, but to 1200 dif ferent dealers, a bushel to each. A few of them paid cash, but far the greater number said they would pay later- A few months passed and the man’s bank account ran low. “How is this?” he said. “My 1200 bushels of com should have kept me in affluence until another crop is raised; but I have parted with the grain and instead I have a vast number of accounts so small jind scattered t-hat I cannot get around and collect fast enough to pay my bills.” So he posted up a public notice and asked all those who owed him to pay quickly. But few came. The rest said, “Mine is on ly a small amount and I will pay some other day,” forgetting, though each account was very small, when all was put together it meant a lagre sum to one man. Things went on thus. The man got to feeling so bad that he fell out of bed and awoke. Running out to the granery, he found his 1200 bushels of corn still there. MORAL: The next day he went to the publisher of the little week ly newspaper who was striving to make it a go, and said: “Here, sir, I want to pay for my subscrip tion and my small advertisement, and when next month’s ad. is due, you can depend on me to pay it promptly.” I stood in the position of the editor last night, and I know how it feels to have his honestly earned money scattered, all over the county in small amounts. Now we thank you.—Editor. W. J. Wright Is Agent For Capital Life Ins. Co. W. J. Wright has accepted a position as agent for the State Capital Life Insurance' Co. of Ra leigh. Mr. Wright is now living in Asheville but formerly lived in Black Mountain and is planning to move back to Black Mountain soon. Mr. Wright has Black Mountain, Swannanoa and Old Fort territory for his company. PAULEY TO NAVY . . . Edwin W Pauley, California oil man, has beei named by President Truman to b« undersecretary of the navy. Wash ington reports that he will be namei head of the merged army-nav) when and If authorised. Member North Carolina Press Association $2.00 Per Year Roy A. Taylor To Practice Law Here In Partnership With Ronald E. Finch, Under The Name of Finch and Taylor. A. Taylor, recently dis charged from the United States Navy, has commenced the prac tice of law in Black Mountain, N. C., in partnership with Ronald E- Finch. Business will be transact ed under the firm name of “Finch and Taylor,” and ■the firm will oc cupy the office space now used by Mr. Finch. Prior to entering the Navy in 1943, Mr. Taylor had practised law in Asheville, N. C., fox six years. He represented the gov ernment in the purchase of all real estate for Moore General Hospital. For one year, he served as investigator and enforcement attorney for the Office of Price Administration, in Asheville, N. C. Mr. Taylor has made his home in Black Mountain, N. C., since 1931. At the time of entering service he was president of the Black Mountain Lion’s Club, and superintendent of the Black Moun tain Baptist Sunday School. Mr. Finch has been practising law in Black Mountain since 1926, and is well known throughout North Carolina. He represented Buncombe County in the North Carolina legislature in 1937 and 1939. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the North Carolina Sanatorium in Black Mountain, Wilson and Sanatorium, N. C., and was recently appointed as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Baptist Hospital , at Winston-Salem, N. C. ,He has , also served as mayor of Black Mountain, and is now Town attor , ney. I Upon entering the navy he was . comihissioned a lieutenant (jg) ’ and was later promoted t-r fuH lieutenant. Following indoctrina tion training at Fort Schuyler, N. ' Y-, he was sent to Camp Bradford, Norfolk, Va., for training in the operation of LSTs (landing ship, tank.) j Lt. Taylor was then sent to the I Pacific area, where for the first year he served as executive officer of an LST. During the past eight months he has served as com madning officer of this type ship. He paritcipated in the Battle of Okinawa, Langayen Gulf, Leyte and Nasugbu, near Corregidor. He also was in on the first landing of American troops at Kyushu, Japan. Lt- Taylor was home for a short leave last summer while his ship was in port for repairs fol lowing a hit at Okinawa by a Jap anese suicide plane. He wears a watch band fashioned from a piece of the Japanese plane that struck his ship. While in Japan, Lt. Taylor vis ited Nagasaki, the second city to receive a taste of the atomic bomb, and flew over this and several other cities in that area. Lt. Taylor, in December, brought his ship from Saipan to San Fran cisco in company with other LSTs and was in tactical command of the convoy. Boy Scout Court Os Honor Meet Three Members of Troup 24 Re ceive Second Class Rating February 11th. o The Boy Scout Court of Honor met on Monday night, February 11th in the court room of site Bun combe County Court House. Os interest to the people &fi Black Mountain is the fact that three of our local Scouts were commis sioned as Second Class Scouts. Nine more of the same troop will go to the Court of Honor at the next session which meets the second Tuesday in March. To Go To China 0 The Rev. S. C- Farrior of Mon treat and Decatur, Ga., is among the Presbyterian missionaries, scheduled to go to China soon for I missionary work, it has. been ! learned. , .
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