Devoted To The Upbuilding Df Our Community Vol. I, No - 26 not how little, but how much, should be our slogan Red Cross Drive Begins March 1 And Every One Urged To Give 0 To the community it means ser rice to over 1,500 discharged service men and their dependants, ■ilso to the hundreds of veterans 0 f World War I. To a soldier, en route from the European theater to his home in California recently, it meant he was able to change his course in time to see his mother who be came critically ill while visiting in New York. A Red Cross emer gency message reached him in Miami. A Red Cross emergency :loan made the trip by plane pos sible. To a veteran, a stretcher case afflicted with spinal arthritis, it meant someone to meet him and arrange for ambulance service at transfer points on a long cross country trip to California where he hoped to regain his health. It meant someone to meet him at his destination and help him get settled in his new home. To a marine, discharged after, 10 years’ service, Red Cross Home Service meant locating his 7-year-] old son whose mother was killed during the Japanese invasion of the Philippines. Through Red Cross’ around-the-world network of emergency communication fa cilities, his son , was located in Australia, safe and sound and be ing cared for by his grandmother. To a WAVE on furlough, whose father suffered a stroke on the day she was to return to duty, Home Service meant speedy veri fication of the need for a furlough extension. The Home Service job contin ues. n addition to emergency sendees, it helps with pension claims and personal and family problems, gives financial aid, and supplies information on the many government benefits available to veterans—one of the vitally im portant community services to the men and women who served with the armed forces, to their depend ents, and to the dependents of de ceased veterans. Beginning March Ist every one in the community will be given an opportunity to show their ap preciation of what the boys in service did for us. There will be a house to house canvass, but con tributions can be left at the Red Cross office in the City Hall. Our goal is $9,000.00 and by every one doing his share, we can reach it within a few days. "Not how little, but how much” should be our slogan. E.H. Styles Passes After Long Illness O Father of The Rev. Walter H. Styles, Pastor of The Presby- . terian Church Here. E. H. Styles, 66, died at Mis sion Hospital Monday morning after a long illness. Funeral services were conducted in the Paint Gap Presbyterian Church Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock by the pastor, the Rev. W. Ernest Wilson. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Julia Mae Styles; five sons and six daughters: Bert, Mack, Jay H., Fate, Dorothy, all of Paint Gap; Mrs. Neil Culbertson, Grovia of Asheville; Mrs. Paul Wilson of Swannanoa; Mrs. D. A. Bowers of Decatur, Ga., Lee of Fairview, and the Rev. Walter H. Styles of Black Mountain. Use Your Noodle Use your noodle, lady, use your noodle,” said Smitty—the other ' a v to a lady trying to drive on " sides of the street at once. f| h, my goodness! will you show me wh ere it is? I’ve pulled and Pushed everything in this car.” THE John H.Robertson Going In Business 0 Former Business Manager of The Montreat Association Announces New Building Service o In this week’s issue of the Black Mountain News, John H. Robertson who formerly had the title of Business Manager of the Montreat Association announces through an advertisement that he is setting up a building service organization to operate in the Black Mountain area. Mr. Rob-; ertson states that it is plan to; so -c-rganize this building service that he will be able to do anything that is honorable that a property owner might want done, from mi-1 nor maintenance repairs to the complete remodeling of a build-. ing or the construction of a new ■ one. The installation of new equip- i ment in buildings will be given j special attention, and Mr. Robert son has already arranged to handle the sales and a service of the well and favorably known Anchor Kol stoker, which has been handled in this area by the Blue Gem Coal Company of Asheville for many years. Mr. Robertson also states that he is in progress of making ar rangements to handle insurance and real estate sales and rentals and hopes to be able to announce the addition of these items to his building service in the next two weeks. Agency for other well known and high grade types of equipment will be added to the stoker agency as fast as they can be worked out. Mr. Robertson is a graduate civil engineer with about fifteen years of experience in various branches of that field, including teaching all courses in highway engineering in the University of Texas, and serving in responsible positions in the planning and con struction of some rather large projects in Texas and Louis iana. He has also served as an educational missionary to Africa for the Presbyterian church. He is a former Rotarian but joined the Lions Club here, and is a Master Mason. Arrangements have already been made and some materials secured for the complete remodeling of the former Pugh cottage on Kentucky Road in Montreat which was pur chased last summer by Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Bradford of Kannapolis. Mr. Bradford is superintendent of one of the mills there. The im provements include the addition of one room and a porch, the en largement of the living room, and the addition of a modern bath room. Additional kitchen equip ment will also be added. The en tire house will have asbestos sid ing, and the roof will be painted. ALL TOWNSSHOULD BE AIR-MARKED • O A new program, being sponsored by the Aeronautics Department in some states, we hope will spread to North Carolina. In Nebraska, every small town is being marked according to Civil Aeronautics agency specifications. Under the plan the department will furnish materials for the work, and municipalities, the site and necessary labor. The mayors have been asked to cooperate by naming sponsoring organizations to select suitable sites. All towns that are marked ac cording to Civil Aeronautics agen cy specifications will be designat ed on a national aviation map, as well as on one now being prepared by the State Department of Ne braska. Jack R. Grover Admitted To The Moore Hospital Jack R. Grover, son of Mrs. Irene Grover of Black Mountain, has been admitted to Moore Gen eral Hospital for treatment. R e d Cross Drive Begins March sth GOAL $9,000 BLACK MOUNTAIN news t “ JII *V ••.V.vVWfWT.v.- .. A ",.. ...... ..... . - V.V’T’ Si? Jte. , off 1 JH & f Wr \ mm | |p' wynni if \ ffl if V —• 'll,l I. ‘ , %«y y s > , ' s ,‘ ' \in Isis ' -s' «■ 1 b ■ 111 m Sit . ' ■ ; ■ ■ •. WINTER IN FLORIDA OR NEW HAMPSHIRE , . , Regardless of the weather, the younger generation finds plenty of amusement and body-building activities. At North Conway, N. H., the Eastern Slope Ski schooL] give more than 24,000 ski lessons annually to youngsters who contribute $2 annually and write a school comjpHMI I >»!>■■« I J Bill Hill Says: i I visited the Lions Club tuther nite and—Herb Sanders wuz doin’ the talkin’, and he finally said: “If I’ve talked too long, its cause there’s no clock in this here place,” and Grady Hardin says: “They’s ! a calandar right back uv you < Herb.” Carl Sawyer, 57, Taken By Death 0 Brother of Gregg and Zebb Saw yer of Black Mountain, Died Saturday of Heart Attack. o Carl Sawyer, 57, Weaverville contractor and builder, died of a l heart attack at an Asheville hos pital Saturday at noon. He had been ill for three weeks. A native of Beech, Mr. Sawyer, had resided all of his life in Beech, Weaverville adn Asheville. He had been a deacon in the Weaver ville Presbyterian church a num ber of years and was serving as chairman of the board at the time of his death. He was a member of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics and was ac tive in civic affairs. Surviving are the widow, the former Miss Mallie Edwards; six children, Miss Blanche Sawyer, missionary to Belgian Congo; Lt. (j.g.) Chan Sawyer, with the navy at Tokyo, Mrs. Gilbert Mays; Miss Martha Lee Sawyer and Julian Bane Sawyer, all of Weaverville, and Miss Lois Sawyer of Char lottesville, Va.; five brothers, Horace and Oliver of Beech, Chan of Wevaerville, and Gregg and Zebb Sawyre of Black Mountain; one aunt, Mrs. Amanda Chambers and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at Weaverville Presbyterian church Monday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, the Rev. H. B. Dendy and the Rev. Morgan A Kizer officiating. Burial followed in the family plot in Weaverville cemetery. Don’t Take First Drink “Allied Youth” gives us this paragraph: “Judge E. Y. Webb, United States district judge for the Western District of North Carolina, who has been on the bench for 25 years this fall, has never charged a grand jury with out indicting the liquor traffic. His advice to the youth of the country is: ‘Never take the first drink and you’ll never get drunk. Liquor makes a fiend out of a good man. About 75 per cent of the criminal cases tried in my court involve liquor. Liquor is our country’s Enemy No. One—the devil’s best friend and God’s worst enemy.” With the restrictions off gaso line nad tires there has come an orgy of fast driving and a terri ble increase in accidents and deaths on the highways. One of the best programs a Grange can carry on this year is a “safety” program, carried along and put in practice. BLACK MTN. WATER SUPPLY IS NOW EQUAL TO ANY IN W.N.C. Payments To Vets Show Big Increase 0 ) Farmers Urged To File Claims On Different Days To Save Waiting In Line. A. L. Fletcher, Unemployment’ Compensation Commission Chair man, reported Monday that claims from veterans for readjustment allowances have been increasing very rapidly since the first of the year. The larger number of vet erans filing claims for readjust ment payments includes both those in self-employment, chiefly farm ers in this state, who receive monthly payments of SIOO less net income from their operations, and veterans seeking industrial jobs who receive S2O a week while without work. Veterans in self-employment of. whom nine out of ten are farm-| ers have filed 7,767 claims so this month, whereas in January 2,470 veterans applied for pay ments on their December opera tions, and 717 who had applied in December for payments covering; previous months received $113,163.1 The number receiving self-em-1 ployed allowances for the month before was 233. In making this report, Fletcher points out that since most of hte self-employed claims are from farmers, the majority of them are being received at the various itinerant points in the counties served by the U. S. Employment Service, usually one day a week or month. Such service is being expanded to take care of the farm er veterans, Fletcher says. It re quires about three-quarters of an hour for an interviewer to get thej necessary information from each veteran for his claim. Since these! claims do not have to be filed on the first day of the month but may I be filed through the 20th of each month for the previous month’s operations, and even later where the itinerant point is not regular ly served before the 20th, if the farmer veterans will plan to enter their claims toward the end rath er than toward the beginning of this period, they will save them selves time from waiting in line or having to call back again. While this increased claim load was expected after the majority of our veterans returned home to civilian life, Fletcher said, the work entailed in taking claims and getting the checks out to the veterans is taxing our personnel to the utmost. Considerable over time work is required, even with the additional people we have taken on, most of them veterans themselves, to help the situation. Claims are taken in local employ ment service offices throughout the state. These are then mailed to Raleigh where the determina tions as to payments are made and the checks written and mailed to the veterans at their homes. Here at headquarters, both personnel and machines are working after hours to get out more than 4,500 checks a day, so that veterans may get theirs without delay. Ridgecrest L. T. L. The Sojourner Fourth Loyal Temperance Legion (Negro) met on Washington’s birthday at their laeder’s home, Boonecrest. Six junior members and three inter mediates were present. Dorothy Greenlee, president, told the story of the hymn, “I Would Be True” before it was sung. Fannie Greenlee gave a short sketch of George Washing ton’s life. ' With anagrams the juniors spelt out interesting words; and phrases—Drink Milk—and the shorter names of books in the Bible. “A good time with a purpose” is the slogan of our youth’s Temperance Council. Re freshments were enjoyed, a milk drink, grape and orange juice, with accompaniments. Member North Carolina Press Association $2.00 Per Year Geo. W. Wrenn Receives Letter From E. C. Hub bard Sanitary Engineer 0 February 22, 1946 Mr. George W. Wreen, Supt. of Water Works, Black Mountain, N. C. Dear Mr. Wrenn: It was indeed a pleasure for Mr. Doggett and me to have the opportunity of visiting the Black Mountain water supply and meet ing with you and the Town Board on February 7th. The water supply improvements) consisting of a new automatic chlorinater, corrosion control treatment equipment which have been made through the efforts of you and the Board represent ex cellent progress toward provid ing a safe public water supply for the Town of Black Mountain. Speaking for the State Board of Health, we are pleased with this progress and frankly feel that you now have a water supply equal in quality to any of its type in west ern North Carolina. We are also pleased to know that the Town Officials have auth orized the application of Calgon as a corrosion control agent. Frankly, it is our opinion that the control of corrosion in your dis tributing system will greatly en hance the quality of water being delivered to the final consumers. This is especially true in sections of the system where dead ends exist or in sections where the flow of water in the pipes is relatively low. It is hoped, therefore, thas you will find Calgon effective dur ing this trial period and that it will be adopted as a permanent and continuous treatment pro cess. It has been a pleasure to work with the Town of Black Mountain in their efforts to improve their water supply and we hope that you will feel free to call upon us at any time you desire further as sistance. With kind perosnal regards, I am Very truly yours, E. C. HUBBARD, Principal Sanitary Engineer, Division of Sanitary Engineering. Begin Rehearsals For Easter Cantata o Permanent Organization Is Set Up For Special Music For Community Singing o The Community Chorus, com posed of all churches in Black Mountain and Swannanoa, are now making preparations for an East er Cantata. The chorus met last Sunday afternoon and formed its permanent organization, electing officers and met again Wednes day night for rehearsal at the Baptist Church and also held a short business session. Mr. W. A. McDougle, president, read some rules and by-laws before the group which were adopted. Regular practice will be held each Wednesday night at 7:45 o’clock with Lt. Robert Guy direct ing the chorus. Lt. Guy urges all those who can sing to come and join the chorus immediately and sing in the Easter cantata. The rehearsals will be held regularly each Wednesday evening at 7:45 o’clock at the Baptist Church. Ten Dollars Reward ■ 0 Ten Dollars Reward for the best letter of constructive criticism or comment on our advertisement os pave eight of this paper. Mail your letter in, write plainly and sign your name. Mail to the Allred Mercantile Company, Black Mountain, N. C. Winners will be announced on March 28th. Mail yours in, it may win.