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Kn krtising So ESNT COST I —IT PAYS VoL 2, No. 20. m. J. Ruperi McGregor Assumes Kities As New President Os lountain Retreat Association 'Sabr. J. Rupert McGregor, new president of the Mountain Retreat sfeciation, operators of Montreat aHjembly, assumed his new duties Jan bary 1. He and his wife are livfcg at the assembly, a native of South Car olla Dr. McGregor is a graduate o|®avidson college and has spent JHost half his life in North Caro- While still in college he be gan coming to Montreat during the summer, and this practice he has maintained since. of a farmer, the new Mon treal president was reared tn a plantation in Dillon County, South Calrolina. He entered the ministry in f 1920 and, until elected to his new post here, was pastor of a chttrch in Birmingham, Alabama. that the assembly is her< to serve the church, the Bdjvidson graduate pointed ont no promotional endeavor is fßried on here except that which stsfcds ready to serve the various groups of the church. “Our doors arf open throughout the year and there are programs for all groups and agencies,” he said. A graduate of Davidson college and Columbia Theological semin ary, Decatur, Ga., he received his doctorate from Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia, and has attended the Biblical Seminary of New York. Accordinr to the ideas express ed by Dr. McGregor, the principal objective of Montreat will be to carry on the work in the pattern laid down by the retiring presi ent, Dr. R. C. Anderson, and to make Montreat assembly serve not onlythe church but also the en tire-section of Western North Car olina. ‘'lf we don’t contribute to the life of Buncombe county and West ern North Carolina, we fail just as surely as though we neglest to serve the church,” he said. Dr. McGregor, who June 1 also will succeed Dr. Anderson as presi dent of Montreat college, said he intends to carry on the work of his predecessor and hopes to cry stallize future plans of expansion in |the near future. His first active work in the mifcstry was as assistant pastor at aniAtlanta church where he stay editor 15 months before accepting a {fastorate at Cedartown, Ga. In sufteeding y-ears he held pastor atafe at Lexington and Burlington and for the past four and a half years had been pastor of South Highland church, Birmingham. ;Jpe was moderator of the Synod of 'North Carolina in 1937, served as!chairman of the committee of religious education, director of 3»ung people’s conferences and cfiairman of the Presbyterian or igans’ home board of regents of vjHje synod, and as a trustee of ■bvidson college. On Assembly Committees ■He is now a member of the ex «utive committee of religious edu- Btion and publication of the gen .|§a! assembly, of the general as- committee on steward ship, chairman of the permanent ■dirial committee of the general ■sembly, and one of 12 appoint ;Jp representatives of the general ■sembly to the general council of Be Alliance of Reformed Church ||p to be held in Geneva this year. BHe is a member of the board of trustees of Columbia Theological ■minary and of Stillman institute, ■bscaloosa, Ala. H Mrs. McGregor was Miss Mary :?«ertrude Wilson of a family long Btominent in South Carolina’s life ■>d is directly related to Dr. Leigh fWn Wilson, the first executive sec -s®tary of foreign missions of the ■resbyterian Church in the United Stales. ■ She is a graduate of Queens ■liege and has played an active in the work of young people ■d the Sunday school of the ■lurch. ■ay You Saw It In The NEWS Let's Not Be Last BOOST THE LOCKER PLANT!!! the BLACK MOUNTAIN Council Acts To Prevent Water Shortage o With an eye to the future and a possible emergency which might arise in case of a water shortage, the city council at their regular session Tuesday night instructed R: T. Greene, acting city clerk, to contact John Vance, county com missioner, in regard to connecting the city water system to that be longing to Buncombe county. It was emphasized that the city would use county water only in case of prolonged drouth or other unforseen circumstances. After a lengthy discussion con cerning the condition of the city cemetery, it was decided to defer action until further investigation could be made. Ross Taylor, Black Mountain professional golfer, ap peared before the council and ex plained the conditions as he had found them. It was voted to bill Johnny Bowers for SIOO for damages al leged to have been caused by his horses last summer to the golf course. The salary of Jesse Dot son, city employee, was raised SIO.OO per week, the resignation of Robert C. Hawkins was accepted, and it was decided to ask Fire Chief Bailey of the Asheville Fire department to speak at the next Lions club meeting. After hearing the reading of three applications for the position of city clerk, the council members voted to defer action until Monday night. They will meet in a special session, at the city hall at 7:30 to appoint a clerk. The report as submitted by Act ing Clerk Greene showed net re ceipts of $5,940.49 for the period December 1, 1946, to January 13, 1947. The bills were paid and the meet ing adjourned. In addition to Mayor J. L. Potter those in attendance were Dr. F. H. Richardson, L. C. Jumper, and J. G. Northcott. C. G. Dobbs New Owner Os Eddie’s Do-Nut Shop o C. G. Dobbs, former Air Corps veteran with 4 months service, Tuesday purchased Eddie’s Do- Nut shop and will continue its operation making doughnuts for sale both wholesale and retail. The products will remain the same. The shop will be open from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. daily. Mr. Dobbs was formerly employed by the Murray Radio company. Cornelius Patton, who has been associated with the former owner, will remain with Mr. Dobbs. Replacing Mr. Dobbs at the Murray Radio company will be Robert C. Hawkins, former city employee, who resigned Tuesday. Annex Host To Legion Tonight o The Black Mountain American Legion will play the Oteen Annex doctors and the Auxiliary girls will play the Oteen Annex civilian girls in a doubleheader tonight (Thursday) at the Annex gym. There is no charge and the public is invited. Starting time is 7:30. The doctors will have Drs. Vance and Hornowski at Jhe forwards, Wallace at center, and Thompson and Garver at guards. Starting for the Annex girls will be Grace Young, Betty Jones, Fauble, Paul ine Fox, A. J. Morgan, and Lillian Stepp. Ridgecrest Baptist Church Names Officers o The Rev. Tom E. Walters, pas tor of the Ridgecrest Baptist church, has released the names of the officers who will serve for the ensuing year. They are as follows: Mrs. Grace Thompson, clerk; Mrs. R. L. May, treasurer; Mrs. Robert Guy and Miss Nancy Wal ters, pianists; Robert Guy, music director; Mrs. R. L. May, pianist for prayer meeting; Thomas Wal ters, Jr., Oreta Hollifield, Bottie Allison, Carolyn Smith, and La vinia Hollifield, librarians; R. L. May, S. C. Gill, C. V. Gray, trust ees; Perry Morgan, Joe Hollifield, Leon Quinn, W. M. Pate, Robert Guy, and W. R. Patton, deacons. Officers of the Woman’s Mis sionary society, Mrs. T. E. Wal ters, president, and Mrs. Grace Thompson, secretary and trea surer. Church Committees Committees: evangelism, Bart lett A. Bowers, Mrs. W. W. Law ton, Sr., J. N. Binford, Mrs. Hight C. Moore, Mrs. W. L. Hatcher, Mrs. Bartlett A. Bovvers, Mrs. Thomas E. Walters, Mrs. Perry Morgan, and J. Fred Stimson; stewardship, deacons, general su perintendent of the Sunday school, director of the BTU, and presi dent of the WMSS; finance, b. 11. Harrell, Perry Morgan, Mrs. Earl Hurst, Mrs. Clarence Alli son, Dr. W. L. Hatcher, Dr. H. C. Moore; auditors, W. M. Pate. Earl Hurst, Joe Hollifield, Clyde Gray, W. R. Patton, and W. L. Snypes; Baptism, C. V. Gray, Mrs. C. V. Gray, S. C. Gill, Mrs. Joe Holli field, Mrs. Gertrude Hammond. Mrs. Jim Biddix, and Mrs. Fred Stimson; communion, Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Walters. Decorations, Mrs. Grace Thomp son, Mrs. R. L. May, Mrs. John (Continued on page eight) Buncombe County First In Number Os Forest Fires 0 During the period from July 1, 1946 to December 31, 1946, there were 39 forest fires in Buncombe county and these burned over an area of 331 acres, it was learned today from a report issued by B. H. Corpening, district forester, at his headquarters in Asheville. Os other counties in District No. 1 which cooperate with the state in forest fire control, Henderson county ranked second with seven fires which burned over an area of 56 acres. Os the causes listed by Forester Corpening campers and hunters ranked first with 18, and smokers caused 16. Debris burning was re sponsible for 10 and 10 were be lieved to be incendiary. While no fire burned over more than 100 acres, 10 fires burned between 10 and 100. This report does not in clude the non-cooperating coun ties as no organized work in for est fire control is carried on in them on privately owned forest land by the state organization. . Ninety-eight per cent of the forest fires in North Carolina are man caused, Forester Corpening warns, in asking that small forest fires be reported to the nearest forest fire warden. In the six cooperating counties there are 866,986 acres of forest area protected by the North Caro lina Forest service. Buncombe county, with 258,017 acres of pri the counties in this district with vately owned woodland, represents the greatest amount of forest acreage and a natural resource of considerable value; but through carelessness and intent, this na ture wealth was subject to thirty nine attacks by forest fires in the last six months. The people of Bun- i combe County and the State of North Carolina are urged to co-; operate with the State forest fire control organization in preventing forest fires. “YOUR VALLEY NEWSPAPER” Thursday, January 16, 1947., Black Mountain, N. C. Mountain View Baptist Church Has Lights o Lights were installed in the Mountain View Baptist church in time for the Christmas party, it has been learned. One of the most historical churches in the Swannanoa Valley, the church is served by the Rev. Eugene Byrd. Sugar Home; Everyone Is Happy o Extra! The sugar bowl at the Stinchcomb home is full again, a certain lady in Black Mountain has an easy conscience, and the sweet tooth of Mrs. H. E. Stinch comb’s has returned homi- for good. All this came about as a re sult of the appeal made last week through the pages of this news paper by Mrs. Stinchcombe who, unlike the girl in the story, lost her sugar instead of her brown and yellow basket. And, we forgot to add, Mrs. Stinchcomb is sold on advertising. For late comers, Mrs. Stinch comb made her appeal following the disappearance of her five pounds of sugar from a counter at the Dixie Store. She had been very careful with her sugar book and had carried it to the store under lock and key before tearing the stamp out before the clerk, but there her precaution ended, evidently, because she walked out for “Just a minute” and left the precious sugar lying on the coun ter. When she returned, the sugar was gone. Instead of rushing into the streets and crying, “Stop, Thief!” she went quietly about her busi ness and waited. When a week had gone by and nothing had happened she put the notice in the paper. And then things really began to happen. Friday her telephone rang and a repentent voice on the other end of the line said “I’m Mrs. so and so, I guess I have your sugar. But honest I didn’t mean to take it. In fact, I thought it belonged to one of my friends until we got home and for the life of me I can’t figure out how it happened to be tagging along with me.” Then the full story came to light. The Mrs. so an so had gone shopping with some of her neigh bors and when she returned home had five extra pounds of sugar. She tried to give it to some of her friends but none of them claimed it so for the moment she was stuck. Imagine her relief when the phone rang and someone informed her that the sugar she had been worrying about belonged to Mrs. Stinchcomb. So, to make a long story short, the Stinchcomb sweet tooth is home to stay until at least May, Mrs. so and so is relieved to get the sugar in question out of the house, and everyone is happy ex cept the baker—no sugar, no home baked cakes and pies, he observed. Annex Head Expresses Thanks To Swannanoa, Black Mountain V. A. Hospital Annex Swannanoa, N. C. January 10, 1947. Mrs. Bessie Carr, Executive Secre tary American Red Cross Black Mountain, N. C. Dear Mrs. Carr: We wish to express our most sincere thanks to the people of the Black Mountain and Swannan oa communities who helped to make this Christmas a happy one for the patients at the V. A. Hos pital Annex. The Christmas packages which were prepared by various indi viduals and organizations contain ed such useful items and were so attractively wrapped* tfwt we as sure you they brought a great deal of pleasure to all who re ceived them. We wish all of you could have been here when the Gray Ladies Church Teams Will “Crash” In Benefit Struggle o If you hear a noise during the next few days that sounds very much like a car falling apart, don’t be alarmed. It may be the basketball teams from the Baptist and Methodist churches practicing for their games at the high school gym, Friday night, January 24. It will be a benefit game and oroc r eds will be used to help pay for the new electric score hoard. The clash is sponsored by the “B” club at the high school. Both men and women teams— pardon me —fives and sixes, will be carried onto the floor, some of them wheeled, and a good time is assured for all. All former medical corps men from the army and navy will stand by for emer gencies. The Baptist captains for the men are Woodrow Beddingfield and Cecil Nanney while Grady Hardin and Tom Nesbitt are serv ing in the same capacity for the Methodist. Attempting to round, up the ladies’ teams are Miss Nora Sum mey for the Baptist, while the Methodist have chosen Reba Lewis. The ladies will be wheeled out first, promptly at 7:30 p. m. to be followed by the men as soon as the attendants have cleared away the wreckage—pardon— players. Ad mission will be 25 and 40 cents and all those interested in four fast teams are invited to be pre sent. It has been reported to the press that when the captain of one of the teams passed an opposing cap tain whistling “Will There Be Any Stars in My Crown?” the j other started singing, “No Not One.” Anyway, we’ll see, eome Friday night, January 24. Don’t forget the date. Local Men At Meeting Os Scout Executives ——— 0 Dr. Alfred L. Hooker and Charles I. McDougle attended the annual dinner meeting of the Daniel Boone council held in Ashe ville at the First Baptist church Monday night. Principal speaker was W. A. Dobbs, regional execu tive of region 6 which is composed of states in the Southeastern area. During the evening the silver beaver was awarded to B. C. Bur gess, retiring president of the coun cil. Both Dr. Hooker and Mr. Mc- Dougle have the silver beaver which is awarded for distinguished service to boyhood of the commun ity. —Jane Wade was a visitor in Charlotte and Concord Wednesday. went to the wards to play Santa Claus the day before Christmas to distribute the gifts because it would have brought joy to the hearts of each of you to see the happiness made possible for the patients who remained in the hos pital at Christmas time. The lovely and attractive tray favors and the Christmas cards which were sent by the Junior Red Cross were greatly admired and enjoyed by the patients and were very helpful in creating a holiday atmosphere. We think each one of you from the Baptist Church choir and from the Black Mountain College group who came to the hospital on Christmas Eve to entertain the “>atients with carol singing realiz ed how much it meant to these men to hear the old familiar carols ringing through the corridors and in the wards and to know that (Continued on page eight) NEWS Community Chorus Rehearsal Set For February 4 o The first rehearsal of the com munity chorus, which will I* un der the direction of Robert Guy, will be held on Tuesday night, February 4, at the First Baptist church. Everyone in the commun ity interested in singing is urged to come to the rehearsal. Sgt. W. 1. Ryan Will Sail For Yckaboma o Mrs. William 1. R”an received a call from Camp Stoneman, Calif., Tuesday, that her husband. Tech. Sgt. Wm. I. Ryan, was scheduled to sail for Yokohama, Japan, Jan uary 7. Plans are still uncertain, but Mrs. Ryan and her children, Janet and Jerry, will follow if it is possible. At the present they will remain in Black Mountain un til further notice. Formerly a teacher for the De partment of Interior, Mrs. Ryan spent eleven years teaching Eski mos in Alaska. For three years while teaching at Noorvik. Alaska, a village on the Kobuk River, twenty miles north of the Artie circle, she was the only white woman in a radius of sixty miles. As a hobby Mrs. Ryan writes books. “Kayoo, the Eskimo Boy” published by Charles Scribner and Sons is one of her books. “Through Arctic Eyes” is another soon to be published. Her latest, a fiction type story on which she is now working, is “Perhaps Tomorrow.” Dr. Richardson To Address Good Health Meeting o Dr. Frank Howard Richardson will he the principal speaker at the meeting which will be held Friday, January 24, at 7:45 p. m in the Presbyterian church. His subject will be “A Better Health Program for This Community.” Following his talk there will be an open discussion at which time all present will have an opportun ity to voice their views. As good health is one of the major prob'ems facing North Car olina today, and as the state is now In the midst of a "Good Health” drive, the committee in charge of arrangements hope that at least two members from each church and two members of each club will he present. While these are urged to attend, it is emphasiz ed that all who wish, to attend in North Carolina erg mated when will he welcome. The movement for Good health a group of leading doctors ap pealed to the governor to inaugu rate a plan for the improvement of health conditions throughout the state. Ail who have studied the situation in the state have agreed that the need is urgent for hospitals, doctors, nurses, techni cians, and for more health educa tion. Morgan Attends Furniture Show In Chicago o David B. Morgan, Sr., returned Sunday from a two weeks’ trip. After attending the Chicago Far niture show, he went to New Or leans where he inspected 250,000 feet of Mexican mahogany which had just arrived there by boat. JOINS HANDS! Mrs. C. S. Betts recently went to "New York where she joined her sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hand, who had been visiting Mr. Hand’s parents in Cape May, N. J_ They returned together to Black Mountain. LOCKER PLANT MASS MEETING JANUARY 20 5 Cents Per Copy. Freezer Plant Mass Meeting Monday Night o- I A mass meeting for all resi dents of Black Mountain, Swan nanoa, Broad River, Ridgecrest, Blue Ridge, Montreat, and the Swannanoa Valley interested in se curing a freezer locker plant for the community will be held Mon day night at the Grammar school auditorium. C. J. Rich, high school agricultural instructor and chair man of the group, will preside. Present plans call for the plant to be located somewhere between Black Mountain and Swannanoa and the size will depend on the. demand. The cost, number of shares of stock, cost of stock, and other details will be decided as the plans go forward. Leaders in the movement have pointed out that the initial cost will be the greatest obstacle to overcome as the history of similar plants has shown that within a short while after completion they become self supporting and pay a dividend to the stockholders. Details of the ‘financing and other arrangements will he given Monday. All citizens of the entire com munity are urged to be present at the Monday meeting. 0. L. Merchant New Moderator Os Presbytery At the winter meeting of the Asheville Presbytery held Tuesday at the West Asheville church, O. L. Merchant, filling elder of Swan nanoa Presbyterian church was elected moderator. The Rev. Walter H. Styles, re tiring moderator, preached the opening sermon, following which the Rev. Robert King, pastor of the Montreat Presbyterian church, and the Rev. Paul Warren, pastor of Arden Presbyterian church, con ducted a service of Holy Commun ion. The Rev. H. B. Dendy of Weaverville gave a report on reli gious education in the Presbytery. J. Rupert McGregor of the Mon treat association was received from the Presbytery of Birming ham. In attendance were representa tives from 31 churches in the presbytery, which includes 10 Western North Carolina counties. The spring meeting will be held in the Waynesville Presbyterian church. Mrs. Mary Deans Installed Head Os Grange o Mrs. Mary Deans was installed as worthy master and C. J. Rich as overseer at the installation ceremony held by the Swannanoa Valley Grange at the Jr. Order hall Monday night. The retiring worthy master is H. D. Smith. Other officers electe for the en suing year include: Jack Ramsey, steward; H. D. Smith, lecturer; Ewin Smith, gate keeper; Mrs. Eos Jackson, lady assistant ste ward; M. C. Stanley, assistant steward; E. W. Jackson, secretary; Katherine Dees, treasurer; Mrs. H. D. Smith, ceries; Mi's. Loey Roberts, Flora; Mrs. C. J. Rich, pomona; and Gordon H. Green wood, chaplain. TRANSFERRED TO ATLANTA C. C. Britton of Ridgecrest has been transferred to Atlanta, Ga., and will be associated with the army auditing department. Mr. Britton has been in the Finance department at Moore General hos pital for the past two years. Say You Saw It In The NEWS "
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