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r UfißT Itb : \thi-ktk' I lii:i-I» yjXNo. 27. power Companies Launch Drive To Increase Farmers’ Income ißv Ag. Development Program Greater Economic For Dwellers ■Of Nation’s Rural Areas ■I —’°— 35 electric power oom located in 20 states, arc to launch an ambitious SM, increase the farmer’s in through an extensive agri development program. As ■ a lokesman for the power in ;.Hr> pointed out, "Power com are rapidly realizing the they can play in bring- Ji. r al-ont more effective con ' of natural resources, of farm production, and i stability for the ■farm' drive has its basis in a !:lp rC g[:: , : ; put into effect in 1936 ■by ti M-o.ongahela Power Com which serves parts of West Virginia. Ohio and Mary- At that time, conditions in ■ the were definitely substand ■ ard. In 1930, for instance, the value of the farms in ■the H again da Valley was $5,- ■ {O2, as ennpared with a national fHgvßge of $9,103. In the 20 years '■BB to 1930, the average value ■ of Oc- Va li y's farms had increased per cent, as against 41.3 ■ per cent for the country as a And in 1932, 36 per cent ■ of fn farm land and 55 per cent Hos ill the farms were tax-delin- K |B< pian adopted by the utility B«n a sweeping one—and many ■of its pa ts in no way involved ■ the jise of electricity or power— B c 0 ®’ equipment. Soil con was stressed. Valuable was given in the pre- of erosion, and the in- "f the farmer’s prin ■ cipal his land. Agricultural methods, resettlement, ■ and vestock breeding programs | Hall had a dominant place in the ■ plan. an example of the suc- attained, farm income in the has risen from $358 in 1935 ■ toil average of $1,200 today— ■* and, cluse to 2,000 families are now iipating as against 287 a dec go. s is the kind of work that hi to be done on almost a tal scale. It can best be de d as progressive activity for sneral good. And it is indica f the spirit and the ideals of e which domniate the utility BJv. Styles Hill Be Guest I Speaker Sunday l; v. Walter li. Styles will .speaker at the Color ■B "list church at Montreat, ■ a - V - March 9, at 3 p. m. ac- I to an announcement made ■3B -Marshall Gaither, president. H < orah Whiteside is secretary Millie Steppe is treasur fj ®eli, will speak in the interest choir. The church extends and everyone an invitation and hear the Rev. Mr. I I ■Siting parents I" * homas P. Harrison and Jughter Katherine are visit r ]>arents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom • Dr. Harrison is on leave the University of Texas and M ashington doing research ther >w are the reports of the U. rest Service weather station int Lookout. Reardings are twice daily by W. G. Alley. Ba. m. sp. m. Prec. 27 .. 25 29 .00 - 27 34 .00 1 •• 35 l”snow 2 • ■ 26.5 21 .00 V h 3 " 19 27 .00 S h 4 " 34 43 .00 B 6" 5 ■ ■ 45 54 .00 ™ E BLACK MOUNTAIN news ' Students Rule For A Day Pete Brittain, former grid cap tain and basketball star, took over the reins as principal when Stu dent Day was observed at Black Mountain High school for the first time Friday, February 28. On the whole, students took their responsibilities seriously and the venture was a success, accord ing to T. W. Nesbitt, displaced (for the day) principal. In each class a student took over the job of teaching or of maintain ing study halls for the period. Irvin Willis took over janitorial duties for the day. Students and classes taught fol low: Principal, Pete Brittain; Asst. Principal, Scott Uzzell; Eng. IV., Chas Biddix; Eng. 111., Bobby Blair; Eng. 11., Peggy Morrow; Eng. 11., Elmer Taylor; Eng. 1., Petra Brown; Eng. I„ Cecil Wil son; Gen. Science, Jimmie Milbee; Chemistry, Pete Brittain; Biology, Larry Glenn; Biology, Sara Mc- Dougle; U. S. History, Don Gragg; World History, Jack Edwards; Math 1., Chas Thomas; Math 1., Ben Leatherman; Math 11., Craw ford W’illoughby; Math 111., Joyce Gouge; Math IV., Jack Ramsey; Typing, Ethel Rice; Typing, Lawr ence Crisp; Shorthand, Doris Blankenship; Gen. Business, Joan ne Cordell; Sociology, Alvarita Taylor; Home Ec. 1., Lorraine Staf ford; Home Ec. 1., Lucille Fox; Home Ec. 11., Betty Brandon; Home Ec. 111., Pauline Ledbetter; Ag. 1 & 11., B. H. Chandley; Ag. 111., Jack Ramsey; Health, Fred Pence; Study hall teachers: Martha Davis, Crawford Willoughby, Oliv er Reece, Elizabeth Morrow, Betty Blair, and Dana Gilliam. Pierce Addresses W. N. C. Lions 0 Eleven members of the Black Mountain Lions club attended the meeting of the Asheville Lions club today (Thursday) at 12:30 at the George Vanderbilt hotel to hear Clifford Pierce, president of Lions International. Present were representatives of Lions clubs from all over Western North Car olina. Those from Black Mountain and Swannanoa who attended were O. E. Leeman, W. H. Styles, H. W. Sanders, Johnny Rice, Perry Mor gan, Roy Alexander, C. E. Spencer, A. W. McDougle, J. O. Williams, and Jack Smith. —Peggy Hall will visit her friends in Pensacola this week-end. Albert J. Terrell Named Commander Os Newly Organized V. F. W. Post 22 Members Sign At First Meeting Tuesday Night Albert J. Terrell, owner and manager of the NEW Theater, was elected post commander and Rob ert Anderson post quarter of the Black Mountain post of the Vet erans of Foreign Wars which was organized at the city hall Tues day night. Present for the organi zational meeting were D. R. Den nis and A. B. Wood, national ex tension officers of the V. h. W. Other officers elected were James Brittain, post senior vice commander, Claude Rice, post junior vice commander, Ro\ A. Taylor, post advocate, Leon Wil liams, post chaplain, James Tuck er, post surgeon, and Bill Gudger, Harold Gray and F. S. Cunning ham, trustees, and Gordon Green wood, adjutant. The meeting dates were set for the first and third Tuesdays of each month at the city hall at 7:30 p. m. The first regular meeting Thursday, March 6, 1947., Black Mountain, N. C. Wei!, Why Not? ? ? Trom the number of people who come into the NEWS of fice daily looking for houses, apartments, or rooms, one would get the idea that the army and navy must have been demobolized in the Swannanoa \ alley. "Do you have any thing for rent —just any kind of place will do,” is the usual plea. When we have to tell them that while we will do our best and will be glad to add their names to the list to be called in case anything shows up, few of them can hide their disappointment. What is being done to re lieve the housing shortage in Black Mountain? Have efforts been made to secure tempor ary housing for the dozens of folks who are without homes? Although the problem is national in scope, it seems that vigorous action might relieve the situation if not actually solve it. The public has a right to know and should be told what is being done. It’s easy for some fellow to issue a statement from an easy chair under his favorite read ing light that ‘‘Things are go ing according to plan and that there is no actual housing shortage.” If this is correct, then the folks making the rounds daily seeking a shelter must be playing house. To relieve the situation will take imagination, intelligence, and g , well, it’ll take all three. Do we have that com bination ? Blue Ridge Cleaners Will Open Monday The Blue Ridge Cleaners, owned and operated by Robert S. Eckles, 111., and Carl Kerlee, Jr., will open for business Monday morn ing, March 10, it was announced today. Full details are contained in their opening ad which may be found on page eight of this issue. With all new equipment the Blue Ridge Cleaners is located in the Junior Order hall across from the Southern depot. Formal open ing has been held up pending ar rival of the new equipment. Fea turing expert workmanship at moderate prices Carl and Bob have secured the services of J. P. Dees and Mark Hooper. Dees, who has had 20 years’ experience, will be in charge of cleaning and spotting, and Hooper, who has been in the business since 1905, will do the pressing. The owners of Blajck Moun tain’s newest business establish ment ask all their friends to visit and to inspect their new plant and equipment. ■A Say You Saw It In The NEWS will be Tuesday, March 18. Fol lowing the installation of officers Commander Terrell appointed Bill Gudger, William James, and James Brittain to meet with him and to act as a committee to investigate and to recommend a name for the post. Those who are listed on the post’s roll, including transfers from other posts, are as follows: Benjamin L. Marett, Harry B. Gray, Claude C. Rice, Robert Lee May, Daniel L. Nanney, Sr., Gor don H. Greenwood, John B. McKay, Dr. Ralph L. Huth, Roy A. Taylor, Albert Johnson Terrell, Malcolm L. Williams, Janies A. Uzzell, Ernest R. Rice, James A. Hinceman, Wm. Lee Gudger, Floyd Goff, F. S. Cunningham, Janies \5. Brown, James A. Brittain, Robert E. An derson, Austin B. Burgess, and Herbert C. Wright. LEAVES FOR NEW YORK Mrs. Mary E. Aleshire will leave Friday for New York for a visit \it!i her son-in-law and daugh .er, Mr. and Mrs. D. I. Roedel. “YOUR VALLEY N1 *VSPAPER” State Test Farm Goes On Block Saturday, 1:30 o The North Carolina state test farm, located just west of Black Mountain on highway 70 and di rectly across the highway from Moore General hospital, will be sold at auction Saturday, March 8, beginning at 1:30 p. m. There will be a band concert for the en tertainment of prospective buyers. The property has been sub divided into residential lots and small acreage tracts. Oscar Pitts is the auctioneer. Library Board Announces New Hours o Business hours for the Black Mountain public library have been announced as follows: Tuesday— -6:00 to 8:00 p. m.; Thursday— -9:00 a. m. to 12:00 noon; and Sat urday—3:oo to 6:00 p. m. A li brarian will be on duty at that time and the building is open for public use. The library board met at the Northwestern bank building Mon day night for their regular meet ing at which time Mrs. Otty Lee man, William Hickey, and Gordon Crawford were named as the book committee. This committee held at the library to consider plans a special meeting Tuesday night for replacing worn books and the elimination of duplicates. The board decided to wait until after the visit of the state librar ian, who will be here March 14, before making permanent plans for purchase of new books. An other item of vital importance which will be discussed at that time is the plan to put the library on a five day basis. Board members are Mrs. Clif ford Porter, president, Mrs. Otty Leeman, secretary-treasurer, Wil liam Hickey, A. G. Callison, L. C. Jumper, and Gordon Crawford. Red Cross Officials Extend Thanks o The following letter was received at the Red Cross office recently: February 19, 1947 Mr. Thomas S. Sharp Chapter Chairman Black Mtn.-Swannanoa Chapter American Red Cross Black Mountain, N. C. Dear Mr. Sharp: I have received a memo from Mr. Clifford Fligg, Director of Public Information in Southeast- J ern Area, in which I believe you i and other chapter leaders would be interested. Mr. Fligg says: “A copy of the February 13 issue j of the Black Mountain News came ! to my desk and I hope you will find ! an opportunity soon to pass on to the chapter my commendation of the splendid display of Red Cross news in this particular issue. The stories are newsworthy and the sel ection of illustrations was well done.” With the best of personal wish es, I am Sincerely yours, Francis P. Simerville Regional Director. Look Who’s Here! ; Mr. and Mrs. Horace Creasman of Canton, N. C., announce the birth of a daughter, born Febru -1 ary 18. Mr. Creasman is the son of , Phillip Creasman of Black Moun i tain. • A daughter was born to Mr. and t Mrs. John G. McGraw, Jr., at Mis , sion hospital Tuesday. She has • been named Barbara Ann. , 51 r. and Mrs. It. F. Poteate are - parents of a son born Wednesday 1 at St. Joseph’s hospital. ATTEND FUNERAL Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Brackett 3 attended the funeral of Mrs. t Brackett’s uncle, Luther Walker of - Old Fort at Cherry Springs Tues day morning. Roll Call Not Sufficient To Raise Quota: Red Cross Lions To Take Part In Hendersonville Zone Meeting, March 17 o The Black Mountain Lions club will take part in the zone meeting which will be held at the Skyland hotel at Hendersonville, Monday, March 17. It will be ladies’ night and wives may go as guests. Other clubs which will take part in the meeting will be Brevard and Hen dersonville. Although a zone meeting each club will be responsible for its own part of the program, will take its own tailtwister, and will get to bring home all the spoils of war. Linos club officials want at least 25 couples to make the trip and ask that those going make reservations as early as possible so that the Hendersonville club may be notified. Pvt. Stafford In New Jersey FORT MONMOUTH, N. J., Feb. 27—Pvt. Vernon E. Stafford of Black Mountain,N. C., was recently transferred from the Army Air Force Base, Sac Field, San Anton io, Texas, for communications spec ialty training with the Signal Corps School here at Fort Monmouth, N. J. He is a member of a large unit of Air Corps men to be trained at this post by the Signal Corps. Upon completion of his special ty, he will be transferred to one of the varous Air Corps installa tions as a trained technician. Former Clerk’s Office Open For Meetings The room at the city hall form erly used by the city clerk is being redecorated and will be used as a meeting place for civic organiza tions. Any civic group is welcome to meet there. If those who plan to meet there will notify the city clerk’s ofice, a fire will be built. Notification should be sent the day before. The city clerk has been moved to the room to the right of the former office. OPEN DONUT SHOP AT NEWTON Charlie Atkins and Bervin Poole plan to open a donut shop next Tuesday, 51arch 11, at Newton, N. Walter Daugherty Tells Experiences With Byrd’s Antarctic Expedition 0 Black Mountain Youth Writes Os Cold, Icebergs 0 The U. S. S. Philippine Sea has docked at Quonset Point, R. I. after a successful and interesting trip to the South Polar Region. Leaving Norfolk on January 2, carying Admiral Byrd and the six R 4 D’s which were to be used in the Antarctic exploration, together with supplies and mail for that part of the expedition which had gone earlier, the ship passed through the Panama Canal and proceeded southward for over two weeks before reaching its destina tion. Walter Dougherty, F 2-c, a member of the ship’s crew, whose chief interest is in aviation, wit nessed from the superstructure of the ship the launching of the planes, with Byrd aboard the first one to take oft. He thinks that seeing planes of that size and type launch ed from a carrier deck for the first time, thus adding another More Veterans Sign For Farm Training Twenty-two veterans are now i enrolled iii the veterans farm 1 training program at the Black Mountain and Swannanoa High schools, .E. Wheeler of Warren Wilson college has been secured to aid C. J. Rich of Black Moun tain and S. R. Neskaug of Swan nanoa. Those enrolled at Black Moun tain are Thomas B. Morris, Jr., Alvin M. Stroud, Parnell W. Car penter, Howard R. Willitt, Cecil W. Morris, Leonard L. Smith, John V. Brittain, Sr., J. Guffey, R. Hamby, R. O. Alexander, Eliza Walker, and Phillip O. Glenn. The Swannanoa list includes Charles L. Smith, Edgar Smith, Claude J. Balick, Ulmont W. Baker, David C. Drake, Willard W. Reed, William E. Burnett, Frank Barrett, and William H. Smith. Garlands Appointed Paint Dealers Garland Home and Auto Sup plies have been appointed exclu sive dealers in this area for Plastic- Kote, the new magic paint, it was revealed today by the company headquarters in Salisbury. This is the original plastic paint and is good for floors, walls, or any other surface which needs a coat of paint. The Plastic-Kote tile floor fin ish is recommended for concrete, wood, and composition floors while the Plastic-Kote transparent is good for one year when used on floors and leaves a cellophane like finish, according to the series of ads which begin in the NEWS today. Mrs. Harwood Dies At Bamardsville o Mrs. Varina L. Harwood, 72, died at her home in Bamardsville Wednesday morning. Among the survivors are a daughter and son, Miss Lena Harwood and Harlie Harwood of Black Mountain. LEGION MEETS MONDAY The American Legion will meet at the city hall, Monday night at 7:30. All members are urged to at tend. short chapter to aviation history, was well worth braving the bitter cold to witness. Though the Philippine Sea did not reach LitUe America, it was within six hundred miles of the Ross Sea Ice Shelf from where Byrd and his party operated. While there, it picked up and brought home the five survivors of the plane which crashed earlier in the expedition. Some vfery interesting letters have been received from Walter by his family since his ship reached Panama on its homeward journey. He saw no penguins ( much to our disappointment) but saw many hu&e iicebtrgs that looked like white mountain ranges in the dist ance and saw scores of whales, some of which looked to be 70 or 80 feet long. The nights, he said, were only about four hours long at this time of year, darkness falling about 12 o’clock. Now that the ships are coming in from the frigid zone, we hope they don’t bring us any colder weather! YES, WE PRINT STATEMENTS 5 Cents Per Copy. Demands Increased Since War Years, leaders Point Out For many years proceding the war the American Red Cross was able to supply its various activi ties and services through t.l»e -an nual membership campaign or roll call in which individuals contri buted SI.OO each. In 1941 the ■suna of eight million dollars was re ceived in this way. Then came Pearl Harbor, and the Red Cross was called on by the U. S. Government through the military to place its organization on a war basis as rapidly as pos sible. Plans were soon under way to raise a fund of 50 million dol lars. In the campaign of 1945 there was such an out pouring of money as this country had never seen, 235 millions. In 1946 a much smaller amount was needed and 117 million was received. In the year of 1947-48 the American Red Cross will spend 80 millions and the people of the United States are asked to con tribute 60 million. With over 12 million service men being discharged from ser vice, there will be just that many more veterans and their fatuities who can turn to the Red Cross for assistance, either in service, finan cial aid or both. There will be for many years disabled and hospital ized veterans who will need special consideration and service. This coupled with the increase in dis aster, which follow in the wake of war, means that it will be many years before the Red Cross can return to a peace time basis. To secure the 60 millions this year, many who have been accus tomed to giving on the level -of the roll call will be asked to make contributions more in line with the need for service anti the funds necessary to meet the need. To secure the local quota of $5,700.00 an effort will be made to give every one in the community an opportunity and the privilege of participating. With The Sick Johnie Hutchins, small son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hutchins -of Bardstown, Kentucky, is report ed to be improved after he suffered a severe burn on his arm. Mrs, Hutchins is the former Miss Helen Pendergrass of Black Mountain. George Wrenn is absent from school because of a log injury suf fered while riding on a sled on Montreat road. Thirteen stitches were taken in his leg. Mrs. June Glenn has been con fined to her home on Montreat, road for the past month suffering with an ear abscess and a severe cold. Miss Lucy Silvers returned home Sunday from Mission Hospital where she underwent a major -op eration. Mrs. Robert Guy has returned from Ililtmore hospital where she underwent an operation. She is reported to be getting along fine. Tommy Street, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Street, is ill at 4ns home with a severe cold. Nora Burgess is back in s<3too( after being absent because of ill ness. W. H. McMurray is improving after a recent illness. Mrs. Jess Padgett is ill at her home. Mrs. A. C. Thomas is ill at her home at Ridgecrest. W. W. (Bill) Phillips is ** Swannanoa hospital for treatment. Earl Brackett has been iH ait his home with flu. Legion Urges Public To Attend Dances o The American Legion officials report a very successful square \ dance was enjoyed last Saturday j night at the clubhouse and are j ,of 'king forward to a larger crowd ! attending Saturday night. eration.
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