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■With The Sick
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nt illness at the home
Mrs. Will Burnette
-<t. Mrs. Camp em-
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Sanatorium.
■■■ ' David Tyson have
itl with measles this week.
'<• J. 11. Sexton and
SV are recovering from
B flu.
Th "de is ill with flu.
is improving hut
confined to his home.
r S ' b B - Burrus has been
r to I)uke hospital for treat-
F ' N. Stevens is confined to
home with bronchial trouble.
rf°rd Odum has been ill with
the past week.
1 urner of Ridgecrest was
w to his home last week
F> the flu.
f! rS ; ! ' enn Hunter has been ill
t j. e ' eri -' cold for the past
Roberta Hudgins, fifth
L 0 ] , Gac^er at the grammar
ss !\■ aS . >een **er home.
Sng fir her. 0 " h"*" SUb£tU
ier '' renn is l) ack in school
urv. T , absence Refuse of a leg
ived 'iches have been re-
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'ovemont h' K . enneth Brown of
Un ha * been ill at home.
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» Let's Pack The Gym Tomorrow Nighty And Light The field! !! *
the BLACK MOUNTAIN news
SWANNANOA STUDENTS RECEIVE CERTIFICATES
EIGHT \-h OUR of the 96 Swannanoa seventh and eighth grade students enrolled in the Junior Red
( ross classes taught by Mrs. Eula E Croy are shown here at the close of the graduation program which
was held at the school auditorium, Friday, February 7, at 1:30 p. m. These students completed a course
of study in health, safety, first aid, and citizenship. They were presented certificates by Mrs. Bessie Carr,
executive secretary of the Black Mountain- Swannanoa chapter. Thomas Sharp, chapter chairman, was
present for the cenneony.
Ex-Champs Play Near-Champs
Here Friday Night As Drive
To Light Athletic Field Begins
Swannanoa Boys & Girls
Will Provide Opposition
In Benefit Contests
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The drive for funds with which
to light the athletic field will get
under way Friday night when
Coach Woodrow Patton brings his
Swannanoa Warriors, both boys
'arid girts, to the local gym for a
doubleheader beginning at 7:30.
Billed as a natural due to the
fact that the Warriors won the
county title last year and the
Darkhorses came within two points
and 45 seconds of winning this
year, the game should attract one
of the largest crowds ever to see
a cage contest in Black Mountain.
Both teams will be at peak
strength. Swannanoa will be al
lowed to use Sides and his two
teammates who were declared in
eligible earlier in the season for
having played with the Beacon
team in a couple of games. Swan
nanoa fans have contended that
with these three boys in uniform
the Warriors would be able to halt
any kind of competition. Friday
night they’ll get an opportunity to
prove their point, and fans and j
officials will be eager to see just
how much the loss of these three
boys hurt the Swannanoa high’s
chances.
To offset this Coach Eugene
Byrd will be able to field in the
Black Mountain five what has
been called by some observers “the
best looking high school team to
take the floor here in years.’’
The girls’ game should be just
as close and just as interesting.
The last contest between the two
at Swannanoa ended in a tie. Since
that time players of both teams
have longed for an opportunity to
play it off. They’ll have their
chance tomorrow night.
All funds raised by the game
will go toward the fund which is
being raised here to install lights
on the athletic field.
Porter Ammons Employed
At Smith’s Case
Porter Ammons has accepted a
position at Smith’s Case at Swan
nanoa and will be in charge of the
kitchen during the day, according
to Hall J. Smith, owner and man
ager.
Formerly employed at Moore
General hospital where he was in
charge of the nurses’ dining room,
Mr. Ammons will begin his new
duties today (Thursday).
j. R. Swann spent Monday with
his daughter, Mrs. L. S. Dimby.
Thursday, March 13, 1947., Black Mountain, N. C
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LEADS REVIVAL . . .
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EVANGELIST WELDON W.
JOHNSON of Asheville who is
conducting a series of revival ser
vices at the Vance Ave. Methodist
church. His subject tonight (Thurs
day) will be “Is The Bible of To
day The Bible of Yesterday?”
There will be three services Sun
day, 11:00 a. m., 3:00 p. m., and
7:30 p. m.
Rcss Atkins
Appointed Dealer
By Reck Woe!
Ross Atkins, well known build
ing contractor of Black Mountain,
has been appointed local agent in
the Black Mountain area for the
Rock Wool Insulating company of
Asheville. Mr. Atkins will be able
to give pertinent facts in regard
to insulation of homes and com
mercial buildings.
In making the announcement the
Asheville concern said they were
following their policy of placing
local men in charge of the distri
bution and installation of their
products whenever possible. Mr.
Atkins is well known in the Black
Mountain area and has been as
sociated with hise father, David L.
Atkins in the building trade here
for several years.
KE EN LISTS IN
army air corps
Bobby Pendergrass of Black
Mountain has re-enlisted in the
Army Air corps. He was in ser
vice several months and saw action
[ overseas. He is the son of Mrs.
j John Stepp of Marion.
TRY YOUR LOCAL
MERCHANTS FIRST!
“YOUR VALLEY NEWSPAPER”
R, 0. Freeman
Student Leader
At Davidson
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DAVIDSON, March 7—Ex-sold
iers, sailors, and marines, now
dressed in the uniform of the
Army’s Reserve Officers Training
Corps with a generous sprinkling
of campaign ribbons on their
chests have changed Davidson’s
battalion of future officers from
a Cadet Corps into an organization
which resembles a battle-wise div
isiori.
Student leaders from North
Carolina in the ROTC department
include R. O. Freeman, Black
Mountain, and R. F. Walker, Ashe
ville.
Gone are the traditionally young
cadet officers and in their place
are battle tested veterans who
wear the shoulder patches of a
dozen hard hitting European and
Pacific divisions. The muster role
is crowded with men who have
tasted the practical side of war
fare on battlefields all over the
world and are now studying the
science and strategy of fighting.
Cadet Lt. Colonel Carl Pahl of
Memphis, who heads the corps, is
a former Air Force Corporal, and
hi s second-in-command, Cadet
Major Quentin Cooper of Puerto
Rico, was wounded on the same
Italian battlefield as his Professor
of Military Science, Lt. Col Wil
liam P. Gi'ace.
Combat experience and foreign
duty are commonplace among the
soldiers now drilling companies in
close order formations on Richard
son field. Four of them, Odell F.
Dobson, Charlotte, Roddy Smith,
Concord, Douglas Rice, Bennetts
ville, and Hal Mapes, Long Island,
were prisoners of the Germans.
More than fifty of the veterans
now enrolled in ROTC saw over
seas service. There are representa
tives from every branch of the
service and from every active
theater.
Lt. Col. Grace, an Infantry of
ficer who is head of the program
at Davidson, says that the pres
ence of such a large proportion of
servicemen has raised the stand
ards of training immeasurably.
Mrs. Evelyn Greene
Receives State License
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Mrs. Greene, formerly of Ideal
Beauty Shop, has recently passed
the North Carolina State Board
and received her Teacher’s and
Instructor’s license. She is now
teaching at the Asheville Beauty
A-ademy. Evelyn has just received
all new 1947 equipment for her
own shop but plans to take hair
i styling before opening.
Free Throw Sn Last 45 Seconds
Gives Oakley Victory Over BMH
Darkhorses In Finals Saturday Nite
Well, Why Not???
Tomorrow night out at the
high school gym the drive to
provide lights for the athletic
field will get under way with
Black Mountain meeting Swan
nanoa in a doubleheader start
ing at 7:30. All funds raised
at this game will go into the
light fund.
.As the time for opening of
play in the Black Mountain
softball league draws near,
interest in the proposed lights
increases. The fans want the
lights, the players want the
lights, the officials want the
lights, and so does the com
munity. With this situation
existing all that remains is for
someone to take the lead and
show the way.
If the residents of the com
munity are really interested
in lights for softball and foot
ball, they’ll fill the gym to
morrow night to capacity for
the Swarihhnoa- Black Moun
tain tussle. They not only will
be helping a worthy cause,
but also will be present when
two of the best high school
teams in the county come to
gether.
Pack the gym and light the
field.
Montreal College
Band To Present
Program Saturday
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The 20 members of the newly
organized Montreat College band,
under the direction of Miss Mary
Julia Campbell of the music de
partment, will present a program
of patriotic, semi-popular, and
classical music on Saturday even
ing at 7:30 in Anderson chapel.
The entire band will play sev
eral numbers during the evening,
and other features will include a
trumpet solo by Humphrey Armi
stead, Jr., a flute duet by Misses
Zan Emery and Grace Poyser, a
violin sollo by Miss Alice Poyser,
and vocal solos by Misses Ida Lou
Gibson and Sarah Baker.
Wright Member
Os Unit Receiving
Commendaticn
O
Herbert C. Wright, son of Mr.
and Mrs J. N. Wright, has received
notification from Washington that
his unit, the Third Marine division
has received the Navy unit com
mendation for the landing on
Guam and Bouganville. Herbert
served in this Marine division for
over four years.
Since his discharge he has been
employed at the Swannanoa Vet
eran’s hospital.
Legion Birthday Party
Will Be Monday
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The American Legion birthday
party will be held at 6:45 Monday
evening, Marih 17, at the home of
Mrs. H. E. Stinchcomb. The Aux
iliary, which will be in charge of
the covered dish supper, is honor
ing the legion on this date, and
leaders urgently request that all
members attend. Invitations have
gone out to all legionaires.
—C. J. Rich, Jr., and Bill Frady
were in Charlotte Wednesday on
business for McMurray Chevrolet
company.
Coach Eugene Byrd’s Charges
Drop Championship Contest, 19-18
Before 3900 Howling Spectators
ELECTED CHAPLAIN . . .
R. E. MUM POWER
R. E. Mumpower
Elected Chaplain
Os U.C.T.
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R. E. Mum power of Black Moun
tain was elected Chaplain of Ashe
ville Council No. 285, United Com
mercial Travelers of America,
Saturday night at the Council
Chambers in the Langren hotel.
Mr. Mumpower has been a mem
ber of the U. C. T. since 1902 when
he became a Charter member of
the Bristol, Tennessee, Council. He
was transferred to Asheville Coun
cil in 1907, and has been an active
member throughout the years, hav
ing served on tj|e Executive Com
mittee six years, represented the
Council at State and National con
ventions a number of times, and
being elected as Grand Sentinel
of the Carolinas at Durham in
t 1927. He went through the Chairs
of the Grand Council and was
. elected as Grand Counselor and
t Delegate to the Supreme Council
at a joint meeting of the Caro
i linas, Tennessee, Georgia, and
Florida in Chattanooga, Tennessee
in 1932, He also held a committee
appointment of the Supreme Coun
cil of the United States and Can
ada.
In being elected Chaplain Mr.
Mumpower is signally honored by
his local Council as a token of ap
preciation for his interest and help
to the Order. Other officers elected
were:
O. C. Mills, Senior Counselor;
W. C. Horton, Jr., Counselor; W.
K. Roberts, Past Counselor; F. T.
llarch, Secretary; H. D. McClain,
Conductor; H. N. Nix, Page;
Ralph Koontz, Sentinel; C .C.
Grigsby, Dick Briggs, Frank Yid
dy, and W- H Praia, Executive
Committee.
At the next meeting >»« Manth
22, there will be an initiation *f
candidates, after which the asbwe
officers will be publicly installed
and a Dutch supper served. .Several
prominent Black Mountain wmm
belong to this older.
P. T. A. Will Hold
Meeting March 2®
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The Black Mountain P. T. A.
will meet Thursday, March 20, at
3:15 p. rru in the gramma* school
auditorium.
CELEBRATES ANNIVERSARY
Mr. and Mrs. James HystU. cele
brated their eighth wedding anni
versary March 4. March 3 was
Mrs. James Hyatt’s birthday-
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Winning Point Scored In
Last 45 Seconds Os
Play By Sub Forward
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A free throw in the last 45 sec
onds of play by a substitute for
ward proved the margin of victory
as the Oakley boys haltered the
Black Mountain Darkhorses in the
finals of the 22nd annual Buncombe
county tournament. On the same
program the Flat Creek girls Tost
to Candler, 25-15.
Two bad breaks helped materi
ally to bring defeat to the locals.
The first came in the last quarter
when a charity toss by Willis was
nullified by the referee because he
(Willis) stepped over the line, and
the second came in the last minute
of play when a Black Mountain
boy was charged with a foul against
Volrath of Oakley. With the score
knotted at 18-all Volrath, a sub
stitute forward, stepped to the
line and swished through the point
that brought victory and the
championship to Coach Martin Wes
bitt and his team.
While lacking in great offensive
demonstrations, the game was one
of the best defensive contests of
the tourney. The guards for both
, teams played excellent hackcouri
i games.
To open hostilities Swayngim hit
from out in front, but the advant
age was short lived as Kerley grab
bed up a loose ball and tied it up.
Padgett made the count 3-2 then
Swayngim sent the Darkhorsc
rooters into hysterics by taking a
pass from Willis and raising the
scoreboard to 5-2. Just to show
his appreciation Swayngim zipped
one to Willis, who scored easily. It.
was 7-4 at the quarter.
The champions took over tin
Willis was hacked in shooting and
lead midway of the second canto..
made both in the opening minuter
of play but here the locals bogged
down and allowed Oakley to run
up a 12-9 halftime margin. There
was little scoring in the third
quarter. Black Mountain scored
three points while Oakley, playn/j
a cautious waiting game, raised
their count by a lone free throw
But action flared in the fourth
and final session. Willis put the
score back on an even keel with i
free throw, then Turner made IT
15-13 with a long shot. Brinkley
moved the gap to 15-14, and then
as the clock hit the sis mi nut*
mark Kerley put Coach Martin
Nesbitt’s club back on the lop side
of a 16-14 count. After Calloway
swished in a free throw WHli*
roared down and knotted it at 17-
17.
Lineup and score:
Oakley (19) Black Mtn. (TBd
F— Kerley (7) . . .. Willis
F—Todd (4) .. .. Swayngim <4)
C— Brinkley (1) .. Padgett tfS)
G—Calloway (3) . . Turner *2)
G- Sorrells Edwards
Subs: Oakley, Volroth (4). Bfadh.
Mountain, Gragg (1)> Brittaw
fttevens, Pence.
WEATHER
Below are the reports of the TJ
Sl Forest Service weather station
at Point Lookout. Reardings are
taiaite twice daily by W. G. Alley
8 a.m. 5 p.m. Free.
Match 6 .. 37 39 .71
March 7 .. 34 35 SMT
snow
March 8 .. 29 30 HO
March 9 .. 29 37 .‘Ob
March 10 -25 28 .00
March 11 .. 28 27 .00
March 12 .. 31 39 .00
.. Willis
. Edwards