LET’S
HAVE
lights
l ope To Light
K e d In Time
B o r Softball
I Hv uhletic Committee
■ T „. pro?ram that the Jaycees ,
M,, i,en sponsoring to light the
■ field has met with a few
K i, ties but all concerned are
■ That they can be worked
H’ „ as to make the lights a
■ tv in time for this summer.
■ has been quite a lot of
r ,„i in lighting the field for
W ~11 and baseball as well as
The Jaycees have gone
W; ; r s problem and have found
cost for baseball, both in
H, and operation, is out of
■!. at this time. Lighting
K f , itball has a different ar-
H, . t from softball and the
number of games that
ho played makes this project
I^Hubtful.
Hv the last meeting a represen-
R.., fr„m an Asheville electrical
company submitted a
a nd an estimate to the Jay-
H {or lighting the grammar
H i athletic field for softball.
H t plan submitted was what is.
■ as a class A softball field.
A plan called for about 4 poles ,
H. the playing field about 200 .
■Bft'' from home plate. This plan
|K t,,w major objections, namely,
cost and the fact that
K- within the playing field
H U I,I unset the playground for the
children and limit the use
fm the grammar school field to
jHpk,:'. alone. This plan was re
by the Jaycees as they did
|Ht wi.-h to upset the children’s
and nor to interfere with
|[H fidd to such an extent that
hasi-ball could not be play
. . the daylight hours.
: ,rr to leave the playing
. children and baseball or
|Hi:l.si members decided on
|H) . met tin field for soft-
Wmi. by placing poles down the
and Third base lines 15 feet
IBmr from Tim playing field. This
nt will work into the
|Bovirah plan much better. It may
|Ht give as well a lighted field for
§Hfth..d hut it would leave the
clear for ti:e children and any
: UIIVOIH- desired to play,
s ■ 1 into overall
:f a project were ever con-
Bs baseball. In other
|Hm- baseball infield would
hciiied the softball lights
|H project was started
tegular baseball lighting it
mean outfield lighting.
H mentioned before
( 'Ue hid received for the (
type was too high and
H>< now considered would j
much less. It is the general
ssi cf all members that the
to build the project is to
aerials and have local
to install the lights
!!u " aid of the Jaycee mem- \
B Ibe local electricians have
H; premised their help in getting
W’ •'■i done at the lowest possi-
All of the necessary
'S ; install the system is
: -mi|. with the exception of the
H“«!-f.n:.fcrs. Mrs. F. S. Terry is
H effort to secure these
R connections ■
R with electrical manufac-
R entire project hinges
r T !ner oi not these transform
s' K ‘ n be secured. The Carolina
' 1! a!,( ‘ Light company will let
b' l e the poles at cost, plus
R ' '. vs,<, n, can be installed be-
Sd!limer it is the plan of the
athletic committee to or
’Wo leagues of six teams
bare doubleheaders three
' r week. This would leave
R U U!l ' s f°r other activities. It
R '' " su Kgested that the local
allowed one night a
Tt games.
1 a.'cet-s plan to pay for this
trough solicitation of
and activities that
' will sponsor.
-'Onp
, 1 citizens have yet
... “ached by the Jaycees
R bution to the project
R . to work out all the
and be sure the pro
|Htr, " J, 'g over before asking
’ '‘tire community is enthu-
R ' tinued on Page 5 )
™e BLACK MOUNTAIN news
UNDER MARSHAL LAW
JERUSALEM, PALESTlNE—(Soundphoto)—This scene in the
area under martial law in Jerusalem shows a long view of a road
with inhabitants behind barbed wire enclosures. The latest outbreak
of violence resulted in injuries to at least two more British soldiers
and the arrest of 21 more persons suspected of leading the under
ground attack. An officer and an enlisted man were the latest vic
tims when their staff car was demolished by an exploding land mine
between Haifa and Tel-Aviv.
Pre-school Clinic
V/ill Be Held
Here April 22, 23
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A pre-school clinic will be held
on April 22 and 23 at 9.30 each
morning at the Black Mountain
Grammar school. Dr. Whims,
county health officer, and his staff
of nurses will be here to examine
all children who will enter school
next fall. A child must be six
years of age by October if he is to
enter school in September.
It is requested that ail children
who will enter next fall be present
for the examination on one of
these days. First grade children
now in school will not attend on
those days.
Pack The Gym
And Help Light
The Field
o
The curtain will definitely ring
down on the cage season in Black
Mountain Friday night when the
high school girls and boys of ’4B
test their skill against two of the
top-teams in this section. The gills
wVI tangle with the American
Legion Auxiliary six while in the
main event the boys will try their
luck against the Black Mountain
Jaycees. Starting time is 7:30.
Scheduled as a benefit affair to
help the Junior Chamber of Com
merce light the athletic field for
softball, the contest should draw
a full house. These games will give
Coach Byrd and local fans the
first look at the 1948 teams in
action and should go a long way
toward determining just what the
prospects will be for next year.
Students tickets are being sold
at the high school while adult
tickets may be secured at The
Black Mountain NEWS office.
The price is 25 cents for students
and 50 cents for adults.
Dial “Operator”
For Emergency
OaL: Smith
O
“Dial ‘Operator’ for assistance
only in emergencies!” This urgent
plea to the public was made today
by J. Lovell Smith, district man
| ager of the Telephone company.
! Mr.. Smith also asked that tele
phone users place only those Long
Distance calls which are of an
emergency nature.
! Emergency calls are described
1 generally as those in connection
with a fire, serious accident or
illness or any situation requiring
' the aid of the police or a doctor,
I or the service of municipal oi
! other government authorities.
Mr. Smith said that while local
calls involving dial facilities are
1 generally being completed satis
factorily, the strike has impaired
serivee on local calls requiring the
assistance of an operator, and Long
Distance service.
1 i n view of this situation, he re
quested telephone users not to
I dial “Operator” for assistance un
less they experience difficulty in
I completing an emergency call.
Call For Volunteer
Blood Donors Brings
Rush of Applicants
o
If you need help, you don’t
have to look further than the
Black Mountain High school to
find it, says J. W. Wheelon,
school employee.
Informed by the doctors that
his wife, who was in St.
Joseph’s hospital, would need a
blood transfusion, Mr. Wheelon'
conveyed the information to
Principal Tom Nesbit who
promptly used the public ad
dress system to call for volun
teers.
Within a very few minutes
the hall was filled with boys
offering their blood. And the
rush is still going on. Although
the call was made on Monday,
19 boys approached Mr. Wheel
on on Wednesday to let him
know they were still ready to
volunteer if needed.
“I think it was mighty swell
of those boys and I want them
all to know that I appreciate it
more than I can say," Mr.
Wheelon told the NEWS. “And
I wish you would let the people
know about it so they may
know what the boys did. I think
it was mighty fine of all of
them.”
H. B. Fabiston Joins
Shaw’s Grocery Store
o
11. B. Fabiston of Atlanta, Ga.,
has become associated with Shaw’s
grocery store on Montreat road.
Plans have been completed and
work is going forward for convert
ing to a modern self-service groc
ery. meat, and produce store. Mr.
Fabiston is a son of the late M. R.
Fabiston of Asheville and Miami.
Florida. He and his family are
residing with his sister, Mrs. Jack
Shaw on Montreat road.
Dr. R. L. Ownbev
Will R enlace
Rev. H, G, Hardis?
Dr. R. Dwight Ware, superin
tendent of the Asheville district
of the Methodist church, has an
nounced that the pastor of the
Black Mountain Methodist church
after the departure of the Rev.
If. Grady Hardin will be Dr. R. L.
Ownbev of Charlotte. The Rev.
Mr. Hardin will he here until
April 28 after which guest preach
ers will be heard here until the
new man arrives the third Sunday
in May.
Dr. Ownbey, who has been pastor
of some of the leading churches in
North Carolina, Tennessee, and
Oklahoma, retired two years ago
and has been much in demand since
that time as preacher and teacher.
He has continued to write for
church periodicals.
Look Who’s Here!
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sheppard of
Black Mountain R. F. I). No. 1 are
parents of a daughter born Thurs
day in Mission hospital.
Dr. and Mrs. R. Dwight Ware
were Tuesday evening dinner
guests of Mr and Mrs. It. E. Mum
power.
“YOUR VALLEY NEWSPAPER”
Thursday, April 10, 1947., Black Mountain, N. C.
Blaine Morris
To Have Modern
Dairy Barn
o
Blaine Morris of North Fork is
busy building a modern dairy barn
in preparation to switching from
general farming to dairying. The
new structure is being built accord
ing to the specifications of the
state board of health and will
| qualify Mr. Morris for a grade A
rating.
With an overall size of 32 feet
by 38 feet the barn will have 12
milking stanchions, a sanitary milk
room, and a feed room. Equipment
in the milk room will be all elec
tric, including cooler, water heater,
and wash vats. The barn will con
tain adequate lighting, will be
sealed, and painted inside and out.
One of the outstanding farms
in this section, the Morris place
contains 500 acres 300 of which
are in the home tract and 200 in
mountain pasture. Mr. Morris has
been engaged chiefly in the rais
ing of swine and beef cattle but
is adding dairying because of the
opportunity it offers for a money
‘*grop.” By producing grade A
milk Mr. Morris will receive a
premium price for his product
which will more than pay for the
extra trouble.
The North Fork farmer had
three sons in the service two of
which, Joe and Scott, lost their
lives. Thomas, who is taking vet
erans training, lives with his
wife and daughter on part of the
farm, while Harry, who was too
young for the service, is planning
to enter the dairy business with
his father.
A leader in promoting the can
nery at the Black Mountain High
school, Mr Morris has been en
gaged in the sawmill business but
will now devote his full time to
his farm.
Lions Launch
Popularity
. Contest
O
Narrowed to a field of three the
search for the most popular girl
in the Swannanoa Valley gets un
der way in earnest tonight (Thur
sday) when the lucky trio, who
have been selected to compete for
the title, will be guests of the
Black Mountain Lions club at the
Monte Vista. The three are Greta
Hollifie'kV of Ridgecrest, Weeta
Simmons of Black Mountain, and
Alice Gibson of Swannanoa.
Coca-Cola jars will be used as
ballot boxes and these will be
placed at strategic points through
out the area. The committee agreed
to count 20 votes for each penny
deposited in the contestant’s jar.
The contest is being sponsored
bj- the Lions club to select a club
representative to carry the flag
of Bermuda in the “Flags of the
Nation’s" program at the state
convention in Asheville during late
May. Herbert W. Sanders heads
the contest committee.
According to latest information
jars will be placed at the follow
ing locations: in Swannasoa at
Ward’s and Sisk’s drug stores and
at the school; in Black Mountain
at the Black Mountain Drug store,
at Finley’s Place, and at the school;
and in Ridgecrest at Paul Harris’
Store.
Hardins Will Be
Honored Sunday
0
The Woman’s Society of Christ
ian Service of the First Methodist
church will hold open house Sun
day, April 13, from 4 to 6 p. m.
at the Monte Vista hotel in honor
of the Rev. and Mrs. H. Grady
Hardin. All friends in the com
munity are invited to attend.
GO TO CHARLESTON
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Kerlee and
daughters, Elsie and Wilhelmina,
went to Charleston for the Easter
week-end. They stayed at the Isle
of Palms and visited the magnolia
gardens. They returned Monday.
“AUNT JENNIE”
.
MRS. JOHN H. STEPP, 50, man
ager for the past nine years of the
Black Mountain High school
lunchroom who died suddenly of
heart disease at the school Thurs
day.
In Memory Os
Mrs. Jennie Stepp
o
The students of Black Moun
tain High school mourn the death
of Mrs. Stepp, our food dietician.
During the nine years she served
as head of the lunch room she be
came very dear to us. In fact she
was so concerned with every one
that she also acted as mother t<j
every one.
How strange it seems to go into
the lunch room now without hear
ing her kind words.
During the war when food be
came such a problem she managed
to find plenty of good appetizing
food and on special occasions rare
treats for us.
She thought only of others and
actually gave her life for others.
What a full and rich life she led.
We the students of Black Moun
tain High school will never for
get the many kindnesses and favors
she gave us.
As we stood in the cafeteria of
B. M. H. S. last Thursday morning
after Mrs. Stepp had slipped away,
someone said “we have all lost a
| friend.” And that is the truest re-
I mark that could have been made.
; “Aunt Jenny,” as she was affec
i tionately called, was a friend to
I every teacher and student in
i school. And we all loved her. If a
! boy was hungry, he received an
extra helping of food. She would
| let no one go hungry.
And not only did Mrs. Stepp see
i that we were fed but her patience
and cheerfulness sent us back to
i the afternoo nclasses happier for
j having visited with her. She ex-
I emplified every day a beautiful
I Christian spirit. The motto of her
i life of loving service and sacrifice
I might well have been:
Others, Lord, Yes others
; Let this my motto be
. Help me to live for others
That I may live with Thee.
I
Sossamon-Tyson
Named Dealer
For Bendix
A. F. Tyson, Jr., and Lee Marett
have spent most of the past week
in Charlotte, N. C., attending a
Bendix Home Laundry school con- j
ducted by the Southern Appliance j
company. This school consisted of
an intensive course on the opera-,
I tion and installation of Bendix Au-;
i tomatic washers, ironers, and dry
ers.
! The Black Mountain dealer stat
ed that he would receive an initial
! shipment of these famous auto
matic washers this week and that
I they would be on display and dem-}
i onstration next week.
Mr. Tyson expects steady ship
ments from now on and said that
| it will not be long until customers
: who have placed orders will be en
| joying their new Bendix.
ORANGE TO MEET
The Swannanoa Valley Grange
wiil meet at the Junior Order hall
Monday night. A full attendance is
! urged.
Mayor, City Council Nominated
For Reelection At Mass Meeting;
Report Lauds Work Os Present Board
Melvin Lance, Joe Simpson
Will Make Race For Posts
Mayor J. L. Potter and the en
tire board of aldermen were nom
inated for reelection at the mass
meeting held at the city hall Tues
day night. In addition J. M. Lance
was nominated for the board of
aldermen and Joe Simpson for
the mayor’s post.
Following a review of some of
the things that had been accomp
lished during the past two years,
Ronald E. Finch, Black Mountain
attorney who acted as presiding
officer, threw the meeting open
for nominations. The mayor and
entire board was placed in nomina
tion by W. W. Hall and a
quick second. W. W. Woodard
nominated Mr. Lance and Albert
J. Terrell named Mr. Simpson.
Calling attention to the fact that
the meeting was entirely non-part
isan and that anyone could nomin
ate anyone he liked. Mr. Finch
pointed out that candidates could
make the race by asking that
their names be placed on the bal
lot anytime up to 10 days before
the election which will be held
May 6. “This is the democratic
way of doing things," the chair
man asserted, “and I want all of
you to feel free to speak up for
your favorite.”
After Dr. Frank Howard Rich
ardson had praised Mr. Finch for
his efforts in helping the city
settle the highway problem, the
presiding officer was given a ris
ing vote of thanks. Mrs. Otto Lee
man made the report for the libr
ary committee and told of improve
ments which they hope to make
within the near future.
In addition to Mayor Potter four
former mayors were present, they
were R. E. Finch, W. W. Woodard,
J. P. Simpson, and Will Greene.
New Theater
Will Double
Seating Capacity
o
The excavation has been com
pleted and work on enlargement of
the New Theater will go forward
as rapidly as materials become
available, Albert J. Terrell, own
er and manager told the NEW S
today. When completed the theater
will have a seating capacity double
its present limit.
Although steel will not be avail
able until fall, all the other work
is expected to be finished before
that time. Under present plans
the theater will be able to operate
continuously throughout the con
struction period. However, it may
be necessary to close down for one
week.
Sunday movies wiil begin at the
local theater around June 1. There
will be one show each Sunday
night. The doors will open at 8:30
with the performance set for 9:00
p. m.
Rug And Jug Shop
Opens For Season
o
Having been closed since Christ
mas, the Rug and Jug shop open
ed this week. This unique moun
tain craft shop puts the name of
Black Mountain in thousands of
homes from coast to coast.
Tourists have traveled many
miles out of their way just to look
it over again, and many world
tourists acclaim it outstanding.
The management invites you to
acquaint yourself with its many
original gifts-
IN CASE OF FIRE .
In case of woods or brush fire
residents are asked to call high
windy tower, Black Mountain 4794.
—Mr. and Mrs. W. W. White and
j children, Barbara and Billy, spent
' Easter week-end in Hickory with
i Mr. White’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
i W. W. White, Sr-
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Cite Progress Made
During Past Two Years
o
By Ronald E. Finch
As you know, your present Town
Board consists of Mayor J. L. Pot
ter, owner of the Potter Feed &
Fertilizer company, Mr. J. G.
Northcott, Manager of Grovestone
& Sand company, Dr. Frank How
ard Richardson, and Dr. L. C.
Jumper, the latter three compris
ing the Board of Alermen of the
Town of Black Mountain. These
men have endeavored to conduct
the affairs nf the Town during
the past two years to the best in
terest and for the benefit of the
citizens as a whole. They have
given much of their time, especi
ally during the past twelve months,
as so many problems arose that
required the undivided attention
of each and every one.
First of all, it is unnecessary to
make the statement that a post
war economic condition prevails
through-out the entire country ne
cessitating an increase in the cost
of government as in all other lines
of business. In fact, running a
government, either national, state,
county or town, is the same as any
other kind of corporation in busi
ness for profit. For this reason
the Mayor and the Town Board
have had many problems confront
ing them which required keen
business judgment and foresight
in meeting these problems. The
cost of operating the Town of
Black Mountain has naturally in
creased and the Board was forced
to increase the tax rates from
$1.50 per SIOO.OO to $ 1.75 per
SIOO.OO during the past year in
order to take care of increases
in sa’aries and general operating
expenses. This was necessitated by
the high cost of living which pre-
vails through-out the country.
It is customary, and a duty of
the Board, to give an accounting,
so to speak, to the peopf' > of the
town at the end of their term, and
this I have been asked to do.
First of all, our water system
has been completely overhauled
and new chlorinating and other
equipment installed during the
past two years at a cost of approx
imately $4000.00. Just a little less
than two years ago tAe machinery
at the Water Shed completely wore
out and our water situation was
bad both in volume and purity.
Through the co-operation of Mr.
Thad Burentte and the untiring
efforts of the late George Wrenn,
a great period of time was con
sumed in over-hauling the sys
tem, discovering- and stopping
leakage and waste, and bringing
the system up to where the State
Health Department has now com
mended the towti for its fine water
system and the purity of its water.
In other words, every drop of
water that is used and consumed
by the citizens of Black Mountain
and the surrounding areas is not
only thoroughly chlorinated but
sterilized to the highest degree of
pruity that can be had. The ac
quiring of 15Q acres of additional
water shed property has been com
pleted by the Board’s purchasing
this property from the Holman
Estate at a cost of $10,000.00, and
for which the town is paying off
this amount under a lease agree
ment at the rate of $2000.00 per
year. This was done not only to
increase the water supply but to
insure adequate water in the anti
cipation of the growth of Black
Mountain and the surrounding
areas. Work is being continued in
fencing, removing all possible
source of contamination with a
full time worker in view.
The widening of State Street
through the Town of Black Moun
tain is now a reality. This pro
ject was started years ago by the
State Highway Commission, and
in the year 1941 the Town entered
into an agreement with the State
relative to the widening there,
which work had to be discontinued
during the war. As you know wor.c
was resumed about a year ago
and we are indeed proud of the
part the town has had in the com
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