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110ir53,500.00 I $3,000.00 iS I $2,.>00.00 ■ $2,000.00 I $1,500.00 ■ $1,000.00 j ■ $500.00 I I I 1946-’47 ■ Sports Summary By Eugene Byrd ■ o Boy's Basketball Hb ,\r the beginning of the season ■, ;.r"spcets for asuccessful sea- JHc in basketball for the boys were ■ vr . bright. The s<|ua<l was stud -.vith veterans from the pre |B- tournament undefeated. ' the transition from foot biisketball proved to be difficult, and the boys had |Ht . ui liittinjr their stride. The |H>. of the team were being : : around to find scoring match the undoubted •-•• • • stn-ngth that the team i^^BidSsessed. WBm A- r.i season progressed, the J.flßr.v- ;•••«• much better and even :r twice defeated by Oakley ■■i! ti fina-s of two tournaments "c U p t tie season in a blaze of Wins over teams likb ■Hi' and Asheville enhanc- tht reputation of the team. *■l I should like to mention some the cogs of this machine that honor to itself, the school town. In deference to cus ■ 1 shall mention the seniors Hirst. u-vi'g Willis rose to the great- - he had always threatened to in late season. Playing a floor game, stealing the ■ flipping in his southpaw Willis made three all trams, was second high the Buncombe county and was the high rer in the Knka tournament. ■ Turner, undoubtedly one iH*'' ! l best defensive men in this co-captain of the team Wiihs and was selected on county team. Turner was cfeat help in holding the team and was a good floor 1‘ o' Brittain was slow in re mg his 45- 46 form, but in the tournament he came back great performances. 11 f.ui <in it trying and always host. Brittain ami Willis ' ogulars on the first team 1 V’ 1 . 1 (, ' a ched in Black Mountain 1 hum given fou r good years of Pence, a good defensive H'; . 1 '* dribbler de luxe, never , "» the basket as he did ■' ■*". but was a good aggres |H ,Vc ' Player. _ * zze H showed flashes of iilayed a good floor t ' 1 he, too. lacked offen ■, to match the remain ■. ~ ’ hl ' l ,la - v - “Whoopy” was a ■ ji"'"!' t 0 have around. (jr agg was a very capable "' ‘'...n-s love of the game " l ■binding. He possessed ' dutiful shots and played <l Kgressive floor game. H. . John could ■ J.;- have been a star. am ,s, who returns next ''p a forward position ■Hi . ,a! ‘b His floor work, shot |H> , " defensive work im ■ readily through the sea- 1 H -'-"uld be a real star ■HU ' • 'Cason, |H bobbv s,. ■ * 'a.'ngim, through his ■ " ’Bug, took over a first j ■ He was. high scorer ■ on pa e eight) 1 STANDINGS IN LIONS CLUB CONTEST: * Oreta Hollifield 40,800 * Alice Gibson 110,740 * Weeta Simmons 1 4 < the BLACK MOUNTAIN neWs"‘ Vol. 2, No. 35. CP&L Adds 17,376 New Customers O- The Annual Report of Carolina Power & Light Company for 1946, which has just been mailed to the Company’s approximately 21,000 stockholders, shows that CP&L last year brought electric service to 17,376 new customers in its terri tory in the Carolinas. Os all new customers added by the Company, about 9,000 were in rural areas. The report also an nounced the Company’s plans to continue its rural line building pro gram throughout 1947. A total of 7,500 new rural customers are ex pected to be added during this year. An important Company event —• the distribution of its common stock formerly owned entirely by National Power & Light Company —is discussed in the report. The CP&L common stock, which went on the New York Stock Exchange in December, has been distributed •by NP&L to some 15,000 stock holders, representing every State in the nation and several foreign countries. There are about 6,800 holders of CP&L preferred stock—Bs per cent of whom are residents of the Carolinas, owning 80 per cent of preferred stock. Among the plans for the future announced in the report is the con struction of a second 132,000-volt interconnection with Appalachian Electric Power Company, which will provide 53,600 additional horsepower for delivery to CP&L. The Company also plans to en large a number of substations, in crease the capacity of present fac ilities generally, and improve gen erating plants. A discussion of the Company’s industrial and agricultural devel opment programs is included in the 1946 report. Officials Bring Old Fort Million Dollar Payroll Old Fort, which has not had a large industrial payroll to depend on since the tannery burned down in 1931, is now looking forward to a period of unprecedented pros perity due to the untiring efforts and far-sightedness of its mayor and board of aldermen. Mayor Rockett and his Board went to work to bring the Clear water Finishing Co., to their vil lage just as soon as they heard it was seeking a site some two years ago. When the Old Fort site was first proposed, company officials were somewhat skeptical and the chances of this plant em ploing some 450 people locating here seemed remote. Undaunted by competition from large communi ties offering big financial induce ments, Mayor Rockett and his associates went forward and sold the United Merchants and Manu facturers, Inc., one of the biggest textile organizations in the U. S., on the advantages of their town. The plant is now ready for oper ation and Mayor Rockett and his associates feel that the building of this plant justifies the weary days and months they spent ironing out the innumerable problems prior to purchase of the site. Plant executives are enthusiastic at the cooperation and help given them by Town Officials and citizens, and hope that the cordial and friendly relationship established with both will continue. Garlands Offer Extra Money In Clean-Up Drive n | The Garland Home and Auto Supplies store has added an addi-1 tional SIO.OO to the.amount being j offered to the first place winner of the Lions club Clean Up Paint Up campaign now in pro gress in Black Mountain. Details of how to qualify will be found in their advertisment in this issue of the NEW S. With The Sick c. C. Hamby who has been ill, with a heart attack for the last I month is improving. V. F. W. CANDIDATE . . . Candidate for North Carolina Department Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at the Moorehead City State Encamp ment June 2,3, and 4, is E. C. Snead, above, Wilmington, past commander of the James A. Man ley Post 2573, and currently serv ing as Department Judge Advo cate. Sunny South? When Dr. and Mrs. George Harlan McClung left their home in Watertown, New York to drive to Marion, N. C., for a visit with their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Nel son Parker, they told neighbors they were going to the Sunny South where summer had al ready arrived. The first night they spent in Marion there was a good sized frost . . . They left for home Monday still looking for the Sunny South and summer. B. M. Lumber Co. Reduces Prices o In order to conform to the re quest of the President of the United States the Black Mountain Lumber company has announced a reduction of 10 per cent in prices, J. A. Dougherty, secretary, an nounced recently. The notice and information is included in their ad which appears in today’s issue of the NEWS. Although the announcement was made over the week-end, the date was set as May 1 in order to give time to rearrange price schedules. Girl Scouts Rummage Sale Saturday O Any one who would like to do nate to the rummage sale the Gill Scouts will have Saturday may leave their articles at the Black Mountain News office before 9:00 a. m. Saturday. The sale will bo held in the building north of Lance’s service station on Mon treat road. Greggs Reopen Flower Shop For Summer Mr. and Mrs. Ashton A. Gregg have returned from their winter business at Jupiter, Fla., and are re-opening their retail and whole sale floral business here for the summer and fall. KENO PARTY TONIGHT The P. T. A. Keno party will be held tonight (Thursday) in the Black Mountain High school gym nasium. Play will start at 8 p. m. tickets are 35c and can be pur chased at the door. All merchants have donated very nice prizes qpd the Bcac.on Manufacturing Com pany has given a blanket for the drawing prize. Candy and soft drinks will be sold all evening. I MRS. WILLIS ON RADIO Mr. and Mrs. YV. I. Willis and sons Dean and Irvin of Ridgecrest spent last week in Jersey City and New York visiting Dr. and Mrs. Tom Burnette. Mrs. Burnette is the former Miss Iris Willis. While in New York Mrs. Willis appeared on the NBC program, Look Your Best. SUPPLY PASTOR Dr. W. D. Weatherford will preach at the Methodist church Sunday morning, May 4. • Tuesday Is Election VOTE “YOUR VALLEY NEWSPAPER” Thursday, May 1, 1947., Black Mountain, N. C. Miss S. Hooker Is Honored By Library Board o WHEREAS the Board of Trust ees of the Black Mountain Library has received with regret the resig nation of Miss Susan Hooker, who has faithfully performed her duties as Librarian in this com munity for the past twenty-four years; AND WHEREAS due to the ef ficient supervision that Miss Hook er has rendered the Library for nearly a quarter of a century, our Library has given service to the people all through the Swannanoa Valley and Broad River Township; AND WHEREAS the Board, in its regular meeting assembled, de sires to go on record as expressing to Miss Hooker its sincere and grateful appreciation for the won derful work she has given to the Black Mountain Library and to the citizens of this community, and it is with sincere regret that Miss Hooker has seen fit to tender her resignation. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RE SOLVED that the Trustees of the Black Mountain Library express to Miss Hooker, as a body, and as in dividuals, their sincere apprecia tion for the wonderful help, ser vice and devotion she has given the Black Mountain Library for the past twenty-four years. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board feels that the citi zens of the Swannanoa Valley and Broad River Township owe to Miss Hooker a great debt of gratitude for her faithful and efficient ser vices; that we and each of us sin cerely feel that in losing Miss Hooker our Library her sustained and irreparable loss. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be spread upon the Minutes of the Board as a permanent record and as a tribute to the faithful and efficient services that Miss Susan has rendered; that a copy be mail ed to Miss Hooker, signed by the Secretary, and that a copy be given to the Black Mountain News. B. M. Library Receives Many New Books o The Black Mountain Library has received another shipment of books from the library commis sion in Raleigh, according to Mrs. Marian Leeman, local secretary. This latest shipment has a beauti ful assortment of juvenile and young adult books, as well as a good selection of fiction and non fiction for adults, and brings the estimated value of books already received from this source to $2,- 500.00, the secretary continues. Pointing out that these books were sent for use here at absolutely no cost to the local library, Mrs. Leeman revealed that more books are being shipped next week. The library board has especially requested that all those who have Black Mountain Public Library books out return them at once. The library is open on regular hours to enable people to return their books. The reopening date will be announced in the NEWS. Local Leaders Attend Red Cross Luncheon 0 Dr. C. D. Thomas, Charles S. j Porter, Miss Caroline Hall, Mrs. j Bessie S. Carr, and Thomas S. | Sharp represented the Black Moun- 1 tain-Swannanoa Chapter at a Red j Cross luncheon in Asheville on I Monday. W. YV. Jefferson, manager | of Southeastern Area, American - Red Cross, spoke on the American Red Cross, an Accounting and a Look Ahead. The luncheon was held in con nection with the North Carolina Conference for Service, at which Mrs. Carr and Mr. Sharp were delegates. Look Who’s Here! i Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Slagle of Black Mountain are parents of a daughter born April 28, in St. Joseph’s hospital. Does It Pay? ? ? FOR SALE: Hot water heater j and tank. In good shape. See Mr. Mashburn at Black Moun tain Hardware Co. j It isn’t always the number of prospects the advertisers • get that counts. For instance L. H. Mashburn of the Black Moun tain Hardware company sold this hot water heater and tank the first day—and he had only one call. There are plenty of custom ers for your product—advertise and let them know what you have. Advertising doesn't cost it pays. Eugene Byrd Heads Athletic Committee o Eugene Byrd, who coached the Black Mountain gridders to a county championship and sent his cagers to the finals of both the county and Enka tournaments Monday night was appointed head of the athletic committee of the Junior Chamber of Commerce in a meeting at the city hall. Woodrow Beddingfield. A. F. Tyson, Jr., and Dr. E. K. Brake will serve with him. The duty of this committee will be to examine the entire softball situation as it pertains to Black Mountain and to report at the next meeting. / Mountain View Facts Given By Ray Harrison A burial lot should be purchased with the same foresight and econ omy which prompts one to provide insurance and to make wills. Ray R. Harrison, general manager of Mountain View Memorial Park, Inc., believes that in order to spare a family the ordeal of select ing a lot at the time of grief, the local organization offers everyone an opportunity of selecting a buri al lot while he is able to give the matter intelligent thought. Mountain View Memorial Park is located on the Craigmont road near the Tabernacle Church. It is incorporated in the State of N. C., and has met all requirements of the state cemetery laws pertaining to cemeteries providing perpetual care. The purpose of this develop ment is to provide a cemetery un- 1 der perpetual care for the com munities of the‘Swannanoa Valley. All cemeteries should have per petual care and this can only be secured when the proper funds are set aside for it’s future care. Rarely does the lot-owner real ize the cost of developing and maintaining a modem cemetery, therefore each lot must carry its proportionate share of the origi nal cost of land. Expenses go on indefinitely after all revenue from the sale of lots has terminated, therefore the price of each lot in cludes not only an endowment for the care of the lots, but a substan- j tial sum for maintenance of the entire cemetery in perpetuity. As a part of the service of Mountain View Memorial Park, Inc., all planting will be done by the management and at the ex- pense of the cemetery. All graves will be at soil level and grassed. To prevent the use of unsightly flower containers a flower vase has been approved by the ceme tery and will be installed at soil level. The cemetery is platted and of fers lots from 1 to 12 grave size, and each lot is marked with a per manent post flush with ground in dicating lot boundary. It also has a section to be used for infants only. This is to provide a space for in fants when a family lot is not de sired. The cemetery provides both monument and flat marker lots, j the flat marker lots exceeding the monument lots by a large percent. The monument lots are distributed in such a manner that the ceme tery will always retain the ap pearance of a park. Only markers (Continued on page eight) Voters Will Elect Mayor, Three Aldermen Here Tuesday, May 6 Old Fort Plant Refunds Gifts From Citizens o The Clearwater Finishing Com pany has refunded $4500 to a group of Old Fort Citizens who had contributed this amount to purchase a piece of essential pro perty as an inducement to bring the textile finishing plant with its estimated million dollar a year payroll to that town. In a letter to Mayor H J. Rock ett, Vice President J. W. Houth of the United Merchants and Manu facturers, Inc., parent organiza tion of the Old Fort Plant, states that the Company desires to re fund the money in appreciation of the cooperation and help Mayor Rockett and the Board of Aider men have given in helping the plant become established. Mr. Houth’s letter follows: United Merchants & Manuf’rs, Inc. New York, N. Y. April 28, 1947 Mr. H. J. Rockett Mayor of Old Fort Old Fort, North Carolina Dear Mayor Rockett: You will recall that when we were considering locating our plant in Old Fort, a group of citi zens of the town contributed $4500.00 for the purchase of the Ethel Grose tract of land as an in ducement to our Company to lo cate its plant at Old Fort. The primary reason for the Company’s accepting this contribution was to make the citizens of the Town of Old Fort feel that they had a real interest in the welfare of the Com pany, and the fact that your citi zens were willing to do this was one of the main factors in our decision to locate here. However, in appreciation of the splendid cooperation shown by you and the Board of Aldermen and the citizens of Old Fort, we desire to refund this money to the indi viduals who contributed it and are, therefore, enclosing a check to you as Trustee in the sum of $4500.00 with the request that you refund to each citizen the amount he con tributed and express to each of them our appreciation. Very truly yours, J. YV. Houth, Vice President Management Division. F. F. A. Boys Compete In Contest Jack Ramsey with Marion E. j Taylor, Carrol Stevens, Kenneth Fortune, Clifton Moffit, and Cling man Capps went to the State Test farm at YVaynesville yester day to judge dairy and beef cattle, after which they returned to the farm of R S. Leonard to judge Poland Chisa hogs. This was a YVestern North Car olina contest in which approxi mately thirty chapters of Future Farmers of America were repre sented. About 150 boys were pre sent. Ronald E. Finch New President Os Lions Club o At the regular annual election the following officers were named by the Black Mountain Lions club: Ronald E. Finch, president; R. E. j YVilliams, first vice-president;; Dinsmore Crawford, second vice president; Penn Hunter, third vice president; old directors who will serve Fred Dawson, Melvin Lance, and Herbert Sanders; new direct ors are J. L. Potter and Dr. Her bert Clapp; J. L. Holman, trea surer; YV. YV. YVhite, secretary; YV. Dean YVillis, assistant secretary; Bill Hickey, Lion tamer; W. H. Holman, Sr., tail twister; and Joe Mackney, assistant tail twister. ELECTED CLASS MASCOT Toni Taylor, son of Mr. and; Mrs. Roy Taylor, and Mack Kirk- j Patrick, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. L. 1 Kirkpatrick, were recently elected 1 mascots of the senior class at j Black Mountain High school. 9 Tuesday Is Election VOTE 5 Cents Per Copy. Dr. Jumper Withdraws Because Os 111 Health 0 Interest in the city-wide election quickened today as voters in Black Mountain prepared to go to the polls Tuesday and elect a mayor and three aldermen. Challenging day will be Saturday, May 3, and the books will be open at the city hall from 9:00 a. m. to 5:00 p. m. The candidates for mayor are J. L. Potter, incumbent, and J. T. Simpson. Now concluding his first term as mayor, Mr. Potter has served eight years on the city council has been active in civic and other organizations for many years. Mr. Simpson served one term as mayor and is a retired railroad man. The withdrawal of Dr. L. C. Jumper leaves only three in the race for alderman. Advised by his physician that he would have to remain quiet for some time, and Dr. Jumper, who is a retired drug that he must not make the race gist, gave the NEWS the follow ing statement: “I have appreciated working with the present board and mayor and am sorry that on doctor’s or ders I am compelled to withdraw.” The aldermen left in the race, and now assured of victory include J. G. Northcott, Dr. Frank H. Richardson, and J. M. Lance. Mr. Lance will be making his first start in politics while Mr. North cott and Dr. Richardson are com pleting their second terms on the board. In order that those who wish to vote early may do so, the polls will open at 7:00 a. m. Tuesday, and remain open until sundown. Every one is urged to vote. Will Organize Softball Team o The girls who played basketball on the American Legion auxiliary team this past season would like to form a softball team. Anyone interested is urged to contact Catherine Eudisill at the Key City Cab office or leave her name at the NEWS office. KIRKPATRICK ATTENDING STATE CONVENTION Dr. L. G. Kirkpatrick, druggist at Uzzell’s Rexall store is attend ing the state convention of the N. C. Pharmaceutical association, be ing held this week at Charlotte, N. C. Mrs. Kirkpatrick, and son Mack accompained him. ATTENDS DA LIGHTER’S GRADUATION Mrs. H. W. Baucom left Tues day for Louisville, Kentucky, to attend the graduation exercises of the Woman’s Missionary Union Training school. Her daughter, Mrs. Heber Peacock, is one of the graduates. Our Honor Roll The following either renewed their subscription or subscribed for the Black Mountain NEWS during the past week: Edward W. Cordell Sam Byrd H. L. Wade Q. L. Penland Mrs. Elizabeth Hooton J. C. Mills Frank Joyner Mrs. N. L. Perkins Mrs. J. L. Quinn William C. Hamby L. C. Hamby Ed Stepp T. V. Marrett Rev. Eugene Byrd H. L. McPeters Francis Mundy F. E. Byrd Warren Wilson College Mrs. J. E. Webb Mrs. Carl Simmons A. C. Provost James Holland W. J. Ehrlich R. J. Daugherty S. E. Brackett W. T. Shook S. E. Caldwell George Allred J. A. White J. L. Drake C. E. Johnson Mrs. J. P. Ashley Mrs. Grace Thompson H. Grady Hardin J. H. Beckwith
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