■lieater-Drama
■fhool To Open
I) Burnsville
H,. tN SVILI.K - A repertory
W'‘Crania school with possi-
H , unlimited as the peaks
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■Lbrating the 25th anmver
, , !U . of the most successful
■ ~f drama in the South,
-likors of Woman’s col
m , v'versity of North Carolina,
K ' ( .j,ahlish here a six-weeks
n t „. school with full college
~ ven in courses given in
. ... various arts of the thea
■;:"o„.!uding Play production,
anli acting ' .....
K.., -larting the second Friday.
Sg ]. ,■ school, with the help
:!U> Playhouse, Inc., a
■ .... organization of 17 dir
t)u, Veterans’ Admin
will put on 10 perforni
o Broadway produc
■ KHday and Saturday oven
\ Burnsville gymnasium is
verted into a 400-seat
am i Burnsville high
will he used for class and
work.
v j i'hichc'ter, a member of
. mcnt at Woman’s
■l-.'.v and who will serve as
Hi. director at Burnsville
.-r, designed the theater.
~.,,-d ~f directors, consisting
; propl c front Burnsville,
.., \V. Phillips and W. K.
H, ;r .,n: Woman's College, and
|; Harrell of the Veteran's
H, •ration, Winston - Salem,
H sd up. Included from
rr ..-.nle are Mrs. Joe Young,
H,. Olive Belgarde, Mrs. C. R.
Rush T. Wray, Frank
K Hcwcli. Clyde M. Bailey, Mark
j^H>.r,J. R. Banks, W. E An-
Hj. j;. ]:. IVnland, L. V. Pollard,
H, 1: Fniiis. Dr. C. M. Whisnant,
■l C. P. Randolph.
|H} r .i its kind in the South,
§■{. i:-,;rnsvillc School of Drama
Repertory company is the
§HI of years of planning
|H I:■.i n sviiI c civic leaders to es
|H:- Burnsville as an artistic
the Western North Car
section, and of the
sc officials to found the
chain of theater sum
art centers, (’ar
IK unit of the university has a
9Hr; : ‘- r I under Dr. Samuel
s o, Roanoke Island,
es tiii Lost Colony, outdoor
e. of the first settling
H 0: “ North Carolina.
I: Taylor, director of the
!.:!<• r> for all of its 25-year
11H 11 '’ 1 1 be in charge of the
inductions at Burns
-1 • students have regis
» for the summer session, and
H "o greater number, is ex
|H<' ' to join the ranks of the Re
company as acting and
apprentices. Enrollment
open, at Greensboro,
R- luj lor, Woman’s college,
at Burnsville, Rush T. Wray,
Hotel.
H 1 coal of the venture is
H ’ on■ t, it• each summer a colony
rs. teachers, students, and
■> • icciati.rs of the arts second to
:!1 the nation. Burnsville
|H i,v ' underwritten the ven
on a permanent basis, and
sin .- college already has an
-1 a 12-week period of school
"oininer. In 1948. courses in
‘huice, music, and education
: added, and an invitational
ne finest experts and auth
!s under preparation.
Hartolis Spend
■Summer At BMC
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BARTOLI, violinist, for
": the Pittsburg Symphony,
■ ■-■UTtmaster of the Pittsburg
- Smfonietta, and now head
H,! ,1< ' *°l in department at Baylor
H wily, Waco, Texas, is spend
''Ummer at Black Moun
music concerts. Mrs.
Hi,! |, ‘ an * st , studied at Mathay
H. ‘""1 in London. They are giving
H & . ' s violin and piano Son
■ <u I be college, Saturday even-
H concerts, and taking part in
B ensembles of chamber music.
■J re e Movie
H' oni ght At
H ' r ; l t m niar School
He;,. " C niov ' e sponsored by the
' s to l' e given tonight, |
■ ( u,sda y) at 8 p. m. at the
H p' 1111 "* 1 ’ school auditorium.
H .“ (r yone is invited to come and
H '/ ine picture.
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Vol. 2, No. 46.
NO. 90
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P. N. Creasman, lifelong resi
dent of Buncombe county, cele
brated his 90th birthday, June 28.
Still spry, Mr. Creasman is in good
health and does his own wood cut
ting and other chores.
BMC To Present
Caro! Brice In
Concert
Carol Brice, famous American
contralto, and native of North
Carolina, arrived at Black Moun
tain College on Tuesday, and will
present her first lecture recital on
Saturday night of this week. She
will be accompanied by Erwin Bo
dky. With Miss Brice at the col
lege is her husband, Neil Scott,
author of the book “Joe Louis—
The Picture Story of his Life,” and
their three year old son, Neil
Scott, Jr.
Miss Brice has risen to a position
of great brilliance in the world of
serious music since her visit to the
College in the summer of 1945.
Last summer she was guest soloist
with Dr. Serge Koussevitsky, con
ductor of the Boston Symphony
Orchestra, at the Berkshire Mu
sic Festival. Dr. Koussevitsky li
‘k"ens her voice to a ’cello. She re
ceived high commendation from
President Truman, when she ap_
peared with him in a world-wide
broadcast from the Lincoln Mem
orial at Washington, D. C. Colum
bia Recording Company has just
completed a contract for exclusive
recordings and release of repro
duction of her voice.
Her program on Saturday night
will include selections from
Brahms, Schubert, and Beethoven,
and a group of Negro Spirituals.
Men’s Meeting
Opens Today
At M<jntr<Ti\t
Five hundred men of the Pres
byterian Church in the United
States are expected to arrive in
Montreat today for the ninth an
nual conference of Sunday school
superintendents, and the second
annual Men’s Work conference.
This dual conference is termed the
Men.at-Montreat session and the
program will be under the general
direction of S. J. Patterson, Jr.,
Rishmond, Va., director of men’s
work on the staff of the Executive
Committee of Religious Education,
and Roy A. Hogrefe, assistant in
the adult education department
and men’s work, on the religious
staff, Richmond.
MILLERS. CHAPEL
PLAY 12 INNING TIE
After trailing for five innings
the Presbyterians came back
strong in the sixth to scoie six
runs and grab a 10 to 5 victory
over the Black Mountain Hosiery
Mill in a Church Softball league
game. The losers counted twice in
the first and three in the third.
The hardluck Hosiery Mill boys,
still trying for their first win of
the season, played the powerful
Friendship Chapel on even terms
for 12 innings Monday. ’1 he con
test ended in a 2-all tie. The Mill
ers tied it up in the fourth at 1
and one following the tally by the
Chapel boys in the first. Both
teams counted once in fifth then
played shutout ball until halted
by darkness in the 12th. Stephen
son allowed only two hits after the
sixth.
BLACK MOUNTAIN
Outstanding Men
On Blue Ridge
Program
o
E. G. Wilson, executive secre
tary of the Southern Conference
on Human Relations in Industry,
has everything in readiness at
Blue Ridge for the largest and
most important session of the as
sociation. More than 800 dele
gates have made reservations at
Blue Ridge. Some of these have
had to make arrangements for
places in Black Mountain, and
Asheville.
Mr. Wilson has arranged a
program on every phase of the
subject Human Relations in In
dustry. Outstanding men in im
portant positions will appear to
discuss vital interests.
The keynote is Industrial Re
lations, The Road Ahead! Dr.
George D. Heaton, pastor of My
ers Park Baptist Church in Char
lotte, N. C. will have charge of the
devotions during the three day
conference, July 16-19. Virgil
Eady, Oxford, Ga., accompanied
by Miss Lou Lunceford will dir
ect the singing and music for the
conference. The meeting opens
Wednesday evening with an ad.
dress by A.' Carl Adkins, pastor
Dauphin Way Memorial Church,
Mobile, Alabama. Thursday even,
ing there will be humorous ad
dress by James D. Arrington, Ed
itor of the Collins News-Com
mercial of Collins, Miss., on ‘‘De
frosting America’s Frozen As
sets”.
The climax of the conference
occurs Friday evening with the
address by H. W. Prentis, Jr,
President, Armstrong Cork Co.
on “The Price of Freedom”.
Lions Club
Will Sponsor
Operetta
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The Black Mountain Lions club
has agreed to sponsor the produc
tion of the Gilbert and Sullivan
operetta, “The Pirates of Pen
zance,” in the Grammar School
auditorium Saturday night, July
26, at 8:30. The operetta will be
presented by a group from the Bre
vard Music Camp at Brevard un
der the direction of James Chris
tain Pfohl. Mr. Pfohl is head of
the Music Department of David,
son college and also director of the
Brevard Summer Music Camp.
The cast is made up of especi
ally talented people who are mem.
bers of the faculty and students at
the camp. Beautiful costumes and
stage settings will add greatly to
will be used for accompaniment,
will be used for aceomponiment.
“The Pirates of Penzance” was
presented last spring by Mr. Pfohl
and a cast of Davidson and Queens
College students to about six
thousand Buncombe County and
Asheville school children in the
Asheville Auditorium. Four hun
dred Black Mountain children en
joyed the performance.
The general committee from the
Lions Club in charge of arrange
ments is composed as the follow
ing: A. W. McDougle, Chairman;
George W. Stone, and Roy Alex
ander. Special committees are:
Tickets:George Dougherty, Chair
man; Carter C Uzzell, Luther
Kirkpatrick, and Dinsmore Craw
ford. Advertising: Gordon Green
wood, Chairman; W. H. Holman,
Fred Davidson. Programs: A. F.
Tyson, Jr., Chairman, Otty E. Lee
man. and O. W. Tinney. Stage: C.
E. Spencer, Chairman, R. E. Wil
iams, and W. H. Styles. Ushers: T.
W. Nesbitt, Chairman, R. W. Sea
wright, and A. C. Lovelace.
TO HOLD EXHIBIT
ANOTHER WEEK
Because of the great interest
shown by the public in the ceramic
display of Artist Richard Albany,
Dr. Alfred Hooker has invited
him to leave his work on display
for another week at the Home
Store. Dr. Hooker will be glad to
have the public call and he is pre
pared to answer all questions.
Presbyterian Bible school com
mencement will be held during the
Sunday school hour at the church
Sunday morning, July 20
“YOUR VALLEY NEWSPAPER”
Thursday, July 17, 1947, Black Mountain, N. C.
German Workers Protest Food Shortages
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DUSSELDORF, GERMANY (Soundphoto) - Part of the huge crowd of German workers who
left their jobs in protest against the food shortage in the British occupation zone, are shown during a
mass demonstration on one of the city’s main thoroughfares. Two of the signslearned by thei nd
shown'her.? read “We want bread.” Following the walkout of the zones 250,000 labor leaders
declared that the strike was almost 100-per cent complete.
Memory Expert
Tc Appear Here
Friday Night
o
Sigmund Blomberg, noted mem
ory expert, will give his lecture, :
on ‘ How to Improve Your Mem
ory” at the Grade school auditor
ium Friday, July 18 at 8 P. M.
This lecture, scheduled for two
weeks ago, was postponed because
of lighting difficulties. The Black
Mountain Lions club will sponsor
the appearance of the memory ex
pert and tickets may be purchased
from any member of the Lions
club or at the door on Friday
night.
Mr. Blomberg, now vacationing
in Asheville, has appeared before
many leading civic clubs through,
out the country and recently ap
peared as guest artist before the
Lions club Ladies’ Night at Blue
Ridge Assembly, where he enter
tained nearly 250 people with his
amazing memory feats.
The memory expert recently
completed a tour of more than 300
government hospitals in the coun
try where he entertained members
of the armed service with his
memory performances.
“I remember your face, but to
save my life, I just can’t remember
your name,” is a common alibi,
said the memory expert. “And I
intend to show how easy it is to
remember the names of your
friends and prospects, clients, and
customers.” In this one evening
lecture Mr. Blomberg promises to
show his audience how to apply
his system for the remembering
of names and faces, facts and fig
ures. Since the Lions club is spon
soring this event, a large audience
should attend. Already there have
been a large number of tickets
sold, it is reported, and Lions club
members are anticipating a sold
out house. Mr. Blomberg promises
much mirth, entertainment and in
struction for Friday night.
Orphanage Choir
Heard Sunday
The young people’s choir from
the Mounfain Orphanage sang at
the morning worship service in
the Black Mountain Presbyterian
church this past Sunday. Miss Con
stance Cody King directed the
choir which sang “A Prayer” by
Guoin. Miss King is a member of
the faculty of Lander College,
Greenwood, S. C.
Members of the choir were:
Edith Regan, Evelyn Cooper,
Georgia Brown, Jean Holt, Marth
a Black, Josephine Packett, Bertha
Steadman, Elise Ingle, Irene
Tweed Mathis, Iva Tweed, Lou
etta Regan, Freida Whfte, Jane
Fisher, Joretta Nichols, Clarice
Keely and Edith Freeman.
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Invite Arts
Club Members
Local artists have been invited
to bring their work to the “Street
Festival” being held on Wall
Street in Asheville this week.
Several plan to take their work for
display on Thursday.
This is a common practice in
Grenwich Village, Palm Beach,
Chicago, and other art centers. All
residents of this community are
invited to attend.
Red Cross Is
Honored
Nationally
o
A signal honor has come to the
Black Mountain-Swannanoa Chap
ter of the Red Cross in that it was
selected as one of twenty chapters
from a total of 3754 to have a rep
resentative in the National Con
vention Organization Committee.
This committee will work with
the convention officers and the
national staff to prepare for the
national convention to be held in
San Francisco, June 20 to 24, 1948.
It will have a voice in the selection
of convention officers and com
mittees and in determining the
program,
This national recognition is a
tribute to this entire community
as the Red Cross is the community
at work in a spirit of neighborli
ness and service. The record of
the local chapter has been so out
standing that it has commanded
national attention and commend
ation. Credit for this record goes
primarily to the large number of
volunteer workers who have given
so freely of their time and energy
in carrying out the Red Cross
activities and services.
ANNUALS READY
The annuals for the graduating
class of 1947 at the Black Moun
tain High school will arrive, Fri
day, July 18. Those who are to re.
ceive them are asked to see Mary
Sue Turner or Alvarati Taylor.
★ Say You Saw It In The NEWS
Pleads For "Voice of America”
WASHINGTON, D. C.— (Soundphoto)—-Secretary of State Geo.
C. Marshall, right, again took to Cong.ess his plea for contjnuaiwe
of the "Voice of America” foreign broadcasts and assetted Uiat _t
United States is a nation which is ‘ misunderstood abioad. . ■
isshown with Rep. Karl E. Mundt, (Rep S.D.), chairman, of i a House
foreign affairs subcommittee, before which he pleaded with
not to kill the State Department’s information-and cuUilitJ J
program after the house refuged to giant the $31,vb1,-o0
for the 1948 fiscal yea'-
Gray Ladies
Are Awarded
Certificates
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On Monday, July 14, nine Red
Cross Gray Ladies were awarded
certificates at a capping ceremony
held in the patients’ lounge in the
recreation building at Moore V.
A. hospital. Miss Ruth McDonald,
Red Cross field director, presided
at the meeting and presented the
class to Dr. D. E. Quinn, manager
of the hospital, who awarded the
certificates. Mrs. Sam Hottel of
Hendersonville awarded the pins
and Mrs. Frank Buckner of Black
Mountain the caps.
Two year Service stripes
awarded Miss Lily U. Woods of
Black Mountain. Four year Ser
vice Chevrons were awarded to
Miss Laura Fleming and Mrs.
Fred Dawson of Black Mountain.
BMC Lecturer
Will Discuss
Photography
Beaumont Newhall, teacher of
photography at Black Mountain
college, will present the second
lecture of his series this Friday
night at the college. The subject
of this lecture is “Wet Plates and
Dark Tents”, illustrating photo
graphy on and paper, 1839-.
1879.
Matthew Family
Reunion July 25
The fifty-first annual reunion
of the Matthew family will be held
Sunday, July 27, at Springfield,
Illinois, at the Washington Park
picnic grounds. A basket dinner
will be served at 12:30 p. m. In
case of rain it will be held in the
Field House.
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JUL 17 1947
NEWS
5 Cents Per Cop;
Montreat Will
Present Famous
Piano Team
Montreat The third of the Sat
urday night concerts in Anderson
Auditorium will be presented • by
Arthur Whittemore and Jack
Lowe, duo-pianists of nation-wide
acclaim and virtually world.wide
fame—for they are known to con
cert audiences, radio listeners,
and from recordings.
They will be heard at 8 o’clock
Saturday night, July 19, from the
platform of Anderson Auditorium.
The third of the series of sum
mer concerts is expected again to
attract large attendance. The two
young artists have played before
hundreds of thousands in many
of the large music halls of this
nation; they have entertained ser
vice men and women in United
States navy sponsored programs
and at recreational centers. Their
artistry is said to be “superb” and
music critics have said of them;
“They present a thrilling exhib
ition of ensemble playing,” and
“They are the best two-piano team
before the public today.”
Their program is as follows:
I
Overture to Alexander’s Feast
Handel
Sonata in E-flat major Bach
Allegro moderato
Siciliano
Allegro
Coronation Scene, from “Boris
Godounov” Moussorgsky
II
Four Waltzes Brahms
Roumanian Rhapsody, No. 1
Enesco
Intermission
111
“Popular Songs”
That Old Black Magic... Arlen
Lover Rodgers
Clair de lune Debussy
Guaracha 4 Gould
IV
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Concerto No.'2 (A Synthesis)
Overture to “Alexander’s. .Handel
Rachmaninoff
News From
Blue Ridge
By Iris Grannis
Thirty members of the senior
and junior staffs of Blue Ridge
chartered a bus and visited Bilt
more estates and gardens and on
the return trip stopped off at
Grove Park Inn last Sunday. Other
trips to scenic Western North Car
olina are being planned.
Mrs. Louie Westbrook, Jr. of
Drew, Miss., is visiting her mother
Mrs. T. F. Coon of Blue Ridge.
Monday they motored to Lake
Lure and Chimney Rock. They
were accompanied by Miss Evie
White, and Miss Mary Leslie.
Clyde Flannery, instructor in
Religious Education at Blue Ridge,
presented a program of slides and
running comment in the lobby of
Lee hall Sunday evening. The lec
ture dealt with the early church
history and the time of Paul to the
middle ages. Some of the slides
are pictures taken from the cata
combs in Rome.
The student staff of Blue Ridge
has formed a band under the dir
ection of Bob Rogers. Other mem
bers are: Jimmy Owens, cornet
and trumpet; Bob Rushing, trom
bone; Stan Pinel, clarinet; Bill
Baird, drums, and Carl Fudge,
piano. The band will play at games
and entertainments in the gym.,
and for their own enjoyment. The
members of the band play in
s&Shool and college bands during
»e school year.
a Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Wilson from.
.Itlanta. Ga. have arrived at Blue
Ridge to prepare for the Southern
Conference on Human Relations
.n Industry. On Sunday they en
tertained Dr. and Mrs. McGaheay
at dinner at Daughtery Heights
Inn. Other friends of long stand
ing joined them during the after
noon for visits and renewal of in
terest.
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