lal First
If Averages
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ISIS
an 555
, 545
Vernon 285
Vernon - 333
and
iohists
ce ' _
es
3rown
itaker 230
> Brown 250
Brown I®®
i Millbee 000
Jones k 00®
vie Turner 461
Johnson 500
Brittain 388
Johnson .. 375
Brittain -357
wart 300
liner -250
n Turner 250
Jones 2.30
Turner 181
Harris, Jr 166
Brittain . OOO
n turner . .000
d Johnson .. i. 000
-NDSHIP CHAPEL
irdner ' 393
Fortune 315
Fortune 454
ephenson 343
arpenter 291
. Russell 200
. B. Russell 333
, Fortune 237
udisill 285
ttman ....' .166
SBYTERIAN
11 White .600
een 315
kies 300
nny 272
antley 260
Williams * . .260
Williams 250
mey 233
Daugherty 000
Daugherty 000
I FRY MILL
Osteen 424
ran 363
ssey 333
rett 233
;d 281
igess 240
dgecock 235
venger 250
•dell 125
Morgan .111
eman . 300
Cool 181
Barnwell .800
Taylor 500
Osteen .000
cond Half
r 10 Averages
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>dlin, Ridge .615
'Hey, B a pt 517
Oran, Bapt 514
'os, Meth .476
Mo Turner, Ridge. ._ .457
Oreen, Pres 434
tford, Bapt 421
Oray, Fr. Chapel . . .419
ris, Ridge. .. . -416
'■ner, Fr. Chapel __ .411
rtune, Fr. Chapel .. .400
Osteen, H Mill 400
( OXVENTIOh
r! lack Mountain singing con
n will hold the regular rnonth
r, F Sunday afternoon at 2
■ a t the Black mountain gram
"ool auditorium.
THE BLACK MOUNTAIN news
Vol. 2, No. 49
Montreat fouth Will Present
Ministre! Show At Anderson
Auditorium Saturday Evening
Miss Margaret Wardlow of
Montreat has written and is
and Montreat has written and is
directing a ministrel show, which
will be presented by young people
on the grounds here Saturday
night, Aug. 9, in Anderson Audi
torium, as one of the Saturday
night attractions which have fea
tured in Montreat this summer.
Miss Wardlow, who teaches mu
sic at the Cathedral School of St.
Mary, Garden City, L. 1., has been
in Montreat since the latter part
of June, and has directed the young
people’s and children’s recreational
activities here until a week ago
when the Rev. R. E. McCaskill,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church of Kingstree, S. C., be
came the director.
The ministrel show will include
a variety of numbers, with Dr.
Charles H. Pratt, Louisville, Ky.,
as interlocutor, and Will Kennedy
Spartanburg, S. C.; and Jack
Smith, Charlotte, N. C., as end
men.
Black face girls include: Maria
nne Hollandsworth, Covington, Va.;
Nina Berryhill, Barium Springs,
N. C.; Rosanne Jordan, Saxapa
haw, N. C.; Denna Rooney, Nash
ville, Tenn.; Rae Lindler, Colum
bia, S. C.; Frances Jones, Wallace,
N. C.; Sarah Walker, and Lula
Peck Walker, Steele Creek, N. C.;
Helen Rooney, Nashville, Tenn.;
Black face boys include Tommy
Bowen, Tallahassee, Fla.; Bill Mas
sey, Charlotte; Henry Close, Coral
Gable, Fla.; Walter Goodman,
Kanapolis, N. C.; I. M. Ellis, Jr.,
Gastonia, N. C. Bob Montgomery,
Birmingham, Ala., and David Cur
rie, Montgomery, W, Va.
The ensemble includes: Margaret
Hall Jones, Wallace, N. C.; Betty
Fortson, Augusta, Ga.; Aliena
Doggett, Williamson, W. Va.; Su
san and Virginia Neville, Mon
treat; Jane White, and Mary Har
riet White, Rock Hill, S. C.; Anne
Ky.; Jane McNair, Laurinburg,
N. C.; Jean Nesbitt, Charlotte;
Margaret Knight, Rowland, N. C.;
Nancey Dendy, Orlando Fla.;
Frances Lindler, Columbia S. C.;
Jean Deland, Montreat; Virginia
Hopkins, Meridian, Miss.; Eleanor
Huske, Reidsville, N. C.; Peggy
Bradford, Kannapolis, N. C.; Don
ald Fortson, Augusta, Ga.; Bob
Dulin, Rowland, N. C.; Wallace
Peck, Beaumont, Texas; Bill Du-
Bose, Richmond, Va.; Charles
Johnson, Red Springs, N. C.; Bill
Baxter, Midland City, Ala.; Wal
ter Coppedge and Richard Cop
pedge, Rosendale, Miss.; Henry
Wilde, Houston, Texas; Bob Berry,
Belmont, N. C.; and David Taylor,
Nashville, Tenn.
.Feature numbers will be presented
by Will Kennedy, Henry Close, the
end men, Kitty Cooper, David
Taylor, Henry Wilde, Nina Berry
hill, Bill Massey, Dick and Walter
Coppedge, Bill Baxter, Donald
Fortson, Rosanna Jordon, Randy
Taylor, Peggy Bradford; Alberto
Hermadez and Georgini Andino
of Cardenas and Havana, Cuba;
and Will Kennedy.
Large Crowd Attends
Grange Rally
At the Grange rally held at Val
ley Springs school about 200 were
present for a fine picnic supper
on the lawn and for a program.
The State Master, Mrs. Harry
Caldwell, introduced the Execu
tive board and the speakers, Dr.
E. W. Sheets, a national Grange
officer of Washington, D. C., and
Harry Caldwell, past state Mas
ter. Eight granges were represent
ed from Bucombe, Henderson, and
McDowell counties. From the
Swannanoa Valley Grange were
these members: Mrs. Mary Deans,
local Master, Miss. Nedra Deans,
Ernest Dees, Mr. and Mrs. E. W.
Jackson, Mrs. Clara Snyder, H. D.
Smith, L. A. Smith, Orlo Coodson,
C. S. Betts, Garland Stepp, and
.3115. Dees who is visiting her son
and daughter, Ernest Dees and
Mrs. Mary Deans.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Parsons of
Baltimore, Md., and A. U. Parsons
of Todd, N. C. spent Sunday night
with C. M. Parsons and family.
A. W. Parsons is the father of i
C. M. Parsons, and Earl Parsons I
is his nephew.
Black Mountain
Called Vacation
Headquarters
0
“In looking over Southern va
cation prospects, North Carolina
comes to the front of the summer
time whirl of where to go and what
to see. And to make it easier-in
stead of roaming throughout the
entire state-we’ll locate our head
quarters in Black Mountain, at the
head of the beautiful Swannanoa
Valley atthe crest of the Blue Ridge
mountains,” is the lead used for a
story which appeared in Pennsyl
vania Motorists, a newspaper pub
lished monthly by the Pittsburgh
Motor club. The title of the story
was “We’re Carolina Bound.”
Material for the article was sup
plied by the Black Mountain cham
ber of commerce.
Using much of the material
which appeared in a recent edition
of the NEWS, the eitor of the
Motorist, which has a circulation
of many thousand among the car
owners of Pennsylvania, described
in details some of the scenic points
located around Black Mountain.
At the conclusion southbound
motorists are advised to follow'
the Skyline Drive an the Blue Ridge
Parkway into Black Mountain.
As another of the news releases
prepared by the local chamber of
commerce in an effort to adver
tise Black Mountain on a national
scale, this story should pay divi
dend before the close of the tourist
season.
Big 10 Averages
For First Half
o
Pet.
Morgan. Bapt 555
Sandlin, Ridge 555
Nanney, Bapt. 545
B. Gray, Chapel 500
C. Kerlee, Bapt-Meth .. .500
Doyle Turner, Ridge. . . .461
L. Fortune, Fr. Chapel . . .454
L. Marett, Pres. .428
Jones, Meth i 425
A Osteen, H. Mill . .424
J. Brown, Meth 421
N. Harris, Ridge 421
Gardner, Fr. Chapel ... .393
Arts Club Sponsors
Richard Albany
At Blue Ridge
By invitations of Blue Ridge
officials, H. W. Sanders and E. S.
Jackson, two exhibits were opened
to the public Sunday, August 3, in
Lee Hall.
The ceramics exhibition con
sists of original designs and shapes
by Richard Albany. In the dis
play there are decorative plates,
vases, bowls, and ceramic sculp
tures.
The water colors were done in
Miami and consist of landscapes
and seascrapes. Mr. Albany also
does portrait work in oil, water
color, and charcoal.
The public is invited to visit the
classes in ceramics and in w'ater
color in the gymnasium at Blue
Ridge and at the Oak Knoll studio.
Ellingtons Have
New Employee
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Wray of
Baltimore, Md., have moved to
Black Mountain and are living
in Mis Reed’s apartment over her
beauty shop.
Mr. Wray, who is an experienced
photographer,, is employed at El
lington's studios on Cherry street.
With the Sick
T. R. Moore of Old Fort is a
patient at Marion General hos
pital. He. is the father of James
Moore of Black Mountain.
Judy Sawyer is ill with a sore
throat.
Misses Mary Guoin, Betty Brit
tian, Frances Brittian, and A1
Rountree of Mt. Holly were week
end guests of Miss Muriel Higgin
botham.
“YOUR VALLEY NEWSPAPER*’
Thursday, August 7, 1947, Black Mountain, N. C.
Need Permanent WAC and WAVE Corps
WASHINGTON, D. C.—(Soundphoto)—The “Big Brass” of the
Army and the Navy appeared before the Senate Armed Services com
mittee to urge immediate adoption of a bill making the YVACS and
WAVES permanent adjuncts to the Army and the Navy. Both said
the ladies are very much needed. Left to right: Col. Mary Hallaren,
director of the WACS; Sen. Raymond E. Baldwin, (R) of Conn.; Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Army Chief of Staff; Adm. Chester W. Nimitz,
Chief of Naval Operations; Mrs. Oswald B. Lord, Chairman of the Na
tional Civilian Administration committee to the Secretary of War;
Captain Joy B. Hancock, director of the WAVES.
Christmas Came
Early At Camp
Bridewood
o
For most people Christmas comes
but once a year. But then most
people don’t spend an enjoyable
summer camp at Camp Bridewood
on the Montreat Road at Black
Mountain. That is w'here a delight
ful Christmas celebration was held
on July 25th; there v'as a Christ
mas tree, Christmas dinner with
turkey and all the trimmings, and
Santa himself came with a gift
for everyone.
Merchantsof Black Mountain
were prepared for the midsummer
Christmas shopping. A drug store
had the necessary wrappings to
make the occasion a festive one,
and a gift shop greeted the shop
pers with “Merry Xmas” painted
on the window. Everyone co-op
erated to make Christmas spirit as
great in July as in December.
Camp Bridewood is completing
it’s third season as a Camp for
girls from 5 to 13, and boys from 5
to 10. Sixty campers and a staff
of 15 have formed the happy camp
family where campers and staff
enjoy the Christmas homelike at
mosphere, combined with camp
activities. Bridewood is equipped
to care for campers of junior camp
age, thus giving them the advan
tage of camp life without having to
compete with older campers.
Tuberculosis
Program Will
Be Given Here
o
Starting next week a two
week series of tuberculosis pro
grams will be held for Negro cit
izens in Buncombe county. All in
terested people are invited to at
eontrolling. tuberculosis, and for
tend.
These programs are planned to
explain ways of preventing and
discussing the mas x-ray survey
which will begin the last week in
August.
There will be two movies. The
speakers will be Miss Velma Turn
age, Negro health educator from
the N C. tuberculosis association,
and Miss Maxine Shafer, health
Mrs. Julia Ray. health educator
with Bucombe county association,
educator, Asheville and Bucombe
county health departments. An ex
cellent movie featuring the Tus
keegee choir is included in the uro
gram.
The schedule for the programs
in this area are as follows: Black
Mountain, August 11, 8:00 p. m.
Hill's Chapel. Montreat, August
13, 8:00 p. m. A. M. E. X. Church
Swannanoa. August 21, 8:00 p. m.,
Swannanoa school.
Kerlee Church Will
Have Pie Supper
There will be a benefit pie sup
per, sponsored bv the W. N. U
class of the Kerlee Baptist church
Saturday, August 9, at 7:30 p. m.
at the home of Fred Quinn. A va
riety of pies and cakes, as well
as coffee and cold drinks, will be
served.
The supper is for the benefit of
Boy Scout Troup 56.
Viverette Offers
24 Hour Cold
Drink Service
Offering 24 hours per day, a
new coca cola machine has just
been installed outside the Vi
verette Radio shop on State street.
The machine is self serviced.
Although no one is on duty after
closing hours, those who wish to
take the bottles with them may
leave a deposit by dropping the
money into the slot with the bottle
caps, the owner stated. The case
holds eight cases and is the first
of its kind to be installed here.
Mrs. W. N. Claud of Nashville,
Tenn., is a delegate to the Home
Mission conference at Montreat,
She is representing the Glen Leven
church of Nashville.
Final Brice
Concert At BMC
o
Soloist at the Saturday even
ing concert to be held at Black
Mountain College August 9 at 8:30
p. m. will be Carol Brice, the dis
tinguished American contralto.
Accompanied by Edward Lowin
sky, Miss Brice will sing a group
of old English songs, two of them
by Henry Purcell, selections by
Hugo Kauder and Hugo Wolf, and
the Song of the Wayfarer by Gus
tav Mahler. She will close the pro
gram with a group of Negro
Spirituals.
The Saturday concert marks the
last of Miss Brice’s appearances
at Black Mountain College this
season. ,
Benefit Card Party
Sponsored By
Lejfion Auxiliary
The American Legion Auxil
iary is having a benefit card par
ty August 11 at 8 p. m. at the
Black Mountain Recreation Park
club house. Everyone is invited to
come and enjoy the evening. Tick
ets are on sale at the Key City cab
office, at various other places, and
at the door.
Dodson Leading
In Contest
H. F. Dodson, manager of the
Black Mountain Dixie store, is
leading his district in the store
managers’ contest now' in progress
throughout this area. The 20 win
ners will be awarded a free trip
to Cuba and points south.
Based on the percentage of in
crease which the store shows over
the same period last year, the con
test has been in progress for seven
weeks and has five more to run.
PAULINE ARNOLD CIRCLE
MEETS TUESDAY
The Pauline Arnold Circle of the
First Baptist church will meet 1
Tuesday evening, August 12, at
6 p rin. at the home of Mrs. W. V. I
McMahan on Lakey Gap road. A
picnic supper will be served pre- «
eding the meeting.
j
—Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Rob
ertson and family of Kannapolis
visited Mr. Robertson’s father and
mother, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Rob
ertson on Blue Rilge Road last
week. i
Baptists And Friendship Chapel
Will Collide In first Game Os
Play-off Series Wednesday Eve
Church League
First Half
Highlights
o
1. The closeness of competition:
There were six games out of the
43 played that were decided by a
margin of one run and two were
decided by a margin of two runs.
One game ended in a 12 inning tie.
The Hosiery Mill and Friendship
took 28 innings to decide two games
between them.
2. The lowest hit game was a two
hitter hurled by Stephenson of
Friendship Chapel against the
Methodists.
3. The only shut-out was recorded
by Styles of the Presbyterians who
pitched his team to a three hit 6-0
verdict over Ridgecrest.
4. Heartbreaker . . . Joel Bruner
of Ridgecrest allowed the Baptists
only four hits yet lost 5-4.
5. Well pitched; Dempsey Whi
taker’s five hit job on the Presby
terians that knocked them out of
the first half picture. Three of the
hits came in the seventh inning.
6. Jinx. Pug Morgan got on base
and scored his first ten times up.
Scorer mentioned the fact to by
standers; Pug grounded out.
Cecil Nanney had a consecutive
hitting streak of seven straight
hits. Scorer mentioned the fact to
bystanders. Styles, ordinarily a
“cousin” for Nanney, proceeded to
horsecollar Nanney with none for
four.
“Punk” Willis had never lost a
game in Church League competi
tion; the news got around. The
Presbyterians rose up and knocked
him off.
7. Will Emory Sandlin break the
jinx? Sandlin has risen from his
•555 average to a .615 average after
two weeks of second half play.
This was too good to keep quiet.
What will happen to Sandlin in his
next game ? Let’s hope he will
break the jinx. (From now on the I
scorer plans to keep quiet.)
8. Sad spectacles: Ridgecrest and
Methodist losing games because
only seven players showed up.
9. Hard luck team: By unanimous
vote: The Hosiery Mill.
11. Faithful rooters: The “gals”
on the hill.
12. Familiar sounds: “Get out the
rule book, Oscar.” “11-legal pitch,
1 “Come here with that nickel, boy.”
“Give me that quarter, you old
stingy thing.” “What’s the score,
what inning is it, who’s ahead, why
was he out, who’s the batter ....?”
13 Exhibition of fighting spirit
. . . Benny Martee badly hurt in
game against Friendship Chapel,
yet carrying on.
14. Spectacular catches: Bob Eck
les in the pines in right field,
Pence and Lee Marett behind the
poles along the left field lone, Har
ry Gray on the hillside near thin!
base.
15. Improved playing: Everybody
16. Same names: Doyle, Dan, Don,
and Paul Turner of Ridgecrest.
Pete, Carson and Nat Brittain of
Ridgecrest. Bob, Frank, and Leon
Williams of the Baptists and Pres
byterians . . . Bill, Lindy, and Cecil
Fortune of Friendship Chapel . . .
Bob, Bill, and Jack Brown of the
Methodists . . . Red Johnson, M.
Johnson, and Earl Johnson of
Ridgecrest . . . Harry, Buster, and
Clyde Gray of Ridgecrest and Fri
endship Chapel . .
On a lesser scale: Dean and Ir
vin Willis, Baptists, Jack and Jim
Millbee of the Methodists, Paul and
Norman Harris of Ridgecrest, Ray
mond an Joe Bill Russell of Fri
endship Chapel, Lee and Benny
Marett of the Presbyterians and
Hosiery Mill, Ed and Paul Vernon
of the Baptists, Roland and A!vis
Osteen of the Hosiery Mill, Carl
an Doss Kerlee of the Methodists,
George and Jim Dougherty of the
1 Presbyterians.
IT SHOULD BE ONE BIG
HAPPY FAMILY
j 17. Smart boys: Jim Millbee and
Gene Smith. They have been to
bat once, hit once, have average oi
1.000. “Doc” Kirkpatrick did the
1 same thing last year.
18. Thanks to all who have helped
make the first half a success.
5 Cents Per Copy
The executive committee has set
the dates for the play of the first
place deadlock for honors in the
Church league to be Wednesday,
August 13, and Thursday, August
14. If an additional game is nec
essary, it will be played Wednes
day, August 20. The team winning
two out of three will be first half
champion. It was agreed that Carl
Stamey of the Methodist and Benny
Marett of the Hosiery Mill were
to be the officials.
The committee authorized the
ordering of the sportsmanship tro
phy immediately in order that it
might be here for presentation at
the end of the season.
A waiver rule was approved. It
, reads: “Any player becoming dis-
satisfied with the team, on which
he is playing may request the
president of the league to declare
him a free agent. That player may
not then participate in any fur
ther league games in that particu
lar half, but may sign up and play
with another team in the next half
of league play, provided that: he
either play with or secure waivers
from the lowest ranking- team in
the league, and so on to the next
lowest team until he be signed up.”
It was announced that Carl Ker
lee, former • Baptist player, had
been declared a free agent, had
secured waivers from the Hosiery
Mill and from Ridgecrest, and had
signed up with the Methodists.
It was decided that the league
would sponsor a. doubleheader be
tween two leading teams of the
league and the staff teams from
Montreat and Ridgecrest when the
lights became available. It was
also decided to arrange another
doubleheader in which two girl’s
teams would play and an all-star
team picked from the remainder
of the league would oppose the
first half champions.
The manager agreed to have
each team members to bring T
shirts to them. These in turn
through the courtesy of the Hosiery
Mill are to be dyed in team colors.
It was felt that this would add to
the appearance of the teams. The
Baptists decided to wear yellow,
the Methodists, Green, the Presby
terians, Blue, Friendship Chapel,
Maroon, the Hosiery Mill was - un
decided, and Ridgecrest was not
represented at the meeting.
After a brief discussion of fi
nances, and considerable “just
talk” the Committee adjourned to
meet again upon call.
Methodists Nip
Hosiery Mill, 4-3
The Methodists defeated the
Hosiery Mill in a close game Fri
day aftempon on the Grammar
School Field. Hedgecock and Whi
taker locked horns in a pitching
duel with Whitaker winning his
own game in the big Methodist
fourth inning by tripling with Jack
Brown and Jones on base. Jack.
Millbee lashed out what appeared
to be an easy home run in the
fourth inning also, but he was
called out for failing to touch sec
ond base and so was credited with
only a single.
Methodists: 0103000 4 9
Hos. Mill : 0020100 3 7
Batteries: Whitaker and Free;
Hedgecock and Cordell; three base
hits: Whitaker.
First Half
Team Batting
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BAPTISTS 355
RIDGECREST 352
FRIEND.t H APEL 330
PRES. 300
HOS. MILL 297
METHODISTS 269
Baptists led in team scoring—
-10.5 runs per game.
Friendship led in defense —
allowing 4.1 runs per game.
—Mrs. Eugene Byrd and son,
Bcbby, recently visited Mrs. Byrd’s
sister, Miss Margaret Ann Hall
man, at Mars Hill college, where
Miss Hallman is attending sum
mer school.