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THE BLACK MOUNTAIN news
Vol. 3, No. 12.
Acquittal Brings Smile of Relief
ANNA, CALIF.— (Soundphoto)—Buelah Louise Overell
and Bud Gollum are free. A verdict of “not guilty” was brought forth
by the jury after almost 18 hours of actual deliberation. Plans now
according to Buelah, do not include marriage to Bud. They left the
courtroom without a glance at one another.
Warriors Regain County Football
Title By Dumping Darkhorses, 6-0
Championship Contest
Flayed In Drizzle
The Warriors brought the foot
ball championship of Buncombe
county home to Swannanoa Friday
when they punched out a 6 to 0 win
over hard fighting Black Moun
tain to close their season in league
competition untied and undefeated.
It was Coach’s day and in addition
to the county championship handed
him during his first year as head
man, Coach J. J. Walden received
all the gate receipts and several
other gifts.
After an even first quarter
which saw Swannanoa drive to
the 15 yard line only to lose the
ball on downs, a slow drizzle be
gan falling and hampered and
slowed up both teams on offense.
The winning tally came in the
third period when Sides took a
lateral and went around his own
right end for 50 yards to the Dark
horses 20. Three plays later Bailey
drove through center for 1-0 yards
and the score which proved the
margin of victory. The kick was
wide.
Fighting hard to hold the title
won last year, Coach Eugene
Byrd’s club threatened slightly in
the fourth quarter when three com
pleted passes carried the ball to
the winner’s 40.
Several Warriors were injured
in the Canton game and did not
see action. These include McClure,
Sehion, Burgess, and Lee. The
Warriors have two games remain
ing. They play at Henderson
ville Friday and at Brevard
Thanksgiving.
Lnie-ups:
SWannanoa Blk. Mountain
Tipton RE R. Osteen
Robinson RT M. Morris
Dunlap RG C. Padgett
Huntsinger C II Melton
Waldrup LG C Stevens
Creasman LT G. Bryson
Creasman LT
Mayfield LE L. Fortune
Straehla QB J. Gregg
Hall RII A. Osteen
Sides LH E. Barnwell
Bailey FB C. Reese
Subs: Black Mountain, Capps,
Jones, and Troy Reed.
Blue Ridge Officials
Attend Annual Meeting
Judge Hubert C. Jarvis, E. S.
Jackson, and H. W. Sanders of Blue
Ridge, and J. G. Northcoott of
Black Mountain attended the an
nual meeting of the Executive ■
and Operating Committees of the j
Blue Ridge Assembly in Chatta j
nooga on last Friday. Judge Jai
vis is treasurer, J. G. Northeott ;
is assistant treasurer, E. S. Jack- j
son is executive secretary, and H.
W. Sanders is secretary of the
corporation.
SPENDS NIGHT HERE
Mrs. Sam Cole of Greenville, S.
C. spent Wednesday night with
Mrs. Williams S. Holcombe.
Porter’s Food
Store Will
Open Monday
Porter’s Food Store will open for
. business Monday on Alexander’s
j Place in Swannanoa. Owner and
manager is C. S. Porter who was
formerly co-owner of Porter and
Franklin Grocery store.
Begun five months ago, the
Porter’s Food Store building is
80 feet long and 35 feet wide with
three shopping aisles. The store,
which was designed and planned
by the owner, is so arranged that
the customer enters on the right,
! passes along the fruit and vege-
I table counter, the butcher shop,
and grocery shelves, and in leav
ing the building, passes the check
ing counter. This was designed to
save time and trouble for the
customer. It is entirely self-ser
vice.
The store is modern throughout
with all the latest and most up-to
date equipment being used.
Mr. Porter invites the public to
visit and inspect his new store.
PTA To Sponsor
Chicken Supper
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The Black Mountain Parent-
Teachers’ Association will sponsor
a chicken supper Tuesday even
ing November 25, from 6:00 to
7:30 p. m. at the Elementary
school lunchroom. Tickets which
are one dollar each for adults and
l fifty cents for children may be
obtained from A. W. McDougle,
Mrs. A. F. Tyson, Jr., and from
students.
The home economics girls from
the high school will assist in
serving.
Mrs. Dempsey Whitaker is chair
man of the supper committee.
Serving with her are Miss Ruth
Gilbert and Mrs. L. J. Ring.
Special Services
At Tabernacle
Next Sunday evening at 7:30
a week of special revival services
will begin at Tabernacle Meth
odist church. The preaching will be
done by the pastor, Dr. N. G. Beth
ea, who has recently come to this
church.
On Thanksgiving evening a
Thanksgiving service will be held
at which time it is hoped that vis
itors from other churches of the
charge wil participate.
All who possibly can are invit
ed to attend these services begin
ning next Sunday evening.
builds cabins
Mrs. Hattie Epps has beg'un work |
on six new units at Grandview •
Tourist Court. A business huild
ing will be built in the front.
“YOUR VALLEY NEWSPAPER”
Thursday, November 20, 1947, Black Mountain, N. C.
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Jaycees Will
Sponsor Movie
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The Black Mountain Junior
Chamber of Commerce will spon
sor a movie at the New Theatre on
December 3-4 for the purpose of
completing payment for the soft
ball lights. Announcement was
made by Chairman Ted Holman
and theatre manager Laddie Ter
rell at a special meeting Monday
night. The picture will be “Tha
Chase.”
Tickets for the benefit show
may be purchased in any quantity
at the Black Mountain NEWS.
Come early and avoid the rush
Twenty-four hour service if desir
ed.
Greene Services
Set For Today
o
Funeral services for William
V. “Buck” Greene, first Black
Mountain man to be returned from
overseas for burial will be held
at the Black Mountain Presby
terian church this afternoon
(Thursday) at 2:30 o'clock. Dr. T.
H. Spence will officiate. The body
arrived by train Wednesday aft
ernoon at 4:20. Business houses in
Black Mountain will close for 30
minutes during the service.
A graduate of the Black Moun
tain High school with the class of
1927, Sergeant Greene entered the
armed services on March 9, 1944,
took basic training at Camp Polk,
La., and went overseas in March,
1944. As first sergeant of Co. B.
i 33rd Armored Engineers Battalion,
7th Armored division, Buck was
with Patton’s Thit i army in the
dash across France. Later his out
fit was transferred to British com
mand on the Northern front where
he was killed in the battle of the
Bulge, December 23, 1944, near St.
Vith.
The body of the Black Mountain
man, along with 6000 others, ar
rived in New York Sunday, Oct
ober 26, aboard tht U. S. Army
transport, Joseph V. Connally. First
to be returned from the E.T.0.,
most were removed from the mili
tary cemetery Henri Chapelle near
Liege, Belgium. Final shipment
for those from this area will be
from the Charlotte distribution cen
ter. The remains of North Carol
ina, South Carolina, and Virginia
dead reached Charlotte last Sun
day.
While in high school Buck was
a star athelete and later played
for Asheville, Macon, and Jersey
City before being purchased by
the Brooklyn Dodgers. Although
he made several trips for spring
training he never pitched in the
major league. Prior to entering
service he was associated with his
father in the contracting business.
The Rockweil-Ballew American
Legion post of Asheville will cori
duct military rites with the mem
bers of the Black Mountain Way
caSier-McAfee post acting as act
ive pallbearers. The Tea and Topic
club and friends will have charge
of flowers, and Mrs. S. S. Cooley
the music.
Honorary pallbearers include J.
L. Potter, J. G. Northcott, Dr. F. |
H. Richardson, J. M. Lance, L. E.
Brown, W. P. YVells, R. A. Hard
wire, Roy Browm, Bascombe Burn
ette, L. O. Poteat, R. D. Rogers,
Lawton Alien, F. A. Perley, A. P.
Perley, John Brittain, K. G. Miller,
Ralph Brown, Jack Gilbert, Gordon
Crawford, C. R. Longcoy, H. L.
Brownlee, Frank Redfern, G. L.
Kirkpatrick, J. A. Dougherty, A.
F. Tyson, Jr., Cline Atkins, Hur
ry Garland, Pi. A. Keriee, T. K.
Brown, C. C. Ridd.e, V. A vena,
ar.u l aul Piarris.
Lurvivurs include IMis,
Greece, Wile, the pin eats, Mr. and j
Mrs. Vv. C. Greene, one sister,
Lyi.eue ureene, and a brother, R.
i'. Greene.
Lm-iai will be in Mt. View Mem- ;
orial Park Cemetery. Harrison 1
Funeral home of Black Mountain
will have charge of arrangements.
• RESULTS —CLASSIFIEDS! : h
COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING
SERVICE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
A Community Thanksgiving Service
will be held at the Black Mountain. Pres
byterian church, Wednesday, November 26,
1947 at 7:30 p. m. The Thanksgiving mes
sage will be delivered by the Rev. Thad L.
McDonald Jr., minister of the Methodist
church. We are looking forward with
great anticipation for a large attendance
at this service.
EVERYONE WELCOME!
Lions To Attend
Reception For
Melvin Jones
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H. W. Sanders, district gover
nor, and W. W. iWhite, cabinet
secretary, are among those from
the Black Mountain Lions club who
will go to Statesville tonight
(Thursdaj) to attend an educat
ional and civic conference on the
United Nations. Sponsored by he
Statesville Lions club, the confer
ence is being held to increase in
terest and support for the United
Nations.
Highlights of the conference will
be the luncheon at 1 p. m. for
Melvin Jones, founder of Lionism,
the reception at 4 p. m., and the
conference banquet at 7 o’clock.
Oscar Ivanissevich, ainbassabor
from Argentina, will deliver the
banquet address. Sava Kosanovic,
ambassador from Yugoslavia, will
deliver the closing address Fri
day night. Invited to the confer
ence are faculty and student rep
resentatives of all universities and
colleges in the state.
Others from Black Mountain who
will attend are R. E. Finch, A. W.
McDougle, J. O. Williams, R. E.
Williams, and Mr and Mrs. Char
lie Spencer.
Jaycees Will
Decorate Town
For Christinas
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Plans for decorating the streets
for Christmas were completed at
a special meeting of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce held at
Sarge’s Restaurant Monday night. |
The task will be completed before
December 1, and Christmas carols ,
will be played over public address .
system after December 17. (
Reporting for the decorating .
committee, Laddie Terrell stated (
that the merchants favored the ,
plan and were willing to cooperate. ,
After much discussion it was a
greed to decorate Main Street
first and side streets as much as
possible. Terrell and Bill Phillips
were appointed to contact the mer- (
chants and to issue window cards (
Bill Holcombe was appointed as (
a committee of one to see that tne
Sights on Broadway were moved
into place, and Penn Hunter to ■
arrange for decorations.
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VISITS AT SAN <
Mrs. E. M. Dagenhart of Taylors- 1
ville, N. C., visited Mr. Dagenhart
nf \.NC Sanatorium Saturday.
Only One County Team
Scores On Warriors
Sand Hill was the only team to
cross the Swannanoa goal line as
the Warriors roared to the County
championship. The record follows:
Swannanoa 13 Sand Hill 7
Swannanoa 31 Weaverville 0
Swannanoa 18 Oakley 0
Swannanoa 6 Blk. Mountain 0
Swannanoa beat Ben Lippen 20
to 0 and lost to the Canton Bears,
19 to 0, in Blue Ridge conference
games.
Junior Red Cross
Drive Under Way
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“One hundred percent enroll
ment for service in the American
Junior Red Cross is the goal sec
for the schools of Black Mountain-
Swannanoa Red Cross Chapter,’'
Mrs. E. S. Jackson, Junior Red
Cross Chairman announced today.
From November 17 to November
28 schools in this area will be cam
paigning for membership, she said,
adding:
“This wil! give boys and girls
an opportunity to pledge them
selves to aid in meeting the needs
of their community, their country,
and the children of other nations.”
The American Junior Red Cross
continues to seiwe in military civ
ilian hospitals, providing entertain
ment programs, holiday favors,
articles of clothing and furniture,
and art made in their school
classes.
Educational rehabilitation last
year included shipment of more
than 250,000 textbooks to the
Philippine Junior Red Cross. These
were donated to the Philippine
schools by the California State
Department of Education and state
school districts from supplies or
books no longer in use.
The JRC program includes pro
viding special printing equipment
for rapid and inexpensive repro
duction of educational literature
for the schools of Czechoslovakia,
Greece, and Italy. Already, a com
plete unit has been sent to Nor
way.
Locally, members of the Junior
Red Cross have made favors sot
local service hospitals, begun col
lections for overseas gift boxes,
entered into the food conservation
drive, and will cooperate with
other local drives.
ATTEND CONVENTION
John Rice, the Rev. H. W. Ban
com, and the Rev. W. A. Huney
cutt attended the Southern Bap
tists’ State Convention held at
Winston-Salem hirst Baptis
..men .asi »eek. |
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Santa Will Be
Here For Visit
On December 20
Watch your step from now on,
kids, because on December 20
Jolly Old Santa Claus wilt pay
his annual visit to Black Mountain.
He will he here in the morning at
10:30, then after a short trip to
an unannounced destination wilt
i return for a visit in the afternoon.
Details for the visit were worked
! out Monday night by A. F. Tyson,
Jr., Junior Chamber of Commerce
I vice-president, who talked to St
j Nick at the North Pole via special
wire. After much discussion Santa
agreed to come not for one appear
ance but for two, Saturday, Dec
ember 20. Letters written to him
may be addressed in care of the
1 Black Mountain NEWS and will be
j delivered promptly.
j Bennett Rites
[Will Be Held
iAt Swannanoa
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i Final rites for Sgt. Clyde M,
Bennett, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T.
Bennett of Swannanoa, will be held
~ tomorrow (Friday) afternoon at
1 o’clock at the Swannanoa Mis
sionary Baptist church. The Rev.
Charles Jolly will officiate. Burial
> will be in Mountain Creel church.
? cemetery in McDowell county.
i A member of Company C, 23rd
: infantry, second division, Sgt. Ben
nett was killed in the Battle of
the Bulge January 22,1945. The
body arrived in Black Mountain
) by train Wednesday afternoon at
) 4:20.
, Pallbearers will be T. J. Hunt
! singer, June Ray, Harold Eller,
Vernon Allen, Alger Rainwater,
and Gilliard McClure.
Surviving are the parents; four
brothers, Clarence, J, Lewis, and
Wade of Swannanoa and Ralph of
San Diego, California.
Harrison Funeral home will be
in charge of arrangements.
Legion Five
Soars Over Enfea
fa First Start
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The Black Mountain American
Legion eager jumped off to a
flying start in the Buncombe Coun
ty League by dumping Sam Pat
ton’s highly touted Enka five, 4f
to 40. High scorer was “Grumpy'
Stephenson, who tallied 20 points
Brake followed closely with 1.9, an?
Brittain pumped two.
After leaping- out to an eigh*
point first -quarter load, Coac ;
Myei-’s trite slumped and fell be
hind at the half. The first tear
reentered the game in the fina*
round and quickly ran up the vie
toiy margin.
The Legion teams, both boy
and girls will swing back inti,
action at the Moore gym Fri
day right when they take on th
Rodcwcil-Bariew American Legion
post < i Asheville in a double head
er starting at 7:30.
Club Asks; Permission
To Erect Plaque
On motion cf Oscar Tinney, club
secretary, the Jaycees Monday
night voted to ask permission of
the Lions to place a plaque on the
Lions Mam Street Board he rring
the names of all Black Mountair
men who gave their lives in Work
War 11.
BACK FROM TRIP
Mr. and Mrs. Charley Spence
have returned from a trip to 111
inois and Indiana where they vis
ited friends and relatives.
VISITS AUNT
Harry J. Robinson of Mt. Ver
non, N. Y., has been visiting hi:
aunt, Miss Emma C, Robinson f<p
a few days.