BLACK MOUNTAIN NEWS
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\ rtLj. No. 26.
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B jack greenwood
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If you should decide to do your
, plumbing, it might pay you
. j-jjj thing over with a certain
! 4dont in Black Mountain.
Hearing a friend tell of his dif
.ttv getting his hot water
i . .i!, r hooked up, the gentleman
t 4i un offered to do it himself.
Thing- went along pretty well un
tji t j, f owner of the house turned
tv, water on next morning. Al
though the heater was going full
l, !ast an ,i the pipes were Steaming,
the water coming into the lav
tore was cold as ice.
Tm someone had a bright idea.
He stepped over and flushed the
„ie. The results were start
iThe room quickly filled with
: as tite bm ing water poured
into the box. The would-be plumb
er ! a,i honked the hot water heat
er up to the wrong pipes. '
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When Herbert Sanders ar
rived at the NEWS office a
fe« daj ago and found only
one member of the staff pres
ent, he asked: “What’s the
trouble, can't you get these
Yankees to work on Lincoln’s
birthday?"
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“The best team in the state,”
was the way a sports reporter for
a Greensboro newspaper described
the Black Mountain American Leg
ion five at the conclusion of their
game in the Asheboro High school
gym Saturday night. Myer’s men
had just hung a 79 to 52 defeat on
Marsh Furniture company of High
point in the quarter finals of the
state independent tournament
which is being sponsored by the
Asheboro Lions club.
“Those boys should be playing
in the invitational tourney,” the
reporter went on. “They are defin
itely the class of this tournament."
The crowd that filled the
gym had seen the Legion cag
ers open up with a devastat
ing second half attack that
left the crowd hanging on the
-eats at the close of the game.
Brake. Edwards, Earle, and
Stephenson popped in shot af
ter shot from any and all
angles.
On the way home Brake and
Stephenson kidded Turner, who
pjayed one whale of a defensive
game, about taking so much time
to lirea '' up a play and gain con
tiol of the ball when he was under
O e goal with three opponents.
" h V did it take you so long
to those fellows off and get
bail Stephenson asked. “I
>a ' JOU w ere bouncing around like
a hot stove, but I knew
\< id it sooner or later so 1
didn’t liothoi- * i v,
■■ • ■"
" "f the floor. But you
•tan,,, w ere slow—and there
only thr,.,. +u •»,
■ lllret of them!”
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( h;r host for the trip was
r - Honeycutt, Black Moun
aUorney, who not only
I his car for the trip
~llg ht refreshments as
' ' ''is only complaint was
‘ ll A '' couldn’t find a place
I|H " ,hat "as serving steaks.
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Thursday. February 2<i, 1918, B'ack Mountain, N. C.
LEGION ELIMINATED IN FINALS
Red Cross Drive
Plans Completed
The governing board of the
Black Mountain-Swannanoa chap
ter of the American Red Cross met
at 7:30 Friday evening at the Red
Cross rt om in the city hall. Dr. C.
F. Thomas presided.
With the completion of the bus
iness district solicitation ! n Tues
day plans were made for a kickoff
breakfast < f doughnuts u d coffee
to be ,-crved at the First Metho
dist church on Tuesday morning,
March 2. at 9 o'clock. The workers
will go direct from the church to
their respective districts and be
gin their solicitation on a house
to-house oasis. Robert Guy, funds
committee chairman reported on
this and other progress which nas
been mad \
The following rep >rts were
heard: Mrs. Carrie Vernon f or the
volunteer service committee, Mrs.
Frank Buckner for the Gray Lad
ies, Mrs'. Whitt, production chair
man; and the report of the treas
urer, William Hickey, was read.
Patients Enjoy
Valentine Party
Friday, February 13, was a
lucky day at W.N.C. sanatorium.
The women up-patient* invited the
men to Rasberry lobby for a val
entine party from 7 to 9 p. m.
The lobby was bcautifuly dec
orated by Mrs. C. D. Thomas. The
decorations consisted of large red
hearts edged in white lace and
edged in red ribbon, paper table
cloths for the punch table, and
individual cloths for each table
with napkins to match.
During the first part of the
party everyone enjoyed playing
bridge, setback, rummy, checkers,
and Chinese checkers. Red punch
was served during the games. The
second hour of the party twenty
games of bingo were played and
a variety of prizes were awarded.
The prizes were beautifully wrap
ped by some of the bed patients
who were unable to attend the
party. The grand prize was a
pretty potted plant, won by Mrs.
C. B. Mikles.
Refreshments consisting of red
heart shaped ice cream, decor
ated with little white cupids,
heart shaped cookies and punch
were served by candle light. It
was really a beautiful setting and
the refreshments were delicious.
The party was planned and
managed by Mrs. Christine Bud
dy, Miss Florence Matthews, and
—A4_ a-**,—l!, atuiu —Ms —: Ada Bow
ers, Mrs. Myrtle Grady, Bill Cost
ner and Miss Ruth Zeller assisted
in serving.
Look Who’s Here!
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Kirby of
Swannanoa, R. F D. 1, are par
ents of a daughter born last
Thursday in St. Josephs hos
pital.
• RESULTS—CLASSIFIEDS! ! !
WIN OR LOSE THEY’RE STILL OUR TEAM . . .
THE BLACK MOUNTAIN AMERICAN LEGION TEAM which ad
vanced to tl e finals of the state tournament at Asheboro before being
eliminated Wednesday night by Durham, (!l to 57. Officials called
the Legionnaires one of the cleanest teams to play in the tourney.
PTA Entertained
By Students
The high school students en
tertained the members of the
Black Mountain Parent-Teachers’
association on February 19 with
an interesting and varied pro
gram at the Grammer school.
Following the program Mrs. A.
F. Tyson, Jr., president, conduc
ted the business session. An an
nouncement was made asking for
used clothing for needy children
in the local school. The president
asked the secretary to write a
note of thanks to the Black
Mountain for the contributions
to the PTA. The recomendation
was favorably passed that the
PTA give each teacher $2 for use
in buying playground equipment.
Mrs. Tyson reminded the group
that the PTA is this month cele
brating it’s 51st birthday. She
read the purpose of the Parent-
Teacher Association as set forth
by Mrs. Alice Birney and Mrs.
Phoebe Hearst, the founders of
the organization.
FREE MOVIES
There will be free movies at the
Black Mountain club house all
through the summer, Ross Taylor,
golf pro in charge of the local
course, told the NEWS today. Seen
in action will be some of the out
standing golfers, including Ben
Hogan. Byron Nelson, and Sammy
Sneed.
New Sprouts On Old Stumps
The year 1926 was a postwar,
hev -a ; n o' i r valley —DtlfiPK
that year the Black Mountain
Country Club and our fire depart
ment were organized. Many
strangers were pasing through
here on their way up to Mount
Mitchell via the old Develop
ment trail.
Real estate prices were on the
up and up. following about the
same pattern as the Florida
bubble and bursting at about the ,
same time. But three years be-'
fore the explosion, there were
Film To Be Shown
At Union Service
, The new religious film BEYOND
OUR OWN will be shown at the
union worship service at the First
Baptist church this coming Sun
day, February 29, 7:30 p. ni. This
film was produced by the Protest
ant Film commission, which is
made up of twenty-one major
Protestant denominations. BE
YOND OUR OWN shows the life
and work of the Church from a
Protestant viewpoint.
This picture was chosen as the
“picture of the month"’ for Decem
ber, 1947. The film is being shown
by the four churches which par
ticipate in the union worship ser
vice—Baptist, Methodist, Episcop
al, and Presbyterian.
BMC Will Present
Concert Saturday Night
The faculty and students of the
music department of Black Moun
tain college will present a concert
on Saturday night, February 28,
8-30 p. m. in the college dining
hall. Friends of the college are in
vited to attend.
TO DISCUSS MINORITIES
Dr. Herbert Miller will dis
cuss “Minorities” at the Monte
Vista Tuesday night, 8:00 p.
m. The public is invited.
! good reasons to think that Bun
eumbe’s increase in population
would create new problems in
sanitation. Realizing this, water
and county officials got busy and
established 12 sanitary projects
in the environs of Asheville.
Our project is known as
“Swannanoa Sanitary Project”,
I SWAN SAN as it appears on your
tax statement. On July Ist, 1927.
I our district bond issue was for
$1,723,000.00 with interest at s!£
! per cent, which was not consid
-1 ered a high rate at that tim.e
Pay only 5c
Stephenson,
Brake Selected
On All-State Team
Black Mountain Praised
or Good Sportsmanship
STATE TOURNAMETNT HEAD
QUARTERS. 11 1G 11 SCHOOL
GYM, ASHEBORO, Feb. 25
Abattered team of Legionnaires
from Black Mountain, playing in
jerseys bought at a fire sale, and
nondescript pants dyed by their
own hands, were defeated by Er
win Auditorium of Durham in the
finals of the state tourney here
tonight, 61-57. The Myersmen led
twice during the early stages of
the contest but fell behind early in
the second half and were never
able to regain the top spot.
Cheered by the receipt of more
than 60 telegrams from well
wishers at home, the Legionnaires
showed the result of more than a
week of steady travel and basket
ball and were outinanned by the
Durham crew. At one time early
in the second half the. winners took
a 15 point advantage but Earle,
Brake, and Stephenson found the
range and with only five minutes
remaining cut the gap to one point,
46-47.
As the NEWS went to press
a movement was underway in
Black Mountain to raise funds
to repay the team members
and Coach Myers for the mon
ey they had spent during the
season. At present the team is
more than SIOO.OO in the red.
All or most ofthis has been
advanced by Myers to keep
the team in action. We made
a good start with the tele
grams. With the outstanding
player in the state, two all
state forwards, and a team
that brought a $1,000,000
worth of publicity to our town
by their excellent play and out
standing sportsmanship, we
should carry our support a
bit further and dig down
enough to pull the boys out of
debt.
Neither the coach nor the
boys have complained. But if
you want to help the boys pull
through, call either Reed Hill
at the Black Mountain Groc
ery company or the NEWS.
“I have never seen such supnort
of a team in any tournament,” one
official of the Asheboro Lions club
said as the telegrams which began
arriving in a trickle in the early
morning turned to a flood in the
early afternoon. “I have never seen
anything like this.”
Dr. E. K. Brake was selected as
the outstanding player in the
tournament at the conclusion of
the juinc, aic ! Brake and Everette
Stephenson were named at the
' two forward posts on the all-state
team. Tn making the selection the
1 all-tourney board passed over such
standouts as Roe, former all-Am
; eriean at North Carolina, and oth
■ er of all-state arrl all-southern
caliber.
’ “The folks at home will never
know what those telegrams meant
to us,” a member of the team said.
“That more than anything else,
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