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Bj JU K GREENWOOD
Frances Brown of Gastonia,
studl ,,t at Montreal college, was
" ne of the most popular girls on
he campus over the weekend
n d all because of a secret. Liter
an. editor of the Dialette, Miss
grown was one of the few girls
on the campus who knew the re
-sults of the election conducted
Saturday to fill posts at the col
lege.
Pledged to secrecy until the
news could be released through
ihc Dialette, the Gastonia resi
dent was disappointed when she
learned that the college news
paper could not be published un
til Monday instead of Saturday
noon as she had hoped and plan
ned According to all reports
ll isS Brown and Miss Mable Lee
Wells, editor in chief, withstood
a ;; temptations, including several
bribes, to reveal the winners. The
first inkling came when the
D.alede hit the street at noon
Monday. Who said a woman
co.ddr. i keep a secret?
It looked like a flashback to
the late twenties when the Lei
cester high school boys took the
Sour. Ronald Rogers, who was
r.a.nu-d the outstanding player in
the tournament, is a son of Con
ley Rogers, Leicester coach, who
was quite an athlete in his own
rights a few seasons back.
T r.i_ Leicester co'w’h played on
the Leicester nigh teams that
knocked over all oposition in this
section for several seasons in a
row. They were beaten in the
county finals in 1927 by a great
Haw Creek team that had E.
o ok and J. Cook in the starring
roles. Other members of the
Leicester five were Webb, J.
Rogers, and Sanford Kuykendall.
Kuykendall was killed on D Day
in Europe as a member of the
29th infantry division.
If you don't believe that a box
of Super Suds will make a solid
carload of suds, ask Mrs. Harrie
Danenhower. When she spilled a
Lux m her Bendix last week she
didnt know what fun there was
to come. Shortly after the ma
thine warmed up she started dip
ping suds and is still at it.
If anyone doesn’t believe that
ne.i is a solid carload of suds
one box of super suds, he can
oome out and measure those I
have left,” she stated.
Even though they played only
! nt ® ame at Canton, Jumping
oe Mackney's Black Mountain
raggies won one trophy. Mrs.
oodrow Beddingfield Saturday
received a bronze medal for her
funding pl ay against the Can
■ Champion Y. She was select
or i* 1 f inward berth on the
h >rd all-tourney team.
, ' have never witnessed a
moment where good sports
manship was such an outstanding
at L lfc aS that which was shown
eitv 1 T nty toui 'nament at the
not dUC ltorium - T his was true
es a V ° f players but of coach
conS Spectators alike. Many
Were bitterl y fought and
Perioric Cided only after extra
the ni- S ° play ’ ut * n cases
pro D( . r d ' t fc . rs showed the result of
at home. rdlnme by their coaches
°f'those fl takinl titUde -° n the P3rt
taking part ln the county
f ontinued on Page 5
First Team
Rogers, Leicester
Todd, Oakley
Sides. Swannanoa
Israel, Valley Springs
Pressley, Valley Springs
Tv!Hi ' r'! pi ''"ITT,r S P n, )? s ’ Sisk ' Val, ey Springs, Jackson, Sand Hill, E.
Sand l ' lU ' P avis - trace. Dillingham, Woodfin, Joyner, Grace, White,
Mountain MhwT' ° cc ’ Slader - Leicester, Rhash, Emma, Smith, Biltmore, Saunooke, Black
Black Mountain, andM^rTsan^HM ßiltmore, Morris. Weaverville, Kuykendall, Emma, Capps
First Team
Miller, Valley Springs
Sharp, Leicester
Jackson, Sand Hill
McDougle, Black Mountain
O’Donald, Barnardsville
Fortune, Black Mountain
IHE ROLL OT HONOR: Gilliam, Black Mountain, Hensley, Grace, Stafford and Slagle, Black
Mountain, Weds, West Buncombe, Dockery, Woodfin, Merrill, Fairview, Penland, Leicester, Bryant,
Grace, Buckner, Candler, Wilkerson, Swannanoa, Brigman and Pyatte, Oakley, Morrow, Black
Mountain, Gaddy, Fairview, and Caldwell, Leicester.
O.E.S. Will Have
Box Supper
The Black Mountain O. E. S.
will sponsor an old fashioned box
supper on March 23, at 7:30 p.
m. at the Masonic Hall. All are
cordially invited to come and
bring attractively decorated box
es containing enough lunch for
two. It is important that the box
also contain your name.
The number will be drawn for
the quilt that will be given by the
sewing circle of the order, and a
Beacon blanket will also be auc
tioned.
A cake walk and other enter
tainment has been planned by the
committee in charge.
What-Not-Stcre
Opens Monday
The What-Not-Store, owned and
operated by R. V. Stafford of
Black Mountain, will open for bus
iness just east of the New Thea
ter on Monday, March 22. The
store building was constructed by
the owner.
The new place of business will
handle all electrical appliances, in
cluding stoves, mixers, and irons,
as well as radios, fishing tackles,
and novelties. In addition Mr.
Stafford will repair all makes of
radios and appliances.
The new owner invites the pub
lic to visit and to inspect the new
store.
"CY” IS HERE—TO STAY
Cy Oology, who ranks with Abe
Martin in wit and popularity,
makes his appearance today in the
ad of the Black Mountain Lumber
company. The wise old gentleman
will appear weekly from now on
His introduction will be found to
day on page 1 of Section 11.
IN WEST VIRGINIA
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Jones left
this morning (Thursday) for a
visit with relatives and friends in
Durham, N. C., and in Charleston,
West Virginia. They expect to be
gone for a week or 10 days before
returning to open their grocery
store on Cherry street.
March 18, 19IS, Black Mountain. N. C.
BUNCOMBE COUNTY’S ALL-STAR TEAM
Boys
Second Team
Henson, Candler
Straehla, Swannanoa
Connor. Sand Hill
Swayngiin, Black Mountain
Rhodes, Valley Springs
Girls
Second Team
Jones, Flat Creek
Forrester, Biltmore
Gouge, Black Mountain
Bennett, Candler
McElrath, Sand Hill
Burnette, Black Mountain
Reader Issues Appeal
For 25 Copies Os
NEWS Os March 11
A Black Mountain resident,
Frank Dixon, is in need of 25
copies of the March 11 edition
of the, Black Mountain NEWS.
As the shortage of newsprint
prevents the management from
publishing more than a few ex
tra copies each week, it will be
greatly appreciated if those
who have copies of that issue
will bring or send them either
to the NEWS office or to Mr.
Dixon. The owners will be paid
5 cents per copy.
Mr. Dixon is especially in
terested in obtaining copies of
the front page which carried
the story of the proposed assem
bly ground to be built on the
Gustavino estate. Only the front
page is needed.
Black Mountain
LIBRARY NEWS
More new books at the library.
Drums of Destiny: Peter
Bourne, the author, has created,
against the tremendous back
drop of the French Revolution,
a sweeping panorama of one of
the most astonishing episodes of
the era —the rise and fall of the
Negro Empire in Haiti.
East Side, West Side: Marcia
Davenport, the author of ‘‘Valley
of Decision", has written a novel
of the breakup of a marriage in
the corruption of present day
New York society.
Proud Destiny: Lion Feucht
wanger has written a masterful
novel of France just prior to the
Revolution in which Benjamin
Franklin plays a prominent part.
For the mystery readers;
The Sign of the Twisted Can
dles: A Nancy Drew Story.
Death Takes a Bow: Mr. and
Mrs. North again make murder
a happy afair.
IN CHARLOTTE
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Sanders
spent Thursday night with their
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Lindau, and their grand
daughter Sara, who accompanied
them home for a visit.
Third Team
McMahan, Swannanoa
Sluder, Leicester
Volrath, Oakley
Brinkley, Haw Creek
Jenkins, Sand Hill
Third Team
Maney, Barnardsville
Fletcher, Candler
Fisher, Red Oak
Whitt, Flat Creek
Sluder, Leicester
Ponder, Leicester
Bleacher Project
makes Progress
At the regular meeting of the
Jaycees Monday night the commit
tee appointd to study plans for
building seats at the grade school
softball field reported progress and
favorable response from the bus
inessmen. Oscar Tinney, chairman,
conferred wuh oini Dougherty of
the Black Mountain Lumber comp
any, J. G. Northcott of Grovestone,
and W. C. Greene in regard to
type of bleachers which should be
erected. Mr. Greene is expeetd to
draw plans for 500 concrete seats
within the near future.
The committee will complete
all plans and submit them at the
next regular meeting.
Bill Holcombe reported that his
committee had secured a set of
goals which would he elected at
the grade school within a short
time. The basketball committee,
headed by Joe Mackney, was re
appointed to work out plans for
the coming softball campaign. It
was voted to step the light poles
and to continue plans for seeding
the field.
Guests of the club were Bill Will
iams and Carl Myers. Myers, who
piloted the Legion cage team to its
most successful season,was pre
sented a check for $70.00, the net
proceeds from the last Jaycee
sponsored basketball game.
Legion, Craggies
Here Saturday
The Black Mountain American
Legion and Joe Mackney’s Crag
gies are booked for two games
this weekend. On Friday night
they travel to Haw Creek for a
twin bill, while on the following
night, Saturday, they lock horns
with the Old Fort Teams, the Leg
ionnaires meeting the Rockets and
the girls crossing swords with Har
ry Swofford’s championship Old
Fort high lassies.
The Legion record to date shows
36 wins against five losses. Mack
ney’s girls have a slightly less
impressive record but have been
moving up fast during the past
Pay only 5c
Northwestern
Bank Completes
Five Years Here
The Northestern bank last week
celebrated the close of five years’
service to Black Mountain and the
surrounding community. Since op
ening here in the middle of March,
1943, the institution has grown
steadily as a system until today
with 13 offices, it ranks 499th in
the entire United States. In ad
dition to the 13 banks Northwes
tern operates three windows in
other communities.
Founded and operated on of
fering the public every banking
service consistent with the prin
ciples of good banking, the total
resources of the Northwestern
system as of December 31, 1947,
were $34,243,273.99. Depositors at
any office have the protection of
the full resources of the entire
organization. The Northwestern
bank is a member of the Federal
Deposit Insurance corporation.
Managed by William Hickey,
who serves as cashier, the Black
Mountain branch employes are
Mrs. Rose Richardson and Paul
Simmons, tellers; Miss Lavcnne
Greer, Mrs. Olene Hodgson, and
Mrs. Bill Williams, bookkeepers.
Paul Richardson is in charge of
the Old Fort branch, assisted by
Joe Nesbitt.
Bank officials are: Dr. B. B.
Dougherty, PreUdent, Edwin Dun
can, executive vice-president; ML
B. Greene, vice -president; Wade
H. Shuford, vice-president; W. B.
Austin, vice-president; D. V. Deal,
secretary; William Hickey, cash
ier.
With the home offices at North
\\ ilkesboro branches are operated
in the following towns: J '
Wilkesboro, N. C., Sparta, in. ■
Boone, N. C., Blowing Rock, N.
C. Burnsville, N. C., Jefferson,
N. C., Taylorsville, N. C., Valdese,
N. C., Spruce Pine, N. C., Black
Mountain, N. C., Newton, N. C.,
and Hickory, N. C.
Swannanoa Teachers will
Meet Parents In Benefit
Cage Game March 25
It will be Howell vs. “howls"
when the up and coming teachers
collide with the parents in a battle
of puffs at the Swannanoa High
school gym at 7:30 p. m. on Thurs
day, March 25. Billed as the bat
le of the century officials have
made plans for a record crowd
that is expected to jam the place
to the rafters to see mom and pop
take it out on teacher. But reports
from both camps would indicate
that each side will be in for an
evening of mighty tough basket
ball and that the full results will
not be known or felt until the
morning following the game.
If you want an evening of fun,
don’t forget the date. Be on hand
at 7:30, Thursday, March 25. The
place is the Swannanoa High
school gym.
few weeks and will no doubt be
at their best against Swafford’s
girls, who last week stepped out
and grabbed off the McDowell
county title.
MARCH IS “RED CROSS
MONTH” BE SI RE TO
CONTRIBUTE!