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„v jack greenwood
Vo te for the Kiri with the best
„ (ll w to Miss Frances Avena,
lifter of Mr. and Mrs. V
Vvena who has arrived to spend
th( . . ummer in Black Mountain,
vi-ances has completed her fresh
en work and will enter the
Xhomore class next year at the
University of Miami.
Who is the young lady a
round town "ho hates eight
ne „ple? There are no more and
’ i,..- than eight on the list,
" he assures us. and the reason
is t %ery special one w hich can t
he' repeated except on very
special occasions.
It has been suggested that the
town do something about land
scaping and beautifying the lake.
Although we have not made an
investigation, it is reported that
•ionic are using the area as a
dumping ground for trash. As this
can very easily be made one of the
■,‘oauty spots of the community, it
should be taken care of.
Stanley Garland, who served
a s poll judge at the primary
Saturday, had the last word
with most voters by the use of
his secret weapon. As each
voter stepped up to the table
Stanley would pull a mean look
ing automatic from the drawer
and ask in a tough tone of voice:
"You want to vote Republican,
don’t you?” At the sight of the
gun most folks answered in the
affirmative — and were glad to
do it. \s to how many voters he
actually scared out of their wits,
no wouldn’t say. But reports
have it that he v as looking for
the fellow who wanted to ask
for a Progressive ballot.
Vote for the most practical man
goes to the gentleman who cut his
logs tail off so that he couldn’t
welcome his mother-in-law. His
explanation was that he wanted
no signs of welcome when his
wife's mother arrived.
Note to “A law abiding citi
zen.' You made some strong
statements in your letter which
we received recently. But if we
published your letter as is, the
folks you mention would no
doubt file a libel suit against us
longer and stronger than your
letter, lint we must admit that
»e have never witnessed the
type of conditions which you
s »y exists at times. If you have
proof of this type of thing, we
are certain that the city
officials would like to hear
about it.
lit Woodard E. Farmer, former
assistant psychiatric chief of the
98th U. S. general hospital in the
E T .0.. is the father of a son bom
May 27 at Biltmore hospital.
B°yie Turner and his liidge
eresters are the most improved
team in the softball league.
s trengthened by the return of
>be Harris brothers and others,
the hoys from the assembly
grounds are playing better than
average ball even though they
are not winning many games,
'wo brother acts are helping
to give this team a classy com
pilation that will figure heavily
in league play from here on out.
‘'".vie and Paul Turner play the
outfield while the Harris boys
.-'T? *^ e right side of the in
held.
j'' 11 it' s the singing policeman
\Ys, tlle singing soup slinger.
.... a Black Mountain couple
* honored by their daughters
1 v.ieir 26th anniversary, Sarge
i." cv and the cop sang “Happy
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bn! In hunter, who won fame
"ot fortune by conducting
tim' H m:in a >’cee meeting some
s '.' , ago ' has received from the
|j v . ‘ lr - v °f the Telegraph De
•' Se *’yice a letter of com
t ontinued on Page 8
I luirsday, June 3, 19-IS, Black Mountain, N. C.
Playground Now
In Operation
Through the courtesy of E. .E.
White, the playground on Church
street opened on June 1 under the
supervision of Mrs. Oliver Mc-
Mahan. In the first two weeks it
will be open only in the afternoon,
but atter that time the hours will
be from 9 a. m. to 12 noon and
from 3 p. m. until 6 p. m.
Several pieces of new equipment
will be installed. Later, if possible,
a merry-go-round will be bought.
1 he grounds are free and are open
to all the children of the com
munity from three to nine years
of age.
Miss R. Aleshire
Tours Orient
Miss Ruth Cory Aleshire made
a recent tour of many ooints in
the Orient by air.
The daughter of Mrs. Mary
Ale-shire of “Oak Knoll’ - and the
late Wm. F. Aleshire, Miss Ruth
is completing her sixth year of
foreign service as a psychiatric
social worker with the American
Red Cross.
A graduate of Eureka college
and of the New York School of
Social Work, she also holds her
M.S. degree from Columbia Uni
versity.
One year ago Miss Aleshire
flew from Guam to the states
and back. She visited her brother
in-law and sister Mr. and Mrs. D.
I. Roedel in New York City and
her mother at Oak Knoll, Black
Mountain.
In January of 1948 Miss Ale
shire was sent to Tokyo to attend
a Red Cross conference. Since that
time she has also flown to points
in China, Okinawa, the Phillipines,
and Siam. She has returned to
Guam where she is field director
of American Red Cross at the
U. S. naval hospital.
Commenting on her varied ex
periences in these foreign lands,
Miss Ruth counted that of clear
ing in a Chinese airport as the
most confusing and dramatic inci
dent of all. Bankok, Siam, was the
most southern point of her tour
and there she found a portion of
the city as modern as any Ameri
can seaport, while the ancient re
mains typical of the Orient.
Allied Van Lines
Have Agent Here
The Black Mountain Transfer
and Coal company managers hax-e
worked out an agreement with the
Allen Transfer and Storage com
pany to act as agents for the
Allied Van Lines for local and
long distance moving, according
to announcement made today.
Marcus Begley and Rufner At
kins are owners and managers of
the local firm.
The agreement with the Allied
Van Lines, which operate in the
48 states and Canada, will enable
a local 1 person to make arrange
ments in Black Mountain to move
his household furnishings to other
belongings to or from any point
in the United States or Canada by
experienced movers.
SCOUT DAY MONDAY
Monday, June 7, will be Scout
day at the Black Mountain mini
ature golf course, which will open
Friday night, June 4. David I.ong
coy- will be in charge until the
owner, Emory Wilson, returns
home from college. All girl and
boy scouts will be admitted free
upon presentation of their scout
cards, and a season pass will be
given to each of the two girl
scouts and the two boy scouts
making the lowest scores.
SWIMMING POOL OPENS
The swimming pool, which
opened June 1, will observe the
following hours: Daily mornings,
10:00—12:00; afternoons 1:00 —
4:30; evenings 5:30 —7:30.
Sundays. 1:30—6:00.
IT WAS INITIATION NIGHT
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Mrs. Annie Burnette and Miss Barbara Morrow were initiated by
the O. E. S. in a.ceremony held at the Masonic hall, Monday, May 24.
Shown here aretofficers and acting officers who took part: Mrs.
Leo- ;ia -own, Electa; Mrs. Edna McDougle, conductress; Mr-.
Nell H. Porter, worthy grand matron, grand chapter of N. C., O. E. S.
Mrs. Ireda Ring, associate matron; Miss Locky Burgin, worthy ma
tron; Mrs. Francis Stinchcomb, acting treasurer- Mrs. Mary R. Ilauth,
organist; Mrs. Margaret Stone, associate conductress; Mrs. Rhoda
Riddle, Esther; Mrs. Catherine Stutts, Ruth; Mrs. Gladys Ham, Adah;
-r . 6 ( ' askil,s ’ ac t*ng warder; Clyde Watkins, worthy patron;
l.J.Marett, acting chaplain; Fred Higginbotham, associate patron;
Robert Hauth, sentinel; and Mrs. Reva S. Hinkle, secretary.
J. W. Wheelon Employed 1
In South Carolina J
J. W. YVheelon, who came home
to attend the graduation of his
son, has returned to Lancaster, 1
S. C., where he is employed by the
Belks-Simpson company as gen- ‘
eral superintendent in charge of
the construction of various homes
ami stores in that area.
Mr. Wheelon was recently re
leased from the hosnital at Lan
caster where he underwent treat- 1
ment for a spinal injury received ;
in a fall from a building. *
Chapel Will Soon
Become Church
Friendship Chapel was estab
lished more than twenty-five
years ago by the Montreat church.
Cod has blessed the work through
the years. During the past several
’•ears the work has developed in
such an encouraging way that it
has seemed wise to organize the
work into a church with its own
officers and program of activities.
Recently a petition was drawn
up requesting an organization, (
and a commission consisting of
four ministers and two elders was
set up to organize the church.
Members of the commission are; ,
Dr. Crier Davis, pastor of the ,
First church, Asheville; Dr. J
Robert King, pastor of the Mon- (
treat church; the Rev. Walter
Styles, pastor of the Presbyterian
church, Black Mountain; the Rev.
R. E. McClure, executive secre- (
tarry, Asheville; J. O. Williams, j
elder of Black Mountain Presby
terian church; and Mr. Plummer,
elder of First Church, Asheville.
This service will take place next ,
Sunday ex-ening, June 6, 7!30 p. m.
Special musical numbers will he
rendered by the young people’s
choir of the chapel, under the
direction of Miss Madeline For
tune, with Mrs. Ladd Joyner, ac
companist.
The public is cordially invited
to attend this seiwice.
SINGERS HERE JUNE 19
A singing group composed, of
five children from the Middlesex ;
Orphanage at Middlesex, N. C., ■
will give a program at the East
Black Mountain Free Will Baptist
church at 8 p. m., Saturday, June
!9. Vaden Marett, superintendent,
said today. The public is cordially
invited to attend the program.
The Rev. J. C. Franks is pastor
of the church.
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Richard Morrow
V/ill Take Course
in Water Safety
Richard Morrow, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wade Morrow of Black
Mountain, and a graduate of the
1948 class of Black Mountain
High school, has been awarded a
scholarship from the local Red
Cross chapter to attend the Red
Cross National Aquatic school at
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Camp Carolina, Brevard, from
June 9 through 19.
A full-time life guard at the
pool. Richard will take a course
which will prepare him to be an
aquatic instructor. On his return
from the course he will teach Red
Cro s classes in water safety at
the pool.
As the pool opens June first,
Richard has been given a leave
of absence for ten days to take
this work.
Leek Wh?’s Here!
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Jacob D.
Rollins of North Fork dairy, a son,
or May 29, 1948.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. John E.
McDonald, above Gustavino Place,
• son, on May 31, 1948.
Mr. and Mrs. William Cline of
Swannanoa are parents of a son
horn May 27 at St. Joseph’s hos
pital.
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Fox of Oteen
announce the birth of a daughter
at Mission hospital Mas 26.
A son was born to Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Bailey of Swannanoa,
May 26. at St Joseph’s hospital.
INTERESTED IN BAND?
Anyone interested in the organ
ization of a band in Black Moun
tain is asked to see or call C. I.
McDoutde at the Music Corner.
Pay Only 5c
Or. Lee Speaker
At Ridgecrest
“The Might of Mass Evangel
ism' was Dr. R. G. Lee’s subject
as he brought the opening evan
i elistic message of the Home
Mission conference Tuesday night
at Ridgecrest. Dr. Lee is one of
the keynote speakers for the con
erence. Yesterday morning (Wed
eiday) he spoke on “A Plea for
’ersonal Pleadings” and last eve
ning on ‘‘A Campaign for Com
passionate Concern.”
During the remainder of the
conference some of the missionary
- essages will be brought by John
Caylor, Jacob Gartenhaus, Stanley
Smith, Lewis W. Martin, and R. C.
Van Royal. The Home Mission
conference will last until June 8.
Music Wednesday was directed by
Dr. B. B. McKinney, head of the
ousic department of the Southern
Baptist convention.
$25.00 FINE
It has been noted recently that
people have been bringing gar
bage into toxxm and dumping it
in cans, behind trees, and other
places where it does not belong.
Anyone caught doing this will he
fined $25.00.
Merchants Are
Near Cellar
Strengthened by the return of
several boys from college, Parnell
Carpenter and his Black Mountain
Merchants will try to get back on
the right side of the ledger this
week end when they hit the road
for a pair of contests with league
opponents. Saturday Pop Carter
and his Fairview lads will furnish
the opposition while on Sunday
the locals v m play at Venable.
A series of events have com
bined to send the Merchants
toppling to within one game of
the cellar. But with the two
Harris boys back from college
ready to go again and with other
players who are slated to join the
team within the near future, the
Merchants should soon hit the
stride that made them feared
throughout the county late last
season.
Bill Williams, business mana
ger, has asked those who are not
able to play regularly to bring
their unforms to the Pure Oil
station in Black Mountain.
Rev. Farmer Preaching
At Church Os God
The Rev. J. C. Farmer of
Statesville, a former pastor of the
Church of God in Black Mountain,
will be preaching every night this
week at the Church of God on
Lake’- street. Services start at
7:30. Everybody is welcome.
County League Results
Although most of the county
league games were rained out,
the Barnardsville Red Raiders
continued to climb in the stand
ings by walloping two opponents.
On Saturday they thumped Wea
verville 8 to 6 behind the eight hit
pitching of Roscoe Atkins. The
following day Fat Carson hurled
two hit ball as the Raiders downed
Flat Creek, 1 to 0. The Black
Mountain Merchants did not play.
County League Standings
Team W L
V. F. W. 11 1
Marshall 10 3
Flat Creek 9 5
Fairview 7 3
Barnardsville 77
Biltmore 6 5
Valley Springs 6 4
Hominy Valley 5 4
Venable 4 6
Venable 4 6
We verville 3 9
Rockwell-Ballew 3 7
Beacon 3 9
Enka 3 9
Black Mountain 3 8
PHONE YOU”. NEWS TO 1101