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•—Black Mountain (NC) NEWS Thursday, July 1, 1948
Complete Business Directory
CONSULT an EXPERT •
Those listed below are all experts in
their field. Call them when in need
of help and save time, money and in
convenience.
BEAUTY SHOPS—
BEGLEY’S
Beauty Shoppe
Cherry Street, Black Mountain
FOR APPOINTMENT CALL
3401 or 3402
BUILDING MATERIALS—
Ready Mixed
Concrete
* ACCURATE
if ECONOMICAL
if SPEEDY
REED & ABEE
Biltmore, N. C. Phone 1248
FLORISTS—
Hunter Florist
Phone 2041
Black Mountain. N. C.
Flowers For All Occasions
Flowers By W ire
LAWYERS—
Wm. C. Honeycutt
Black Mountain, N C.
Phone 3191
INSURANCE—
E. E. White’s
Insurance Agency
212 State St.—Phone 3191
Black Mountain, N. C.
PL U M BING—
• COMBUSTIONEER STOKERS
• OIL BURNERS
R, C. Cole
SWANNANOA, N. 6.
Phone 3743
Plumbing & Heating
Electrical Appliances
PLUMBING
& HEATING
• BATHTUBS
• LAVATORIES
• ELECTRIC WATER
HEATERS
H. L. BOONE
Plumbing Co.
“The Best Costs Less”
Swannanoa, N. C.
Next To Post Office
Phone 5815
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR—
George W. Stone
• House Wiring Installations
• Range & Water Heater
Connections
• Appliances
• Lighting Fixtures
Fluorescent or Incandescent
• Appliance repair
Phone 2033
Free Estimates
REAL ESTATE—
Mrs. M. E.
Henderson
REAL ESTATE
Near City Hall
BLACK MOUNTAIN. N. C
Phone 4661
Eckles-Realtor
Box 794—Black Mountain
Phone Office 3621
Residence 4072
List Your Real Estate With Me
RADIO REPAIR—
GOFF’S
RADIO REPAIR
Radio and Small Appliance
Sales and Service
ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES
Opposite Post Office —Phone 4301
ELECTRICIANS—
* UNIVERSAL
APPLIANCES
R. W. COOK
Electrical Contractor
i> h °ne 3082
BLACK MOUNTAIN, N. C.
CLEANERS
BLUE RIDGE
CLEANERS
BLACK MOUNTAIN, N. C.
Expert Work Moderate Price 6
PHONE
PICK UP & DELIVERY
JARRETT & WARLICK
Cash and Carry
24 HOUR SERVICE
SWANNANOA, N. C.
GENERAL REPAIRING
REFRIGERATION SERVICE
Household and Commercial
T. J. MARETT
Black Mountain, N. C.
Phone 3091
WHERE TO EAT—
Ann’s Case
CHERRY STREET
Black Mountain, N. C.
We specialize in home cooking
and all good things to eat
Phone 5871
WRECKER SERVICE—
Wrecker Service
McMurray’s Chevrolet
Company
Rlack Mountain. N. C.
Dav Phone Night Phone
3141 5192
HANDICRAFT SHOPS—
McCURRY’S
Trading Post
HANDICRAFTS SOUVENIRS
REFRESHMENTS
GAS OIL
Just East of Ridgecrest, N. C-
On Highway 70
SHOE REPAIR
| EXPERT
Shoe Repairing
ONE-DAY SERVICE
C. & C. Shoe Shop
SWANNANOA, N. C
CLASSIFIEDS SELL!
CLASSIFIEDS SELL!
SPORTS Chatter
By Gene Byrd
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Let's gather 'round, sports fans,
for a little pow wow along the
line of sports.
Softball, of course, is rating a
big play in Black Mountain right
now. Six teams in the Men’s
League and six teams in the
Womens’ Leagues are carrying on
j spirited competition. Also midget
boys and girls softball teams are
| in the process of being organized
; at the Youth Center to compete
with other groups of like ages.
Orchids to Dick Morrow for the
efficient instruction he is giving
to our teen-age and midget groups
at the pool. One 12-year-old boy
said after Dick's first lesson.
Gosh, I believe that guy is going
to learn me to swim.”
Congratulations to Carl Myers
and Luque Medford for instilling
hustle and pep in what was an un
usually listless American Legion
Junior team.
Back to softball —Our men’s
league was organized three years
ago to fill a needed spot in the
town's recreational program. The
six teams that originally com
prised the league still retain their
franchise. From its humble begin
nings on the north end of the field,
the league has progressed to the
point that lights have been in
stalled and a move is now under
way to install seats on the field.
The junior chamber of commerce
has been the fairy godfather of
the league and most of the mater
ial advancements must be credited
to them. In addition, the whole
town has been more than co
operative in all ways. Much of
the success of the league has been
due to the continuously favorable
publicity given it by the Black
Mountain NEWS.
Problem: Some of the players
in the league have become con
fused and think the league is now
a debating society. We have had
this problem in somewhat lesser
degree in the past, but it has be
come more acute of late. Always
before patience and tolerance have
succeeded, and I am banking on
the innate good sportsmanship of
the fellows who make up the
league to carry us through again.
Things look pretty bad now, but
as I look back over the preceding
years, I think of firebrands who
are now as meek as lambs and I
feel somewhat encouraged. Then
too our arguing element is de
cidely in the minority. For every
guy who “pops off” there are so
many fellows who never beef or
gripe even on bad decisions that it
gives one hope. If the arguing
element were the larger of the
two groups, I would feel forced,
as president of the league, to dis
solve the league and ‘‘close up
house.” The other unpleasant
choice that may become mine is
this. If small groups on a team or
individuals on a team make our
games distasteful to the other
players and the spectators, I shall
be forced to suspend them for the
rest of the season and remove
their names from the eligibility
lists of the league. That would be
a drastic step and one I hope I am
never forced to take.
Umpires: Our umpires in the
league are volunteers and I have
never seen one call a game that
I did not believe he was doing his
honest best. Decisions have been
made incorrectly at times, errors
in judgment, but the fellows who
protest those decisions so ve
hemently are guilty of dropping
fly balls and booting grounders.
If their managers raised as much
“Cain” with them for missing the
ball or striking out as they do
over a missed decision, Black
Mountain would be a very un
happy spot.
The Crowd: Unfortunately the
crowds who come to the softball
games help to increase the
tension. Many times the play in
question is not understood by the
crowd, or the rule is not known.
“Riding” the ump is an old Ameri-
I can custom, and is an innocent
pastime but when carried to the
extreme is vicious and uncalled
for. (Elsewhere I shall give some
of the rules commonly misunder
stood by both players and spect
ators alike, thus, causing trouble.)
The Remedy: The players, the
crowd, the officials, all realizing
that some good clean fun can
easily be stopped if friction,
selfishness and poor sportsman
ship continue, must pull together
to see that the last half of league
play is unmarred by unecessary
trouble.
The Promise: That next week’s
column will not be devoted to
washing out the softDalx league’s
dirty linen in public but will be
written from a different angle
Sports Story of The Week:
WITH OUR DISTRICT GOV
District Governor Herb Sanders
was in Hendersonville last Friday
night to attend the Lions Club
ladies night and to install the
new officers. On Monday night he
installed the officers at the New
ton club which was also ladies
night. Mrs. Sanders accompanied
him to both meetings.
The big, tough, big-league
manager died and went to a cer
tain point far south of heaven.
Just as he was settling down for
a nap beside the fire, a burly gent
stepped up and slapped him on
the hack.
“Remember me?” inquired the
character.
“Can't say that I do,” replied
the manager.
“Well, back on earth I asked
you 50 times for a tryout and you
said you’d see me here first.”
Now you tell one, and we’ll be
seeing you.
TIPTONS HERE
Dr. S. P. Tipton amd wife of
Ontario, California, were recent
guests of his sisters. Misses Ida
and Jessie Tipton on the Montreat
Road. «
FROM CORAL GABLES
Mr. and Mr. R. G. Witters of
Coral Gables, Fla., are in Black
Mountain visiting Mr. Witters
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. William Ellington.
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• Hot Water j • Vacuum
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Black Mountain. N. C. Phone 4952
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