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BLACK MOUNTAIN NEWS L ★ A PROGRESSIVE AND GROWING NEWSPAPER IN A PROGRESSIVE AND GROWING COMMUNITY ★ ★ vXTNo- 46 Director Arrives For Jaycees’ “Fun For You” I hk, June Medlock has arrived | work on “Fun For You,, I" u hich will be presented on l.Vhv and Saturday nights, July i ; ami 24, at the grammar school ■auditorium. | Medlock comes to Black < lu .mtain well recommended. She B V|. a degree from Morse School Ks Dramatics in St. Louis, and has f eel , interested in Little Theatre BL r k In addition she has had r acial training on this particular Production. In an interview with Medlock she said “I am most Enthusiastic over the possibilities ■or an outstanding show here in | Black Mountain —Everyone seems ■o friendly. I know I shall enjoy Biy stay here.” ■ "Fun For You" has the un qualified recommendation of many Btlier towns where it has played. ■The Junior chamber of commerce K confident that this production Bill be a worthy addition to the Entertainment season. ■lever CHORUSES Featuredl2 ■ Special costumes will be worn ■v local girls as they imperso nate the Roxey Rockettes and do Special dance routines in the “Fun ■or You” show sponsored by the ■aycees. ■ Mr. Dean Willis will lmperso- Frank Sinatra as he sinvs Bl'm Always Chasing Rainbows.” ■hi« number will be danced by the ■Earl Carrol” girls. These color- ■ u ; choruses add much to the en joyment of the big variety stage ■how “Fun For You” and gfVe it ■he professional touch of a big ■lire production. ■Thomas MfFaUs ■Gets Silver Star ■ Ciil. Thomas Y. McFalls is spend ■r.r a 90-day furlough with his Bun'. Mrs. George Watson of Ridge ■vo prior to leaving for foreign ■ rv . with the army in Germany, ■h will report to the European ■heatre unassigned. ■ As a member of the 315th in ■antry, Cpl. McFalls, then a staff ■eVL’i-ant. was recently awarded a ■:> r star for gallantry in action ■c t the enemy on April 9, 1945 ■: Germany. The ceremony was ■• at F’ort Lewis, Washington, ■:ci was attended hy high military ■and navel officers from various ■branches of the service. Cpl. Mc ■F.iii- reviewed the troops along ' Gen. George E. Armstrong. ■ "When an advance was held up B: machine gun fire and snipers a' a small canal and a portion ■'a road covered by water, it was ■necessary to determine if the ■D uio over the canal was intact ■be as-,, tank support would be ■ra-'itia] to attack the open ■? r nd." the citation said. Ser ■?ear:! McFalls volunteered to se ■ f ‘ne information, crossed the B nm under fire and attacked and ■ captured three machine gun pos- K'twas ami lfi prisoners aided hy ■only five men. J. bp!. McFalls will leave Septem- I er 21 for duty with the occupa ■ on fences in Germany. I Ftbrarv Board I Hears Report ■,[ ' :l ‘ an; :ual meeting of the B’ac't ■ ! <oi, library board was held ■ l ' l - July ft, ;i t gp. m . at the I she following trustees, B Miss Ruby Hall, Mrs, I -"' SK Margaret Fay, ■ ■ -i or., and Melvin Larue. ■ „, Jl “ Man 's annual report and ■ ren V* • l ' e " ol 't were read. Both ■ i rPt' 1 ' v- Published in a later ■ Thr n 0f the NEWS ’ ■ “ new memorial books have I ontinued on page 5 GAGEMEN'T ANNOUNCED W A) Miss Elsie Virginia Kerlee whose ; engagement to David Joseph Xache has been announced by her i parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard A. Kerlee of Black Mountain. No Polio Reported In East Buncombe l p to the present there have , been no cases of polio reported in Biack Mountain, Ridgecrest, Blue Ridge, or Montreat, accord ing to an announcement made A\ ednesday by Dr. Frank Howard Richardson, health officer for the Town of Black Mountain. The statement was issued through the office of Mayor J. L. Rotter in response to numerous requests for information concerning the di sease which has been prevalent in counties to the east. “As a precautionary measure the city is spraying with DDT all places where there is danger of flies,” Mayor Rotter said. Dr. H. C. Whims, county health officer, has promised I)r. Richardson that he and the mayor’s office will be notified if and when any case of polio is reported in this end of the county. But as the NEWS went to press no cases had been re ported in East Buncombe. The following recommendations were made at a meeting of health —Continued on Page 4 OES Chapter Given Charter At a regular meeting of Black Mountain Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, held Tuesday night at the Masonic Hall, new officers were elected and installed. , Before the election, Mrs. Hilda Halliburton of Clyde, N. C., Dis trict Deputy Grand Matron of the lfith District, officially presented the Charter to the Chapter, which was granted by the Grand Chapter of N. C. at their session in Ashe ville in June. The officers elected and instal led for the coming year are as follows: . Worthy Matron, Mis. Alfrieda Ring; Worthy Patron, Fred P. —Continued on page 5 IMPORTANT MEETING There will be an important meet ing of the general committee on Bible in the schools, Sunday, July IS. at 3:30 p. m. in the First Bap tist church. Each pastor of the com munity and his Sunday school su perintendent, as well as any other interested persons are urged to attend. Show your interest by com ing and taking an active part in TO CLEAN CEMETERY Mountain View Baptist church on North Fork will have a grave yard cleaning next Saturday, July ' 17. Everyone who has relatives buried there is requested to come and help. i -nrsaay, July 15, 1948, Black Mountain, N. C. Austin Lovelace Will Direct Montreat Program Austin C. Lovelace, minister of music in the First Presbyterian church of Greensboro, N. C., who is directing the music at Mon treat this month, will conduct the presentation of the oratorio, “Elijah” (Felix Mendlssohn) at 8 o’clock Sunday night in Mon treat auditorium here as the major musical program of the Montreat summer choir. Solojsts will be Lois Dickson, St. Petersburg, Fla., soprano; Doris Jane Hayslett, Covington, Va., alto; William Kirkpatrick, Burlington, N. C., and Hairy Cardwell, Reidsville, N. C., tenors, and Lyndon Sikes, Greensboro, bass. Mrs. Clark Johnson, Mon treat, will be the accompanist. The chorus choir is composed of young people and adults made up from the Montreat summer resi dents and college students. Mr. Lovelace will return to Greensboro July 28, and plans to leave there Sept. 1, with his fami ly, for New York, where he will work for his doctor’s degree in church music at Union Theological Seminary. He will have a year’s —Continued on Page 8 City Officials Vote For The Removal Os All Parking Meters The parking meters which were installed here 11 months ago on a trial basis, will be ; removed. TNp was decided by the city council and mayor at / a regular meeting held Tuesday night at the city hall. The vote ; was unanimous. ; “Parking meters are dead as of now,” the officials said,! “but we ask the cooperation! of all motorists in keeping the congested areas as clear as possible.” Although the meters will not Ibe used after this date, it will be several days, probably weeks, ! before the company to whom ! they belong will be able to re- ! ;move them. If they had been ! kept after the August 1 dead line, the town would have been /charged with their entire cost. They were installed on a one /year trial basis. FOR GALLANTRY IN ACTION . . . if X %; * ' .Ct. JbShßbhD Cpl. Thomas Y. McFalls of Ridgecrest is shown receiving the Silver Star for gallantry in action against the enemy. The ceremony was held at Fort Lewis, Washington. Cpl. McFalls will leave Sept. 21 for duty with the occupation forces in Germany. CHAIRMAN ZONE 3 . . . Roy A. Taylor who has .been named chairman of zone 3, dis trict 31 A, Lions International, and will have under his supervision the clubs of Hendersonville, Ashe ville, Black Mountain, and Candler. Artists Give Demonstration Monday afternoon at the Black Mountain Hardware Co., Richard AT any and Marvin Levitt of Tem ple University, who are teaching art at Blue Ridge under the spon sorship of Black Mountain Arts club, gave a demonstration of mak ing craftwork. Mr. Albany teaches ceramics and water color and Mr. Levitt teaehes metalry and leather work. A large crowd assembled to see the demonstration. Registration is now being made for students who wish to join the club. Dr. Chen Will Address Lions The regular meeting of the Black Mountain Lions club will be held Wednesday, July, 21, instead of Thursday, July 22, in order that the members may have an opportunity to hear Dr. Chen Chih mai, who is made available through the courtesy of International counsellor Hugh G. Mitchell of Statesville. Dr. Chen, who is a very forceful and interesting speak —Continued on Page 8 Pay Only 5c Homers Chapel Will Observe Homecoming Homecoming day will be ob served at Homers Chapel Free Will Baptist church on Sunday, July 18. The regular morning wor ship will be held as usual, Sunday school at 9:45 and preaching ser vice at 11:00. The speaker for the regular service will be the pastor the Rev. G. M. Reynolds. There will be a picnic lunch served on the grounds at noon with singing in the afternoon. The public is invited to bring a basket and spend the day. Roy A. Taylor Named Chairman Roy A. Taylor of Black Moun tain has been named chairman of zone 3, district 31A, Lions Inter national, D. J. Whitener, district governor elect, has announced. He will have under his supervision the clubs of Hendersonville, Ashe ville, Candler, and Black Moun tain. A past president of the Black Mountain Lions club, of the cham ber of commerce, and of various other groups, Mr. Taylor has held positions in various civic organi zations throughout the county. In the recent democratic primary, he was renominaed for a second term in the general assembly. “I am honored to name you to this important place of leadership because of your recognized work and leadership, for the principles and ideals of lionism within your home club, and because I feel that you will be a very valuable ad dition to my official family for 1948-1949,” the district governor elect wrote. “I am also pleased to have the opportunity to recognize through you the fine Lions club of Black Mountain. I feel sure that you will stimulate all the clubs in' your zone to greater and greater achievement.” Mr. Taylor will assume his new duties at the beginning of the new year of Lions International, which will officially start with the close of the international convention on July -29. College Presents Second Concert The second concert of the sum mer session at Black Mountain college will be given Saturday evening, July 17 at 8:30 by Frederick Neumann (violin), Ju dith Davidoff (’cello), and Erwin Bodky (piano). The program will consist of Beethoven’s Trio in G major op. 1 No. 2, Brahms’ Sonata for ’Cello and Piano in E minor op. 38, and the “Dumky” Trio by Dvorak. This is the second in a series of concerts which will be presented at the college each Saturday eve ning throughout the summer. Clever Choruses Featured In “FUN FOR YOU” It really will be “Fun For You” to see Sarge Brantley as Mae West, B. E. Nordhielm as Betty Grable, Ross Taylor as Marlene Dietrich and Dr. E. K. Brake as Lana Tur ner in the Breakfast In Hollywood scene in “Fun For You”. Girls, get your gofiest hats ready. There will be a prize given for the goofiest hat there. Grammar School Audi torium, July 23 and 24. News Deadline 4 p. m. Tuesday
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