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black mountain news * ★ A PROGRESSIVE AND GROWING NEWSPAPER IN A PROGRESSIVE AND GROWING COMMUNITY ★ ★ Vol. -k Rejlectio+U By jack greenwood ['he bears were as thick as hop? in the Smokies Saturday af ternoon. Up near Newfound Gap t here were big bears, little bears, a „d middle sized bears of all descriptions. One amateur photographer frnnd out it’s bad business to walk upon a mother bear while the cubs are around. The crowd which had gathered to see the mother bear put on her act was startled to see mamma suddenly become alive and lunge at the p! tographer and his wife who were attempting to get a front view. They beat the bear to the c ar but the dust was still settling several minutes later. Two men were making ar rangements for a fishing trip. Said one. “If we do go it might be a good idea to take along «ome of that artificial respir ation. They tell me it’s good for them "-hat falls in the water.” Said number 2: “That’s a good idey. But where do you get it at?” R. V. Stafford didn’t have along any artifical respiration last week but he almost needed it when he landed some fighting bass at Lake James. Although they were all small, they fought hard and felt like 10 pounders on the end of the line. Folks from here who attend the Biltmore college games this fall won’t feel out of place for lack of familiar faces. In ad dition to Jack Milbee, regular Bulldog fullback from last year, there’ll be Jack Brown, Everette Stephenson. George Sarti, Pete Brittain, and Ossie Osteen, from Black Mountain. Alger Rain water of Swannanoa will try for a backfield berth. After spending a lot of time gathering information on what hapnened to Bill Hickey and J. O. Williams in New York, we pulled the capital boner of the week. From Rill White and others who attended from Black Mountain, "■ had heard that Mr. Hickey ' 'aht an interest in the Brooklyn he eve. made a down payment of ■ oral dollars, then waited at the dr- g tore in Times square for ■■■ :s for an opportunity to col lect the deed. didn’t intend to tel! all this, ■c fact we could have told of all money that was spent for ■V'ator fare at the hotel, but didn’t think it wise. We thought were being easy on Bill in the n last week, and we were. B you notice we even omitted his " from the list of those who led from Black Mountain. ■ ' he threatens to join Eliza- I’arker and Lou Lindsey and the column for all it’s worth, the other case Lou did the and Elizabeth collected the 0. 5 cents. And strangely enough, she kept it. ' vay, \j. r william (now I’ve the big city) Hickey, did at the Lions convention in Wuk and according to all 5 conducted himself in a ! ’<r befitting a gentleman and banker Rushing to get a bath and to -eet some friends the other n 'ght. a certain Yankee visiting n Black Mountain heated water "" tlle £as stove, rushed in and loured it i n t o the bath tub, ? en hurried and jumped into ’ub. But the tub was dry. "Continued on Page 7, Sec. II Thursday. August 12,1948, Rlack Mountain, N. C. Coca-Cola Company Installs Scoreboard t Through the efforts of the Black Mountain junior chamber of commerce a new score board has been installed recently at the grammar school softball field. Erected by the Coco-Cola Bot tling company of Asheville the score board has been placed near first base where it is within view ol a majority of the spectators. “We are grateful to the Coca- Cola company for erecting this scoreboard for us,” jaycee offi cials said, “and we think the spectators should know that it was donated for their enjoyment and to make the games more in teresting.” Knight’s Is Now Walgreen Agency E. H. Knight, owner and mana ger of the Knight’s Pharmacy, today announced its association with the Walgreen Drug store chain of Chicago. The store will be known in the future as the Knight’s Pharmacy-Walgreen Agency. Completely redecorated and with new floors, lights, and shelves, the new store has been in the process of change for the past three months. Mr. Knight purchased the establishment al most three years ago and changed the name from Jumper’s Phar macy to Knight’s Pharmacy at the end of a year. Heart of the drug store is the prescription department, the own er says, in revealing that the baby department and cigar and tobacco departments had been enlarged to keep step with other improve ments. As part of the decoration three large pictures of local scenes have been placed on the west side of the wall immediately above the booths. Mr. Knight invites the public to visit the store during the opening sale which runs Friday and Satur day. Postal Law Says Illegal To Mail Newspapers Free If you haven’t received your paper recently, check and see if your subscription has expired. According to postal regulations newspapers must be paid or they can’t legally be sent through the mail as second class matter. Failure to comply with this law would result in the loss of our second class mailing permit. So if you get a notice that your subscription is due, remem ber that the price you pay would do little more than buy the blank paper. But for the law we would be far better off to send the pap er out free. Special Article Will Appear Next Week Mrs. B. C. Burnette, special correspondent for the Black Mountain NEWS in Swannanoa, is preparing an article “Young Society” which will appear in next week’s edition. The article will tell of the activities of the young people and children of Swannanoa during the time that public gatherings were prohibited because of the polio situation. Mrs. Burnette has been busy during the past few days gather ing data and will attempt to give a general picture of what life was like for the youngsters while restricted by the health authori ties. MUST USE CONTAINERS Steel barrels or metal contain ers must be used for burning waste within the city limits, town officials pointed out today. This applies to trash or rubbish of any kind. Large Crowd At Unveiling Os Portraits BY: GLENN ARRANTS More elaborate, more costly, and more ceremonial unveilings have been witnessed but seem ingly there has never been one more impressive or one with more simple beauty than the one held at the Western North Caro lina Sanatorium on July 1, 1948. A double unveiling at 11:00 A. M., was the whole of the cere mony. Mrs. L. L. Gravely’s and ex senator E. A. Rasberry’s portraits were unveiled. Meeting first in the lobby of Gravely on the men’s wing, Dr. C. D. Thomas, Superintendent of W. N. C. S., introduced the speaker, L. L. Gravely, who gave the following beautiful portrait of his wife. “Mrs. Clark H. Gravely (nee Miss Mary-Clark Hoofnagle) was horn in Richmond, Va., June 3, 1891, the daughter of J. H. Hoof nagle and Lillian Carrington Hoofnagle. When she was at early age, her family moved to Ash land, Va., where she grew up and went to school with her older brother and sister. After she was graduated from the Ashland High School, she went to the Southern Seminary at Buena Vista, Virgin ia. Because of ill health, she did not return to school after her sophomore year but lived in Ash land with her parents until 1912, when she went to Saranac Lake, New York, for the winter and spring. Upon her return, she re mained in Ashland, except for a short stay in the mountains of Western North Carolina until August 2, 1916, when she was mar ried to Lloyd Lee Gravely of Rocky Mount, N. C., whom she had met in 1909. They immedi ately moved to Rocky Mount to live. Two children were born to their happy union: Lula Carring ton and Lloyd Lee, Jr., and before her death two grandchildren were born: Clark Lee Shuff and Lan don Earle Shuff, Jr. “In 1935 she was stricken with active tuberculosis and immedi ately went to Asheville, where she stayed about two months with out improvement. She moved to Virginia Beach, Va., for the sum mer and in October, 1936, went to Saranac Lake, New York, where she was under the care of Dr. J. Woods Price. She improved to such an extent that in 1938 she returned home, her tuberculosis successfully arrested. “From the time she was a little girl she suffered from bronchial asthma, which during the years appeared to get worse instead of better. Night after ‘night she would have to sit up in bed, gasp ing for breath hour after hour, until she was completely ex hausted. Any railroad travel or any travel in dust would bring on an attack of asthma. “During the long years through which she was largely confined to her home and often to her bed, she was . constantly doing all. she could to be of some help to others who were in distress or who were ill. Whenever she read of some one sick or in distress or confined to their homes, she immediately wrote to them letters of good cheer and hope and often sought to provide some of the comforts of life to those unable to provide for themselves. “She was an active member of the Methodist church, the Daugh ters of the American Revolution, and the Daughters of the Confed eracy. “To her family she was a con stant and never failing source of —Continued on Page 6, Sec. II Leadership Week Opens Tonight At Ridgecrest Opening at Ridgecrest Thurs day night, August 12, and to continue through Wednesday, August 18, is the Sunday School Leadership week under the aus pices of the Baptist Sunday School board. Dr. J. N. Barnette will preside over the sessions. Dr. Barnette is executive secretary for the Sunday School depart ment of the Sunday School board; he directed the two Sunday School conferences which convened at Ridgecrest earlier in the summer. Attending this assembly will be Sunday school superintendents, teachers, educational directors, and other workers from Southern Baptist Sunday schools. County-Wide Ban Mav Be Lifted Lifting of the county-wide ban on gatherings and public meetings has been set tentatively for mid night Friday but the restriction of persons under 16 will remain in effect through August 18, nealth officers revealed Wednes day. County schools which were ori ginally set to open Monday, Aug ust 30, will he postponed one 'day to Tuesday, August 31. Swimming pools will remain closed. From the sudden spurt in early July the number of new cases of polio in the City of Asheville and Buncombe county have declined steadily. Although there were 99 cases reported in the city and county up to Wednesday morn ing, this area, Black Mountain, Swannanoa, Montreat, and Ridge crest had reported only one ease, which was taken immediately to the Orthopedic home in Ashe ville. Just Sit, Don’t Carve On Benches Ordered By Chamber of Commerce Just sit, don’t carve, was the plea of the chamber of commerce officials today as they announced the arrival and placing of eight park benches around the business section. The benches are con structed of wood, but the wood is not for carving, the leaders say. Ordered during May. the benches are for the benefit of all the people, officials point out, and more will be ordered before next spring so that more merchants may have them placed before their places of business. Tithing Peaches Project Is Proving Successful The tithing peaches project which is being sponsored by the Friendship church to raise money for improvements to the building is proving very successful. During the second week the total' money received for peaches was $30.88 while last week, third of the campaign, $35.48 was left in the box. The peaches are on sale at the Whitaker fruit market on Montreat road. Mr, & Mrs, C. Adams Leave For Chicago Mr. and Mrs. Crosby Adams of Montreat left Black Mountain Monday afternoon for Chicago where they will be guests of honor at the 19th Annual Chicago land Music festival. They will be met at the 12th Street station, Chicago, and conducted to their quarters at the Stevens hotel where reservation have been made for them. Former residents of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Adams will spend a few days visiting friends as well as attending the music fest ival. Pay Only 5c Summer Session Is Nearing End At Montreat The 1948 summer conference season in Montreat, the assembly grounds of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian church in the United States, is nearing the end, after having attracted thousands of Southern Presbyterians from all of the South here for leadership training in all phases of the work of the church. The area of the Southern Pres byterian church extends from Baltimore, Md., to El Paso, Teyas, and from Key West, Fla., to St. Joseph, Mo. Divided into seven teen synods, and eighty-seven presbyteries, records will reveal at the close of the season, Sun day, August 29, that each of these has been represented at one, or several, of the conferences. Following a week’s conference in the interest of Home Missions, the Montreat Institute of Theology opens August 19, to continue to the close of the season, bringing what is expected to prove to be the richest period of the entire season. Some of the foremost, leaders in the Christian world are to conduct the conference which has been arranged especially for ministers of local churches. Dr. J. Rupert McGregor, presi dent of the Mountain Retreat Association, will direct the insti tute, with Dr. William Crowe, Jr., Wilmington, N. C., serving as platform manager. The Rev. Carl R. Pritchett, of Davidson, N. C., will preside over the Ministers 1 ’ Forum, a part of the curriculum of the institute. Speakers during the institute will be as follows: From August 18 - 21: Dr. William Crowe, Sr., Talladega, Ala., speaking on “Calvinism;” Dr. R. W. Hugh Jones, pastor Tetherdown Con gregational Church, London, Eng land, inspirational speaker: Dr. Charles L. King, pastor First Presbyterian Church, Houston, Texas, Bible Hour speaker, and Dr. Erskine Blackburn, Aberdeen, Scotland, preacher for the even ing worship service. From August 23 - 29: Dr. Andrew Blackwood, of the faculty of Princeton Theo logical seminary, Princeton, N. J., lecturer; Bishop Fred P. Corson, of the Methodist Church, Phila delphia, Pa., inspirational speaker on the subject of “Evangelism;” Dr. F. Crowley Morgan, Concord, N. C., Bible Hour speaker, and Dr. Harold Cockburn, pastor St. Michael’s Church, Dumfries, Scot land, preaching each night. Preaching at the 11 o’clock wor ship service Sunday, August 22, will be Dr. Ben R. Lacy, president of Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Va., and at the evening worship service, the Rev. Cary Weisiger, 111, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Augusta, Ga. It was in the First Presby terian Church of Augusta that the First General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States convened in 1861. Additional attractions during the institute will be a concert Saturday night, August 21, under the direction of Robert Stewart Lowrance, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., choir director for the Montreat con ference season, and the presenta tion by the Montreat choir of the oratorio, “The Holy City” by A. R. Gaul, Saturday night, August 28, also under the direction of Mr. Lowrance. The Mountain Retreat Associa tion, which manages Montreat for the General Assembly of the Church, is expecting an overflow attendance at the concluding con ference, and, since the last two weeks usually are the “favorite” period for ministers on vacation to —Continued on Page 7, Sec. II
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