BLACK MOUNTAIN NEWS
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Vol. 3, No. 51
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By JACK GREENWOOD
The fame of Black Mountain
has spread to the far western
corner of the state. The SMOKY
MOUNTAIN TIMES, published by
L er oy Sossamon at Bryson City,
h a d this to say in the editorial
column:
•What do you think?
• The board of aldermen of the
town of Black Mountain, a quiet,
lovely village just east of Ashe
ville, at a recent town meeting de
cided, after several months’ trial
of the insidious penny snatchers,
t 0 order the removal of all park
ing meters from the streets,
• What Rlack Mountain loses in
nickels and dimes, no doubt, she
will gain in friends.”
Various methods of making
this column more interesting and
entertaining have been suggested
but none more promising than
that proposed recently by a stea
dy reader. This gentlemen says
ithat in order to get the attention
land hold the interest of the read
ing public we should inquire each
week: “Whose wife is about to
run off with whose husband?”
[ That sounds like a good idea
so we'll do it. Well, whose wife IS
about to run off with whose hus
band?
This brings up the story of the
preacher who told his congregation
—but that story is for XXXXX
only.
What young lady about town
always stops at the NEWS office
and talks through the door. Upon
being questioned she admitted
that she was afraid of the ma
chines. “I’m always afraid I might
get tattooed,” was her explana
tion.
Miss Marietta Yarnell, able sec
retary. assistant, and chief office
executive at the Montreat As
sembly, and Miss Deeda Mae
Austin, who writes all the pub
licity for Montreat during the
summer months, were busy stuff
ing letters into envelopes when a
poor, tired delivery boy puffed
into their office loaded down with
packages.
Being uncomfortable in the
presence of two charming ladies,
;the lad hurriedly placed his pack
;ace= on a chair and was backing
out the door when Miss Austin,
iwithout changing her expression
or missing a fold on the letters,
rai 'i: “I wonder what would hap
l“n to your (the delivery boy)
dimple if you lost all your fat.”
"He’d chew it.” Miss Yarnell
jcamc back as the subject of their
conversation tripped over a chair
in his haste to get out of the
jroom.
Rest crack of the week: “He
flew a roll top desk in Cairo.”
Football season will soon be
here again. It won’t be long until
Eugene Byrd at Black Mountain
and E. Y. Neill, who is replacing
Jug Malden at Swannanoa, will
be •-ending the Warriors and
Uarkhorses through their paces as
they prepare for the grid cam
paign.
At Swannanoa Neill will find
j'Ut little left of the powerful
Umior machine which last year
tore the county crown from the
' ro ’.v of the locals. Sand Hill will
•e tough, jf reports from that
| end of the county are true, as will
ultmore, Oakley, and Weaver
' -e. With most of the pre-war
h °ys now gone from the high
mUool ranks, the competition
' r ’Uld be on a more even keel
and the fight for the county title
. ' fall should be a wide open
affair.
Mnich brings up the subject of
st-mr r Mountain and
■ a l can have seats, why can’t
—Continued on Page 5
Locker Plant
Facts Given
More than a year ago the idea
of a freezer locker plant for
Black Mountain was conceived.
At first it was hoped that it might
be in the form of a cooperative
where the comuunity owned and
operated the plant. It soon be
came apparent that there were
not enough interested people will
ing to give the necessary backing.
Then interested parties organ
ized and incorporated the Freezer
Locker Plant of Black Mountain.
It was the belief of those in charge
that since it \yas first conceived
as a cooperative the nearer it
approached that condition the bet
ter it would be. Therefore the
locker holders were allowed to
purchase stock and share in the
earnings.
Black Mountain is fortunate
to have a citizenry that is awake
to its responsibilities. The Locker
plant was begun on the faith that
our citizens would not let us
down. That faith has been sub
stantiated until now it can be said
that your freezer locker plant is
no longer in the realm of doubt.
The board of directors is grate
ful for your support and would
like to give recognition to the 50
who have made the locker plant
a reality. A list of these people is
being prepared and will be pub
lished in the near future.
Ridgecrest Staff
Presents Play
Following evening services
Tuesday, members of the Ridge
crest staff presented a one-act
play, “Empty Hands.” The story,
laid in India, was written by Helen
M. Clark, and was directed by Miss
Emily Kunkel, staff dramatics
instructor for the summer. Miss
Kunkel, a Southwestern seminary
student, was assisted by Mrs.
Hazel Kramer, a tudent at Baylor
university, Waco, Texas. “Empty
Hands” showed that the things
Christ has to offer are grasped
by the heart rather than in the
hands.
The play cast was composed by
William Smith and Ann Lane,
Georgia; Bufford Brymer and
Wyley Peebles, Texas • W. T.
Lane, Virginia; and William E.
Jarvis and Harrel Landry of Ala
bama.
City Officials
Find Improvement
W. Dean Willis, town clerk, and
Carl Smith, chief of police have
made a thorough inspection of
residential and business garbage
facilities. This was announced by
Mayor J. L. Potter last week as
part of the drive to eliminate any
place that might act as a breeding
place for flies.
“We wish to thank the citizens
for their cooperation in this mat
ter,” town officials said at the
conclusion of the inspection. “Al
though things were not found in
perfect order there was vast im
provement. In several cases new
garbage cans were found and evi
dence from all sides shows a will
ingness of the public to cooperate
and to help rid the town of flies
and other germ-carrying insects.' 1
At the few places where require
ments are not being met, steps
will be taken to remedy the
situation.
TEA & TOPIC
The Tea and Topic club will
meet Friday night with Mrs. A.
F. Tyson, Jr., Mrs. J. L. Holman,
Jr., will be in charge of the pro
gram.
Thursday, August 19, 1948, Black Mountain, N. C.
Dr. Moore To Deliver
Dedication Message
Dr. Hight C. Moore, for many
years editorial secretary for the
Baptist Sunday School Board, will
deliver the message at the dedi
cation of the Ridgecrest marker
which will be held Friday after
noon at Ridgecrest at 3:00. The
marker is erected on the same
location where he preached the
first Ridgecrest sermon 40 years
ago.
Robert Guy, manager of Ridge
crest, will speak on “The Ruby
Anniversary.”
Request USO
Be Reactivated
Henry Ford 11, national chair
man of the Community Chests of
America, announced today that
the nation’s Community Chests
have been asked to consider in
clusion of the new USO in their
Red Feather campaigns this fall.
This action was taken by Ed
ward L. Ryerson, president of
Community Chests and Councils
of America, Incorporated, at the
request of Secretary of Defense
James Forrestal, Mr. Ford ex
plained.
J. R. Gill, president of the Com
munity Chest of Buncombe Coun
ty, has appointed General J. E.
Sloan. U. S. Army Retired, and
a member of the Board of Di
rectors of the Community Chest,
as the chairman for the develop
ment of community consideration
for the United Services to the
Armed Forces.
General Sloan stated that he
was happy to accept this im
portant respGisibility and to cor
relate the work done in Bun
combe County with the national
services. Wednesday evening,
August 25, at 7:30 P. M., there
will be a meeting at the Battery
Park Hotel of representatives of
the active armed forces, veteran
organizations and participating
agencies in the United Service
Organization program, to discuss
United Services for the armed
forces.
BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
The Buncombe Baptist associat
ion will meet at the Asheville
First Baptist church, Monday and
Tuesday, August 24, 25. The meet
ing will open at 9:45 a. m. on
Tuesday morning. The meeting
was postponed because of the
polio ban.
A GOOD job of constructive forestry was done when the trees in this
area were cut. Mature trees were cleared out, making room for natural
reproduction of new growth from seeds dropped by the seed trees left
standing. The tag on the tree in the foreground warns producers not to
cut the tree. Some states require that at least four healthy seed trees per
acre be left standing until the natural reproduction is at least 15 feet high.
WED AT PARSONAGE . . .
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Mrs. Ralph Simpson who prior
to her marriage at the Methodist
parsonage at 8:30 p. m. Saturday,
August 6, was Miss Mildred Louise
Hemphill. Mrs. Simpson is con
nected with, the Azalea Manu
facturing Co. and Mr. Simpson
with Morgan Manufacturing com
pany of Black Mountain.
Homecoming At
Church Sunday
Next Sunday. August 22, js an
nual homecoming at Tabernacle
Methodist church. Services will be
held as follows: Sunday school at
10:00 a. m., worship service at
11:00 o’clock, lunch on the church
grounds at 12:30, and musical
service beginning at 1:30 p. m.
All members and friends of the
church are invited to attend and
officials sincerely hope that
all regular attendants will be
present after their forced va
cation.
PREACHES AT BLUE RIDGE
The Rev. W. H. Styles preached
at Blue Ridge Assembly Grounds
Sunday morning at 11 o’clock.
The Rev. Fred P. Turner of the
First Presbyterian church, Bowl
ing Green, Ky., filled that pulpit
at the Black Mountain Presby
terian church.
CLASS MEETING
The Woman’s Bible Class of the
Methodist Church will meet Fri
day evening at 7:30 p. m. at the
home of Mrs. C. E. Keith.
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Softball Season
Nearing Close
Ridgecrest defeated the Pres
byterians, 13-3, and the Hosiery
Mill clipped the Baptists, 9-2, as
play was resumed in the Church
Softball league Monday night. It
was the last game of the season
for Ridgecrest and the Presby
terians. McElrath, Ridgecrest
fireballer, tossed a four-hitter
and D. Turner broke his tie with
Lee Maret for homerun honors by
banging out his seventh round
tripper of the season. Doc Burnett,
Baptists third sacker, who was
leading the league hitters when
play was halted two weeks ago
by the polio ban, hit safely one
time out of four tries.
Ridgecrest:
Johnson, ss. 5 1 3
Stancil, 3b. 3 11
P. Harris, lb. 4 1 2
N. Harris, c. 5 2 2
Turner, cf. 5 3 3
Stafford, 2b. 5 2 2
Burgess, If. 5 0 2
McElrath, p. 5 2 3
Sandlin, rs. 4 11
13 19
Presbyterians:
Tyson, ss. 3 1 0
L. Marett, cf. 4 11
Styles, p, 2b. 4 0 1
Greene, lb. 2 0 0
R. White, 3b, If. 4 0 0
Mackney, rs. 3 0 1
Reese, 2b, p. 2 0 0
Nichols, If. 1 0 0
Barkley, 3b. 11 1
—Continued on page 5
College Presents
Final Programs
There will be two events
week at Black Mountain college,
to which the public is invited, the
first a dance concert on Friday
night, the second a musical pro
gram on Saturday night.
On Friday night Merce Cunning
ham, concert dancer of New York
City, will present a program of
dances. Mr. Cunningham was a
former soloist with Martha Gra
ham, and has recently completed
a national tour with John Cage,
composer, who will accompany him
on Friday night. Both Mr. Cun
ningham and Mr. Cage are mem
bers of the summer school fac
ulty at Black Mountain college.
Sarah Hamill, former actress
and professional dancer and
Louise Lippold, both of New
York, will assist Mr. Cunningham
in a group dance number. Miss
—Continued on Page 5
Committee Makes
Parking Report
M. E. Rondel submitted the re
port of the special parking com
mittee to the mayor and town
hoard at their regular meeting
held at the city hall. The com
mittee composed of Ralph Reed,
Charlie Spencer, and W. W. Ear
ley has been appointed to make a
survey and submit the findings
to the town officials for study and
consideration.
The present system of garbage
collection and disposal came up
for discussion but no action was
taken. During the discussion it
was pointed out that hog pens
and outdoor toilets must not be
built within 200 feet of a neigh
bor’s house, and that this is a
state law and applies to outside
the city limits as well as inside.
VISITS IN OLD FORT
Mrs. Harley Reed was a guest
of Mrs. Charles Stepp in Old Fort
last Sunday.