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BLACK A PROGRESSIVE AND ★ ★ VoljJ^i_L HejlecUanA. By JACK greenwood Who is the local politician who ha(i his jug of White Lightning ~‘ rn to water right before his very ‘ l , v< 7 in case you havn’t heard J' ere are the facts. But any simi jarity between any local person either living or dead is not true an d we didn’t say it. Hare are the facts. The gentle man. scheduled to attend a party W influential citizens in another community, took his lightning to , vor h with him and hid it carefully away from the prying eyes of | iy; fellow workers. While snoop ing around during the day some i orl , found it and then the fun started. After lifting the fire water up and all, the pranksters re j placed it with a jug of similar ; size and shape but filled with wa ter. That night when the folks at the party opened the jug and mix j ed the drinks there was some ex | plaining to do and quick. And re ports say that a lot of lemon juice and ale were wasted before some one discovered the error. This may be a joke hut some one left a note and asked us to announce that the Glutton dub will meet at the regular time after the close of the soft hall season. All members please take note. Gregg the Florist and Ray Har rison have the prettiest corner in town someone says. Which re ninds us, last week when we tentioned the corner we had the JTong initials for Mr. Gregg. It is Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Gregg who own ard operate the business known a; Gregg the Florist. The American Legion and Auxiliary chicken barbecue at the club house Friday night was attended by the largest crowd seen at a meeting of this kind for (piite a while. And the chick en was delicious. A society re porter writing lip this story would have no feeling of guilt at calling the evening a success, and the fellowship outstanding. Commander W. C. Honeycutt prepared the chicken with the aid of Paul Richardson, V. Arena. Bob Free, Bill Hickey, Ike Cook, Leon Williams and E. T. V i v e r e t t e. These Legionnaires prepared 50 chickens and packed the place —Continued on page 5 Power Service Will Be Interrupted Sunday There will be a temporary inter ruption in electric service on Ridgecrest road from high school roa east to Ridgecrest on Sep tember 8, 1948, from 1:30 p. m. to 1:30 p. m , she interruption is necessary I to do important maintenance " or k that cannot be done with j-afety when the lines are ener f'zt'd, according to W. S. Hol ttmihe, local representative of the * arolina Power and Light com pany. Ll -'; ! " N meets Tuesday J? e American Legion will meet _ city hall Tuesday. Sept. 7, program for the - vear "ill be discussed and S ned at this time, W. C. thu> *n Ut; ' comma nder, requests aemisaneJS” proSpective °J. S TO MEET O.FTs Mountain Chapter 200 meeting- "t h ,° ld their re K ular ai 8:00 P „ Uesday - September 7, All '’.in the Masonic Hall, vited tr tar m embers are in a to attend. mountain growing newspaper in A progressive and -Hunstlay, Sept cm lie r 2, 19*18. Black MountlhoTcT Town Completes New Water System With Daily Capacity Os 150,000 Gallons Roxy Theatre Will Have Free Movie Saturday I here will be a free movie for all children under 12 years of‘age at the Roxy 1 heatre in Swannanoa on Saturday, Sept. 4, at 1:30 and 3:00 p. m. All children from the community, including Swannanoa, Black Mountain, Ridgecrest, Mon treat and Oteen are invited to attend. “As most of the children had to spend the summer at home because of the polio ban, we feel that the least we can do to show our ap preciation for their patronage to our theatre is to give a free movie in their honor,” E. Y. Neill, owner and manager said. Candy for the event will be furnished by the Swannanoa merchants free. The picture will be “Partners of Sun set’’ starring Jimmy Wakely and the program will include a serial and comedy. All children under 12 years of age are invited to attend. Cathev Praises Lions Eye Clinic Judge Sam Cathey told the Black Mountain Lions of the work being carried on at the Lions eye, clinic in Asheville and issued an invitation to the local club to participate in its support at the meeting held Thursday at the Monte Vista. “The Lions eye clinic is one of the most modern to be found any where in the Southeastern part of the United States and as a re sult of work carried on there sight has been restored to several and hundreds from the 16 counties which it serves have been aided.” The only expense now is on the upkeep, the visitor said. He pointed out that the work did not belong exclusively to the Asheville club, and called at tention to the fact that 80 per cent of blindness can be prevented. Arts Club Elects R. Guy President Robert Guy, manager of Ridge crest, was elected president of the Black Mountain Arts club at the annual meeting held at “Hilltop,” the home Dr. and Mrs. F. H. Rich ardson. Dr, W. D. Weatherford, retiring president presided. Other officers elected are Rich ard Seawright, first vice-presi dent; Mrs. W. H. McMurray, second vice-president; Mrs. Gor don Greenwood, third vice-presi dent* Miss Caroline Hall, corres ponding secretary; Miss Louise Simmons, recording secretary; Stanley Garland, treasurer, and Miss Aurelia Howells, activities chairman. The more than 70 persons who attended were entertained at a reception which followed the busi ness meeting. Dr. W. D. Weatherford, Mrs. Frank Richardson, Mrs. C. E. Keith, and Miss Margaret Hay re ceived the guests. Decorations were —Continued on Page 5 Woman’s ’Club Will Sponsor Hake Sale A bake sale sponsored by the Woman’s club, will be held Sat urday, September 4, at the Black Mountain grocery, be ginning at 0:30 A. M. On sale will he apples, cakes, candy, cookies, pies, jams, and jellies. Telephone your order to one of these: Mrs. J. I. Cook, Mrs. J. L. Potter, Mrs. W. J], Vern on, or Mrs. W. I. Willis. Hummers Lease Blue Ridge Case Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hummer have leased the Rlue Ridge case from Mrs. Harley Reed and they be gan operation Monday. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Reed, Jr., who oper ated the case this supimer have returned to Miami. Mr. and Mrs. Hummer are well known in Black Mountain. Mrs. Hummer is the former Nora Sum mey, while Mr. Hummer is a native of Washington, D. C. A member of the air corps during World War 11, he served chiefly in the South Pacific.. They will continue the case under the same name and invite all their friends to visit them at their new location. NEWS To Present Shopping Guide Beginning next week Miss I. Noah Barr Gunn, fashions author ity and more recently with World W’ide marketing service, will be gin a weekly review of the NEW’S ads. Miss Barr Gunn will visit the various .stores, look over the items advertised, and give a brief account of what she considers the best buys for the week. For obvious reasons the shop ping expert has requested that her identity remain a secret. She is known by only two people and they have been pledged to secrecy. The size of the ad will make no difference. Miss I. Noah Barr Gunn will select what she considers the best buy or buys and write accordingly. The column will appear under the name of “Shopping 4 U.” Watch for it beginning in the Sept. 9 edition of the Black Moun tain NEWS. STOP! Find Your Name In The Ads And Get A Free Theatre Ticket Hidden away among the ads of this week’s paper are the names of those folks who are to receive FREE TICKETS to the Pix Theatre in Black Mountain or to the Roxy Theatre in Swannanoa. All you have to do to win a free ticket is find your name, folloxved by Pix or Roxy among the ads, then call at the box office and pick up your ticket. Now turn to the ads and find your name. Remember, the name or names may be in any ad in the paper from the first one on page 2 to the last one on page 12. Find YOUR name and go to the show. GROWING COMMUNITY * * Dr. E. J. Anthony Services Held Funeral services for Dr. E. J. Anthony, 65, prominent Black Mountain physician who died at his home here Friday night, were held at the Methodist church Sun day afternoon at 2:00 o’clock with the Rev. Thad McDonald offici ating. He had been ill for three weeks. The body was sent to lowa City for burial. A graduate of lowa State un iversity, he practiced at Straw berry Point, lowa, for 18 years. He came to Black Mountain from lowa City in November, 1942, on assignment by the government due to the shortage of doctors in this community. He was a member of lowa State Medical society and Johnson County Medical society. Surviving are the widow; one daughter, Mrs. Manley Roose of Jackson, Ala., one son, Vern, of Pasadena, Calif., a sister, a broth er and three grandchildren. Harrison funeral home was in charge of arrangements here. San Volunteers Highly Praised Early in February of this year members of the Social Service com mittee of the Western North Caro lina Sanatorium began a con certed drive for volunteers for organized work at the Sanatorium. The churches and other organi zations of Ridgecrest, Black Moun tain, Swannanoa, and Asheville cooperated with the committee in their appeal and by the first week in March a program for volunteer services in the Sanatorium was under way. Inventory and reorg anization of the patient’s library, weekly distribution of books and —Continued on Page 4 Consider Garbage Collection Plan If enough people outside of the city limits are interested, the Black Mountain Transfer Co. will supply a garbage collection service, Marcus Begley said to day. The transfer company has a truck that can be used and is ready to start as soon as proper arrangement can be made. The Black Mountain chamber of com merce and other civic groups have been interested in this problem and have been searching for a solution for a long time, officials revealed. As the decision to start the ser x7ice will depend on the number of subscribers actually interested e nough to support such a project, all those interested are asked to call 4831 for details. FRIENDSHIP HOMECOMING The Friendship Presbyterian church (formerly Friendship chap el) will observe homecoming Sun day, Sept. 5. The program will start at 10:00 a. m. and will feat ure preaching, singing, and a pic nic lunch at noon. All members and friends are invited to attend. CLASSIFIEDS SELL NEWS Safety Measure Against Shortage Under Construction For Several Months The completion of a supple mental water system at the Black Mountain water shed which will supply an estimated 1000 gal lons per minute has been an nounced by town Manager W. Dean Willis. The new system will be used during dry weather to avert a water shortage. Under construction for the past several months, the pump was switched on and the lines thrown open for the first time when the mayor and members of the town board visited and inspected the dam site at their last meeting. Mayor J. L. Potter turned the switch that marked the official opening of the system. “It has taken several years of planning to complete the job,” Mr. Willis said today. “Although actual work begun only last fall, the town had to purchase addit ional property and right of ways before we could start. In addition the water lines had to be trans ferred and all of this took a lot of time and cost a lot of money. But the project will be well worth all the cost. It assures us of an ade quate water supply in time of drouth or other emergensy.” At the dam site, which is be low the main dam and reservoir, is located a small concrete dam and a new pump and pump house. From here 170 feet of six-inch pipe wil carry the water from the new dam to the upper dam where it will enter the main supply. But town officials emphasize that this is only a safety measure and that it will not be used except to evert a water shortage. “It will not mean that any more water will come through the pipes or that there will be any more water pressure,” Mr. Willis pointed out. “It is just a safety measure.” ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Town officials today praised the part played by the town employees in completition of the project. Those who worked under the technical supervision of Thad Burnette included Sid Brackett, Jess Dotson, Ben Inman, and Earl Brackett. Service Groups Install Officers W. C. Honeycutt, Black Moun tain attorney, was installed com mander of the American Legion and Mrs. W. T. Wright president of the Legion Auxiliary in a joint meeting held Friday night at the club house. The installation cere mony was directed by Karl A. Muschette, state service officer of the Oteen post. “Before another year rolls around we hope that our Legion post here in Black Mountain will have a roof over its head,’’ Mr. Honeycutt told the large group that was present for the meet ing. “We have a potential mem bership here of more than 1000 and it doesn’t seem too high if we say that we should double our membership which at present stands at 68. I have always liked —Continued on Page 8 Pay Only 5c
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