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Humane Society
Has More Than
100 New Members
The Black Mountain humane
society has been renamed The May
Fairrloth-Dixon unit of the Ashe
ville humane society in honor of
tl'e wife of the president. Prank
pixon. Mr. and Mrs. Dixon were
instrumental in organizing the lo
cal chapter.
At the meeting held at the city
hall Friday night steps were taken
t inaugurate a program of hu
mane education in the schools with
Ujj ?s Sally Kitchen in charge. Mrs.
pjxon has given one year’s sub
s rirtion of the National Humane
jj e view to the schools. The invest
igating committee is composed of
Af r . Dixon. Mrs. Edna Konrad, and
j| r 5 Laurence Brown. Meeting
jilfht was set as the last Friday
of each month. A resolution was
passed praising Mrs. Susan Lee
f or her part in helping organize the
chapter.
Those interested in the work of
the society for the prevention of
cruelty to animals may join the
Black Mountain chapter by sending
one dollar with their name and
mailing address to the treasurer,
Mrs. Emily Read Wood, Box 695,
Black Mountain and their mem
bership card will be sent to them.
MEMBERSHIP LIST:
Frank Dixon, Mrs. Frank Dix
on. Mrs. Emily Wood, Dr. Frank
H. Richardson, Mrs. Frank H.
Richardson, Mrs. Susan Lee, C. W.
Konrad, Mrs. C. W. Konrad, Mrs.
JI. F. Rondel, M. E. Rondel, Miss
gaily Kitchen. Gordon Greenwood.
Mr ! Gordon Givnwood, B. W.
P land, Mrs. B Mr. Rowland, J.
1 Potter. Mrs. J. L. Potter, R. E.
Finch, Mrs. R. E. Finch, Mrs.
Samuel Cooley, Craig Cooley, and
Miss Margaret Hay.
Mrs. George W. Sarti, Miss Min
nie Mcßride, Mrs. C. B. Mash
burn, G. M. Harris, Mrs. G. M.
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Armistice Day
Banquet Planned
The American Legion and Leg
ion Auxiliary annual Armistice
Day banquet will be held at the
Monte Vista hotel at 7 p. m. Thurs
day, November 11. Officials have
announced that there will be plen
ty to eat and plenty of entertain
ment. Speaker will be the Rev.
Wayne Williams.
Tickets are now on sale at Pot
ter Feed Store, Bob’s grocery,
Jones Food store, Key City Phar
macy. They will be available at
the door Thursday night. The cost
is $1.25. All members and those
eligible for membership for either
the Legion or the Auxiliary are
urged to attend. The dress will be
informal and Commander W. C.
Honeycutt and his committee
have been working overtime pre
h'tr.ng the program for an old
fashioned get together.
Sponsors Movie
M Roxy Theatre
i'he Swannanoa Order of East
ern Star will sponsor a movie at
the Roxy Theater in Swannanoa
Monday and Tuesday evening, No
ember 8 & 9, Proceeds will be
used by the OES for the various
Projects which they carry on
t- raughout the year.
W Neill, Roxy manager, has
Announced that there will be no
increase in price for the movie
! 'eh will feature Victor McLag
len und Jon Hall in “South of Pa-
P" 1 ago.” In addition to this stir
film, the program will feat
>’ews. The time will be the
!e as that for other days.
JJuirsday, November 4, 1948, Black Mountain, N. C.
THE GOBLINS RAN WILD
, Halloween group is pictured in the Fellowship room of the
Methodist church on I hursday evening. The party was sponsored by
the young adult group of the church under supervision of Mrs. W. D.
Dibre.il. J*' ni l C. I. McDougle, Max Woodcock, and Stanley Garland in
the picture and be eligible for honorable mention. Ellington Studios
Byrd, Neill Eye
Grid Clash Here
Armistice Day
Coaches Eugene Byrd and E. Y.
Neill are looking past this week’s
opponents toward November 11
when the Warriors and Darkhorses
clash in the final game of the year
for Black Mountain on the local
field at 3:15 p. m. It will will be a
Runcombe county league game.
Undefeated and untied the
Darkborse® -rq assured of at
least a tie for fi -st place .n the
county race. A win over Swa nan
oa would, return the crown to the
Key City where it rested until won
a year ago by the Warriors. Both
teams are expected to be at full
strength for the struggle.
Although Swannanoa, playing
with a green, light, and inexperi
enced squad, has not won many
games this season, the Warriors
have been showing improvement
during the last few weeks and
will reach top condition in time
for the game. Serving his first
season at Swannanoa Coach E. Y.
.Neill has worked long hours
ironing out the rough spots.
The Rlack Mountain eleven, bol
stered by the addition of several
new players this year, has gone
through undefeated bowling over
Biltmore, Weaverville, Oakley,
Ben Lippen, Sand Hill, and Cand
ler in a row. While there are sev
eral boys deserving of praise,
Coach Byrd has stressed that
team work is responsible for the
season’s record rather than indi
vidual performance.
As most of the stores will prob
ably be closed in observance of
Armistice Day, a capacity crowd is
expected.
College Will Present
Famous String Quartet
A special concert will be given
at Gaither Hall, Montreat, at 8
p. m., November 11. The Montreat
college will present in concert the
Marianne Kneisel string quartet
which is one of the foremost wom
en’s string quartets. They will pre
sent a selected program of works
from such composers as Beethoven,
Dvorak, Deßussy, Joaquin Turine
and Grainger.
Montreat college extends a cord
ial invitation to all friends to be
present for this unusual musical
treat. There is no admission
charge.
B&PW MEETS MONDAY
The Business and Professional
club will meet Monday, November
8, at 7:30 p. m. in the Fellowship
room of the Methodist church.
DIRECTS SHOW . . .
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Mrs. Pearl Roberts who is here
to direct “Fun For You”, the side
splitting all home talent musical
which will be presented at the
grade school auditorium Friday
and Saturday, November 12, 13,
at 8 p. m. The show is sponsored
by the Jaycees.
Swannanoa Club
Hears Dr. Bell
Dr. L. Nelson Bell, well known
surgeon of Asheville and Mon
treat and returned missionary
from China gave a very concise
description of Communism and
its working in an address at
the regular meeting of The Swan
nanoa Men’s Club on Monday
night.
Dr. Bell described the expans
ion of this socalled “Social Can
cer” in China through contacts
from that country. He further em
phasized that some effectual meth
od must be found and put into ef
fect immediately in our country
to combat this menace or we will
be absorbed, as China is now in
the process of being, through in
filtration of Communists into the
army, labor unions, and other im
portant organizations.
Following Dr. Bell’s address
business of the Club was discussed,
furthering plans for a Minstrel
show on December 3, and plans
for the community building in
Grovemont further perfected.
The meeting was presided over
by Arnold E. Powell, president,
and additional new members were
elected.
meeting postponed
The general meeting of the
Black Mountain Arts club has been
postponed from Thursday, Novem
ber 4, to Friday, November 12. It
will be at the Monte Vista.
Jaycees Great Musical Production
‘Tun For You” Here Next Week
Miss S. Currell
Will Resume <
Work In Japan
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Miss Susan Currell will leave ,
Black Mountain on November 9 on
the first lap of her journey back to <
Japan. Miss Currell first went out :
to Japan as a missionary of the ;
Presbyterian Church in the Unit- '
ea States in 1921. She returned to
this country in 1941 because of 1
the outbreak of the war between
the United States and Japan, leav
ing, of course, at the request of ,
governmental officials.
While in this country Miss Cur
rell has taught Bible in the Black
Mountain grammar school. She
began her teaching in 1942 and
continued until the end of the 1948
school term. The children of our
community are much richer in
knowledge of the Holy Scriptures
because of the teaching of Miss
Currell. The town of Black Moun
tain and the whole school district
appreciate her work and will see
the result of her teachings in the
lives of our boys and girls for
yeas to come.
While in Japan duing the years
from 1921 to 1941 Miss Currell
labored on the Island of Shikoku
on the Inland Sea. Her main work
was in a mission school. She is re-
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Democrats Win
County, State
Harry S. Truman, who became
president at the death of Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, led the Demo
cratic party to triumph in one of
the tightest elections witnessed in
more than a quarter of a century.
The Republican standard bearer
Thomas E. Dewey, governor of
New York, conceded defeat early
Wednesday.
In Buncombe county as well
as the rest of the state the Demo
crates made a clean sweep of of
fices. Roy A. Taylor of Black
Mountain, J. E. Divelbiss of Ashe
ville, and Leslie McDaniel of
Oteen were reelected to the House
of Representatives from Bun-
Runcombe county and Frank M.
Parker of Asheville was returned
to the legislature. Coke Candler,
Democrat nominee for chairman
of the Buncombe county board of
commissioners, had no opposition.
George D. Young of Swannanoa
won handsomely from W. Kelly
Roberts for commissioner of pub
lic institutions, John C. Vance
beat Jack Crawford for commis
sioner of public highways, John
P. Brown was reelected tax col
lector, and George A. Diggs best
ed Wiley Reeves for register of
deeds.
The Democrats returned Mon
roe Redden to the U. S. House of
Representatives from the twelfth
district and elected J. M. Brough
ton to the U. S. Senate for the
regular term.
Plans Moving Ahead For
Cemetery Improvement
Anyone who objects to having
graves lowered or shubbery re
moved at Tabernacle cemetery
should call 7140. or see Mrs. R. H.
Reed or Mrs. Ella Kerlee within
the next 10 days. The committee
reports that they need money and
will be glad to accept donations.
READ THE CLASSIFIEDS!
Pay Only 5c
Proceeds Will Be Used
For Portable Bleachers
An enthustiastic cast is at work
daily on the Junior Chamber of
Commerce great and elaborate
musical “Fun For You*’ which
will be presented at the grade
school auditorium November 12
& 13.
The talent committee consist
of Bubby Tyson, Penn Hunter,
and Oscar Tinney report that
some of the most talented people
in the entire south and Black
Mountain havfe signified their will
ingness to participate and will
be on stage when the curtain
goes up at 8 p. m. on Friday, No
vember 12 forthe l first of the
great two-day stand.
Some of the valley famous peo
ple who will take part include
Penn (say it with flowers) Hunter,
Bill (I’ll take your picture) El
lington, Gen Byrd, and Bubby
(your suite needs changing) Ty
son.
The cast will include 100 people
some of whom will impersonate
famous radio, stage and screen
stars. The show is billed atomic
bomb of amateur entertainment
and promises to be that and more.
Scenes will include “Breakfast
in Hollywood,” at which time
George Dougherty will he intro
duced as Betty Grable, Dr. E. K.
Brake as Lana Turner, and Sarge
Brantley and B. E. Nordhielm as
famous stars. Gary Moore will go
into the audience and award a
prize for the ladies’ hat drawing
the most applause. All women
are urged to wear their silliest
millinery in order to win nylon
hose, and other beautiful gifts.
This scene will include awarding
the wishing ring, presenting a
corsage to the oldest lady pres
ent, and giving a gift to the per
son chosen as the Good Neighbor
of Black Mountain. The good
neighbor should be a man or wom
an who has clone outstanding char
itable or civic work for the com
munity. All letters nominating
the good neighbor should be mail
ed to the Black Mountain NEWS
not later than November 10. A com
mittee will judge the letters re
ceived. The winner will be pre
sented the night of the show.
Mrs. Pearl Roberts, director,
has been very favorably impres
sed with the fine cooperation re
ceived from all. For tickets see
any Jaycee.
Mrs. Viverette
Presents Puoils
Mrs. Roger Viverette presented
her younger group of music pupils
in a recital Satuday afternoon
October 30 at her studio on Church
St.
Two musical contests were held
und the prizes were won by Celeste
McCall and Carolyn Prescott. Two
pupils were commended for their
good playing, Larry Morris and
Joyce Riddle.
The following appeared on the
program in solos and duets: Elaine
Allison, Carolyn Dinwiddie, Wins
ton Riddle, Celeste McCall, Larry
Morris, Carolyn Prescott, Nancy
Wilson, Betty Marett, Rita Gasper
son, Russel Rowland, Melba Rid
dle, Doris Jean Snipes, Joyce Rid
dle, and Sara Ann Wallace.
Refreshments in keeping with
' Halloween were served.
XIRcTiOARD MEETING
A board meeting of the Black
1 Mountain-Swannanoa chapter ARC
! will be held at Red Cross office
l Tuesday, November 9, at 7:30
P. M. The chairman, Dr. C. D.
Thomas, requests a full attend
ance of the members.
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