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BLACK MOUNTAIN NEWS * ★ A PROGRESSIVE AND GROWING NEWSPAPER IN A PROGRESSIVE AND GROWING COMMUNITY ★ ★ Vol. I. No. 15. Legion Votes To Sponsor WNC District Tourney Waycaster-McFee Post 129, Vrerican Legion, in a regular meetincr held at the Claude Betts rail Tuesday night voted to spon i(ir the Western North Carolina district tournament which will be field here in early February. The dinner of the district will advance •, the state which will be held in spacious gym at Asheboro. Coach Carl Myers, whose Legion naires hold - undisputed possession ,if first place in the WNC league, reported «t the meeting that the i cai post had been asked to con duct the tournament and the sug gestion was accepted without op r, sition. Myers was named gen ,ru! chairman of the arrange ,: ts committee and immediately -elected Paul Richardson as first asrl-tant. Other committees will he appointed within a short while. The Legion team last year amassed one of the best records in •.his part of the state and advanced the state finals before losing to the state champions. For their , . {standing play and sportsman ship their sponsors, the local post *" the American Legion, was re , -..-ted to conduct this year's > trict meet. One of the largest crowds in recent years was present at the Tuesday meeting to hear J. L. Pot ter. chairman of the Legion raem -1 -ship committee, report that the post had already passed its as -ierned quota and now had 85 mem ' . Commander W. C. Honey r tt has set 200 as the goal. The new uniforms for the bask etball team have not arrived but are expected to be here before the pening of the second half of vrue play. The post voted to enter the team in the Valley Springs tournament and appointed i'ete Earle, star center, to direct ‘he team in the absence of Coach Myers, who will be away on va cation. Leslie McDaniels of Oteen, new member of the state legisla ture. spoke briefly. Following the business meeting refreshments were served in the kitchen of the r.ew hall. Under the direction of Commander Honeycutt and Claude Betts the hall has undergone a great change during the past few weeks. The floors have been waxed, walls painted, lights fixed, a shower and toilet installed, and a kitchen prepared, complete with electric stove and grill. The new arrangements give the Legion one "t the finest halls to be found in Black Mountain. SI’ORTS SCHEDULE Western North Carolina League December 10 1 eg ion and Auxiliary at Haw Creek December 15 A alley Springs at Moore VA Gym Church League December 13 Meth. vs. Ridge (girls) Meth. vs. Ridge. (boys) I’apt, vs. Pres. (girls) Rapt. vs. Pres. (boys) Wilt) TOOK CANES? Police today are looking for the Person or persons who removed ’ "eo of the candy canes from the -ht poles in front of the city tali, Penn Hunter, chairman of ■ decorating committee of the Junior Chamber of Commerce said ihi- morning. M 'N - OF- THE - YK YR Ihe contest to pick the out -tanding young man of the year in Bauk Mountain is off to a good tart, Bill Ellington, committee chairman, reports and many en ’rit-s have been received. The deadline for filing entries is De cember 20. The selection will be announced early in January. Goode, Nanney Win High Scout Honors Bobby Goode and Cecil Nanney, members of Troop 25 of Black Mountain, were inducted into Order of the Arrow" in ceremon ies held at Daniel Boone Novem ber 24-26. ( veil was tapped while in camp last summer and returned to take the final steps. Bobby was tapped two years ago. ! n order to become eligible for this high honor a candidate must be a first class Scout and a sec ond year camper. He is put through a series of strenuous tests to prove his right to belong to the "Order. Cecil and Bobby were inducted during an impressive ceremony. Valley Springs "ere Friday The high school basketball teams will taper off today with a light signal drill as the.v complete prep arations for the invasion tomorrow night of Valley Springs. The lo cals won their first games by dumping Old Fort last week end. W hile the center of attraction will be the hoys, who are defending champions of Buncombe county, the visiting girls will offer one of the county’s outstanding perform ers in Diane Miller, sling shot artist who shoots from any and all angles. Fans will remember Miss Miller as the eirl who weaved through the Black Mountain defense in the countv quarter finals last spring for 16 points during the first half to give her team a 20 to 14 half time advantage, But during the third and fourth periods the Night mare guards, McDougle, Burnette, and Fortune slipped a bridle on this young lady and held her to four points. All three of these guards all of whom were named on either the first or second all-county teams — will be missing when the teams nair off here tomorrow night, but fan.s are confident that Coach Eugene Byrd will come up with the right combination to solve the problem. Back for Valley Springs are several of the boys who won the county title last spring. Friday night should determine just how far the locals will go in county otn petition. Tea And Topic Club Ready Dime Board The Tea and Topic club will sponsor the dime board in Black Mountain again this year. Open ing date has been set for Friday, December 17. The final dimes will be received at noon on December 24. For details of what happened to the money which you left on the dime board last year, see ed itorial on page 1, section 11. Smokey Says: [ WOW! I 30.000 PEOPLE SMOKING* HOS | I’M SURE GLAD THEY'RE THEWOOPS' Use Your Ashtray When linvmg Thursday, December 9, 19 IS, Black Mountain, N. C. Annual Christmas Cantata Will Be December 21 The Community Chorus will pre sent “The First Christmas”, a can tata by Coombs on Tuesday even ing, December 21, at 8 o’clock at the Methodist church. Directed by John Con nett, head of the music department at War ren Wilson college, the chorus will be composed of 40 voices. Soloists will be Mrs. Roy Alexander, so prano, Miss Marjorie Lisherness, contralto, Edward Dupuy, tenor, and Robet Guy, baritone. Mrs. A. W. McDougle will be at the organ and Miss Doris Byrd at the piano. For the past several years the Christmas Cantata has been one of the musical highlights of the community and annually features the best talent available. Under the able direction of Mr. Connett, an excellent performance is as sured. F")I Hcuse Cheers Minstrel Show A full house was present to cheer approval when the Swan nanoa Men’s club presented its first annual minstrel at the school auditorium Friday night. Proceeds will J>e used to help build the Swan nanoa community house which has been under consideration for some time. The fun for the evening was highlighted by Meat Ball played by Bovd Owanby, Eight Ball played by Earl Gill, and Screw Ball played by Carrol Johnson. Bob Muellor as interlocutor kept the program moving at a fast clip. The crowd called Meat Ball and Bill Creasrrran back for a sec ond tap dance and cheered the all girl chorus composed of Swan nanoa high school girls. Dr. Richardson, Albers Honored Two Black Mountain residents received international recognition by the inclusion of their biograph ies in ‘‘World Biography,” the largest international biographical reference book, just published. Comprising two volumes totalling 5,120 pages, ‘‘World Biography” lists sketches of 40,000 living men and women distinguished in the arts and sciences, politics, educa tion, literature, commerce and in dustry, military and naval affairs, and other fields of endeacor. The work is published by Institute for Research in Biography, New York City. Included from Black Mountain are Dr. Frank Howard Richardson, pediatrician, and Professor Joseph Albers, painter and lecturer, author, instructor, Black Mountain college. ‘‘World Biography’’ was pre pared with the cooperation of numerous scientific, cultural and learned societies, and was com piled with the aid of governmental agencies in sixty countries. THANKSJAYCEES We wish to express our sincere appreciation to our many white friends of Black Mountain for the lovely Christinas surprise given by Santa Claus Saturday afternoon to our colored children at the pre school. They were more than de lighted and words can not tell what the visit meant to them. Teacher and pupils. PHONE YOUR NEWS TO 4101 iiiiiimititHtiiimitituitittiittitHiitHHHiiiKfitimMiiHMimiiHitiiiiiiitHimM ' t Church League Results = i Dec. 6 GIRLS Pres. (30 Meth. (8) Cooper (15) F Free (2) Nichols (10) F Timmerman 2 Knoefel (3) F Gibbs (3) Brown G Slagle Packett G Justus Massas G Dinwiddle Subs: Presbyterian, McElhaney, Payne (2), Johnson, Black. Meth odists, B. Justus (1), McDonald. Ridgecrest (11) Bapt. (15) Quinn (3) * F Roberson Turner (4) F Hill (5) Belcher (4) F Carver Allred G McMahan Hamby G Blankinship Hollifield G Carver Subs: Ridgecrest, Smith. Bap tists, Goodman (6), Simmons, Hig ginbotham (2), Watkins, Burn ette (2). JOYS Pres. (6) Meth. (10) Mclntosh (3) V Atkins (4) Styles (3) F Longcoy Holt C Shu ford (4) White G Sarti Reese G Osteen (2) Subs: Pres., Smathers. Ridge. (27) Baptist (9) Turner (6) F Hill MeK|rath (3) ’’ Swayngim Turner (6) C Robertson Snipes (2) G Morgan C. Gray (2) G Roland (4) Subs: Ridge., Johnson, Bailey, Renolds (2). Hentchel (6), Burg in, York. Baptists, O. Reese (2), Burgess, Nanney (1), Ramsey (2). Presbv'e“«ans Plan Building At a congregational meeting this past Sunday the Black Moun tain Presbyterian Church voted in frvor of a proposal by the offi cers of the church to erect an ed ucational building at a cost of ap proximately <15,000.00 The struct ure will be in the form of a wing at the north end of the present building and will contain of at least nine class rooms, two toilets, a kitchen and the pastor’s study. Construction will be started as soon as the congregation can raise §0,500.00. J. O. Williams will head the finance committee. •Santa Greeted Rv Lame Crowd The annual visit of Santa Claus to Black Mountain was a success. Arriving a few minutes after 1 p. m. Saturday afternoon, he was greeted by a large crowd in down town Black Mountain. He later visited the outlying sections and distributed free gifts to all the children. Because of the element of safety involved, officials of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, who spon sored the event, decided against having Santa visit the various stores. Driven bv Lee Marett and as sisted by Penn Hunter, ,St. Nick came bouncing down State street aboard his trailer with the fire truck as escort. His trailer was surrounded within a matter of sec onds and soon aftewards the gifts, which were contributed by the merchants, began to fly in all directions. The residents of Brook side and the Craigmont sections were looking forward to his visit and at Craigmont Santa was greeted with a special song. More than 500 bags of fruit and candy ■were distributed. Fay Only 5c Waiting Is Poor Way To Attract Industry: Thomen "There is no reason why Black Mountain should not be able to at tract several small industries without interfering with the tour ist business in the least,” Walter W. Thomen told members of the Chamber of Commerce and their guests at the Monte Vista Monday night. The dinner was in celebra tion of the 25th anniversary. The speaker, who is executive vice-president of the Asheville In dustrial Promotion Council, told of the job which his group has done since its organisation more than a year ago. In discussing methods of attracting new in dustry Mr. Thomen emphasized that the poorest way was that of waiting for those interested to make inquiry. ‘“We’ve been wait ing since we were organized for the first inquiry,” Thomen de clared, “and at the present we are still waiting.” William Parker and Dr. L. G. Beall were present to receive cer tificates honoring them as charter members of the chamber of com merce. A. F. Tyson, ,Jr., treasurer, re ported that the Chamber spent §400.00 more during the past year than was taken in. due largely to new activities. Carter Uzzell re ported for the membership com mittee, Reed Hill’s report on act ivity of the publicity committee was read by M. E. Rondel, who then reported on civic improve ments. In the secretary's report R. S. Eckles pointed out that an organization wao osly as good as its members md -ailed for co operation of all Concerned. W. C. Honeycutt told of the activity of the industrial committee. The secretary attended a meet ing of Chamber of Commerce ex ecutives at Atlantic Beach early last year and as a result the Cham ber of Commerce regional meet ing was held in Rlack Mountain. It was attended by 65 members from all parts of the state. C. E. Spencer presided and H. W. Sanders had charge of the pro gram. The Jaycees were guests. New directors include Bill El lington, owner and manager of Ellington Studios, H. B. Sabiston, president of the Black Mountain Freezer Locker company, A. F. Tyson, Jr., Gordon H. Greenwood, J. G. Northcott, C. E. Spencer, W. C. Honeycutt, Roy Taylor, R. E. Finch, E. L. Kirkpatrick, M. E. Rondel, and R. S. Eckles. An or ganizational meeting will be held in early January. Masons Elect Frank Hudson Frank Hudson was elected wor hipful master of Black Mountain Lodge No. 663 AF & AM at a meeting held Friday night at the Masonic hall. Other officers named are Cecil Nanney, senior warden; Bill Hjnk le, junior warden; (i. E. Kerlee, secretary; L. 11. Mashburn, treas urer; 11. F. Dotson, senior deacon; A. L. Simmons, junior deacon; W. A. Huneycutt, chaplain; Robert Hauth, senior steward; George Mc- Afee, junior steward; F. P. Hig ginbotham, tyler; and Clyde Wat kins, marshal. BAKE SALE SATURDAY Circle No. 2 of the Methodist church w ill sponsor a bake sale at the Black Mountain Hardware Saturday morning beginning at 9 o’clock. CLASS! FI EDS SELL—Phone 4101
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