0 You Buy An
Extra Sheet Ot
Christmas Seals?
will bo on stale
i.iy. Friday, and Saturday
" s oth which will be set up
‘ black Mountain post office
will be under supervision
Tea and Topic Club. Cans
placed in the various bus
*... ; laces for the canvenience of
buncombe County Tuber
... and Health Association of
i >r. C. D. Thomas of Black
V is president has request
- a: c hristma* Seals be placed
. ,-ry letter and package pre
j for mailing this season,
-.r, urgent need for increas
iculosts work in Buncombe
' , :v '.his year. Will you buy an
,heet of Seals? This is the
|-i-a. which the association has
*'?; to hundreds who have sup
important project dur
'•j past years.
X; funds raised during the
. : v .itch year are used to help
• tuberculosis and to prevent
.; read in Buncombe county
g.> the state.
Erown, Mclntosh
Are Installed
T:> student council of Black
v 'ui ■ High school held an in
•ta .c. r. program Thursday at
high school. This was an in
: .• and impressive program
p.-r'.c.i by the members of the
The ; rogram was opened with
•-r -ciiool singing "God Bless
AffirM'a.” The devotional was
; ■ i by Harold Mclntosh and
David Cork ran.
I ■ Nesbitt presented a gavel
looming president, Harold
who took the oath of of
fer Harold Mclntosh, the vice
»,v. >*nt, then took the oath of
j
Tr.t re.-t of the cpuncil formed
groups. First, the executive
r i: which consisted of Harold
president; Harold Mcln
: -h, vice-president; Thelma
:■ secretary; Wilma Justus,
*.reas rer; and presidents of the
Sherwood Mull, 12th grade;
a Justus, 11th grade; Wil
krr; Waters, 10th grade; and
Gerald Burgess, 9th grade.
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Barbecue Is Getting
Hot Huy Your Tickets
Legionnaires and their wives
»’•: members of the American
Won Auxiliary are planning to
rftr, ■; the barbecue which is
scr.eduled for 6:00 p. m, on
V.nesday, Nov. 29, at the Legion
t;. sn downtown Black Mountain.
£j-h the barbecue and member
!~P campaign are getting hot, so
f ■ your tickets early and don’t
» left out.
Th,- membership contest is still
ruing in full force, officials said
’-■:ay, in requesting that tickets
purchased at once so that the
rstnittee will know how many to
prepare for.
Me Weather . . .
fk' report is furnished by the
' weather sub-station located
*' the Black Mountain city hall.
■ e instruments are read at 9:00
e m. daily by W. Dean Willis or
" L Hardwick.
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FireDesti
'■■sudden, fierce blaze broke
iC ' , rom the north end of the
].'," int ' s Annex to the Assembly
Montreat Tuesday night to
~,‘v :r cry . . . “Fire!’' As flame
X engulfed the long, green
'T / n ' tru <-’ture, anxious yelps
tj. 4 !av,, rite Montreat friend were
; all of the fast gathering
ill ; A 'ho were unable to make
4 . ‘"cue. Soon the cries stopped
t?a.' VVas on ‘y the roar and
•'t:" ij ‘ fire coming from
_ .ii.ding and Carson Dickson,
ke)l*hop at the Assemb
ly:in grief for his mong
eow, n< r ' K dog affectionately
as the “four-footed mail
•°r his feat as letter carrier.
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BLACK MOUNTAIN NEWS
lln ()iil\ Newspaper In 1 lie World ihut Gives A llano About Your Community”
VOL. 6. NO. 13.
t • , !hi r may not cause such a furor as the one which was published last week, but it will
bring back fond memories to many people of Black Mountain. In case you are a newcomer to the com
, mumty this is the football team which represented Black Mountain in 1935. The two coaches are E. V.
Gouge at tr.e left and Roy A. Taylor at the right. Now you identify the others.
Report 24 Need School Lunch
| In a report made by the advis
| ory lunchroom committee to the
general meeting of the Elementary
. P.T.A. on Thursday night, Nov. 1(1,
' it was disclosed : at there are 24
children in the grammar grades
who art* not receiving free lunches
from the school. The lunchroom
committee is again faced with the
problem of providing lunches for
these children, some of whom are
, badly undernourished.
From February until the close
of school last year some 50 child
ren were provided with lunches
who otherwise would not have had
them had it not been for the gen
erous response of organizations
and individuals of our community
to an appeal for funds with which
to carry out this program. At the
1 close of the year there was a bal
ance of $208.00 remaining in this
fund, and this was held in reserve
to be applied toward free lunches
this year if the need should arise.
Most of this money has already
been used for this purpose and a
i balance of SBB.OO was reported on
Nov. 16. An appeal was made for
contributions at the meeting on
1 Thursday evening and about $47.00
was donated.
The cost of feeding these child
ren is still SI.OO a child each week
for lunch and milk. The number
of children to be fed will prob
ably increase as the winter pro
-1 grosses due to lay-offs in industry,
sickness, etc. A good sum will be
■ needed to carry the program
through the school year.
The lunchroom committee is
’ again asking for contributions to
this worthy project. We know the
! Christians Will Hear
Chaplain Rogers Sunday
Chaplain James E. Rogers of
Moore VA hospital will be the
preacher at 3:30 Sunday afternoon
at services of the Black Mountain
. First Christian church. The ser
vice will be held in the Billy Burn-
I ett Memorial room at the First
Baptist churchy _____
roysServants Annex
Twelve employees were occupy
ing the structure at the time the
blaze started about 7:45 p. m.
and all escaped without injuries
except the Assembly pet
The annex was completely gut
ted bv the fire of yet undetermin
ed origin and officials estimate
damages at $25,000 Plans to re
build the 30 room building, which
was erected 22 years ago, were
announced by Dr. J. R. McGregor
president of Montreal college and
the Mountain Retreat Association.
Temporary housing facilities have
been provided the employees.
The Black Mountain hire De
„artment arrived quickly on the
scene in full force and immediately
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23. 1950. BLACK MOUNTAIN, N. C.
citizens of our community will not
let these children down. A hungry
child is not a happy one, and cert
ainly less apt to show a spirit of
cooperation in doing his work.
This makes the work of the teacher
more difficult.
Anyone wishing to contribute to
this fund may do so by contact
ing the members of the lunchroom
committee Mrs. Stanley Gar
land, Mrs. G. L- Kirkpatrick, Mrs.
Dempsey Whitaker, and Mrs. Fred
Higginbotham. Any amount, how
ever small, will be welcomed and
greatly appreciated.
Carl J. Lively
Dies In Accident
Carl Jesse Lively, 19-year-old
youth of Wayside, W. Va., met
a tragic death about 8:30 a. m.
Tuesday, Nov. 14, in a timber ac
cident. A tree which the men had
cut broke in two and the youth
was struck and his neck broken.
He died instantly. Funeral ser
vices were held at the Wayside
Community church on Thursday,
Nov. 16.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher
Lively of Wayside, he was a grad
uate of the Greenville High school
and of the Coyne Electrical School
of Chicago, lie had been a mem
ber of the Methodist church at Way
side since the age of 10. Among
the survivors are his parents,
three brothers, Harold Lively of
Welch, W. Va., Malcolm and Paul
at home, his grandfather H. H.
Lively, and his maternal grand
mother, Mrs. Ettie Green.
SISTER DIES
Mrs. Clifford Porter was called
to Concord Tuesday by the death
of her sister Miss Lou White. Miss
White fell several months ago and
suffered injuries from which she
did not recover. She had been a
patient in a hospital there since.
• HI V CHRISTMAS SEALS
controlled the fire in the one area
offering danger to other property
because of a large fuel tank.
Members of the Black Mountain
fire department who answered
the call and who were praised for
their fine work included W. Dean
Willis fire chief, Lawton Allen,
Sidney Brackett, Raymond Brack
ett Earl Brackett, J. I. Cook, Jr.,
R. ’S. Eckles 111, C. E. Hudgins,
and Don Gaspersom
1)RI G STORES CLOSED
The Black Mountain Drug Co.,
Knight’s Pharmacy, and Key City
Pharmacy will be closed Thanks
giving Day.
• BUY CHRISTMAS SEALS
New C of C Board
Will Be Elected
Rians for the annual election
of members of the board of di
rectors of the Chamber of Com
merce were completed at the
monthly meeting at the city hall
Tuesday night. .
Ballots will be prepared by
Charles Spent ar! ma. ed u all
members on or before Nov. 28.
These must be returned by Dec
5 and will be counted by H. W
Sanders and his committee in time
for the December meeting which
has been moved up to Dec. 12. The
election of officers will be com
pleted at this meeting.
The directors heard the secre
tary read several letters which
Dr. S. S. Cooley had received in
regard to the proposed opening
of the old Mount Mitchell motor
road. Several other matters were
discussed. ,
HEAD STUDENT COUNCIL . . .
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W* > I
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1 ffSr?
Shown here are Harold Brown, president, and Harold Mclntosh,
vice-president, of the student council at the Black Mountain High
school. They were installed at an impressive ceremony held last
Thursday at the school.
5* PER COPY
87 Pints Os Blood
Are Donated By
Beacon Employes
The blood mobile unit visited
the Black Mountain - Swannanoa
chapter, Red Cross on Wednesday,
and was set up in the Methodist
church in Swannanoa for the con
.venience of Beacon Mfg. co. em
ployees. Eighty-seven persons re
ported and 83 pints of blood was
contributed by the donors. It
takes much work and planning to
set up an efficient center for the
hours the mobile unit is scheduled
to be at a temporary center.
Twenty-one volunteers worked
113 hours to set up and keep oper
ating smoothly the center at
Swannanoa last Wednesday.
The following helped: Mrs. A.
B. Whitt and Miss Caroline Hall
were chairmen, Mrs. J. L. Potter,
Mrs. Olga Phillips, Mrs. Thad Mc
donald, Mrs. Alexander, Miss
Susan Hooker, Miss Frank David
son, Mrs. W. E. Vernon, Mrs. W.
B. Stone, Mrs. Fred Newton, Mrs.
B. J. Byron, Mrs. Ann Harrison,
Miss Edith Chatterton, Mrs. Fred
Davidson, Mrs. L. C. Jumper, Mrs.
Katherine Crain, R. nurse, Mrs.
Elliott Merrick, R. nurse, and
three men furnished by Beacon
to assist in loading the trucks.
A donor’s certificate or blood
type card is given to each person
contributing blood through the
Red Cross blood program, which
can prove to be a priceless reward
in time of need. This card should
be carried at all times, in case
he himself needs emergency trans
fusion, priceless minutes will not
have to be wasted in typing or
finding suitable donors. Approxi
mately 30 minutes is required to
type the patient, and more time
must be spent in finding a type
and RH factor to match his. if,
however, physicians know the ac
•ident virtue's blood typ , it c; <
oi matched in a matter of mom
ents from blood already typed and
stored for such emergencies. When
residents of this community con
tribute their blood, they are not
only helping their neighbors, but
they also abtain this small card
that may save their lives some
day.
The following donors contribut
ed their blood at the center in
Swannanoa: Vernie Holcombe,
Banks W. Killough, Lucile Mon
teath, Fred Nichols, Mary Jones,
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