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OL. 6. NO. 19 14 PAGES
THURSDAY. JANUARY 11. 1951. BLACK MOUNTAIN, N. C.
TWO SECTIONS — 5f PER COPY
fraffic Problems
fo Be Discussed
[At Open Heeling
, The trnffic problems of Black
I Mountain will be aired at a mass
(meeting which the mayor will call
(within the next few weeks. This
was decided at the regular meet
t ing of the hoard of aldermen at
| the city hall Tuesday night.
Do we need parking meters for
[ the congested district ? Should
they be operated just during the
; summer season or ull year long?
These and other problems will
j be discussed at the meeting the
date of which will be set by the
mayor and announced far enough
in advance so that all interested
citizens will have an opportunity
to attend. Of particular interest
will be the suggestions made by
Prof. W. F. Babcock, consulting
engineer of the North Carolina
League of Municipalities, who sub
mitted a report following an ex
tensive study of the traffic prob
lems in Black Mountain. A digest
of this report will be given at the
meeting by \V. Dean Willis, town
clerk and treasurer.
Charles E. Spencer, director of
civil defense for Black Mountain,
Swannanoa, and Broad River town
ships, gave the mayor and board
a preview of defense plans. This
followed closely upon the heels
of the general meeting at the city
hall Monday evening which was
attended by more than 40 persons
from the three townships.
Mr. Spencer will have a full re
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Survey Workers
Will Receive
Instructions
Representatives fro m the
churches in Black Mountain town
ship who will participate in the
friendly community survey Sunday
afternoon, Jan. 21, will meet at
the Presbyterian church this com
ing Sunday afternoon at 2:30.
At this meeting, under the lead
ership of J. 0. Williams, general
chairman, workers will receive in
struction and territorial assign
ments. Assignments will be made
in the area nearest to each work
er’s church.
The results of this survey
which is a part of a national re
ligious census program, will reveal
not only the number of unchurched
people but also the number of
church members in this township.
Several committees will also be
appointed at this meeting to work
with various civic, fraternal, and
social organizations in preparation
for "Spiritual Emphasis Week"
which will be held in each church
during the first week of April.
Solomon Begins
Work As Full
Time Evangelist
The Rev. Charles W. Soloman,
Presbyterian evangelist of Mon
treat, nreached Sunday morning at
the It lack Mountain Presbyterian
church on the subject "Receiving
Christ." Mr. and Mrs. Soloman
and their four children are resid
ing in Montreat and are buying
a home on Assembly drive, "Glenn
View Inn.”
Mr. Soloman is just beginning
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The Weather . . .
This report is furnished by the
1 . S. weather sub-station located
at the Black Mountain city hall
The instruments are read at 9:00
a. m. daily by W. Dean Willis or
R. A. Hardwick.
Date High Low Prec.
Jan. 4_61_42 .19
Jan. 5_55_21
Jan. 6__54_25
Jan. 7..57_32 .05
Jan. 8_....48_16
Jan. 9_32_12
Jan. 10_45_15
Dr. Charles B. Williams, trans
lator of “The New Testament in
the Language of the People.’
Native of North Carolina, Dr. Wil
liams has written a book that is
fast becoming a best seller.
I
The Rev. Charles W. Solomon
former Fayetteville pastor, who re
cently resigned to enter the fiel<
of evipnifdism. lie is just beginning
his work as a full time evangelist
Native of Texas and graduate o:
Austin college and Austin Pres
byterian seminary, the Rev. Mr
Solomon will preach Sunday morn
ing at Friendship church.
Buncombe Places
Second In Rural
Customers Served
Rural electric lines in Buncomlx
county, as of July 1, 1950, servec
12,972 customers, according to i
recent North Carolina REA re
port, saiil Julian Stepp, distric
manager of the Carolina Powei
and Light company at Asheville.
This places Buncombe in secone
place in North Carolina in numbe
of customers connected to rura
lines, with only Guilford exceeding
it. In mileage of rural lines, Hun
combe ranked ninth, with a tola
of 1,157.84.
In the whole state, Stepp point
ed out, 417,518 consumers wen
connected with rural lines. “I
should be noted, however,” he said
“that this does not mean onl;
farmers. Many other customer:
get their power from rural lines
including stores, industries,
churches, and surburban resident
ial customers.”
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THAT NEW LOOK
IS THE RULE AT
LEGION POST
“Coeks-of-the-walk" are the rule
rather than the exception arounc
American Legion Post 129 in Black
Mountain. Formerly known as go
getters, the name was changed tc
honor those members of a Legior:
post who signed up 10 or more
members during the membership
drive.
In Black Mountain those who
are privileged to wear the “cock
of-the-walk” buttons include John
J. O’Connor, W. W. Earley, C. E.
Keith, W. A. Huneycutt, and J. L.
Potter. These men all aided mater
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Renew Drive For
Buckeye Road
Improvements
George Young, county commiss
ioner of institutions, reported that
efforts were being intensified to
get the Buckeye Cove road im
proved at the monthly meeting of
the Swannanoa Men’s Club Monday
night.
“Although the state checker
registered a count of only 40 in
a 24 hour check, there are 100
families living on this road,1’ Mr.
Young pointed out. “They own 78
cars and trucks. In addition two
work buses from Beacon, two
school buses, one mail delivery, one
newspaper delivery, and four
church buses each week use this
road.” The Men's Club voted to
send a letter along with a new
petition and map which had been
prepared for state highway offi
cials. The club hopes to get the
Buckeye road graded and black
topped.
The club voted to support by
letter and individual telegrams the
anti-pollution bill which will be
introduced in the state legislature
this session.
New members of the club in
clude Arthur Maxwell, Denver
Harbin, and I)r. T. A. Painter.
The Rev. Wayne Williams, re
tired army chaplain of Oteen, was
the speaker. Introduced by Arnold
Powell, program chairman for
January, the former army chap
lain discussed Western North Car
olina, the geography, climate,
people, and future.
"Here on this giant plateau cov
ering more than 8,000 square
miles, between the Blue Ridge on
the east and the Unaka range
on the west, live the descendents
of the Scotch Highlanders who
poured into this region in the
, late eighteenth century,” the Rev.
. Mr. Williams said.
[ “tlilt long before the Indians
• came to this beautiful land of ours,
the mountains of Western North
■ Carolina were inhabited by a race
of pygmies who have left many
traces of their civilization.” Carry
ing on the speaker told of the
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JOHN GRAGG IS
IN SCHOOL AT
CHANUTE FIELD
Pvt. John Gragg has returned to
Chanute Air Force Base in Illinois,
after a 10-day furlough here with
1 his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace
Gragg and other relatives. I’vt.
Gragg received his basic training
at Lackland A tr Force Base, San
• Antonio, Texas, and is now at
' tending the weather observer
school at Chanute air force base.
I Located at Rantoul, 111., 15 miles
• north of Champaign, Chanute Field
1 is one of the largest air force
■ ground schools. Here technicians
are trained for service with air
1 force groups throughout the world.
Mr. and Mrs. Gragg have just
received word from another son,
, M/Sgt. William A. Gragg, who is
with the 17th Infantry regiment
in Korea, that he came through all
' right and is well.
New Requests Received For Lunches
Due to illness and other causes
a number of new requests for free
lunches have been made to the
lunchroom committee since re
opening of school after the Christ
mas holidays. A balance of approx
imately $90.00 is reported in the
fund at present, and there are
now about 95 children depending
upon this fund for lunches.
Contributions to the fund have
been a little slow since it was an
nounced sometime ago that the
lunchroom program would be need
ed again this year. The lunchroom
committee is again appealing to
the citizens of the community to
support this worthy cause. Many
of these children will go hungry
if additional funds are not secured
with which to carry on the work
as the lunchroom appropriation
for our school is not sufficient to
take care of all the children who
are entitled to and deserve a free
Writers' Contest For High *
Schools Here Announced
Blood Mobile Unit
Collects 100 Pints
At Morgan Mfg. Co.
The blood mobile unit of the
American Red Cross collected
100 pints of blood at the Morgan
Manufacturing company Wed
nesday. Set up from 10:00 a. m.
till 5:00 p. m., the unit was vis
ited by 108 donors.
So urgent is the need for blood
by the armed forces overseas
hat the first eight pints collected
in the morning were rushed to
the Asheville center to complete
a shipment for Korea.
Col. Wilbur J. Simons, chair
man of the lllaek Mountain
Swannanoa chapter, was pres
ent throughout the day.
Old Fort Mills
Raise Beneftis
For Employees
Clearwater Finishing company
and United Rayon Mills announced
to their employees today that ef
fective Feb. 1, 1951, certain bene
fits under the present accident ami
health insurance program will be
in creased. The plan, which is
available to all employees, pro
vides financial assistance to these
who suffer non-occupational acci
dent or illness requiring hospital
ization or surgery. The increase,
which is at no additional cost to
employees, now includes $*>.00 per
day allowance for a hospital room,
$150.1“) rmdPlmtr fan surgical ana
$.'10.00 for hospital extras and a
lump sum maternity benefit of
$75.00. The plan also includes a
$500.00 accidental death benefit
and an allowance for weekly sick
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Forty Families
Were Helped By
T&T Dime Board
The Tea and Topic Club met
Friday evening, Jan. 6, at the
home of Mrs. Otty Leeman with
10 members present. It was re
ported at the meeting that 40
families were helped at Christmas
time from the Tea and Topic
Club's dime board. Twelve pa
tients at the Western North Car
olina Sanatorium were remem
bered with gifts by the club mem
bers.
Following the business meeting
Mrs. A. F. Tyson Jr., reviewed
two books: "The Seven Storey
Mountain” by Thomas Merton, and
"John (Ioffe’s Mill” by George
Woodbury. At the close of the
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Swannanoa Valley
Pupils Are Eligible
To Enter Work
The Writers’ Contest among the
high schools of the Swannanoa
Valley (Black Mountain, Montreat,
Swannanoa and Warren Wilson)
has begun in earnest, so the chair
man has been informed.
The rules are different from
those* of last spring. Poetry, the
essay, and the short stoy will be
the styles of writing to be sub
mitted. Instead of first and sec
ond prizes for each school, as
formerly, there will be an “over
all” first and second prize in each
type of writing, and “honorable
mention” for those deserving it.
This will make the winning of the
prize more difficult but the honor
greater.
The contest will close the last
Friday of April to give the judges
sufficient time to make their de
cisions. Contestants names, as be
fore, will he unknown to the
judges. The manuscripts will bear
numbers only. As formerly, the
judges, selected from the Ashe
ville Branch of the National
League of American Pen Women,
will he expert writers in each
“field of literature” submitted.
Mrs. Anne K. Sharp is chairman
and Miss Edith Chatterton assoc
iate chairman of the creative writ
ing group._
Masonic Lodge Will
Confer Degree Friday
Black Mountain Lodge 6fid AF &
AM will meet in emergency com
munication Friday night, 7 ;d0, to
confer first degree. All Master
Masons are urged to attend. L. H.
Mashburn, master, will preside.
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This is Bill Sharpe, publicity
director of the Carolina Power
and Light company. Recognized as
one of the best in the field of pub
licity, Bill is busy keeping the
readers of the state’s newspapers
informed on the subjects relative
to the power industry. Before go
ing with the power company he
gained nationwide fame for him
self and North Carolina by his
work as publicity director for the
state. .
lunch, hach of the cases is invest
igated to determine whether or not
the child or children should have
free lunches. The majority of the
cases are found worthy and deserv
ing. There may be a case now and
then where the parents are in
different to the welfare of the
child, but the committee feels that
children not old enough to care
for themselves should not be pen
alized for the indifference of the
parents.
A number of contributions have
been made. A doctor at the veter
ans hospital has taken as his re
sponsibility the feeding of one
child. A few such gestures would
mean a lot and greatly help in
taking care of these children. We
do appreciate everything that has
been done. There are many things
to be contributed to and we can’t
all give to everything, but let’s re
member these children and help
to give them the lunches they so
badly need.
The Lunchroom Committee.
Hoy Scout Troop 28
Will He Presented
Charter Tonight
Boy Scout Troop 28, spon
sored by the Swannanoa Men’s
Club, will be presented its |
charter in a ceremony beginn
ing at 7:30 tonight (Thursday)
at the Scout hall in Swannanoa.
Latt McMahan is Scout master.
Robert McFarland, district com
missioner, will preside.
Swannanoa now has two Scout
troops. Members of the two
troops, 28 and 45, will be spec
ial guests at the February
meeting of the Swannanoa
Men’s Club.