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6. NO. 42.
THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1951, BLACK MOUNTAIN, N. C.
SECTION I
5* PER COPY
Miss Emma Good, former director of dramatics at the Bristol,
High school, will direct “Trippin’ Around" which will be present
er,, under auspices of the Junior Chamber of Commerce on Fri
aml Saturday, June 20, HO. Graduate of Milligan college, Miss
has done graduate work at East Tennessee State Teachers col
She is a member of the Bristol and Johnson City Little Theaters
has directed a number of their plays.
LEGATION REQUESTS ADOPTION
ACT TO CONTROL WILD DOGS
Dney Administrator
County Hospital
E. Mooney of Montreat as
jd his new duties as admin
|tor of the Aiken (South Car
County Hospital on Mon
The hospital is a new insti
bn consisting of 125 beds,
brmer business manager of
jculuni college, Mr. Mooney
to Montreat in September
as assistant treasurer. He
! active in community affairs,
a member of the Lions
I, the Black Mountain Cham
| of Commerce, and a deacon
treasurer of the Montreat
Bch.
ime Destroyed
Fire, Family
reds Assistance
Iveral weeks ago the home of
IJohn Casey family was des
F'i by fire and many of the
|eno!(j possessions lost. Since
S,J well known, it is felt that
of his friends will be in
pted in helping Mr. Casey who
T>d has been in ill health for
) time and unable to work,
lose desiring to contribute to
[worthy cause may call either
It" following: NEWS 4101,
Ihwestern Bank, 2221, W. C.
rZcu0tb :il9L O’Connor’s Rest
1C. S. Betts 2681, or
' hall 3301.
j "a- pointed out that in ad
r ,?.money the family could
othing, furniture, bed cloth
°t supplies of any kind. A
i • ) rab at the donor’s home
[pick up articles given.
U;A\ EMPLOYEE
L *nt Mrs- Carroll Merrill
isVi, ,,bby, moved to Wins
C l m ast Saturday to make
dho®e/ Mr. Merrill is con
temp^6 McLean Truek‘
AT AIKEN
I- .human, who has been
it co'irW'td -^cMurray Chev
Pundav ?nyr ,past y,ear
Pas aa,Lflr„Aiken- S. C., where
l8o\trnCepted a position with
Imminent “H” Bomb plant
President F. W. Dixon, Assist
ant Secretary Mrs. J. I. Cornwell
and Advisory Board Directors Mrs.
VV. B. Dozier and Mrs. C. W. Kon
rad represented the May Faircloth
Dixon Humane Society as part of
a delegation appearing before the
board of county commissioners on
Monday, June 18, at the court
house in Asheville to urge adop
tion of an act passed by the last
session of the general assembly
which would, in effect, control the
wild and stray dogs in Buncombe
county.
The bill, H. B. 198 provides for
the protection and advancement
of the sheep raising, poultry and
livestock industry in North Car
olina and its adoption is optional
with the board of commissioners
in each county. It calls for the ap
pointment of a county dog ward
en, a county animal shelter and
covers quite thoroughly the ident
ification of dogs by tags and col
lars bearing name and address of
the owner, as well as payment of
damages from the dog tax fund
to parties suffering losses of live
stock from dogs, and penalties for
failing to register or list animals
owned. *
Dr. H. C. Whims, county health
officer and Dr. Margery Lord,
Asheville health officer, both
heartily endorsed the adoption of
—Turn to Page 4, this Sec.
Chairman Names
Members To Help
With Campaign
Members of the citizens com
mittee which is being formed here
to assist in promotion of the
Southeastern Christian
have been announced by W. C.
Honeycutt, chairman. The as
sembly has been in the planning
stage for the past two years. In
dications are that definite action
will begin soon on the 600 acre
tract located one mile south oi
the Black Mountain town limits on
the Lakey Gap road.
Committee members include the
following: W. C Honeycutt,
chairman, G. L. Kirkpatrick,
chairman, J. A. Dougherty, Wade
Rowland, Albert Garland, W. H.
McMurray, Max Woodcock, Melvin
_Turn to Page 8, this Sec.
Street Dance Presented Each Friday
Night By B.N.H.S. Alumni Association
Jaycees Bring
Back Smash Hit
For Second Show
W. Dean Willis, president of
the Black Mountain Junior Cham
ber of Commerce, announced today
that work on “Trippin’ Around’
has begun. The show is to bi
presented for the benefit of the
summer recreation program, and
is scheduled for June 29-39 at the
grammar school auditorium. As
has been previously announced
“Trippin’ Around” is the same
show basically as it was on the
premiere, which played here ir
April, 1950. The directors have
made many changes, and the en
tire show has been dressed up witl
new costumes and 11 spotlights
three of which are ultra-violet, t(
be used on the two fluorescen
scenes, “The Fairy Express,” am
“Home To The Southland.” The
slogan for Black Mountain thi
year is: ‘‘You saw it in its beginn
ing, now see the finished pro
duct!”
One unusual feature: the cas
in the 1950 production will b<
asked to assume the same role
in the 1951 version, whereeve
possible. “Trippin’ Around” ha
gained widespread favor, and th
many towns in which it ha
played have consistently reportec
“The best local talent show w
have ever had!’’ The producers, Mi
and Mrs. Fred Bergmann, Jr., ar
in town “for the duration,” an
they with the directors, Mis
Emma Good of Bristol and John
son City, Tenn., and Miss Bets
Webster of Marion, arrived las
Sunday. New ideas in lighting an
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Master Of Grand
Lodge Of State
Coming Monday
Herbert M. Foy, W. M. of thi
Grand Lodge of North Carolina
will pay his official visit to thi
39th district at a series of meet
ings and a dinner which will bi
held in Black Mountain on Mon
day, June 25, it was announce!
today by G. L. Kirkpatrick, dis
trict deputy grand master.
Activities for the day will ge
underway at 3 p. m. Monday wher
the officers and members of al
lodges of the 39th district meel
at the Masonic hall in Blacl
Mountain. At 6:30 the delegatior
will go to the Monte Vista foi
the Grand Master dinner. Al
master Masons are urgently re
queted to attend this dinner. Ii
the evening the grand master wil
address the delegates at the Bap
tist church where the program wil
be completed.
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MRS. HINKLE
REPORTS ON
OES SESSION
Black Mountain Chapter No.
200, O. E. S., met Tuesday even
ing in the J. O. U. A. M. hall.
Mrs. Reva Hinkle, worthy matron,
presided. Plans were discussed for
a bake sale to be held the first
Saturday in July.
Mrs. HinJde gave an interesting
talk on the grand chapter session
held in Asheville, June 10-13.
Those present were: Mr. and Mrs.
Otto W. Henry, worthy matron
and worthy patron of Swannanoa
Chapter 132, Mrs J. L. Potter,
Mrs. Charles McLougle, Mrs. H.
B. Sabiston, Mrs. H. E. Stinch
combe, Mrs. Catherine Stutts,
Mrs. Morris Gardner, Mrs. E. V.
Gouge, Mrs. Cortez Gaskins, Mrs.
[ Gladys Ham, Mr. and Mrs. Leroy
Mashburn, and William Hinkle.
Peggy Gibbs, 16,
Dies Of Injuries
■ Received In Wreck
Funeral services for Peggy
; Gibbs, 16, popular Black Moun
3 tain High school student, were
’ held at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the
Methodist church with the Rev
' Thad McDonald and the Rev
j Eugene Byrd officiating. Buria
. was in Mountain View Memoria
s Park.
Injured fatally in a collisior
t which occurred Saturday after
1 noon on Highway 70 two miles
west of Swannanoa, Miss Gibbs
was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Gibbs of Black Mountain,
and the second victim to be claim
ed by the accident. Mrs. Henry E.
Vogel, 22, of Greenville, S. C.,
died Saturday of injuries received
in the collision which blocked
traffic for more than an hour on
the three lane road.
According to State Highway
Patrolman J. B. Hamilton of Black
Mountain the driver of the 1948
. Chevrolet in which Miss Gibbs
was riding was Jimmie
! Isley, 18, of Black Mountain. Jim
. mie received a fractured leg and
. cuts and bruises. His sister, Miss
' Meredith Isley, 22, suffered a
| fractured shoulder and facial cuts.
. All were admitted to Mission
hospital.
A rising senior at Black Moun
tainu High school, Peggy was a
popular member of the varsity
basketball team and played with
the Methodists in the Community
Softball league. She was recently
installed as second vice-president
of the MYF in a ceremony held
at Blue Ridge.
Pallbearers were Mac Hill,
Roger White, Philip McMahan,
Russell Rowland, Harold Stepp,
and Frank Melton.
Honorary pallbearers were sen
—Turn to Page 4, this Sec.
Presbyterian
Bible School
To Start Monday
The Presbyterian church will
start its two weeks Bible school
Monday morning, June 25, at 9
o’clock' It will last until 11:30
each day. Miss Georgia Powell
from The Assembly Training
School, Richmond, Va., will have
charge and conduct the school.
All children from 5 through 14
years of age are invited to attend.
The program for the children
will include Bible stories, games,
worship period, songs, and other
activities. This marks the 50th an
niversary of the launching of the
vacation Bible school by the Pres
byterian Church U. S.
Planned To Raise
Money For Newly
Organized Band
The second in the series of
weekly square dances sponsored
here each Friday night by the
Black Mountain High School
Alumni association at the inter
section of Broadway and Sutton
avenue will be held at 8:30 Fri
day evening. At the first dance
last week a fair opening night
crowd attended.
With R. T. Greene as general
chairman the dances were planned
by the alunmi association to raise
money for the high school band
which is being formed under di
rection of Mrs. Charline Maydwell.
The dances are an activity of the
community recreation program
under general supervision of the
Buncombe County Community
Chest. They are planned to pro
vide wholesome entertainment and
recreation for the citizens of the
community and the summer visit
ors.
Parents and friends of the stu
dents of the Black Mountain
schools are urged to come out
each Friday and watch the
dancers and listen to the moun
tain music which is provided by
the club house band. Luque Med
ford, Garland Bryson, and Melvin
Lance are the gentlemen who add
a professional touch by their call
ing ability. The affairs are well
chaperoned and there is plenty
of parking space up and down
Broadway and on the new munici
pal parking lot just opened next
door to the Greene Building. Those
who drive down are requested to
—Turn to Page 4, this Sec.
REPLIES POUR IN
Mosquito-Free
Vacationland Ad
Brings Results
Replies to the Chamber of Com
merce schedule now running in
Florida newspapers are pouring
in and the end is not yet in sight,
directors were told at the regu
lar meeting at the town hall Tues
day night.
In an effort to keep the pro
gram in high speed the directors
instructed the publicity committee
to go ahead with original plans
to spend $200 in Southern news
papers in Georgia, Louisiana, and
Alabama in addition to Florida.
The membership drivfe will be
conducted on August 22, the day
following the regular meeting, H.
B. Sabiston, chairman of the com
mittee, said. All directors will par
ticipate in a two-hpur drive.
R. S. Eckles, who attended a
meeting several weeks ago of the
Blue Ridge Parkway Associated
Chambers of Commerce, at Roan
oke reported that the organization
has as its principal purpose the
promotion of towns within 30 miles
of the Parkway. Black Mountain
is recognized as a key point on
the Roanoke to Asheville route,
and will receive much benefit from
this promotion, the directors felt.
The directors instructed the
secretary to write letters of ap
preciation to J. A. Dougherty at
the Black Mountan Lumber com
pany and Mr. and Mrs. Lee Seagle
at the Black Mountain Ice com
pany for the improvements made
to their property.
Junior Woman’s Club
Rummage Sale Saturday
The Junior Woman’s Club will
sponsor a rummage sale, Saturday,
June 23, from 9 to 5 in the Potter
building next door to Ann’s Cafe.
The public is invited and urged
to support this project. Proceeds
will be used for benefit of the
Playground.