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ELAINE C. CLARK.Editor GEORGE W. DOUGHERTY . . . Mech. Supt. G. H. Greenwood and G. W. Dougherty — Co-Owners Entered as Second Class Matter September 13, 1945, at the Post Office at Black Mountain, North Carolina, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Day Phone 4101 ARE YOU FIGHTING IN KOREA? . . Giving blood is giving of your very life! And b; giving a little of your blood (which you’ll neve miss) you, too, can fight Freedom’s Cause on thi battlefields of Korea. So of course you want to give blood. But the ques tion is — when? Right now our Armed Forces re quire 300,000 pints of whole blood a month. Amer ican citizens have been donating it at the rate o only 30,000 pints a month. Month after month w< go into the red, literally — tapping our precioui dwindling reserves. Unlike the so-called “miracle medicines,” blooc cannot be synthetically produced. For it there is n< substitute. Great industrial plants can pour out i steady stream of guns and ships and tanks anc planes. Laboratories can work around the clock producing medicines and drugs. Reserves of essentia weapons can be built. But with all our industria skill, we cannot manufacture the first, the indis pensible life-line for our wounded men - human blood General Matthew B. Ridgway, Far Eastern Com manner, says, in modern wanare, tne value o blood is comparable to ammunition, fuel, food, am other implements of battle . . . without blood thi saving of many lives would be impossible.’’ Out of every 100 wounded American servicemei who reach the most forward hospitals in Korea 97 are being saved. Military surgeons credit bloo< as a major factor in this life-saving record. In Work War II, when the value of blood met its first large scale proving ground, the death rate was almos double. To maintain its present life-saving record our Armed Forces must have an average of nim pints of blood for every man wounded in action Five pints will be processed into plasma. Plasma wil make it possible for a man to live until he can read a whole blood supply. That’s w’hy we who fight Freedom’s Cause in th security of our homes, our offices, and our factorie must donate approximately 300,000 pints of bloc each month between now' and July 1952. We ma have to continue these donations for a long tim after. We hope not. But this much we know: th need is urgent; the need is now'. The man w'ho fall before an enemy onslaught has the right to expec the blood essential to his healing. And, every able bodied _ American on the home front has a^ mora obligation to give it to him. The Black Mountain-Swannanoa Red Cross char ter will give you information as to w'here and whe: you can make your blood donation. Make your ar pointment now'. And, keep your appointment Fo remember, there’s no percentage in one America: giving his blood the hard wav — when you can sav it the easy way! — Armed Forces Blood Donor Prc gram. SIDELIGHTS ON ETCETERA By The Editor The sudden cold snap is certain ly no weather in which to be go ing around in open sandals. I had counted on another mild Ind ian summer such as we here in the mountains have enjoyed for several years and had put off buying winter footgear. I like nice brisk days but not cold feet, so goodbye to comfort. —S— Which reminds me that no mat ter what the weather, you can count on hearing somebody speak of it as "unusual” for this section or time of year. The first year we came down here there wa: heavy snow in November and i continued, off and on, all througl December. I was told that peoph couldn’t remember such an occur rence in 20 years. That was “un usual.” Then one year my apple or chard was frozen out. That alsi only occurred about every 2: years, I was told. Time must gi awfully fast for some folks, a 1 seem to recall another freeze in this section a couple of year later. Never could people remembe such heavy rains as we had om year, or maybe it was a mill winter, or “unusual” ice, and si on. All of which, of course, i. really apropos of an attitude tha has always tickled me. Am equally funny, I find myself do ing the same thing. Maybe that’; one way of telling when you’vi arrived at the point where this is home. Speaking of the elements, it was most inconsiderate of 1’,m on the performance they did week ago Tuesday. cause " cancellation of our to»n-hoosting motorcade, and then " tth u* ‘ impertinence give us a heautifu! day when it was too late to do any Rood. Most “unusual. —S— What a vain creature man is. The unexpected discovery that a long-forgotten accomplishment ” not altogether dead and that ma turity, as we delicately call get ting old, has not robbed us com pletely of physical prowess can make us swell with pride. \\ hat brought this on? The fact that 1 shot a couple of baskets from _ the free-throw lino after 2<> ye*]"’' - of not touching a basketball. Where? In the gymnasium at the . Mountain Orphanage And 1 have one witness to prove it- a little ’ boy who looked on. bug-eyed, , while I tried to find out if the old gal was anywhere near what ? she used to be. In high heels, too, I’ll have you know —S— ‘ Hut the “basket" incident as . sumed its proper proportion the following Thursda\ when it was ■ brought home to me that the - years don’t lie. I wouldn’t have braved the icy winds in abbrevi ' nted costume that night for any . amount of money. Hut the band ' majorettes ate it up and put on an excellent performance. Which | just goes to show you. 1 —S— * Does anybody know of a diet L that doesn’t take any will power . to follow? You’d th:nk the leg I work connected with the news paper business would do it. Maybe I it will. I —S— | Oden Walker was saying the other day that Minnie says he has a grasshopper mind. Well, that makes two of us, Oden. These "etcetera" today seem to " be hopping, all over the place, hut ' it’s rather relaxing to have one . place in the paper for mental 1 meandering, hopping or not. ) AROUND j THE DISTRICT By George Vita*, t - If anyone has any doubt about ’ the sturdiness of the folks who ? settled these mountains, all he has to do is pet back into the woods • and watch for sipns of previous ] habitation. We were up on Flat Top Mountain, in Yancey county, ‘ the other day checking some pro posed experimental deer study plots. Way back in the woods, ? miles away from the nearest 5. road, along a rough mountain , trail, we came to an old home 1 site. All that was left was the , old chimney - fireplace. Arthur k Whitson, game protector on the 0 Flat Top Deer Restoration area, u tells us that the folks who lived " in that cabin used to tote their 5 corn all those miles on their backs i. to the grist mill, wait until the *- corn was ground, and then turn - around and tote the meal back. 1 Other signs that are often * found around abandoned home steads in the woods are rusted plow shares, discarded shoes, hand - hewed implement handles, pieces . of china and children’s toys. In most cases the story is pretty - much the same: Many years ago someone went back into the woods, 1 found a likely spot to settle on, 1 cleared the timber, planted a few apple trees and raised crops until L the top soil washed off the steep . slopes that were being farmed. The sub-soil and rocks that re mained were too poor to grow ~ the food needed to support a g family. There was nothing left it to do but to move. Then the forest ^ closed in once again. Due to the inclement weather, i„ w°rk on the U. S. Forest Service road between Carvers Gap and lde Old Hotel site on Roan Moun tain has been discontinued until next spring. " Several decades ago, it was e t“e Klondike gold strike that ■s drew men out of the comforts of American cities to Alaska. " den the richest strikes begin r to fizzle out, then the salmon e canning industry of Alaska forged ahead to bring in even more cash 0 , a,n K°ld mining. And now, it looks like Alaska’s great coastal is forests of spruce and hemlock are j fead>' to contribute their share d to the development and prosperity j- of the territory. There are two s national forests in Alaska, the e —Turn to Rage 7, this Sec. Sports Rumor — In this City ,f Raleigh, whcih regards itself is the sports capital of the South, here are often as many sports rumors as political ditto. There is talk here now that state Coach Beattie Feathers will oe given his release at the end jf this year, with— hold on to your |lair—D. C. (IVahead) Walker, low assistant coach at Yale, re alaring him. 1-augh if you will, jut at least one out-of-state sports scribe came up with it last ,veek and passed it along as ser ous conversation. While we are on sports, might is well put this down: l»ok for Duke to have one of the nation’s >est football teams next season. Those frosh are good and getting setter every game. Checkup — State Treasurer drandon Hodges was in Duke hos aitnl a few days ago for a horough checkup. At the time, rolks didn't know where he had jone, gathered that a big political inference was being held in sorrm smoke-filled room. Politicians, it vn< reported, had all agreed that Hodges would definitely be a ■andidate for governor. Well, we still doubt if Hodges will run— ilthough he did get a clean bill >f health at Duke. Salary Fuss — A lot of school principals throughout the state— ind a goodly scattering of other ;chool folk are raising Merry Sed at the rule followed by the state in granting salary increases For teachers, principals, and super intendents. Bear with us for a moment and you will readily see why: The most experienced teachers received $31* per month. These are the A-ll teachers. The A-10 (or those with as much as 10 years experience — realized an increase af $37 per month, A-9, $35, etc., an down the list until an A teacher with no experience received the least increase. RULE — The same rule was followed with superin tendents . . in this way. The sup erintendent with 10,(*00 pupils in his unit received an increase of $O(*0 per year, or $50 per month, while' those with 1100 pupils got $30 per month. In short, the bigger the basic salary, the more the raise — with superintendents and with teachers. LESS! — But now let’s move to the prin cipals who have had as much as five years experience. The prin cipal with 10 teachers under him got an increase of $35 per month. Those with 15 teachers, $23-per month; 20 teachers, $15; 25 teachers, $11; 40 teachers, $2; 50 teachers, $2 less thun the year before! The principal with the smallest school is receiving the largest increase while the prin cipal with the largest school re ceived less than last year. It is easy to see that the state "JOE BEAVER" \L ii>> By Ed Nofziger > v")4i I till 11,-1 r<#Mt Serrtce. U. a. Department "Now there'i a unart owner that know* thi* i* «al faii "e spring’s superior acted in reverse order when got to the principal?. Y0„ v,', ;■ heard the last of this matter* nJ superintendents and touche-.■ most got the most, wh e' principals the most go: the lea? Consistency thou art a ieJ.p Hot Spot - The lawyers a** m a hot spot for next' primary. There are two Court judges running to reo'sr Scott-appointed Itimous Yalrmt,! of Nashville on th, State ^ preme court. Judge R. Hunt Parker of Roan oke Rapids has formally an nounced, and so has .iUd~. f Donald Phillips 0f Rockinghal' in Richmond county. Oscar pCi of Winston-Salem will also . s', the race. He ran against .Jj • '! E. B. Denny in 1950 and '&■ labor and the Negro popula- - This is support which J.is-Ce Valentine would normally expect hut probably will lose to Efird '' Representation—All this w,-'e about as a result of the dea*h of Chief Justice Stacy. Justice Devin was appointed t . this va. cancy, leaving Devin’s seat open. Stacy was originally from the eastern judicial division. Justice Devin is from Granville c intv. Justice Johnson is from Sampsoii.' Justice Barnhill is from R ckv Mount. All from the east. Justice Winborne of McDowell, Justice Ervin of Burke, and Denny from Gaston, art from the western division. Justice Val entine from Nash is freer, the eastern division. Thus there are three eastern division justices and three western division a* and an eastern division chief justice. To preserve this balance, it would appear that Justice Val entine or Judge Parker should be elected. Parker — Hunt Parker is prob ably the most diligent -tuder.t of the law and of history in the state. He is a careful thinker. It is a fact that he has been pre paring himself for the State Supreme Court for 30 years, h him, we think Justice Valentine has a formidable opponent. Nobody thought six months ago that the 1952 political excitement would hinge around the august and dignified State Supreme Court, but it certainly begins to look as if this will be the case. Training Program — "’oule you like to have a merchants as sociation in your community? The N. C. Merchants Association, w.ta offices in 812 Raleigh Building here, has completed plans for « training program for personnel of such organizations. Brief:)' if your merchants want to font an organization to protect their against bad credit risks, to r.eip them with collections, and to as sist them in warding off fly-h> —Turn to Page 7, this >ec.
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