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Swannanoa — Ridgecrest — Montreat — Blue Ridge — Broad River — Oteen
THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1952, BLACK MOUNTAIN, N. C.
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24 PAGES — 3 SECTIONS
50 PER COPY
ur country is
FREE
Sometimes we use our freedom badly—forget
about it—trade it cheaply—and fail to fairly
give as much to some as others. But we know
no people on earth have more freedom, or
love it better, or will fight so hard to keep it.
Listen! Read! Look!
Talk! Argue! Think!
Then VOTE
tiHy-Five High School Seniors Will
leceive Diplomas At Final Exercises
. C. Shulora, principal oi me
ck Mountain schools, has an
nced plans for commencement
cises.
he baccalaureate sermon will
preached by Chaplain James
Rogers, VA hospital, Swan
oa division, at the Baptist
rch. 8:00 p.m., Sunday, June 1.
! subject will be “Open Doors.”
r. Shuford will award diplo
i to 55 seniors at graduation
rcises at 8:00 p.m., Tuesday,
e M, at the elementary school
torium.
ybil Joyner is valedictorian,
salutatory address will be
et: bv Joe Foster. Marshals will
David Mundy, chief, Steve Kap
, Aim Sawyer, Yvonne Nanney,
dee Wilhide and Ann Marie
loy.
there who will take part in
baccalaureate service will in
de: Harold McIntosh, invoca
; the Rev. W. D. Smith,
ipture; pastoral prayer, the
'■ 'V. A. Huneycutt; solo, Sybil
Her, and sermon, the Rev.
ies E. Rogers.
ho W. E. Vernon will be ac
ipanist. Flowers for the ser
lack Mountain
lost City For
Regional Meet
Ifficials of the Town of Black
ontain will play host to a reg
ll meeting of the North Caro
heague of Municipalities at
■ Ionte_ Vista, Tuesday after
n' May 27. This is one in a
es meetings being held
Hughuut the state for mayors
°‘her town officials.
G. L. Kirkpatrick of
c' Mountain will welcome the
?s anc* preside at the dinner.
°re who will lead discussions:
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Peeked — She Tells
She Saw On Page 6
The Third Section
t „ Through the Keyhole
'1 the big new feature
°Pens in this week’s NEWS,
starts on page
6 of section 3.
For several
months many
readers have
requested that
all the personal
news be put
together. If you
like this style,
call Lib (Mrs.
Elizabeth Din
and let her know.
vivtj win ue suppueu uy ivir. ana
Mrs. J. W. Gibbs in memory of
Peggy Gibbs, class of ’52.
Several of the seniors will take
part in the commencement exer
cises at the grammar school aud
itorium on Tuesday, June 3. Harold
McIntosh will again give the in
vocation, Nancy Dougherty will
serve as pianist, and Mrs. Char
lene Maydwf , director, will lead
several numbers.
:‘s and their sub
ms, “Overcoming
In Making One
dls, “The Eco
.iita Gasperson,
the glee clul
Student sp
jects: Maria’
Physical Ba
World”; Jo
.nomic Proh .
“The Moral Problem.”
To Receive Diplomas
Elaine Allison, Barbara Allred,
Kathleen Bartlett, Ola Mae Bart
lett, Gary Lee Biddix, Ann Burn
ette, Connie Dougherty, Jewel
English, Evelyn Franks, Rita
Marie Gasperson, Mary Lou
Giard, Margaret Harrison, Doris
Higginbotham, Sybil Louise Joy
ner, Barbara Ann Justus, Norma
Louise Justus, Joan Kelly, Joretta
Nichols, Eloise Norton, Jo Ann
Norton, Anna Rue Osteen, Nancy
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May Fair cloth
Dixon Society
Sponsoring Show
Man’s Best Friend will have
his day in the limelight, and be
judged solely on such points as
his resemblence to his owner, most
doubtful ancestry, his costume or
whether his tail wags more than
the other dogs entered in the
second annual Anyi-Breed Dog
ek— fho Mav Faircloth
Dixon Humane society is sponsor
ing again this year.
On Sunday, June 8, Buncombe
county dogs and owners will as
semble at Memorial Stadium, Ashe
ville, at 2 p.m. to compete in 10
classes. Three cash prizes will be
awarded in each class, with a
trophy to be awarded to the dog
judged best in show.
Mrs. James I. Cornwell, chair
man of the show, stated today
that entry blanks have been placed
in the public schools throughout
the county, and can also be ob
tained at all veterinarian offices.
In Black Mountain the Chamber
of Commerce office at city hall
will also have a supply of blanks.
Mrs. Cornwell has requested that
all entry blanks be filled out and
mailed to her promptly so that ex
hibitor’s tickets can be mailed to
everyone entering a dog in the
show. , u
Mrs. W. B. Dozier and Mrs.
Frank Chappell will judge tlj®
show, and Read Wilson of radio
_Turn to Page 4, This Sec.
Oerlikon Is Ready For Second Phase
Committee Of Bible
In The School To Meet
On Sunday Afternoon
The Committee of Bible in the
School will meet Sunday after
noon, May 25, at 2 o’clock at the
Black Mountain Presbyterian
church. All ministers and inter
ested church members are urged
to attend. A report will be given
by Miss Clara Belle Moles,
teacher.
An election of officers will be
held at this time.
Commencement
Exercises Set
For Montreal
The graduation exercises of
Montreat College and Montreat
Preparatory School will be held
on May 25 and 26 in Gaither hall
at Montreat.
The addresses to the seniors
will be delivered by Dr. William
McCorkle, and Dr. James G. Pat
ton, Jr., both prominent men in
the Southern Presbyterian church.
Dr. McCorkle, a native of Rock
Hill, S. C., will speak at the bac
calaureate service on Sunday, May
25, on the subject “Beyond the
Facts.”
Dr. McCorkle
He received his B.S. degree from
Citadel Military college, his B.D.
degree from Union Theological
seminary, and his Th.M. degree
Dr. Patton
from Princeton Theological sem
inary. He has held pastorates in
Tennessee and Missouri, and has
—Turn to Page 8, this Sec.
Expect To Begin Assembly Line July 1
For Production Of Airborne Rockets
Troop Patrols
Win Citations
At District Meet
At the Rhododendron district
camporee, near Candler, last week
two patrols from Boy Scout Troop
47 won five citations.
The following boys spent from
Friday to Sunday at the camporee:
John Buckner, senior patrol
leader; Sandy Sarti, patrol leader;
Craig Cooley, patrol leader; Billy
Wells, John Cooley, David Tyson,
Tommy Love, Joe Thompson,
Stanley Garland, Tommy Marret,
David Marret, Tommy Wheeler,
Alan Holcombe, Terry Swann and
Don Wright.
Public Park On
Montreal Road
Is Possibility
A public park, centrally lo
cated in Black Mountain, is about
to become at long last a reality
due to the public spirit of Dr. R.
C. Anderson and the activities of
the Recreational Facilities Pro
ject committee operating in the
“Finer Carolina” contest. The
area is situated at the first bend
in Montreat road after leaving
the business section and Dr.
Aijderson has granted permission
to beautify the portion which he
owns. It is a matter of general
knowledge that the need for a
public park, centrally located, has
been recognized for the past sev
eral years and various civic
minded interests have tackled the
project from time to time. Ac
cording to Walt Burgess, steer
ing committee representative, it
now looks as though this civic
desire is about to be realized.
The underbrush and dead and
misshapen trees have been re
moved. The town will undertake
to ditch the area and the Grove
Stone and Sand company has of
fered to donate six loads of fill
which will be placed as soon as
soon as the soil is stable. The
Chamber of Commerce has do
nated $50 toward the labor in
the clearing operations and sev
eral merchants have donated
money. Walt Burgess, Mrs. Walter
Burgess, his mother, his sister,
Harriett, and Woody Stepp have
donated their labor in helping to
get the area in shape.
This public park project is re
ported to be at the midway point
and further steps are planned as
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Concrete Street
Marker Project
Is Now Complete
The street marking project,
sponsored by the Black Mountain
Junior Chamber of Commerce, has
been completed, Fred Lucas,
chairman, announced this morn
ing.
This project was a part of the
Finer Carolina contest which is
now in progress on a statewide
basis under sponsorship of the
Carolina Power and Light com
pany.
Erected by the Town of Black
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The Oerlikon Tool and Arms
corporation announced today that
bids will be asked this week on
the second phase of the construc
tion program, five permanent type
buildings which will cost an esti
mated $3,000,000.
Lt. Gen. K. B. Wolfe, president,
who has been named to a 4-man
advisory committee on production
equipment that will work with
Defense Mobilizer John R. Steel
man, said that the bids will be
received June 15 and work begin
soon afterwards.
A large production machine
shop and a number of other units
will be covered in the contracts,
General Wolfe said. Coritaining
more than 40,000 square feet, the
machine shop will be a two-story
building with framework of steel.
It will contain cranes and other
heavy equipment 'used for man
ufacturing machine tools.
The first phase of the program
has cost $826,000. Of this, $425,
000 was the cost of the first 14
buildings which will be completed
Saturday, and $400,000 additional
for the site, which is located on
the Riceville road at Bee Tree,
the survey, legal fees, water and
sewage lines, electric sub stations,
and other facilities.
Already producing items of a
classified nature on a limited
scale, Oerlikon is expected to be
—Turn to Page 4, this Sec.
Memorial Poppy
Honors Heroes
01 Three Wars
“When you put on a memorial
poppy on Poppy Day you will be
paying individual tribute to those
who have died for America in
the three wars of the twentieth
century,” said Mrs. Douglas Jones,
president of the Waycaster unit
of the American Legion Auxiliary,
—Turn to Page 4, this Sec.
CECIL NANNEY HONORED
Cecil A. Nanney, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. C. Nanney of Black Moun
tain, has been honored at Berea
college where he is a freshman
majoring in physics and mathe
matics. On May 6 he received
fourth place award in the Dan
forth Creative Effort contest and
tied for first place in the Lock-up
and Make-ready on automatic en
velope press contest which was
held on the Berea College Labor
Day. Cecil received his training
in the print shop of The Black
Mountain News, under direction
of George W. Dougherty, co-owner
and mechanical superintendent.