REFLECTIONS
By Jack Greenwood
For anything that’s wrong this
veek, blame H. McGuire Wood.
Jarly Tuesday morning, just after
|he crew at the NEWS office had
settled down to the grind of all
the prilimaries that go into pub
lishing an edition of a weekly
[newspaper, and there are plenty
af them, said Mr. Wood’s crew ar
rived on the scene and started
Itearing out the front of the
building, glass and all right down
ito the final bit of concrete. So
this week if Reflections don't re
flect, if Peekin’s doesn’t peek,
[blame Mac Wood’s gang: Bill
[Miller, Bill Burnett, and W. T.
Tom) Miller.
As stated above the departments
[at the NEWS were just getting
started, news, advertising, mech
anical, circulation, and business,
vhen Lib Dinwiddie shrieked:
“Some strange man is tearing the
[front out of the building. Stop!
[Stop! Or I’ll call the police.”
But the workman either didn't
hear or he was used to that
kind of thing, because he con
tinued to apply the pressure
as the bar bit into the wood
and the heavy hammer went
about its merry way of break
ing up the concrete in front
of the outside wall.
Lib's yell brought Roy Russell
dashing up from the rear and
aroused Herman Talley, George
Dougherty, Claude Camp, and
Fent Cunningham into action.
"Who in the heck are those
guys," hissed Talley, ■ "and
what do they think they're do
ing taking the front out of the
building in freezing weather.
We'd better let them know
they're dealing directly with
the mink before they take the
roof off."
Then the puzzled looks turned
to smiles as it dawned on all
of us what was taking place.
For the past three weeks Ma
[ had promised that Bill Miller am
his crew would come over th
first pretty day and work oi
straightening up the front of th'
building and giving us some mor
badly needed floor space. Th'
workmen arrived before Mr. Wooi
and without warning. I’ll admi
that for a minute or two it dii
look strange to see those hammer
and bars flying around and piece
of wood and concrete jumping t
the touch as the workmen expert
ly went about their job.
Lib, who usually holds fort
just inside the door on the
right, tried to stick it out but
soon gave up the ghost of
"sidewalk reporter" as she was
dubbed by George Dougherty,
and "let" her desk be moved
back to a de.irable spot by the
stove. ( j
One young man, in his early
teens, maybe, entered with a
strange expression and inquired:
"What's going on here?"
"The bank just took up half
the mortgage and are moving
out the front of the building"
someone replied.
"Well, I don't see what they
want with that old front," he
asserted as he left still looking
somewhat puzzled.
Hunting was good for the Blac
Mountainites who braved the col
and snow and risked snake bit
to journey out to Pisgah and othe
hunting areas during the season,
Huddled snugly and comfor
ably in a hollow stump, waitin
for the big black bruin or a dec
to oblige and come within gu
shot, a local gentleman sudden!
became aware of a silent drarr
being enacted before his eyes.
Unaware of his presence the tw
principals, a young doe and
giant wildcat, silently played the
part. As the doe moved alon
the wildcat stalked his prey wit
all the cunning and expertne:
of the jungle.
As the doe edged nearer certai
doom, the wildcat, whiskers twite!
ing, back arched, lips curled bac
in a snarl, and his beady ey<
flashing, prepared to spring.
But our hero came to the re
cue. There was a flash of smol
and fire, a crash that paralyze
the doe for a moment before si
recovered enough to go boundir
off in the woods, and the kilh
i bit the dust. It was one of tl
heaviest seen in that vicinity f<
a long time, the experts sai<
Estimated weight was from 35 1
45 pounds.
If you see a local man wearir
a coon skin cap, made from
wildcat hide, you’ll know whei
it came from.
Who was the other Blacl
Mountain hunter, packing ■
brand new gun and rarin' fo
a fight, who froze and let bruil
walk away. Whether he stumblei
over the bear or the bea
stumbled over him, there seemei
to be a joint agreement: yoi
let me go and I'll let you gc
They were both happy, accorc
ing to front line informatior
to call it a draw without . irin
a shot or striking a single blow
Who said anything about "Buc
Fever?" I didn't.
Who was the young lady wl
walked into a department sto
last week and got lost. Her hi
band didn t miss her until
was out on the sidewalk, folio
ing closing of the establishmei
Upon conducting the prop
search the wife was found—o
of the clerks had found her star
ing by the counter and thrown
cover over her. She says s
wasn’t wearing anything new, fc
iust some old things that she
lends to throw away after Chri
mas.
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1952, BLACK MOUNTAIN, N. C.
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Stepping High
Highlight of Santa’s visit to Black Mountain last Friday and Satur
day was the big parade when the alumni band, under direction of
Mrs. Charlene Maydwell, met him at the town hall and led the visitor
on a tour of downtown Black Mountain. Swinging along here are
two of the smart majorettes who helped make Santa’s visit a pleasant
one.
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Key to the City
Santa Claus rode into town Friday by courtesy of the Black Moun
tain Fire department. Shown here as he was presented the key to
the city by Mayor G. i.. Kirkpatrick, Santa was itching to get his pack
open and his arm limbered up to toss out the candy. According to
reports, he unlocked most of the kid’s hearts around town with this
key and the bag of candy which was being protected when this shot
was made by Lawton Allen, fire truck pilot, who brought him from
the airport. (Above photos were made by Claude Camp, NEWS Staff
photographer).
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On display today at Garland
Tire company, Swannanoa, is a
: new, advanced truck tire just in
1 traduced by United States Rubber
company in a meeting held by
1 Harry C. Oliver, sales manager,
1 U. s’, tires division.
Based on millions of miles of
1 actual road testing by U. S. Tire
’ development engineers under hard
• driving conditions, over many
’ types of road, at high and low
< temperatures, and under extra
l ordinary loads, this husky new
comer presages a new era in
‘ truck tire performance. Known as
the all-new U. S. Royal Fleetway,
io this tire produces up to 41%
re more mileage for the truck
iS- operator than ever before real
ie ized at standard price levels.
w. Four exclusive patented pro
lt cesses are aimed at eliminating
er the major headaches of truck tire
ie users. Failures due to groove
d- cracking, weather checking, rapid
a tread wear, and carcass separation
tie are minimized in this latest new
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n- Groove cracking is offset by a
st- manufacturing process in which
only the grooves are exposed to
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Civic Clubs Asked
To Send Member
To C.C. Meeting
All civic clubs of the Black
Mountain community have been
requested to send a representa
tive to the meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce on Tues
day, Dec. 16, to discuss the new
“Finer Carolina” project which
is being sponsored again next
year by the Carolina Power and
Light Company.
The president of civic clubs
is requested to appoint some
one to attend or to attend him
self. Information is needed
from them regarding their
plans for the 1953 program
which, it is hoped, the Chamber
of Commerce will adopt and
sponsor with the other organiza
tions.
Black Mountain
High Takes Two
From Swannanoa
Black Mountain High school
cagers won the first game of the
two game series from the Swan
nanoa High teams here Tuesday
evening. The boys downed the
Warriors, 54 to 33, while the girls
had smooth sailing, 59 to 17.
In the first game of the day
Coach Eugene Byrd suddenly
found that he had many sharp
shooters who could hit the basket
and this they did. With Payne, M.
Wilhide, and Cooper hitting from
all angles the home team ran up a
lead of 28 to 6 at halftime. Coach
Byrd used his reserves liberally
throughout and some of them
found the range to add to the
total.
It was a case of Ritchie and E.
V. Gouge being hot in the night
cap and that told the story. For
the first half the Warriors held
the score within striking distance
but the Darkhorses drew away in
the final periods to win by a mar
gin of 21 points.
Gouge with 21 and Ritchie with
15 were high for Black Mountain.
For Swannanoa Bell with eight
and Ward with seven were leading
scorers.
Girls’ Lineup:
Swannanoa (17)
F—Smith (6)
F—Peek
F—Morgan
G—Burnette
G—Shaver
G—Luckadoo
(59) Black Mtn.
(7) Payne—F
(21) M. Wilhide—F
(12) Cooper—F
V. Cooper—G
Ballew—G
Molloy—G
Subs: S—Ballard 3, Nanney 5
Harding 1, Jones, Fuller, Walker
BM—Capps 2, Packett 4, Tyson 5
McMahan 2, Leatherwood 6
Thompson, Brown, Justus, Rut
ledge.
Halftime score: 28-6. Black Mtn
Boys’ Lineup:
Swannanoa (33) (54) Black Mtn
F—Luckadoo (4) (4) Parris—F
F—Gragg (5) Burgess—F
C—Bell (8) (15) Ritchie—C
G— Stroupe (4) (4) Penland—C
G—Ward (7) (21) E. V. Goug^—C
Subs: S—Wald roup 4, Wilkersor
1, J. .Mien, Thompson, McGraw
BM—Reese 4, Brown 3, Melton 2
Coquitt 1, Runnion, Cordell, Belch
er.
Halftime score: 26-15. Blac!
Mountain.
Referees: Sawyer and Waren.
Town Board Hears Proposal That Extra
Dam Be Built To Insure Water Supply
The board of aldermen of the
Town of Black Mountain heard a
proposal at the regular meeting
Tuesday evening that a small dam
be built below the main structure
to impound between 2 and 3 mil
lions of gallons of water to be used
in case of emergency in the fu
ture.
Masons Banquet
To Be December 19
At Assembly Inn
The annual banquet for the
Black Mountain Masonic lodge will
be held at Assembly Inn, Montreat,
7:30 p. m., Friday, Dec 19. George
Pennell of Asheville will be the
speaker.
Deadline for purchase of tickets
has been set for noon, Thursday,
Dec. 18. Leroy Mashburn is chair
man of the ticket committee which
includes Fred Higginbotham, John
Boring, Benny Marett, and Francis
Wyly.
All Masons and their families
are invited to attend.
Mrs. Mary Deans
Elected Master
Of S. V. Grange
The Swannanoa Valley Grange
met Monday night, Dec. 8, in the
Tabernacle Methodist church. A
partial slate of officers were elect
ed. They are Mrs. Mary Deans,
master: H. D. Smith, overseerer;
Mrs. H. D. Smith, lecturer, and
Mrs. Arthur Patton, treasurer.
Other officers will be elected at
a later date. An installation ser
vice will be held at the January
meeting.
FAMOUS BOYS' CHO!R
COMING HERE SUNDAY
The boys’ choir of Christ school,
Asheville, will present a program
of sacred music on Sunday, Dec,
14, 7:30 p. m., in the Black Moun
tain First Baptist church, W. A,
Huneycutt, church pastor, has an
nounced.
This is the second appearance
of this famous boys’ choir in
Black Mountain. The public is in
vited to attend.
According to the proposal, two
pumps would be installed and
used when necessary to keep the
water in the lake at maximum
level. The members took no ac
tion but were favorable to the
plan.
The board granted Boyd McDon
ald permission to operate three
taxis, and instructed the town
clerk to call in all taxi insurance
policies to be examined and a rec
ord made of the expiration date.
He will also make a list of the
drivers.
A letter was read from William
Hickey thanking the town for the
improvements made to Disoway
Avenue. Permission was given for
the ditcher, which the town pur
chased sometime ago, to be used
in construction of the swimming
pool at the Mountain Orphanage.
The Presbyterian church repre
sentative was informed that here
is no town ordinance prohibiting
the installation of church chimes,
but that the ordinance applies on
ly to loud speakers.
The board members and mayor
praised the work of Carl Smith,
police chief who died last week,
and passed a resolution of respect
to Mr. Smith for his outstanding
service to the community.
Sewer taps in the future will be
charged to the customer at cost.
It was brought out that in the
past a set fee system had been
used but that it did not cover the
cost of materials, on some occa
sions. In the future the cost sys
tem will be used.
Harold Brown Has
Important Role
In College Play
Berea, Ky., Dec. 10—Harold
Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. C.
H. Brown, Black Mountain, N. C.,
appeared in the fall major pro
duction of the Berea Players, dra
matics organization of Berea col
lege, Berea, Ky.
The play, “Ten Little Indians.”
was given on Nov. 27, 28, and 29
at the “Tabernacle,” the college
theater. Harold played the part
of William Blore, a South Amer
ican gold magnate. The major
production was part of Berea col
lege’s annual homecoming activit
ies.
Presbyterian Church Will Join Drive
To Increase Reading et Bible in World
Plans have been announced by
the Rev. W. W. Preston that the
Black Mountain Presbyterian
church will join in a simultaneous
drive to increase Bible reading
throughout the world. The period
from Thanksgiving to Christmas
has been designated for u concert
ed campaign to secure several mil
lion individuals who will read
from the Bible each day.
Extensive publicity will call at
tention to this worldwide Bible
- reading, which was observed las*
year in 33 countries. President
: Truman is honorary chairman of
the sponsoring committee of na
tionally-known laymen, r;id has :
ssued a fall endorsement of the
novement.
The President has declared:
‘The Bible remains, after the lapse
jf all the centuries since it came
nto being, the greatest book ever
written. The B.ble has an ever
ncreasing claim upon us. It is a
jnique and incomparable work.”
Worldwide Bible reading was in
luguraied by rhe American Bible
society nine years a,To. ft has
steadily grown an il over 14.000,
309 copies of he reading list of
grea! passages are distributed an
nuallv. In addition he list was
eonied in at leas 22,500 000 press
ind magazine printing .
Student Council Officers
The 1952-53 Black Mountain Student Council officers are: left to
right, R. W. Seawright, faculty advisor; Clifford Smathers, president;
Barbara Nesbitt, vice president. Back row, left to right, Steve Kaplan,
secretary; David Mundy, district vice president, chairman of the dis
trict council board and attendance committee, Tommy Love, treasurer
and district editor
W oodcock Motor
Co. To Have 1953
Ford On Display
The new 1953 Ford will go on
display at the Woodcock Motor
company tomorrow, Max Wood
cock announced today.
With many new features, the
1953 Ford, engineers say, has been
expressly designed for the modern
tastes and the year-round needs of
the average American family. The
new car has 41 “Worth More” fea
tures and many changes designed
to make a more comfortable auto
mobile for modern day living.
RUMMAGE SALE IS SET
FOR SATURDAY MORNING
Santa Claus and free candy for
the children will be a big attrac
tion at the rummage toy and bake
sale in the old Do-Nut Shop on
Cherry street Saturday beginning
at 9 o’clock.
Members of the American Home
and Civic club invite the public
to come in and look over the
many bargains.
CHURCH WOMEN BAKE
SALE TO BE SATURDAY
The Christian Women’s Fellow
ship of First Christian church
will have a food sale at 9 a. m.
Saturday, Dec. 13, in the Seagle
building on State street.
There will be all kinds of
home made goodies, including
canned food.
World Wide
Bible Reading
THANKSGIVING TO
CHRISTMAS 1952
American Bible Society
“THE WORD
OF LIFE”
These 29 readings were listed by
1,096 ministers as their favorite
selections on this theme.
Thanksgiving, Nov. 27 Psalms 103
28 . Psalms 91
29 . Psalms 121
30 Sunday.Psalms 1
December 1. Psalms 27
2 . Psalms 40
3 . Psalms 90
4 . Isaiah 40
5 . Isaiah 55
6 . Matthew 5:1—26
Sunday, Dec. 7 ....Matthew 5:27—48
8 . Matthew 6:1—18
9 . Matthew 6:19—34
10 . Matthew 7
11 . John 14
12 .. John 15
13 . John 17
Universal Bible
Sunday, Dec. 14 . Psalms 23
15 .. Luke 15
16 . Romans 8
17 . Romans 12
13 . Ephesians 6
19 .. Philippians 4
20 . Revelation 21
Sunday, 21 . John 1:1—18
22 . Isaiah 53
23 . Hebrews 11
24 . I. Corinthians 13
Christmas, Dec. 25 . Luke 2:1 20
One of the Presbyterian laymen
supporting the Bible reading ef
fort, has stated: “We should make
full use of this opportunity to en
list more people to read the great
treasures in the Bible. These read
ings are without note or comment
and should benefit anyone regard
less of his religious affiliation.”
Also the church is observing
Universal Bible Sunday December
14. at which time the pastor is to
speak on the subject “The Word
of God.”
lips Oil Hailing
Given To Help
Speed Delivery
“It’s the little things that
count,” says Postmaster Major W.
B. Stone, Swannanoa, who is deep
ly concerned these days with ways
and means to hasten delivery of
your Christmas cards and gifts.
“Some people,1” the Postmaster
observed, “will wait until they are
jolly well ready to mail everything
Then, too, there are those who
intend to start a week earlier, but
don’t get around to it.
“It’s human nature, I guess. But
most of the time everything works
out okay. Nevertheless, we’re
busy training new mail clerks, and
getting the Post Office equipment
in shape to handle more Christ
mas mail than we’ve ever seen be
fore.”
Last-minute mailing, however,
is only one problem. There are
loosely-wrapped packages which
burst open en route. Hastily
scribbled addresses the mailman
can’t decipher. And in some cases,
a misunderstanding of postal reg
ulations.
To correct these perennial prob
lems, and improve postal service
all around, Postmaster Stone has
devised a set of questions and
answers. Read them carefully, for
they are worth remembering.
Christmas Cards
Q—Why should Christmas cards
be sent by first-class mail ?
A—Because a 3c stamp entitles
each Christmas card to be for
warded if the addressee has moved
or returned to the sender if the
addresse cannot be located. Also,
they may carry written messages
in addition to the signature of the
sender.
Q — When should Christmas
cards be mailed?
A—For out-of-state delivery,
not later than December 15th and
for local delivery, at least a week
before Christmas.
Q—How can I help speed deliv
ery of my Christmas cards ?
A—By tying them in two bun
dles. Your post office will supply
special labels that will read “ALL
FOR LOCAL DELIVERY,” and
“ALL FOR OUT-OF-TOWN DE
LIVERY.” Separate your cards
into two groups with the addres
ses facing one way and all stamps
in the upper right hand corner.
Parcel Post
Q—When should Christmas gift
packages be mailed?
A—-Out-of-state parcels should
be mailed by December 5th; those
for distant states somewhat earl
ier, and for local delivery by De
cember 10th. Last minute gifts
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Black Mountain
Masons Elect
New Officers
Officers for the new year were
elected by Black Mountain Mason
ic lodge last Friday evening.
Those elected include: John
Boring, worshipful master; Fred
Higginbotham, senior warden; Roy
Burgin, junior warden; Cecil Nan
ney, reelected secretary, and Wil
liam Hinkle, treasurer.
Those appointed by Mr. Boring
are: George Tatham, senior dea
con; Robert Queen, junior deacon;
Carl Crisp, senior steward; Russ
Greer, junior stewai'd; Leslie
Gwaltney, tiler; W. A. Huneycutt
chaplain, and Robert Hauth, mar
shal.
These officers will be installed
in January.
The lodge will meet Friday eve
ning at 7:30.
Telephones Here
Would Be Linked
With Asheville
Approximately 500 cards have
been returned in the poll which
the Southern Bell Telephone and
Telegraph company is conducting
here to decide whether or not toll
charges on all long distance calls
to Asheville would be eliminated
and the two exchanges, Black
Mountain and Asheville combined.
Under this plan the monthly
charges in Black Mountain would
be raised to the Asheville level.
Letters and postal cards for vot
ing were mailed this week to the
more than 1500 subscribers on the
Black Mountain exchange, South
ern Bell officials said. As of Wed
nesday morning slightly more than
500 had been returned, a majority
of which were in favor of the
change.
The letter told the subscribers:
“You will be interested to know
that the Telephone company, in re
sponse to numerous requests from
subscribers of the Black Mountain
exchange, has developed a plan
which would eliminate all long
distance charges on calls between
Black Mountain and Asheville.
This two-way service plan would
mean that you could dial directly
any telephone connected with our
Asheville exchange and that any of
our subscribers in Asheville could
dial your telephone directly with
no long distance toll charge ap
plying for these calls and no limit
on the number of calls or length
or conversation.
“At the present time you can
call or be called from only the
1500 telephones on a local calling
basis without long distance charg
es. Our records indicate that
most of our Black Mountain cus
tomers make numerous calls to
Asheville and you probably would
like to rrtake a great deal more if
the toll charge did not apply for
each call.
“Under the proposed plan your
monthly rate would entitle you to
an unlimited number of calls to or
from the more than 26,000 tele
phones connected with the Ashe
ville exchange without paying a
long distance charge, thereby
greatly increasing the value of
your telephone service.”
The letter called attention to
the fact that under the new plan
service would be furnished at bas
ic monthly rates equal to those
paid in Asheville.
The survey or election is being
conducted here entirely by mail.
It grew out of a request made
several months ago by the Black
Mountain board of aldermen, and
endorsed by the Chamber of Com
merce, that the Southern Bell com
pany give serious consideration to
the elimination of toll charges be
tween Black Mountain and Ashe
ville. The plan has been approv
ed, too, by others who believe it
would be of great benefit to the
community and would contribute
materially to its growth and de
velopment.
A majority of those voting must
favor the plan before Southern
Bell will take steps to install the
new system.
Each subscriber was supplied
with a self-addressed postal card
on which he could indicate his
choice of installing, rejecting, or
reject until more information is
supplied.
A majority of those who re
turned their cards early were in
favor of the plan, Southern Bell
officials said.
Tea & Topic Club
Completes Plans
For Dime Board
The Tea and Topic club held
its literary and business meeting
Monday night at the home of Mrs.
Roy Taylor, with the president,
Mrs. Ootty Leeman, presiding.
During the business session plans
were made for the dime board,
an annual project of the club.
This year the different church
groups and organizations will as
sist the Tea and Topic club in
packing and delivering the cheer
baskets bought with the proceeds
from the dime board.
Mrs. A. F. Tyson, Jr., very in
terestingly reviewed “Abby Ald
rick Rockefeller” by Mary Ellen
Chase, a social hour followed.
Those attending were Mrs. S.
S. Cooley, Mrs. John Ramsay,
Mrs. Tyson, Mrs. A. P. Perley in,
Mrs. J. L. Holman, Jr., Mrs. W.
W. White, Mrs. Richard Oulahan,
Mrs. R. T. Greene, Mrs. Leeman,
and the hostess. 13
Santa Clans
Will Be Here
Saturday
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