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MONTREAT By Mrs. Mellinger Henry The Easter worship service was held in Gaither Chapel at 11 o’clock on Sunday morning. The minister, the Rev John R. Wil liams, preached on ‘ The Lord Is Risen Indeed.’’ On next Sunday the celebration of the Lord s sup per will be held at the morning hour. The Easter flowers in the church were given by Miss Nannie Mat kins who has been very ill. She gave them as a thank offering for her recovery. Some wen? flown to her from Hawaii by her nephew who is stationed there. The prayer meetings were held on Wednesday as usual, at 4 p. m. in the sun parlor of the Inn and at 7:15 in Gaither chapel. The minister, the Rev. John R. Wil liams, conducted the services. On next Wednesday the prayer meet ings will be a preparatory service for the Communion. The Men of Montreat held their monthly meeting on Monday, April 6 in the gymnasium. They met from 5 to 7 and had a de lightful picnic. The families were invited and it was a fine get together. The executive board of the wo men of the Church met in the sun parlor of the Inn on Tuesday, April 7, at 4 p. in. The circles of the Women of the Church will meet on Tuesday, April 14, at 4 p. m. Circle No. 1, Mrs. J Rupert McGregor, chair man, will meet in the home of Mrs. McGregor on Assembly drive. Circle No. 2, Miss Alice Hardie, chairman, will meet with Miss Hardie in her home on Virginia road. There were many visitors ir. WE HAVE THE . advertised in the nation's leading magazines Before you buy any water heater — be sure to see Permaglas — the automatic electric water heater with a tank of glass-surfaced steel. It can't rust because glass can't rust . . . it’s built to last a lifetime! AS UTTIE AS $10.00 down convenient budget payments McMurray CHEVROLET CO. State Street Phone 3141 Black Mountain Montreat for the Easter holidays. All about cottages are being opened and made ready for the summer. Miss Elizabeth Sloan of Char lotte had as her guest for the Easter holidays, Miss Winnie Grier of Charlotte, Mrs. H. B. Asburry and Miss Martha Potts of Davidson. Dr. and Mrs. Albert Holt have as their guests their daughter, Mrs. L. G. Walter and two daugh ters of Washington, D. C. Walter Coppedge who is the Woodrow Wilson scholarship stu dent in Princeton University is home for the Easter holidays. He has as his guest, Alaster Heath erington of Scotland a fellow Princeton student. He is the son of the Chancellor of the Glasgow University in Scotland. They are with Walter’s parents, Dr. and Mrs. L. J. Coppedge, in their home on Grevbeard Trail. Danny Wilson is home from the Darlington school for boys in Rome. Ga„ for the Easter vaca tion. He is with his mother, Mrs. F. N. Wilson, in her home on Look out road. Mrs. John Groves and Bolling Wilson of North Augusta, S. C., spent last week with Mrs. Groves’ mother, Mrs. \\. D. Reynolds, in her home on Tennessee road. Miss Lila Peck Walker, a teach er in Woman’s c-liege, Greens boro, N. C., is spending the Easter holidays in her cottage on Grey beard Trail. Mrs. Charles Watkins of Ander son, S. C., was in her cottage, Chimney Nook on Virginia road, a few days this week-end. The Rev. and Mrs. W. J. Gam mon spent a few days last week with Mrs. H. B. McCall in her home, Effingham, S. C. Mrs. Mc Call has a home on Mississippi road and is expected to be in Mon treat in a few weeks. Mr. S. E. Leonard of Raleigh was in Montreat over the Easter holidays. He was in ms nome on Appalachian Way. The Rev. C. W. Soloman was holding evangelistic services in the Presbyterian church in \\ hites burg, Ky.* when he became ill and is now ’ undergoing treatment in Mission hospital in Asheville. Miss Alice Hardie spent the Easter holidays with Mrs. Horace Johnson in Charlotte. Mrs. George Ennett has as her guest this week Mrs. Margaret Mallard of Charlotte. The Rev. and Mrs. John Talm age, missionaries from Korea who are in Richmond. Ya., during their furlough, have been visiting the Rev. and Mrs. J. V. N. Talmage in their home on Alabama Terrace, Mrs. John Talmage and three sons were here a w-eek; then John Tal mage came for the week-end, and now they have all returned to the Mission Court in Richmond. Mr. and Mrs. William Griffin and daughter, Vivian, spent the Easter holidays with Mr. Griffin s family in Georgia. Mrs. Samuel Woods of Virginia road is visiting her son and daugh ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Woods, Jr., in their home in Franklin, Ya. She went to wel come her granddaughter, Jennifer Grier Woods, who is the great granddaughter of Dr. Nettie Grier. Miss Jean Keith is spending the week-end in Chattanooga where she went to attend the evangelis tic services held there by Dr. Billy Graham. Mrs. Robert Coit went with her and is visiting her daugh ter, Mrs. Jack Oates in Sweet water, Tenn. Mrs. Julia Wyly has taken a house on South Carolina Terrace for the summer. —Tar Heel farmers will have to pay approximately $5 per day for hired farm labor this year, compared to S4.75 in October last year. Grove Stone & Sand Co. Products • WASHED CONCRETE SAND •WASHED MASON SAND • CRUSHED STONE • All Materials Meet North Carolina State & Federal Specifications • GROVE STONE & SAND CO. SWANNANOA, N. C. HIAL BLACK MOUNTAIN 3711 -' 2731 Several years ago when I first started writing for the News I wrote the account of mine and Minnie’s wedding on Craggy. 1 told you then that I would tell you about the serenade that the good people of the valley favored us with soon after we went to house keeping. Well, my grasshopper mind found other succulent greens to feast upon, so I am going to try to tell you of this ribald party now. To be exact a serenade is music played under the window of a fair lady at night, but here in the mountains it has degenerated to noise making—the bigger the noise the better the serenade. The groom is usually made to ride on a rail, and the bride is sometimes taken for a ride in a wheelbarrow. We started housekeeping in a most primitive house. I had start ed this building while I was a grass widower just to have a place where I could do as I pleased, and it had turned out to be a honey moon cottage. What the house lacked in structural detail we made up in its name—it was called Tranquil Haven, of course, this was slightly misleading. There were two small rooms downstairs and a large attic room with a partial partition upstairs, which we used as sleeping quarters. There was no finish of any kind on the inside walls, and a good sized snake could have crawled through the cracks in the floors. The inside of the house was so open that we used to sing quartets with each singer being in a differ ent room. I have known 13 folks to spend the week-end in this cab in. I was working with Ed Dupuy, Jr., in his woodshop in Black Mountain. Minnie continued to work in East Marion, for wages were low and we needed both pay checks. I had two daughters by a previous marriage, Daphne, 14 years-of-age, and Roxana, 10. Min nie had one daughter, Polly, who was about 18. Most of the time Polly would have one or more of her girl friends from East Marion to spend the weekend with us. This was the case the night of the serenade. We knew by subtle espionage that the serenade was being planned. I went out and bought a few cakes and the girls made a couple of gallons of coffee, for me is supposed to treat the seren iders. When we had the refresh ments ready we all went upstairs and laid across one of the beds. We lay there in the semi-gloom tell ng mildly risque stories and gig gling, expecting the thing to ex plode any minute. There was an empty steel drum dtting close to the house, all of a eudden someone struck this druni i mighty stroke with a go-devil, simultaneously a number of shot guns roared a salute. Several of our girls screamed, but Polly’s friend done more than scream. The flood rushed on, Yes, the charming young lady had more than the “living daylights” scared out of her. The din outside grew more in tense, they beat on pans, the guns oanged away, there was yelling and unmusical singing. Finally they began to demand entrance. We lit the lamps and turned them in, Phil Morris and John Wither spoon seized me and dragged me forth to ride a slick sourwood pole. [ mounted without difficulty, for 1 knew that I would fair better if I remained docile. The boys took me a jolting trip down through the Joe Patch, but I rode that pole until they crumpled un ier the load. The worst part of it was that 1 had to walk back to the house barefoot over the sharp rocks. Darious Patton took Min nie for a wheelbarrow ride some weeks later when we were at a party at the Pattons. Refreshments were served when we got back to the house, and the crowd demanded that Minnie and [ sing a duet which we rendered icappella. We sat around and had i rip-roaring good visit. There was much teasing about the rigors Df honeymooning, but Minnie and [ took this in our stride. Consid- ' ering everything it was quite an : evening. Lopin' around. Sgt. Henry Moring of Ft. Bragg ! was home on a week-end pass last ; week. Sgt. Moring has spent long periods in Korea and Japan, and has had many wounds. He is now training with the airborne division of the armed forces. . Mrs James P. Kinard is in Dun ban, Africa, she will remain there until after the coming elections. We think it is high time she is getting back to North rork. The Wicker Sisters' nephew, Mr. McIntosh, spent the night at Wickersham recently. Miss Kate Wicker is visiting in \ ifiia. Miss Xe’.lie Wicker had a suduv.i attack of illness last week. There was a beautiful and im pressive communion service at our church last Thursday night. Mrs Emory Penland, Mrs. Thel ma McGarth, Mrs. Carroll Morris Loraine Morris, and Beth Penland visited Minnie last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. McGuire Wood presentei. our church with an en larged picture of the stone church that the city of Asheville razed some time ago. We will keep this picture in a place of prominence, for we always want to remember the glorious past of this little church. , , , . Mrs. Edna Avey and daughter, Linda, and Mrs. Howard Willett visited their grandmother, Mrs. Julius A. Walker, Sunday before last. . ■ , t Minnie, Thelma McGarth, and I loaded mv mother in ole Huldy Tuesday before last and took her to see Ernest Walker of the Beav er Lake section. Although she is 93 years old Mama stood the trip all right. We found Ernest still in very poor health. The Craig Burnetts are install ing a new electric range and wat er heater. Our newly organized young girls chorus rendered lovely Easter music last Sunday. Mrs. George Pressley has been ill lately, she has been staying in Asheville a few da»s where she can be near her doctor. Visiting us last Sunday were: The Joe Bruners of East Marion, and the Yaden Marretts of Black Mountain. Miss Betty Penland of Asheville spent the Easter week-end at her home on North Fork. Minnie and I went out to Miss Sally Kitchen's Saturday night to meet those delightful folks, Mr. and Mrs. Cedric Head. After most acceptable refreshments the Heads gave us a demonstration with a couple of their puppets, they are amazingly life-like. We are look ing forward to the show Thursday night. They told us some of the history of puppetry, showed us a collection of photographs, and some rare old books. We had a very pleasant visit. The guinea fowl's that we sold Cline Akins last winter has tired of a drab life on Vance Ave. and have gone a-gypsying. I hope that Cline gets them back home again. Man-Made Fibers To Be Discussed At SAM Meeting Man-made fibers will be the subject of a panel discussion at 3 dinner meeting of the Society for Advancement of Management rhursday night (April 9) at Amer ican Enka corporation's plant at Enka. Aspects of general interest in the history, manufacture, and jse of man-made textile materials will be covered. The discussion will follow a plant tour at 5 p, m. and dinner at 6 p. m. Dr. J. L. Bitter. Enka’s director it research, will serve as moder ator of the panel. Other panel nembers, all Epka personnel, in clude Dr. Horace Adams, A. G. douhuys, F. B. Brezeale, Dr. W. 1. van Dobbenburgh. O. E. Herzog, Dr. C. H. Lindsley, and Dr. G. I. rhurmond. E. M. Salley, Jr., Enka plant nanager, will act as host and will ntroduce the panel leader. Enka sersonnel will act as guides for he plant tour. Reservations should be made with Eugene Benge in the Mc ntyre building. Members and heir wives are invited. FOURTH BIRTHDAY PARTY HONORS JIMMIE KOONCE Wednesday afternoon, April 1, drs. J. L. Koonce entertained with i party in honor of Jimmie’s ourth birthday. The Easter theme was carried out in the decorations. Following an afternoon of play, tirthday cake, ice cream and a ruit drink were served. Those en His pGpSQJaL Telephone... Only little Tommy has a telephone of his very own. Mom, Dad, Sister and Brother all use the one Southern Bell provides. That’s a different way of saying they get a family size value in the telephone. It serves the whole family at one reasonable price. Buncombe Pavi 0 For March Report Thc state Highway Commis. 1 t new bridge and 0.8 panne <n Buncombe mllt 0 innj the month of county lirinf . i pale March commissioner L Thrash reported tods. A Kr on NC 63 over the A brulu t aJic* sx„ by the secondary road bond pro The Tenth Highway Division ought a total of 2.8o miles of vin- and 18.3 mile? of stabilizu o work to completion during ,rch Commissioner T h r a s n It's Garden Time By Robert Schmidt \\Vith the coming of spring weather and the swelling ol wood buds it IS time to talk about sweet corn again. There are a few gardeners who still P->n early varieties of field corn for roasting ears because the ears art large and there are not many cat worms. However, once they have given real sweet corn a fair trial, they will not he satisfied with field corn There is no compari son in edible quality. There are a number of very good hybrid sweet corn varieties to cnoose irom. i liness the following are recom mended: North Star. Seneca Gael Hoosier Gold. Golden Cross Ban tam, Ioana. Huron. Aristogold These are all yellow corns. Earl> and late varieties may be planted at the same time in order to get a succession harvest, or any one variety may be planted at two week intervals. Corn is most 1 > wind pollinated and therefore it is best to plant in blocks of two or three rows rather than in a single row Sweet com may be planted a little closer than field com because it usually makes a smaller stalk growth Sweet corn is of best quality if used as soon as harvested.,It it cannot be used immediately, it should be kept on ice or in the refrigerator, otherwise it will lose a large part of its sugar content in a few hours, and will taste like field corn The entomologists have devel oped a fairly good control for the earworm—a spray of DDT emul sion that is applied to the silks Instructions on earworm control may be obtained by writing the N. C. Agricultural Extension Ser vice. N. C. State College. Raleigh N. C. joying the occasion besides the honored guest were Thad McDon aid. Charles Michael Sobol, Cln .g ie McSwain. Burk Miller Candy and Judy Clark. Connie and Cat hit Lee Nordhielm, Kim Czzell. Chip pie Knight, and Martha Scott I'z zell. Mothers present were Mrs Ray McSwain. Mrs. Jim Czzell Mrs Steve Uzzell, Mrs. R 1, Nord hielm. Mrs. Thad McDonald, Mrs Stuart Miller, Mrs. E. K. Knight, and Mrs. Harry Clark. TEA OVENI BY cpi Mp AND “I'-5 M JR , Mr< .1 Hemphill JEJSi S» - 'fr1. wf home on Ring . }}cmp snz - hnc... «ki. S» a ia",Cl25d wedding cake topped :,;r i:^n,? s and crystal holders with l.ghtea rs farm 1> and »*' M j R. B he rice. Mrs » c M Hinkle and Mi ano «” I- H pmwiddie of Marshall «; »d Mr.- T.d I-™" »d Sandra o( EliubrlhmnTnnn. * ,nd Mr. George Meadows o IM «rr Mr and Mr ■,rd Bobby of Asheville. Mrs 1 P. Dinwiddle. Bobby l-S\ San Diego. i alif.. L>"" Hemphill, the honorees and th host and hostess. __ <>( ,/. Who's Here! Ur. and annanoa rn April '1r. Ray Nichols of are parents of a son 3 in St. Joseph’s hos I Sg! 3nd Mrs I) S Hayno, , have been in Germany for past 34 years, have a daugh Shelia Diane, born Feb 10 Haynes have another daughter ears’ of age and in the second je at school. They are expect to return home in June or Meeting Schedule Swannanoa Lodge No 561 A? & AM. stated communication first Thursday each month, Masonic hall, old post office building Arthur R Cannon, master ORDER OF EASTERN STAR Black Mountain Chapter No. 200 First and third Tuesdays of each month, 7:30 P. M Mrs Gladys Ham, W. M. Swannanoa Chapter No. 132. meets second and fourth Ihursday. Masonic hall. Mrs Margaret Kelly. W.M. JUNIOR ORDER UNITED AMERICAN MECHANICS Black Mountain Council No. 146 Every Monday at 7:30 P.M. Harvey D Melton. Sr.. Councilor MASONS Black Mountain Lodge No. 663 AF & AM. Stated Communica tions First Friday of each month, 8 00 P.M John Boring. Master Swanaanoa Camp 970 WOODMEN OF THE WORLD Swannanoa Camp 970 Woodmen of the World meet fourth Wednes day, 7:00 P.M. Woodmen Hall, Buckner building, Swannanoa. Don Wright, council commander. Boys of Woodcraft, every Monday night. 7 P.M., W.O.W. hall. ODD MEETINGS The D A V meeting.' will lie held the first and third Mondays of each month at tin main en trance of Moore VA hospital at 6:30 p. m. All members are cordially invited to attend W R Copel a nd. comma n d e r • TRY THE CLASSIFIEDS CHURCH NOTICES BLACK MTN. CHRISTIAN CHURCH CALENDAR y j Jefferv Minister \H services are held in the .tun.-r Order Mail Bible School , ah Sundn> at 10:00 a m Glenn Morgan. superintendent. Worship service. 2nd snd 4(h Sundays. 11 00 a m Fellowship dinner Tor members and friends of the church first Wednesday in • he month 6 30 p m Christian W,,men's Fellowship. 2nd Monday. 7 30 p m bee TREE CHRISTIAN CHURCH M L Jeffers. Minister Bible School. 10 00 a m each Sunday Mac Carson, supenn tendent Worship service. 1st and 3rd Sunday 11:00 a m Women s Council. 2nd Wednesday in each month Official Board meeting the first Sunday following worship service. # try THE CLASSIFIEDS Pete Moort> Mrs and ts patient Mr turned at Viet hoi on*, —Twent\ drivers mv cidents m under 25 5 XI S(,r>' P r 1 lrt ror Fast dependable s^>1(. FRIENDLY C| dial mi Bl*ch Moum.i, and this is especially true of coffee.' Chevrolet is the only low-priced car to offer... Th. Bel Air 4-Door Sedan (obove) ond the -r r Sedan (ri9h„-tWo of ,6 beootifu, mode.s in 3 You park and steer with finger-tip ease yet the familiar feel of the mnd ■ or the road ,* still there. Driving is easier—and safer than ever! MORE PEOPLE BUY CHEVROLETS THAN A*Y OTHER CAR! Power Steering.' It’s yours in Chevrolet for * in ru> other low-priced car! j; I his wonderful new feature, optional c : au ^ cxtra c°st, marks the most important au ' '.s,At convenience and safety since tlie automat ■ *hivh Chevrolet also introduced into its he o , ^ Power Steering makes steering virtually r , and at all speeds. It permits you to I li'nt t’Pace, with finger-tip ease, it cub ' \ yr approximately 80%; reduces driver fatigue ■ - simplersafer and more enjoyable that ;; Hut come in! See and drive Chevrolet 'cr Steering and all its other exclusive wafton of rtondard •qvipm<$nt and trim 01 ff' McMu STATE street ' vr •I’KJl B ! I Qi rray Chevrolet Co. Phone 314] black mountain
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