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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1953, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
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ELECTIONS
By
Gordon Greenwood
little guy who was still re
born a severe attack of
was struggling along be
long to keep up with the
* ', (,v his two sisters, who
■dividing: their tinfc between
about their boy friends,
kl'nu and eating the luscious
rne„ which grew- in profus
■ tbe abandoned fields.
mother's words of cau
Lerc still ringing in their
fWhatever you do. don’t let
Lt near one of the ponds.
; should get as much as a
i't u might kill him.”
I (he afternoon wore on and
ijnfted farther and farther
[the house. Suddenly a few
Tof rain warned of approach
V.er. Looking up. the girls
i, thick dark clouds rolling
i0n them, driven by a hard
and panic stricken, they
tt‘ as fast as they could to
land drag their brother to
Ifcty of a grove of trees
which they hoped to find
i spot.
v reached the trees one
im spotted a water barrel
had been cut in half and
in the ground to be used
it,ring cattle. Thinking that
|rrel had long been dry, one
[tore the top off and the
without even looking,
the squirming young man
Bd slammed the top back
| without a second’s delay.
‘ task finished and their
safely anchored inside the
the sisters sat down on
| enjoy the rain which was
oming down in torrents.
time later a terrific
iption inside the barrel
them to lift the lid and
side. All they saw of their
was his nose sticking
[the water as he fought to
Vs feet.
K the girls didn’t know was
he farmer had decided to
abandoned pasture a day
before and had filled the
barrel.
jju don’t belive that story
he guy who was in the
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fake play pulled by
>r last Friday at Canto"
of new but has been used
i form or another for many
! Candler man pretended to
|jured. At the proper time
Candler center picked the
tossed to a back who
ail for the goal. It was
bal play but was nullified
jise of a Candler back's be
motion.
eral years ago the Tenn
Vols pulled a similar play
Southern Conference foe.
lis case the quarterback
(the ball from center, laid
Iwn in the hands of the
V, who picked it up and
It went for a good gain.
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Ihere is a harder running
pn high school circles than
Mountain’s Buchanan, he
step forth and let himself
pun Pound for pound Os
Dd Dan Reece can hold their
Pith the best. Along with
and Buchanan they give
rkhorses a balanced offense,
^position never can tell with
egree of certainty whether
[or Osteen is going around
|t off tackle like a flying
or whether Buchanan is
|throu ;h the. center and car
[hvo or three along with
olcher and Sarti can move
ne(‘d be to add variety.
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Pm the exchange we clipped
(advice on how to kill an
piiation in 12 easy lessons:
Announce Your Meeting —
ll0n no program. Men are
: 9oessers and like to meet
fne sake of meeting.
Pon t Start On Time. Busy
! Jike to wait for others.
|®'ve The Last Arrival an
°n, now you can really be
I *bate Or Argue about
^Projects, activities, or bus
[Encourage All Committee
Tmen dump their assign
"5 ln,° your lap. It gives
Pat much more to talk
iAvoid Study Materials.
are t00 tired to think at
f ^nY way, it's easier to
d speaker. Only one man
F.°. ^e really awake.
I ^ °U Do *dave A Speaker
'm off as long as possi
15 speech (or he) will
lre better if unleashed
LKt,:p , Neutral About Re
°^ends no one. If you
bothin9.Sin9 3
lb I.00 Have A Visitor,
7'ler him. He'll absorb
'r Pndistrubed.
Yb0°d * Adiourn On Time.
|rttrfley er,l°ys putting in
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I
Halloween
Party to be
Saturday
And the goblins will get you
if you don’t watch out!
Ghosts and goblins will be a
dime a dozen and witches flying
around on brooms a common sight
at the annual PTA Halloween
carnival which will be given at
the elementary school building
Saturday evening, Oct. 31.
But that's not all. At times
during the evening the witches,
ghosts, goblins, and spooks will
take a back seat to the hall of hor
rors, the fish pond, and other en
tertainment which has been sched
uled by those in charge. And don’t
forget the country store. In case
grandpa and grandma have for
gotten what it looks like inside
a country store, they’ll find out
Saturday evening.
A parade with the children in
costume will begin promptly at
6:30 at the Monte Vista hotel and
proceed down the highway to the
grammar school. All children in
the parade must be in costume.
Miss Lena Allen, Mrs. David Cork
ran, and the grade parents’ com
mittee have asked all children to
be at the Monte Vista promptly
at 6:15. At eight o’clock three
prizes for the best costumes will
be judged and awarded in the au
ditorium. Mrs. Elizabeth Stubbs
and her grade parents are in
charge of the judging.
rappy morrow ana a. m. Mc
Coy will bo official “barkers” for
the carnival and will do their best
to promote the booths which will
open at 6:30 p. m. There will be
no admission charge for the car
nival. Girl Scouts of Troop 52
will act as guides.
Each room in the school has
chosen a candidate for king and
queen to reign over the carnival,
and the children have been collect
ing lc votes for their candidates.
Competition is reported “heavy,”
and it is almost impossible at this
time to predict where the crowns
will land. The king and queen will
be crowned in the auditorium at
7:00 o'clock. Miss Lou Lindsay,
Miss Evelyn C'auble, Miss Pauline
Tipton, and Mrs. M. S. Sorrell are
in '•barge of this project.
The school will be decorated in
the best Halloween and carnival
style under the direction of Mrs.
Eunice Bcddingfield and Mrs. Jes
sie Rice. A snack bar, with Mrs.
Frank Melton in charge, will be
operated in the school cafeteria, to
provide food and rest for the hun
gry and weary.
The fish pond, one of the most
successful booths in past years,
will operate with 5 and 10 cent
bait. Miss Bronte Jumper, Mrs.
Frankie Early, Mrs. Roberta Hud
gins, and Mrs. Flora Briggs are
in charge.
A hall of horrors, under the di
rection of A. E. Smith, Jr., and his
committee will hold forth in Mrs.
Kennedy’s room .and Dr. Robert
E. Schell will show movies for the
children in Mrs. Hendon’s room.
Aprons and patterns will be sold
in Mrs. Moore’s room by Mrs. John
O’Connor. Mrs. Worth Burgess, and
their grade parents. There prom
ises to be an extra fine selection
at that booth, and some Christmas
shopping can be taken care of
right there.
The ever-popular cake walk will
be held in charge of Mrs. Lores
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Jaycees Turkey
Shoot Saturday
The Black Mountain Jaycees will
sponsor a turkey and ham shoot
at the Beacon ball park in Swan
nanoa on Saturday, Oct. 31.
The shooting will begin at 9:30
a.m. and there are many excel
lent turkeys and hams for the
best marksmen. All proceeds of
the shoot will be used for civic
improvement. Come out, bring
your friends and join in the sport
for a delicious turkey or ham.
Ken McMurry is president of the
Jaycees.
Halloween Party
At Swannanoa
Saturday Night
There will be a Halloween carn
ival at the Swannanoa school Sat
urday night at 6:30 p.m., spon
sored by the F T.A. The crowning
of the king and queen and cost
ume parade will be at 7 o’clock.
Other big attractions will in
clude refreshment booths, grab
bags, handicrafts, movies and a
variety show. A square dance
will be held in the gym from 9
to 11 o’clock.
For a good time come and
bring the family.
. These Former Boy Scouts Have Now Grown Into Men
How many of these can you
identify? To give you a clue this
picture was taken in 1931 on
Cherry street with the fire depart
ment in the background. Scout
master was Charles Boone who is
| shown standing on the running
| board of the truck which is wait
ing to take the group on a week’s
outing to Lake James. Included
I in the picture are boys destined
| to become famous as chemists,
druggists, army officers. New
York playwright, athletes, and
religions leaders At least one
Black Mountain citizen knows the'
entire group. What’s your guess?
United Church Women Will Sponsor
Program Combining Observance Of
U.N. & World Community Day Nov. 6
Betty Ingle Bride
Of Robert Brown
Miss Betty Jane Ingle, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Ingle of
Swannanoa, became the bride of
Robert Eugene Brown, son of
Sheriff and Mrs. Lawrence Brown
of Black Mountain, Saturday at
7:30 p.m. in a candlelight cere
mony in the First Baptist church
at Swannanoa.
The Rev. Charles W. Smith,
pastor, performed the double-ring
ceremony. Mrs. Keith Mitchell,
soloist, and Ralph Carroll, organ
ist, presented a program of wed
ding music.
The church was decorated with
floral baskets of white gladioli
and crysanthemums against a
background of green tropical
palms interspersed with lighted
tapers in seven-branched candel
abra.
The bride, given in marriage by
her father, wore a ballerina length
dress of white chant illy lace with
a scalloped neckline. The bouf
fant skirt was scalloped around
the bottom. Her fingertip veil of
illusion was attached to a lace
bonnet with seed pearls, and she
carried a bouquet of white carna
tions centered with a white
orchid.
Mrs. William T. Brown, sister-in
law of the groom, was matron of
honor. She wore a yellow organ
dy dress with a V neckline, and
carried a bouquet of bronze and
yellow chrysanthemums.
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Little t arot wniteseu oi uign
Point, cousin of the bride, was
flower girl and Michael Zeugner
served as ring bearer.
Bridesmaids were Mrs. Des
mond Hussey, Mrs. James Gaddy,
Mrs. James Patton, and Miss
Pearl Ramsey. They wore brown
organdy dresses fashioned like the
honor attendant’s and carried nose
gays of yellow chrysanthemums.
William T. Brown, twin brother
of the groom, served as best man.
Ushers were Jack Brown, brother
of the groom, Desmond Hussey,
James Patton, and Frank Will
iams.
The bride’s mother wore an im
ported brown lace dress with pink
and brown accessories and a white
glamellia corsage. The bride
groom’s mother wore an imported
emerald green lace dress and a
white glamellia corsage.
Following the ceremony a re
ception was held in the Swan
nanoa community clubhouse. As
sisting in serving were Mrs. Guy
West, Miss Lois Bryant, Mrs.
Lloyd Campfield. and Mrs. T. C.
Gentry. Miss Mary Jo Atkins had
the guest book.
The couple left by car for a
wedding trip through Western
North Carolina and Tennessee. For
traveling the bride wore a grey
suit with black accessories and the
white orchid from her bouquet.
Mrs. Brown was graduated from
' Swannanoa High school and at
' 'ended Asheville-Biltmore college.
Mr. Brown was graduated from
Black Mountain High school and
Lie University of Tennessee. He
1 is now employed by the City of
i Asheville. Upon their return
! f om their wedding trip the couple
• will be at home on the old Black
Mountain highway near Swan
I nanoa.
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United Church Women of Black
Mountain will sponsor a program
combining the observance of
W'orld Community Day and the
United Nations Day on Nov. 6
at 7:30 p.m. in the State Street
Methodist church.
Young students of local schools
and colleges will be featured as
participants in the program.
Both adults and youth of all
churches in this area are cord
ially invited to attend this meet
ing at which time an offering and
a collection of warm clothing and
light blankets will be brought for
shipment to Korea.
Corkran Gives
Lions Preview
Of Coming Book
“History of the Cherokees” was
told by David H. Corkran as he
addressed the Black Mountain
Lions club last week.
Using as basis for his talk in
formation which will be contained
in his coming book “Cherokee
Chronicle” which will be pub
lished soon, Mr. Corkran told of
his experiences in tracing the
Cherokees from coast to coast and
from the south to Michigan.
Much of his material was found
in journals of army officers, let
ters of Indian traders, and miss
ionaries. “From this maze of ma
terials I have been trying to
piece together a pattern which
will help us understand the Cher
okees better”, the speaker said.
“But this has been very difficult
because there was very little writ
ten on the subject prior to 1700."
Mr. Corkran pictured the, Cher
okee of 200 years ago as a shrewd
trader, a hard bargainer, and a
skillful hunter who took on the
average more than 100,000 deer
hides annually in the Cherokee
Nation.
strangely enougn ne lounu uiai
the culture of the Cherokees was
built around fire worship and
ceremonies with fire. The sacred
fire was composed of fires re
turned from successful hunting
trips—no failures went into the
sacred fire.
Two hundred years ago a mem
ber of the Cherokees could rise
to the priesthood only through
birth, but there were political
councils composed of old men, the
officers of the tribes, and the
women who played a very import
ant part in the life of the people.
The women had a voice in the
government and went to war.
Skillful as they were in other
fields, the Indians reached their
highest point in oratory. So well
trained were they that they could
memorize a speech after hearing
it only once and repeat it ver
batim as long as they lived. They
were excellent diplomats and us
ually outbargained the white men.
Mr. Corkran, who received his
M.A. from Harvard, formerly was
assistant headmaster and director
of the curriculum at North Shore
County Day school, Winnettka,
111. He came to Black Mountain
college in 1945 to teach American
history. He has spent the past
three years working on his book.
Selected To Sing
i
Miss Betty Austin, student at
Berea School of Nursing, Berea
college, Ky., has been selected
to sing in the Harmonia society at
Berea. This society is made up
of students and faculty members.
At Christmas they will sing the
“Messiah”, and at Easter will
render special music. Betty is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Forrest Austin of Black Mountain.
Black Mountain High Eleven Scores
Early To Hip Candler Bobcats, 24 to 20
Coach Ralph (Buffalo) Humph
•ies’ Black Mfiuntain High gridders
mocked Candler out o! the run
ling and opened the way for a
dear cut road to the Buncombe
county crown Frida} evening hv
downing the Bobcats. 24 to 20. in
a game played under the lights
it Canton.
The Colts will play Weaverville
Barnardsville Friday and close the
season with the annual Swan
nanoa game on Nov. 6. By win
ning both of these games Black
Mountain boys could win the title
over Oakley-Fairview with whom
they played a tie earlier in the
season.
Realizing that the chips were
down and that all depended on
the outcome of the game Friday,
the Darkhorses hit Candler like
a bolt of lightning in the first
quarter, recovering two fumbles
and were leading 12-0 before many
of the spectators had their blank
ets straightened out.
After Ed Buchanan had reocv
ered the first fumble in the open
High School P.T.A.
Needs Your Support
Prayer Meetings
Schedule (riven
The Billy Graham Greater
Asheville Evangelistic Crusade
prayer service for business men
will be held at the American
Legion hall, State street, from
12:30 to 1:00 o’clock, Monday
through Friday. A different min
ister will be in charge each day.
Mrs. Mary Aleshire, Miss Caro
line Hall, and Mrs. Percy Justus
are organizing groups on the
highway section west of town and
in the Tabernacle church area. All
of these groups will meet Monday
through Friday, 10:00 a.in. All
women are urged to meet with the
group in their neighborhood.
A group from the Lakewood
section will meet every day next
week at 10:00 a.m. at the home
of Mrs. W. T. Wright.
Other meetings scheduled:
Bridewood; Portman Villa road,
home of Mrs. Gordon Greenwood;
Montreat road, home of Mrs. W.
E. Vernon, Mrs. W. C. Greene,
and Mrs. Clarence Wilson; Con
nelly street, home of Mrs. J. H.
Gruver; North West street, home
of Mrs. W. H. Tipton; Ridgeway
avenue, home of Mrs. Cecil Nan
ney; Padgett Town road, home
of Mrs. Tom Blizzard; Hiwassee
avenue, home of Mrs. Dinsmore
Crawford.
Ross Taylor is a chief usher
and is looking for men who can
serve every night of the meeting.
He is especially interested in
those who can work on the plat
form. Those available should call
Mr. Taylor at once.
HALLOWEEN KING, QUEEN
CONTEST ENDS FRIDAY
The king and queen Halloween
contest will close Friday, Oct. 30,
at 12:00 o’clock. All supporters
are urged to get their votes in
by that time.
All king and queen candidates
are asked to be at the elementary
school by 6:30 p.m. Saturday for
the coronation ceremony. The
winners in the conest will be
crowned at that time.
The annual drive for member
ships in the Black Mountain High
school PTA will start Thursday
(Today), Oct. 28, Mrs. A. F. Ty
son, Jr., president, lias announced.
Mrs. S. S. Cooley, membership
chairman, is in charge _and will
send invitations to parents of all
students in the high school to
join this group which has as if*
purpose the improvement of
schools and facilities for the stu
dents of the community.
Memberships are a quarter each.
Anyone may join whether a par
ent or a friend of the school.
The whirlwind membership drive
will close on Thursday, Nov. 5.
The November high school PTA
meeting will be held in the high
library on Nov. 5, at 8:00 p.m.
The president, Mrs. Tyson, ex
tends an invitation to all parents
to be present — especially new
members. James Dotson, chair
man of legislative and school im
provement, will be in charge of
the program. The devotional will
be by Eugene Byrd.
WILL BE CLOSED
Seawright Florists will be closed
from 9 a. m. till 12 noon on Sun
days.
Nanney Elected
Council Leader
The Broad River Community
Council met Monday night in the
community building for an election
of new officers for the coming
year. John Benedict presided
over the meeting.
Officers elected to serve are as
follows: president, Bert Nanney:
vice-president, Mrs. Rector Led
better; secretary and treasurer,
Mrs. Clarence Morris, and song
leader, C. L. Ledbetter.
Junior officers elected were:
president, Stuart Nanney; vice
president, Jack Ledbetter, and
secretary and treasurer, Hazel
Morris.
mu seconds of the game on the
Candler 22 yard line, he needed
but two plays to shove it over
for the six points.
Just to prove that it was no
fluke the Ponies raced down the
field on the kickoff which fol
lowed, hit the Candler back with
such force that he went one way,
the ball the other. Fortunately,
Dallas Calloway pounced on the
rolling ball on the 40. Dan Reese
scored without further ado and
the count was 12-0.
Buchanan scored the third touch
down in the second quarter. Os
teen, sent in with instructions to
pc. h v over, did just that in the
fourth canto.
Candler scored a single touch
down in the second and brought
the crowd to its feet in the final
with some breath-taking action
that pushed over two more. The
first came on a lateral-forward
which was good for 45 yards and
a score. On the last play oi
the game Wise grabbed a Black
Mountain punt on his own 20,
swung to his right just enough
to draw the defense over, then
went wide to his left, found the
sideline and raced 80 yards un
touched for the final TI) of the
game.
The Lineup:
Black Mountain (24)
E: Calloway, Davis, Miller
Ritchie. T: Henderson, Jones
Burke. G: Jolley, Tolly, Pressley
Fox. C: Corkran. Backs: Parris
Reece, Osteen, Buchanan, Belcher
Sarti.
Scoring TD: Buchanan (2), Reece
Osteen.
Candler (20)
E: Netherton, Whitt, Ruther
ford, Lance. T: Luther, Jackson,
Rainier, English. G: Davis, Shope,
Dan Morgan, Redmon. C: Cathey,
Smathers. Backs: Herren, Guy,
Wise, Don Morgan, Fish, C. Farm
er, L. Farmer.
Scoring TD: L, Farmer, Nether
ton, Wise.
Points after TD: Wise, Whitt.
Officials: referee, Rhodes; um
pire, Eblen; head linesman, Rat
ton; field judge, Tweed.
Black Mountain
Homecoming Set
Reservations for the annual
Black Mountain High school
homecoming are expected to take
a jump as the time nears for
the event which is scheduled for
Friday, Nov. 6, following the
Black Mouutain-Swannanoa foot
ball game.
Open house at the high school
will be from 7:30 to 8:30 during
which time the old grads will
visit the various classrooms, de
corated especially for the event.
A prize will be offered for the
best decorated room.
At the business session, which
has been scheduled for 8:30, of
ficers will be elected and other
business of the association trans
acted. The square dance will
start at 9:00.
OUT OF TOWN GUESTS
Those visiting Mrs. Grady
Wainscott in Grovemont last week
from out of town, were Mrs. E.
B. Caldwell and Mrs. Pearl Ed
wards from White Rock, S. C., Dr.
and Mrs. L. R. Shelton and fam
ily, Mrs. E. J. Shelton and Mrs.
Thelma Smith from Winston
Salem, Mrs. Katherine Taylor,
Mrs. Mertie W'aites, Mrs. G. E.
Lewis, all of Asheville.
Need $1000
For School
Lunch Fund
Do you believe that a school
child who is not receiving an ade
quate lunch can study? Do you
think that a child who goes all
day without food likes school or
is anxious to go to school every
day? What will you do to solve
the problem of these children?
These are the questions that
the Ways and Means committee
of the Black Mountain Elementary
school P.T.A. will bring to the
attention of clubs, civic and
church organizations and indi
viduals of Black Mountain and
Broad River. A letter is being
mailed this week stating the sit
uation fully, and asking for funds
to meet the $1000 free lunch
budget for the needy children of
the school.
Betore tne adoption oi uus
jilOOO budget for free lunches, the
P.T.A. had, through its commit
tees, found that in other years
lunches for these children had
been furnished through many
sources. Teachers had been us
ing their own money. Some clubs
and individuals had furnished
teachers with extra money. At
Ridgecrest last year parents and
grade mothers packed some
lunches for needy children there,
but there was no organized plan.
Over and above all of this, the
P.T.A. spent last year $317.70 for
free lunches.
This year the P.T.A. is asking
that all money be sent to the
P.T.A. committee chairman, and
disbursed by them, so that they
may have an accurate and true
picture of the need to be faced
year after year. Teachers, who
observe the children all day, have
been asked to make an applica
tion for any child in their room
who, in their judgment, will
benefit by either lur'*' >r free
milk.
Every application is, after bciag
presented, investizated carefully
by the lunch room committee. Mrs.
Stanley Garland, chairman, is as
sisted by Mrs. F. P. Higginbotham,
Mrs. Charles Carpenter, and Mr.
and Mrs C. M. Fortune. Some
times they find unemployment,
illness, as many children at home
as in school, and a small cash
income to meet the needs of all.
Very often there is a combination
of several or all of these condi
tions.
Whenever the committee finds
; a case, where through circum
stances beyond the control of the
child, he is not receiving or
’ bringing adequate lunch to school,
1 the policy will be to place that
‘ child on the free lunch fund.
The lunch room committee and
the executive board of the P.T.A.
have adopted this policy that a
school child shall not be allowed
to suffer hunger because of con
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A.H. & Jr
Woman's Club To
Support Appeal
Tragedy, not ’ happiness, con
fronts too many N. C. babies.
Some come from broken homes,
some are orphaned, some are born
out of wedlock. Babies are guests
at the receiving home in Greens
boro until promising futures are
found for them.
Each year more than 375 babies
are given affectionate, individual
attention by the Society. Their
problem solved, many babies re
turn to their relatives. Others be
come children of couples eager
to give a baby the love and se
curity of a happy family life.
Half a century of service has
been given by the professional
people of this state to insure each
and every baby the finest start
in life. The handicapped child
receives special care.
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Montreal Still
Giving Black
Mountain Water
We have had only .81 inches
of rainfall in October and the
water shortage is still very much
with us, officials of the town of
Black Mountain told the News
Tuesday morning.
“The situation is better than it
was some weeks ago but water
is still in short supply. Even
though Montreat is giving us
water on a 24 hour basis now, the
reservoir is still eight feet below
the spillway. The use of water
is still restricted,” it was ex
plained.
The street paving project has
been completed.