/ _jtMm NOV 5- 19 5 3 w.kv-m Weather Date Oct. 27 Oct. 28 Oct. 29 Oct. 30 Oct. 31 Nov. 1 Nov. 2 High Low Prec. 62 45 .31 40 39 30 35 30 34 63 46 65 73 72 71 .03 T 5c PER COPY [flections Gordon Greenwood ■t from Fred Lucas and r. it pays to have an pump in your car. when you go squirrel Lending the morning in „d bagging their limit i(l;u Fred and Harry to the car, congrat jj, ,selves on their good L, but little effort on lit they had found the Inning over with the jjlcd fellows and were |,t it had been so easy, n,.ro still in high spirits tame had been properly the car and Harry Bt a front tire. It was ^ with a spare along that L much of a problem, around the car and another tire. It was i on the bottom but that |rh. Examination of the equally as successful, rc all flat. What's more had been removed, ttely. the couple had an hobile which had lain un Icveral years. Two hours pproximately, the tires the men were tired, and Impositions were not as they had been, louhl sen e as a warning |i else hunting in that i Don’t stray too far from (without leaving a guard. —K— are some (women) re who were in school 900 and who do not date announced, they'd me pretty soon, afternoon Arrietta brought over a copy roll of the Black school (it was called else in those days) dates and it makes reading. Many of whose names appear are still around here, the ladies may question but the book says —R— 6-year-old daughter Mr- Clyde Stubbs of starling early to get ’s viewpoint. week she was tell and father about and girls in her room by Mrs. Dempsey to a young man on the said. “George Gordon daddy works down Black Mountain News stays dowm there him what to do.” Sanders, who went the motion of retiring Blue Ridge last winter, a card Monday from postmarked Oct. somewhere in Florida, wished Herb the best ng and said that the would be on their before too long, fine up to there. Covins haven't been in since last spring, have the Ashleys. this Mr. Sanders did He found card was mailed some a9o. Some post Florida must have picture on the card and around for entertain pleased as he could from his old friend, in. But he's burned the out-of-date card ^ penny to remove from of one Doss Ker bis henchmen at the untain post office. —R— threatened with every th bodily harm Mon 1'roy Fortner. Her She says those guess s we’ve been running to time just about drive oi her mind. She saved paper so’that she K to see who the Bov -R— while looking through Pers on my desk (which * ^ clean as a pin by weekly standards (Coun f0rs see no need of wear a dust rag the first day) fc«ross some notes which LV *ere ,al4 lerm during their recent election. Miss Elizabeth Jones left of Frank hn. was elected secretary-treasurer, and Charles Rumph, right, of Charlotte, was elected vice Credit Bureau (ailed Success By Merchants The Black Mountain Credit Bureau, which opened for business here in May, has completed six months of successful operation. Fred Lucas is manager, and George Moray, office manager. Offices for the organization are main tained in the Greene building. Merchant members of the bureau praise it highly. “It is a definite asset to this community and should be supported by every merchant or business man here,” one mem ber said. The credit bureau receives credit reports from every part of the country, and has assisted many persons, who have recently moved into this vicinity, to establish a good credit rating with the local merchants. It also furnishes credit ratings for those who have moved to other parts of the country. “The greatest need of the Bur eau at the present time, is for more merchants and professional men to come into the Bureau, to assist in making it one of the most effective agencies in this part of the country,” Mr. Moray said. BUD AGER IS AWARDED OXFORD FELLOWSHIP Bud Ager, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Ager, Lakey Gap road, has just been awarded a Fellowship in Chemistry at Oxford university, England. He expects to get his 1’h.I). in chemistry this coming year. He has been elected captain of the Oxford tennis team. Youth Invited To Rally Each Saturday Night Here’s something new for Black Mountain! Many have had a vital interest in the youth of our com munity wanting them to have the best in life. We now have some of the finest talent obtainable com ing from Bob Jones university in Greenville, S. C., presenting a youth rally each Saturday night. Dave Wilson, brother of Grady Wilson of the Billy Graham team, recently returned from a youth rally in Scotland and England, is one of the leaders of the Black Mountain Youth Rally. The pro gram includes instrumental music, trios, quartets, and Bible quiz groups. The meeting is held each Satur day night at 7 o’clock in the Amer ican Legion hall over the Black Mountain Hardware company. No admission is charged and everyone is invited to attend. Trio To Present Special Program At the annual Armistic day cov ered dish supper for Legionaires, members of the Auxiliary, and friends Nov. 11, at 6:30 in the Legion hall, a special program will be presented by Claude Betts and his trie! and Vergil Stergil from Moore hospital. There will be a 15 or 20 minute navy film from the local recruiting station, Asheville. IMPORTANT MEETING All chairmen of the grade mothers of each school class are asked to come to a yery import ■ it meeting Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock in Mrs. Dempsey Whit aker’s room. Panel Takes Look At Swannanoa, Past, Future A panel discussion, “Looking At Swannanoa, Past, Present, and Fu ture,’ featured the November meeting of the Swannanoa Men’s club Tuesday night at the com munity building. Dinner was serv ed by the Swannanoa Woman’s club. Hardy Davidson, descendant of the pioneers who settled the Swannanoa Valley, traced the his tory of the area from shortly fol lowing the Revolutionary War down to the coming of Beacon Manufacturing company here in the early twenties. Everyone here is familiar with the story of Sam uel Davidson and of how he was killed by the Indians near the present site of Gudger’s Bridge, but the never-before told story of how his twin brother William, who later moved to the Valley! was killed by a man named Shope in a fight near where the Oer likon plant now stands in 1810 is not known generally. His body was moved Monday to the Piney Grove cemetery. Until the end of the Revolution the Valley was in the hands of 1 the Indians who had a village at I Cherokee. Following permanent i settlement, the area grew until the < Civil War. The mountain men were not too enthusiastic about the war and to this day, from Lincoln to Eisenhower, the Re- ] publicans have held a beachhead 1 in the Southern Appalachians, the speaker pointed out. Mr. Davidson disclosed that Davy Crockett once lived in Swan- * nanoa and married a woman named * Fatten from here. Dick C onnelly, second member '• —Turn to Page 10 t Carnival Nets $650.00 For Free School Lunches Halloween was celebrated last Saturday night with one of the largest groups of parents and chil dren the town has ever seen gath ered at one time. The Black Moun tain Elementary School was filled to overflowing, to put it mildly. Ghosts, goblins, witches and sundry characters seen only one night a year roamed the building. I wo kings and two queens reigned over the carnival, and Mrs. L. H. Gregory, Mrs. Hugh Brandon, the Rev. Wilbur A. Honeycutt, and Wade Rowland bore their crowns with appropriate dignity. Runners up in the contest were Mrs. Jack Okana, Mrs. Chester Sobol, George McAfee, and Lewis Stafford. A total of 34,35fi votes at a penny a vote were cast in the contest. By nine o’clock the building was empty and a tired but happy crowd \^ere on their way home. All booths were sold out, from popcorn to aprons. The county store had hung up an “Out of Business Until Next Year” sign and the witch and devil in the hall of horrors had retired to think up tricks for next Halloween. Lucky winners of cakes in the Cake Walk must have enjoyed their late snack that eve ning. The fish pond was without a solitary minnow. Mrs. E. V. Gouge, Mrs. Ilarrie Danenhower, and the Rev. Thad McDonald'had a difficult time in distributing the prizes between the 100 children in costume who par aded across the auditorium stage. After due deliberation the judges announced the following winners: Ronnie Bartlett, dressed as a ghost, most original; Ann Pollard, dressed as peasant, cutest, and William J. Henderson, dressed as one of the seven dwarfs, funniest. Town officials and members of the local school committee and Board of Education have expressed their hearty approval of this an nual carnival which is sponsored by the P.T.A. to give the children a healthy outlet for their natural energies which reach an all time high each Halloween. Town of ficials reported a quiet evening with pranks at a minimum. Mrs. Ann Hubbard, chairman of the festivities carnival, said the proceeds from the Carnival have exceeded all expectations. Ap proximately $050.00 is reported to date. This money is earmarked by the P.T.A. for the general fund, and Mrs. C. W. Konrad, chairman of ways and means, has indicated —Turn to Page 10 JIMMY STEPP'S FAMILY EN ROUTE TO ENGLAND Mrs. Jimmy Stepp and children, ludy, Alan and Carol will leave Fhursday (today) for New York, from there they will go to Spilsby, England, to join S/Sgt. Stepp. The entire trip from Black Mountain to England will bo by plane. 1’hey expect to be out of the States hree years. Black Mountain - Swannanoa Meet In Final Game Friday Columbia State F ea tit res White Roger White, former star Black Mountain back, was the subject for a feature story which appeared recently in the Columbia, S. C., Slate. Roger is now a member of the varsity squad at the Univers ity of South Carolina. The story follows: Although he hasn't had many op portunities to prove his worth be fore Carolina fans, Roger White, reserve fullback, likes linebacking better than any other phase of this game called football. “I’m too 'ft and too slow to play halfback on pass defense, but boys built like me (5-8Mi, 185 pounds) get a better chance to show up as a linebacker,” he said. White was “pretty high up in the list of fullbacks until I got hurt” after the game with The Citadel. The thigh injury kept him out of the Furman game, huh he hopes to get a chance to play against the Clemson Tigers on Big Thursday. A 20-year-old sophomore, Roger is from Black Mountain, N. C., where he was pretty much of a high school star as a single wing fullback and tailback. He is ma joring in education and wants to coach in his home state after get ting a degree from Carolina. He came to Carolina after being sold on the university’s merits by Herb Coleman, who is coaching up in North Carolina. “I like the school as well as any I visited,” White said. He visited Duke, North Carolina, Georgia and Clemson be fore enrolling at Carolina. His first varsity action came in the 1952 Wofford game. After that, Roger transferred to the junior varsity and played in every game. He started the Virginia game this year and saw action against The Citadel. In high school, Roger and his Black Mountain High team won three district titles during his four years on the varsity. “We lost only three games in four years and play ed in two bowl games,’’ he fondly remembers. He was all Western in North Carolina and played in the Optim ist Bowl, an all-star game. As a prep player, he saw two way service, playing offense and defense. He was Black Mountain’s tailback his last two years and —Turn to Page 5 To Address Doctors Dr. Brian B. Blades, professor of surgery in George Washington University School of Medicine, who will address North Carolina doc tors on lung diseases at the post graduate course in medicine ses sion in Morgan ton next Wednes day You'll Hate YOU For !\ot Knowing Boys’’ Identity Did you identify the Boy Scouts in the picture last week? Just in case there were one or two you didn’t recognize, here’s the list. Get out last week’s issue of the News and you’ll find read ing .left to right, front row, Ed Cordell, Black Mountain; John Al lison, Washington, I). C.; Booger Wheelon, Black Mountain; Earl Harrison, address unknown; Wil liam Allison, deceased; Hugh Brandon, Black Mountain; Joe Pat ton, Charlotte; John Greer, de ceased; Gus Twitty, address un known; Donald Williams, Presby terian missionary, Brazil; Bill Gil bert. Black Mountain; Bill Moron ey, Fountain Inn, S. C.; Robert Fortune, Black Mountain. In the back row, left to right; < harles Boone, Scout master, ad dress unknown; Junior Lambert, U. S. Army; Charles Stepp, Black Mountain; Morris Ellis, address unknown; Thomas Jenkins, Frank lin. N. C.; Guy Gilbert, Black Mountain; Ellis, first name and address unknown; Fred Brown, Chicago, 111.; Howard Richardson, New Yor„, Lamar Ager, John Ag er, Atlanta; Raymond Burgin Asheville. SMART RECOMMENDS NC NO. 9 THROUGH BROAD RIVER VALLEY The Index-Journal at Green wood, S. C., recently ran an ar ticle on Fall Colors in the Moun tains which was written by Ger aid Smart who spends part of the year in Black Mountain. In the story Mr. Smart re commended to the more than 8,000 subscribers of the Index Journal that they try the new No. 9 from Bat Cave to Black Mountain. Excerpts of the let ter follow: Mr. Smart lived in Greenwood many years and was active in the musical and religious life of the city. He is here now vis iting friends. He has prepared itineraries for several one-day mountain trips from Greenwood. His sug gestions follow: ‘The link of the Scenic Drive (Blue Ridge Driveway) from the upper ridges to Oteen was open ed this summer. One can easi ly drive from Greenwood to the top of Mt. Mitchell in some three and one half or four hours. My own favorite route is highway 25 to 250 (marked Trucker’s Route); continuing on 250 to county highway leading to Traveler's Rest; thence on 25 again to Biltmore; turn right on 81 (old Black Mt. Highway) just a few miles to Oteen, where one strikes the new link of the Blue Ridge Driveway to Mt. Mitchell. This shortens the distance and by-passes all the traffic of both Greenville and Asheville. This route from Greenwood to the entrance of the highway at Oteen is about 112 miles; with about 30 more miles to the top of Mt. Mitchell. This is a superb trip just now. “If you arc tired of the Hen dersonville Highway, you might try the following trip over a brand new road just opened up above Chimney Rock to Black Mountain. Go to Woodruff, cut through to Greer—Greer to Tryon Tryon to Lake Lure, Bats < ;vc and Black Mountain. This trip is remarkably short, easily made and very beauti ful. There will be ample time for Montreat, Beautiful Blue Ridge Assembly grounds, and the incomparable North Fork Valley and Asheville water re servoir. Jr, Clubs Urge Support For Ikited Appeal The Junior Woman’s club and the American Home and Civic club unite in their appeal to you to support whole hearterdly the Unit* ed Appeal drive. The club project nearest to the hearts of Junior club members is that of the Children’s Home So ciety of N. C., Inc., in Greensboro. This home is largely dependent on United Appeal funds to carry on its wonderful work of giving babies happy homes. The Buncombe County United Appeal alloted $4,000 to the Chil dren’s Home Society this year in its budget. Bach year there are more babies born needing care than the Chil dren’s Home Society can help_ without more funds. Each year there are more cou ples wanting to adopt children than the Children’s Home Society can assist—without more funds. Your money invested in children through the United Appeal will enable many more little boys and girls in N. C. to say "1 have the best Mother and Father in the world.” Eiiinore Kreiger Queen of The May Miss Eiiinore Kreiger, daughter ol Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Kreiger of Portsmouth, Va„ has been elected by the Montreat college student body to reign as May Queen for 1954. Hc*i attendants were chosen by members of the various classes of the college students. Miss Ann Broom, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R W. Broom of 706 Trammell street, Dalton, Ga.. wdl be the re presentative of the senior class. Miss Jo Ella Dunaway, daughter of Mr. S. W. Dunaway of Lane ville, Texas, will represent the junior class, while Miss Ann Meeks daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. Gordon Meeks of Germantown, Tenn., was elected by the sophomore class as Turn to Page 10 Darkhorses Have Opportunity To Win County Title Records will be forgotten and the dope book tossed out the window Friday afternoon when the Swmnanoa Warriors and the Black Mountain Darkhorses square off in the final game of the year for both teams. The game will be played at Swannanoa as part of their home coming activities. For Coach Buffalo Humphries’' eleven it will be an all-important game. By winning they can sew up a claim to the Buncombe County conference crown. A vic tory would give them a record of 6-0-1 in conference play, against 4-1-1 for Oakley-Fairview. These two teams battled to a 0-all tie earlier in the year. Although the Warriors will not be shooting for a county champ ionship, they are expected to be up for the game. A victory would definitely make their season a success. The Darkhorses got off to a slow start and dropped the first game of the year to the Brevard Blue Devils, 13-7. They bounced back to trim Mars Hill and Wood fin before being held to a tie by Oakley-Fairview. Since then they have downed Biltmore, Sand Hill, Candler, and Weaverville-Barn ardsville in a row. c.oacn tommy ttornaday and his Warriors pulled a mild upset when they bumped Biltmore in the open ing game at the stadium 6-2. They ran into trouble against Marshall, Oakley and Candler but rallied strong to tie Walnut, nov. cons* ered one of Western North Caro lina’s most powerful, 6-6.' It was Walnut which ended the Marshall Red Raiders’ victory string sev eral weeks ago to startle fans of this area. The Warriors beat Weaverville Barnardsville and lost close decisions to Bethel and Sand Hill. Bast week Black Mountain punched out a 32 1 victory* over Weaverville Barnardsville with a great second half rally while the Warriors dropped a close 7-0 de cision to the Sand Hill Comets. The season records: Black Mountain Brevard Mars Hill Woodfin Oakley-Fairview Biltmore Sand Hill Candler Weaverville B 7—13 36—6 26—(1 6—6 13—0 27—0 24—20 32—7 Swannanoa's Record Biltmore Marshall Oakley Candler Walnut Weaverville-B. Bethel Sand Hill Black Mountain 6—2 0—28 0—19 0—38 6—6 13—0 0—13 0—7 Seme Lucky Old Grads Will Win Prizes Friday Plans have been made to ac commodate a full house of old heads at the annual homecoming tor Black Mountain High school Friday night following the annual game with Swannanoa. 1 he alumni association meeting, is set on the date of the Swan nanoa game because it is believed that more come back for that contest than any other during the year. The junior band, under direc tion of Mrs. Charlene Maydwell, will furnish music for the occas ion. A refreshment booth will be open. The schedule includes from 7:30 to 8:30 room visitation, two Prizes to be awarded for best de corated rooms; 8:30 to 9:00 bus ‘ness session, election of officers, presentation ol prizes for one com ing farthest distance to attend meeting, oldest alumnus, youngest alumnus, one with most children, and to the one most recently mar ried. I lie square dance will start at .) uo p.m. Guests for the evening will be senior classes of Swan nunoa and Black Mountain High schools, members of both football teams, and Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Howell and other faculty members from Swannanoa. SINGING SCHOOL Friday night at the Blue Uidge Chapel the singing school under Hie direction of Wade Carrol of Swannanoa will close with a spe cial program. All are cordially invited to come and hear this program of special numbers.