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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1953, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
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Gordon Greenwood
kh is a small world.
I'1 Granger, brother of
ly ^[yt'rs of Black Moun
* attracted recently by a
h‘ whom he happened to
IKvu'hu Island, Japan,
Y world from here.
something about her
'familiar. Suddenly it
|n him. She was reading
|, The Black Mountain
th;„ was too much. He
Zr she was Miss Alene
tn of Black Mountain, a
[ Vaden Marett.
{ prove to his sister that
L't her and that she was
|h, Black Mountain News,
|er sent along a clipping
1(1 ,,f the Hatch'n Patch
ling at the Myers home
octor was examining the
, chest, a very attractive
Jady, when the collector
Hsheville Citizen walked
|,e porch, looked in the
and rang the bell.
ng the door the doctor
that the man of the
isn't home and that the
would have to come
Iter.
#he doctor) was almost
l(h the patient before it
on him—the full im
ls 0f the situation. Now
■ and the patient are
Lg and hoping that the
■alized that the man in
ie was the doctor.
me of another
wife, taking a mid
h, had walked out of
into the kitchen
a towel around her
she heard the
open and the sound
footsteps approaching.
about time for the
make his daily delivery,
this and that she
time to get out of
she squeezed inside the
stood up straight as
so that the door would
pulled the towel very'
her shoulders,
door to the utility
pulled open and there
in hand stood the meter
the light ^company,
lady was speechless
a second. Looking the
straight in the eye she
: “Oh, my! I was
the iceman.”
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a visitor at Blooming
some weeks ago Miss
was glad to learn
publicity of the Cham
here was pay
people around Bloom
Her of seeing the C
in , the local
According to Miss
were very much im
Strangely enough some
bad placed the ads.
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Farm was always a
place. Many years
started to dig a
that was before it was
farm, and went down
feet before striking a
of cold water,
the years that followed
states of Arkansas and
the well at the State
a sort of legend,
ever as cold, no well
as that one. It must
the same vein that the
struck while grading
Valley High school.
n t know it but that
from Black Moun
1 cxas border.
land of Wake Forest
iaki Forest, spent the
his parents, Mr.
*■ " ■ Rowland and Toni.
OTICE!
a,'e interested in
a Valley Athletic
jatien to build an
rc and stadium
new high school,
s*gn and return
* he Black Moun
.N(nvs There is no
phon The chief pur
I01 the organization
to promote and
P'drage interest in
rthletic program at
|ev; h‘gh school.
(N
ame)
Address)
Program
OnUNTo
Be Friday
The United Church Women of
Black Mountain will sponsor a pro
gram in observance of World
Community Day and United Na
tions Day. Friday evening, Nov. 13,
at 7:30 o’clock in the State Street
Methodist church. Foreign born
students of Warren Wilson and
Montreat colleges will enact a ses
sion of the World Health Organi
zation of the United Nations. Miss
Elizabeth Hoyt, head of the de
partment of social sciences of Mon
treat college, will take the role of
Mme Pandit, president of the Gen
eral Assembly of the U. N.
Seated before Miss Hoyt as she
presides over the session will be
the representatives of Iran. Cuba,
Greece, United States and China.
These students will speak in their
native languages, telling of the
work accomplished in their areas
and of the needs for future as
sistance of the United Nations.
George Baker will act as the
English interpreter while Miss
Joan Schrenk will give the French
interpretation.
In so far as possible the session
will be conducted as the agency
sessions are conducted at the U. N.
A program of special music will
be presented by students and fac
ulty members of Montreat college.
The program will be repeated
for vespers at Warren Wilson col
lege Sunday evening, Nov. 22.
A Thank offering of cash, cloth
ing, bedding, cloth, shoes, or
household linens will be made Fri
day evening to send to war victims
in Korea.
The public is cordially invited
to attend the programs and to
participate in the offerings.
Edwin Michael Hoffman is lend
ing a series of charts to illustrate
the organization and functions of
the United Nations in an effort
to make the program informative
as well as entertaining.
Mrs. Howard Kester is president
of the United Church Women;
Mrs. Homer W. Haislip is vj~e
pres.; Mrs. S. S. Cooley, secretary;
Mrs. Lee Butler, treasurer, and
Mrs. Mary E. Aleshire, program
chairman.
Cecil C. Nanney
Named President
C. C. Nanney, one of the all
time greats at Black Mountain
High school, was elected president
of the alumni association at the
annual homecoming here last Fri
day evening following the football
game with Swannanoa.
Other officers elected included
Luke Medford, marine corps vet
eran who won his combat medals
on Iwo Jima and other islands of
the Pacific, vice-president; Mrs.
Mary Beth Gudger, secretary; and
Miss Alice Turner, treasurer.
Prizes for the best decorated
rooms were won by: Mrs. Allen P.
Perley, III, first, theme, an inter
esting I.Q. test for all alumni;
and Mrs. Ruth Cunningham, sec
ond, theme, good collection of
alumni pictures.
Other prizes: Mrs. Betty Platt,
for coming the farthest; Mr. and
Mrs. Worth Cook, oldest alumni
present and for having the oldest
child; Sam Alexander, for a two
minute talk on good and bad
points of his wife. John Corkran,
student council president, gave a
welcome to the alumni. Both
junior and senior bands partici
pated in the program.
From Swannanoa E. N. Howell,
principal, and M. Y. Medlin, facul
ty member, were present, along
with the Swannanoa High school
senior class and football players
as guests.
Square dancing was enjoyed af
ter the program as the alumni
celebrated the third consecutive
championship by the Darkhorses.
FELLOWSHIP SETS SALE
OF HANDICRAFT WORK
On Nov. 28 the Christian Wo
men’s Fellowship will have a sale
at Montreat of handcraft work
made by patients from W. N. C.
Sanatorium. Also, candy and hand
work made by the ladies of the
fellowship.
On December 5, a bake sale will
be held at Lucas Office Supply,
also handcraft work from the San
atorium.
CIRCLE NO. 5 BAKE
SALE TO BE SATURDAY
Circle No. 5 of the Methodist
church is holding a bake sale at
Tyson Furniture store Saturday
morning beginning at 8:30 a. m.
There will be cakes, pies, cookies
and many other good things to
choose from.
Special School Bus Secured Through Efforts of Black Mountain Lions Club
Committee Needs
Your Old Toys,
Books, Clothing
Would you like to help bring
a little happiness and comfort in
to a few unfortunate homes on
Christmas morning?
In visiting homes of the child
ren on the P.T.A. free lunch list,
the investigating committee has en
countered many instances of dire
poverty and hardship. As is us
ually the case most of these fam
ilies have a number of children
some of school age and many of
them younger. Sometimes there is
a sick parent. In nearly every
case there is little food or fuel.
Clothing of any sort is sorely
needed.
We would like, with the help
of anyone in the community who
cares to assist, to collect good
used toys, books, and warm usable
clothing, to be distributed among
some of these families at Christ
mas. Most of us have good toys
'nd books that our children have
laid aside that would bring a lit
tle happiness into homes where
such things do not exist. Socks
and shoes for very small children
not in school would be most wel
come, as well as all other types
of clothing. These things would
be assorted according to the needs
of each family and delivered on
Christmas Eve. Gifts of money
will also be accepted, if you do
not have toys or clothing, and
this will be used to purchase candy
and nuts for the children.
We do ask that toys or cloth
ing in bad repair not be sent or
given, as there is little time left
for repairs before Christmas. If
you have something to contribute,
call Mrs. Fred Higginbotham at
7159, Mrs. Stanley Garland at
4311, or Mrs. Charles Carpenter
at 5391, and we will arrange to
call for them. If you wish to de
liver your contributions, leave
them at the home of Mrs. Higgin
botham, 105 Midland avenue, or
with Mrs. Garland, corner Mon
tret road and Cotton avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Vernon, Jr.,
and Tommy of Aiken, S. C., spent
the week-end with their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Wright and
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Vernon, Sr.
Miss Leagon Engaged
Mrs. Scott Alexander Hair of
Statesville, N. C., announces the
engagement of her niece. Miss
Carolyn Alice Leagon, to Hugh
Thomas McDaniel Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. Hugh Thomas McDaniel
of Charlotte. Miss Leagon is the
daughter of Mr. Oscar Lee Leagon
of Black Mountain and the late
Mrs. Leagon.
The bride-elect will receive an
A.B. in Recreation from the Wom
an’s College of the University of
North Carolina at Greensboro in
January. She is a member of the
Alpha Kappa Delta national soc
iology fraternity, the dean’s list,
and was associate sports editor of
the “Carolinian” last year.
Mr. McDaniel is a pre-veterinary
student at State college in Ral
eigh. He is a member of the Pi
Kappa Phi social fraternity, dean’s
list and the Thirty and Three.
Wedding plans are being made
for February 14, 1954.
SPECIAL SERVICES AT
BLUE RIDGE CHAPEL
Blue Ridge Chapel wishes to ex
tend a cordial invitation to the
public to attend Sunday night ser
vices Nov. 15 at 6:30 and 7:30
when they will have as special
guests Tommy Anderson and Roy
Sautherland, famous duet from
Limestone, Tenn.
Tommy has been blind since
birth but is an outstanding piano
player as well as great singer.
The public is invited to come
and hear this special program.
(Photo by Gragg)
This is the special school bus
purchased by the Buncombe
County Board of Education to
transport visually handicapped
chiidren from Black Mountain to
sight-saving classes conducted at
the new William Randolph school
building on Montford avenue in
Asheville. The bus was secured
through the efforts of the Lions
club sight conservation committee,
J. I. Cook, Sr., chairman. Mr. Cook
on extreme right is shown here
with committee members inspect
ing the bus after it had completed
its first trip.
In addition to Mr. Cook those
in the picture are, left to right,
Dinsmore Crawford, Otty Leeman,
David Solomon, Joan Edwards,
Mrs. Charles Solomon, Frank Hart,
Roy Corbin, William Brown, Al
bert Harris, and Jack Davis. One
other student has been certified
but was not present for the picture.
She is Jo Ann Wright.
It was through the efforts of
the Black Mountain Lions club, T.
C. Roberson, and the county board
of education of which J. G. North
cott of Black Mountain is a mem
ber that the bus was bought to
transport the partially seeing stu
dents here to the Asheville classes.
Tht bus leaves at 8:30 each morn
ing and returns by 3:00 p.m. All
loading and unloading must be on
the school grounds here.
In order to purchase the bus,
a station wagon converted into a
school bus, which seats 10 child
ren and the driver, the county
board voted to exceed the budget
by $2,000. Insurance on the bus
is paid by the Black Mountain
Lions club.
During the months of September
and October, while the bus was
on order, the Lions club furnished
transportation for the children
through the courtesy of Max
Woodcock at Woodcock Motor
company.
“The public must observe the
same rules with this small bus
that is required for the larger
ones”, Mrs. Solomon emphasized.
It is painted black and orange, has
blinkers on both front and back,
and has every safety device re
quired by law.”
Mrs. Solomon, a resident of
Montreat, remains in the building
at the William Randolph school
and helps the teacher, Mrs. Marion
Lee, in any way she can. The
children have a great deal of
special equipment which is furn
ished by the state. This includes
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Black Mtn. Defeats Warriors
To Win Third Straight Title
PTA MEMBERSHIP IS
ABOVE LAST YEAR
The PTA membership drive is
over but membership will be ac
cepted all through the year. Total
membership is 630 of which 562
are parents and teachers. The
parents’ membership for this year
exceeds that of last.
Father Stokes To
Conduct Mission
Father Edward J. Stokes, S. J.,
of Holy Trinity Catholic church,
Washington, D. C., will conduct
a mission at St. Margaret Mary
Catholic church, Grovemont, Swan
nanoa, from Sunday. Nov. 15, un
til Saturday, Nov. 21. Each even
ing service will begin at 7:30 and
will consist of the recitation of
the Rosary, a sermon and Bene
diction of the Most Blessed Sacra
ment.
Every morning during the mis
sion. there will be two Masses;
one at 6:00 and the o’her at 7:00.
A cordial invitation is extended
to each one to attend.
A fired up team of Darkhorses
from Black Mountain High school
did what no other team in the
history of Buncombe county
athletics had done last Friday by
winning a third straight football
championship. The losers Friday
were the Swannanoa Warriors who
went down to defeat, 31-0.
Biltmore High had very conven
iently eliminated Oakley-Fairview
as a contender earlier in the
week and only the Candler Bob
cats had an outside chance of
overtaking the locals when the
Colts took the field against Swan
nanoa for the final game of the
season.
One of the largest crowds of
the year was on hand to see Dan
Reece take the ball on the open
ing play from scrimmage and
speed 76 yards for the tally. Fol
lowing the kickoff Swannanoa
punted and on the next play
Wayne Osteen, who received a
broken collar bone in the game,
swung wide around end and didn’t
stop until he was 68 yards away
for the second touchdown. It was
12-0 at the quarter.
Just to show that the others
could run, Ed Buchanan, a hard
charging back, plunged over from
the three yard line. The ball had
been brought down from the 42
by a series of line plunges and
end runs.
As the third quarter opened
Buchanan drove in to block a
Warrior punt on the 31 yard line.
Reece and Dave Parris, who sel
dom calls a wrong play, advanced
the oval to the 19. Set back 15
yards on a penalty the Darkhorses
sent Parris back to pass and he
tossed a perfect strike to Reece
in the end zone. Reece scored
the tinal Black Mountain tally in
the linal quarter through the line.
The point after game of the
locals was slightly off as they
missed four out of five.
Although beaten the Warriors
played good ball to hold the heav
ier Black Mountain team on sev
eral occasions. Many fans ex
pressed the opinion that when the
two teams are combined the Val
ley school team will be equal to
or superior to those from larger
towns.
The Darkhorses played no favor
ites in winning their third straight,
but met every other member of
the conference.
The Lineup:
Black Mountain (31)
E: Calloway, Davis, #Iiller, Rit
chie, Hamby. T: Tolly, Burke, Fox,
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To More People
Evangelist Billy Graham, a na
tive of North Carolina, who at
the age of 34 has preached to
more people than any other Amer
ican evangelist, began a crusade
in Asheville’s City Auditorium on
Sunday afternoon. The Crusade,
which is sponsored by 76 cooper
ating pastors and churches of the
Greater Asheville area, is sched
uled for a two-week period from
Nov. 8 through Nov. 22.
The opening service on Sunday
afternoon at 2:30 was “The Hour
of Decision”, Graham’s ABC net
work broadcast which is aired
over more than 450 stations in the
United States and in many foreign
countries. On Sundays the ser
vices will be held at 2:30 only;
there will be no Sunday evening
services. A 500-voice choir made
up of volunteer members from
local church choirs will participate
in the network broadcast and in
the regular evening meetings.
Services will be evening meet
ings Monday through Saturday at
7:30. For these evening meetings
a limited number of reserved
seats will be held for out-of-town
delegations consisting of groups
of 25 or more people. To secure
such reserved sections call the
Billy Graham Crusade Office,
Asheville 3-3218.
Augmenting the evening ser
vices will be noon meetings also
held in the City Auditorium Tues
day through Friday from 12:15 to
1:00 p.m. This 45 minute noon
meeting will include special music
by the team musicians and a mes
sage by Evangelist Graham.
Included in the Graham team
are Cliff Barrows of Greenville,
S. choir director and song
leader; George Beverly Shea of
Western Springs, 111., soloist; Paul
Mickelson of Los Angeles, organ
ist and Tedd Smith of Toronto,
Canada, pianist.
SWANNANOA SCHOOL WILL
HAVE SPECIAL PROGRAMS
The public has been invited to
visit the Swannanoa school during
American Education Week, Nov.
8-14.
Special programs include, Nov.
11, 10:45, American Legion ob
servance of Armistice Day. Thurs
day, Nov. 12, 9:30, Seventh grades;
Friday, Nov. 13, 10:00, student
council. “Go to School Night” will
be observed at the next regular
FT A meeting on Thursday, Nov.
19. After a short business session
in the auditorium, all rooms will
be open and teachers will be ex
pecting parents to visit and to
have conferences.
O.E.S. Will Have
Chicken Supper
The Black Mountain O.E.S. will
sponsor a chicken-spaghetti sup
per Wednesday, Nov. 18, in the
J.O.U.A.M. dining room beginning
at 8 o’clock and lasting until 8.
Plates will be $1.25 for adults
and 75 cents for children 10 years
of age or under. Mrs. J. L. Potter
is chairman of this project.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
United Appeal To
Start Here Monday
YOUR BROKEN TOYS
NEEDED BY JAYCEES
Bucky Wright is chairman of
the Black Mountain Junior
Chamber of Commerce com
mittee which is collecting and
repairing broken toys to be dis
tributed Christmas to the needy
of the community.
Those who have toys to be
donated, either broken or other
wise, are requested to turn
them in at the town hall as
soon as possible. The Jaycees
will repair those that need it
and distribute the entire lot for
Christmas.
PTA Open Meeting
Set At Swannanoa
Tuesday Night
Heads of civic organizations, re
presentatives of industry, church
officials, PTA executive board
members, school administrators,
and leading citizens of the com
munity have been asked to attend
an open meeting at the Swan
nanoa school at 8:00 p.m. on
Nov. 17.
Special invitations have been is
sued to members of the county
board of education, including J.
G. Northcott of Black Mountain,
the county commissioners, includ
ing George Young of Swannanoa,
and to T. C. Roberson, county
superintendent of education.
Moderator for the occasion will
be D. Iliden Ramsey, former mem
ber of the state board of educa
tion. Gerald Cowan of Asheville,
present member of the state board,
has been asked to attend.
The meeting was called by the
executive boards of the four PTA
organizations of the community
in order to discuss questions rela
tive to the problems of housing
and equipping the present school
buildings as well as the new con
solidated high school now under
constructions.
a copy or me report wnten is
to be presented at the open meet
ing on Nov. 17 has been mailed
to hundreds of citizens through
out the Swannanoa Valley.
The letter which accompanied
the report said in part:
“In the belief that such quest
ions can only be answered by those
in authority, we have invited mem
bers of the county board of educa
tion, the county board of commis
sioners and the county school sup
erintendent to attend a meeting
at the Swannanoa High school at
8:00 p.m., Nov. 17, 1953.
“The executive committees of
the four PTA’s also urge you
and other leading citizens of our
communities to attend this meet
ing. Only by attending will you
be able to get a first hand account
of the real situation in our schools
today.
“To have better schools for all
our children each citizen musl
take a definite interest in our
overall school program. May wt
count on your support at 8:01
p.m. on Nov. 17? We shall bt
looking forward to seeing you or
that date.
“Sincerely, Mrs. S. E. Steele
president Swannanoa P.T.A., for
The Swannanoa School P.T.A., Tin
Black Mtn. Elementary P.T.A., The
Black Mtn. High School P.T.A., anc
the Carver School P.T.A.”
Richardson Play
Director Chosen
The third play by Howard Rich
ardson, son of Dr. and Mrs. F. H.
Richardson of Black Mountain, will
open on Broadway in New York
in early February. “Sodom, Tenn
essee,” is a drama based on the
Biblical story of the cities of
Sodom and Gomorrah. It will uti
lize a cast of 2d.
“Dark of the Moon”, first of the
Richardson plays, ran for several
years on Broadway. The second
was “Stained Glass Window.”
Another son of Dr. and Mrs.
Richardson, Dr. Nixon Richardson
of Long Beach, California, has just
passed his specialty board in ear,
nose, and throat surgery in Chi
cago.
Graduate of Bowman-Gray Med
ical school, Dr. Richardson for the
past two years has been head of
the ear, nose, and throat depart
ment of the Boyd clinic at Long
Beach. He is leaving the clinic
to open private practice in Long
Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Warren of
Gastonia visited Mr. and Mrs. J.
W. Herron Monday night and Tues
day.
Red Cross Joins
Campaign With
Other Agencies
The United Appeal-Black Moun
tain-Swannanoa Chapter American
Red Cross campaign for the com
munity will begin Monday, Nov.
16, 1953, H. W. Sanders, chairman
of the Black Mountain Community
Council announced Wednesday.
Every effort will be made to com
plete the solicitation during next
week.
The goal for Buncombe county
has been set at approximately
$350,000 of which the community
will receive the following: Black
Mountain Recreational Fund,
$1,657; Black Mountain Christmas
Cheer Fund, $300; Black Mountain
Swannanoa Chapter American Red
Cross, $8,300.
The Cheer Fund, sponsored an
nually by the Tea and Topic club,
will eliminate the dime board.
Members of t lie T&T club request
that the public give full support
to the United Appeal.
The local Red Cross chapter is
participating in the United Appeal
for the first time. Unless a major
disaster strikes, the Red Cross
will not make another drive dur
ing 1954.
The one-package solicitation lor
funds has been adopted by many
of the more progressive commun
ities and more agencies are join
ing every year, realizing that this
makes for efficiency and economy
in conducting campaigns.
The Appeal this year is spon
sored by the Junior Woman’s
club, assisted by the Tea and Topic
club, American Home and Civic
club, B&PW club, Jaycees, and the
Lions club.
Representatives of these organ
izations will meet Friday night
with Mr. Sanders at which time
the final details will be worked
out and assignments made.
Those who find it more con
venient may leave their contribu
tions or pledges at the Black
Mountain News, at the Wash Spot
with Mrs. Walter Burgess, or with
Mrs. Bessie Carr at the American
Red Cross office in the Town Hall.
Grade Mothers To
Sponsor Visit Ot
Blood Mobile >
P.T.A. grade mothers of the
Black Mountain schools at their
first meeting in September under
took the responsibility of recruit
ing 150 blood donors to meet the
Thursday, Nov. 19, blood quota
of the Black Mountain-Swannanoa
chapter. The American Red Cross
blood mobile unit will set up on
that date at the Black Mountain
Presbyterian church to receive
blood.
At a meeting of grade mother
chairmen last week, it was brought
out that the over 150 mothers and
fathers who are grade parents
this year could fulfill their prom
ise by being responsible for only
one pint of blood each. This
donor might be themselves, a
member of their family, a friend
or a neighbor. As it is on each
visit, the entire local Red Cross
chapter area of Broad River, Black
Mountain, and Swannanoa popula
tion will be asked to help meet the
blood quota.
sponsoring a visit ot the Amer
ican Ked Cross blood unit has this
year become a major project of
some Parent-Teacher associations
in Buncombe county. Since the
use of gamma gobulin, which is
available only from blood and is
used to prevent the crippling ef
fects of polio, has been apparent,
it has brought thinking parents
into the blood recruitment pro
gram of the American Ked Cross.
The Blood Mobile unit, staffed
by Col. F. S. Wright, director of
the Asheville Blood Center and
his staff, will be assisted by Black
Mountain Chapter Red Cross vol
unteers. The unit will set up in
the Presbyterian church at 12:30
pm. and will be open until fi:30
pm. This should enable fathers,
especially, to give blood both dur
ing or after their working hours.
The American Red Cross ex
pressed its gratitude to Parent
1 eacher association activity in
blood donor recruitment. “Every
important program such as the
blood program, needs the support
of everyone. A few people can
never carry the load, and the
P.r.A. will bring us a new field
of blood donors that we may not
have reached before.”
The grade mothers and fathers
of P T.A. are sometimes called the
’backbone” of the organization.
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