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RIDGECREST
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Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Biddix and
little son Jerry spent the week-end
in Thomasville with Mr. and Mrs.
C. L. Black.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ford have
moved to their new home in Black
Mountain.
Mrs. Nina Wilson left for Bay
town, Tex., Tuesday for a lengthy
stay with her daughter, Mrs. Cecil
Morse.
The Rev. Cecil M. Perry and
Perry Morgan left Monday for
Greensboro to represent the Ridge
crest church at the Baptist State
convention which is in session at
the First Baptist church there.
Mrs. Pinckney R. Holman reports
a wonderful vacation in Washing
ton where she visited her daugh
ter and her family, Mrs. Justin
McSweeney.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Pate re
turned Sunday from a two week
trip to Richmond, Washington,
Williamsburg, Norfolk, Elizabeth
City, Mantoo, Kitty Hawk, Ahos
kie, Wilmington, Smithfield, An
gier, Raleigh, and a few other
points down east.
Perry Morgan accompanied Dr.
S. S. Cooley, Charles S. Spencer,
A. M. McCoy, and Keith Town
send of Black Mountain to a meet
ing of the Haw Creek Lion’s club
at the Municipal Club House Tues
day night of last week. The group
participated in a meeting of zone
three of District 31-A.
Mrs. James Greenlee left Sunday
for her home in Cincinnati, Ohio,
after a stay of two weeks with Mr.
NOTICE!
If you are interested in
forming a Valley Athletic
association to build an
athletic field and stadium
at the new high school,
please sign and return
this to The Black Moun
tain News. There is no
obligation. The chief pur
pose of the organization
will be to promote and
to encourage interest in
the athletic program at
the new high school.
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and Mrs. J. H. Greenlee and fam
ily.
Mrs. Johnna Whitesides left
Tuesday for her home in Plainview,
N. J., after visiting her father
and his family for several days.
Mr. and Mrs. Willard K. Weeks
attended, the North Carolina Bap
tist Student convention held at the
1 First Baptist church, Winston-Sa
I lem, over the week end. Monday
. they left for Greensboro for the
annual convention of North Caro
■ lina Baptist meeting at the First
Baptist church there.
.Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Meeks left
Tuesday for Columbia, and Hunt
ing Island, near Beaufort, S. C.,
where they will visit friends and
where Mr. Weeks will try his hand
again at conquering members of
the finny tribe in South Carolina
waters.
Mr. and Mrs. Warren L. Quinn
and children, Judy, June, and War
ren, Jr., arrived Friday from Co
coa, Fla., for a visit with his
mother, Mrs. Pearl Quinn. Mr.
Quinn has been employed at Cocoa
and plans to return soon to resume
his work there.
A group of Royal Ambassadors
from Gastonia spent some time
last week at Sutherland cottage as
a- special project during Focus
Week annually observed by the or
ganization throughout the south.
The address of the writer of this
column for a while will be 1313
Mordeeai drive, Raleigh, N. C.
There are a few reasons why we
will be there but two art' special
One has blue eyes and the other
brown eyes. Both wear pretty lit
tle dresses and curly hair. You're
right, they are our grandchildren.
ueorge i lcaering writes mac ne
lost his pet dog, Bruce, October
30. We thought we could detect
tear stains between the lines of
his letter as he wrote sorrowfully
of the dog’s being killed by a
speeding automobile in or near
Nashville, Tenn., where George
took him after camp closed. Bruce
was a friend and favorite that
brought happiness and the spirit
of play to nearly three hundred
boys and young men in Camp
Ridgecrest during the past sum
mer.
"It does not cost, it pays to be
a Lion” some one at the Lion's
Zone meeting the other night quot
ed another as saying. And when
one thinks of the work Lions are
doing for blind and otherwise un
fortunate people in so many activi
ties of so many sorts one is almost
amazed at the amount of good be
ing done. It is a joy to have a
part in it all. ;
The Rev. and Mrs. .1. Fred Stim
son returned Friday from Bine
hurst, N. C., where they spent a
part of their fall vacation. They ;
report a most pleasant visit to that
Southern winter resort.
The three baskets of lovely deli
cate chrysanthemums at church •
Sunday came from the gardens of
Mrs. R. L. May. Through the .
years she has placed in the church
for the enjoyment of the congrc- ]
gation literally truck loads of flow
ers of almost every kind grown in
this part of the country. Thank '
you, Mrs. May. 1
Wewere glad to see in the con- i
gregation Sunday Miss Robbie i
Sutherland and her mother and i
father, Mr. and Mrs. W. 0. Sith
CHRIS t/IVn ASSEMBLY
J Votes
The Christian Assembly was well
represented at the state conven
tion of Disciples of Christ in Wins
ton-Salem. Dr. Howard S. Hilley
supervised the assembly exhibit
and Dr. Homer W. Haislip repre
sented the assembly in a panel dis
erland, Abbeville. S. C. Miss Rob
bie is a student at Carson Newman
college and during the summer she
is a member of our Sunday school
faculty.
Other visitors at church Sun lay
were Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Evans.
Charlotte, and Mr. James Payne of
Cherokee and Carson Newman col
lege. Jefferson City, Tenn.
Miss Cordelia Johnson, Canton,
spent the week-end with her par
ents, the Rev. and Mrs. J. Jeter
Johnson at their home on Royal
Gorge road. Mr. Johnson has been
suffering from a severe cold for
several days.
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Craven left
Wednesday of last week for their
home in Lakeland, Fla., after being
at their cottage on Yates avenue
since early summer. For about
thirty five years they nave been
summering here.
Yes, sir, our boy Charles ifeletier
the fine halfback from Ridgecrest
was right there in the game that
won us the county championship
with that score of 31 to 0 over the
boys from Swannanoa. It was a
great game. One wondcs why
some of the players didn’t get hurt
on the field that was dry and al
most hard as concrete. From our
chair on the side line we cringed
from fear when the players piled
up now and then. For three years
our Darkhorses have captured the
county championship. Congratula
tions to coach Humphries.
One of the finest things taking
place in our community is the
setting up of a new Sunday school
class with our pastor as teacher.
Friday evening the group enjoyed
an hour of fellowship, fun, and
laughter at a good old fashioned
supper of steak, gravy, creamed
potatoes, butter, hot rotls, colfee,
i hocolate, apple, pumpkin and lem
on pie. A great feast. Covers
were laid for twenty five or more
and twenty three came and he’d
their silver at position “attack”
while the steaming steaks, not rolls
and potatoes came from the stove
Paul Turner sat at the head of the
table, acted as toastmaster and
they do say he was a master at
leading the group in having much
fun. Others present were Mrs.
Paul Turner, Mr. and Mrs. Coy
Runion, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tip
ion, Mr. and Mrs. Earl H. Snypes,
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Snypes, Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Lakey, Mr. and Mr-.
Raymond Tanning, Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Lawson, Mr. and Mrs. Jonn
Abbott, Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Blar,
Earl Gray, Ernest Lawing, and the
Rev. Cecil M. Perry the two gen
:lemen who prepared the food. ’rhis
s only one of the efforts being
made at Ridgecrest to aid in en
"olling “A Million More in ’54’’
in Sunday school. 1
cussion on the convention program.
Others who attended from Black
Mountain were: Mr. and Mrs.
Frank W. Dixon. Mrs. Haislip, Mrs.
Walter A. Davis, and Mrs. Mary
E. Aleshire.
Two families are now living on
the assembly grounds in their new
homes. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Moore
are living in their new garage
apartment while they complete
their dwelling. Mr. and Mrs.
George Cook have moved into their
beautiful new home. All are on
Holly drive.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Bennett Farris
of Richmond, Ky\, visited the as
sembly grounds early this week.
They own lot no. 6, just south of
Dixon park and expect to build a
home for permanent residence.
Dr. Jesse M. Bader, executive
director of Joint Department of
Evangelism of the National Coun
cil of Churches in the United
States, is deeply interested in the
development of \Christmount.” Dr.
Bader said, “Just as soon as you
can accommodate 200 people on the
assembly grounds we will conduct
our “Ashram” at Black Mountain.
You have everything for our meet
ing-climate, altitude, and beauty
beyond description.”
With The Sick
C. R. Longcoy, Sr., is improv
ing at the Victoria hospital where
he has been a patient for the past
week.
Mrs. Pansy (Mease) Price re
mains in a critical condition at
Mission hospital.
Mrs. J. N. Wright underwent
Surgery at Mission hospital Mon
day.
Mrs. Annie Kinsey has been a
patient at Mission hospital for the
past few' days.
Cal Gragg is getting better after
suffering a broken leg recently.
Jack Gilbert underwent surgery
at St. Joseph’s hospital last Sat
urday.
Mrs. Clyde McElheny underwent
surgery at St. Joseph’s hospital
Monday.
John McMillan has been sick
at his home for several weeks.
SALVATION ARMY
The International Salvation Army
operated in 89 countries and
preached its gospel in 81 languages
last year. Its 16,879 corps and out
posts and 1,789 institutions were
manned by 26,608 officers and 18,
217 employees, according to the
American Peoples Encyclopedia
1953 Yearbook.
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girl scout news
The Girl Scouts of RIack Moun
tain. Troop No. 54. have had a
full program this fall. They be
gan the year with a planned pro
gram of outdoor cooking. Several
cookouts were held and lots of
fun was had in learning how to
build a fire, cook a meal, and fin
ally EAT IT. These girls have
been Brownies together and over
a period of six years have come
up in Scouting with their leader,
Mrs L. H. Gregory. Recently they
celebrated National Girl Nomi
Week bv decorating a window. Mr.
Demsev Whitaker of "Lormay -
gave them use of the large show
window in his -tore. They drew
plans for placing of the materials,
brought in their Scout materia s
and themselves decorated the win
dow Girl Scout equipment and
clothing was borrowed from Hon
Marche through the Girl Si -ut lc
partment of that store and placed
on display—in hopes that "Santa
Glaus" will fill stockings of scout
rhrirtnuu with m [deal
suggested.
Also in the display wore things
the Kiris had made -aprons, hand
kerchiefs. sowing boxes, activity
project', etc. The troop scrapbook
with snapshots of the girls caused
no end of comment and fun.
At the Girl Scout regular meet
ing Thursday afternoon during
Girl Scout week n party was held
and games were played. A quiz
was held on the What and Why’s
of good scouting nnd on the or
ganization and its founder, Juliette
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