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I = H BE OPEN WEDNESDAY AFTER ■ , TILL CHRISTMAS FOR YOUR I = - t ...3 0, 11 Krrr.^T 1 MSiS...!..,^ .. . .. 1 •'Sts„._„s.O< Ktio.;,„ Weather Date Nov. 24 Nov. 25 Nov. 26 Nov. 27 Nov. 28 Nov. 29 Nov. 30 High Low Prec. 57 35 .13 41 25 40 22 54 26 41 16 46 23 53 25 i# u t til YOUR COUNTY NEWSPAPER q NU. »*■ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1953, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 10 PAGES TODAY V; 5c PER COPY ([FLECTIONS By Gordon Greenwood h .knowledge gifts of ,-rines. and a cocoa i Rn i Ro milk from Florida : pecans fresh from plant at Dawson. Ga. v Hoy L Russell and , just returned from \ew Smyrna Beach, employee of the News, ; pictures to prove that ' 72 fish the first day C3S,(, he hasn’t produced f‘,he fish, we're all waiting U the pictures. ■ p I)rf|in.: to him the fish were '. J. round the coast the f’week he was there that it dangerous to stick a foot or mi‘ overboard. The fish would , same and rush off to parts mown ut Kenton Cunningham, Her Tallos Stuart Nanney, and rest of us have the answer that it hasn't rained around ' ‘for so long that the game from WNC have migrated to 1(ja so that the babies can be ht to swim. —R— aybe I was wrong when I led members of the Metho t church official board dea s instead of stewards. Maybe did have the third member the cast in the wrong congre ion I admit all that but I pbatically deny that I dam d anybody's character. When one of the so-called (icons called to inform me that was having his lawyer check story to see if there were unds for libel, on the unds that his character had n defamed, I was careful to g up the phone before say to myself so that it would er get into print: (Censored). As Oden Walker would say, entle Readers, I ask you to id the Reflections again from I week and see if I made the (take of accusing anyone of ling a (one nine-letter word re deleted by censor). If so, I'm sorry. Wei I, anyway he looked like Baptist and they look like icons. A rose by any other le is just as sweet. —R— Thought for The Week any a man now wishes he had money during the depres so he could afford to live ugh prosperity. —R— Ihristmas is not what it once i. James F. Pinkney, general nsel, American Trucking as iation, Inc., Washington, aker at the award dinner in nston-Salem two weeks ago, uck a respondent note when pointed out that a few years , many of us can still remem it, oranges and bananas were luxury to be had only at istmas time. ime was not so many years when the trip to town the urday before Christmas to 'y the oranges, nuts, bananas, les and other goodies was an nt to be remembered and ilrn/4 C_i a • • ving on a farm in Tennessee, »eral miles out in the country, can well remember arising '9 before daylight on that 'ntful morning, eating a hasty eakfast, wrapping up until we Dked hke Eskimos, and then !t*'ng in the back of the bug ,or the ride into Knoxville, ap robes and blankets kept me of the heat from the hot ins but It was a cold ride, I happy one in to see the fistmas lights, the toys, and ' the other things that go to ■ke Christmas. Those who were lucky enough 9° were looked upon by the 6 1 with a certain amount of 'Pect for long afterwards. And (V' were good we might even !° eat in a restaurant and f'e a ‘cw °( *he Christmas 5 before we reached home e that evening—tired, cold, t nappy. fhat time one of the ° ' delicacies was the choco It was reaily choco i kC°vered cream which had O ’ 0) melting and sticking v&rything within sight. ' worried me for a long ' how on earth Santa e could know to pick out ,me things you always fo?e'VhnCl°SetS “ ,6W days t Day of Days. 'Christmas has changed, xuri,’ ,hlngs we considered 'ten are necessities to thout °th C°,Uld We 9et along bet7 That is a result ihon r°ads- better commun ipom 'rnproved methods of ids ^to Sh ,rUi,S Via ™»* i ) ° '1e major points and truck. . ,ur pomTS ana '?every ,own and ny of any size across the Won. pr. ' 7'm~ "w‘ ith ,Jt °9ress has caught up 'irige ‘ and We have had Tht °Ur linking. to louhj knext hundred * b* best. years Harry Gatton of Statesville has been appointed to the post of special assistant on the staff of Senator Alton Lennon. Former Young Democrat club official. Mr. Gatton is a native of Iredell county and has been connected with the newspaper in Statesville and man ager ot the radio station there. He is a graduate of Carolina. Mrs. Nesbitt To Present Program The High School P.T.A. will 1 meet Thursday night at 8 o’clock 1 in the school library. Mrs. Tom 1 Nesbitt will be in charge of the ; program. A panel discussion on ' the Family Life meeting held in ‘ Greensboro recently will be pre- 1 sented by Mrs. Nesbitt and girls. ' I hey will give the devotionals ' also. A report on the joint aetiv- J ities of the executive board of the s P.T.A.-s of the Swannanoa Valley f will be made. s B Methodists Will Discuss Building ' Sunday Morning j A congregational meeting will C be held at the 11:00 o’clock service F Sunday morning, Dec. 6, at the F State Street Methodist chr-rch to \ discuss important matte.s concern- F ing the building program, T. Vt. ( Nesbitt, building program chair- I man, has announced. 1\ Reports will be heard from Mr. h Nesbitt, from H. W. Sanders, 1 building fund chairman, and from ^ the architect, Robert Orr. The congregation will be asked b to decide whether the sanctuary' r or the new educational building t( should be erected first. Cards an- *' nouncing this meeting have been Sl mailed to the entire membership. 11 JUNIOR ORDER WILL CONFER THIRD DEGREE Black Mountain Council 145 g Junior Order will confer the third si degree on a class of candidates st on Monday, Dec. 7. 7:30 at the - hall. - T Visitors will be present from 11 Biltmore. Hominy Valley, and b> Candler. b WILSONS MOVE Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Wilson r have moved into the W. A. Huney- 0 cutt apartment. Subjects Many liul Salary Ijnrbor School Term ^H99 rhings have changed rince that lint August day 'way back in 1899 when school opened for the fall term in Black Mountain. On that hot morning the teacher. 1 O. Ingram, whose salary was all of $30 per month, rolled up his sleeves and went about the tasks that face a teacher on open ing day. The school committee, composed of G. A Morgan, Billy Goodson and Charlie Patton, were probably congratulating themselves on hav ing found a man who could teach all the subject matter found in Holmes 'Readers, Sanfords’ Arith metic. Maury’s ’Jogaphy’, Harvey’s grammar, Harrington’s Speller, steele’s Physics, and Barnes’ U. S. History. The age of the students ranged :rom 8 to 18. The family names tre still very much in evidence n the community. Here’s the school roll: Walter handler, Roy Chandler, Ider handler, Arthur Chandler. Eller ■’ortune, Willie Fortune, Richard •’ortune, Pearl Fortune, Allen irag, Homer C.rag, Finley Gray, 'laud Hall. Finley Hall. Jiney Hall, Vinfred Hall, Wila Hall, Seretha folyfield, Jirldeen Holyfield, Eller ngram. Maykerry Ingram. Gornie ngram, Cora Ingle, Malonie Jones, ’ranees Jones, Whrenfred Jones, essie Morgan, Sandy Morgan, lallie Morgan, Bessie Morgan, udie Morgan, Myrtle Morgan, Ot o Merida, Iven Merida, Nina Mer la. Johnie Ownsby, Pearl Patton, ilia Patton, Cora Patton, Kitty lea. Jessie Rea, Anna Smith. Nora mith. Tonv Smith Ah Smith ■eny Turner, Robert Foster, Will mi F'oster, Farlin York, Ethel 'ork, Nora Wainscott, Joe Wain rot t. James Wainscott, John Love, lartha Rhymer, Bird McKee. Lee atton, Sallie Patton, Grover Pat in, Arthur Patton, Carl Patton, leetie Watkins, and Paul Dicker in. The roll changed somewhat for ie 1900 and the 1901 school 'mis. In 1900 the following new ames were added: Mildred Cliffe, 'mar Clark, Hamilton Adams, red, Roy, Julia, Selma, and Lena uchanan. May and Garland Bird, fill Foster, Richard Fortune, inley Hall, Ilena, John, and eorgc Fanning, Beulah Morgan/ other and Addie Powers, Marshall ierida, Oscar and Florence Pres ■y, Harry and Gay May Patton, izzie Randolph, and Charlie and [attie Taylor. Schools in those days closed in eeember or else they kept the ■cords somewhere else. For the ■rm of 1900 Meek Kerlee was the ■acher and the school board had ■en fit to cut the salary, slim as was at first, to $25 per month, aybe that was why they traded ■achers. Meek Kerlee taught the 1900 101 term as far as the records 3, through February. But when ■hool opened in June—they had range school terms in those days -the teacher was M. P. Darby, he salary was still $25.00 per onth. The book ended in Decem ■r, 1901. Either they got a new 3ok, chased the teacher off and osed the school, or someone tore it the rest of the record. Evidently the people who pub shed the textbooks had an idea what teachers’ salaries should —Turn to Page 10 Famous Square Dance Team Coming For Exhibition! Committee Needs Warm Clothing The P.T.A. Free Lunch Invest igating committee working with the Junior Chamber of Commerce and Junior Woman’s dub, urges everyone who has discarded toys and good warm clothing of all sizes, to bring them to City Hall ar call onj? of the committee , they may call for them, Time is getting short and the response to his appeal has been a little slow. Some of the toys may need repairs >r dolls dressed, so please do not put off sending us the things you Jo not need, as there are many in our community who do need them badly. A box has also been placed in ollins Department store to collect hose items. If you have anything, the committee will appreciate your bringing or sending it in right iway. WORKING AT COMMUNITY BUILDING SET SATURDAY There will be a working at the Broad River community building Saturday all day, Bert Nanney, president of the community council has announced. The floors will be poured, the windows finished, and the gables shingled. All able-bodied men of he community are invited to come ind participate in this worthy •ause. Holiday Gifts On Sale Saturday Do two good deeds in one. Gifts for holiday use or as house-hold pretties made by patients of the W.N.C. sanatorium are being of fered for sale at Lucas Office Sup ply store Saturday, Dec. 5, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Members of the Christian Wom en’s Fellowship are sponsoring the sale of hand made articles as a special favor to the patients and the public. Masonic Banquet Tickets On Sale Tickets for the annual Masonic banquet of Lodge 663 AF&AM have been placed on sale by George McAfee at the Black Mountain Hardware. The banquet will be Friday, Dec. 11, 7 p.m., at Assemb ly Inn, Montreat. Those planning to attend are re quested to pick up tickets as soon as possible and to be on time for the banquet, promptly at 7 o’clock. Deadline to buy tickets is Thurs day, Dec. 10. Speaker for the evening will be Ronald E. Finch, former member of the state legis lature, with W. C. Honeycutt serv ing as master of ceremonies. Mrs. Northcott's First Grade Surprises Parents! The children in Mrs. J. G. Northcott’s first grade surprised their parents with a Thanksgiving program and tea on Wednesday, Nov 23 The rhythm band is shown here waiting to perform with the leader, Mrs. Charlene Maydwell. Refreshments were served to the parents and children at the close of the program. Those in the picture include, left to right, first row, Johny Watson, Louise Moore, Nancy Parker, Janice Nanney, Cheryl Barbera, Wanda Blankenship, Jean Hudgins, Carole Suttles, Kaye Su ttles, Carolyn Wheeler, Roger Beddingfield, and Deborah Melton (director). Second row, left to right, Brenda Stafford, Albert Holcomb, Kay Watkins, Peggy Stevens, Larry Brooks, William Copeland, Ronnie Pressley, Richard Gahagan, Oneal Davis, Barbara Aiken, Mrs. Maydwell, and Patty Rogers. Third row, left to right, June Quinn, Gary Watkins, Roger Miller, Carl Mundy, Ronnie Gardner, Ann Hall, Brenda Warren, Michael Causey, and Robert Dalton. (Photo by Edward Dupuy) The Bent Creek square dance team will give an exhibition at the club house Saturday. Johnny Crook, famous caller in Western North Carolina, will be here to call for the team and to help with the dance. The Bent Creek team has won many cups and trophies in com petitive dancing. They have won six times at the Haywood County Festival in Canton since 1948, at the Apple Festival in Henderson ville in 1950, 1952, and 1953 Cherokee Indian Fair 1948, 1949 1951, and the Sylvania Festival ir Brevard 1953. The Bent Creek team has ap pcared in exhibitions at Grove Far! Inn, Battery Park hotel, George Vanderbilt hotel, and the past twe years has entertained patients at Moore General hospital. The dance will begin at 9:0C o'clock and close at 12:00 o’clock Tickets are on sale by any mem ber of the Junior Chamber ol Commerce. If it is impossible to attend tlu dance, contributions will be great ly appreciated as the proceeds gc to the school lunch fund. In addition to the square danc< there will be door prizes, a turkej as a door prize, and several othei prizes to be won during the even ing. The chuck wagon will be there with plenty of hot coffee hot dogs, pies and cakes, and al good things to eat. Also a costume contest with appropriate prizes foi the ugliest man and ugliest worn an, most handsome man, and mos graceful dancing couple. Proceeds from the square dance will go to the school lunch fund The Jaycees will use the proceed; from the concessions for their im provement projects. CLASS WILL SPONSOR WHITE ELEPHANT SALE 'i'he Co-Workers Sunday schoo class of (he Methodist church wil sponsor a white elephant sale or Friday, Dec. 11, 6:30 p.m., in the fellowship room of the church. I will be the regular monthly meet ing and covered dish supper foi the class. Every member of the class i urged to be present and to brim items wrapped to be auctioned a the sale. Proceeds will be used (i replentish the class treasury. Dr. Hiller Moves To Hew Building Dr. H. It. Miller has moved hi; office to the McGraw Medica building, East State street. Hr will occupy the building aiom with Dr. S. S. Cooley. H. McGuire Wood, contractoi who did the work and several sub contractors, congratulate Dr. Millet in an advertisement which appear; else where in this issue. The building was used for several year; for the McGraw Coffee house Later the front was converted in to an office for Dr. Cooley. Some time ago work was begun to re model the place to accommodate both Drs. Miller and Cooley. Nancy Daugherty received treatment at the Mission hospital Monday night for a fractured bone in her foot. Anniversary Dr. W. D. Weatherford of Blue Rid.e who celebrated his 7Bth bir hday at his home Tuesday. Fouej^r of Blue Bulge assembly and nationally known author, lect urer, religious and educational lead'-r Dr -Veatherford was instru m n al in securing the services of Paul Green o write a drama about the Appalachian mountains as a means of celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of Berea college. The drama will be com pleted and ready for presentation in If 35. A member of the Berea college board of trustees for 38 years, Dr. Weatherford is vice chairman of the board and has the responsi bility of fund raising. "A CHILD IS BORN" TO BE PRESENTED HERE “A Child Is Born”, the famous Nativity drama by Pulitzer Prize Winner Stephen Vincent Benet, will be presented by the Vagabond Touring Theatre professional com pany at First Baptist church on Montreat road at 7:30 p.nc, Sun day, Dec. G. Black Mountain Cagers To Play Fairview Friday The Black Mountain High school basketball teams will open the season here Friday night when they meet Fairview in a double header starting at 7:30. On Tuesday night the first of a two game series for the champ ionship of the Swannanoa Valley will be played here with the Swan nanoa Warriors. This will be an important game for both teams and should give an indication of how they’ll fare during the com ing season. Three regulars are back and will form the nucleus around which Coach Buffalo Humphries will build his 1953-54 edition of the Darkhorses. These are Gerald Burgess, forward, Dale Ritchie, high scoring center, and E. V. Gouge, guard. Others who have been showing up well in early drills include Dave Parris, Dan Reece, and Belcher at forward, I’otsy Cordell at center, and Ed Buchanan, Calvin Runion, Billy Henderson, and Glen Melton at guard. The Darkhorses will be inex perienced and will need several games to perfect their teamwork. Coach Humphries believes. Down at the other end of the court Coach Eugene Byrd is faced with the problem of finding re placements for five of his six starters who last spring walked off with the Buncombe county championship. Only Alma Ballew, all-countv c guaru Iasi year is returning. iionf' are such stars as Madge Wilhide, t top scorer of the county last year, Evelyn Cooper, all county forward who broke the tournament scoring mark with 84 points, Thelma Payne, forward, and guards, Anna Marie Molloy and Valeen Cooper. Judy Capps and Ballew have been elected co-captains of the team which will be chosen from the list of candidates: forwards, Lynda Sue Martin, Patsy Tyson, Ann Leatherwood, Doris McMahan, Dale Wrenn, Essie Smathers, Ann Elliott, Mattie Summey, and Jackie Sarti, manager. Guard candidates are Nancy Jo Thompson, out at present with in jury, Buzzie Brown, Joyce Justus, Dot Allen, Myrna Bartlett, Judy Cordell, Nora Williams, and “Sis” Melton. The schedule: December 4 Fairview (home) 8 Swannanoa (home) Turn to Page 10 "Broken Dishes" At Swannanoa For Two High! Stand On Friday and Saturday, Dec. 4 and 5, at the Swannanoa High school auditorium the Swannanoa Valley Theater group will present "Broken Dishes”, a clean, whole some, charming little comedy packed with laughs. The play will be presented at 8' p m. and will feature James (Jug> Walden, Margaret Kelly, “Pud” Penley, Betty Alexander, Clarence Wilson, and other local perform ers. Prices will be 75 cents for adults and 30 cents for students. The play is laugh filled and is a “must” for everyone who enjoys a good comedy. They story con cerns a hen pecked husband, and in this case the author uses one as a hero a very timid one, but never the less a hero. Come out to the play and bring your family and friends for an evening of en joyment. National Truck Safety Award The North Carolina Motor Carriers association was presented the national truck safeiy award during a special dinner celebration of the 50th anniversary of the trucking industry held at the Robert !'. Lee ho el in Winston Salem. Present were guests from the state legislTure, press and radio, state, county, and federal governments. Speaker for the occasion was James F. Pinkney, general counsel American Trucking association, Washington. W. C. Honeycutt, Mayor L. Kirkpatrick, Ashbv McCoy, and Gordon Greenwood attended the dinner. Shown in the above picture are Edward Schreidt and J. T. Outlaw, Raleigh.
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