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I 3« Stanley Davis, son of Mr. i ,ir Walter Da'is of Black 1 ;s stationed at Francis Fn ' n \ir Force Base in Chey ^ \\1'orning- Graduate of the !, Mountain HiKh school. Man fenlisted in the air force tn L. of last year and took his [| it Uckland AF Base at * \ntonio, lexns.__ lY the CLASSIFIEDS! ! I I # IN SWANNANOA • larrett - WarlUk Dry Cleaners 24 Hour Service SEND YOUR DRY CLEANING TO US. [Phone 3747 - Black Mtn. SWANNANOA HARDWARE [piext To Buchanan 5 4 10 HAS YOUR GARDEN ilEEDS MIR MHA'in c. iioiwos Wo still love her, and tho’ she - f?one, Her mem’ry lingers yet. She whose heart was filled with song, We never shall forget. She cheered so many lives while here, That she was loved by all. Her spirit sweet, there was no fear M hen she heard Jesus’ call. O God! please make her happy there, She was so gentle here. Keep her in Thy mansion fair, An angel form so dear. Mrs. J. A. M. Thompson, Mrs. J. B. Martin, Mrs. H. L. Butler. RIDGECREST . . . ramblings Mrs. I/4H>nard Biddix Dial 4966 Ridgecrest Baptist Church News. The attendance at the Sunday school was increased Sunday with 124 in the different departments. The Rev. Cecil M. Perry used Hebrews 7:25-28 and John 13:1 for his scripture verses and preached his morning message on “Unto The Uttermost.” Boy Scout Troop Organized. On Saturday night the Roy Scout Troop committee met at the church and elected Hensley Snypes as the Scoutmaster of the new troop at Ridgecrest. On Tuesday night the organization meeting was held and all interested boys und their par ents met to begin the troop. Business Women's Circle Met. On Tuesday night, March 8, at the home of Alice Turner the Bus iness Women’s circle held its reg ular monthly meeting. After a business session with Alice Turner presiding the monthly program was given by Mrs. Howard Wright. She gave a very interesting and informative program on the Co operative Program and its divis ions. Mrs. George Pickering was welcomed as a new member of the circle. Delicious refreshments were served by the hostess to the fol lowing members: Mrs. Ed Lakey, Miss Alva Snypes, Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Hensley Snypes, Mrs. Miller Jackson, Mrs. Leonard Biddix, Mrs. Bill Snypes, Mrs. Pickering, Mrs. R. W. Turner was a visitor. Mission Study Course Completed. On Wednesday night the mission study course on “Studies in He brews” was completed and an aver age attendance of 28 was at each of the sessions. The Rev. Cecil M. Perry taught the book and each “pupil" greatly enjoyed the study. Holding Revival at Greer. The Rev. Elbert F. Hardin is engaged this week in revival ser vices in Victor Baptist church, Greer, S. C. The Rev. R. P. Lamb has been for 18 years pastor of this great church which supports six missionaries, two of whom are our own Rev. Denver Lawton and Mrs. Lawton. Out of a mem bership of about 1600, there are 750 tithers. This explains why it is easy for the church to carry on this special mission project, over and above its regular and generous gifts to all causes. These six missionaries were adapted in 1945 as a memorial to the six young men from the mem Just Right For Easter $7.95 AND $8.95 MEN'S NEW SPRING SHOES QQQOQQOQQQOQQOQOQQQQQ Loafers black — WHITE. WHITE. BLACK & WHITE BUCKS, WITH CREPE SOLES. PERFORATED SHOES. ¥at4>st thing in styling. Come in f'"/1,1 oke your selection while our |t(H'k is complete. ORMAY'S Dept. Store Montreat Road Black Mountain, N. C. CQOOOOOOOOag £iLSLOJ^-g-SX8. SLSULSUULSiJLSLJlSULSLSlJlSLSULSLSLSLSULSUULSLaJLSLSUU^^ 1 ■■ MMUfc . Fr°m Page i hpr prayer ^ok' " ^ °rchid from StTJoanbro!'Are aschratl,Ua,° of ,hp and Black Mollnf*h00,; Asheville, class of i95i sh 'n H‘gh scho«l. v'Me college Man vmteniedMary: 2 >pars and'is renn- for at Western , ^resen.1 ;i senior lowhee, ‘X“ ^ Cul primary education. maj°ring in Black* MoSm8]!8 graduate of of 1947 it,. ■Sh school, class Carolina col ege w Wostern ing the sen- cf u * rc cntpr' ‘hr 45th nfvi ■ 1 served with Korean con 1 c ifi duHng the •'-Pan and Tor a ™in r-... awaiting order4? 101 assignment in Austria m * 5*«uuauon irom college. Out-of-town guests for the wed /ncluded Mr and MrswT " (t of -lefferson Ga grand' ffT - 9- ■«*. u-.'-fSt n ‘ VV la,ms of Raleigh, aunt Zl T of the bride, Mr. and ind chaH^ A; Howard’ Martha ;! n . u ' H °f Charl°tte, broth. L™ “d s’ster of the groom, , Sgt and Mrs Wade Rice I anama City, Fla. feiSVf,,!”1 lh“ in onpr0««ly thir living memorial is ,n t?eas°n for the remarkable T , K ,'u "'armth of the church. nZ r1S the tlme w*thin the i, fi°W years Mr. Hardin has con ducteM an evangelistic campaign ioi this particular congregation firmer Girl Born Saturday. On March 12 Karen Lynn Tur ner was born to Mr. and Mrs. Paul turner at St. Joseph’s hospital. Mu> weighed 7 pounds and 11 ounces. Her three brothers, Rob Jimmy, and Ronnie, are anx iously waiting at home for sister and mother to come home from the hospital. Personals. Mrs. Pearl Perkins returned to her home on Friday night after a visit with her daughter, Mrs. Hob Cole of Baton Rouge, La. Tom my Cole and Ginny (.'ole also came with her to spend some time here in her home. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Alley of Spartanburg, S. C., spent Sunday afternoon in Ridgecrest visiting friends and looking at the many improvements being made around the community. Mrs. Lala McSwain of Shelby is building a large concrete block house on Kitazuma road and will rent to different church groups this summer. Mrs. Harley Reed and Mrs. How ard Milton of Black Mountain and Mrs. Charles Stepp of Old Fort visited Mrs. Della Hurst and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Burnett Sunday af ternoon. Miss Mary Ward and Mrs. Edith Beam spent Sunday at their cot tage, Galax Lodge, and worshipped with the congregation at the Ridgecrest Baptist church. Mr. and Mrs. V. E. Browne and family of Inman, S. C., spent Sun day visiting with the E. Y. Moores. Mrs. Browne is a sister of Mrs. Moore. Mr. James P. Morgan of Raleigh ate dinner with the W. M. Pates Saturday en route from Shelby to Boone. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Black of Thomasville spent the week-end with their daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Biddix ami Jerry. Sandra Wright missed four days of school last week with mumps. Misses Carol and Margaret Wat kins of Montreat visited the Inter mediate Sunday School department with Elizabeth Sanders. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Pate were honored on their wedding anniver sary on Friday night with a din ner party at the S. and W. cafe teria in Asheville. Those who dined with them were Mr. and Mrs. B. K. Miller of Asheville, Mr. and Mrs. Hobert G. Lee of Beverly Hills, Miss Lizzie Waite and Mrs. H. L. Wade of Black Mountain. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Edmunds of Nashville, Tenn., spent several days visiting in Ridgecrest. They came to see the progress on their cottage which is being built on Moore circle. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Harris and Ann of Gardner Webb college spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Harris. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Moore have moved to an apartment at Dreams End with Mrs. Pearl Perkins. Mrs. W. 1. Willis is spending this week in Washington, D. C., with her daughter and family, Dr. and Mrs. Tom Burnett. The Rev. and Mrs. Edwin S. Dozier spent Wednesday in High Point and spoke at the evening service. On Thursday Mr. Dozier went to Columbia, S. C., for a speaking engagement and return ed to Charlotte on Saturday where he met Mrs. Dozier and they went to Wingate, N. C., for the week end. Mrs. Dozier, who is an alum na of Wingate ctdlege, spoke at the Baptist church at Wingate and Mr. Dozier preached at both services on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Hawkins, Mrs. Edgar Council, and Mrs. Charles Maddry were supper and night guests of the Rev. and Mrs. Charles Jollay Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins and Mrs. Charles Maddry went to Asheville on Tues day to attend the State W. M. U. convention at the First Baptist church. Mrs. Council spent several Hays with the Jollays and attended the W. M. U. convention with Mrs. Jollay. —Are your children buying Savings Stamps regularly at school It’s not only good thrift raining, but Savings Stamps soon rrow into Savings Bonds. BROAD RIVER By Mrs. M. M. Elliott. Harold Smith of the U. S. Army and his wife Bettie Joe of Green ville, S. C., spent the week-end recently with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Stroud and children on Broad River and Mrs. D'cy Smith on Upper Cedar Creek. Mrs. Bell Elliott and step-daugh ter Peggie Elliott of Lower Cedar Creek visited us last week. Mr. and Mrs. Walker Elliott visited us one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gilliam and children visited Mr. Gilliam’s sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Alfonso Burgin on Crooked Creek last Sunday. Mrs. Burgess has been in poor health for some time. Mr. and Mrs. Julian Bridges vis ited Mr. Bridges’ mother and oth er relatives in Inman, S. C., last week. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Nelon had the following visitors last week: Mr. and Mrs. Ormond Parker and daughter Goldie of Mill Springs, and Mr. and Mrs. Enon Overcash and little daughter of Bat Cave. We had as guests last Sunday afternoon the Rev. Mrs. Cox, pas tor of Clear Branch P. H. church, Mrs. Floyd Morris and daughter Anne, Mrs. John Lytle and Mrs. Ralph Taylor of the Broad River section and our son Jack Elliott and Mr. Fisher of East Marion. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Taylor had as dinner guests last Sunday the Rev. Mrs. Cox and husband and their two children, and Mrs. Mary Lytle and her two daughters. Mrs. Carrah Burgan is having quite a bit of repair work done on her home. We’ve had a lot of work done around our home re cently. Fred Lytle of Crooked Creek has been very ill in the Marion hos pital for sometime. M. M. Elliott, who has been very sick, is im proving. Mrs. Girtha Ownbey of this com munity, who was very ill for some time, is up and around again. Patrolmen Named For High School N. C. Shuford, principal of Owen High school has selected school bus safety patrolmen to work with the bus drivers and the newly organ ized Elementary School Safety Pa trol. O. M. Alexander of the State Highway Patrol met with the school bus drivers, the bus patrol men, Mr. Shuford, Mrs. Charles Burks of the Black Mountain Wo man’s club, and Mrs. James A. Crawford, safety chairman, for a conference last week at Owen High school. Mr. Alexander reviewer the duties of the bus drivers and outlined the duties and procedure of the bus patrol. Problems were discussed and solutions suggested. The high school bus patrol will go on duty immediately. They will be provided with Sam Browne belts, patrol badges, and flags. The following boys will serve: Paul Allison, Cecil Owenby, Frank Jor dan, Charles Morrow, and Clark Nanney. B‘1 Woman's Club Backs Bill On Court Change The Black Mountain Woman’s club held its March meeting in the cafeteria of the Owen High school March 10 at 3:30. Hostesses were Mrs. F. H. * Richardson, Mrs. Charles L. Burks, Mrs. A. C. Leon ard, Mrs. Bessie Carr, Mrs. J. 0. Williams, Mrs. Frank Wade, and Mrs. James A. Crawford. Miss Lou Lindsey, president con ducted a brief business session prior to the social hour. The club made the following decisions: that the chairman of the legislative committee write a letter support ing the bill to extend the jurisdic tion of the juvenile courts through age 16; that the club send its in coming president, Mrs. James A. Crawford, as a delegate to the state convention in Greensboro the last of April. Mrs. Gordon Byron was elected treasurer to replace Mrs. Percival N. Gregory for next year following the resignation of Mrs. Gregory as treasurer-elect. Mrs. W. A. Davis reported on plans for the annual birthday luncheon of the club to be April 23, the place to be announced later. The club voted to place a book in the Black Mountain Library in memory of Mrs. Melvin C. Hobson. The chairman of the safety com mittee reported on the recently or ganized school safety patrols. She also reported that Mrs. S. S. Cool ey had framed the Carol Lane Award Scroll which has now been presented to Mayor Dempsey Whittaker to be hung in the Town Hall. Following the business session, N. C. Shuford, principal of Owen High, conducted the club members on a tour of the building after which a social hour was enjoyed. JUNIOR WOMEN HERE ARE SELLING PANSY PLANTS Members of the Junior Woman’s club are selling pansy plants. Call Mrs. J. C. Bennett, Jr., phone 3662, the Wash Spot, phone 5212, or any Junior club member. SA VE!!! Black Mountain Building & Loan Association CURRENT INTEREST RATE 3% Full Paid Stock or Optional Shares COME IN AND TALK WITH US. Grandview Court Will Have New Look For Season In keeping with the modern trend in motor courts, Grandview Court will have a “new look” this spring when it is opened for the season. A new neon sign is being installed in the center of the pres ent drive way to the office. The driveway will be changed to a two way entrance. New lighting has been installed on the units to give a better lighting arrangement. Each unit has been equipped with air conditioning and interiors have been painted. The air condition and electrical work is being done by Cook Electric Co. of Black Mountain. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Johnson, op erators of Grandview Court, left this week-end for a short vacation in Florida before completing final preparations for opening for the season. They were accompanied by Mrs. A. L. Epps, owner of Grandview and mother of Mrs. Johnson and Miss Brenda Epps, niece of the Johnsons. Grandview Court will open for the season Easter week-end. The sandwich shop which is operated in connection will not open until June 1. One change will be made in the operation of the sandwich shop this year. Breakfast will be served during the June, July and August months but no lunches or evening meals will be offei'ed. CHARLES W. ALLEN SERVING IN BERLIN BERLIN, GERMANY, Mar. 9.— Pvt. Charles W. Allen, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Allen, Swannanoa, N. C., is now serving with the Berlin command in Ger many. Private Allen, a supply special ist with Headquarters and Service Battalion’s Company A, entered the Army in May 1954 and com pleted basic training at Camp Gordon, Ga. He attended Swan nanoa High school. CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS. Agricultural Extension Special ist in the specialized fields of Pro gram Leadership, Educational Re search and Training, Subject-Mat ter Specialization, Educational Media. The jobs pay from $7,040 to $10,800 a year and are for duty with the Department of Agricul ture in Washington, D. C. Engineer, Physicist, Electronic Scientist, and Mathematician, $5, 060 to $10,800 a year, for duty in U. S. Naval Laboratories in Cali fornia. Dietitian, $3,410 to $5,940 a year, for duty in various Federal hospitals throughout the country, and in Panama and Alaska. No written test is required for these positions; applicants will be rated on the basis of their educa tion and experience. Applications will be accepted for all positions until further notice. Sandwiches, milk shakes, coffee and cold drinks will be sold. —C. E. Johnson. Poet's Corner Conducted by Anne K. Sharp, Chairman Creative Writing Group THANKS When Winter’s finished sifting snowflakes into Spring Our feathered friends with harp and flute and zither bring A chorus of thanksgiving for food and strength of wing. But faithless man awaits the age ing of the year, When all the fruits of field and forest are mature, And for their blessings he can be more sure. Yet, even then, his harp may oft have broken strings, And oft his thanks ascend on crip pled wings, When given only for material things. 1 1 —.If P. Parker. ' Republished by request as thanksgiving because of the return of “our feathered friends with harp and flute and zither.” Anne K. Sarp, Chm. 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