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- RSDAY> NOVEMBER 17, 1955, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
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^flections
By
Gordon
Greenwood
, ,vhat a pretty mail box.
100k ' ' certainly made a
‘f ‘ there.
inF'! of the comments
- ' j„ , n heard around
as the citizens
of
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Ui
10 new coat
Sam (Bill Gud
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• the outside wall
'h ^ office building.
I
fU “painted box surely
ne*f- .|ass to that end of
L JlfOt'1- it U ♦ /\ of art
t°Vmv' Hill will have to start
i": .h!tt he can paint. After
Ff : ■’ - he did there I can
L .. .t hs services are going
<« *»h,<
", for the next few months,
leu- _ _R_
It
111 hat :
voune man beat his card
from Florida last week?
** have been in a hurry
, hack to the mountains,
'Svbr ^ "4S afr8jdh0f
' hin«. Mis card has not
'tF-s >"• «
anything or nothing. If
it ^ads like double talk, you
.u see the card.
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I. ia-. are on the loose or the
*S a-' Ridgecrest. Seems that
' vjv,. gone into the yard at
fU of the Rev. Tom Walters
. .. peonies, hydrangeas.
i his choice iris.
, m;ght have thought some of
accident hut for the fact
§ ,hev had to dig the flowers
T v • goes around digging
L, by accident. But if they’ll
L them back all will be for
L and no charges will be filed.
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|$ien in a navy yard shop:
I To” All Women Workers: If
L cone-alts arc too big. be
Ire of the machines; If too
|t|(. beware of the machinists.
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It’s a . .niparatively short dis
from Hendersonville to
, -v.: e but for the 1955 Owen
L Scho-Warhorses the two
! worlds apart.
;v g on Friday evening
rial stadium as the locals
J •/-. under highly rated
Ljesville. could hardly conceive
L the same team which
|ke'. weak in losing on the
F f: Hendersonville a
>r: ait". Flaying heads
|bailthe way, the Warhorses
jr nt-v.-r behind as they used
. king, long runs, ex
|r: ha:.d:.ng, and superb line
|v to beat Western North Caro
s'- No. 4 club.
F made it 6-4 for the season
i enabled the Warhorses to keep
let the winning season record
|ich was started at Black Moun
shortly after the war under
■gene Byrd and has been kept
Ire through the years,
following the Hendersonville de
le, if defeat by genial Bob
Ite's Blue Ridge championship
iven can be called that, the Owen
|h boys didn’t show too much in
r first part of the Lee Edwards
me. But something happened
[the half and they have been a
perent team since. They beat
win, Biltmore, Reynolds, North
mcombe, Asheville School, and
Janesville. Other than Hender
iville they lost to Lee Edwards,
•ka, and Brevard.
■ was a fitting close to the
ion for a group of boys who
I to play hard for every point.
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Bebody did a golden deed;
Bebody proved a friend in need;
Bebody sang a beautiful song;
Bebody thought, “Tis sweet to
live";
•'body said, “I'm glad to give”;
Bebody fought a valiant fight;
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(embers Asked to
(eve Dues Ready
I Aii merchants, business men and
•‘i the town were urged to
*' to pay their Chamber of Corn
soon as possible.
*rce dues as
l( raem> rship drive is in its fin
and it is very important
*' -' those who plan to support
"ork of the gToup show their
fMt hy paying their dues, of
' at the regular meeting
‘ e directors at the town hall
evening.
* ae directors have spent an
"t :>y trying to collect dues
er i& keen put by many
! ‘- t and asked to come back.
LS"' hair to the directors who
:y of their time to try to
J>P the
town.
" In^'r members
The least
can do
that
is to
Iw .u e by paying dues promptly
a :ie solicitor does not have
business” one
“None of us
Brv . any more time than neces
Lf;; Ir,'rn his own
l">inted out.
j. t,^e wor^ required but
Bnie^" t0 Ko back three or four
. <rder to collect dues. Our
■ aluable as that of the
»« i
^rson
He
Tv. Paying” he concluded.
fcr.;v """'-hership drive was w*
lis^n,'0' r business to come up for
88l°n at the Tuesday meeting.
the
Warhorses Fool
Experts, Defeat
Waynesville
The experts had installed the
Waynesville High school 11, No. 4
team in Western North Carolina,
as 12 point favorites over Coach
Vernon Kyker’s Owen High team,
but the Warhorses forgot to read'
the script. They didn’t know that
they were supposed to lose so all
they did was step out at Memorial
Stadium last Friday night and
whale the daylights out of the
Mountaineers, 27 to 21, in a thrill
ing finish to the local season.
The Owen High rooters gasped
when they saw the size of the
Waynesville team which in its last
time out overpowered Elizabeth
ton, Tenn., and has made a good
showing all season long.
But the dismay turned to glee
a short time thereafter when they
saw the Owen boys take the kick
off and march 65 yards for a
score. Freddy Ensley set the pace
for the evening when he raced
around his own right end for 20
yards on the first play from scrim
mage. A few plays later Edwin
Gill hammered six yards for the
score and Pruitt added the extra
point.
But school was not over for the
day. The Mountaineers took the
kickoff and put together a sus
tained drive to knot the count.
Early in the second period Larry
Gravette, quarterback, tossed a
pass to Co-Captain David Hamby
for the second score and Gill car
ried the extra point. Waynesville
tied it up just before the half at
14-all and it was a new ball game.
The third quarter was only a
few minutes old when the War
horses broke the game wide open
with a pair of touchdowns. Pruitt
scored from five yards out and a
short time later Gill gathered in a
punt on his own 20, cut to his right
to pick up blocking and raced 80
yards to sew up the victory. Ens
ley converted. It was on this run
that the superb blocking of the
locals told the story. Two Waynes
ville men closed in on the fleet
Owen back around the 85 but a
couple of key blocks erased them
from the danger list and Gil! trot
ted on unmolested.
The Warhorses drove deep into
Mountaineer territory in the fourth
period but lost the ball on downs.
Waynesville used power plays to
push over a touchdown with only
two minutes left in the game.
The Owen High coaching staff,
showing the respect with which
they held the opposition’s ground
attack, played most of the game
with what amounted to an eight
man line. Although the losers
scored once on a pass, they were
held to a minimum of long ground
gains and were forced to grind out
the yardage in small chunks
throughout the contest. This was
especially beneficial to the War
horses who forced the losers to use
up much valuable time in short
gains during the closing stages.
The victory gave Owen a record
of 6-4 for the season.
Score by quarters:
Waynesville -7 7 0
Owen _ --7 7 13
0
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Owen High 4-K
Club Elects
Annette Hall
The Owen High School 4-H club
met Nov. 8 and elected officers for
the coming year. They are as o -
lows: president, Annette Hall; \ict
president, Edwin Gill; secretary,
Gloria Brookshire; reporter. Bren
da Perkins; song leaders, Nancy
Allen and Carolyn Goguen.
They heard a talk on sportsman
ship by the home demonstration
agent, Mrs. L. E. Farmer._
Jr. Women Will
Help You Shop
Mrs. Margaret Rich of Enka
loins the Black Mountain Jun.o^
Woman's club in inviting - ,
,it down while doing your Christ
nas shopping. This miracle can he
iccomplished at the exciting Tup_
uerware party planned ... t
lay, Nov. 29 at the Monta Vista
rotel at 7:30.
Mark the date and stop wor y
ng about presents for aunu’ *,f_
ns, friends and even yourwH
you’ll find things to please >o
/our pocketbook.
Everyone is invited. Refresh
ments will be served. _
NENDSHIP WOMEN
ILL MEET FRIDAY
tn important genera! meeting of
Friendship Presby err
i of the Church will be held
7:30 Friday evening, • 1
the church. There will be an
tion of officers and the
ng Offering of money and food
3 for the Mountain Orphanah
be received.
You may not have seen us be
fore. You see we arrived at The
Mountain Orphanage since school
closed last June. Our picture was
taken just as we got home a few
days ago.
Are we proud! A new tractor
with full equipment became a
"must" during the harvesting sea
son. Our old tractor had worked
hard for seven years. With the
generous trade in allowance and
the gifts of three friends, we were
able to get an Allis-Chalmers for
$1,800.00.
The boys do the farm work un
der guidance of a competent sup
ervisor.
Mayor Sets Aside
Dec. 1 As "Safe
Driving Day"
WHEREAS the appalling acci
dent rate on public highways is a
matter of immediate and serious
concern to all citizens; and
WHEREAS nearly 200 national
organizations have joined with the
President’s Committee for Traffic
Safety in sponsoring the second
nationwide ‘‘S - D Day ’ Safe
Driving Day- Thursday, December
1; and
WHEREAS it has been demon
strated that highway accidents can
be reduced when motorists and
pedestrians practice safe driving
and safe walking;
WHEREAS the purpose of Safe
Driving Day is to demonstrate the
necessity for year around public
support of sound, proven, year
around traffic safety programs;
NOW THEREFORE, as Mayor
the City of Slack Mountain, I
isignate the first day of Decem
■r, 1955, “S-D Day”—Safe Driv
g' Day and urge all citizens to
■actice safe driving, not only on
at day—in daylight, dusk and
irkness—but every day the year
around, starting today.
DEMPSEY WHITAKER,
Mayor of the Town of
Black Mountain.
3ION AUXILIARY TO
ET MONDAY NIGHT
he American Legion Auxiliary
meet Monday night Nov. 21, at
home of Mrs. H. E. Stinch
b. All members are cordially
ted to attend.
WORKERS SUPPER
ETING SET FRIDAY
e Co-Workers Sunday school
of the Methodist church will
its monthly covered dish sup
Friday evening, Nov. 18, at
Everyone is asked to bring
ething for a white elephan
Here 5 an aerial view of the Mountain Orphanage which hat not
been published before. The Orphanage is located on a 150 acre tract/
two miles west of Black Mountain on Old 70. It is a home for 56
Boys and girls from the mountain counties. At this time of year hun
dreds of friends of many denominations unite to aid in the support
of this home which accepts all, regardless of their faith. Donations
may be sent directly to The Mountain Orphanage, Black Mountain,
N. C.
To the left are pictures showing some of the children and their
activities at the Orphanage. Read the story below for details.
Solicitation of Gifts For
Mountain Orphanage
Is Under Way Here
JUNIOR WOMEN ARE
COLLECTING BOXES
FOR CASWELL SCHOOL
The Black Mountain Junior Wo
man’s club has this year taken
Caswell Training School as their
main project outside of their town
projects.
So far four boxes have been sent
containing educational toys, Hallo
we’en favors, Christmas gifts and
Christmas decorations.
If anyone has good magazines,
true comic books, records, curtains,
lamps, decorations for Christmas
or Easter, that they would like to
give to Caswell, please contact
Mrs. ffm. Brown, phone 7382, for
pick-up.
PTA Gives Hours
That Patrol Is
At Danger Points
At the request of the P.T.A. the
Patrol Board of the Black Moun
tain Elementary school wishes to
announce the following schedule,
and asks the cooperation of par
ents who wish their children to
take advantage of this protection
by seeing that they arrange to
come by protected areas during
times given.
Morning schedule:
Railroad crossing and Montreat
road, 8:05-8:20.
Lights and school approaches,
8:15-8:30.
Primary school dismissal 2:00
2:15—Lights and Montreat road.
Afternoon dismissal, 3:00-3:20, all
points.
If parents will encourage coop
eration with the Patrol, the work
of the Patrol will be easier and
the safety of children increased.
MASONIC BANQUET
WILL BE DEC. 9
The annual banquet for Black
Mountain Lodge 663 AF&AM will
be held at 7:00 o’clock, Friday,
Dec. 9, at the Monte Vista hotel.
Clyde Watkins is general chairman
of arrangements.
Tickets will be $1.50 and will go
on sale soon throughout the com
munity. Watch the News next
week for full details.
The Thanksgiving drive which
is conducted annually for benefit
of the Mountain Orphanage by the
Asheville Presbytery will open
this week and close the day before
Thanksgiving, it has been an
nounced. The purpose is to raise
approximately $12,000 for the sup
port of the Orphanage for the year
1956. This will be a supplement
to the benevolent giving of the
Presbytery.
Suites' will be picked in various
stores throughout the community
and a solicitation made by members
of the Presbyterian churches. The
boxes will be collected the day the
campaign is to end, the day before
Thanksgiving.
Though the Orphanage is sup
ported by the Asheville Presby
tery, it is not restricted to Pres
byterian children. In fact the ma
jority of the 56 boys and girls
there now belong to other denom
inations. This is one of two or- 1
phanages of this type in Western 1
North Carolina. The majority of
the children, who perform all the '
farm and house work under sup
ervision, come from Buncombe
county. Harry Barkley is superin
tendent. The farm manager sup
ervises the work on the farm.
But the children do more than
work. Each has an opportunity to
use the gymnasium and the swim
ming pool which are located on
the grounds. Observers and visit
ors have remarked many times
“that they are greatly impressed |
by the Christian atmosphere which
is to be found at the Orphanage.” ;
All the boys and girls participate, '
at one time or another, in the de
votions. Every effort is made to .
provide, as nearly as possible, the
atmosphere of a Christian home.
They attend mid-week prayer ser
vices, Sunday school and church
at the Black Mountain Presbyter
ian church.
It costs $900.00 per child to keep
them in the Mountain Orphanage
which is next to the lowest, com
pared to other Presbyterian homes,
in the state. The Mountain Or
phanage represents an investment
of $200,000. The farm has 49
cows, 30 pigs, and 450 chickens.
Each year 4,000 pounds of beef and
pork are killed to feed the chil
dren.
Mr. Barkley, who last year was
president of the North Carolina
Orphanage association, is a leader
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—Photo by Harold Hyatt
_ injured when this plane crashed into a tree near the
Nichols°A'Trport on Highway 70, one mile west of Black Mountain, late
Sunday afternoon, Nov. 6. . ->
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“”',dWYandaeM^,nWhe°eV|'er,' 12, visitor from Albany, Ga., P*st*"9*r
Wanoa m fractured leg and other in|uries. The pilot, W.
B Reld"of Black Mountain, route 1, suffered a broken collar bone and
severe bruises.
Byrd, Sfraehla
Face Rebuilding
tasks At Owen
Coaches Eugene Byrd and Ned
Straehla have been driving their
)wen High school charges hard as
-hey prepare for the opening of
he basketball season against Rey
lolds here on Friday, Dec. 2. The
ocals will meet Hendersonville
;here on Dec. 6, Lee Edwards here
>n Dec. 9 and Biltmore on Dec. 1G.
rhey travel to the county seat for
i battle with the LE cagers on
Dec. 13.
Both Byrd and Straehla face re
juilding tasks. Gone via gradua
;ion are most of Coach Byrd’s las
sies w'ho lost a thrilling two-point
lecision to North Buncombe in the
’inals of the Buncombe county
xmrnament last March. With the
>oys Straehla must find replace
nents for five lettermen who
stepped up to claim their sheep
skins last June.
The lettermen lost by Straehla
nclude Dale Ritchie, center, Wayne
Dordell and Stanley Gregory, for
wards, and George Thompson and
Donald Barnwell, guards.
To fill the gap the former West
srn Carolina college and Enka star
will select from the following:
Bill Belcher, Larry Gravette,
George Pate, Jerry Bridges, Jerry
Rhymer, Joe Stanley, Timmy Tim
merman, Johnny Mills, and Charles
Moore, guards.
Forecurt hopefuls include Tom
my Thompson, Albert Richardson,
James Watkins, David Luckadoo,
Bobby Sparks, Arthur Clayton,
Bobby Harrison, Leroy Brown, Da
vid Tyson, and Laurence Hender
son.
For the center post 6’ 6” Tony
Gardner is battling it out with
David Carson, a transfer.
fndications are that Straehla
will be faced with the problem of
sacrificing speed or height. He’ll
have a young, fast team which
should develop as the season pro
gresses.
Laura Smith has been elected
captain and Myrna Bartlett co
captain of the Owen High school
girls’ basketball team, Eugene
Byrd, coach, has announced.
Those on the varsity squad at
present include, forwards, Captain
Smith, Lula Osteen, Charlotte
Knoefel, Gwen Nanney, Margaret
Watkins, Lynn Morgan, and Kay
Robinson.
Those making a bid for a stari
ng berth at guard are, Co-Captain
Harriett, Mary Catherine Wood
'ock, Wanda Bartlett, Jo Ann
Ireasman, Frances Kaplan, Yvonne
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Attractive Card
Arranged For
Gym Dedication
The Beacon boys will meet
Champion Y of Canton and the
3wen High faculty will play the
parents of the Black Mountain
swannanoa community in the ded
cation of the Owen High gymnas
um which has been set for Friday,
'lov. 25.
This attractive card has been
irranged by Max Woodcock, chair
nan of publicity, and J. D. Hardin,
:hairman of arrangements, for the
Galley Booster club which is spon
soring the event. All proceeds will
je used to help light the new ath
etic field at the school. The lights
lave been selected as the major
project of the club which is head
ed by Dick Stone as president with
i board of directors composed of
;hree from each community.
The Beacon team, coached by
Mr. Hardin, has been working out
for the past three weeks and will
be in top shape for the Champion
Y battle. He will select his start
ers from 14 boys, all former high
school or college stars. The Blank
eteers swept to the title in the
textile tournament at Greenville
last year and will be just as strong
this season.
Owen High Athletic Director
rommy Hornaday is coaching the
faculty which will be led by Ned
-itraehla, Cullowhee star, Vernon
Kyker, Carson-Newman, Bob Slud
er, Kenny Mills, Jug Walden, and
i host of others who have made
:age history wherever they have
shown their wares.
Hardin will have for his ‘“par
ents” Dr. E. K. Brake, all-North
Carolina forward a year or so ago,
Dwight Morgan, Phil McElrath,
Pud Penley, Chic Hipp, Ken Mc
Durry, Gene Mills and many oth
ers who will take turns in the
lineup and on the rubbing table,
rhis outfit will give their coach
and the faculty a great deal of
trouble, it is an open question as
to which will suffer most.
Admission is 50 cents for adults
and 25 cents for students. Spon
sors have emphasized that there
will be plenty of seats for every
one. Tickets are on sale by mem
bers of the Valley Booster club but
may be purchased the night of the
game at the door. A full house is
expected.
Miss Celeste McCall has been
elected president of the student
council at Barrett School of Nurs
ing, University hospital, Augusta,
Ga. Miss McCall served as secre
tary of the student council and
student body last year. She is a
graduate of Black Mountain High
school.
Private James Daniel Wilhide
who is with the 43rd Field Artillery
Battalion at Fort Carson, Colo.
After completion of his basic train
ing on Jan. 6, 1956, he will be en
rolled in Helicopter Mechanics
school at Camp Rucker, Ala. Pvt.
Wilhide is the son of Sgt. and Mrs.
B. W. Wilhide of Lawton, Okla.,
and was graduated from Owen
High school last spring. He en
tered the army in October.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. McKinney
of Oteen announce the marriage of
their daughter, Doris Darlene, to
Charles W. Tallent of Swannanoa
on October 29, in Greenville, S. C.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. A. K. Bauknite, pastor of the
Monaghan Methodist church,
Greenville.
The bride wore a slate blue suit
and black accessories. Their only
attendants were Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Rigdon sister and brother-in-law
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Mrs. Clara Crawford, represent
ing the Black Mountain Woman's
club, received the plaque and bond
for $250.00 from Carol Lane at the
meeting of the Safety Council in
Chicago. Black Mountain won
third place in the nation last year
for the safety program which was
sponsored by the Woman's club,
the Black Mountain Safety council,
and other civic groups. Mrs. Craw
ford made a full report at the
meeting of the club at Assembly
Inn on Nov. 9.
Carol Lane Award
Is Presented To
BM 'tfvfflanV Jb
The meeting of the Woman’s
club at Assembly Inn on Nov. 9
opened with a beautiful Thanks
giving prayer offered by Miss Ed
ith Chatterton. Miss Elizabeth
Hoyt, legislative chairman, pre
sented the suggestions of the Fed
eration of Woman’s clubs as to
the points in national legislative
action to be supported this year:
statehood for Alaska, discontinua
tion of the present presidential
electoral system, increase in the
appropriation for exchange schol
ars, appointment of a committee
to study the question of nurse
shortage. The club went on record
as endorsing such action.
It was voted to join with other
clubs in the raising of funds to
buy TV sets for Oteen VA hospital
where the patients have to remain
in bed for months. Five dollars
was appropriated for this. It was
also voted that a subscription for
the General Federation magazine
be taken for the club president.
Mrs. James A. Crawford presented
the carol Lane Safety Award
plaque to the first vice-president
for safe keeping and the bonds
to the treasurer. Mrs. F. H. Rich
ardson cordially invited each mem
ber of the club to the annual
Christmas reading at her home.
After the adjournment of the
business meeting, Miss Veronica
Chow, a most attractive young
woman, compared the China of to
day with China as she knew it.
Miss Chow’s home is now in Japan
but at present she is a student
at Montreat college. Mrs. Craw
ford then interestingly and en
thusiastically told of her trip to
Chicago; meeting of the National
Safety Council luncheons, dinners,
receptions, entertainments and the
helpful and enjoyable contacts
with other members of the con
vention. The highlight was, of
course, the formal presentation of
the awards.
Hostesses for the afternoon were
the Montreat club members.
The December meeting will be at
Bridewood and will be a Christmas
party conducted along the lines
of the one last year that was so
much enjoyed.
Missing: the club punch bowl set.
This was borrowed and cannot now
be located. If anyone knows of
its whereabouts will she please tell
Mrs. J. A. Crawford, phone 8148.
Mrs. Allred Dies
In High Point
Mrs. Daisy Brown Allred, 70,
resident of 804 Ferndale drive,
High Point, died in the High Point
Memorial hospital Monday morn
ing shortly after 4 o’clock. She
had been a patient there for three
weeks.
Mrs. Allred was born in Bun
combe county May 3, 1885, a
daughter of T. K. and Lydia Jane
Fortune Brown. She was a grad
uate of the Asheville Normal
school and taught school for two
years in Black Mountain. On June
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