• by James Northeott
Rhodes and a musi
Owen High school pr*
half of the pro
annual Ladies' Nigh
Mountain Lions clul
Vista on March IS
directed by Mr
present a progran
and for the Lion
they were up ti
Carolyn Spivc
Mr. Rhodes plays th«
. Thoroughly en
is the Rev. Rob
center foreground
Townsend, extremi
and Mrs. E. N. Crump
right.
Letter
Receive Marker
Fort is to receive t
, and recognition b>
this is a spot oi
! The onl>
so far, is one we er
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[announced on Monday
gh by Dr. Christopher
[’of the Department ol
nd History that Old
en selected to receive
(lew markers approved
be situated in Swan
[to mark the place cnos
neral Griffith Ruther
iition against the Cher
l77fi. The 22 will bring
|n the State to 800.
ff To Washington
uembers of the 1950 grad
Elass of Old Fort High
111 board a special South
Iway Coach attached to
Yirsday evening March 29,
pr the nation’s Capitol.
be accompanied by fac
hbers, Donald Anderson
Joan Field. The group
Irn to Old Fort April 2.
ear’s class numbers forty
[they have raised most of
for this excursion by
:iligence and persever
Ito the seat of our gover
pms an appropriate cli
years of study, and we
ate that Old Fort is close
0g Washington for the
make the trip. We
furnish pleasant rnern
lany years to come.
|ertains Winners
ribers of the Old Fori
Bub were enthusiastic
girl basketball players
lligh school on Thursday
ladies are winner
iof the County Tourna
geanne Silver was votei
utstanding girl playe
‘(County for 1955-J95f
■sports editor of Th
STews, was a specia
featured speaker. H'
Bis audience by a com
»f his experiences,
ful tribute was paid t<
]ley were said to hav<
ticest, most ladylike
tyers to have appearet
Don Thomas is thei:
dinner was serve<
p- Class. Everyone sai<
ellent, and spoke es
I the dessert which wa
ue.
the members wer
fch that they could hav
j»g young ladies as din
i at every meeting.
I was presented a gold
|ball by the club witl
ftmpions” engraved up
ebrate Together
^hters of Mr. and Mrs.
Is have a nice custom
Ig their birthdays to
year with a dinner at
jf their parents. The
of Miss DeLouis
s. Joyce Harris Fuller
■fny Fuller) and Mrs.
IT H
arris Parks (Mrs.
a) fall within a few
other.
sister, Mrs. Wanda
(Mrs. Gilmer Byrd)
baked a beautiful two tiered birth
day cake for them and trimmer
■ it in the Easter motif with choc
r olate Bunnies, and Kastor
' Birthday was sung tc
. the honorees and the were present
. ed with gifts.
i Those enjoying the occasior
[ were their parents, their husbands
, their sisters Wanda, Linda Lou
t al?d, . brothers, Jerry, Eddy ant
. B'chie. Little Miss Sherry Byrd
. a!ld Kl<'hie and Beverly Parks wen
also present.
* ■ T. A. Officers Elected
An election of officers was helc
' at V„ar<h meeting of the Oh
- h or P. 1. a. W. B. Early was re
elected president (he has made j
Rood one) Mrs. Ruth Hornadaj
faculty member is the new 1st vice
piesident. Van Hudhes is 2nd-vice
president. Mrs. Charles Striewall
was elected Secretary, and Claudi
Chrisawn Treasurer. Mr. Walkei
heads the membership committe
Mrs. Lenon’s 8th grade enter
tainedwith a program, and Mrs
Shiflet’s folk dancing groups pre
sented several numbers.
It was announced that the Apri
meeting would feature the annua
Fashion Show by Mrs. Jewel
Church’s home economics depart
ment. Students will model clothes
they have made.
A report was made by Mrs. Gil
bert Lipe’s nominating committee
School principal P. W. Greer, ann
ounced that our school had the
highest percentage of attendance
at the pre-school clinic recently
conducted.
Mrs. Steppes class and that of
Mrs. Lenon tied for the $5.00
attendance prize at this meeting
each reviewed five dollars. Mrs.
Steppes class has won 3 times this
year.
.vionroe l»n I v.
Jimmy Monroe, N. C. native, and
husband of the former Miss Sandy
Morrison of Old Fort, was on a
nation wide TV program last Thur
sday. He appeared in a sequence
with Miss June Havoc, and danced
with her for about ten minutes.
The Monrows live in Pasadena,
California where Jimmy is em
ployed at Bullocks Store and man
ages the shoe department. As a
hobby, he is Associated with the
famous Pasadena Playhouse act
ing group.
Mr. and Mrs. Monrow are par
ents of three sons, Zane, Dana,
and Mark. They expect to return to
N. C. for a vacation next summer
and will visit Mrs. Monrow’s mot
her, Mrs. S. G. Hayes here in Old
Fort.
Dysart Is Speaker
Erskine C. Dysart of the High
School faculty was the principal
speaker at the March meeting of
the Marion, McDowell Schoolmas
ters Club held in Nebo at the high
school cafeteria on Monday.
Mary Vann In “Holiday”
On page 115 of the February
issue of “Holiday” magazine is a
picture of Old Fort’s Mary Vann
Hughes which we think is too
small. It should have been page
size!
The photo shows Mary Vann
peeking through a spray of peach
blossoms and advertises the State
of, not North, bu.t South Carolina!
Just because she attends Furman
University. They are taking un
fair advantage of N. C.
Teachers Elected
Mrs. Clyde Norton was elected
president and Mts. Ruth Hornaday,
Sec-treasurer of class room teach
ers, at the McDowell N. C. E. A.
dinner meeting held Thursday eve
ning at Nebo.
Supt. Melvin Taylor lauded Mrs.
Gladys Kanipe, returning pres
ident of the N. C. E. A. for her
successful tenure of office during
the past year.
All three ladies are members of
the Old Fort school faculty.
Personals
Mr and Mrs. Paul Richardson
have returned from their wedding
trip to Florida.
Clyde Osdorne of the Charlotte
Observer News Staff was a visit
or in Old Fort on Sunday.
Billy Padgham, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jimmy Padgham, who is sta
tioned with the Air Force in Den
ver, Colorado, has written his par
ents concerning the severity of the
winter weather there.
Seems Billy has seen about all
th ice and snow he cares to, and
longs for a WNC Spring. His
mood was somewhat lightened
however by the opening of a new
swimming pool at the Post, and by
a visit to the place by the current
"Miss Denver” and a bevy of other
attractive young ladies.
Mrs. D. W. Adams, Sr. has been
confined to bed at her home for
the past three weeks.
Miss Johnsie Gibbs, owner and
manager of “Johnsie’s Beauty
Nock” was wearing two lovely
orchids at the opening of her shop
last week. They were presented to
her in Morganton where she was
selected queen of a basket ball
tournament there.
It was time to plant potatoes
on Wednesday, March 28th, accord
ing to K. G. Hhinehardt, and he
should know as he has one of the
best gardens in Old Fort, He plants
according to the Almanac, he says
Old Fort’s Mayor Bill Dolton
has been quite ill with arthritis.
He has not been out for several
weeks.
Not a Co-Incidence After All
A man seated at a table in Char
les’ Resturant last Saturday even
ing startled the diners by sudden
ly jumping up from the table, rush
ing to the door, and shouting ‘‘I
want that carl! He was speaking
to Police Chief Autrey and point
ed at a passing sedan.
“So do I” said the Chief as he
took off in pursuit of indicated
auto.
It seems that the “shouter” was
a Mr. Shaw from Remington, Va.,
who wished to reposses a car he
had sold, and knew the purchaser
had relatives in this section of N.
The State and local police had
been alerted to watch for the veh
icle.
When Policeman Autrey brought
the car back to the police station,
charges were not pressed again
st the purchaser. Mr. Shaw took
the car back to Virginia with him.
He certainly gave bystanders
some entertaining moments, won
dering what it was all about.
Progress Made
Work is going forward as fast
as possible considering the incle
ment weather, on all of our town
projects.
Ditches are being dug along the
New Railroad Street (wish they
would name it something else) ex
tension.
The New Agriculture building
at the school is taking shape.
Claude Thompson’s subdivision
is being cleared of trees and brush.
The Service station on Main
Street is going up by degrees.
Old Fort’s growth is slow, but
then, we aren’t ones to hurry, any
way. We’ve been here a long time,
and hope to stay even longer.
S. C. Visitors
Mrs. Evelyn Tilson Williams and
son Eddie, Mrs. Laura Tilson Rag
sdale and grand daughter Bobby
from Greenville, S. C. and Mrs.
Julia Tilson Ramey of Easily, S.
C. were Sunday guests at the home
of Miss Bertha Greene.
Mrs. Ragsdale and Mrs. Ramey
are sisters who formerly lived in
Old Fort. Mrs. Williams is their
niece, daughter of Andrew Tilson,
who will also be remembered by
longtime residents.
PLAN PROPOSED—
From Page 1
towns have set up such composi
ng plants whch operate at a pro
fit as the end product is a won
derful fertilizer. The sale of this
product pays for collection and
processing. In some cases private
capital has gone into this as a
business. There must be a large
and continuous supply of raw ma
terials to keep such a process in
operation and all of Buncombe
county could supply it.
Garbage is not a waste product
—if we only would use the meth
ods available to handle it profit
ably. It belongs back on the land
which sorely needs it.
A case in point is the stock
yards wastes of Chicago, all of
which are now quick composted.
The resulting end product is such
a good soil builder that commer
cial truck gardeners take it as
fast as produced. This is the ul
timate of organic gardening and
only if we gardeners could get
some of it!
So, instead of garbage being a
menace to health, it can produce
foods loaded with health.
The Editor permitting — the
3 other household waste problems
can be looked into.
Fred Schnelz.
M* CHESTERFIELD
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with each 25-lb. bag CHESTERFIELD
FLOUR! (This SPECIAL For a Limited
v.Time Only!)
Hurry to your grocer and get America’s
Finest Shortening with Western North
Carolina s Finest Flour! What a wonder
ful combination, and what an opportun
ity for you!
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Asheville, N. C.
ARNOLD JONES—
From Page l
Mnnn<Jv,he.team- ,he f,11'mer Black
_ ,am s ar was moved up to
s ring guard folowing the
no!H scr™ge. He held this
osit.on lor both years, playing
. lru Bay Correll, former all
American from the University of
entucky. Other team members
mended Vale Larry, former Detroit
Lions back who led the National
I-ootball leage in punting in 1953,
H e n e D onaldson, Cleveland
Browns guard, Ernie Stockard,
67 end from College of the Pa
eitic, Ed Crook, former West Vir
ginia State back, who paced the
Rams in scoring.
Arnold received his discharge
from the army on Feb. 10 and will
probably enter Western Carolina
college this fall.
SCOTTY UZZELL INJURED
Martha Scott Uzzell broke her
wrist while playing at her home
Monday.
BEE TREE NEWS
By Mr*. C. M. Howie
. Old man winter has paid us a
visit this past week It has been
vor> frosty and cold in the early
mornings, and a little snow flying.
It hasn't hurt the early flowers
Gloria Jean Bryant spent sev
eJal days with her grandmother
ol Long Branch road this past
vv"',' She had pink eye and
couldn’t go to school.
,''rs Frances Morgan visited
Wllr Mrs Jeanette Howie this past
w,'' s at her home on Long Branch
road
M's Alma Brooks of Bee Tree
™a(t, uho has been very sick in
tne hospital, has been discharged
and is spending some time with
ner sister, Mrs. Gertrude Howie.
Mr Brooks is doing very well at
PV "”t. we are glad to report,
vtstting her this past week were
ner brother and uncle of Crooked
t n <-k Mrs q M. Howie, Mr. and
Mrs ciiffor(j Brooks, Mrs. Fran
ces Parham, Carolyn Adams, Wy
ona Howie, and Frances Banks.
•Limes Kilby, son of Mr. and
i^rs L S. Kilby, who has been
serving jn the Navy for several
years, has been discharged and is
home.
Visiting the Monroe Howies
Sunday were Mrs. Howie's mother,
Vrs, Murley Williams, and her
husband. Rill William.;, of Burns
'■’lie Bill has been in Moore VA
hospital for some time, but was
discharged last Thursday. Dinner
guests of the C. M. Howies Sunday
were the Rev. Milburn Parham
and family They visited with the
Monroe Howies in the afternoon.
Then Mrs. Parham and a number
of the young people went to the
church and practiced singing.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Bowen at
tended the funeral of some of
Mr. Bowen’s people at Ellenboro,
N. C., Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lavender
of Crooked Creek visited Mr. Lav
ender’s sister, Mrs. Brooks, Sun
day afternoon.
Cattle slaughter this last winter
will equal or exceed last winters;
hog slaughter will be up because
of a 12 per cent gain in the 1955
fall pig crop.
TRY THE CLASSIFIEDS! I I I
Thursday, March 29, 1956 —Black Mountain (NC) NEWS - 5
MRS. BENNETT NAMES
FINER C. COMMITTEE
The following Finer Carolina
committee has been appointed by
Mrs John Bennett, Jr., incoming
president of the Black Mountain
Junior Woman’s club: Mrs, Will
iam T. Brown, chairman, Mrs. M.
L. Williams, publicity chairman,
and Mrs. Harold Patton, scrap
book chairman.
At the last club meeting plans
for a playground for small child
ren at the club house was discus
sed. This has been chosen as one
of the club’s Finer Carolina pro
jects for this year. Club members
plan to buy material for a play
ground fence and secure a sand
box. The Black Mountain Jaycees
have volunteered to do the labor.
Plans for the club’s work on
helping decorate downtown Black
Mountain for Christmas were dis
cussed but no definate plans were
made.
• SELL ITI — CLASSIFIEDS! •
EASTER SERVICES—
Prom page 1
Tabernacle Methodist church. This
is one of the oldest churches in
this area and the sunrise service
has been a part of the program for
many years.
The public is invited.
FREE WILL BAPTIST
There will be a sunrise service
at the First Free Will Baptist
church Easter morning at 6:30.
Everyone is cordially invited to
attend.
CIVIL SERVICE
Examinations have been announ
ced by the U. S. Civil Service Com
mission for the following: Engin
eer, in various specialized fields of
engineering, for filling positions
paying from $4,345 to $11,610 a
year at Redstone Arsenal, Hunts
ville, Alabama; and Agricultural
Economist, $4,525 to $11,610 a year,
for filling positions in various Fed
eral agencies in Washington, D. C.,
and throughout the United States.
Hormel Vac-Pac
Spiced Luncheon Meal
Pkg.
29c
l Chuck or Rib
Roast
VEGETABLES
Lb.
1* LETTUCE
2 Heads 25C
Mambo
PUNCH
46-02. CAN
19c
Picnics
Lb.
29c
POTATOES
3 Lbs. 39c
whole
GREEN BEANS
Hormef
2 -25c MARGARINE
Fryers
Lb.
29c
GELERY
Stalk
10c
2 »-bs. 37c
Nabisco
FANCEY CRESTS
30c pkg.
Picnic Joy
MAYONNAISE
24-oz. Jar 55c
Frozen
STRAWBERRIES
1 lb. pkg. 29c
J. F. G.
PEANUT BUTTER
11-oz. glass 29c
Frozen Green
LIMA BEANS
2 pkgs. 39c
Pecan
SANDIES
1 lb. bag 49c
Oxydol
SOAP POWDER
28c box
Borden
BISCUITS
10c can
CLOROX
17c qt.
Hickory
PURE LARD
81b. pail $1.09
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