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HELP! HELP! HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL NEEDS CAKES, APRONS, ITEMS FOR COUNTRY STORE! Data Oct. 16 Oct. 17 Oct. 18 Oct. 19 Oct. 20 Oct. 21 Oct. 22 Weather High Low Pr»e. 71 42 68 55 63 55 .55 62 52 .08 60 51 59 52 63 48 1.95 YOUR COUNTY NEWSPAPER i nuKSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1956, BLACK MOUNTAIN NORTH CAROLINA 12 PAGES TODAY 5c PER COPY Gordon Greenwood i miss your favorite col - in this issue, and many o he's sick. Oden Walke to Memorial Mission his Mondav. We hope that he wil bo able to resume his activ Ho and Minnie moved inti nevv home in Lakewood las We’re sorry to miss thi popular Bittersweet. Swannanoa Men's club a unique plan to increase during the year. Nichols has decreed that member shall get a new Those who don't will fined, but good. —R— found somcone-that agrees mo. Max Woodcock believes football season now starts and ends too soon. I’ve that for some time but said it out loud for feat called an old timer or it is you call those who believe too much in chang seasons around. Last week with Mr. Woodcock I that he has the same idea, expressed it: “Just about that the weather begins like football the season —R— that I didn't hear who this or whom they said it but it was overheard, she was a little girl was very shy and never talk But her husband now be that somewhere along the about the time she was in school someone vaccinated with a victrola needle and has been going strong since." ies, please: I'm sorry that dn't get the name of the per but I'm sure it wasn't you. —R— though the Goat Man has not ached Charlotte, he has been subject of stories and pictures the newspapers of that city, ms that the officials of the n City are terrified with the ughts that he might come ugh. hile on our way to the SMU e game at Durham on Oct. we were halted near Hickory a traffic jam which stretched a long way over the top of 'slant hill. Everyone was sure had been a wreck, but n we finally caught up with trouble we found the Goat Man his rig rocking along, e stories regarding the earn of the fellow continue to the rounds. The engraver made the cut which we pub several weeks ago took out from his busy schedule 'te us this brief note: “This t Man is reported to be quite thy and earns over $50,000 per for such carryings on.” ’s easy to tell when the Goat is around by the intense 11 of goats and the traffic rls which develop. —R-— Who says people don't notice tals? Albert Ehlers Inc. started their ones ringing madly when they n the first full page ad in e 1956-57 series in the "New ork News" last week. Un tnowingly they created quite a 'situation." The illustration in the ad was i penthouse apartment balcony [bowing a man and a women en joying their breakfast coffee, iound nice? It was! But in at empting to imply through this ietting that Ehlers coffee is ierved by the better families, the artist overlooked a detail—no band of gold on the woman's ►hird finger, left hand. Calls from customers, consum ers and the gals in the office —Turn to Page 12 Hiss Perley Is f erf In Neiv York Miss Marion Perley of New York [“y- daughter of Mrs. Frederick A en Perley and the late Mr rt-tiey 0f B]ack- Mountain anc banibel, Fla., and John C. Casstev En ■ dr., also of New York City 8“n of Dr. and Mrs. John C. Cas sevens of Winston-Salem, N. C. ,re married Saturday, Oct. 13, a1 b:'0 p.m. in St. George’s Episco pa! church in New York City. Th< p emony was performed by th( ^.°hn Evans. The bride was |lven in marriage by her brother franklin Terry Perley. ofM„rs' Casstevens is a gradual ,, , Genevieve-of-the-Pines an< f; ' hinch School in New Yorl 1 y- She studied music for sev ‘' years in France and is a pro visional harpist. She was sob vG'f Por several years with th> 1 Carolina Symphony Orches ofM’ Casstevens is a gradui lina he University of North Ca A!r, T?re he was a member is r, \ Tau Cmega fraternity. & dh® brokerage firm °' , and Co. in New Y< Beddingfield, O'Connor Head Lions White Cane - ^dr°W Beddingfield and John J- O Connor are co-chairmen of the • 1956 White Cane drive which was 1 launched by the Lions club here recently. The annual funds-rais » ing campaign will be featured bv [ community sales of lapel tabs and solicitation of memberships in the North Carolina State Association for the Blind. Mr. Beddingfield and Mr. O’Con nor have been active in every ma jor project which the Lions' club has sponsored. Beddingfield sold the advertising for the Lions Club Birthday Calendar and placed second to Frank Wade in sale of listings. O'Connor is chairman of the Boys’ and Girls’ committee, di rected the softball program the past summer, and is chairman of the committee which is studying the possibility of a Boy Scout Troop for Owen High school. < Mr. Beddingfield “Since the principal work of the Lion3 club is in sight conservation, the White Cane Drive gives every member an opportunity to partici pate. North Carolina has one of the finest and most comprehensive programs for the blind in the Unit ed States, and we believe in the world,” the leaders said. Mr. O’Connor Black Mountain Lions will join in drive efforts with 34 other clubs with some 1,600 members in Dis trict 31-A comprising 12 western mountain counties. A non-profit organization, the State Blind association works in cooperation with the State Blind commission in assisting the blind and visually handicapped all over the state. “Safety, security and self-sup port for North Carolina’s blind,” is White Cane Drive’s objective, with all funds derived being used directly or indirectly for blind aid programs. There is no paid staff. State Blind association fills in the gap between the services ren dered by Lions clubs and the State Blind commission, making a total program unequaled in the United States. Association funds are used for many purposes. Radios for blind persons and equipment for bund stand operators are purchased. Association sponsors educational programs on prevention of blind ness pre-school institutes for mothers of blind children, and pro vides eye surgery when other funds are not available. Other projects financed aie. transportation charges on all talk ing book machines used by the blind, White Cane walking sticks for all blind, furnishing of glasses, artificial eyes, provision for cloth inghearing aids, dental services, and hospitalization._ 3STER CLUB TV SET IN TYSON'S WINDOW ,e the beautiful new TV set •h the Valley Booster club will away at the homecoming e Owen High vs. Brevard, at lorial Stadium on Friday eve CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (FHTNC)—Navy Reserve Ens Thomas E. Twiggs, son of Mrs Ellen Lehman of Black Moun tain. N. C., has his “Wings of Gold" as a Naval Aviator pin ned on by Rear Admiral R. S Clarke, USN, Chief of Air Ad vanced Training at the Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi. Ens. Twiggs received his des ignation as a Naval Aviator on Sept. 14, after more than 18 months of flight training. Observance Of World Community Day Is Set Here Ministers of this area are re quested by the United Church Wo men to help prepare their mem bers for the proper observance of World Community Day on Nov. 2 jy preaching October 28 on the ;ubject “Human Rights.” A program for families will be leld at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 2, in the Black Mountain Baptist church. Special music. Dr. Billy Graham’s ilm of His Crusade in Asea. Come ind bring a contribution of cash, ilothing, shoes, or blankets to be lent abroad to refugees. Week of Prayer And Self Denial Program Given In observance of Week of Pray ■r and Self-Denial the Woman’s Society of Christian Service of State Street Methodist church will lold a day apart service Tuesday, Jet. 30, in the fellowship hall )f the educational building. Med itation will be from 10 a.m. to 12 loon. Lunch will be served at 12 i’cloek. The afternoon session will be from 1 to 2 p.m. followed by Holy Communion, administered by the Rev. Robert Walters. Among those participating will be Mrs. L. C. Jumper, Miss Edith Chatterton, Mrs. Percy Justus, Mrs. George E. Moray and Mrs. H. W. Sanders. Mrs. Douglas Jones is chairman and Mrs. W. B. Pollard will be in charge of the luncheon. The whole community is cor dially invited to attend. Everyone is asked to bring sandwiches. A drink will be served by the Meth odist women. Boy Scouts Will Canvass Monday For Surplus Food On Monday night, Oct. 29, from 7 to 8:30 members of Boy Scout Troop 47 will go from door-to door asking for contributions to send surplus food to the hungry people of the world. The project called S. 0. S. which stands for share our surplus is sponsored by the Church World Service, the Overseas Arm of the National Council. The program is designed to send badly needed Ameriqan surplus food by sharing in this unique worthwhile unselfish form of Hal loween Trick or Treat. The Boy Scouts will identify themselves. MASONIC LODGES SET fRAINING SESSIONS Black Mountain and Swannanoa fasonic Lodges will have a joint chool of instruction Saturday, Vt 27. beginning at 3 p.m. in he Swannanoa Masonic hall. This dll be for exemplification for re alistic work. Officers and members of Black fountain Lodge participating in he degree work are asked to at end practice on Friday night, Oct. 6, at 7 p.m. in the lodge hall. -I1JRCH WOMEN SET Ike sale Saturday rhe ladies of Homers Chapel II hold a bake sale at the Black mntain Hardware Saturday, Oct. beginning at 9 o clock. There will be many home baked ms to choose from. Come early. PARRIS ISLAND, S. C. (FH TNC)—George F. Blanton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest P. Blanton of Black Mountain, N. C., completed recruit training Sept. 21 at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island. The ten-week course covered military drill, first aid, personal hygiene, Marine Corps history, and defense against chemical and atomic warfare. The final three weeks were spent on the rifle range where the Marines fired the M-l rifle for qualification. H'ween Carnival To Be Wednesday At Swann. School There will be a Halloween Carn ival in the Swannanoa school, Wednesday night, Oct. 31, at 7:30, sponsored by the P.T.A. The Hal loween committee hopes to have the best party it has ever had. Lots of food and fun will be avail able to all. The festivities will begin in the auditorium with a talent show, costume contest, and crowning of the king and queen. Different grades will provide act ivities and events in both primary and grammar school buildings. Activities such as grab-bag, fish pond, white elephant booth, mov ies, country store, etc. A special feature of the carnival will be a square dance at 8:30 to 10:30. All food and drink will be lo cated in one designated area in each of the two buildings. In the primary building a wide variety of food, candies, and cold drinks will be on sale in or near the gym nasium. Home-baked cakes, pies, candy, cookies, hot dogs, cold drinks, will be found in the lunch room at the grammar school. Also in the lunchroom will be a stand selling fresh donuts. Patrons may watch their orders being cooked. Proceeds from the carnival will go toward meeting the P.T.A. budget and special projects for the year. everyone is mviiea. Carver School Is Set For Big H’Ween Carnival Carver Elementary school is all set for her big pre-Halloween car nival, which is held each year. On Friday night, Oct. 26, at 6:30 supper will be served in the cafe teria. Following the supper the carnival activities will begin. The talent show will start at 8:45. The carnival will be bigger and better than ever this year with a variety of activities for young and old. Come out and enjoy yourselves. There will be fun for all. WW BOYS WILL MAKE SCRAP IRON DRIVE FRIDAY, SATURDAY The Woodman of The World Boys of Swannanoa will make a scrap iron drive Friday and Sat urday of this week and next. Pro ceeds will go to the Owen High school band. Anyone who has scrap iron that they want to give please contact any Woodman of The World Boys or Joe Porcher and it will be picked up. —Sales per employee in United States stores average, drug stores, $15,000: hardware stores, $13,600; food stores, $28,532. (In 1940, the figures were $7,000, $5,000 and $6,300, respectively.) Final Plea Made For Hems For Counlry Store ' al'd queen will be select , * i om both the primary school am the elementary school at the Halloween Carnival here on Wed nesday, Oct. 31. All proceeds will f 1 ,0 ’^e fund which provides free .lunches at the Black Mountain schools. ' turkey supper will open the festivities starting at 5:30 and ,,e followed by a full evening’s program.* Supper tickets are .$1 for adults and 50 cents for stu dents. Admission to the amateur show. '=30 till 8:30, will be 25 cents for adults and 10 cents for children. The carnival cdlnmittee today made a final plea for cakes, aprons, candy, and articles for the coun try store. Kenneth McCurry and Gordon Greenwood will canvass the merchants Thursday afternoon and Friday morning for articles to be used at the auction booth. All contributions for this worthy cause will be greatly appreciated. Chief interest during the past few days has been on the contest for king and queen. The winners will be crowned as a part of the show at the carnival. Candidates for king and queen of the carnival include: Eighth: Mills, Bud Haney and Brenda Lindsay; Cunningham, Eu gene Smith and Elaine Stafford; Kelly, David Whitaker and Loretta Hall; Bryan, Johnny McCurry and Mary Stanley. Seventh: Lindsey, Preston Tim merman and Judy McAfee; Bur gess, Ronnie Morrow and Brenda Bartlett; Sorrell, Bobby Leonard and Brenda Vess; Carson, Robert Byrd and Linda Smith. Sixth: Beddingfield, Woody So bol and Sara Marcia Perley; Kep hart, Jimmy Lawing and Flo Barn hill; O’Connor, Ronald Blanken ship and Piroska Soos; Tipton, Ted Smith and Linda Beddingfield. Fifth: Rice, Ray Morris and Kathleen Nesbitt; Woolard, Rich ard Anderson and Norman Jean Britt; Stewart, Vestal Caldwell and Virginia Brandon; Gilbert, Ricky Reed and Revonda Reese. fourth: Stubbs, Jerry Curtis and Patricia Huntsinger; Cauble, Sid ney Campbell and Sandy Wilson; Jumper, Robert Reed and Lynn Hemphill; Briggs, Buddy Green —Turn to Page 7 OWEN TO PLAY BLUES AT OAKLEY FRIDAY NIGHT Owen High school will play Asheville School For Boys on the Oakley field Friday night at 7:30. The Warhorses wrapped up the Buncombe county title two weeks ago and have been resting for the final games of the year. After the game Friday they’ll play Bre vard in the homecoming game at Memorial Stadium Friday night, Nov. 2, and ring down the curtain at Waynesville on Nov. 9. The last two will be Blue Ridge confer ence engagements. While his son Rickey, 7, and his daughter Rebecca, 10, look on in unbelief, Ted Allred proudly displays the giant fish which he pulled from the waters of the Wichlacoochie river while on vacation in Florida. The catch weighed more than eight pounds and was 25 inches long. Son Rickey may have been surprised at the size of the fish or it might have been that he didn’t believe his father was that good a fish erman. At any rate he was surprised. Pony Rides Will Be Offered Af School Saturday Due to rain and muddy condi tion of the school ground, it was necessary to cancel the horse and pony rides at the Grammar school ground last Saturday, under the sponsorship of Mrs. R. A. Kelley’s sighth grade. However, these rides will again be offered on Saturday of this week, weather permitting, be tween 9 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. for the purpose of raising funds for the annual Halloween Carnival, and the class hopes for a large turnout of children for this pro ject. —Photo by Edward DuPuy When the bloodmobile from the regional Red Cross Blood center in Asheville paid a recent visit to the Morgan Manu facturing company plant, Ruel Edward Lawson gave a pint of blood. But it was no new experience for him. In fact this was his 24th time to give. Present to present the 3-gallon pin was Colonel Robert Morgan, company president. Because more than 35 percent of the personnel have contributed blood, all plant employees and their families are entitled to their full blood needs for the duration of the hospital cards. Dur ing the visit of the bloodmobile to Morgans and to the VA hospital here a total of 128 pints of blood were received. J. Miller Finds Bear Hunting Is Exciting Sport Bear hunting is a favorite sport in Western North Carolina. Each year sportsmen spend time and money hunting the black bear in the forest of the Blue Ridge Moun tains of Western North Carolina. This sport calls for a lot of hard work and rough outdoor living; however one does not expect to kill a bear each time he goes hunt ing. Most of the time the bears are found in the higher mountain regions unless there is a scarcity of food. In this case they will migrate to the settlements. To hunt the bear it is customary to use dogs—usually hounds. The Plot, Blue Tick, and the Black and Tail hounds are suitable for training to bear hunt. In cross breeding these dogs one is able to get a better bear dog. They are easily trained to chase and to fight the bear. Their acute sense of smell enables them to pick up the cold scent of a bear. Twelve years ago dad and I owned one of the best packs of bear dogs in Western North Caro lina. It consisted of five dogs— the mother and four young dogs. In two years our dogs had treed six bears. One Monday morning dad and I decided to go bear hunting. We planned the hunt carefully; so far that fall our luck had been bad— not one bear had we killed. The plan was to go to our cabin located in the Blue Ridge moun tains near the Mount Mitchell Game Reserve. The cabin could be reached by way of the Old Mount Mitchell Motor road. It was on Decker’s property, a tract of land including twenty-seven hundred acres. We loaded the dogs into the back of the truck and our food in the space behind the seats. The food was enough to last a week. We left home at 10:00 a.m. and reached our cabin at 1:00 p.m. We stored the food in the cabin and went to get a supply of wood. After getting enough wood to last for several days we prepared sup per. We ate and fed the dogs before retiring for the night. At day-break we had eaten breakfast and fed the dogs. I went in search of bear sign. Rain had fallen intermittently all night but the tracks I found were fresh. —Turn to Page 12 SATURDAY LAST DAY TO REGISTER FOR GENERAL ELECTION Saturday will be the last day for registration in order to vote in the Nov. 6 general election. All new residents and others who have not registered should do so Sat urday. Those who will not be able to go to the polls because of illness, stu dents away in school, or service men may vote by absentee ballot. This should be attended to at once. Croy, Parks YIIH Direct Drive For Community Chest The house-to-house solicitation for the Swannanoa Community Chest and Council will be Thurs day evening, it has been announc ed. All citizens of the community have been requested to watch for the canvassers on that date so that as little time will be lost as possi ble. Sidney Croy is chairman and James Parks co-chairman of the campaign. The committee includes representatives from all the churches anil from each section of the community. The group has addressed the fol lowing message to citizens of the community: Dear Fellow Citizen: Again it is time for the annual Swannanoa Community Fund cam paign for the support of the work of the Community Council. Dur ing the nine years of its operation the Council has been generously supported by the people of Swan nanoa, thus demonstrating their loyalty to their community and their confidence in its Council. This support and confidence are deeply appreciated. As we have emphasized each year, the primary concern of the Community Council is to give em ergency assistance to those in our community who have had unex pected misfortune or trouble, whether because of sickness, acci dent, death, blindness, age, unem ployment, fire or other causes. In addition to its welfare work, your Community Council has spon sored Scouting and other youth activities, making available the Swannanoa Club House to these groups at no cost to them. It has further helped to improve our public schools, providing maid ser vice to improve sanitation at the Swannanoa School, securing the services of a school nurse to work at the school in the first aid de partment, and by providing hot lunches for many school children unable to purchase food. We have also purchased many pairs of shoes for the children, thus helping the program ui (,ms ir. 1. oiumnig room. We support those agencies of the United Fund of Asheville and Buncombe County which have pro grams reaching out to Swannanoa. In 1956 $1,500 was paid to the United Fund, which included the support of the Red Cross. In addition to these welfare ser vices, the Council supports a num her of other programs through a special gift from the community’s leading industry. Because the Community Council has no administrative expenses and all of its members give volun tarily of their time, all funds which are raised go into health, welfare or recreational activities. Although the campaign commit tee is not asking any individual for a fixed amount, it is estimated that an average gift of $6.00 per wage earner (which would include at least $1.00 for Red Cross mem bership) will meet our 1957 budget of $11,300. Some of you will be able to give more than $6—while others may not be able to give that much. We ask only that you give according to your ability. Within a few days one of your fellow citizens will call on you for your contribution. Owen High School PTA Membership Drive Under Way Owen High School PTA is now taking membership for this school year. A drive carried on through the school last week netted over 100 members. The organization now has 223 members for this year, it was announced by Mrs. S. D. Alexander, membership chairman. This is considerably below the quota, however, and far too low a number for a school with a student body of over 700. October is Membership Month, and dues of 25c per person may be sent by students to the school any time this month, or handed to any of the Owen High School teachers, along with name and ad dress of new members. TEEN-AGE PROGRAM CHANGED TO MONDAY The teen-age program at the Black Mountain clubhouse has been changed from Saturday to Monday night, K. V. McCurry, di rector, has announced. The pro gram will be held at the clubhouse on Monday night, Oct. 29. Chap erones and refreshments will be furnished by the Business & Pro fessional Women’s club. Other sponsors for the month will be the American Legion on Nov. 5, the Tea and Topic club on Nov. 12, and the Lions club on Nov. 19.
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