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WO-n AY INAUGURAL y aren't saying much about it the main reason the inaugural ■monies for the new Govemoi be extended over a two-day od—instead of being crowded an 18-hour day—is that Gov r William R. Umstead never vered from inaugural day ac ies four years ago. Gregg Cherry of Gastonia W . Kerr Scott of Haw River, th Carolina's only two living Governors, know of the awful in of a one-day ceremony and e no doubt consulted by the mittee planning the one to he 1 in February. fithin a week following his in uration, Governor Umstead was .Vatt.s Hospital in Durham with first of several heart attacks ,h were to claim his life before lad completed two years in of \RLY-BEDDER — \nyone has had Governor Luther H. res in his home as a guest tell you that he is an early td-early-to-rise man — espec the former. He is known as early-bedder — nine o'clock •times, we hear. the upcoming inauguration, •rnor Hodges will have one of busiest days of his life—but fill still be able to crawl into big old bed at the Mansion by ’clock if he wishes, lis time the inaugural ball — 1 like the Valentine's Day ; at your own country club— come on the evening before inaugural ceremonies rather at the end of the same day. other good thing about the 'to-do: it will come nearly five s after Christmas, New s. etc., instead of right whop n top of them as in the past, it will help. So, it does look we are gradually getting a more sensible as we go along ■ accident, design, chance, or ance, or a combination of all ingredients. 3 liOAD — Had the Gover been content to let the tax tion slide along, he could have a reasonably easy Legislature, e is a good surplus growing, es--- jn general is good, and inancial demands !>y The van Sy-ife age.n. os are no larger . inticipared < ■ever, the Governor felt that i the best time we have ever t revamp our tax structure i ch member of the Legisla te beet sent a copy of the fe Report of the Tax Study w esion Quite a mouthful. g ed with this is a voiumin- pi ort on the Commissions on o< lization of the State Gov- oi ► Pile on this the recom >ns of the Highway Study sa :ion. Then how about those ],< tnut-s concerned with Re- M iment of the General As nd separation of the pris- A irtment from the State ft Commission? Si id indeed. ai [ it Kl? — At least one asso- ce lanning a convention at yo 1 Sir Walter during the v of May believes firmly til ala tors will still be en- yo >n those dd battlegrounds 1. And, consequently, has th ilternafe dates at a hos ^nother city—just in case, jt knowing exactly, 1 n iv that the average Leg- d in the past 20 years has w r about three-and-a-half t t the l‘.»57 -i i i .\i iloes not f mtil Wednesday, February t :an figure on the length of t ing affair running the time - t May 15. There has been 1 particularly happenstance he April 15 figure. This Tame a full month after ncome tax collections were l thus the filial!, e hoys could x thing.; wevi running. ■ legislate! will tell you that ne past a lot of time was from January convening o March 15—hut not much that. In this next session, will be heavy tax work all h the days spen: in Raleigh, s hard budget business only April 15, the new income ■adline. if ? — Mark Ethridge, Jr., the great newspapermen of ntury, is resigning as edi the Raleigh Times after only 2d months with our after lily nov, owned by the News iserver. nnouncing his resignation ■ek, he gave no explanation, ; is moving out for "per •ea3ons.” Everybody aiotind asking why he is leaving, idy seems to know the an lack Mountain NEWS of Buncombe County'* fore yeekly newspaper* published Thursday at Black Mountain, the heart of the prosper rannanoa Valley, great re •nd resort center end industrial area. ordon H. Greenwood Sditor and Publisher Ired as second class mattei Iber 13, 1945, at the Post 1 in Black Mountain, N. C. Ithe act of March 3, 1879. * Subscription Rates (ibe and pell counties $2.50 per yea Buncombe and tell $3.00 per yea rded A rating by Common search Bureau. North Carolina j rMUS5 ASSOC1ATK swer — except Ethridge, and he isn’t talking. Well, we didn’t always agree with him—but always enjoyed reading what Mark Ethridge had to say. He said it sharply and in such manner that there could be no doubt about where he stood. His successor will be announced soon. NAILHEADS — Maybe Ethridge had the heads of his nails on the wrong end. Perhaps the head should have been where the point was. or vice versa. They said that during the war when anybody could get a job as carpenter on a government hous ing project, a green foreman walk ed up to a greener worker he had .lust employed. He noticed that he was throwing about half the nails away. The foreman looked at him a minute and then said: “I see you are tossing on the ground about every other nail. Now why you doing that ?" ‘'Because." replied the carpen ter, "I notice that the manufac turers have put about half these nailheads on the wrong end.” The foreman agreed, but then said: "Don’t throw 'em away, fool. You can use them all right on the other Mde of the house.” STRANGE BEDFELLOWS — Last week the main attackers of the Governor’s Tax Study Commis sion Report were, you guessed it. A representative of the CIO AFL writing to the newspaper from a Charlotte address and rep resentatives of the Republican party meeting in Winston-Salem. WRAL-TV — Raleigh pot its second television station—and its first one of big coverage — last Saturday. It is WRAL-TV, owned and operated by A. J. Fletcher and son. Fred. Another son of A. j„ Floyd Fletcher, runs Durham’s WTVD’ There is no financial tie in between WTVD and V RAL-T\ —no cents connection, hut plenty of sense relationship. Another son of A. J. and Mrs. Fletcher, Frank, is an attorney, Washington, D. C.. and—appropriately enough — does some of his best work in cases coming before the Federal Com munications Commission. Better known Statewide probably is A. J. Fletcher's brother, Col. A. I.. Fletcher, former N. C. Commis sioner of Labor, etc., who now lives here in retirement. 1 A. J. and A. I.. are sons of the . late Rev. J. F. Fletcher, who died t a few years ago at the age of 85 t at the home of a daughter in ^ North Wiikesboro. __ f Big people. Smart people. Good people. Men of influence. Mold- P ■ - of public opinion. The Rev. F.’s grandsons, Floyd and Fred. n an talk to more people each morn- G lg before breakfast than could L heir grand-daddy in 50 years in ai ie pulpit. tf .VOTES It may bo wintertime ^ here you are, hut the yards are ' reen in Raleigh—and a few silly Jc •artrees are blooming out on the ar ige of town—and camellias in the 'fing on Capitol Square. pa Governor and Mrs. Hodges t — ys here, are getting out about _ )00 Christmas cards this time l, akes one tired to think about it. This Christmas card business fellow walked up to an old tend on a street corner here last iturday, hit him on the shoulder, of d said: ‘Look here, man. Here ln is December 15 and I ain’t re ived no Christmas card from is u." "Well, if you can just wait un- ite tomorrow I’ll go home and send an u one.” to With that, they walked off down T) e street. Cl AND TO YOU — When Christ- he uis time comes on, 1 think of old ar ays around home—of the men le ho made it possible for me to go 0 r> college—of the old friends of M tie family—of relatives—of new C riends made this year—and of the 1> eaders who have been kind enough si o write. To them all—and to you v —a Merry Christmas from the I. Irewers. V -— I Owen High Edges < Billmore Cagers For Twin Victory The Owen High cage teams dropped Biltmore in a pair of games here Dec. 18 as they closed out the pre-Christmas schedule. The Girls edged the visitors, 36 to 25, while the boys won by a margin of 58 to 52. Nome Greene pounded the boards for 18 points in the first main event and was high scorer for both teams. The locals led 16 to 8 at the half. Both teams played a cautious and deliberate game, moving the ball around a great deal before attempting a shot. Johnson hit 10 points for Owen. All of Owen’s starters in the nightcap broke into the scoring column. Leader was Jerry Bridges with 17, followed closely by Tony Gardner w'ith 16. When Gravette and Bridges drew the opposition out with set shots, Gardner, Red mon, and Richardson raced under for short shots that paid off. Owen led 30 to 26 at the end of two periods. The Owen teams will be idle until Jan. 8 when they play Val ley Springs here. Girls' lineup: Biltmore (25) (36) Owen F—Owenbey (11) (1) Morgan—F F—F. Owenbey . F—McMinn (7) , G—McMahan G—Bell ' G—Wheeler Watkins—F (18) Greene—F Clayton—G Bartlett—G Robinson—G Subs: Biltmore—Moff 7, John son, Pressley. Owen—Osteen 7, Johnson 10, Lunsford. Halftime score: 16-8, Owen, r Boys’ Lineup: Biltmore (4) (58) Owen r F—Brooks (4) (12) Redmon—F - F—Matheeon (14) (6) Rich’son—F C—Johnson (19) (16) Gardner—C G—White (10) (17) Bridges—G G—Cordell (5) (7) Gravette—G Subs: Biltmore—Duncan. Owen —Sparks, Luckadoo. Halftime score: 30-26, Owen. Officials: Gaddy and Sawyer. Freida Ricketts, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Ricketts, danced the Hawaiian dance before a large audience on Arthur Smith’s program last Saturday night in Old Fort. She has been asked to appear on Grand Ole Oprv, Nashville, Tenn. Miss Juliette Ricketts and Romeo Ricketts, accomp anied at the piano by their mother. Mrs. Colvin, presented several singing and dancing selections on the same pro gram WILLIAM W. WELLS— From page 1 iron. A member of Groce Meth odist church in Beverly Hills, Mr. Wells is vice-president of the Sun iay school class. He is also an ictive member of the Asheville lunior Chamber of Commerce and he Western North Carolina Chap er of the Society for the Ad ancement of Management. He is mployed by Kcusta Paper cor oration in Pisgah Forest. Others who will serve with Wells re, Perry C. Tomlin, treasurer, rady Marler, secretary, Mrs. ee M. Bauer, public information id Charles M. Britt, radio and levision. New members elected to the ard are: Hugh K. Monteith, hn I. Hillyer, Grady C Marler, d Karl J. Fowler. The 1956 March of Dimes eam ign raised in excess of $28,000. MOyTREAT M i>s Julia Stokes A very happy Christmas to all of Montreat, those here and those in far places who read this news. With this nice warm weather it is easy to visit Montreat. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Wyly vis ited here last week and took I)r. and Mrs. \\ ill Ross back with them to their home for the week-end. The Wylys will spend part of the Christmas here. Many of the college students are home for Christmas: Dan Wilson and Maria Spence from King col lege, Bristol; Betsy Wilson from Queens college, Charlotte; l’aul Moore front University of N. C., Chapel Hill; Judy Moore and Bil ly Solomon from Ben Lippen school; Zoltan Soos from the Ashe ville school; Thom Spence from Law college, Chapel Hill, Don Woods from Erskin college; Blake Brinkerhoff from Union Theolog ical Seminary, Richmond, Ya., and Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Bell from Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, (la. Clayton and his wife will spend part of the holidays with Mrs. Bell’s parents in Ashe ville and part with Dr. and Mrs. Billy Graham; Bolling Wilson home from a military school m Virginia. Dr. Billy Graham will be in hi. honte on the mountain for Christ mas and part of the holidays. Dr. and Mrs. J. Rupert McGreg 01 are taking a short vacation in Florida. Mrs. McGregor wlil vis it her sister and other relatives in South Carolina before going to Florida. Mrs. Ira Holt and Miss Jane Holt are spending the Christmas holidays in their home on North Carolina terrace. Miss Holt is a teacher in Catawba college, Salis bury. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Meeks and children, George Grant and Judy Grant, Gordon, Jr., and Richard Meeks will spend Christmas with Mrs. Meeks’ father in Hot Springs, Ark. Billy Meeks who is attending University in Raleigh is spending ss Christmas with his grandmother ly in Memphis, Tenn. te Rev. C. W. Solomon is holding ,n evangelistic services in Franklin, j. N. C., for the next two weeks. jr The Rev. G. F. Kirkpatrick died ,n in a hospital in Bennettsville, S. f0 C-, last Friday night and the ser vice was held in the Presbyterian church with the burial in the fam le ily lot on Sunday, Dec. 16. He was a native of Westminis ter, S. C., where his late father, the Rev. Robert McKemie Kirk ;n patrick was the pastor of the -F Presbyterian church there. His -F mother made her home on Assem -F bly drive where she owned a sum .q mer home for many years, and q was often called “Aunt Laura” by q her intimate friends. He was a graduate of Davidson college and Union Theological ’ Seminary, Richmond, Va. He held churches in North and South Car olina. His most recent charge was in the Presbyterian church en Blenheim, and that is where he -F made his home until becoming ill _p a few months ago. _C He is survived by the wife, three _G sons, Pamer of Morgan, S. C.; the r; Rev. Charles E. of MeConneh, S. C. ; Junius Mills of Maxton, S. C., and two daughters, Mrs. D. W. McMillan of Florida; and Mrs. K. D. Snyder of Montreat, and sev eral grandchildren. - Sales Books ~ Manifold Books - Bank Deposit books - Guest Checks AND -- Bills of Lading
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