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HIGH girls of family many lands th of February at Owen ■ Hid have been called . .,i pood will month’ in : ,,,'onomics department. \g second-year home studying family and had the follow , persons discuss the their home lands: Mrs. and daughter from y|.J Ann Wilson, from Mias Angel Bederian, Miss Sally Duncan 'representing Ameri cas. Mexico; and She hand, Lebanon. In ad had the Rev. Wilbur to discuss the import lipion in the home and , . factors which contrib . ..ful home life; and McWhorter to discuss :,i weddings and the a home-maker in Ame - . isonal contacts gave ;1 neater knowledge of and an opportunity Me their own homes. . ,.xt two weeks the same r, to have a home-nurs taught by Mrs. Mar IEDS SELL - Phone 4101 !Sote to Health Prescribed by physician . . . by us . . . , accurately. rswwwrimmnrrinms Key City harmacy SUTTON AVENUE RIPTION DRUGGISTS ck Mountain, N. C. Housebreaking is usually a case of teaching a new dog old tricks According to the Sergeant’s Dog Care Center of Richmond, Va., the best old trick to remember is: piaise the pup when he does right* scold him when he does wrong. The most practical approach is to tiain him to use newspapers. Put several layers down in the same place every time. Whenever the puppy awakes or starts to sniff around, rush him to the paper. The trick is to catch him.In time. If he makes a mistake, scold him immediately. With a little pa tience, he will learn what is ex pected of him. In housebreaking a puppy, ex pect him to make mistakes. ’ But housebreaking “accidents” need not mean stained carpets or lin gering odors. Get a bottle of stain preventive from the drug store or pet shop and use it as directed to stop damage to the carpeting. Get a stain preventive that elim inates the odor, too. This is im portant because a dog's nose tends to lead him back to the scene of a previous “crime.” MISS KNOEFEL IS ON COLLEGE SWIM SHOW CHARLOTTE— Miss Charlotte Knoefel, Black Mountain, will ap pear in the spring water show of the Queens College Dolphin club an the campus tonight, tomorrow and Saturday. The theme for this year’s show is "Splashes on Broadway” and will feature swimming and novelty dances based on hit tunes from aast and current Broadway mus: :als. The Dolphin club, which pre sents the water show annually, is .-omposed of students skilled in swimming styles and synchronized swimming. Miss Knoefel is the daughter of Jr. and Mrs. A. E. Knoefel. Jr., 31ack Mountain. SURVEY OF HERDS A survey of herds of DHIA test ui North Carolina shows that one fifth of the state’s dairymen are using latest developments in hand ling milk on the farm. TRY THE CLASSIFIEDS! I 1 I tmnnrrrtmn^^ TOPPERS Wool, silk and wool blends, fades. $10.95 to $32.50 EASTER HATS All colors. Straws, fabric, flowers and bits of veiling. S3.98 to $10.98 .fij^SlJLOJLSLjULSLWLSULOJUUUULSUULflJLOJLfiJLfiJLOJlJLOJUULO^ rtnraTTnnnnrBTnroTi^TnnnrirtrtnnnnnnrrvTrtnnrinnrvTnrtrvinrinririnrtnnrtrinnnnnrt^^ g lean lines of this sheath in Spin combination of viscose cotton and silk, are em hy the draped collar, dickey is of easy arid viscose. Navy, $17.95 DUSTERS Wool, silk and wool blends, Fades. $14.95 to $25.00 SUITS Wool, silk and wool blends. $14.95 to $35.00 * Special Early Spring dresses Were up to $25.00 —NOW— $5 & $10 *7<4e Rand Ro#> Clothes You’ll Be Coming to The Band Box' Next to Post Office — Black Mountain JU-fiJLg-B OaCQOBPOaa jjjjjJjJLSULliSUULBJU^^ y JLQJUUiJLSLSUUlJLSLBJLSLSLSJLSLSi Carolinas Set New High In '57 For Power Use rhe Carolinas set new high rec nl(r!s f°r electric consumption in 1957, according to a recent re view of Carolina Power & Light company’s operations. Louis V. Sutton, president of {called 1957 a “grati tying year and attributed the rec ords to the persistent growth which has characterized the Caro linas throughout the post-war per iod. As the company approaches its ■'Oth anniversary in mid-1958, the company chief anticipated “an even more fruitful half-century of progress and service.” In terms of high customer ac ceptance and low rates, the C. P. & I,, operation established favor able comparisons with national fig ures. Residential customers, ac cording to the 1957 review, were using an average of 4,500 kilo watt hours of electricity, com pared with the national average of 5,105. The average price was slightly less than two cents per kilowatt hour, compared to the na tional average of 2.50 cents, the report stated. During the year, the company gained about 7,000 new customers, bringing its total to 403,000. About 3.000 of the new users are rural residents. CP & L has 19,400 miles of rural lines and more are sched uled in next year’s-$22,500,000 ex pansion budget. More residents of the two Caro linas continued to purchase com pany stock, joining the “family” of 34,500 shareholders who own the company. Participation in the pioneering phase of atomic power also mark ed the 1967 operation. At the same time, CP & L continued es tablished practices of industrial, agricultural and community devel opment within its service area. Operating revenues advanced. 8 per cent for the year. Taxes jumped 11 per cent to an esti mated $16,500,000 for 1957. New construction averaged two million dollars a month and round ed out the company’s post-war ex penditures for expansion at $200, 000,000. Big item in next year’s building is the completion of a 235.000 - horsepower generating unit at the Cape Fear steam elec tric generating plant near Mon cure, which will boost CP & L’s total generating capability to ap proximately 1,300,000 kilowatts. What’s Goin’ . . . . At Oiven By Lynda McGraw Everyone has really been very busy this last week making up for the week lost on account of the snow. The Valentine bulletin boards on which the homerooms had been working before our un expected vacation were finished and judged the first of the week. The results are as follows: First place was given to Mrs. Russell's home-room. The bulletin board eon sisted of a "Roses are red . . .” verse on a red ~W background, with a red and white border and flowers sprinkled around, if’., g In the center was a ' . S heart lined with doilies and “I Love You” on it. Mrs. McCoy’s home-room came in second with a bulletin board with a white background and red border. In the center was a heart with “Be My Valentine” on it. This was surrounded by other hearts representing the family, friends, sweetheart, and such. Placing third was Mrs. Lein ster's home-room. On a white background were the silhouetted heads of a boy and a girl drink ing a soda. “Be My Valentine” was written in blue, black, and red letters, and scattered about were blue silhouettes of teen agers, dancing, talking, etc. Above all this “I Love You” was spelled out in small red hearts. Those home-rooms receiving honorable mentions were Miss Wrenn’s, Mr. Medlin’s, Mrs. Per ley’s, and Mrs. Brewster’s. Each year about this time it is necessary to elect the May Court so that pictures can be taken for the annual. This year’s partici pants are certainly worthy of the honor and I am sure each class is very proud of its representa tives. The queen for the 1958 May Court is Joan Walker; the maid of honor is Miss Ann Bal lard. Following in order are the attendants: Seniors-—Nana Owen by and Annette Hall; Juniors, Sue Smith and Joan Connet; Sopho mores, Gail Hall and Jannelle Ledbetter, and freshmen, Beverly Bryan and Regina Stafford. The seniors also “went to the polls” to elect senior superlatives. The boy and girl chosen as best all,-round were Jane Bowness and Ted McCall; as the most talented, Charles Rogers and Annette Hall. Elaine Bastarache and Gary Ed wards were selected as the neat est; Kaye Robinson and Chris Mimidis, as the friendliest. An unusual coincidence was the selec tion of most athletic, which was a sister-brother pair, Ruth and Arthur Clayton. Last was the se lection of the most studious, Peg gy Cooley and the Kilpatrick twins, Donald and Darrell. Con gratulations to everyone! For the past week all the science classes, biology, chemistry, phys ics, general science, and senior science, attended a series of five lectures given by Donald Mayes, who is sponsored by the Atomic Energy commission and the h ord foundation. This was a part of the movement to stimulate an in terest in science among the young people of the country. This pro gram was concluded Friday by a 15 minute science film which was shown to the whole school. The title of the film was “A Is For Atom.” .. The chorus and director would again like to thank Allan Guy, choral director at Montreat col lege for coming down and help ing ’ them in preparatinos for a coming program. Dpnald Mayes, above, has been giving a series of five lectures to science students at Owen High school under aus pices of the Atomic Energy commission and the Ford Founda tion. A film, “A is for Atom”, with the entire school as audience, concluded the series which is a part of the nation wide upsurge of stimulation for school science programs. GARDEN TIME By M. E. Gardner A young couple, friends of mine, have just built a beautiful and ex pensive home. They bought a large lot and planned the house to fit the site. The one thing they did not do was elevate the house enough on the lot. Now they have a problem of appearance as well as drainage on the south and west sides. I did not see the house until the roof was up. If the proper steps are taken, it will re quire rather heavy grading on two sides and perhaps a retaining wall. In addition, some valuable trees will be lost on the west side which are needed for shade. I talked with the builder and he told me that the batter boards were raised, before the foundation was started, to show the people what a difference a foot or two in elevation would make. However, they decided against it. If you are planning to build a house, be sure to consider all fac tors such as drainage, exposure, shade (if you already have trees) utilities, walks and drives. Slopes are very deceiving to the eye so don't depend on this method. Have some competent person run levels with an instrument so you will have a planned picture of the site, and the house, before a spade of dirt is turned. It will pay big dividends. Plan your work and work your plan. While we are on the question of new sites, another common prob lem is selecting trees to have around the house. I helped a neighbor not long ago and found that a large percentage of the oaks and other hardwood trees in the yard, had sprung from old stumps on cut-over land. Many were pronged and stumps were rotting. Such trees are not de sirable because they will not live as long as trees on their own roots. ADVICE TO GROWERS North Carolina corn growers should be able to get a higher price for their corn this year, ac cording to forecasts gathered by North Carolina State College School of Agriculture. • RENT IT — CLASSIFIEDSI • |llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!llll!lllllllllllllllll Early Postal Service Unlike Thai of Today Mow would you like to pay 8 cents to sent! a letter to Marion, N. C.? And what would your feelings be if the weight of the letter had nothing to do with the amount charged, but you were charged ac cording to the number of sheets of paper in the letter? That may sound fantastic, es pecially when we are able to mail any letter from Black Mountain to any other city in North Amer ica for only 3 cents an ounce. And for only 3 cents an ounce more, you can send it air mail. Our early postal service did charge the 8 cents for a short trip of 30 miles, and the rates were based on the number of sheets of paper in the letter. Weight of the letter had nothing to do with the cost. The sheet could have been very large, but it still went at the minimum letter rate, while a let ter consisting of several small sheets of paper was charged sev eral times as much. It’s also interesting to note that in those early days, (around 1789 and, for some years later) postage was collected not from the per son sending the letter, but, from the person on the receiving end. Practical jokers of the day, or per sons holding a grudge, sent expen sive letters solely to annoy oth ers. Not only was our early mail de livery expensive, but it was ex tremely slow, and it was difficult to guarantee sure delivery, despite valiant efforts. Mm. Go<ftUa' ^bi+tieuj, Room 12 Miles West of Black Mountain on Hwy. 70 Open 7 Days a Week FROM 7 A.M. TO 9 P.M. Specializing In ALL GOOD THINGS TO EAT lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllMllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllMllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll PVT. MOORE WITH ARMY IN GERMANY SEVENTH ARMY, GERMANY —Pvt. Charlie B. Moore, son of Mrs. Drucilla Whitener, route 1, 1 Swannanoa, recently participated in “Sabre Hawk,” a Seventh Army maneuver which involved more than 100,000 troops in Germany. • Moore is regularly assigned as a cannoneer in the 804th Field Artillery Battalion’s Battery B in Werthiem, Germany. He entered the Army last March and com pleted basic training at Fort Chaf fee, Ark. The 18-year-old soldier attend ed Stephens Lee High school, Asheville. George Washington, at one time, complained letters from Philadel phia and New York took a month or six weeks to reach him at his beloved Mount Vernon in Virginia. The news of our first President’s death, despite day and night rid ing by post riders, took ten days | to reach Boston from Mount Ver non—a distance of around 500 miles. Early mail carriers were faced with Indian ambushes, treacherous swamps and icy streams. Four horses were sometimes called up on to pull a light mail load through snow drifts or deep mud. But even then—as now—the U. S. mails had to go through. Present-day postal service is so important to our way of life we sometimes forget how much our very existence as a community, state and nation depends on it and revolves around it. Government heads, legislatures and courts can be out of operation at regular intervals, but think what would happen to our com munity, our state and our federal government if the Post Office de partment were closed down tightly for even a short time. Think of tht. confusion that would exist in your own family or business life, as well as through out the country, and we gain an appreciation of the importance of efficient postal operation. And all in the Black Mountain post office are determined to give you a continuing and ever-increas ing efficient operation in your postal service, Postmaster H. A. Kerlee. TRY THE CLASSIFIEDS! Ill • IN SWANNANOA • Jarrett - Warlick Dry Cleaners it 24 Hour Service ☆ SEND YOUR DRY CLEANING TO US Phone NO-9-3747—Black Mtn « RENT IT — CLASSIFIEDSI • • SELL IT — CLASSIFIEDSI • BLACK MOUNTAIN INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL INSURANCE and BONDS Representing Leading Stock Companies GREENE BUILDING BLACK MOUNTAIN, N. C. 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