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OPEN LETTER TO TAXPAYERS— From Page 1 That means more local taxes to heap on the shoulder of the local taxpayer. Without any corresponding decrease of federal taxes—you can be assured of that. The war veteran in this needs bracket would also not fare well. In a wealthy state he might get a fair break. In others, his plight would indeed be tragic. There would be no uniformity of standards of care. The humanitarian cost of taking care of the indigent taxpayer already is a part of the present tax burden. It is a part that can never be eliminated so long as we are a decent society in which we let no one starve to death or die without medical aid. Only in the Federal government today are there the facilities for handling the care of the indigent war veteran. The VA Hospitals are there. The medical staffs are there. City governments, county governments and state governments do not have the facilities or the medical manpower to take over this care WITHOUT DRASTIC INCREASES IN LOCAL TAXES! What is little known is that the high cost of medical care today is pauperizing veterans to the point where they can no longer pay for their care. The American Legion can cite case after case in VA hospital after VA hospital where men—and women—hospitalized for non-service-connected disabilities, have exhausted all their own financial resources. When their last penny is gone, it is usually their doctor who directs them to the nearest VA hospital for public care! A recent American Leg'ioh survey of 8,572 VA patients showed they had spent $3,952,080.05 for their own care before going to the VA. Those who print and make attacks on this principle of non-ser vice-connected hospitalization never tell the whole story! Perhaps they do not even realize that every blast they foment is a plug to raise local taxes! Mr. Taxpayer do not be misled! Think this through to realize •how all this propaganda can COST you! Then insist on letting well enough alone! KARL A. MUSCHETTE, Member of Department Rehabilitation Committee, The American Legion. ANSWERS TO LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS' QUERIES ON N. C. SCHOOL SYSTEM (Questions Appear on Page One) 1 False. It is from the North Carolina constitution. 2. True. 3. True. 4. False. The chief source is income tax. 5. True. 6. True. 7. True. N. C. has 8300 school buses. 8. False. The county must pur chase new buses as needed; the state only replaces worn out ve hicles. 9. True. 10. True. 11. False. They are nominated in the May primary. Names of the nominees do not. however, appear on the ballot for the General Elec tion but are submitted to the forth coming N. C. General Assembly by whom they are named. 12. False. 13. False. The city submits a proposed budget; but the levy is made by County Commissioners. 14. True. 15. True. 16. False; these are selected by a State Textbook Commission. 17. True. 18. True. 19. True. 20. False. Gerald Cowan of Asheville, is a member of the State Board of Education. 80 Are Served At Presbyterian Circle Supper The women in Circle 2 were hos tesses to a “Father-Daughter sup per” at the Presbyterian church on March 11. Dr. Dan Espey, president of the Men of the Church, and Lynn Crawley, treasurer, reported that 34 men attended, each accompan ied by his daughter or one or more girls from the Mountain or phanage. » The women served about 80. Those who assisted from the cir cle were Mesdames Ralph Bren non, Dinsmore Crawford, Albert Jern, Kenneth MacKenzie, John McMillan, W. W. Pharr, Lewis Poole, J. O. Williams, and Mrs. S. S. Cooley, the chairman. BAPTISTS TO SPONSOR ANNUAL STUDY COURSE An invitation to take part in the study course of the 6th annual Swannanoa Valley training school opening next Monday, March 24. to run through March 28 at the First Baptist church, Black Moun tain, is extended to all churches and all age levels, from nursery to adults. Directors of the sessions, to be held at 7:15 p.m.. will be Mrs. Raymond Johnson and Albert Reed. The program is for all Baptist churches in the districts of Black Mountain and Swannanoa. CLASSIFIEDS SELL - Phone 4101 Black Mountain NEWS One of Buncombe County's fore most weekly newspapers publisned every Thursday at Black Mountain N. C., in the heart of the prosper ous Swanrtanoa Valley, great re ligious and resort center and growing industrial area. Gordon H. Greenwood Editor and Publisher Second-class mail privileges authorized at Black Mountain. N. C. Subscription Rates: Buncombe and McDowell counties $2.50 per year Outside Buncombe and McDowell $3.00 per year Awarded A rating by Commun ity Research Bureau. LETTER TO GO-GETTERS Feb. 25, 1958 Mr. W. W. Earley Black Mountain, N. C. Dear Mr. Earley: I am writing to you from Wash ington, D. C., in the interest of saving veterans benefits. The National Rehabilitation Confer ence of the American Legion is in progress here this week and the threat to veterans benefits is very evident. According to all inform ation President Eisenhower will propose to: 1. Virtually eliminate veterans’ pensions by lowering income limi tations. 2. Reduce pensions still available by deducting social security bene fits from them. 3. Scrap the veterans’ housing program. 4. Make small lump sum set tlements of future claims to vet erans with war wounds not cur rently severe. 5. Reduce the number of avail able veterans’ hospital beds by 1758. resulting in the closing of some VA tuberculosis hospitals. 6. Discontinue compensation to 1,500,000 war-disabled veterans in the 10-20-30% brackets. The Eisenhower administration has been active in distributing propaganda that his legislative program will bear heavily on vet erans benefit programs. The Pres ident has announced that a special message on veterans’ disability benefits would be sent to Congress and with the other information we have, this means a severe cut in benefits. In his Oklahoma City speech a few weeks ago, the President pre dicted a slash in veterans’ bene fits. His advisors have told him that these cuts are needed to help pay the cost of meeting the Rus sian missile challenge. The American Legion will fight these proposed cuts just as it has fought for 39 years to make these benefits available to veterans. You can help. The only answer is a large and vigorous membership. There is power in numbers. 1 am asking you to secure at least three more members for 1958 to aid in this fight to hold the line on veterans’ benefits. I know of your past fine work for the American Legion and know I can count on you. Thank you for your help. Sincerely, Dud Robbins, Department Commander, The American Legion of N. C. FOLK DANCE GROUP AT ASHEVILLE Y.W.C.A. The Asheville Y.W.C.A. an nounces that on Saturday, from 2 to 4 p.m. the Berea College Country dancers, under direction of Frank Smith, will be in town to give a performance. There will also be opportunity for all present to learn and participate in many of the folk dances. Mr. Smith, who is associated with Berea college, is vice-presi dent of the Country Dance Society of America for the Southern area, Director of the Christmas Country Dance School, and chairman of the Mountain Folk Festival held an nually at Berea. He will be in structor of a folk dance class be ginning at the “Y” in April. There will be only a slight fee for the afternoon entertainment which will be held in the “Y” gymnasium. Everyone is invited to come, and all youth leaders are encouraged to avail themselves of this opportunity. • RENT IT — CLASSIFIEDS! • BLACK MOUNTAIN INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL INSURANCE and BONDS Representing Leading Stock Companies GREENE BUILDING BLACK MOUNTAIN, N. C. Fire-Fighting Rules Given by Chief Allen At Civilian Defense Workshop Seeing this area as “probably not an evacuation area but rather a receiving area in the event of atomic attack Business and Professional Women’s club sponsors of a twice a-week “Civilian Defense Workshop” now going on at City hall, last week presented Fire Chief Lawton Allen in a dis eussion of fire-prevention and fire-fighting methods suitable for use under normal conditions. Although, umel Alien reminaea, he has been in fire-fighting work for 15 years, “I never go to fight a fire but I am under tension— for fire is an unpredictable, rapid moving thing. Yet the majority of fires result from carelessness and could be prevented. Ten thou sand lives were claimed by fire in this country last year, and most of these could have been prevent ed,” he said. Some of the simple, everyday rules which could fight fire be fore it begins include the follow ing, he said: Keep inaccessible places clean (such as attics and basements); throw away or dis pose of all things you don’t use; see that stoves and flues are cleaned; get acquainted with the outside cut-off for your oil stove; in the event of fire, call the fire department the first thing; keep a garden hose in gfiod condition available to augment the town’s firetruck water supply in its 300 gallon booster tank; have your household equipment include a ladder long enough to reach the roof; remember that plain kitchen soda is a good extinguisher (par ticularly for fires caused by grease or oil on which water cannot be used); keep matches out of reach RIDGECREST . . . ramblings Mrs. Elbert F. Hardin Phone: NO-9-7134 Isaiah 40:28 and Colossians 1:17 were the twin texts from which Pastor Perry brought a good Sun day morning message on ‘‘God’s Priority.” Special music was fur nished by a boy’s quartet com posed of Stanley and Tony Moore, Eugene Smith, and David Snypes. A continued study about the Holy Spirit filled the evening wor ship hour. A delightful day of study and fellowship was spent on Monday in the pastorium, with Mrs. C. M. Perry and Mrs. G. C. Chapin as hostesses. Mrs. W. M. Howell of Black Mountain, was teacher of the book, “A Practical Primer on PrayPr,” by Haskin, a study prov ing both practical and inspira tional. The class included the following: Mesdames E. E. Brown, F. M. Burnett, G. C. Chapin, S. C. Gill, Mamie Gough, E. F. Har din, Charles Jollav, B. S. Meeks, \Y. M. Pate, C. M. Perry, W. K. Weeks, Mi’, and Mrs. R. E. Trues dell, and Misses Olive Lawton, Grace Meeks, and Edith Van Ru zer. A covered-dish luncheon was enjoyed at the noon hour, at which time the group was joined by Ed Brown and Pastor Perry. Mrs. George Allred has return ed to her home after a pleasant winter spent in St. Petersburg, Fla., with her daughter, Mrs. Norman Allen and family. Her stay was all the happier because her son, Nick Allred, and her eld er daughter, Mrs. Leroy Sexton, also live in that city. Added to enjoying these families was the big item of sweet association with wee Joyce Ann Allen, the young est granddaueghter. Jim Emory of Furman universi ty, was a week-end guest of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Weeks. Joe Moore of Mars Hill college, spent the week-end in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. Y. Moore. Rev. Elbert F. Hardin returned Monday from Whitmire, S. C., where he was for a week engaged in evangelistic services in First Baptist church there, with the pas tor, Rev. Charles Hood. Friends will be sympathetically interested in the fact that the most seriously injured person in last week’s atom bomb accident in Florence, S. C., was young Ella Davis, niece of our Miss Tillie Bultman. Miss Doris Snypes was hostess to the Young Woman’s auxiliary on Saturday evening, March 8. Doris, who selves as president of the organization, led in a program entitled, ‘‘Open Door of Faith,” assisted by Mrs. James McMahan, Mrs. James Allison, and Mrs. John May. At the close of the meet ing, delicious refreshments were served by the hostess. Miss Corrie Hardin of Darling ton, S. C., is visiting in the home of her brother. Rev. E. F. Hardin. Mr. Willard Weeks conducted the Monday morning devotions at Northwestern bank of Black Moun tain. Miss Ann Carr Perry was one of Owen High school’s represen tatives at the Beta club convention in Raleigh during the week-end. A fine organization not men tioned in this column for quite a while is that of Royal Ambassa dors. One of the boys said, “Well, we’re not doing anything big, but we still meet every week and work on our ranking system.” Pastor Perry meets with Intermediate R. A.’s on Wednesday afternoon and average attendance is 7 or 8. The junior group meets Friday at the oi cmiureii, uo nut uuni trasn n an area which could fire leaves or woods; see that your household wiring: is sufficient for your needs and is carefully checked, as arc plugs and cords in need of repair. He also recommended household equipment should include a C02 type of extinguisher, not the Py rene or carbontetrachloride type, which he describes as dangerous because of fumes. He reminded that in the event of fire, doors should be kept closed to prevent feeding of the fire by draughts: and remember if it is necessary to enter a burning building that precautions should include crawl ing low on the floor where the smoke will not be so heavy, and also the use of wet towel over nose and mouth. Pamphlets were distributed pre senting fire-fighting methods in peace-time and also for additional precautions and fighting methods in the event of attack. The fourth and fifth sessiom in this “Civilian Defense’’ series were scheduled for last Tuesday night and Tuesday, Mar. 25, at 7:30 p.m. at City hall. Mrs. Laura O’Connor, B & PW state chairman of national defense, will preside. church with Stanley Moore as counselor and Eugene Smith, as sistant. Miss Mary Paschal of Hickory, was the week-end guest of Misses Grace and Mamie Meeks. Rev. Charles Jollay was guest minister on Sunday morning in Oakley. Baptist church, Asheville. En route to Bristol, Tenn., Dr and Mrs. William H. Johnson and little daughter, Leigh, of Augus ta, Ga., stopped for an over-night visit on Saturday with the W. M. Pates. Mrs. Johnson is Mrs. Pate’s niece. Sunday afternoon and supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Biddix were Miss Dottie Sharpe and Bill Echerd of Asheville. After spending most of the win ter in Florida, Mr. and Mrjs. W. O. Sutherland came on Thursday to their home here. Deciding spring hadn’t yet come, they re turned to Abbeville, S. C., next day to await weather a bit warm er. On Monday a vast amount of activity around the depot aroused community curiosity. It seems a railway maintenance crew of rath er large proportions was at work on the tunnel, replacing loose brick and making the overhead safe. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis C. Melton. Delores and Lewis, Jr., went to Old Fort on Saturday evening to attend the house-warming partv in the pretty new home of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Walker. It was a delightful social event with about forty guests present. Mr. Walker is a nephew of Mr. Mel ton. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Bradley and little son of Winston-Salem, were week-end visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Bradley. Mr. W. M. Pate and his helpers have been slowed down during the past wintry weeks but are busily replacing old pipes with a whole new water system. Bright red fire hydrants are appearing in many strategic points where none were heretofore. In just such ways Ridgecrest grows and im proves. It is a good place to live! INSURANCE COMPANY REPRESENTATIVES CITE FEB. CHANGE IN RATES Local property owners were re minded this week that the North Carolina Fire Insurance Rating Bureau on Feb. 15 made certain changes in rates applying to un protected and farm properties. It was suggested that policies be checked to see that policies are correctly written and proper rates charged since the insured could otherwise incur a 25 per cent pen alty in the event of loss by fire. „A check with owners’ insurance agent was suggested. We’ve got our door wide open now to take rare of your every FI (aver Need. Send flowers on ANY SPECIAL DAY - or to make ANY DAY SPECIAL! WE HAVE THE FLOWERS YOU’LL LIKE TO SEND OR TO HAVE. ART'S GARDEN ■& Just West of Black Mountain on Highway 70 PH. NO 9-7525 All Kinds of Arrangements ^^-SUUULttJL&fl a.flJUUUJUULSUUJ^^ g 0 D o Q 0 0 n O P P P P P P g g P g g g g g g g g g g gg fi.fl.fl.JtJLfi.fl g g g g.gJLgJLg-g_gJLgJLg_g-g_g-g_g-gJLg-g OLD FORT HEWS MARY ADAMS 0L0 f0RT PH0NE 231 Subscription Representative ACCUMULATED NOTES: Af te,Aan absence of several weeks (which we hope our readers rn . • us) this column is back on ;0b. Quite a few events ba\e i, t1]ace which our away-from home readers may not know about, s0 we will review as many as pos MbOoing back to the "big when we were so unexpectedly covered with a 9 inch snow the Old Fort Fire department boys wore glad to tell one and ail that they did.not have a Smgle alarm that entire week. It tneyK , j thev could not have accomplished much, as all the fire hydrants were frozen, and the nearby ers were covered with ice strong enough to skate on. The weather which was recorded at 9 degree below the zero mark played havo< with automobiles and plumbing, especially. Strange to say, tom the newer ears fared worse than the old jalopies. Garages spent several days just towmg cars around the streets to get them started. At some of the houses in Old Fort, pipes simply broke in two and fell to the ground Canned goods in homes froze and burst on the shelves Casesi soft drinks and other bottb .mods actually exploded in some of the stores where they had been stored in unheated rooms, r rest! vegetables froze solid. Since the extremely cold weath er we had in January and Febru ary. the ground has not dried out enough for spring plowing. In termittent rains keep it spongy. In connection with the weathei, we would like to tell you that -Vndrews’ Geyser has fui nishe both amateur and professional photographers with a beautiful subject for color experimentation. Night Policeman “Ted” Carver has a clipping from the San Diego Union, daily paper from Califor nia, that has a large picture ot the ice cone on it, showing chil dren climbing the big berg. The caption states that the unusually cold weather at Old Fort, N. C., produced the volcanic-looking ice mound around the base of the gey ser. The paper was forwarded to Mr. Carver by his daughter, Mary Frances, who is Mrs. Kermit Sil ver and lives in San Diego with her husband and children. During the month of February, our citizens were shocked by the sudden death of Roger ICanipe, superintendent of the Old Fort ERIC STRAEHLA IS HOST ON BIRTHDAY Eric- Straehla celebrated bis third birthday anniversary at his home, 110 Oakland drive, Satur day afternoon, Mar. 15, when his mother, Mrs. Ned Straehla, en tertained with a party in his hon or. A color scheme of yellow and turquoise was carried throughout the party. Balloons were used in the decorations. Horns were given as favors. The large birthday cake . was topped with a design of cow boys and horses in a corral. Tee cream and cake were served to the following: Wesley Pence. John Martin, Jimmy and Jerry Ste| son, Sandra, Terry and Beverly Buckner, Rick and Steve Horni day, Lauren Kica, Rhonda, Re becca and Reisa Singleton, Keith Straehla, Mrs. Fred Pence, Mrs. Taylor Martin, Mrs. Evorette Stephenson, Mrs. Tommy Horni day, Mrs. George Kica, Mrs. Ralph Singleton and Erie's aunt. Miss Deanna Belcher. Spring Festival Slated March 29 There will be a Spring Festival at the Black Mountain clubhouse Saturday, March 29, beginning at 7:30 p.m. The Junior Home and Civic club is sponsoring this eve ning of games for both young and old. Admission will be 10 cents for children and 25 cents for adults. Members will also have a bake sale in addition to the games. The committee in charge suggests that you let them do your week-end baking. nrtnrinnnrtrrtmnr^ , Methodist Cntnrf\’ hifpTace'Rogcr’s ^treJS£ .S «-& ,,ro missed by ail of us. f the ,M'h AiURagie also died recent late II A. nagK. f(ir s0me ly. She had "fjaRle num months. Mr. and Mr- „„ al] er« their aZUau | since they sections "t tne > nronrietoi yrjraWSfeTS-* at Children and grown fofts a her'hiid Ws°mndeffUMle a bot e-Th[. hat'd winter seems to have .tensified the suffering of * •>r of our people "ho ha o I Charles Stirowalt is at home ['ter having spent two months ,n ,e hospital at Swannanoa "hm . underwent major surgery. recovering satisfactoi ii> • (To be continued) BROAD RIVER Elliott Air and By Mrs. M. M Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Ledbetter, their daughter-in-law. Mis. mg gins Ledbetter and her sons, .lack and Dean, were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Tamp Fortune on Sand Branch last Sunday. Lary Stroude of the l . * • Force, visited his parents, Mr. Mrs. W. F. Stroud, and daughter, Carol Ann, recently. Barbara and Jack Ledbetter and Kenneth Elliott, college students spent a few days' vacation with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hie gins Ledbetter, on Broad River and Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Elliott, on upper Cedar Creek. last week. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Fi and little daughter of Haw Creek, risked Mrs. Furniss' parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Ledbetter recently. Mi', and Mrs. Joe Xelon and children, George, Irene and Fat of North Fork, visited us last Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ownbey and children, Phyllis, Frieda and Sandra of Black Mountain, visited Clarence’s father, R. G. Ownbey, and Clarence's sisters and aunt, Misses Alice and Edna Ownbey. uad Mrs. Savannah Floyd, in this immunity last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Daniels of Knoxville, Tenn., visited Mr. Dan iel.-' sister, Mrs. Bessie Elliott, who has been very sick with the flu last Sunday. Mrs. Elliott is nuch better. There is a lot of sickness in this section, colds and flu. Rev. and firs. Cecil Smith are sick with the lu. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Elliott vere very sick with colds last veek. They are getting better. James Hall of thi vas a patient in lospital recently, >roved. Mrs. Ruth Davis 'isited her sister, .edbetter, last Saturday. We were glad to have with us it Stone Mountain church last Sunday Rev. Claud Searcy of Bat Cave, and his granddaughter, Mi-s Irace Ownbey. daughter of Mr. md Mrs. Pressley Ownbey of this lection. Rev. Mr. Searcy, delivered an tispiring message for us. We attended preaching service it Broad River church last Sun lay night. Nine joined the church :>y letter and for baptism. Je-sie Baker, who is well known here, as he lias operated a saw mill in this section for several years, is very ill at his home in Did Fort. section, who an Asheville is much i in - of Mr Asheville, Hettii Bargains In Good USED CARS 1957 Chevrolet Sport Coupe . . 6 cylinder. Power Glide, radio, heater, dust pearl 1956 Chevrolet Belair 4-dr. 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