Swannanoa PTA Meeting
April U
WITH OWEN HIGH CHORUS AND
AWARDS TO SAFETY PATROL
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THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1958, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
8 PAGES TODAY
NO. 33.
reflections
by
Gordon Greenwood
when Betsy Lindau
her present cycle of
back on the Civil
r She brings
said
her mother and fath
1 Mrs. H. W. Sanders,
, i 1 take them from
Mr.
real
, i; inds me—I’ve got to
•he hill soon and take
, |'ve already borrowed.
, t of the time I just
; tke-home business to
i;ui and see if there are
ks on their shelf that
. Usually there are.
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1
's Club
llh Birthday
7th birthday luncheon of
Mountain Woman’s club
at the Battery Park ho
" A-h.'ville. Wednesday, April 9.
u.. Harold Coburn who was
gj,i if program and arrange
T., ar. aided as mistress of cere
«ies.
|]ie tables were beautiful with
U iicdccked hats spilling out
■gay hat boxes. Miniature hat
L. topped with small dolls
Led in latest fashions, were
Ice cards.
|he theme of the program was
1 Spring Review of Fashions.”
Coburn presented a puppet
|v. "As Shoe Like It,” which
i a clever display of shoes. The
■es were loaned for the occasion
IBelk's.
Mrs. Allan Guy of the Mon
Jt music faculty, sang a May
|oi with Mrs. William Russell
|the piano. Mrs. Guy also led
group singing.
floor show was presented by
ly The new look in clothes
received most enthusiastical
. prize for the prettiest hat was
Isented to Mrs. Howard Kerlee;
Townsend Hay’s hat was
Isen the most original and Mrs.
ludia McGraw’s the most sty
lixty club members and guests
fe present. Mrs. Anne Harri
i and Mrs. Clifford Porter rep
Jenti'd the past presidents. Mrs.
gll. Richardson, Mrs. Porter and
. \V. H. McMurray, Sr., were
charter members present.
L PW Officers
rated April U
Lillian Russell was re-elect
Ipre-ident of the Business and
Ifesional Women’s elub at a
V-ing last Monday night at the
pte Vista hotel. Other 1958-59
leers elected at that time were
Keith Holcombe, first vice
I'ide i; Mrs. Ann Higginboth
'lemel vice president; Mrs.
jfsueiiie Ledbetter, correspond
'(■m-tary; Mrs. Lee Wells,
iording secretary, and Mrs. Ruth
pn, treasurer.
panel discussion on Black
Jtintain's need for civilian de
ft preparations was led by
La ira O’Connor, state B &
1 rairman of national defense,
Mrs. Thelma Wade,
1 :■ m-e Melton, Miss Sarah
•'I Sarah Thompson and
|s I’auline Tipton.
'"!" ■ t was given by Mrs.
! a - one of local rep
fenta'.,• • wbo last Sunday at
i -trict meeting at Hen
at the Country club.
Miss Sanchez Mott
rn" Lack Mountain club was
1 trict director for the
11 years. Others attend
' M: < Russell, Mrs. Wells,
' Bullock, Mrs. Claire
O’Connor, Mrs. Led
r Higginbotham and
Is Lip; ,n.
Necue to aid
jB|-ACK MTN. CHURCH
■ ;'ll!■ jo -upper will be spon
L ■' V;“ Ladies’ auxiliary of
Mountain Baptist
the Junior Order hall
^ 1 10 the News, Saturday,
F' Serving will begin at
V * irty cents will be the
T‘ -o.'i proceeds will benefit
'■hurdi.
’|0N BARBECUE
ported success
|v !‘es, Legion Command
thank the public for
l , • ! tul cooperation and
K. helping to ma
le 'ping to make the
lv '' the clubhouse last Sat
a great success. "Also
. **“'• --
ffc,„ •■auxiliary, who worked
itl., 1 he said, adding,
■'■gionnaires and mem
t.
were sold and more
Iff."
• this time than ever
Concert to Aid Music Activities
A finer Carolina” project, sup
port of the music programs of the
elementary schools in Black Moun
tain and Swannanoa and at Owen
High school, will benefit from a
May IP public concert by the Owen
High school band and chorus at
Owen High. The program will
open at, 8 p.m.
Woodfin Rhodes, coach, describes
this year’s “band and chorus’’ as
“the best we have ever had.” He
called attention to the recent rat
ings in state competitions of the
girls’ chorus, rated "superior” and
the mixed chorus, judged “excel
lent.”
Hopes are high for raising the
needed sum of $750 for the music
programs. PTA’s, teachers, stu
dents and other members of the
community will have tickets for
public sale at $1 for adults and
50 cents for children. The com
mittee is headed by Fred Higgin
botham, who last week was elect
ed president of the Owen High
PTA.
In an effort to acquaint the pub
lic with the various groups which
go to make up the band, the fol
lowing discussion of the clarinet
section of the band was compiled
by Sara Leatherwood. Approxi
mate cost of a clarinet is $100.
This instrument was described as
one of a species of musical instru
ments characterized by a cylindri
cal pipe in which tone is produced
by vibration of a single beating
reed, as well as having the term
applied to the most familiar exam
ple of the species, the modern
orchestral clarinet.
—Photo by W. H. Noah
Shown above is the clarinet section of the Owen High
Band, which will be featured with their fellow student musi
cians in a benefit concert May '16 to raise funds to aid the
three PTA’s in the Swannanoa valley to continue sponsoring
their schools’ music programs. This is a “Finer Carolina”
project, and the community is being urged to support the
presentation by everyone buying a ticket.
Left to right: front row, Judy Evans, Adalaide Clark,
Jackie Huscusson, Mack Blizzard; back row, Mary Frances
Thomas, Sara I^eatherwood. and Betty Douthit.
You will find that the simplest
form of a clarinet is a reed or
straw into which a slit is cut ob
liquely near one end, forming a
tong-like reed which vibrates
against the tube and produces a
squeak when blown upon. This is
an easily constructed instrument
which is familiar to people all
over the world, as a genuine mu
sical instrument, even in primitive
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Montreal Speed
Limit 25 m.p.h.
Efforts to bring to the attention
of everyone driving in Montreat
the need for cautious driving at a
speed not exceeding 25 miles per
hour were pledged at a meeting of
the Men of Montreat at a recent
meeting.
Thomas S. Sharp, president, re
minds that “the comparatively low
speed of 25 miles per hour is nec
essitated by our narrow, curving
roads and because a driver's for
ward vision is frequently obscured
by bushes growing to the edge of
the roads in many places.”
Discussion of this problem was
among subjects discussed follow
ing an address on law observance
by the Rev. Seth Perkinson, depu
ty sheriff for Buncombe county.
“Inasmuch as the great major
ity of drivers in Montreat are ma
ture and responsible people, it was
the concensus of opinion that
there should be no need for action
by law enforcement officers and
that the automatic observance of
the 25-mile speed limit could be
obtained by calling to everybody’s
attention the fact that this limit
was posted for the protection of
both drivers and pedestrians.” Mr.
Sharp stated. Those present
pledged that they would obey the
speed limit and expressed the wish
that word of this campaign reach
every resident of Montreal in the
hope that everyone would join in
this pledge for safe driving.
The above points were made in
a letter sent to the four women’s
circles, the general manager, ho
tel and store managers and dean
of Montreat college, requesting
their co-operation in bringing the
matter to the attention of all em
ployes and those doing business
with Montreat. The church pas
tor announced it from his pulpit
and also placed an announcement
in the church bulletin. 1 he appeal
is now “to those not residents of
Montreat who, because of business
connections, have occasion to drive
to Montreat,” Mr. Sharp stated.
“Drivers of trucks and operators
of taxis who are accustomed to
driving on the open at a speed
limit of 25, starting at the Mon
treat gate,” he said.
Rev. Nane Starnes |
To Lead Baptists
In May Revival
The Rev. Nane Starnes will lead
a revival at the Black Mountain
First Baptist church May 4
through 11. Services are sched
uled each evening at 7:45 p.m.
Nane Starnes was born in West
Asheville within two blocks of the
present location of the West Ashe
ville Raptist church, where he is
now pastor. His parents were
charter members of Calvary church
where he grew up.
Rev. Nane Starnes
He finished Fruitland institute
when it was a high school. He
did his college work at Union Un
iversity where he was elected
“Best All-Around Man” his senior
year. He was president of the
B.S.U. on his campus, director of
College Training union at the
First church, Jackson, Tenn., and
president of the State Baptist
Student convention in 1929. For
four summers he did Sunday
school and Training Union work
in the churches for the education
al department of the Baptist Ten
nessee convention. At Southwest
ern seminary where he got the
Th.M. degree he became an in
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Major Developments
Made At Christmount
\t the beginning ol its second decade, the newest ot local
religious assemblies is in the midst of major developments.
These are at Christmount assembly.
One of the largest swimming
pools in this area is nearing com
pletion. Other recreational 1 acu
ities being constructed are tennis,
badminton and shuffleboard
courts.
A trailer park is laid out, as
are several new roads. Landscap
ing of the Jarvis Memorial en
trance will extend along the sides
of the new parallel roads leading
from Koute 9, known as the Lakey
Gap road, to Aldridge hall. Two
of the old lakes, built by Gusta
vino, have been drained and
cleaned in preparation for imme
diate filling. ...
These improvements will con
plete current plans for the recrea
tional and camping area. Tims
also includes Camp McAfee con
sisting of nine aluminum cottages
and wall oireet wan ma wwu
en cabins equipped for house
keeping- and the all-purpose build
ing known as Aldridge hall. i
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Strietmann
of Cincinnati will soon start erec
tion of a large, modern home on
a seven-lot tract in Dixon park.
Interest is reaching far beyond
the nine southeastern states which
are committed to the development .
of this training center for lay
members of Christian churches. (
Visitors from many states and ,
countries carry the news ot this ,
development back to their church- .
es, thus enlarging the areas of in- .
terest. i
Nine conferences for 1958 have ,
been scheduled by Vice President ]
Walter A. Davis.
Rev. 0. J. Hagler, member
of the staff of the Promotion
department of the North Car
olina State Baptist convention,
will preach in a revival begin
ning Sunday morning, April
20, at the First Baptist church,
Swannanoa. The men’s chorus
of the church will sing. The
public is cordially invited to
the services which will begin
each evening at 7:30 p.m.-and
will continue through Sunday,
April 27.
Summer Season
Dales Herald
Many Visitors
Summer dates of the assemblies
in this area were announced this
week, and again this year are
slated to bring thousands of vis
itors here.
The season will open May 25 at
Christmount Christian Assembly
and will continue through Sept.
21, with a “Spiritual Life Confer
ence” being scheduled June 22
27, and a National Christmount
conference Aug. 4-8.
At Montreat assembly, the sea
son will open June 2 and close
Aug. 30, with outstanding confer
ences including the Women’s
Training school July 10-23; World
Mission conference, July 24-30;
and a Bible conference Aug. 14
24.
Ridgecrest, home of the South
ern Baptists, will open its season
June 5 and continue to Aug. 27.
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Propsl-Cogdill
Wedding April 6
Miss Jewell Cogdill and David
Propst were united in marriage
Easter Sunday immediately after
Sunrise service at Tabernacle
Methodist church. The ceremony
was performed by the Rev. George
Culbreth, pastor.
Wedding music was presented by
Miss Carolyn Smith and Miss
Nana Owenby.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. Frank Cogdill of Del Reo,
Tenn., and the bridegroom is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Propst
of Black Mountain.
ELECTED TO NATIONAL
ACADEMY ASSOCIATION
Joe D. Wallin, associate admin
istrator of Western North Carolina
sanatorium, was recently elected
a member of the American Acad
emy of Medical Administrators.
This international professional
society maintains headquarter of
fices in Boston, Mass., and a ser
vice bureau in Washington, D. C.
Some of the purposes of the
Academy are to encourage and
foster a scientific approach to the
practice of medical administration;
provide a means of inter-communi
cation; provide for employment
opportunity and professional ad
vancement through recruitment,
referral and consultant opportun
ities in various specialties to mem
bers, persons and institutions re
quiring or requesting such services;
and to provide for recognition by
means of fellowships, scholarships,
and grants to those who are doing
noteworthy services in this field.
Mr. Wallin is also a member of
the American Association of Hos
pital Accountants.
195«-59 Officers Are Elected by Owen
High Parent-Teachers Association
Officers were elected for 1958-59 by the Owen High
school PTA following a supper and an address by Dr. C. D.
Killian of the department of education and psychology at
Western Carolina college, Cullowhee, last Thursday night at
the school. Officers unanimously elected were Fred Higgin
botham, president; Ellis Vaught, first vice president; Mrs.
Roy Alexander, second vice president; secretary, Mrs. Fred
HigginDotnam, ana treasurer,
Mrs. Latt McMahon, retiring
president, presided. Devotions
were led by Rev. G. B. Talbot. Roy
Taylor introduced Dr. Killian for
his address. Dr. Killian, who took
his master’s degree from Colum
bia university and his doctorate
from Ohio state, discussed find
SCHOOLS IN SESSION
SATURDAY THIS WEEK
Students in public schools in this
area will attend classes on a six
day week basis this week, attend
ing school on the coming Satur
day, April 19. This is in order to
make up time lost during bad
weather this winter. Both Black
Mountain and Swannanoa schools
and Owen High school will be in
session the extra day this week.
JAYCEES AID IN
SOAP-BOX DERBY
Black Mountain Jaycees Dan
Turner and Gene Hughey have
been appointed co-ordinators for
this area for the Western North
Carolina soap-box derby to be held
in Asheville on July 12.
Any boys between the ages of
11 and 15 may contact these men
if they are interested in partici
pating in this race of home-made
cars made by the boys themselves.
Wheels and axles will be furnished
at no cost. The boy who wins the
race in Asheville will be given
an expense-free trip to Askron, O.,
in August to take part in the All
American derby competing for
prizes and college scholarships
worth over $15,000. I
ivirs. unester s>odoi.
ings in his work in clinical psy
chology and testing of students.
The speaker quoted the late
Governor Aycock’s statement, it
is “the right of every child to
burgeon out with all that is in
him,” and, explaining that while
he did “not mean to imply that all
is well with American education,”
he forecast that “Our way may be
slow and laborious, but 1 believe
that most Americans would go all
out to preserve our way of life.
“There are those,” he said,
“who would question our policy
of universal education—or at least
only give lip service to it. But we
are confronted with facing our re
sponsibility. Modern education is
believed by some to be the basic
of all the evils of our society. It
is true that the American .system
does call for flexibility and quali
ties of leadership, while the Rus
sian system is entirely rigid and
inflexible. Early in this century
about 6 per cent of our children at
tended school. Today 85 per cent
of our students complete high
school. We are today under pub
lic pressure to educate those who
are not going on to college. But,
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YOUTH REVIVAL
WILL OPEN APRIL 20
A “Youth Revival” will be spon
sored at Oteen Baptist church
April 20-27, G. Hanford Hamby,
pastor, announced this week. Rev.
Latt Beshears of Boger City, will
speak each evening at 7:30 p.m.,
with a special message for young
>eople.
■■■■ ivwwww^- • ■
Black Mountain’s one en
trant so far in the “Grand
Prize Baby Health Show and
Popularity Contest’’, to be held
in connection with the Sky
land exposition May 5-10, is 17
month-old Deborah Anne Fulk,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray
mond Fulk, the former Miss
Barbara Dillingham of Swan
nanoa. Both the father and
mother are employed at Bea
con Manufacturing Co.
Christmount
Women Meet
Here On April 18
Women for Christmount will
hold breakfast and business meet
ing at the Monte Vista hotel to
morrow (Friday, April 18.)
Preceding the 9 a.m. business
session, members will gather for
their traditional breakfast togeth
er at 8 o’clock.
Mrs. L. T. New of Asheville,
is president of the Women for
Christmount and a N. C. member
of the board of directors who will
meet at the assembly grounds in
Aldridge hall for their quarterly
business session following a 12:30
p.m. luncheon there. President
Hayes Farish will preside.
The women are raising funds for
the erection of a Fellowship hall
high on the mountain north of
Jarvis Memorial entrance. This
building will be the first to be
erected in this area and will pre
cede erection of the Memorial
chapel nearby.
Mrs. Phillips Dies
A! Vining Home
Mrs. Addie King Phillips, 94,
died at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. D. P. Vining of Warren Wil
son college, Swannanoa. Friday
night, April 11.
Funeral services were conducted
Sunday afternoon in Cedar Grove
Baptist church near Fountain Inn,
S. C. Besides Mrs. Vining, she
is survived by two other daughters
and two sons.
Younger 'Teen
Group to Dotire
A “Younger ’Teen-age” dance
will be held at the Black Mountain
clubhouse next Friday, April 25,
from 7:20-10 o’clock under the sup
ervision of Bob Conger. This
dance will be semi-formal with
square, round and break dancing.
Admission requirements are:
1—Right age group: 2—semi-for
mal dress; 3—your best manners.
All parents are asked to make
an effort to meet with this group
at 9:30 p.m. for a meeting and
discussion of future chaperoning.
Old Test Farm Bara
Is Summer Theater
A site was obtained last week for the presentation of
summer theater productions by a group headed by Tinka
Crawford, Dale Meador and Norman Kean, of the New York
theater. A seven-week season to open June 2 will be staged
in the old red barn on the old Black Mountain highway op
posite Swannanoa division of the VA hospital (formerly Moore
General hospital).
A four-year lease on the barn cessful “barn theater groups in
was granted by the local school New England and elsewhere. A
board last week and legal papers name for the local group is soon
are now being drawn up. The to be chosen.
theatrical group plans to reno- The barn became school propel -
rate the property and make it ty after the close of the former
suitable for use as a summer thea- government test farm of which
ter after the manner of many sue- the building was a part.
SWANNANOA
PRE-SCHOOLERS'
CLINIC APRIL 21
A pre-school clinic for child
ren entering school next fall
will be held Monday, April 21,
opening at 9 a.m. at the Swan
nanoa Elementary school. First
grade pupils will not attend
school that day.
Children attending the clinic
should go to the lobby of the
auditorium.
School authorities stated that
the clinic is for examination of
children who will be six years
old on or before midnight, Oct.
15, and therefore qualify to be
gin school. This service is be
ing offered to those eligible
under thd state laws provisions.
Children entering school must
have their pre-school immuniza
tion certificates showing that
they have been inoculated
against whooping cough, diph
theria and smallpox, and must
also have a birth certificate.
Nominations Are
Made For Lions
Club Offices
Officers for the Black Mountain
Lions club were nominated by the
committee which met at the Town
Hall on Monday evening, April 7.
The list was unanimously accepted
by the club at a meeting Thurs
day, April 10.
Nominees are: president, John
,1. O’Connor: first vice president.
Woodrow Beddingfield; second
vice president, Clyde Stubbs;
third vice president, James H.
Skelton; secretary, Roy L. Russell;
assistant secretary, Hayes Connor;
treasurer, Wade Morrow; assistant
treasurer, H. A. Kerlee; lion tamer,
W. L. Wheelon; assistant lion
tamer, W. S. Holcombe; tailtwister,
J. I. Cook; assistant tailtwister,
Vernon Johnson.
Directors 1958-59: Frank Buck
ner and S. M. Bittinger; directors
1958-60: Gary Carson and Max
Woodcock.
A.F. & A.M. TO CONFER
MASTER'S DEGREE
Black Mountain Lodge No. (163,
A. F. & A. M., will hold an emerg
ent communication Friday even
ing, April 18, at 8 p.m. to confer
the Master Mason’s degree. All
Master Masons are cordially invit
ed. Carl O. Crisp, master, an
nounced.
LEGION AUXILIARY
TO MEET APRIL 21
Waycaster-McFee American Le
gion auxiliary will meet Monday
night, April 21, at 7:30 at the home
of Mrs. Joe Bullock. All mem
bers are urged to be present.
Friends of Library to Be
Organized in Swan.
At a public meeting the evening of March 31, a group of
Swannanoa citizens agreed unanimously to continue, as a
community project, the Public library established by the
Woman’s club in 1957 as its “Finer Carolina” project.
The following Tuesday, April 8,
the newly-elected Swannanoa Li
brary Operating committee voted
to organize the Friends of the Li
brary and to sell memberships to
individuals and groups. This is
necessary in order to raise funds
for carrying on the work, and the
campaign will get under way im
mediately, it was announced by
Mrs. Sam Alexander, committee
chairman.
At the public meeting held in the
library, the 20 people present
heard a brief report by Mrs. Alex
ander, who has served as Wo
man’s club project chairman. Un
dertaken by the Woman’s club in
April of last year, the library re
ceived support from many other
organizations and individuals, and
was able to open its doors for pub
lic patronage in September, oper
ating three afternoons each week.
Over 200 patrons have borrowed
approximately 2000 books in the
first six months of operation.
Problems of continuing the li
brary were brought out. Mrs.
Alexander stated that in estab
lishing the library and getting it
into operation, the Woman’s club
would have realized its goal at the
conclusion of the current “Finer
Carolina” campaign in June. She
outlined a tentative budget of
$1500 to $1700 for the next year’s
operation, and pointed out that
while the Woman’s club would sup
port the project, it would be un
able to contribute to the full ex
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Mrs. Harrison
Is Federation
Disl. President
Mrs. Anne Sharp Harrison was
installed as president of District 2
of the Federation of Women’s
clubs in Charlotte at a meeting
held Tuesday through Thursday
(today).
Mrs. Harrison, a past president
of the Black Mountain Woman's
club, has held a number of offices
on the local and state level. She
is a former literature chairman
for the federation and is a mem
ber of the speakers’ bureau in the
field of archaeology. In connection
with her interests in archaeology,
she has traveled and studied in
Europe, the Middle East and Latin
America.
SWANNANOA PTA
MEETING DATE IS
CHANGED TO APRIL 24
Due to conflict with other meet
ing dates, the Swannanoa PTA
meeting scheduled this week, has
been postponed from Thursday (to
night) to Thursday night, April
24.
A musical program by the Owen
High School Chorus will be given
under direction of Woodfin C.
Rhodes. Awards will be presented
to Safety Patrol boys. All parents
and friends are invited to attend.
Christian Service
Study Course
The Woman’s Society of Chris
tian Service is having- a study
course, “In Every Place a Voice,’’
by Walter G. Muelder in the edu
cational building- of the Methodist
church on the following dates:
Thursday, April 24 at 7 p.m. with
Miss Louise Simmons, leader; Fri
day, April 25, 7 p.m., Mrs. A. E.
Watters, leader; Thursday, May 1,
at 7 p.m., Mrs. T. W. Nesbitt
leader; Friday, May 2, at 7 p.m.,
Mrs. George Moray and Mrs. T.
R. Jurwitz, leaders. Everyone is
cordially invited to attend.
KIWANIS CLUB HEARS
STUDENT MUSICIANS PLAY
President Charles Porter pre
sided at a meeting of the Black
Mountain-Swannanoa Kiwanis club
at the Monte Vista hotel Thurs
day, April 10. The program con
sisted of musical selections by a
group of Swannanoa boys from
Owen High school, including Ken
Morgan, playing the rhythm
guitar; Jimmy Morgan, steel
guitar; Bill Morgan, lead guitar;
Bill Alexander, drums, and Robert
Brown, saxophone. Some “smooth”
music and some “rock n’ roll” was
presented.
ST. JAMES' LADIES
SPONSOR DINNER
The ladies of St. James Episco
pal church will sponsor a chicken
in-the-basket dinner Saturday Apr.
2t>, from 6 to 8 p.m. “You can
eat in the parish house or carry it
home with you,’’ the committee in
charge said. The price will he $1
per basket. Mrs. Albert Maddox
and Mrs. Clarence Joyner are
chairmen.
MEN TO BE IN CHARGE
OF CHURCH SERVICES
On Sunday night, April 20, the
Master’s Men of the Swannanoa
Free Will Baptist church will be
in complete charge of the services.
They extend to the public a
cordial invitation to come and wor
ship with them. Dexter Morgan
is president of the second chapter
and Ray Nichols pf the first,
chapter.
LEGION AUXILIARY
PLANS BAKE SALE
The American Legion Auxiliary
is having a bake sale on Saturday,
May 10. The place and time will
be announced later.