Mountain Musings
By Gene
Byrd
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,ike to extend my sym
1 he writer of the Old
■ her recent bereave
vV'cr reading her very
. commentary on events
. hboring town during
."years 1 lccl that pecu
Pas
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and
r aciiuaintance that
in reading someone's
vt>r a period if time.
1, i never met him, the
:;u.| Adams like a very
' \hvid figure. I was in
, his efforts to bring
; !V' chestnut into our
back . ,, economy.
e int to extend sympathy
,,‘lv of Ernest H. Gar
Broad River in their
Vcmember Ernest and his
George as honest, hard
Also, I remember
I to
1 risen
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I brothei
working mLtl
I "orK"mnt'her who seemed to be
“Trueb remarkable woman. I
remarkable -
I . number of the Garrison
I‘Sen and always found them
Ifte co-operative.
1 am Sure that many people
iegal notices
notice
H-.vimr this day qualified as Ad
tr itrix of the estate of KATH
C. WICKER, late of Bun
• county, N. Carolina, this is
trTnotifv aM "persons having claims
• i . ta nviicorir thom
gainst
<aid estate to present them
;ht, undersigned, duly verified,
the North Fork
ot her home on
;:'a(j Black Mountain, North Caro
lina, °n or
11)60. or else
before February 26th,
this notice will be
Xad in bar of recovery. All per
1 indebted to said estate will
Xase make immediate settlement.
This
the 2llth day of February,
1!'5' ISABEL WICKER,
administratrix of the Estate
„f KATHERINE C. WICKER,
deceased.
FA>. 26: .Mar. 5, 12, 19, 26; Apr. 2.
NOTICE
cTatE of NORTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF BUNCOMBE.
T„ the General County Court.
FRANCES A. PEARSON, Plain
tiff,
WILLIAM THOMAS PEARSON,
Defendant.
TO: WILLIAM THOMAS PEAR
SON, Defendant:
YOU WILL TAKE NOTICE that
an action entitled as above has
been instituted against you in the
General County Court of Buncombe
County. North Carolina; that the
purpose of said -action is to obtain
an absolute divorce by the plain
tiff from the defendant; that you
are required to appear and answer
or demur to the complaint on or
before the 20th day of April, 1959,
before the undersigned, at his of
fice in the County Courthouse of
Buncombe County, in Asheville,
North Carolina, and iC you do not
so answer or demur within the
time required by law, the plaintiff
will apply to the Court for the re
lief demanded in the complaint
filed in this said Court.
This the 11th day of February,
11959.
ZERULON WEAVER, JR.,
Clerk Superior Court, Bun
combe County. N. C., Ex-Of
ficio Clerk General County
Court.
Feb. 19, 26; Mar. 5, 12, 1959.
NOTICE
Having this day qualified as Ex
ecutor of the Estate of MAY
FAIRCLOTH DIXON, late of Bun
combe County, North Carolina, this
is to notify all persons having
claims against said estate to pre
scut them to the undersigned at
bus residence near Black Mountain,
North Carolina, duly’ verified, on
or before January 29th, 1960 or
c-.se this notice will be plead in bar
of recovery. All persons indebt
ed to said estate will please make
i mediate settlement.
Lux the 7th dav of January,
1959.
e W. DIXON, Executor of the
U-tate of MAY FAIRCLOTH
DIXON, deceased.
Jan. 29; Feb. 5, 12, 19, 26; Mar. 5.
EXECUTRIX'S NOTICE
Having qualified as Executrix of
Estate of John Bryan May, Sr.,
deceased. late of Buncombe Coun
Horth Carolina, this is to noti
H all persons having claims against
!“C estate of said deceased to ex
titbit them to the undersigned at
tni' office of George Pennell, 508
Jackson Building, Asheville, North
Carolina, on or before the 30th
..-v ol January, 1960, or this no
’Ice W>11 be pleaded in bar of their
recovery, AH persons indebted to
Sfjd estate will please make
immediate payment.
1959 S Januar>>
MABEL MORRIS MAY
, Executrix,
Feb- 5- 12. 19. 26; Mar. 5.
Hav
NOTICE
*ng this day qualified as
Ar ill uuy qua
th.'r ■ Administrator c.t.a. of
,.e Estate of HATTIE G. TODD,
e.l,.°f Laurens County, South
:f Maa- this is to notify all per
fst-V n,avin8 claims against said
fSt0, ,0 Present them7 duly veri
to the undersigned at his of
■ ■ 1(J4 Broadway, Black Moun
ts,/ );;,urt 1 Carolina, on or before
®lse u h- day-of JanuaO'. I960, or
bar ,7*a nol‘ce will be plead in
debt# ’ tecov.ery. All persons in
'/ sa‘d estate please make
"•'’achate settlement.
150 s lbe 21st day of January,
1959
\ L FINCH,
/ternary Administrator, c.t.a,
he Estate of HATTIE G.
Jin deceased.
--I/_ebl 5, 12, 19, 26; Mar. 5
Ha,
EXECUTOR’S NOTICE
Eg'
qualified as Executors
ite of Donald C. Gates,
ite of Buncombe Coun
( arolina, this is to 110
Persons having claims
the
' late of said deceased
;. them to the undersigned
, ‘;f George Pennell, 508
“Eng, Asheville, North
fTh
Jin
Exec
,,n or before the 30th
omary, I960, or this no
pleaded in bar of their
\11 persons indebted to
' 'ate will please make
payment.
• DILLINGHAM and
-XIAN DILLINGHAM,
utors.
29th day of January,
Feb. 5
u, 12, 19, 26; Mar. 5.
were surprised and schocked to
hadrnfalien lhC £?rm?r's Federation
had fallen on “hard times”, econ
sK?king- 1 hacl always
lclt that this was a mighty in
stitution. built to endure. I re
member how my mother and fa
ther used to depend on the Fed
fho !°n m,an t0 supply so many of
hmir heeds on his weekly visit. It
vull be of interest to see what
develops if the merger with the
r< X goes through.
ttin gn’eve? mc to Pass a store
that has been closed, a filling
station that has “gone out of busi
ness . a gaunt chimney standing
onl\ where a home once stood. It
means that someone has had a
dream to vanish, an ambition has
been thwarted; perhaps a heart has
been broken. A book could well
be written on “Monuments to
Broken Dreams”. At that, we all
have a collection of them.
My only son has just shaved for
the first time. Suddenly, I feel
older. Just another milestone
al°ng the way. One that ranks
with the sudden realization that
my lad wasn’t crawling up into
my lap anymore, nor that he no
longer made a ritual of kissing
his parents good-night. Come to
think of it, he bathes without
being told and combs his hair.
Bless me! my lad is growing up.
I certainly enjoyed John Par
ris s recent article about John
Davis, the famous chair-maker of
a day gone by. One of Mr. Davis’s
saying hit me squarely. Quoth Mr.
Davis, "But I never put much
stock in makin’ anything but settin’
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE
Having this day qualified as Ad
ministrator of the Estate of
MARTIN LUTHER WAGNER,
SR., deceased, late of Buncombe
County, North Carolina, this is to
notify all persons having claims
against said estate to present them
to the undersigned, duly verified,
on or before one year from the
date hereof, or else this Notice will
be plead in bar of recovery. All
persons indebted to said estate will
please make immediate payment.
This the 20th day of January,
1959.
W. PAUL YOUNG,
Swannanoa, N. C., Adminis
trator of the Estate of Martin
Luther Wagner, Sr.
Feb. 26; Mar. 5, 12, 19, 26; Apr. 2.
NOTICE
AN INVITATION TO BID
Any persons or firms are hereby
invited to bid on furnishing the
Town of Black Mountain, N. C. at
Black Mountain, N. C. approxi
mately 3,200 feet of six inch class
150 pressure pipe suitable for
water mains, complete with all
couplings, rings, bolts and nuts
necessary for its installation. Said
pipe to be delivered in truck lots
at Black Mountain, N. C. Bids will
be opened at 12:00 noon, March 11,
1959 and considered by the Board
of Aldermen at their regular meet
ing on March 18, 1959. The Town
reserves the right to reject any or
all bids.
R. T. Greene, Manager
Feb. 26; March 5, 1959.
NOTICE OF SALE AT PUBLIC
AUCTION
I will sell at the Court House
door in Asheville, N. C., at twelve
o'clock, noon, on the Oth day of
March, 1959, one 1950 Buick auto
mobile, Motor No. 58949374, Serial
No. 15695298; One 1949 Oldsmobile
automobile, Motor No. 8A-123403.
Said sale will be conducted under
Judicial Proceedings by order of
Judge Burgin Pennell.
L. E. BROWN,
Sheriff Buncombe County.
Feb. 26; Mar. 5, 1959.
NOTICE
Having this day qualified as Ad
ministratrix of the Estate of ERN
EST HENRY GARRISON, deceas
ed, late of Buncombe County,
North Carolina, this is to notify all
persons having claims against said
estate to present them to the un
dersigned, duly verified, at her
residence on Star Route, Black
Mountain, North Carolina, on or
before February 26th, I960, or else
this notice will be plead in bar of
recovery. All persons indebted to
said estate please make immediate
payment.
This the 18th day of February,
1959.
EARLINE G. OWENBY,
Administrat’ ix of the Estate
of ERNEST HENRY GARRI
SON, deceased.
Feb. 26; Mar. 5, 12, 19, 26; Apr. 2.
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as C'o-Executors>
of the Estate of Willie Lee 1’ear
son, deceased, late of Buncombe
County. North Carolina, this is to
notify all persons having claims
against the Estate of said deceased
to exhibit them to the undersigned
at the office of George Pennell, 508
Jackson Building, Asheville, North
Carolina, on or before the 27th day
of February, 1900, or this notice
will be pleaded in bar of their re
covery. All persons indebted to the
said estate will please make im
mediate payment.
This the 27th day of February,
1959.
JULIA GASPERSON PEARSON
and SANFORD B. LAWSON,
Co-Executors.
Feb. 26; Mar. 5, 12, 19, 26; Apr. 2.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF BUNCOMBE
IN THE GENERAL
COUNTY COURT
GEORGIA MAE PARKER,
Plaintilt
vs.
THOMAS HAROLD DEAN
PARKER, Defendant
NOTICE OF SERVICE OF
PROCESS OF PUBLICATION
TO—THOMAS HAROLD DEAN
PARKER: ...
The defendant above named, will
take notice that an action entitled
as above has been commenced in
the General County Court of Bun
combe County, North Carolina by
the plaintiff against the defendant
for a divorce from the bonds of
matrimony now existing between
them; that the defendant will
further take notice that ls ,re'
quired to appear on the 27th day
of March, 1959. or within thirty
(30) days thereafter at the Office
of the Clerk of the General County
Court of Buncombe County, Ashe
ville, North Carolina, and answer
or demur to the Complaint m sa d
action, or the plaintiff will apply
to the Court for the relief demand
ed in said Complaint.
This the 23rd day of February,
19°9 s BURGIN PENNELL
Judge of the General
County Court
March 5. 12. 19, 26. 1959.
House Built of Cookies by Girl Scouts
Away in the woods—a house built of cookies. That’s the goal of the annual Girl Scout cookie sale which is to
be a feature of “Girl Scout Week”. The sale will be conducted on March 6. but orders may be placed al that time for April
delivery. Proceeds of the drive will help finance the seven-county Pisgah Council’s camp addition the troop camp cabin
shown above, with a kitchen designed to serve two units of girls and with facilities for year 'round troop camping at
the Brevard camp. Eight troops here will participate in the sale and benefit from the camp’s advantages.
Leaves for a Publicity Chairman's Notebook
by Dorothy Mattison
(This is the last in a series of
discussions in the ways in which
a club publicity chairman may aid
a group to "get in the news’’. The
series has been prompted by quer
ies from a number of publicity
chairmen, asking how to go about
their duties of gathering news for
their organizations for publica
tion.)
Several readers of the “Publicity
Notebook” suggestions made in
these columns recently have asked
for specific suggestions dealing
with reporting of various types of
meetings and other events.
We might use, for instance, a
report on a typical club meeting
which includes a speaker. It is not
always sufficient, for news purpos
es, simply to report thafan inter
esting message was brought.
Suppose your club has just been
addressed by a Black Mountaineer
or visiting speaker newly returned
from Cuba. Cuba has been, and
still is, much in the news. There
fore it would be of interest if you
included in your report what "the
speaker had to say about Castro’s
role and methods in the recent
successful 1-evolution—what the
reasons for his rise appeared to be,
as the speaker bad opportunity to
see or learn during his or her own
Cuban residence—the speaker’s re
action to the recent trials and exe
cution’s by Castro’s followers—the
chairs. Don't like rockin’ chairs.
Ain't healthv They get a man
down in the back and ruin his
will to get out and work.”
It seems that "confessing” is
very fashionable nowadays. Even
Tat Boone comes up with the
seamy side of life. I must confess
my fatal weakness. I love to rock
in a good rocking chair. Forsake
me if you will, hardworking, am
bitious, gentle readers but this is
my vice. I was started in this
soporific habit at a tender age
when my mother, seated in a
straight chair, would '"bump” me
into slumber by thumping back
and forth and singing some good
hymn. The felony was compound
ed by one of my sisters, who es
caped washing the dishes by rock
ing "Eugene to sleep”. I ruined
this escape by getting so big that
my feet dragged the floor: from
thence I was on my own. My
enslavement was just about com
pleted when «I started living with
(he late Mrs. E. K. Marlowe at
Grey Gables. She not only had
rocking chairs; her chairs were
upholstered. I was now an ad
dict. When I was at her home and
someone got my favorite steed,
horrible scenes were the order of
the day. My sense of hospitality
was ruined. Company that “pop
ped down in my chair” was strictly
persona non grata. Time passed.
I became a man, but I did not put
my rocker away. I took unto my
self a wife; our first purchase in
the furniture line was a rocker,
and in the shower my little church
gave me. amid all the much wel
comed foodstuff, sat a gorgeous
(yes, you guessed it) rocking chair.
Now I was hooked: 1 started eating
my meals ensconced in my noble
rocking chair. Then, just when I
became a little ashamed of my
habit, along came our children
Now I had an excuse. Then I
read that children who were cud
dled, rocked and sung to would be
more secure and better balanced
emotionally. Now I had reason,
(boy, my children really should
feel secure). This rocking is in
sidious and contagious My whole
family has now contracted the ma
lady. Of course, since I have been
at it longer. I probably show more
of the ill effects. I know I should
ioin Rockers, Anonymous, but,
meanwhile, I guess I’ll just have to
be down in my back and generally
" no-account”. (I would be glad to
communicate with any readers who
have the same affliction, perhaps
we could exchange tins on how to
get better mileage with less effort,
etc.)
Memo to "Miss Anne wooason,
one of my special friends. I have
n't said a word about any kind of
ball, basket, foot, or base-this week
but it will “pop up” once in a
while.
Cast Sunday 1 went to visit
Aunt Jennie Daugherty, who has
not been well, and Aunt Annie Bur
nett With me, I took my six-year
old daughter. Jackie. Aunt Jennie
was somewhat improved and Aunt
Annie was much cheered by an im
pending vi$it from her daughter
and grandson. Bill Daugherty
was visiting and Aunt Golda
Daugherty dropped in. This was
made further enjoyable when
Ralph Hudgins dropped by.
As Jackie and I crossed the
bridge over Flat Creek, she said,
“Daddy, 1 want to go see Oden’s
tombstone: I loved him like a
grand-daddv. I liked to hear him
sing. I could hear him even when
everybody was singing.” So we
made our way to the beautiful
Mountain View Memorial Park
where Oden was buried that Sept
ember day. Hand-in-hand my
daughter and 1 stood and thought
of that kindly spirit as we once
nwain viewed the masthead from
■Bittersweet” engraved upon the
marker Again mv daughter snoke
■ rt is a 'thing of beauty’, isn’t i*.
Daddy’?” It takes a long time to
die when you live in the hearts
of the very young, my friend.
outlook and needs for Cuba’s
future.
Or maybe the speaker was a mis
sionary, home from service in Chi
na. What did she tell your group
about today’s China: The evils or
advantages of her currently labor
conscripted peoples ? What about
the UN’s attitude toward Red Chi
na? Should Ghina be admitted to
the United Nations—should the
United Nations recognize Red
China ?
Or perhaps the meeting is one
you wish to schedule in advance.
Can you get together a paragraph
or two of autobiographical mater
ial for news use? Have you a
photograph of the speaker you
might offer your paper a week or
so in advance of the date you wish
it to be published? If the speaker
is widely-known, you might well
ask him for a copy of his talk in
advance, to be published after the
talk has been made. You will want
to check this manuscript as he
speaks. If no copy of the talk is
available, you will want to take
notes at the time of the talk.
Or suppose you wish to report
4-H Citizens
Two North Carolina 4-H’ers
have gained statewide recogni
tion for their efTorts to Instil
pride of American citizenship in
other club members and the pub
lic. They are Judy Brown, of
Troutman, and Wayne Adams,
Jr., of Robbinsville, both 18.
.j
Judy Brown
Wayne Adams, Jr.
They were named 1958 state
winners in the 4-H Citizenship
program which is conducted by
the Cooperative Extension Serv
ice. In recognition of their ex
cellent 4-H record, each received
a certificate given in honor of the
late Thos. E. Wilson, former
president of the National Com
mittee on Boys and Girls Club
Work, Chicago.
12 ATTEND FEB. 17
W.S.C.S. MEETING
Circle 1 of the Woman’s Society
of Christian Service of the Meth
odist church met Tuesday after
noon, Feb. 17, at the home of Miss
Edith Chatterton and Miss Mary
Young. Prior to the meeting, re
freshments were served.
Mrs. L. C. Jumper, chairman,
presided. In keeping with the
study book, ' Isaiah Speaks”, Mrs.
H. W. Sanders gave the devotions
from Isaiah. Mrs. T. It. Jurwitz
led in study of ‘‘Messianic Prop
hesies”, emphasizing man’s basic
need as faith in God.
The treasurer, Mrs. J. T. Simp
son, reported that $135 had been
paid in pledges and $292.56 had
been spent locally. Mrs. Sanders,
chairman of the building fund, re
ported $80 in the treasury.
Members voted to hold a cover
ed-dish luncheon with Circle 2 at
the May meeting.
Present were Mrs. Frank Buck
ner. Mrs. Simpson, Mrs. Charles
Ross, Mrs. Morris Gardner, Mrs.
Frank Floyd, Mrs. Hugh Stevens,
Mrs. Sanders, Mrs. Jurwitz, Mrs.
Jumper, Miss Mina Wacker and
the hostesses.
-—Each link of the two anchor
chains on the Navy’s newest air
craft carrier USS Independence,
weighs 360 pounds (total weight
246 tons) and the chains could sus
tain the weight of four of the larg
est locomotives.
the annual meeting of your club.
You will want to prepare a list
of the officers elected; and per
haps a brief review of the report
of the year’s work as presented by
the retiring president. You might
furnish a photo of the new presi
dent; a list of new committee ap
pointments and plans for the com
ing year.
If your organization is affiliated
with a national organization, you
will be able to take advantage of
the publicity program planned by
the national group. Rut in order
to do this you will need to “lo
calize” all material furnished you
by the national headquarters, ad
apting it for local use. Many pub
licity releases issued by national
organizations find their way to the
newspaper wastebasket only be
cause the local organization
through whose hands they pass,
and for whose aid they are intend
ed, do not adant these releases as
they affect the local branch of the
order.
Localize Your News
By way of illustration of the*
“localizing” possibilities of such
material, let us take a typical
event of national hcope and adapt
it to local news purposes. Sup
pose your national organization
fosters nation-wide celebration of
the anniversary of its founding each
year. Suppose, further, as is fre
quently the case, the national or
ganization puts in your hands in
formation regarding this “Birthday
Week Anniversary,” suggesting
that you get your local newspapers
to make some note of the event.
The events which your group is
sponsoring locally in connection
with the anniversary will, of course,
constitute the major portion of such
news. But the national material
should supply you with interesting
information to be incorporated in
your report. This can be a further
springboard for feature material on
your local branch (who founded the
local branch? When was it found
ed? Are there any charter mem
bers still extant and active? What
are their names and addresses? Dc
they have photos available? What
were the projects and purposes
which engaged these early mem
bers? How and why did these
projects and purposes differ from
those now fostered by the same
organization?)
It is the business of a publicity
director to convey as frequently
possible an impression of what hi;
organization really is. Publicity
which comprises bare announce
ment of events does not always aie
the public to understand what youi
organization is trying to do. Hence
it will be advisable to try to main
tain an outsider’s point of view on
your organization, and to work
into your reports a brief, simpl"
explanation of terms, projects and
titles that will otherwise mean
nothing to your readers.
It is our hope that these notes
have aided you in some small meas
ure in your task as publicity chair
man- and that the time you spend
as a “reporter” will be rewarding
to you and your favorite club.
FREE WILL BAPTIST
AUXILIARY MEETS
The Woman’s auxiliary of the
Central Free Will Baptist church
met in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Amos Griffin, Monday night, Feb.
2'!. Mrs. Plant Potent presided.
Dual devotions were led by Mrs.
Mary Gregory and Mrs. Elaine At
kins. The scripture was given by
Mrs. Gregory, and the prayer of
invocation by Mrs. Atkins.
The February topic of the year
book, “Challenge the Children,”
was discussed, "The Challenge of
Motherhood,” by Mrs. June At
kins; “The Challenge of the Church
Program,” Mrs. Madge Eunion;
“The Challenge of Christian Or
ganization.” Mrs. Elizabeth Cans
ler; a poem, “Reach the Children,”
by Mrs. Ollie Griffin.
in
A business session followed and
closed with benediction by Mrs.
Gregory.
The hostess, Mrs. Griffin, served
refreshments.
The next meeting will be held
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Po
teat, March 0.
—Fire is one of the farmer’s
greatest enemies.
FILLING PRESCRIPTIONS
REQUIRES ACCURACY AS WELL AS
PURE INGREDIENTS.
Our Pharmaceutical Department uses only the Best
and Freshest Drugs Available. They are compound
ed by a REGISTERED PHARMACIST only.
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Chevy showed the best brakes of the
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Chevy also won over the other two in
a NASCAR economy run—with the
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an hour.
Here’s a car that knows how to get
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There are many other advances just
as fundamental as the efficiency of
Chevrolet’s engines and the depend
ability of its new brakes (with more lin
ing area than any other low-priced car).
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