10 From Black Min.
at A, L. Auxiliary
District Session
Black Mountain Unit 129, Amer
ican Legion Auxiliary, was hos
tess to the 18th district meeting
April 12, in St. James' Episcopal
church parish house. Mrs. Ed
ward Henderson, presided.
The program was carried out as
follows: Colors advanced, Black
Mountain unit: pledge of allegi
ance, Asheville No. 2: national
anthem with Miss Flo Barnhill at
the piano: invocation, West Ashe
ville. No. 235; preamble, Canton
61; welcome, Frank Wade, past
commander of the Legion: re
sponse, Burnsville No. 122; special
music by Mrs. James Skelton, ac
companied at the piano by Miss
Barnhill.
The following distinguished
guests were recognized: Mrs. J. L.
Chestnutt, of Edenton, department
president: Mrs. J. M. Norris of
Boone, fifth area vice president;
Mrs. Z. E. Murrell of Jacksonville,
child welfare chairman. Each gave
a most interesting and informative
talk on the work of auxiliaries and
what can be accomplished in the
future by the units. At the close
of the meeting colorful refresh
ments were served. Mrs. Arnold
Jones, presided at the punch bowl.
Mrs. Ethel Gardner and Mrs. Ag
ness Guess were in charge of reg
istration, and Mrs. Sally Edwards
was acting secretary.
Mrs. H. E. Stinchcomb, presi
dent of the local unit was in charge
of all arrangements. Those from
Black Mountain attending were
Mrs. Stinchcomb, Mrs. Guess, Mrs.
Gardner, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. W. T.
Wright, Mrs. A. R. Rudisill, Mrs.
G. C. Joyner, Mrs. Gordon Green
wood, Mrs. E. W. Jackson and Mrs.
Joe Bullock.
The March meeting of the Aux
iliary was held at the home of
Mrs. A. R. Rudisill with Mrs.
Stinchcomb presiding. Mrs. Ed
ward Henderson was a special
guest. It was announced that Miss
Toni Taylor would represent the
unit at Girls’ state in Greensboro,
June 21-27. Miss Emily Alexand
er will represent the Oteen unit.
They are rising seniors at Owen
High and were chosen because of
qualifications.
Refreshments were served by the
hostess. Invited to the meeting
were Miss Taylor and her mother,
Black Mountain
NEWS
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most weekly newspapers published
every Thursday at Black Mountain,
N. C., in the heart of the prosper
ous Swannanoa Valley, great re
ligious and resort center and
growing industrial area.
Gordon H. Greenwood
Editor and Publisher
Second-Class Postage Paid at
Black Mountain, N. C.
Subscription Rates:
Buncombe and
McDowell counties $2.50 per year
Outside Buncombe and
McDow ell $3.00 per year
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ity Research Bureau.
Mrs. Roy Taylor, Miss Alexander
and her mother, Mrs. Roy Alexan
der. Others present were Mrs.
Stinchcomb, Mrs. Guess, Mrs. Clara
Snyder. Mrs. Joe Bullock and Mrs.
Inez Hall.
At the April meeting held in the
home of Mrs. D. G. Guess, letters
of appreciation in regard to the
district meeting were read from
Mrs. Chestnutt, Mrs. Murrell and
Mrs. Norris. It was voted to pay
the balance on all departmental
obligations.
A sweet course was served by
the hostess to Mrs. Stinchcomb.
Mrs. E. W. Jackson, Mrs. Clara
Snyder, Mrs. A. R. Rudisill, Mrs.
C. M. Ledbetter, and Mrs. J. I.
Cook. The next meeting will be
held May 18 at the home of Mrs.
Arnold Jones. This will be the
last meeting of the year before the
state convention in Greensboro in
June.
OBITUARIES
Ben Lee Harris
Funeral services were held in
Homer’s chapel Baptist church
Thursday, April 30, for Ben Lee
(Bill) Harris, 58, who died sud
denly early Wednesday at his home
on the North Fork road.
The Rev. Wilco Melton and the
Rev. R. L. Johnson officiated. Bur
ial was in the church cemetery.
Pallbearers were Eugene, Donald
Boyce, Douglas and Archie Knupp
and Roy Miller.
Mr. Harris, a native of Granite
Falls, had resided in the Black
Mountain section for 23 years.
Surviving are the widow; four
brothers, Grady and Fred Harris
of Granite Falls, Park Harris of
Taylorsville and Arthur Harris of
Lenoir; and three sisters, Mrs.
Berlie Stafford of Granite Falls,
and Mrs. Charles Hamby and Mrs.
Cleanord Gilbert of Lenoir.
C. C. Riddlr
Funeral services for C. C. Riddle
of Oteen. former resident of Black
Mountain, were held Tuesday af
ternoon in the First Baptist church,
Black Mountain. The Rev. H. E.
Davis and the Rev. Robert Clay
ton officiated. Burial was in Moun
tain View Memorial park.
He was a native of Madison
county but had resided in Bun
combe county for the past 35 years.
A saw filer, he had been employed
for several years by the Azalea
Woodworking Co., and had also
worked for Morgan Manufacturing
Co. He was a 32nd degree Mason
ar.d a member of Black Mountain
Masonic Lodge, AF and AM.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Linda Anderson Riddle; three
daughters, Miss Myrtle Riddle of
the home, Mrs. -J. P. Britt of Ashe
ville, and Mrs. T. D. Carter of
I Oteen; a son. Eugene of Asheville;
( two brothers. William and Tom
. Riddle, both of Fletcher; two sis
- ters, Mrs. Annie Carson of Barn
I ardsville, and Mrs. Ona Frisby of
Harriman, Term.; and five grand
children.
Masons served as pallbearers and
conducted graveside rites. Harri
, son Funeral home was in charge.
OWEN STUDENT GETS
WCC MUSIC GRANT
Adelaide Clark, Owen High stu
dent, has received a scholarship
from the Asheville Music club to
attend Cullowhee Music camp at
1 Western Carolina college for two
weeks this summer. This was one
of two scholarships for Buncombe
county students awarded contest
ants Monday in competition held
at the First Presbyterian church,
Asheville.
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In 1689, Charles XI of Sweden
in need of muskets for his army,
founded a royal gun factory at
Husqvarna with fifty workmen.
Today, Husqvarna has grown
into a major manufacturing en
terprise boasting a payroll of
over 6,000 and an annual busi
During World War II, a Husq
varna rifle, thirty years old, was
buried from Nazi soldiers on the
island of Crete. When dug up
four years later, it was found in
perfect condition. K
Husqvarna workmen are so
proud of their labors that all
Viking sewing machines are
guaranteed until 2000 A.D. and
motorcycles and motorbikes are
test-driven the length of Sweden
to insure their sturdiness.
Removing Stains
Not Difficult
OUT WITH SPOTS AND
STAINS — Entertaining and the
family’s best linens seem to go
hand-in-hand. So here’s a word
of advice from home economists
about washing linens when the
party’s over and cleaning up time
has come:
Since spots and stain are un
avoidabable. careful pretreating
is a must. Check the stain re
moval “how to do” information
you have on hand for the correct
stain removal procedure. You’ll
find the extra care of pre-treat
ing well worth the effort as you
can then be sure your finest lin
ens well always be party perfect.
Pre-treatment in laundering—
Rub a little liquid detergent into
the stained area. Liquid detergents,
because of their high concentra
tion. are many times more effec
tive in 'loosening" the spot or
stain. Know your stains, however,
in making a decision whether to
launder first or use the prescrib
ed stain-removal methods before
laundering
"HOW-TO-DO” REMINDERS —
For candy stain, sponge with
clear cool water. Launder. If
stain remains, soak in a bleach.
Rinse thoroughly.
For chocolate or cocoa, soak in
carbon tetrachloride. Launder. If
stain remains, soak in bleach.
Rinse thoroughly.
Coffee and tea—If mixed with
cream, sponge with carbon tetra
chloride. Pour hot water over
stain. Launder. If stain remains,
soak in bleach. Rinse thoroughly.
Milk, cream, or ice "bream —
soak in warm water. Launder. If
spot remains after drying, remove
grease or fat with carbon tetra
chloride or naphtha. For choco
late flavored milk or ice cream,
follow same directions and then
soak in a bleach. Rinse thor
oughly.
Bingo Banned
For Promotion
In Mail Items
Noting a marked increase in ques
tions about “bingo*' as a lottery.
Postmaster General Arthur E.
Summerfield recently released some
questions and answers on this sub
ject:
Q. Does state law making bingo
legal within individual states make
it possible to use the mail's to ad
vertise bingo so long as such ad
vertisements ‘go only within state
borders?
A. No. Changes in state laws
do not affect the federal statutes
restricting bingo.
The Postal Lottery law, Title 18,
Section 1302, United States code,
prohibits any mailing of lottery
matter—and bingo is considered a
lottery—whether such mailing is a
ticket, payment or advertisement.
It makes no difference that such
mailing is confined within the bor
der's of the state where such lot
tery may be legalized.
Q. Does the restriction against
lottery “advertisements” apply on
ly to newspaper advertisements?
A. No. The restriction applies
equally to magazines and periodi
cals which go through the United
States mails, as well as to any form
of notice advertising a lottery sen!
through the mails by individuals
or organizations.
Q. One does not think of binge
as being in the same category a;
the big lotteries such as the Iris!
sweepstakes. Why is bingo con
sidered a “lottery?”
A. The law says it is a lottery
Under federal court decisions, thi
classic identifications of a lotter;
are “consideration, chance an<
prize.” There is consideration ii
the form of the fee paid to play
there is no doubt that there i
chance in bingo; and prizes o
cash or merchandise are offered.
Q. Suppose the advertisement o
a bingo game does not mentioi
“bingo” at all? Is it still prohibit
ed in the mails?
A. Yes. Bingo, or similar games
using different names, cannot be
advertised in any matter carried
through the mails. The law can
not be evaded by such words as
“Party” or “Games” or “Big Game
Wednesday Night” or by merely
printing If the advertise
ment in fact relates to a lottery,
it is a violation of the federal law.
Q. Are lotteries conducted for
charity exempted in any way from
the federal prohibitions?
A. None whatever. The Postal
Lottery law makes no exceptions
in favor of lotteries conducted for
worthy causes, or which might be
regarded as a “little raffle.”
“I hope,” Mr. Summerfield com
mented, “that these answers will
aid in public understanding of
these laws, which the Post Office
department is duty bound to en
force.”
SHOPE CREEK
By Mrs. Thelma Buckner
Mrs. J. H. Cordell of Dillingham
circle, underwent surgery on Fri
day morning at St. Joseph's hos
pital.
Mrs. Jennie Gregg observed her
seventy-second birthday anniver
sary Sunday, May 3. She was pre
sented a lovely cake with 72 can
dles by her daughter, Mrs. Maxine
Pruett.
Mrs. Clinton Gregg celebrated
her birthday on Thursday, April
30 by dining out in Biltmore with
her husband and son, Robin. Af
terward they drove to Beaverdam
to visit the J. C. Fullers
On Sunday, April 20, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred J. Moody and Jerry and
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Moody and
Patsy motored to Greenville, S. C.,
and were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Clinton Moody and son, Alan.
Mrs. Wilbur G. Creasman was
injured last week when a truck
in which she was a passenger col
lided with a bus. She was treated
for abrasions of face and knees.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pyatt and
daughters spent the week-end in
South Carolina with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pyatt.
Mom and 1 spent a couple of
nights in Swannanoa recently with
Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Nichols and fam
ily and the Ray Robinson family,
all of Denis street. We were also
in Black Mountain on Wednesday
as overnight guests of Mr. and
Mrs. H. H. Ingle.
Mrs. H. C. Sands of Grovemont.
had surgery on Friday at St. Jos
eph’s hospital.
We wish to extend our sympathy
to the family of Mrs. Frank Clark
who died on Saturday night. She
was a resident of Riceville, and
was a good friend of my mothei.
Mr. and Mrs. Lowe Bugg of Vir
ginia are here visiting relatives.
Members of Berea Baptist church
are planning to tile the church
kitchen soon.
Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Gregg and
children and Mom and I went for
a ride on Sunday evening, goiim
up the beautiful valley of North
Fork with its lovely groves of dog
wood, around by the dam and
Mountain View Baptist church
standing serenely on its grassy
knoll, such an ideal place of wor
ship. We visited in Black Moun
tain with Mr. and Mrs. Henry 11.
1 Ingle, Jr., and ate supper with the
1 Fred J. Moodys in Grovemont.
Mrs. Jennie Gregg and daughter.
. Mrs. Paul Pyatt, made a trip to
. Marion recently.
I suppose every one has a hobby
| of some kind. Morn’s is collecting
bottles. She has quite a collection,
too. All sizes and shapes. She
has them from an inch to about a
foot in length. My hobby is colleet
t ing salt and pepper sets. 1 have
- them from several states, and Cu
ba, Canada and Alaska.
MRS. SHUFORDS MOTHER
1 IN AMBULANCE PLANE
I TRIP FROM INDIANA
5 Mrs. Mary Byron of Howe, I ml..
mother of Mrs. N. C. Shuford, wa.
5 scheduled to arrive by ambulance
, plane on Tuesday in order to entn
1 the Reising Nursing Home, Ashe
ville. She made her home in Black
Mountain from 1917 to 1923, and
was for many years on the stafi
' of the Howe Military school.
e After suffering injury in a fall
•1 and a heart attack, Mrs. Byror
has had a number of months of in
^ validism.
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f 350,000 BLIND ESTIMATED
Only about 15% of America’s es
f timated 350,000 blind people car
n read braille with facility, accord
- ing to the American Foundatior
for the Blind.
Brakes Hold-So
Columnist Lives
To Write Story
By Bill Crowell
This will not be much of a col
umn.
But then, except for a merciful
God and good brakes there would
be no column today, or ever again.
Instead there would have been a
large Monday headline — because
there were seven of us in the car.
By now the rains would have
mingled the mud and the blood and
the drainage ditches alongside
Highway 53 six miles east of Win
ston-Salem would not show the
difference.
Next month or next year a court
would have awarded Mr. and Mrs.
W. R. Gary, Fallston, N. C., ags
63, thousands of dollars for the
murder of their only child and
their only grandchildren.
And the court would have to
find somebody to award other thou
sands of dollars to for the death
of David A. Holmes, his wife, An
nie. their only child, a 16-year-old
sor.
This would have been difficult.
David was brought up in an or
phanage. Annie’s mother and fath
er are dead.
Beyond this circle it is not much
of a family.
In the sum of a man and his
meanings this would not have made
an eyewink of difference.
In the sum of those in this cir
cle it would have meant the literal
end of the world. We mean much
to each other.
Bus drivers, I suppose, are the
best drivers in the world. Their
companies have the statistics to
prove it.
But bus drivers, skilled as they
are, are human. Humans make
mistakes.
For one mistake made by one bus
driver at 10:30 p.m. on a rainy
Sunday night. I would, given the
opportunity, have ripped his gullet
from his throat with both hands.
My round Debbie was asleep in
the back seat. Smiling, probably.
She always does. And often I look
at her that way and wonder at her
dreams.
The in-law Holmeses and their
son were back there and Annie,
terrified of the highway, anyway,
had her glasses off so she would
not see. Annie is chicken.
Because of her I was doing only
40 miles per hour. Because of her
and because there was soft Brahms
music on the radio.
Miss Boo was sitting next to me
and the music got the best of her
and she was saying:
“I am glad I married you.”
It was a strange time to say a
thing like that for we have been
married 15 years now. But then,
I guess that is why we have been
married 15 years.
My Billy was sitting in the front
seat next to the door.
“You said I’d get indigestion.
Daddy. I didn't get it. Uncle Ju
lius told me to order the shrimp
cocktail. It cost more than my
whole dinner yesterday. 1 betcha.
He tole me to order the lobster,
too. Uncle Julius is sure rich,
isn't he, Daddy?
That’s when I saw the lights.
We were slowly climbing a hill.
The lights were coming up the
other side. I dimmed mine. We
were just below the crest when
something was suddenly wrrong. A
reflex told me there was a third
light coming at us.
i jammed the brakes, cut to the
shoulder.
In the same split second it was
above us and on us—a monstrous,
motorized, roaring mountain of a
bus—passing a tractor-trailer on
a courve at the crest of a hill.
Nobody screamed. It happened
too fast to scream. A foot, two
feet, perhaps even six feet it
missed us and roared on into the
rainy night on the downgrade at
00 to 70 miles per hour.
In seconds the windshield wip
ers had cleaned away the blinding
cloak of muddy spray.
I barely remember stopping the
car at a drive-in. I got out and
walked around in the drizzle.
A while later we drove on. At
40 m.p.h. But on every curve and
every hill there w’as that bus. It
was there all night. It is there
now. It will be there from now on
and maybe this is good.
But somewhere 1 hope there is
a driver of a nationally famous
bus line who will read this and
who will remember the car and will
see it, too, on every hill and every
curve.
Because there is not a bus, or
bus line or bus schedule in the en
tire world worth as much as a
single breath of a daughter who
still smiles in her sleep, of a son
whose uncle might again one day
buy him a lobster dinner. ... Or
a wife who will say again at some
strange time and place:
“I’m glad I married you.”
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RURAL FALLOUT shelter, built
of timber and designed to pro
tect six persons at a cost of
about $300, has been endorsed
by leaders of the nation’s largest
farm organizations. It was de
signed by the Office of Civil and
1 Defense Mobilization. Additional
details are available from
OCDM's Operational Headquar
ters, Battle Creek, Mich.
Rainy Weather
Note No Handicap
to Youth Bui Id inti
Black Mountain Boy Scouts held
an all night camp-out on the 't'>uth
Center property on the bank o
Tomahawk creek Friday night.
May 1. On Saturday morning the
Scouts helped with work on the
new Youth Center building, a "Fin
er Carolina” project, sponsored by
Operation Youth, Inc.
R. C. Bowness, chairman, report
ed that Scouts in the work detail,
who were not also in last Satin
day’s group, included Ronnie Faulk.
Westley Frady, Mac Kelley, Larn
Cantrell and Donald Slatkin.
The Youth Center building has
been closed in and work is pro
ceeding this week with improve
ments to grounds, roads, water
line, plumbing and ceiling. Any
carpenter wishing to help by do
nating some time on Saturday or
any free day through the week
will be welcomed any time as the
work now at hand is inside and
can be done in rainy weather as
well as clear, stated H. McGurie
Wood, supervising builder.
Electronics May
Regulate Autos
By Bill Crowell
AHEAD—Electronic control de
vices now on the drawing hoards
will make driving all but fool
proof, say, in the next 20 years.
By 1979 the Motor Vehicles De
partment possibly will have a di
vision of electronic control, since
several major US cities already
utilize electronics to regulate traf
fic.
We can look for electronically
geared roads, amazing strips of
highway cars can travel with no
one touching the steering wheel for
miles. Other gadgets being per
fected will warn motorists when
they are too close to another car,
thus reducing the number of rear
end collisions.
The department visualizes US
1,301,70 and 21 as completely lim
ited-access thoroughfares in the
next two decades. Built-in radar
and closed circuit TV monitors
will smooth the flow of traffic.
Possibly three and a quarter mil
lion vehicles will cruise the roads
then, compared to our present mil
lion and a half.
Safety education specialists in
the department predict 22,000
school buses will transport young
sters to and from their classes.
Both rural and urban areas will be
served.
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Licensing of drivers will be
turned over completely to electron
ic gadgets. Legal driving age will
probably be upped to 18. And.
statistically speaking, our traffi<
death rate should plummet to a
few hundred.
Another two million licensed
drivers will be added to our pres
ent two million by 1979.
The push button age of motor
ing lies just over the horizon. The
Tar Heel car owner 20 years hence
will be able to entrust many of
today’s driving chores to electron
ic gadgets. Driving will become
safer and easier, and while the
conversion to electronics will be
gradual, it is certain to come.
GOOD SAFETY RISK
Many insurance companies re
port that, blind persons are as good
safety risks as sighted people, ac
cording to the American Founda
tion for the Blind.
AMONG BOOKS FOB BLIND
Among the books recorded at the
American Foundation for the Blind
for distribution to America’s 350,
n()(l blind people by the Library of
Congress is Helen Keller’s latest,
“The Open Door.”
Polio Shots Urged
By Buncombe Co.
Health Official
The IT. S. Public Health Service
reported an increase of approxi
mately 60 per cent in paralytic
poliomyelitis cases over the dis
ease year 1957. This increase in
the incidence of paralytic polio
was especially noticeable in young
children under six years of age.
Dr. H. W. Stevens, director of the
Buncombe County Health depart
ment said, adding there was a need
for continued emphasis on polio
myelitis immunization for young
children. He urged all parents to
see that their children over two
months of age receive protection
against poliomyelitis immediately.
He also said that the highest inci
dence of infantile paralysis was
during the mid-summer month- of
June, July and August. Each child
should receive three doses of Salk
vaccine, the second dose being giv
en one month after the first dose,
and the third dose being given
months later.
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Announcing
THE ll ET V It N O F
SUNDAY DINNER AT
Starting this Sunday, MOTHER'S DAY. May 10th and
continuing throughout the seasoti.
12 Noon ’till 10 p.m.
('lance of Soup or Juice
Choice of Salad
Entrees
Roast Sirloin of Reef with Brown Gravy
Raked / urkey and Dressing n itli Cranberry Sauce
Baked Sugar (/nred Ham with Raisin Sauce
Stuffed Pork Chop with Apple Sauce
Golden Shrimp with Tartar Sauce
Breaded Oysters withTartar Sauce
Two Vegetables
Steamed Rice & Gravy
Green Garden Peas
Battered Broccoli
Candied Yams
Cottage Cheese
Apple Sauce
Cole Slaiv
Sliced Tomatoes
Desserts
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