Newspapers / The Black Mountain News … / Oct. 8, 1959, edition 1 / Page 5
Part of The Black Mountain News (Black Mountain, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
iimmummMMW.ut ......mi,........ SWANNANOA NEWS By .JIM BURLESON . iiiiiHiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiMiimmiiimiiiimiiiiiiiii • Phone NO 9-8180 ailliliiiilllllllllllllll Dear Friends: Please send hpr new subscriptions or , :1c'wals to me. It will be vh appreciated.) A’hat a welcome sight it is ,pe a beautiful sunlit day -un after the deluge of we received from the -1(.f visit of a lady known Grade. In view of the this old gal spread, she nld be termed anything but uly as implied by her name. A"., should feel fortunate as : . destructive winds did not • this area as they did down beast of us. speaking of rain I remern . ,.r one year back in the early ; .-ties it had rained eontinu , . dy for about a week. I .'i; staying at my Grand .•er’s house on the old Jor ,.,ti farm on Bee Tree road, f . house overlooked the road : part of the farm with the , beyond. n this particular day I was - .mg out on the porch v, aVhing the river rise stead until the bottom part of •■assive steel beamed bridge ivas awash. All of a sudden, if bridge just toppled off j -,i the river as though a mighty force had flipped it from its pilings. Old Mother Nature is really v i.igh when she wants to show (her anger. guess we have fewer de srru.'tive storms in this area [though than in any part of [the country. As this is written, a thought wanders through my mind and I realize that the [Almighty must have placed these beautiful mountains fhere to ward off any harm that might come to the little valleys below. ^ou just can't beat this area for a place to live and also a wonderful place to va cation. By the way I do not work for the Chamber of Commerce. Thanks very much for all the encouraging comments about the column last week. I would like to write the Swan nanoa News to please the readers. it ' to bear about Robert Hughes injury while playing toot ball at Mars Hill college. Sure hope that Robert is in good shape real soon. This boy is a dandy pass receiver as the fans in this area will attest to who saw him play at Owen High. Another ex-Owen High player who has a great po tential is .Toe Robinson who has landed the fullback job on the University of North Carolina Tarbaby freshman team. From this writers viewpoint, this boy could very well walk off with top kicking honors in the state. He can really boot that football. f rom the sounds coming down from surrounding moun tains, the squirrel hunters must be having a field day or making ammunition manufac turers mighty happy. Woman's Club Gives Dinner The Swannanoa Woman’s club gave a get-acquainted dinner for the faculty mem bers of Owen High, and Swan nanoa Grammar school Tues day evening, Sept. 20 at the Community Club House in Grovemont. A buffet style dinner was SA VE!! Black Mountain Building & Loan Association • CURRENT INTEREST RATE 3% • Full Paid Stock —or— Optional Shares COME IN AND TALK WITH US ANNOUNCING OPENING OF NEW DRUG STORE IN OLD FORT ANY DOCTOR'S PRESCRIPTION FILLED + FOUNTAIN SERVICE t ^ ALL YOUR DRUG NEEDS ^ FREE DELIVERY Center Pharmacy >SE 25 OLD FORT. N. C. BOYS! while they last Well give y°u a $4$o football for every retreadable tire casing brought into our plant! '7^.y IT'S EASY! IT'S FUN! 1 MOM and DAD! You save 50% on tire costs by having us retread your worn tires. The new treads will look just like new tires on your car. Bring your used tires in for re treading now. Or, if you prefer, trade the tire for the quality football — it will make a fine present for that favorite boy! How Can We Do We need hundreds of sound used tires in our recapping plant right now! To set them, we’ll swap one of these beau tiful new Wilson Footballs for each and every recappable automobile tire that you bring in. Offer good while supply of footballs last... hurry! Here's All You Do... Jusi roll your retreadable tire into our plant at the address below... and pick out your brand new Wilson Football. arland & Long Tire Co., Inc. NO 9-9231 Hwy. 70—Swannanoa, N. C. prepared and served by the club members. The dinner was followed by a very in formative talk given by John Bridges of Pearson drive, Asheville. One hundred and fifty faculty and club mem bers attended the event. Young Adult Supper The Young Adult Training Union group of the First Bap tist church enjoyed a buffet supper in the social hall of the church Saturday evening at 6:30. There were 34 mem bers and guests present. Methodist Men The Methodist Men’s club will meet on Wednesday, Oct. 7, at 6:30 p.m. in the base ment of the church. M SCS Meeting The WSCS of the Methodist church will meet Tuesday, Oct. 13 at 7:30 p.m. at the church. Mrs. Haywood Farr is in charge of the meeting. Mrs. Selwyn Gibbs will give the devotionals. Hostesses will be Mrs. Elmer Griffin and Mrs. J. V. Brigman. Layman’s Day Sunday, Oct. 18 will he ob served as Layman’s Day at the Swannanoa Methodist church. Willard Farrow, for merly of Biltmore and now of the Methodist Home in Char lotte, will be guest speaker. Revival in Progress A revival meeting is now in progress at the Nazarene church of Swannanoa. The pastor, Rev. Paul Stamey is conducting the services. Mr. Stamey invites the public to attend. Since the church was destroyed by fire some months ago, the meetings are held in the Buckner building in Swan nanoa. The Girls Auxiliary of the First Baptist church met at the home of Brenda Penley in Grovemont Tuesday, Oct. 6. A regional meeting of the Womans Missionary Society was held at the First Baptist church of Canton on Oct. 6. Mrs. Miriam Robinson was the main speaker. Seven as sociations were represented at the meeting. Mrs. Charles W. Smith of the Swannanoa Baptist church was Sunbeam repre sentative for the seven coun ties. The Sunbeam registra tion now totals 1,181 accord ing to the regional report. A unified Buncombe Asso ciational meeting will be held at the Calvary Baptist church in Asheville on Oct. 19. A supper will be held at 5:30 p.m. Those attending are asked to bring sandwiches. Garden Department The Garden department of the Swannanoa Woman’s club met Thursday, Oct. 1, at the home of Mrs. W. B. Stone. Hostess was Mrs. Agnes Pen land. The meeting was open ed by the president, Mrs. A. B. Whitt, who read the club Collect. Mrs,. Lucy Franklin then gave a most interesting program on local birds and their habits. Mrs. I’enland gave the club members hints on what to do in their flower garden for the month of October. Plans were made for a cov ered dish luncheon for the month of November, which is to be held at the home of Mrs. J. M. Buckner. Each member was asked to bring a vegetable or flower arrange ment. Ten members attended the meeting and were served delicious refreshments by the hostess. ’Hither and Yon Mr. and Mrs. Burgess R. Brown of Eastwood avenue, Grovemont, observed their Hini & Carpet Work Earley's Drive-In Cleaners • NO 9-7313 • 19th wedding anniversary on Sunday, Oct. 4. Mrs. A. B. Whitt has just returned from a ten day visit in Greensboro. Mr. and Mrs. Fred David son are visiting with their son, Cris Davidson and his family in Norfolk, Va., where Cris is stationed with the U. S. Navy. Mrs. David Huntley of Fair view and Mrs. Bob Beard and children of Asheville wrere guests of Mrs. Maude Oates this past week. Airman 3rd Class James Moyers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harley D. Moyers of Rich mond avenue extension, Swan nanoa, has completed his basic training at Lowry Air Force Base. He is now attending Aircraft Maintenance School at the Air Base in Denver, Colo. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Ratch ford from Gastonia were guests at the home of the Rev. and Mrs. W. T. Ratch ford, Sunday. Mrs. 11a Mae Cozine and son, Neal of Charlotte, are visiting with Mrs. Neal’s par ents, the Rev. and Mrs. Paul Stamey, Rockdale road, Swan nanoa. Birthdays Those observing birthdays this past week were Mr. Les ter Miller, Sept. 28; Teddy Crist, Sept, 30; and Mrs. Mary Brown, Oct. 3. Get Well Soon Mike Blaine of Stonewall ave. is a patient at Memorial Mission hospital. Mr. J. W. Melton of Camp Branch road is a patient at Memorial Mission. Mrs. Alvin Roland has en tered Memorial Mission for surgery. Mr. Amos Ledford is still in St. Joseph’s hospital. We would like to welcome some new residents to Grove mont. They are Mr. and Mrs. James Liner. Mrs. Liner is one of the fine first grade teachers at the Swannanoa Grammar school. Other new comers welcomed are Mr. and Mrs. Foley Sparks and fam ily The Lottie Moon circle of the First Baptist church en tertained Mrs. C. L. Wingo with a surprise birthday par ty on Tuesday night, Oct. 29. Those present were Mrs. Win go, Mrs. Lettie McMahon, Miss Dorothy Ingle, Mrs. Ger trude Allen, Mrs. Lillian Man ey, Mrs. Elizabeth McPeters, Mrs. Rozelle Noblitt, and Mrs. Margaret Campfield. A red and white color was used as a theme for decorations. Mrs. Wingo was presented a gift by the circle. Mr. and Mrs. George John ston of Grovemont spent a week in Hagerstown, Md., and Martinsburg, W. Va. Sis ters of Mr. Johnston, Mrs. Edwin Wade of Hagerstown, and Mrs. Richard Ranels of Martinsburg have returned with the Johnstons for a visit. SWANNANOA WMU— . From Page 1 The main business of the evening was the correcting of Yearbooks, as Mrs. Teems recognized each office and they announced their plan of work for the new year. Then Mrs. Teems called at tention to the fact that we owed our thanks to Mrs. L. E. Wainscott, chairman, Mrs. Latt McMahon, and Mrs. Ruth Sands for the arranging and printing of our beautiful 24 page yearbook this past year. Mrs. Clarence Brank was recognized as nursery chair man for church services. She presented such a beautiful poster and gave such good plans that everyone was in spired to help fix another nursery for church. Mrs. Lester Miller, co-mis mions chairman passed out printed copies of co-missions projects for the year to all present. Mrs. Chas. W. Smith, new mission study chairman, an nounced plans for study cours es for all ages this coming fall. Mrs. Clem Hunt, sec., and Mrs. Mabel Taylor, treas urer, made announcements of the progress and gifts of the past year. Mrs. Tweed was recognized as a new G. A. counselor. The circle chairmen, Mrs. Fred Davidson, Mrs. H. Mc Peeters, Mrs. Fred Allen, Mrs. Hubert Patten, Mrs. Mc Mahon, Mrs. I. Lew, Mrs. L. C,. Hamrick, Mrs. L. O. Wright Mi's. G. Shaw, all gave plans for new year. Mrs. L. E. Wainscott gave a report of Y. W. A. work. Mrs. E. V. Crist represented the nominating committee. Mrs. Fred McCuen gave plans of the programs for the com ing year, Mrs. James Wagner and Mrs. E. Campfield for service as G. A., Jr. Sun beams. Mrs. H. Moyers, vice-presi dent, gave an inspiring re port on the new ways of getting members and the ad vance jubilee program. Mrs. W. C. Shope sang “Teach Me Lord.” The “In spirational Address” was giv en by Mrs. T. E. McCutehen of Hollywood, Fla. She used as her subject “The Influence of One Life.” She pointed out the respon sibility, possibility, challenge and joy of “The Influence of One Dedicated Christian Life.” —Of the original 37 state I troopers who began patrolling the roads in 1929, only nine remain on active duty. One is the present commanding officer, Colonel James R. Smith. TRY THE CLASSIFIEDS ! I ! i I CARPETS by Aiexander-Smith NOW ON SALE AT =TY SON’S= COQUETTE T t LAVISHLY .TEXTURED ALL-WOOL BROADLGOM Nationally Adv. at $9.50 Sq. Yd. COQUETTE’S thick, lush multi-level pile is fashioned in a luxurious ripple textured pattern-then lightly sheared to achieve a rich hand-crafted look. Just the effect you’d expect to find in the most expensive broadloom. For all its luxury look, COQUETTE is really practical! The flow of pattern, texture and pile does a wonderful job of hiding footprints and scuffs. BY ALEXANDER SMITH 7 50 SQ. YD. Beige Sandalwood Soft Green IN ADDITION TO THE COQUETTE PATTERN — TYSON'S HAVE TWO MORE VERY POPULAR PIECES OF CARPET FROM ALEXANDER - SMITH ON SALE. NO. 1 A TIGHT TWIST IN 80% WOOL - 20 ' NYLON IN BEIGE AND GREEN. A REGULAR $7.95 PER SQUARE YD. VALUE ON SALE AT ONLY.$5.95 sq. yd. NO. 2 A HEAVY ALL WOOL SET TWIST. ONE OF THE BEST SEL LERS EVERY DAY - IN BEIGE, NUTRIA, GREEN. SELLS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY FOR $9.95 - ON SALE AT TY SON'S FOR ONLY.. . $8.95 sq. yd. * Just a Few Friendly Tips On Carpets * YOU SEE LOTS OF MISLEADING STATEMENTS IN ADS TODAY ON CARPETS. THE BEST IDEA IS TO TRADE WHERE YOU CAN TRUST THE SELLER. DURING THIS PAST YEAR OUR CARPET BUSINESS HAS DOUBLED. WE HAVE INSTALLED WALL TO WALL CARPETS IN SOME OF THE FINEST HOMES IN THIS SECTION—MANY IN THE CITY OF ASHEVILLE. WE APPRECIATE THIS CONFIDENCE. WE THINK IT'S PROOF OF THE QUALITY WE SELL, THE MONEY WE SAVE THE CUSTOMER, AND THE EXPERT INSTALLATIONS MADE BY OUR CARPET INSTALLERS. “OUR FOURTEENTH YEAR IN THE CARPET BUSINESS” • Alexander Smith * Mohawk * Firth Barwick TYSON Furniture Co. “IT’S THRIFTY TO TRADE AT TYSON’S” DIAL NO 9-4381 BLACK MOUNTAIN, N. C.
The Black Mountain News (Black Mountain, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Oct. 8, 1959, edition 1
5
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75