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Mountain Musings
by Gene Byrd
Does She Know ?
The new coach for the girls’
basketball team has been an
nounced, and the choice is an
excellent one. She is Joyce
Justus Parris.
My first recollections of
Joyce as a basketball player
date back to the time when she
attended Youth Center, even
before entering Black Moun
tain High school. Her older
sister, Wilma, was an excel
lent basketball player and this
likely had some influence on
Joyce.
When our Youth Center
team would play the adjoining
assemblies. I would give our
“little” girls a chance to play
at every opportunity. I could
see they were going to be
great.
When Joyce and her ball
playing cohorts entered the
eighth grade, they were pret
ty good ball players. They
defeated all comers except the
very powerful Haw Creek team
in regular season; then in the
eighth grade county tourna
ment (they allowed one then)
we defeated Haw Creek in the
finals.
In the ninth grade, Joyce
and her team-mates swept
through an undefeated regular
season and won the W.N.C.
J.V. tournament at Mars Hill,
including teams from Tennes
see too. and the Buncombe
County J. V. Tournament held
at Biltmore.
In the tenth grade, this
group were reserves on the
great Black Mountain High
school team that won 20
games, losing only one game
in mid-season, and the Bun
combe county championship.
In the 11th grade, Joyce be
came a regular on the varsity
that had a good regular sea
son record and lost by a close
score in the semi-finals of the
Buncombe County tournament.
Joyce continued her good
play as a senior on the first
Owen High school team. This
team had a great year and
lost by a narrow margin in the
finals. Joyce, Patty Tyson
and “Buzzie” Brown were all
county selections on this team.
It is readily apparent that
this young lady has a great
deal of playing experience,
something I never had. She
has been associated with only
winning teams: it’s been very
few times she has been in a
losing encounter.
With Valley Springs, Enka,
and Leicester losing many val
uable players, with Bethel and
Canton being replaced by Bre
vard and Hendersonville on the
schedule, with the good coach
ing and good material now
happily combined, I believe a
better day in girls’ basketball
at Owen is at hand.
1 miss my coaching activi
ties grievously, but 1 wish my
successor well. If she has an
equal record as a coach to her
success as a player, we can all
be happy.
flood Old Custom Revived
“An apple for the teachei
has been the theme of jokes
and songs.
When I taught in the sixth
and seventh grades my first
three years of teaching, I re
ceived many gifts of fruit and
candy. I was so skinny then,
perhaps I evoked sympathy.
High school students are
usually too sophisticated to
make presents to their teach
ers their “code” doesn’t usu
ally include undue friendliness
with teachers.
Lately the Owen students
have been more than kind to
me. Thanks a million, young
friends. You’ll never know
how much you have meant to
me.
flood For You
Old timers have long claim
ed that apple cider is “mighty
good for what ails you.”
Someone told me the other
day that a recent article in
a
10% DISCOUNT
ON ALL
CASH SALES . . .
$5.00 or more
MILK, BREAD AND CIGARETTES
ARE EXCLUDED.
SATURDAY, NOV. 5
STORE HOURS: Mon. thru Thurs., 8 a m. to 7 p.m
Friday and Sat.: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
PROPST'S GROCERY
NO 9-88C8 - CRAGMONT RD.
the Progressive Farmer more
than bore out this praise. ‘
Since we live in “eider coun
try" perhaps we should avail i
ourselves of “apple vitamins."
My family is very fond of .
sweet cider (I thought maybe
I should make the type clear),
and l can’t always find good ]
quality eider at a reasonable (
price.
Last week 1 discovered some
good cider for 75 cents a gal- |
Ion. 1 thought this was most -
reasonable, if any of my Read- s
ers would like some at this 1
price, the maker has fresh ,
cider on hand once every ,
week. If vou are interested, ,
yon might'call NO 9-8123.
(This is not a “commercial",
I’m doing it strictly on my own
volition. If this increases sales,
perhaps the Cider Man will
present Gordon Greenwood t
with a sample.) i
Cider making time always t
makes me think of the treks (
we used to take to Grandpa
and Grandma Daugherty’s old
homeplaee on Blue Ridge road. 1
There we would gather aples
and make cider. We didn’t get i
to drink too copiously of this <
beverage. Mama liked to |
“save it for vinegar.” ,
It also makes me think of |
my good neighbor B. H.
Pearce, who is a master of 1
good cider making. Unfor- 1
tunately his apple trees suf- ’
fered from blight this year. i
l ou nan .Mt* nmii'u, mm I
We had a fine P.T.A. meet- t
ing at Owen the other night, j
1 got to meet some nice par
ents and renew some old ac
quaintances. 1 was glad to
meet Andy Power’s son, who t
inquired about the book “This -
Was My Valley” by F. M. Bur- \
nett which is 'taking this val- I
ley by storm. c
We had a good program. t
excellent band music and in- ^
formative talks by our new
faculty members. I was proud
of them including John May, *
who insinuated that I had *
been teaching school since the \
beginning of recorded history. 1
As the evening drew to a e
close, an appalling thought
struck me. There had been j
no reading of the Bible, no in
vocation of (iod's blessing up
on our assemblage. 1 didn t
want to see this pattern es- c
tablished. f
Just then, our good presi- e
dent. Don McKenzie, had us t
rise to be dismissed with the (.
Lord’s Prayer. I felt better j
then. t
Incidentally, Don is a good
presiding officer and what a (
rich Southern accent he has. c
I like to listen. e
1 hope our ministers in the e
Valley will be welcomed into g
our educational circles at Ow- j
en. If we develop the total
student without touching on j
the. spiritual, we shall have
missed the mark.
Many Thanks
1 am grateful to the Black
Mountain News staff for lire- 1
serving the somewhat less i
than immortal ballad 1 penned j
week before last and publish- j
ing it last week. j
1 shall prove my gratitude .
with the supreme sacrifice. 1 1
SHALL NOT go by and sing
it for them. It does have a f
tune by the way. t
Also my deep gratitude to
the young lady, one of my dear
ball-players of yester-years, r
who came to me and was kind
enough to praise me as coach
and to say that I taught my ,,
players a lot more than shoot- s
ing baskets and that she was p
proud to have played for me.
This choked me up enough v
that 1 didn’t properly express ;l
myself. Thank you, thank you,
what vou said shall live in my v
heart.
Condolences
To the family of Melvin j
Lance. Melvin was kind and
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Home Dcm. Club
Meet.s 0 ilh
The Black Mountain Home
Demonstration club held its
October meeting in the home
of Mrs. Gilbert Willey at
Christmount. The president,
Mrs. Fffie Guthrie read two
selections both of which
brought out constructive ideas
which lead to a fuller life. The
group then repeated together
the club Collect. Mrs. Guthrie
told of the meeting at Horse
Shoe Oct. 28 and asked all to
attend who could. Mrs. Finley
Stepp was requested to con
tact the group of young men
and women over 18 who may
take part in the Asheville Ex
tension work.
Mrs. Lee H. Moore present- j
‘■Removing Stains from F'ab
rics—home methods.” S h e j
stressed that each book be
placed in safe keeping for ini- J
mediate study when a mem
ber is presented with a stain
problem. She said that prompt
ness is one of the secrets of
removing stains. Also she
asked each one to use proper[
precaution in using some of
the stain removers which are
harmful if not used correctly.
Mrs. Moore was then a. ked
to give a report of her recent
trip to the United Nations.
Mrs. Moore stated she went
with the seventh annual Home
Demonstration club study tour \
of the UN. Two buses with
47 women to each bus went
from western X. ('. this year.
This tour was under the guid
ance of Miss Mary Cornwell,
Home Dem. Agent of Hay
ed each member with the book.
wood county. .Miss Cornwell
hopes to have three buses load
ed wTth western N. C. people
next year to torn- the UN.
Husbands are invited to go
with their wives next year.
Mrs. Moore told of the thrill
of seeing the UN buildings
from both the interior and the
exterior and also from a dis
tance while on the boat which
circled Manhattan Island. Dur
ing the guided tour of the in
lerior she learned of the work
done for UNICEF which start
ed with a few dollars collect
ed by children who had form
erly thought of trick or treat
is a means for their own
pleasure. Now the children
•ollect millions of dollars which
is used for the good of the
leedy children around the
world.
Mrs. Moore was impressed
by the fact that we are the
minority group and the dark
people of the world are watch
ing us so we must practice
Democracy as well as preach
it.
friendly and will he missed in
he Valley.
1 shall never forget the
tight he came to our home at
midnight to put some extra j
mti-freeze in our car. He hail ■
jrown worried that the a- j
mount he had previously in
stalled would not be sufficient
protection.
1 remember him ton :.s he
was in high school, l.and-oime
tnd a good football Mayer.
Each day we know not for
whom the bell tolls.
Sycophant
Delusions of- grandeur make
men rant
Designed to impress the syco
phant.
Those who shout and those
who rave.
Do not daunt the truly brave.
Far better, try the Lord to
please,
Than tryrants vainly to ap
pease.
Greater courage to me grant,
Lest 1 be a sycophant.
BLACK MOUNTAIN -,THK
FRIDAY NIGHT TOWN.
STORES OPEN TILL 8:30
l’.M.
DEBBI FAULK
IS HONORED
Debbi Faulk, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Faulk
celebrated her fourth birthday
anniversary with a party Oc
tober 22 at her home in Mon
treat.
Traditional decorations were
used for the Halloween party,
including the birthday cake
which was decorated with au
tumn leaves and a witch fig
u rine.
After the honoree opened
her gifts, the children enjoyed
simple games lei! b\ Miss Su
sie Dillingham.
Refreshments of cake, ice
cream, punch and candy
pumpkins were s rved to Meth
and Sandy Reece. Sherrill Wil
let, Nikki N'iceum, Sharon
Morgan, Lee and Johnny Me
Crain, and Erie Robinson.
At the end of the party each
guest was given a Halloweer
noise-maker to take home.
Pam Dotson and Robbii
Stubbs were unable to come t<
the party but sent a gift.
Mrs. Grady Met 'rain assist
ed Mrs. Faulk as eo-hoste.-s.
DUPLICATE CLUB
WINNERS GiVEN
Winners in the Blue Ridgt
Duplicate Club Tuesday, meet
ing at Don’s Outpost were
North-South, first, Miss Mar
tha Covin and L. S. Covin
second, Sgt. John Klutz anc
Mrs. Catherine Davis; third
Mrs. Margaret H rris ant
Max Gass
Kelley Trains At;
San Clemente
SAN CLEMENTE IS! AND. |
Calif., i FHTNC) Robert J.
Kelley, firemen apprentice,
DSN, son of Mi. am! Mrs. K.
K. Kelley of 111 N. West st„
Clark Mountain. N. sen
jag aboard t. ■' attack cargo
ship USS Seminole, is taking
part in a joint Navy-Mniino
winners: first, Mrs. h. A. Der
by and Mrs. fassevons; sec
ond, Mrs. S. S. Cooley, and
Mss R. T. Greene; third, Mrs.
Naivy 1 !Ni :n’>urger and N. C.
Shuford.
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■alif.
The operation, known as
Longhaul,” is designed to
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CONGRESSMAN TAYLOR
Re-elect
ROY A. TAYLOR
To Congress
Experienced Legislator: four terms in the State Leg'S
lature and one session of Congress . . . Member of
the House Committee on Interior and Insular A m -
which handles legislation pertaining to Great S: ' r'
Mountains National Park, Blue Ridge Parkway,
Cherokee Indian Reservation and our national Am- 3
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and religious leader: deacon in Baptist Church
a former district governor of Lions International ■
the only candidate for Congress who has fougH
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of labor, agriculture and business . . . A L."
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u man of sincere, predictable actions