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AMERICAN LEGION Chicken Fry Black Mountain Clubhouse—Friday, Aug. 6-8 P.M. 17 Weather Date Aug. 7 Aug. 8 Aug. 9 Aug. 10 Aug. 11 Aug. 12 Aug. 13 High Low 87 60 87 52 90 57 90 59 89 60 89 59 92 57 Prec. .03 ifOL. 11, N0- 50 THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1956, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 10 PAGES TODAY 5c PER COPY Ann Sawyer mes Bride of afternoon, Aug. 10, at in a very lovely cere in the State Street Metho h. Black Mountain, Miss Ann Sawyer, daughter of Mrs. Zeb Sawyer of Black became the bride of Lee Penland, son of Mr. 0. L. Penland, also of Mountain. The Rev. Thad pastor of Asbury Me church, Asheville, perform double-ring cerepiony. The were exchanged before a of sunburst ferns, baskets of white gladioli, snapdragons, fern, and holding lighted tapers. W. McDougle, organist, Sawyer, soloist, of presented a program of music. in marriage by her father, wore a princess style brocaded silk, fashioned portrait neckline and long Her veil of illusion to a tiara of seed and sequins. She carried grandmother’s prayer with white carnations breath and showered and feathered carnations, for her gown was her from Hong Kong, while the groom was serv the Navy overseas. Vera Renstrom of Omaha, was maid of honor. She n iridescent lime green length taffeta gown, fash ong the same lines as that bride, with a small match t and yellow mittens, and ried a nosegay of yellow ons. Bridesmaids were artha Hestikind of Char Miss Louise Miller of Hud . C., Miss Rose Chandler of anoa, and Miss Ardeena of Asheville. They all princess style waltz length of yellow eyelet taffeta green with matching sweet hats and mittens. They car- ' osegays of tinted carnations 1 the green in their gowns, a Tatham, daughter of Mr. Mrs. George Tatham, was girl. She wore a lime embossed organdy dress, and ed rose petals from a basket matched her dress. Penland served as his son’s man. Ushers were Jackie s, David Parris, Ed Buch and Braska Odom, all of Mountain. ediately following the cere a reception was held at the $ home on North Fork road, r wedding trip to Florida de wore a beige crystalette with matching accessories flowers detached from her .book. Penland was graduated lack Mountain High school Srcy Hospital School of Charlotte. Mr. Penland a graduate of Black Moun High school and has just ed from overseas duty in S. Navy. After a 30-day —Turn To Page 5 nd Observer nil Sought Community has been found for the Observer corps shelter that remains is to raise to buy and erect the Bucky Wright, president Junior Chamber of Corn said today. for the GOC were pre at a special meeting of Council by Sgt. H. Fitz the U. S. Air Force, the need for the in Black Mountain. The air is attempting to establish ouiul Observer corps station eight miles across the na There are stations at Old and at the truck weight sta lest of Swannanoa and Black tain is the vital link in the the sergeant pointed out. GOC here is important be e of the nearness of Oak e and other defense installa order to raise the necessary each civic club in Black in has been asked to do vda.oo as their share of the I'hzpatriek said that after Jiihding is ready he and his A1 take over the functions onit. This will include op the otficers and sched 1 le un*t. Although only s l O"0r tour of duty will be ot the local unit, the 11 , "ould prefer a 24-hour lhe age limit for ob ls '5 years and over. rm tl.(itlsiring more informa J1 the GOC unit may call Sgt. ltk or Mr. Wright. Warhorses Play Hendersonville On August 31 Coach Vernon Kyker and the Owen High Warhorses have only (wo weeks to prepare for the open ing of the 1956 football war on Aug. 31, against the powerful Hendersonville aggregation as a feature attraction of the Hender son County Apple festival. Runner-up for the state AA title last year, Coach Bob Tate’s Bearcats are reputed to be strong er than ever this year. More than 100 boys answered Tate’s call for grid candidates, among them some outstanding stars whose parents came to Hendersonville with the new General Electric plant. Following the Hendersonville encounter the Warhorses must take on Lee Edwards at Memorial Stadium on Sept. 7 before swing ing into the race for Buncombe county honors against Erwin on Saturday, Sept. 15. Sept. 21 is open but the locals will have little rest as they prepare to meet Reynolds, Enka, and North Bun combe in a row. They will close the season at Waynesville on Nov. 9. This is practically the same schedule which the Warhorses played last year. The Schedule: Aug. 31 Hendersonville There Sept. 7 Lee Edwards M. S. Sept. 15 Erwin M. S. Sept. 21 Open Sept. 28 Reynolds There Oct. 5 Enka There Oct. 13 N. Buncombe M. S. Oct. 19 Open Oct. 27 Asheville School for Boys M. S. Nov. 2 Brevard M. S. Nov.9 Waynesville There BLACK MOUNTAIN'S BEST BOOSTER ON FLORIDA VACATION Mr. and Mrs. Raymond D. Rob inson left Monday for their home in Orlando, Fla., as Mr. Robinson had to return on business. They plan to return here the last of September. Their daughter and her husband, Lt. and Mrs. Cecil M. Hook Jr. of Tampa, Fla., will occupy their apartment at the Clifford R. Longcoy, Sr., home on Montreat road. The Robinsons have been com ing to Black Mountain for years. Those who have met them think they are among the best boosters the town has ever had. Mr. Rob inson keeps the mail busy sending pamphlets and booklets about Black Mountain to his friends. He is a member of the. Lions club in Orlando and has been attending the meetings here. They have bought a lot in Black Mountain and are planning to build a home. BLACK MOUNTAIN OES TO INITIATE Mrs. Martha T. Simmons, W.M., and Richard S. Tarbert, Sr., W.P., cordially invite all members of the Order of the Eastern Star to at tend the regular meeting of Black Mountain Chapter No. 200, O.E.S. Tuesday, Aug. 21 at 8:00 pm. Degrees of the Order will be con ferred upon two candidates. WHITE ELEPHANT SALE AT ROYAL ART GALLERY A white elephant sale will be held at the Royal Art Gallery at 10 30 Thursday morning, Aug. 16, for benefit of the Thomwell orphanage at Clinton, S. C. George A. Shaia, owner and manager of the gallery, said that all proceeds above expenses will go to the orphanage. CO-WORKERS SUPPER The Co-workers Sunday school class of the Methodist church will have a covered dish picnic supper Friday evening at the home of Mrs. Jurwitz. Members are asked to meet at the church by 6 p.m. The Black Mountain Lions club is under the jurisdiction of W. E. (Ed) Michael, Jr., of West Ashe ville, newly-elected district 31-A governor for the 1956-57 club year. Michael, who has served as deputy district governor during the past year, succeeded Lawrence B. Leatherwood of Waynesville as governor of 35 clubs with 1,607 members in 12 western counties for the now club year which be gan July 1. He has also served as president of the West Asheville club, chair man of Zone 3, Region2, and Dist rict 31-A cabinet secretary-treas urer. The new WNC Lions leader has been master of John A. Nichols Lodge No. 650, AF and AM; chair man of the West Asheville division of the United Fund of Asheville and Buncombe county; and a mem ber of the review board of the Buncombe County Committee on Public Solicitations. A native of Rowan county, he has resided in Asheville since 1906. His first job was a carrier for the old Asheville Gazette. He attended the Asheville city schools and studied accounting. —Turn to Page 10 McCoy To Direct Sale of Tickets For Horse Show Tickets for the first annual Black Mountain Horse show, spon sored by the PTA, Frank Watkins, president, have gone on sale, W \V. Earley, general chairman, said today. The show will be presented on Saturday. Sept. 15. at 1:00 pun. at the" Black Mountain Primary Shool ground. . °‘£ cials tor mo wen' f “ nounced as soon as P completed. a m. McCoy, owner and man ager of the Acme Barber shop, 6T b«» named *— The American Legion Post.129 ot Black Mountain ‘’miaOM the t ck ets to the PTA as a public service. L. E. Brown, Black Mountain, Buncombe county sheriff who was elected president of the State Sheriffs' association at the »;o«v vention held recently in Asheville He is also fourth vice-president of the National Sheriffs' associa tion and is due to move up to the presidency of this group in rotation. Native of Black Mountain, Sheriff Brown is the son of the Rev. and Mrs. T. K. Brown. His father was a Baptist minister. After attend ing Black Mountain High school, Mr. Brown was graduated from Presbyterian college where he starred in baseball and football. He was first elected sheriff in 1926, served one term and then was police chief in Black Moun tain in 1928-30. Re-elected in 1930, the Black Mountain native will have completed 30 years in office at the end of his present term, one of the longest continu ous records in the state. Sheriff Brown is a member of the First Baptist church here and the Black Mountain Lodge. Dur ing World War I he was with the army on the Mexican border. The day following his first nomination for sheriff in 1926. Mr. Brown was married to Miss Willa Clayton. They have three sons. Bill and Bob, twins, and Jack. American Legion Chicken Fry Set Friday Evening A chicken fry will be given at the Black Mountain clubhouse at Lake Tomahawk by Waycaster McFee Post 129, the American Le gion, from 6:00 till 8:00 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 17. Dempsey Whit aker is general chairman. Tickets for the event may be purchased from any Legionnaire. The deadline is 6:30 p.m. on Thurs day, Aug. 16. Ray Cockrell, tick et chairman, has asked that those selling tickets report to him by the above hour so that the proper number of chickens may be pur chased. The menu will consist of chick en, rolls, tossed salad, mashed po tatoes and gravy, iced tea, coffee, and dessert. Arnold Jones, post commander, has named the following commit tee to serve with Mr. Whitaker. General committee, Tom zard, Frank Wade, Liew Kii'j, Wiley Norwood, James II. Skelton, Frank Goodman, Carl Myers Ray Morrow, and Harry Ryder, Food arrangement and serving. Mrs. Joe Bullock, Mrs. D. P. I’»v widdie, Mrs. Clarence Joyner, Mi • A. R. Rudisill, and Mrs. 1L L. Stinchcomb. Table committe, W. W. Larlcv, Frank Goodman. Roy L Russell, and Dan Guess. Tea-Coffee committee, Liew Ru by and Arvin McMahan. The executive board of the ^ Swannanoa Woman’s club wi ! meet Monday night, Aug. 2d, m the home of Mrs. Rankin Millei, < Grovemont. m i This is the Vacation Bible School group of the First Baptist church, Swannanoa, whose com mencement exercises were held Sunday, Aug. 12, at 8 p.m. En rollment reached 174 with an average daily attendance of 128. There were four conversions. A picnic was held Friday, Aug. 10, on the grounds of the Community Center building at Swannanoa. The various circles of the W.M.S. provided refreshments. There were approximately 100 perfect attend ance records. The Rev. Charles W. Smith is pastor of the church. REGISTRATION BOOKS OPEN FOR NEXT 2 SATURDAYS The polls will be open for the next two Saturdays, 9:00 a.m. till sundown, for registra tion of those who have never voted or registered in their present precincts. This is not a new registra tion but was called in order to bring the books up to .late prior to the special election which has been called for Sept. 8 on the Pearsall plan. Those who have registered or voted in their present precinct are not required to re-register. '■ They are already qualified to vote in the special election. To be eligible to register and vote the prospect must have lived in North Carolina for at least one year and in the pre cinct for 30 days. There are two more opportunities left, for these citizens to register, Aug. 18 and 25. Rating Program To Be Saturday For the first time since racing began at McMormick Field Speed way June 16, they fell victim to the weather Saturday night. Late afternoon rain storms drenched the track and bleacher seats, filled the pits with mud and rendered the Speedway unusable. Race director C. F. Powell im mediately announced that the same racing program will be held this Saturday night on the quartermile, flat, asphalt track. Governor Calls For 1 Million Voles On Schools Gov. Hodges has voiced the hope that one million North Carolinians will vote on the public school amendment on Sept. 8. “A turnout by that many North Carolinians, representing both political parties, would be a fine exhibition of our attitude toward our great school system,” he said. The governor made his state ment as Raymond Maxwell, execu tive secretary of the State Board of Elections, mailed absentee bal lot forms to the 100 county boards of elections in the state. Regular ballots will be mailed out within the next few days. The public school ballot will allow properly registered persons to cast ballots “For” or “Against” a constitutional amendment which, if adopted, would allow local op tion units to close their schools if conditions become intolerable, and allow the use of state and local funds for education expense grants. Of course, no school could be closed without a vote of the people. [his proposed amendment, s«D mitted to the people by an over whelming vote of the legislature, is what Gov. Hodges calls “stand by” legislation. The governor is very hopeful that .it never will be needed. Instead, he has urged voluntary segregation in the pub lic schools, and use of the 1955 pupil assignment statute to its fullest extent. An affirmative vote by the people on Sept. 8 does not mean that either local option or ed ucation expense grants will go into immediate use. They would merely be “safety-valves” to be used in case the other courses did not work in a manner acceptable to the people. Public approval must twice be had before any school could be closed: (1) the amendment must pass in September; and (2) the people of any given local option unit would vote later, if conditions —Turn to Page 10 ^■ 1 —Photo by Gragg Studio Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Lee Penfand are shown leaving the State Street Methodist church following their marriage at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 10. The bride is the former Miss Ann Sawyer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Sawyer. They left immediately following the ceremony for a honeymoon in the South. W. H. PACE JR. LEASES GROVE STONE LAKE W. H. Pace Jr. of Swannanoa has leased the Grove Stone lake and formed a private fishing clut). In the future fishing at the lake will be open for members of the Swannanoa Valley Fishing club. Those desiring more informa tion may call Mr. Pace at 7103 be tween 5:00 and 7:00 p.m. or write him at P. O. Box 422, Swannanoa, N. C. Snipes Says All Mitchell Routes To Be Considered “The route which the new road to Mount Mitchell will follow will be decided after all possibilities and suggestions have been con sidered,” J. F. Snipes of Marion, 13th district commissioner, said today. The commissioner emphasized , that the selection would be made by the entire board of 14 mem bers and that he would have only one vote. Building of the new access road has been in the discussion stage for some time. The National Park service officially notified the N. C. Highway commission some time ago that after 1957 no trucks would be permitted to use the Blue Ridge Parkway between Buck Creek gap and the entrance to the state highway from Toe River gap to Mt. Mitchell. Trucks must use this section of the Park way now to haul supplies to the state park atop Mt. Mitchell. The new “Sea to Sky” route has been sought by the counties to the east and by Black Moun tain. The eastern route would be over a new road to be built up from Busick, while Yancey , would have the access road built : over the old Tom Wilson Motor , road which starts in Pensacola. i Led by the Black Mountain Chamber of Commerce the groups here have pointed out the great advantage of improving the form er Mt. Mitchell Motor road which runs from the “Main Street” of 1 North Carolina, U. S. Highway 70, 1 to the Parkway. The entrance 1 —Turn to Page 5 Manager D. Hall Guides Locals To League Crown Black Mountain won the Bun combe County League champion ship Saturday by turning back Beech, 6 to 2, in a game played on the Beacon field. Action over the week-end gives the locals a three game lead with only one left to play. The playoff will start on Satur day, Aug. 25, when Black Moun tain meets the third place team away from home. The next day the same two teams will play a doubleheader, if necessary, to de cide the winner of the series, two out of three. The third place nine could be Beech, Biltmore, or Fair view. Black Mountain will close the season Saturday by meeting Bilt more here. If the field is not in condition, the teams will play at Beacon. Manager Dennis Hall today paid tribute to the pitching staff that has carried Black Mountain through the season to the league title. In the game with Beech Satur day Owensby struck out eight. , Leading hitter was Bob Bartlett j with four out of five. Owensby hit , a double and scored three of the ' six runs counted by his team. Sunday the locals took a holi day as they lost a doubleheader to Alexander. The first was 11 to 1, and the second, 7 to 6. Leading hitters were Guy Moore, two out of four in the first game, and Ken ny Wood and Moore with two out of three in the second game. Title game box score: Beech AB H. Anders, 3b_5 Hurst, 2b _4 E. Hensly, rf _3 Barbee, lb _3 N. Anders, cf_4 Banks, If_3 Me Davis, c _3 Mundy, ss _4 Hensley, p _4 R 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33 Black Mountain Bartlett, 3b_5 Davis, ss_4 Suttles, lb _5 Moore, cf _5 Owensby, p _3 Lendley, 2b _2 Woods, rf_4 Plemmon, c _4 White, If_4 H : 2 i 1 1 2 1 0 1 t 0 1 10 36 6 12 Black Mountain— 01013001 1-6-12-0 Beech 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-2-10-2 A. VI. McDougle, Elementary S. Principal, Dies Funeral services for Alvin W. McDougle, 59, principal of the Black Mountain Elementary school, will be held today (Thursday) at 11:00 a.m. in the Black Mountain Methodist church with the Rev. Robert Walters officiating. Bur ial will be in Mountain View Memorial park. The veteran principal was strick en by a heart attack while at work in his office at the old high school building and died at 10:45 Tuesday morning. He had been principal here for the past eight years and was preparing for the opening of school. Mr. McDougle was district prin cipal of the Black Mountain schools from February, 1942, un til November, 194^. when he was named principal of the elementary school. He was a member of the Black Mountain Methodist church, a former president of the Lions club, and a former member of the WNC Schoolmasters club. He was active in other civic affairs of the community and the Civic Music association of Asheville. He was a veteran of World War I and a member of the .American Legion. Native ot West Virginia Mr. Mc Dougle had a long career in the educational field in North Caro lina. He taught for one year at French Broad after being grad uated from Mars Hill college in 1916. French Broad was only a four months’ school then, starting in August and closing in Decem ber. In the spring of 1917 he went to teach for five months in Beaufort county. But Uncle Sam had need of young men at that time and in 1917 Mr. McDougle enlisted in the navy for 2Ms years aboard the USS Montana on convoy duty. Be fore he left the navy he made 18 round trips to Europe Discharged in August of 1919 he entered Duke university that fall and was graduated in 1923. For the next three years he served as teacher of math and coach at Marion High school. During this tenure he met and married a teacher in the Old Fort school, Miss Clara Clapp of Siler City. In the fail of 1925 Mr. and Mrs. McDougle moved to Leggett High school in Edgecombe c-ountv, he as principal, and she as a mem ber of the faculty. Seven years later the call of home and the mountains became too strong and Mr. McDougle ac cepted a position as teacher and principal at the Black Mountain Elementary school. Since that time he has moved over to the high school to teach math and coach the girls’ basketball team for a few years, but in 1940 came back to be a non-teaching prin cipal of the elementary school and has been there since. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Clara Clapp McDougle; one daugh ter, Mrs. Reginald H. Heiser of Black Mountain; the father, W. E. McDougle of Charlotte; four brothers, H. A. of St. Cloud, Fla., D. O. of Black Mountain, H. I. of Charlotte, and C. I. of Ashe ville; one sister, Mrs. Willard Far row of Charlotte; a half-sister, Miss Ruth McDougle, also of Char lotte, and five grandsons. Pallbearers will be N. C. Shu ford, E. V Gouge, T. W. Nesbitt, Albert Garland, Frank Watkins, and Roy Taylor. Flower bearers will be women of the church. The body will remain at Har rison Funeral Home until time to be taken to the church to lie in state one hour prior to the services. Swim Meet Will Be Held Here On Friday, August 24 A Black Mountain - Swannanoa swim meet is to be held Friday, Aug. 24, at 6:30 p.m. This will be sponsored by the American Red Cross Water Safety classes. There will be competition be tween ages 7 through 10, 11 through 14, and 15 and lip in both girls' and boys’ divisions. The events will be free style, backstroke, breast stroke, relays and diving. Medals will be given to winners. Also at this time certificates will be presented to those qualifying for them in the water safety classes this summer. There will be no charge for ad mission to the show. Those interested may sign up for the various events at the swimming pool any time between now and Aug. 23. This clipping will entitle Mrs. C. E. Cordell and one guest to free admission to see “On the Thres hold of Space” at the Pix Theater.
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