Tournament Time In Buncombe
This is the season when the interest of
basketball fans in these parts rises to a heady
climax—as once again the high school teams
are this week vying for season’s honors in
the annual Buncombe County tournament.
This is always a high point in the year
for the county schools, and tremendous en
thusiasm is shared by students, faculties
and parents, friends and other lovers of the
sport.
Whatever the outcome—and never fear,
our own Owen players will give opponents
a good contest—we like to keep in mind that
our boys and girls will always win out in the
most important respect: The chance to par
ticipate in a good sport—AS good sports.
The main purpose of high school sports is
not, necessarily, always me winning ot me
game—but rather the teaching of sportsman
ship and the very real art of working and
playing together. Neither is entertainment
of the audience to be viewed as a major goal.
The game does that, of course, but of greater
import is teaching our young people the
value of doing their best—playing and work
ing hard—and doing so in a manner in which
all of us can take pride.
Meanwhile, our very best wishes to Owen
for a good showing—while w;e remember that
they have already won high honors, and,
along u'ith them a great good measure of good
fun. good health and good sportsmanship.
Those things remain, whatever the outcome
of tournament play-offs. We’d like to pay
tribute here to those on our home-town teams.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Feb. 16.
Dear Editor:
In this community, which has
more than ith share of animals
roaming at large, we believe it
would be of interest for the follow
ing which recently appeared in the
Asheville Citizen, to be presented
to local readers.
Unwanted
The Humane Society of the
United Stated, Washington. D. C.,
says there is urgent need for the
public to recognize two facts.
One is that there are more than
4o million homeless and unwanted
dogs and cats in this country.
The other is that, while there
are so many animals unwanted, it
is cruel to breed puppies and kit
tens which the owners themselves
will not keep.
“Finding homes’- for surplus an
imals, the Society feels, does not
lessen the wrong; it merely in
sures that other animals, long
homeless, will be condemned to
death.
There is a serious shortage of
humane society shelters. But build
ing more shelters to rescue the
homeless dogs and cats and the
construction c»f more gas chambers
to dispose of unwanted animals are
not viewed as the only solutions.
The Society urges spaying of
owned female dogs and cats to halt
the cruel breeding of unwanted
puppies and kittens.
Thus, the argument goes, the
need for more euthanasia cham
bers, public pounds and humane
shelters in an increasingly hu
mane-minded age is an idication
that something is wrong. And
that is the breeding of animals for
which there can be no homes.
Black Mountain Humane Society.
Kidd Brewer's
Raleigh
Roundup
THE LAST?—A lot of the leg
islators we have talked with dur
ing the past few days seem to
think this may be the last session
of the N. C. General Assembly to
be held in tile State Capitol.
When both houses are in session,
humming and grinding away at the
bills, the place seems overcrowd
ed. Three high school social sci
ence classes can fill the upstairs
galleries to overflowing. The seats
there are the narrow, high-backed
type that we used to have in our
churches.
MUSEUM—You can sit in the
gallery of House or Senate—and
particularly in the House—for 30
minutes sometimes and catch only
a word or two of what is transpir
ing in the well below. And to
climb from the ground floor of the
Capitol up the four flights of steep
stairs to the over-looking galleries
is the equal of a five-block run at
full gallop.
Now the beauty of our legisla
tive halls in North Carolina is
tremendous. We heard a famous
artist refer to it one time as
“breath-taking.’- We would not go
that far—for we are not that artis
tic—but our State Capitol is a
thing of beauty, inside and out.
Hut when walking through it, vis
iting a friend having offices there,
or greeting legislators in the ro
tunda, I sometimes have the feel
ing that I am in a museum-piece.
SQLAT — Now within the next
few days you will likely hear and
read more about a new legislative
building. With the present set-up,
only the lieutenant governor, over
in the Senate side, and the Speaker
of the House, and the chief clerks
of the two houses, have offices.
The chairmen of three dozen im
portant committees and their sten
ographers squat for a dictating
session wherever they can find a
chair. Many an old courthouse in
this state has better bathroom fa
cilities than our State Capitol.
$100,000—Our (first State Cap
itol here was destroyed by fire in
1831. We soon got to work on an
other one, but it was not until the
summer of 1840 that the work on
our present building was finished,
it cost us a little over one-half
million dollars ... or the equiva
lent of five years of taxes. Our
total tax income for North Caro
lina in that year was less than
$100,000! Our income for our next
fiscal year—120 years later—is ex
pected to be a little over $500,
000,000.
COMPARISON — If we were to
spend five years of state taxes on
our new legislative building—as
we did 120 years ago for our State
Capitol, the cost would be five
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times $500,000,000—or two-billion
five-hundred-million dollars!
And this would be the most ex
pensive building on earth!
All of which gives you some
idea of the burden of putting up a
building which cost $531,674.46 in
1833-1840—and of how our state
taxes have increased from $100,000
per year to $500,000,000 in six gen
erations.
MINIMUM WAGE — Although
you hear a great deal (Me taTk about
the certainty of this Legislature
adopting a state minimum wage
law, don't bet your last dollar on
it. While everybody says the law
is needed, strange winds blow. \\ e
hear that a lot of the members who
came sailing into town plumping
for it two weeks ago are slowing
down a little. Those opposing
North Carolina's telling employers
what they must pay their help
point out that no other state south
of Delaware and east of the Mis
sissippi has a state minimum wage
law. Also, the talk of a bill call
ing for a dollar-an-hour minimum
wage was slowing some of them
down to a walk last week. But
' the governor is pushing . . . and so
is Frank Crane.
1 We predict a long, hard battle
! before the adoption of any type of
state minimum wage law. This
type of legislation is not easy.
NOTES — The average number
of bills introduced at one of our
North Carolina legislative sessions
is about 2,<(00 . . . but at the rate
they are being dropped into the
hopper this time, the number is
expected to run close to 3,000—
a large proportion of them affect
ing only one county ... or only
one community in the county.
House Bill No. 56, introduced by
Veteran Raynor Woodard on
Thursday, Feb. 12 . . . was typical
of a local bill . . . and they fre
quently raise more of a rucus than
a state-wide measure. This was
it: “Extending authority of Sea
board police three miles beyond
town limits."’
uh
v^an uufiui, sun v-inin,
lisher, aviator, and the man who
has been reporting' doings-oif-the
legislature for more than a quarter
of a century . . . has hit it lucky
. . . with the National Executives
club, which lists among its speak
ers the best in the land . . . Goerch
has just been informed that he has
been added to their select group
. . . and will hit the banquet cir
cuit for Executives clubs soon af
ter he and Mrs. Goerch return
from a two-months tour of Europe
with Edmond Harding’s cruise . . .
and Carl also plans to have Mrs.
Goerch with him executing. They
pay a fee for each appearance . . .
and expenses for the speaker . . .
and Goerch figures the two com
bined will be enough for a nice,
speaking tour of America . . . and
here’s wishing them luck . . . and
fun . . . when all this gets under
way several months hence.
the N. C. Society for Crippled
Children and Adults, whose Easter
Seal Drive begins on February 27,
has extended direct aid to 50,000
disabled persons in this state since
its establishment 2.2 years ago.
Failure of the massive resistance
movement in Virginia’s effort to
avoid integration is putting a
quieetus on some attempts to fol
low this approach in Tarheelia . . .
and will no doubt slow down to a
walk Dr. Beverly Lake’s run for
governor . . . More on this later
as the picture develops . . .but
legislative leaders we have talked
with say N. C. will stick strictly
with the Pearsall plan adopted in
special session in the summer of
1955.
MICHAEL SOBOL, 9,
HOST ON BIRTHDAY
Michael Sobol celebrated his
ninth birthday anniversary when
his mother, Mrs. Chester Sobol, en
tertained with a party at their
home Monday, Feb. 16.
Outdoor games were enjoyed.
Birthday rake and ice cream were
served and each guest received a
favor. When the boys were leav
ing, Michael presented each a gift.
Present were Clippy Knight, Joe
Tyson, Choogy McSwain, Michael
Rayfield, Jimmy Stakias, Dennis
O’Connor and Coleman Wright.
—Water is one of the farmer’s
most valuable resources.
From Page 1
The Monday night Chven-Erwin
game shaped up as follows:
Bays
OWEN (63)
Bennett
Sparks
Gardner
Bridges
Horne
Luckadoo
Edwards
McCuen
Peterson
Spiro
Totals
fg
6-10
1-5
7-32
4-10
4-10
0-1
1,-1
0-0
0-0
0-0
ft
3-6
0-2
pf
3
0
5-10 3
3-6 4
6-9
0-1
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
tp
15
2
19
11
14
0
2
0
0
0
23-70 37-34 12 63
ERWIN (50)
Hamlin
Austin
Styles
Childs
Smith
Shuford
Winkler
Bailey
Trexler
Lance
Totals
Owen
fg
2-11
2-5
5-16
0- 3
4-12
1- 3
2- 6
2-6
1-2
0-0
ft
3- 3
1-1
4- 5
1-1
1-1
0-0
0-2
1-3
0-0
1-1
pf tp
5
14
1
0
2
4
5
3
4
0
3
1
1
0
19-64 12-17 2'
12 18 13 20
Envin 13 9 12 16
Last Friday night, Owen defeat
ed Biltmore, 70-68, to retain a tie
with Valley Springs for the regu
lar season championship. Biltmore
girls won the opener, 40-27.
Details follow:
Girls Game
0
2
1
50
63
50
BILTMORE (40) F—McMahan
10, J. Pressley 11, Moss 17, E.
Pressley 2. Lee, Buckner. G—Rog
ers, Emory, McKinney, Marshall,
Jenkins, Jones.
OWEN (27) F—Reed, Shirlen 3,
McAfee 8, Burke 4, Shook 11,
Greene 1. G—Jolly, White, Hall,
Lunsford, Norman.
Halftime. 24-10, Biltmore.
Boys Game
(Double Overtime)
BILTMORE (#)—Duncan 17,
York 1, Woody 1, Johnson 24, Ad
ams 6, Pressley 19.
OWEN (7(1) — Bennett 5, Ed
wards, Sparks 15, Gardner 36,
Bridges 3, Luekadoo 1, Horne 10.
Halftime: 33-30, Biltmore. End
of regulation game: 64-64. End of
first overtime, 68-63.
Last Tuesday night the War
horses took a 56-36 victory from
Enka. In the girls’ game, Enka
won over Owen 65-39. The games
shaped up this way:
Girls Game
ENKA (65) F—Cole 17, Gosnell
6, Hawkins 26, C. Morgan 17,
Goodson, Penland, Brooks; G—Pee
bles, Young, McCrary, Massie,
Jones, Stafford.
OWEN (39) F—Shirlen 2, Reed
9, G. McAfee 17, Shook 11, Burke,
Norton, Greene, J. McAfee; G—
Soos, Jolly, Lunsford, Hall. White,
Norman,'Taylor, Cooper.
Halftime: 30-14, Enka.
Boys Game
ENKA (36)—Galyean 1, McDow
ell 3, Hawkins 2, Crook 15, McCul
loch 5, Henson 8, Towe 2, Noland.
OWEN (56)—Bennett 12, Sparks
3, Gardner 12, Bridges 12, Horne
17, Edwards.
Halftime: 29-23, Ow'en.
Valley Springs won a 51-31 vic
tory over Owen and North Bun
combe took Erwin, 45-21, Wednes
day in the second night of the Bun
combe County Jayvee tournament
at Erwin. Totals were racked up
as follows:
OWEN (31)—Buckner, I.. Brown,
D. Brown 10, Morris 4, Lewis 6,
Metcalf, Cline, Moyers 1, Pressley,
Lowe, Caldwell, Clapp 10.
VALLEY SPRINGS (51)—Dunn
5, Ellingburg 14, Smart 14. Arthur
12, Hollifield 6, Moodv, Lance 2,
Dill.
Halftime: 22-16, Valley Springs.
Tea and Topic
Hears of Cuban
Missiou Service
The monthly business and liter
ary meeting of the Tea and Topic
club was held at the home of Mrs.
Don W light. Monday, Feb. 9, with
10 members and one visitor pres
ent. Mrs. S. S. Cooley, presided.
The club voted to support a pro
ject sponsored by the Junior Wo
man’s club in making improve
ments at the clubhouse.
Speaker was Miss Alice Arey,
retired missionary to Cuba, who
lived in Cuba for 32 years. She
told of conditions under which the
people of that country lived and
the influence the government had
on them under the different presi
dents up until the present time.
Miss Arey is now making her
home in Black Mountain.
Mrs. Otty Leeman displayed sev
eral articles made in Liberia out of
native materials which were col
lected there by Mrs. Esther Warn
er, author of the book, “7 Days to
Lomaland.”
Refreshments were served by the
hostess to Mrs. B. G. Byron, Mrs.
Cooley, Mrs. J. L. Holman, Jr.,
Mrs. Leeman, Mrs. A. P. Perley,
III, Mrs. Roy Taylor, Mrs. A. F.
Tyson, Jr., Mrs. W. W. White,
Mrs. Max Woodcock and Miss
Arey.
Mountain Musings
By Getie Byrd
The basketball season is rapidly
drawing to a close. Our teams
have been involved in many thrill
ing contests and there still remains
the greatest challenge of all, the
Buncombe C o an t y tournament
which began this week. At the
end of the season, 1 want to pay
well deserved tribute to the per
sonnel of the teams who are rep
resenting Owen so well on the
hardwood.
Just glancing through one recent
issue of the Black Mountain News
made me feel re-assured that the
choice T made in returning to the
Valley (16 eventful years ago this
spring) was more than a wise one.
Here is a former student of mine,
Geneva Brown, who is newly em
barked on the sea of matrimony.
(Much happiness, Geneva) . . . The
I'.T.A., instead of moaning about
the “condition” of the schools, is
doing something under the inspired
leadership of Harry Clarke. (I was
so greatly impressed in a recent
guided tour of Morgan Manufac
turing company by the keen intel
lect and command of facts by Har
ry. Man! we’re glad you are on
our team.) . . . Then the Grey
Eagles Archery club sounds intri
guing. I wonder if these Robin
Hoods and Maid Marians got their
name from the fact that until the
advent of the railroad our little
town was called Grey Eagle.
Incidentally, March 4 will Mark
Black Mountain's 66th year of in
corporated existence. On March 4,
1893, the General Assembly of
North Carolina granted the town’s
request for incorporation.
How marvelous that we have a
handicraft class in our Elementary
school. I know Mrs. R. A. Kelley
makes this “practical” education
highly interesting. The great work
done by her late husband while
supplying the Mountain View Bap
tist church will live on for a long
time. Nor could one forget the
marvelous influence of the late
Dr. Binford, Mrs. Kelley’s father,
that lingers in the hearts of so
many in this Valley. (I wonder if
Mrs. Binford still possesses that
wonderful “preacher chair” that,
falls in 16 different directions, all
of them restful, when a plump vis
iting Baptist minister ensconces
himself theron.)
I was pleased to see that the
Northwestern chain of banks was
doing so well. Bill Hickey, “refu
gee school teacher,” cashier, civic
leader, church worker and “Rem
brandt”, represents the Northwest
ern bank in a most pleasing way
in our community. It is not com
mon knowledge that the workers in
the local branch hold a religious
service just before they start their
work week. 1 was privileged once
last summer to speak to these em
ployees, and I shall always re
member the deeply spiritual fel
lowship of the occasion.
Congratulations, Dick Stone, we
are proud of your recent recogni
tion. You have made our big city
brethren notice the “country cous
ins.” You are nobly upholding the
mayoral traditions established over
the years by such men as our first
mayor, Rev. T. K. Brown, Albert
E. Robinson, C. P. Kerlee, James
McCoy. L. W. Morgan. C. \V. Stepp,
W. E. McDougle, Guv Dobbins,
W. C. Hall. J. D. Eckles, R. L.
Woodard, Joseph Kinsey, R. E.
Finch, Joseph Simpson, W. C.
Greene, E. E. White, J. L. Potter,
G. L. Kirkpatrick and Dempsey
Whitaker.
If 1 have omitted any of our
mayors, please advise me, gentle
readers. I would like to know if
my notes on this matter are com
plete.
Mercy, I am not past the front
page and my space is rapidly fill
ing. Welcome back to the News,
Dorothy Mattison. We shall ex
pect to glean rich treasure from
the “Waste Basket” . . . Ilow nice
to know that Mahomet (Herb Sand
ers) has left the mountain for the
winter to reside in the Mecca of
the Monte Vista. Herb and his
charming wife mean a great deal
to me personally and to the com
munity-at-large. Their daughter,
Betsy Sanders Lindau, does the
excellent hook reviews in the
“Asheville Citizen Times,” and
their other daughter, Sally, was a
favorite pupil of mine in those
early years of my teaching career.
1 am a faithful reader of Pansy
Willett’s North Fork^ news. I es
pecially enjoyed her relation of
her census taking-. (Your Uncle
Oden would have enjoyed it too,
Pansy.) Somehow, the mental
image of Maude and Pansy sitting
in the truck while Plane poked out
a tender, juicy leg to test the ap
petite of any “biting dog” is an
interesting one. During the early
days of the church, Christians were
thrown to the lions; looks as if
they are pulling a switch on you,
Plane. Comment in passing:
somebody did a good job of devel
oping Howard Wiliet; I’ll never
forget him doing something a few
years back that it took real manli
ness to do. I wish that Pansy
would tell us sometime about her
Uncle Grover Patton and his con
tribution to music at the “old”
church; it was a great and mem
orable one.
I see where the Swiss (men) were
going to vote on whether women
in that little country may vote or
not. As the last stronghold of
only male suffrage, Switzerland is
unique. I see that they voted “no”
on this. When my American history
classes study our Federal Constitu
tion and the 19th amendment comes
under consideration, I like to ask
some young lady if she thinks wo
men should be allowed to vote. In
variably, she will bridle and say,
“Of course, women are just as
good as men, aren’t they?” This
piece of feminine logic might bear
close)- scrutiny, but as a cowardly
and diplomatic male, I press on to
the comparatively safer waters of
the “lame duck” amendment.
The late Oden Walker contrib
uted much to our lives by his hu
morous treatment of his speech im
pediment; so far, this hasn’t been
my problem, but I suspect every
body has some physical character
istic they would have otherwise.
In my case, I think I -shall come
forth with a story, “I.ife Among
The Highbrows,” or perhaps some
epic poetry beginning, “Come back,
come back, O hair from thy flight.
Create a hirsute growth and cover
my plight.” This monstrosity may
descend upon you in any coming
column, so, “Be ye ready.”
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Free Will Baptist
The Christian Witness circle met
at the home of Mrs. Bobby Webb
Tuesday night, Feb. 10, 'vith Mrs.
John Ogle, Jr., presiding. The les
son was based on the Christian
training of children. Mrs. Fred
Hall led opening prayer; Mrs. T.
R. Register led devotions. Mrs.
Leon Rice, Mrs. Webb and Mrs.
Ogle gave the program. Others
attending: Miss Dorcas Bridges,
Mrs. Betty Summey, Mrs. James
Wilson and Mrs. Jerry Bridges.
Delicious refreshments were served
by the hostess. The next meeting
will be at the home of Mrs. Jerry
Bridges in Grovemont, Feb. 24.
G. T. A.’s met at Fellowship hall
Tuesday night. Feb. 10 with Mrs.
James Hall directing. After the
program and Bible quiz, the girls •
made cookies. Attending: Rlaine
Robertson, Patty Hall, Linda Met- '
calf and Brenda Nichols.
The Blue Ridge Youth fellow- ■.
ship will meet at the Marion church <
Saturday night at 7. All youth of i
the church are urged to attend, i
Anyone wishing to attend be at
the Free Will Baptist church here '
at 0 o’clock for transportation.
First Baptist Activities <
A “Sunday School Enlargement i
Campaign” will be launched next t
week with meetings for teachers 1
and executives each night at 7:30, (
Monday through Friday. i
Deacons’ meeting will be at the 1
church Saturday night at 7 o’clock.
All deacons are urged to attend. 1
Presbyterian Activities i
The Women of the Church met t
at the home of Mrs. G. B. Talbot t
Monday afternoon, Mrs. A. B. <
Whitt presiding. Mrs. Eugene ,
Loven presented a program on I
world missions. Reports were giv
en by circle chairmen and commit- i
tees. Others attending: Mrs. i
Charles Porter, Mrs. Ben Patton, t
Mrs. John MacKenzie, Mrs. Ervin e
Davidson, Mrs. Jim Davidson, Mrs. 1
George White. Mrs. Dickson Con
elly and Mrs. H. L. Clapp. (
Church of God I
I no current revival will continue s
throughout this week due to the 1
great interest shown. The evange- t
list is Rev. Fred Silvers. c
Xazarene Activities )
Missionary service will be held
at the church Thursday night. i
Special prayer meetings concern- -1
ing the coining revival have been 1
held at the church this week. The i
last meeting in this series will be f
Saturday night at the church. The i
revival will begin Feb. 24 with Rev. i
James Hokato speaking.
With the Sick
Johnny McCrain, son of Mr. and ?
Mrs. Grady McCrain, has returned .c
home from the hospital. I
Jeffrey MeCuen, son of Mr. and o
Mrs. Fred MeCuen, has returned r
home from the hospital and is im
proving. t
Mike Moody, son of Mr. and Mrs. \
Oliver Moody, Jr., is in the hos- s
pital. e
Clara Jean Smith has been sick \
with the flu this week. t
Whit Gibson has returned home (
from the hospital but must con
tinue to stay in bed for some time.
Mrs. Karl Waddell is home from ■
the hospital and Mr. Waddell will i
go to the hospital Friday.
Mrs. Paul Patton severed a ten
don in her third finger last week
while helping in the dairy. She
was admitted to the hospital but 1
lias now returned home where she
is improving. <
Dicky Brown, son of Mr. and i
Mrs. John Brown, has returned
from the hospital.
Bob Davidson is home now and ■
is much better. <
Mrs. Lillian Connor has returned i
home from the hospital. '•
Mrs. Joseph Redmon is in Mem- <
orial/ Mission hospital. 1
Jackie Burnette, so.n of Mr. and 1
Mrs. B. C. Burnette, is home now I
after undergoing an appendectomy.
Will Duckett is sick at his home ,
on Bee Tree road.
Mrs. Harry Blanford is very sick ,
at her home on Bee Tree road. j
There are several cases of meas- '
les in Swannanoa. 1
Sawyer-Bridges Wedding
Miss Margaret Ann Sawyer and ]
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Harry Ellis Bridges were married
Saturday evening in Elizabeth Wi -
liams chapel of Warren Wilson col
lege, with the Rev. Fredrick Ohler
officiating and music by Mrs. \ ic
tor Eliassian and Paul Nichols.
The bride is the daughter of J.
B Sawyer of Swannanoa, and the
late Mrs. Sawyer. She was given
in marriage by her brother, Jack
B. Sawyer. Jr. The bridegroom is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. W dey
Bridges of Alexander. His broth
er, Robert Bridges, was best man.
The bride wore a gown of lace
and and taffeta, styled with fitted
bodice and skirt panels of lace
over a taffeta skirt apphqued with
lace medallions. Her veil was at
tached to a coronet of pearls and
she carried a white Bible with
white carnations.
Mrs. George Wallace of Thomas
ville, sister of the bride, and Mrs.
Frances Moffitt were the brides
attendants, wearing street length
dresses of silk organda with match
ing bandeaux, and carrying Colon
ial bouquets of pink carnations.
Ronald Shelton and Luther Wells
were ushers.
The couple will live in Alexand
er. The bride is a graduate of
Memorial Mission Hospital School
of Nursing and is employed at the
hospital. The groom is a veteran
of the U. S. Army and is a grad
uate of French Broad High school.
Engagement
The engagement of Miss Phyllis
Pruett to Lloyd Ayers was an
nounced Sunday by the bride
elect’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. \\ al
ter Pruett of Swannanoa. Mr. Ay
?rs is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse Ayers of Swannanoa.
Hand Concert
The computed Danas oi uie ov\an
lanoa and Black Mountain Ele
mentary schools will give a con
'ert at the Swannanoa School
luditorium at the PTA meeting
r:30 p.m. tonight (Thursday).
Tiie bands will perform under
lirection of Woodfin C. Rhodes.
Bill Wright, president, will preside
it the monthly business s ‘ssio.n.
rhe Rev. G. B. Talbot, pastor of
Tie Presbyterian church, will con
luct the devotion.
iVounded by Gunshot
Ed Jones of Swannanoa, RFD 1,
•eceived dispensary treatment at
t a.m. Sunday at Memorial Mission
lospital for a rifle bullet wound
n the right thigh, reportedly suf
'ered at his home. The incident
s being investigated by the Sher
ff's department.
Vuto Crash
Donald W. Wright. ID, of Black
^fountain, was injured about 1 a.m.
Saturday in an auto crash on U. S.
Highway TO about two miles east
if Swannanoa, Patrolman Hussey
•eported.
Wright lost control of his ve
licle and crashed into a tree. He
,vas admitted to the Memorial Mis
sion hospital for treatment of lac
erations and for observation and
vas listed in fair condition Sat
urday night.
HDC Meeting
The Home Demonstration club
will hold its regular monthly meet
ing at the home of Mrs. D. C.
Martin on Bee Tree road, Thurs
day at 10 a.m.
Union Service
The churches of the Swannanoa
valley observed "World Day of
Prayer” in a union service at Beth
el Methodist church last Friday
night. Representatives from the
Bee Tree Christian church. Rice
ville, Swannanoa and Warren Wil
son Presbyterian and Bethel Meth
odist churches took part in the
program entitled, “Lord, I Believe,”
a service written by a committee
of nine Egyptian women. The of
fering was used for interdenomi
national mission work.
Personals
Airman Donald W. Kilpatrick,
son of Mr. and Mrs. James W.
Kilpatrick, has completed a course
of Air Force basic military train
ing at Lackland Air Force Base,
Texas, and has been selected to at
tend the technical training school
for radio and radar at Keesler Air
Force Base, Miss. He is a grad
uate of Charles D. Owen High
SCReV. and Mrs. Charles Smithed
baby were dVA"t *W^d noVda>'
C- L. Wingo hist W pavhlsons
Mr. and Mr,. Me Coxe. and
daughter, Mrs. ;: . , NV,th her
her son. Olenn, ^ Mr Coxe
parents fo' C . night and
came foi them • home in
they returned to their
ShRev’1 * W11vne Smith' attended a
homeV mission hoard meetmg at
Pine Level on Tuesday.
Heart Sunday Sunday.
toward this gteat cau. . . f
so we may help ^ve the nes^M
Sm^toaVVoTr' Paf ” T&
your contribution ^chui^^u'u^
or call Mis. i>- ... „
Heart fund chairman. V1 ■
WED IN SCOTLAND
From Page 1
“Gothic Minuet” and also played
the recessional and while t u cou
pie received in the vestry ■ i
Lord is My Shepherd" and "I raise
the Lord" were sung by the guests
during' the ceremony.
The bride, given in marriage by
her father, wore a gown of white
satin brocade, with a lily-of-the
valley pattern i.n silver thread. Her
gown was designed by Gaston Mal
let of Hamburger, and made by
her mother. Her headdress was
of silver and nylon net leaves with
nylon net veil attached and thread
ed with silver. She wore white
French satin gloves and carried a
bouquet of pink roses and colored
freesia tied with a dress Stewait
tartan ribbon.
The bridesmaids were Miss Iris
McDonald, “best maid." and Miss
Christine Aliphant. Miss McDon
ald's gown was of turquoise nylon
crystal organza. Miss Aliphant
wore a gown of pale blue lace and
chiffon.
James Wilson, brother of the
bride, served as best man. The
mother of the bride wore a gown
of black lace over lilac taffeta.
Following the ceremony, a re
ception was held at Crawford s-bv
the-Shore, Leith, Edinburgh. Ap
proximately 96 guests were pres
ent.
After a short honeymoon at Pee
bles, Scotland, Mr. Burgin resumed
his studies at the University of
Edinburgh. Mrs. Burgin is em
ployed in the office of Uni-Lever
Products, Edinburgh. For going
away, she wore a two piece wool
tweed suit of muted pink and blue
on a beige background.
The couple was piped from the
church by Pipe Major George Stod
dard, O.B.E., and David Wilson,
cousin of the bride, who presented
her with a “good, luck” horeshoe,
in line with Scottish custom.
Lions Raise $211
For Aid io Blind
The sum of $211 was raised by
the local Lions club in the recent
annual “White Cane' drive for
funds for care and treatment of
the visually handicapped. This re
port was among those made at a
meeting last Thursday night, fol
lowing dinner at the Monte Vista
hotel.
Look Who’s Here!
Mr. and Mrs. Claude T. Swann
announce the birth of a son, Evan
Randall Swann, Feb. 12 in Mem
orial Mission hospital. Mrs. Swann
is the former Paula Geraldine Jen
kins.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Hargrove
oi Swannanoa have a son born
Feb. 11 in St. Joseph’s hospital.
—-Accurate records are essential
to top-flight dairy production.
HEADS JR. WOMEN—
From Page 1
Several changes in the con
tion and by-laws were pres
by Mrs. \V. L. Wheelon, and
accepted
'•V(ire
A new program commit^., .
elected for next year consist: -,, “J
Mrs. Phillips, chairman; Mr,- i; '
Pinyan, Mrs. Woodfin Rhode,,
j0hn Bennett and Mrs. Don
Plans were made for a :
and tour of the Asheville On
die hospital in March.
Members present were Mi
Martin, Mrs. Ned Straehla, \p,
Doyle Turner, Miss Turner, \|,
Rob Brown, Mrs. Phillips, \jr'
Pinyan, Mrs. Wheelon, Mrs. y,
Bams, Mrs. John Bennett. y[r,
Rhodes. Mrs. Begley, Mrs. Simons
Mrs. Frances Pearson and Mr,'
Ross.
CALENDAR BOY & GIR|__
From Page 1
County boys and girls, the report
stated. Following are the amounts
each County school sold while the
Juniorettes and Junior Deputies
were selling on the streets of Ashe,
ville:
Reynolds, S50; French Broad
$65; Pisgah, $73.04; Erwin. $37 25
Haw Creek, $20; Barnardsvilie
$60: Anderson. $5: Candler, $200'
Black Mountain. $30; Weaverville’
$95; Flat Creek, $50.35; Sandy
Mush. S50: Woodfin, $185;; Swan,
nanoa. $25; North Buncombe. $50.
Emma, $71.43; Red Oak, $32.52
Biltmore Elementary, $25949'
Oakley, $50.89; Leicester. $250 15
Owen, $25; Fairview, $50: Sand
Hill, $71: Johnston, $30. and
Venable, $124.23.
Sheriff Brown wishes to thank
County School Superintendent r
C. Roberson for his full support
for such a wonderful cause and
to say to each principal and teach
er and child, “A job well done”.
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