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Church Purchases Gustavino Estate
[for Summer Assembly Grounds
[ SOUTHEAST AREA
PROJECT WILL
I POST $1,000,000.00
I Corporation Now Being
I I ,‘lined To Take Title
I To The Property
■ | , Gustavino estute which bor-
■ der : th , Lakey Gap road, has been
■ purchased by the Disciples of
■ ohnst for the purpose of erecting
||, in urea assembly ground, it has
■ been revealed by L. T. New of
H Seville, chairman of a committee
■ appointed by the state board in
|l o) investigate the feasibility
■ of the project. Original plans call
■ for erecting a one million dollar
(I < astern area summer assemb
■ ly grounds.
I Purchased from the Spanish Cas-
II tie Estates. Inc. the tract contains
■ 543 acres and will serve the south-
H east area, Mr. New announced. R.
|| s. Eckles of Black Mountain hand-
H ied the transaction for Spanish
II Castle Estates, Inc. and as a rep
f| resentative of the brotherhood, Mr.
II New was empowered by the state
|l convention of Disciples of Christ,
■ in session in Asheville in Novem-
II her to proceed with negotations for
B the property.
B Decision to purchase the Black
IF Mountain property developed after
|[ the Disciples of Christ had held
I five meetings during the past 10
i years in Western North Carolina
Conferences have been held at
Montreat and at Blue Ridge dur
ing the past years. After inspect
ing several sites Black Mountain
was decided on because of the four
other major assembly grounds lo
cated here. Camp Carolina on the
North Carolina coast is being dev
eloped for the juniors but the need
was felt for the adult conference
ground to be near the “Assembly
Ground Center.”
The property owners had sold
some of the outer margin of the
estate but the main valley was
held for sale to some organization
as a unit to be used for an assem
bly ground or other similar pro
ject. Roy Taylor, then president of
the Black Mountain Chamber of
< ommerce, and William C. Honey
cutt of Black Mountain were prin
cipal stockholders in the corpor
ation.
b S. Eckles and Frank Dixon of
I'iavk Mountain were instrumental
111 bringing the delegates, who
W“ie at • riding the state convention
Asheville at the time, to inspect
11 G ,- avino property on Novem
ber 5, 1947.
i-K Disciples of Christ denom
'';i. which originated in Penn
\ l anis. i s said to be the largest
• !, crican-born Christian body in
! v States and is the fifth
of all protestant bodies in
th e world.
\ ■ -<> n -pj- 0 f corporation, the
tentative name of which is to be
( j' •'southeastern Christian Assem
, I.' ' j’ ' s n «>w being formed to
*1 ‘‘ 10 the land, sponsor the
and eventually operate the
assembly.
j, --i-xTship in the corporation,
'•o lined, will be based on
i’a.i church membership in
0 £ , ‘ a, ‘d the annual meeting
‘ i’oration is expected to
hilack Mountain in July.
OT,;; : lddllion Mr. New, ineorp
named at the quarterly
l e j, . t he state board in Ra
'eh' 12 are Julge Hubert C.
Montreat Clips
Swannanoa B
The Montreat High school girls
downed the Swannanoa B team at
Swannanoa last week 31-14. The
winners lead 20 to 6 at the half.
Hoffman paced the Montreat team
with 14 points.
Lineups and scores:
Montreat (31) (14) Swan. B
F—Hoffman (14) Johnson
F—Wenk (1) Stroupe
F—Parker (10) Davidson
C—S. Curry Ward
G—Hill King
G—Williams Biggs
Subs: Montreat, Combs (6),
Histe, Birdwell, Ladd, Kitchen,
Ix'dbetter, Starling. Swan., Jenkins
(2), LaMaster, Jones (12), Allen,
Biggs Boss.
Jarvis, of Asheville, chairman of
the board of Elders, First Chris
tian church there; F. \V. Dixon,
of Black Mountan, retired busi
nessman and active in state church
affairs; J. Benbow Jones, Winston
’ Salem real estate man; the Rev.
Newton J. Robinson, pastor of the
Hillyer Memorial Christian church,
Raleigh, and the Rev. R. Paul
1 Parker, Pastor of the Christian
church, Hookerton.
t Approval of the purchase of the
1 property,' consideration for which
• is said to have amounted to $15,000,
was made at the 10,'ird annual ses
sion of the North Carolina Chris
tain Missionary convention, which
was held at the First Christian
church in Asheville last November
4-6.
t The proposed assembly grounds,
divided by two streams, Elliott
I branch and Lakey’s creek, is so
situated as to afford an excellent
site for large artificial lakes and
the possiblity for private water
supply. There is an abundance of
flora on the estate, including rho
dodendron, laurel, and azalea. The
view of the Craggy range from the
etates is said to be almost un
excelled.
Among other projects on the es
tate will be the building of riding
trails through miles of forest
lands, and the erection of recrea
tional facilities.
Situated on the property is an
old "Spanish castle” once the home
of the late Raphael and Frances
Gustavino. Mr. Gustavino, archi
tect and designer of St. Lawrence
Catholic church in Asheville, erect
ed the “castle.” He died in 1908
and the widow died January 28,
1940.
Following the death of Mrs.
Gustavino, the property was sub
divided and a portion of it sold at
auction by the Spanish Castle Es
tates, Inc.
In addition to the “castle,” which
is said to be about two-thirds de
stroyed, there are four small build
ings, some of which will be used
as temporary structures, Mr. New
: aid. One five-room residence on
the property will be renovated for
used as a caretaker’s home. The
"castle” will be razed.
The building program is expected
to get underway sometime in the
next two years, members of the
corporation pointed out. It will in
clude the erection of structures of
modertt arcitecture, permanent
and so designed that, if necessary,
they would be usable throughout
l.the year.
Thursday, March 11, 19IS, Black Mountain. N. C.
NOTICE! ! !
This is the last week
to make applications for
tourist ads in the 1948
Chamber of Commerce
booklet
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Black Mountain NEWS
4 10 1
Warriors Bumped
By Valley Springs
In Second Round
A Swannanoa five, badly off
form shown throughout the season,
were upset in the quarterfinals of
the 23rd Buncombe county tour
nament at the city auditorium by
a fighting Valley Springs five, 34-
27. The victors went on to grab
the title by defeating Sand Hill
in the finals.
Seeded first by virtue of their
excellent record the Swannanoa
boys held a 6-5 lead at the end of
the first quarter, but unable to
get their offense rolline to any
great degree, they slipped and saw
Valley Springs bovs slide ahead
23-18 at the close of the third per
iod. Successive baskets by McMah
an, Tipton, and Straehla narrow'ed
the gap to 25-24 as the clock
struck the five minute mark. The
winners spurted and held a seven
point margin as the time ran out.
It was a tough loss for the War
riors who were plainly off form
throughout the game.
Lineup and scores:
Valley Springs (34) (27) Swan.
F—Pressley (4) (6) Straehla
F—Johnson (1) (7) McMahan
C—lsreal (6) (8) Sides
G—M. Hare (4) (2) McClure
G—Sisk (8) (4) Tipton
Subs: Valley Springs, Rhodes 11,
Swannanoa, Goslin, Lee.
Longview Mills
Plan Program Os
Improvements
HICKORY —An extensive pro
gram of improvements and changes
is being under taken by the Long
view Flour and Feed Mills, Inc., of
Hickory, it was announced today
by the manager, BobWeatherby.
The program is aimed at future
expansion that will make this mill
one of the most outstanding flour
and mixed feed mills in this sec
tion of Western North Carolina,
Mr. Weatherby explained.
Four new salesmen, Bill Deless,
Carl Lahmer, William Speltz, and
Ted Hodges, are now working ter
ritories recently assigned them,
with Mr. Delless acting as sales
manager, in charge of all sales
Additional plans to further ac
quaint people of this area with
the products manufactured in
Hickory by this plant are: a spon
sored radio program on radion
station WHKY, Hickory, on Satur
day nights, advertisements in
newspapers throughout the territ
ory served by the plant, and wide
spread improvements at the mill.
The mill, located on 9th avenue,
in the Longview section, is locally
owned and has been in operation
for 10 years. The plant has a cap
acity of 200 tons of mixed feeds
per day, it was explained.
Hunter Crump, a man of 20
'.’ears’ experience in ihe flour and
feed business, is superintendent
at the plant.
Plans for the development of the
property have not yet been com
pleted.
Black Mountain Guards Praised For
Their Outstanding Defensive Play
Dr. Burnette Will
Practice Here
Dr. Thomas J. M. Burnett of
Washington, D. C., has recently
begun the practice of medicine in
Black Mountain as an associate of
Dr. S. S. Cooley.
He received his undergraduate
work at Wake Forest college and
from there went to the Bowman-
Gray School of Medicine where he
received his M.D. degree. After
completing his internship at the
Jersey City Medical Center, Jer
sey City, N. J., he did residency
work at the Oak Ridge hospital,
Oak Ridge, Tenn., prior to coming
to Black Mountain.
Dr. Burnett will share the of
fice of Dr. Cooley and do general
practice.
Mrs. Burnett is the former Iris
Willis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. I. Willis.
CP&L To Sponsor
Contest- For 4-H
Club Members
Any bona-fide 4-H club mem
ber in several Western North Car
olina counties, including bun
combe is eligible to enter the
4-H Better Methods Electric con
test of 1948 which is sponsored
locally by the Carolina Power
and Light company. The purpose
of this contest is to improve ways
and methods of doing things on
the farm and in the farm home
electrically.
In each of the counties one boy
and one girl will win a two-day,
all-expense paid trip, paid by the
Carolina Power and Light com
pany, to the 4-H Club electric
congress to be held in Raleigh in
October of this year. The West
inghouse Educational foundation
will award a gold-plated sterling
silver medal of honor to the win
ning boy and girl in each county.
Bobby Young and Anna Lee Pon
der won in Buncombe county
last year.
County winners may compete
for the territorial awards which
will consist of two first prizes of
a SIOO scholarship and two sec
ond prizes of an engraved gold
watch. Territorial winners may
compete for an expense trip to
Chicago to the national meeting
to be held in December.
To compete, a boy or girl must
select a farm or home chore that
is taking up a lot of time and
using up much human energy,
make a study of this chore, and
then figure out and put into prac
tice, a new and better method by
using electricity that will save
time and labor.
E. L. Dillingham, assistant
county agent, is 4-H club leader
in Buncombe county.
P-TA MEETING MARCH 18
The Black Mountain Parent-
Teachers’ meeting will be held
Thursday, March 18, at 3:15 p. m.
in the Grammar School .auditor
ium. All parents and friends are
urged to be present.
HOME FROM FLORIDA
Mr. and Mrs. G. V. Stepp re
turned last week from Eau
Gallie, Florida, where they had
spent the past three months.
Called Best Backcourt
Trio In Tournament
With Black Moutain’s three vet
eran guards—Pat McDougle, Ar
ietta Burnette, and Lucy Fortune
—closing out four years of county
competition with a brilliant perfor
mance that drew the praises of
coaches, players, and fans, the
Nightmares were eliminated in
semifinals at the city auditorium
Friday night, 22-21, by the Sand
Hill six. Sand Hill in turn was
bumped by the Leicester team, 41-
34.
Although the locals took the
floor as underdogs they battled the
Sand Hill girls down to the wire
before bowing out in an overtime.
Joyce Gouge, senior forward, hit
two fielders in a row to bring the
Nightmares up even as the final
whistle sounded. In the overtime
Betty Moore scored from the floor,
the R. Jackson tossed in a free
throw to give Sand Hill a three*
point lead .Battling fiercely as the
time ran out Lorraine Stafford hit
with a two pointer from underneath
but the final whistle blew before
the Nightmares gained possession
of the ball.
To advance to the semifinal
round the Nightmares nudged out
highly rated Valley Springs team,
28-26, in the quarterfinals ’Thurs
day night before a packed house
Starting slowly the local girls ov
came a 20-14 halftime deficit to
tie it up in the third period and go
on to win a two point victory. Star
of the drive rd, substi
tute forward, who connected with
six points in the final few minutes
of play.
The Senior guards played
tally well in this contest ...
they were called upon to guard
Miller, flashy Valey Springs for
ward, who had baffled the opposi
tion all season long with her out
standing forecourt play. Using a
pivot shot that sent her under the
basket from either the left or right
side, Miller was especially hard to
guard without fouling.
But McDougle, Burnette, and
Fortune—who were called the best,
set of guards operating in the
county this season—solved the
problem so well that they held Mil
ler to four points during the final
half.
Lineups and scores:
Blk. Mtn (28) . (26) V. Springs
F—Gilliam (20) Miller
F—Morrow (4) (6) Parker
F—Gouge (9) H are
G—Burnette A. Bishop
G -Fortune Harmond
G—McDougle Baldwin
Subs: B. M., Stafford (12), Slag
le (9). V.S., Lynch, Corn, Welton.
Sand Hill (22) (21) Blk. Mtn.
F—R. Jackson (14) (11) Gouge
F—Moore (4) Slagle
F—Dowdle (2) (8) Stafford
G—Wallen Burnette
G—Pace Fortune
G—McElrath McDougle
Subs: Sand Hill, J. Jackson (2),
I hrash. B. M., Morrow, Gilliam
(2).
HOME FROM TRIP
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Holman
and Mrs. Carter Uzzell have re
turned from a trip to Miami and
Eau Gallie, Fla.
DINNER GUESTS
Mr. and Mrs. Kenith Gunner
and daughter Nancy of Asheville
were diner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
James Brinkley last Friday.
Pay only 5c