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jupporl Your Community by Diving to the United Appeal! YOUR COUNTY NEWSPAPER Weather Date High Low Oct. 12 83 59 Oct. 13 82 57 Oct. 14 79 51 Oct. 15 53 32 Oct. 16 55 34 Oct. 17 61 32 Oct. 18 70 36 Prat 1.15 W VOL THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1954, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 12 PAGES TODAY 5c PER COPY REFLECTIONS By Go rdon Greenwood iin ■< 'aca ation trip to Ken L 'tT"'rot Mr «"d Mrs. Fenton uc*> . were surprised to this sign along the fr1"*' " rinv Town. Ky. Popu I pi, and t cat” it H i,ci her it was a mama Bdnt s--. I -R When a new minister arrived ["’or thought he'd have some •p He vent to the house, rang ,.h. doorbell then put on his a5 the door was opened. ^Leaning up close the culprit all over in his best de tremens manner as he red I've just got to have ■trembled ■lirium |wHisper I drink and you've got to get it -and quick." the concerned look in face the "old ■timer |for me Seeing |<he young man s here identified himself ,g "| was only kidding. .,m wHiie Snubmitu, pastor of l,he so and so church." He was more than surprised [when the other preacher said: "I knew you were the pastor of Lch and such a church but I jdidn't know but what the other urt was true too." That's the way to get even in {the modern days. _R— Th(, of Hazel, the healthy liin_ lady who traveled all the n "from the Carribbean to the jds of Canada, did a great deal damage at Ocean Drive, S. C., dere Mr and Mrs. Ross Taylor jere spending their vacation. Although they were warned by k police to get out before the [orm struck, they remained to ike the full blow because they Red •;) leave their friends with jhom they were staying. Handed can b' the chief of poice and •essed into service to halt looting the devastated area. Ross caught gan^ hy ing to make off with me whisky. Commanded to jhrow it down." they didn't obey a partner rounded the corner id the, disbanded in the face of ko guns |fiestriietmn on the beach and pin towns was unbelievable, the ■dors said "'hey * Si a tubful 1 | fish which had been caught and down. —R— t was nine years ago Tuesday Ihit a similar storm hit a Liber ia ship which had left Newport, Ingland, two days before. When Ihe winds were at their height Ind the Liberty ship, empty (ex po* for 500 soldiers and sailors) Ind light as a feather was leap ing around like a collie dog run jling rabbit in high grass, the lommanders called their pla loons together to issue red lights fto be attached to your Mae Nest just in case." One young kid wanted to know ore about the light, so he asked Questions. "It'll stay red for wo hours in the water and will |elp m finding anyone overboard let what'll we do if the two Jours are up and we still haven't *en found" he was naive enough i ask The lieutenant with the battle |*ars and the purple heart pinned his jacket thought that one lver ,or a moment then said: I in case you aren't picked up in *o hours, Joe, you'd better start ^ming to play a harp." The kid swallowed hard but t ask and where do I get Te harp?" —li lt tin.' Tennessee cheer* ni w before the Vols that i beaten team last Sat after the half, when ::i increased the advantage tchdowns, they disap* i ' call ever having seen a '' team play as poor a both offense and defense ' I i,mson-coached crew Sat P'h W ha let tv: t ■ver they did wasn’t '■med to be just what looking for. Best 'be field by far was El "as supposed to be sub : 1 omeone else. 1 b had any better on the hs a good thing he 1 ndition to play. UP to tough afternoon "!in.i Tar Heels come 1 n< Vols will be shooting -1-' and Barclay and his 1,11 the full force of their K efforts. —R— ''t thing to legalized 't wrestling, not box en Ball, the rough and played bv the Che ro bin the t I1 lr ■ bi r h, meet and square off :"‘e of the field in a ar to soccer ot* bask "m that moment on b> for himself—and be As soon as the "d up the ball, the ''ike at it with their 1 player has two with Pick up the ball. 1 h it with his hands Turn to Page 12 Funds Available For Equipping New High School Funds for equipping the auditor turn, cafeteria, home economics department, science department library, and commercial depart ment at the new valley consoli dated high school are available. ' ( Roberson, county superin tendent of education, has revealed The announcement was made at a joint meeting of the school boards, principals, and other of ficials at the new school building recently The group made an ex tensive tour of the new building and were aided in the tour bv ex planations by Mr. Roberson' and his assistant. R. A. Tomberlin I he board voted to move into the new school plant as soon after Jan. 15, 1955. as practical, or as soon as the building construction equipment, roadways and walk ways can be made ready. I he board addressed a request to the school and highway author ities to make every effort to per mit occupdticy on that date be cause of the overcrowded condi tions at each school and due to the fact that the new building must be heated for the rest of the year to protect equipment and construction. It was also pointed out that approximately 400 Black Mountain pupils are attending classes at Ridgecrest where no cafeteria is available. "This is deemed an emergency and school arid highway authorities are urged to cooperate to the fullest extent to remedy the situation”, the re port said. After a discussion of the funds available and the equipment need ed, the board voted to accept the recommendation of Mr. Roberson regarding the amount to be spent for each department. While the following list exceeds the sum of $20,000 available by $975.00 it was explained that these figures are just an estimate and not an exact figure. Items and amounts to be spent include: 910 auditorium chairs, S7.200: 400 arm chairs. $4,500; 12 chairs for stage, S100: 250 cafe teria chairs, $1,500 ; 50 home eco nomics chairs, $300 ; 51 x lib. r.-y chairs. $300; stand for auditorium. S75; cafeteria equipment, $5,800; home economics equipment, $600: science equipment, $600 —Turn to Rage 7 Veteran Employee Of Southern Dies Last rites were held Friday af ternoon. Oct. 15. in the State Street Methodist church for Blane Gilliam, who died suddenly Thurs day morning. The Rev. Robert Walters, pastor, officiated. Burial was in Mountain View Memorial park. Members of the Masonic Lodge were pallbearers and con ducted graveside rites. Mr. Gilliam had served 45 years with the Southern Railway system as a clerk telegrapher. Surviving are the widow; one daughter. Mrs Ralph Singleton of Bryson City; the father. A .1 Gilliam of Arden; two sisters, Mrs. Charles Moody of Asheville and Mrs. Jack Fullum of Oak Ridge. Tenn.. and two grandchildren. Harrison Funeral home was in charge. Tribute by Morgan In Ridgecrest Ramblings this week Ferry Morgan, conductor of ihe column, wrote the following When we returned from our va cation in Raleigh last week wt were informed of the death of oui friend of nearly 20 years Blanc Gilliam of Black Mountain 1 was the agent of the Southern railway here and was a mighty useful man in our community ai though he lived in Black Moun tain People from more than au states came to know and love him as a genial and warm-hearted friend and helper when they ai lived by train to attend t lie as sembly conferences His warm and unique gree'ing. his assistance with their baggage, his handling of telegrap i m« *•' a>*es giving information about travel schedules, making 1pufh"8" reservations, selling coat' 11 ■ and in’ many other way s rcndeni g willing, helpful and thoughtfi service endeared him to thousands of our guests from north .south, east and west He had * sense of humor as well as convictions on what was right and wrong and he stood thin > ° right always. Our sympathy tf> in full measure to his tainii. LIONS CLUB DIRECTORS WILL MEET TONIGHT « directors of the Black ntain Lions dub wit •' ght (Thursday) at 7:JO a , hall. A F Tyson, president, announced. alters of great importance wi liscussed and all directors ait urged to be present. The Clothing Closet Is An Important Community Institution! IL.. /.ft —Photo by Edward DuPuy L. T. New One Of founders Of (firisfmounl, L. I. New, Dies L T. New, Western North Car olint business, civic, and church leader, died unexpectedly at 5:15 p.m Thursday of last week in an Asheville hospital. He had been ill for only a short time. Funeral services were held Saturday after noon at 3:00 o’clock in the chapel at Morris-Lineberry-Black Funeral home with the Rev. Sam Fleming officiating. Burial was in Lewis Memorial park on Beaver Dam. Vice-President A retired vice-president of the Imperial Life Insurance company, Mr New was an elder and trustee in the First Christian church of Asheville and, along with Frank Dixon of Black Mountain, founded the Southeastern Christian As sembly. He was president of the board from the beginning. Looking over the Old Custavino property here, Mr. Dixon saw the possibilities which the tract of fered as a religious assembly training ground. Mr. New was immediately interested and furn ished the money to buy the prop ertj through R. S. Eckles, realtor. Mr. New carried the notes* until the churches could raise the money to pay for the property. Optimist Club Head Past president of the Asheville Optimist club and a former district governor, Mr. New headed the Civic Club union in Asheville in 1942-43. He had also been chair man of the Bible-in-the-Schools organization and was past presi dent of the North Carolina Insur ers conference. The Wilmington native began his career with the Imperial Life Insurance company in 1916 as an ;,‘>ent and was promoted to super intendent in 1918. becoming man ager of the Wilmington district in 1920 He was advanced to superintendent of agents in 1925 and vice-president of the company in 1949. He was married twice. His first wile the former Miss Ruth Cooke, died in 1942. He was mar ried on June 20. 1944. to Miss Eva Whitley of Asheville. Ivors are the widow; one er. Mrs. James E. Edens of He; two sons, L. T. New, Jr. ev’ille and Floyd New of boro: six grandchildren; sters. Mrs. Charles Rackley •s. David Wells, both of Wil !rs E. Roberts and Mrs. Bob ach both of Norfolk. Va.: brothers. John Daniel New csonville, N. C„ Lattie New s',,n and William New ot and the step-mo her. ohn W. New of Norfolk. —Turn to Page 7 This is the Community Clothing Closet as it appears today. Spon sored by the Junior Woman's club and the Elementary PTA, the closet is a Finer Carolina project. Many business firms and individ uals of the community have given material aid to assure success of the program. Inspecting clothes here, left to right, Mrs. Bill Brown, president of the Junior Woman's club; Mrs. Chester Sobol, former president, and Mrs. Leon Williams, chairman of the club's welfare committee. Other pictures and story on page 9 of this issue. PTA Membership Campaign Is On The Elementary School PTA membership is in full swing and officials expect a record number to join before it closes on Oct. 28. All parents are urged to join and give support to the various., activities of the parents and teach ers as they attempt to carry out the ambitious program adopted for the year. The cost is only 25 cents per membership which may be given to any elementary school child or any member of the membership committee. The pupils have been given envelopes which parents may use. Officials hope that fathers will join too. A prize will be given to the room with the highest percentage of membership, counting both mother and father. To Start Revival •TV '< t A The Rev. B. O. Privett, pastor of the First Church of God of Lynchburg, Va., will begin a re vival at the Blue Ridge chapel Sunday, Oct. 24 through Nov. 5. Services will begin each night at 7:30. There will be special singing each night. The Rev. Mr. Privett has been an active pastor and evangelist in North Carolina and Virginia for the past 20 years. The pastor, the Rev. R. L. John son, extends a very cordial invi tation to the public to come and hear this great man of God. Don't forget the date: Oct. 24—Nov. 5. "We are expecting a harvest of souls, sick to be healed. So if you have a spiritual need come and present it to the Lord, the pastor, said. SWAN-OTEEN CLUB TO SPONSOR BARBECUE \ chicken barbecue supper will be sponsored by the Swan-Oteen Woman’s club Saturday at 6:30 p.m at the Recreation hall. Swan nanoa Division of the VA hospital The hostess committee, headed bv Mrs Melvin Hobson, chairman, is' as follows: Mrs. Joe Martin. Mrs. Vincent Beilis, Mrs. Lee But ler. Mrs. James A. Crawford, Mrs. Thurman Harrison. Mrs. J New man and Mrs. J. A. Thompson. Mrs. Lee Seagle Mrs. Lee Seagle is Selected As Woman-Of-Year Mrs. Lee Seagle of Black Moun tain Ice company is the woman of-the-year in Black Mountain. She was selected on the basis of information furnished in letters from several citizens of the com munity. * Selecting of the woman-of-the year is an annual project spon sored by the Black Mountain Bus iness and Professional Woman’s club. A representative group of other civic clubs and organiza tions serve as judges and make the selection. Native of Center, Mo., Mrs. Seagle came to Black Mountain in 1934 from Statesville with her husband, Cyril Huffman, to estab lish the Black Mountain Ice com pany. The Huffmans were mar ried in 1913 and for 14 years she traveled with her husband who was a representative of the Carnes Artificial Limb company of Kansas City, Mo. ‘Mr. Huffman lost his arms in an accident while working for the Burlington Railroad in 1910. He was a native of Hickory, N. C. Following five years farming near Center, they moved to States ville where Mr. Huffman worked for his brother at the Statesville —Turn to Page 12 L. B. JACKSON HOME IN HOLIDAY MAGAZINE The home of Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Jackson in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., appears in the November issue of Holiday. The house is located on an island just off Las Olas boule vard. Mrs. Jackson is the former Miss Marguerite Garland, daughter of Mrs. Essie Garland of Black Moun tain, and sister of Albert and Stanley Garland. The Jacksons formerly lived in Asheville but moved to Florida 15 years ago where Mr. Jackson is a builder and developer. ROGER LUCAS APPEARS ON CLAUDE CASEY SHOW Roger Lucas, the boy with the golden voice, was heard last night (Wednesday) on the Claude Casey show from 9:30 till 10:00 over channel 4. WFBC-TV from Green ville. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lucas, who closed their office supply here Monday and moved to Mount Airy, Roger won in the amateur contest at the elementary school here last Thursday night over what has been called the best all around show to be presen t'd here. Mr. and Mrs. Lucas have opened an office supply store in Mount Viry. capitol city of Surry county. Warhorses Face Candler High At Canton Saturday Only second ranking Candler stands between the Black Monn tain-Swannanoa eleven and a per fect season in Buncombe county competition. This issue will be settled Saturday evening when the Warhorses take on the Bobcats under the lights on the Canton High school field. A win for the BM-S boys will give them an undisputed county title. Should Candler pull an up set, several teams might grab a share of the crown. Last Friday on the Swannanoa field the Warhorses won their fifth straight conference game by turning back North Buncombe High school. 28-0. The opening quarter ft'as score less but in the second the locals opened a drive on their own 40 that gave them their first touch down. Ned Greene shot through center for the final 10 yards and then plunged for the extra point. Marlin Patton closed the first half scoring by going over right tackle for a TD from the eight near the close of the period. He added the point through the line. But one of the most thrilling plays of the1 day was provided by Dan Reese who went around right end from midfield shortly after the third quarter opened and roared 50 yards for the third touchdown. He ran over for the extra point. Taking his cue from the run by Reese and proving that he can also operate in an open field, once by the line of scrimmage. Patton tucked the ball under his arm on his own 40 in the fourth quarter, followed his interference off tackle as long as it was useful, and then wound his way through a broken field for the final touch down. Just to keep up the re cord he plunged for the extra point. Following the game Saturday night with Candler at Canton, Black Mountain-Swannanoa will have only two games remaining, Asheville School and Brevard. Saturday Last Day To Register Registration for the Nov. 2 gen eral election will continue at the state’s more than 2,200 polling places on Saturday, Oct. 23. Registrars will be at the precinct polling places from 9 a.m. until sunset. Oct. 30 will be challenge day. Persons must be a resident of their precinct for four months and a resident of North Carolina for one year prior to Nov. 2 to be eligible to register. Young men and women who will become 21 years of age before Nov. 2 may register and vote. Qualified voters who will be ab sent from the county in which they are registered on election day, or who by reason of sickness or other physical disability are unable to go to the polling place, may vote by absentee ballot. Absentee ballots may be obtained from county election board chairmen. BARGAINS PROMISED FOR RUMMAGE SALE Corns and find bargains in dresses, sui.s, children’s clothes and other wearing apparel on Sat urday, Oct. 23, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Place: screened shop between Viverett’s and the Grill—on State street. Women of First Christian church will also have cakes, pies, and cookies for sale at the same time and place. There’ll be bargains. Leeman Elected R.C. Chairman Otty E. Leeman was elected chairman of the Black Mountain Swannanoa Red Cross chapter at the organizational meeting held here this week. Me succeeds F. M. Burnett of Ridgecrest, who has served as chairman for the past three years with Mr. Leeman as vice chairman. Other officers elected were: vice chairman, Willard K. Weeks; treasurer. Roy Alexander; secre tary. Mrs. Pearl Perkins. The work which Mr. Burnett has done as chairman was highly praised by the new officers and directors. Prior to the meeting ii was announced that the chapter had signed an agreement with the United Appeal and had been placed in the budget for $8500. The chap ter wdl appoint a director to serve as co-chairman with C. E. Spencer for the UF campaign which will open here soon. The chapter oi fice will be used as headquarters. Heads American Motors Executive Vice-President George Romney has been elected presi dent of American Motors Corpor ation, created May 1 by the merger of Nash - Kelvinator and Hudsan Motor Car Company. Romney, a'. 47 one of the nation’s yotingc top executives, succeeds the la!.' George W. Mason. March of Dimes Head Palmer Laughridge, Jr., Salis bury insurance executive, has been named chairman of the 1955 March of Dimes campaign in North Carolina, succeeding Secretary of State Thad Eure, who headed the drives in 1953-54. Collecting Dues Sara Rice, Black Mountain, col lectng student government dues at B'ue Mountain (Miss.) college. The two students who have just paid are Ruth Little, Memphis, Tenn., and Betty Berry, Guin, Ala. Carnival For Swannanoa To Be October 29 The Halloween carnival for the Swannanoa school will be Friday evening, Oct. 29, in the auditorium s arling at 7:00 o’clock. Doors will open at 6:30 and admission will be 10 cents for all. The event is sponsored by the P.T.A. Highlights ol' the evening will be the crowning of the king and queen, the costume parade, and the talent show. Parents are asked to send cakes, cookies, pies, candy and other items for the food tables which will be set up in each hall with (he help of PTA members and their helpers. There’ll be fun for all. includ ing fish ponds, fortune tellers, houses of horror, apples on a string, grab bags, white elephant sales, movies, nail driving contest, kiss ing booths, and many others. In addition the ghosts and spooks are expected to have a field day roam ing the halls and scaring the day lights out of any person who hap pens to come their way. All supporters of the Swan nanoa school are invited to come out and join in an evening of good, clean fun. SWANNANOA PTA WILL HAVE MEETING TONIGHT The Swannanoa P.T.A. will meet Thursday, Oct. 21, at 7:30 p.m. in the high school auditor ium. At this time the winners of the room membership drive for P.T.A. will be announced. A short business meeting will be held followed by a program on Safety and Fire Prevention. All parents are urged to attend. Sandra Fortune underwent a tonsillectomy at Memorial Mission hospital last week. Black Mountain, Montreal Men Hear Governors NEW ORLEANS, LA., Oct. 16. — (PN)—Three Presbyterian gov ernors declared here Saturday that Americans have every right to have faith in the future of their nation because it was founded on faith in God, has grown great through living by that faith and continues to govern its relations with all the nations of the world hy Christian faith. Speaking before more than 7,000 Presbyterian laymen attending the Pi'esbyterian Men’s Convention in Municipal Auditorium here, Gov ernors Alfred Driscoll, of New Jer sey, Francis Cherry, of Arkansas, and Robert Kennon of Louisiana, served as a panel on “Faith in Our Country.” Their panel was part of a three-day program with the theme “In God We Trust.” Each portion of the program presented a different way in which trust in God is expressed in faiths a lay man can live by. A fourth gover nor, Theodore R. McKeldin, of Maryland, was the keynote speaker when the convention opened Fri day. Among those hearing the gover nors’ panel were S. L. Woodward, J. 0. Williams, Dr. S. M. Bittinger, Dr. S. S. Cooley, and Rev. W. R. Klein of Black Mountain, N. C., and William Tucker, C. A. Stubbs, and Dr. Rupert McGregor of Mon treat, N. C. Governor Cherry first defined the governors’ understanding of faith as “both the vision to see ahead, reaching beyond the grasp of our understanding, and the valor to go to work and bring to pass that in which we believe.” Be cause our nation has had both vis ion to become a Christian nation through faith, and the valor of faith to work to make itself great, it now has a heritage of Chris tianity and a working faith in God which will enable it to meet the future, he declared. Governor Kennon cited American history to illustrate “how faith in God has worked in the past and can work in the future” for this nation. Faith brought discovery of the New' World, faith built strong settlements, faith became a fundamental declaration in the historic documents of the nation, and all the great leaders of the nation, from Washington to Eisen —Turn to Page 6 Did You Forget To Send Those Carnival Prizes? Among the items urgently need ed for the big carnival at the ele mentary school are print feed sacks. Parents and others having any item for use are requested to lef the carnival committee know at once. The date is Oct. 30. The spooks and ghosts of the Swannanoa Valley are warming up preparing for the gigantic pa rade which will be held at 6':30 following a light supper which will be served in the lunchroom. The king and queen contest is on and jars bearing the names of the favorites have been placed in stores and business places around town. The king and queen will be crowned on the stage the night of the carnival. Parents, this is the time to clean out the attic and those closets and send items to school for the country store, fish pond, apron booth, candy booth, cake walk, and o her events. This . will not be a success unless YOU cooperate. Also needed are vases, bridge prizes, and just about anything that you have around the house and don’t want or need. Don't delay, call today, it’ll pay and pay. Sill Gibbs Opens Cabinet Shop Bill Gibbs of Black Mountain has opened a cabinet shop about midway between Black Mountain and Swannanoa on U. S. 70. Mr. Gibbs spent 13 years with Drexel Furniture Co., then 10 years with Morgan Manufacturing Co. He will build any type of cab inet, window or door casings. He also will repair or refinish furn iture. SINGING CONVENTION AT HUDGIN S CHAPEL WILL BE OCTOBER 31 The regular fifth Sunday singing convention will be held at Hudg in's Chapel Free Will Baptist church on Oct. 31. The public is cordially invited to attend. The Rev. E. L. Beaehboard is pastor.
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