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Submit Your Suggestion for New High School Name! Weather Date Nov. 16 Nov. 17 Nov. 18 Nov. 19 Nov. 20 Nov. 21 Nov. 22 High Low Free. 54 65 58 64 58 43 53 48 46 54 40 37 25 33 50 16 .02 .25 YOUR COUNTY NEWSPAPER ''V NO. 12. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1954, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 8 PAGES TODAY 5c PER COPY REFLECTIONS By Gordon Greenwood i( uj had gathered in the ' J , „.m of the Methodist ; ' .r, occasion that made hoard members both ■' pp> They were say to Thad McDonald. : hocii church pastor for *'*’ and welcoming Hob who was coming here ‘ \(;||> River. ,r!!hfn'a high official stood up. . k0(i ;hc crowd over and said. .incc Thad is leaving and jo Winston-Salem some of bettc tell him we re glad k»'S going Spoken m fun. this helped to *ak the ice and relieved the uncr situation —R— Whtn Christie Arno, director fh« Buncombe County Re ding home spoke «t the Lion* two weeks *90 he made e s^nificant statement that will b«jr thought and consideration. jyt've all heard the adage that ,M jons of minister* and church People were alway* the meanest characters in the community. girt acording to Mr. Arno this is far from the truth. He sjys that in all of hi* experience J( u* home which receives de linquent children from the city inj county, not one he* ever come from a Christian home. He told the story of the smell boy admitted to the home who didn't recognize the picture of Christ which was hanging on the wall but the seme child could describe Hop-A-Long Cas sity in detail, knew how many guns he wore, the color of his horse, and on what side his horse wore its mane. Most of the children who come to the home art chronic TV and movie fen* and avid readers of comic books, he said. The children make a greet improvement in the few days they stay at the home but he points out that character build ing is a long-range plan and that there is no short cut. R_ A note from W.dter tf may want its money back) Cook says “’tis iS here today at 1:30 p m. Notice j the Black .Mountain News your temperature in Black Mountain in No\ 2 was 18 degrees. But it Bill would be great to be up in lie mountains Regards to all my fiends.'' —R— William Perry, student at r-orest college and son ot •H* Rev. and Mrs. Cecil Perry »' Ridgecrest, has sent a slipping from the school paper regarding > WF graduate who now is per sonal physician to President Syrigman Rhee of Korea. His name is Capt. Julius A. Howell who arrived in Korea i" June, 1953, to head the 124th Evacuation hospital. The presi dent had a fungus infection and since Howell was an eye, ear, nose, and throat specialist he was the logical choice to treat hm. Later the captain wrote I took great pains to clean out his ears and then gave him some ointment to use in them. He kept talking to me as I worked on him, the guard hold lr,9 mY instruments. He asked "* w*lere I was from and I lild Nor,h Carolina. He remark 'd 'Hat he had been there and "membered the town of Black fountain m particular." A,,er that first visit, Dr. How became Rhee's personal phy sician. Turn to Page 5 farhorses Eye to. 3 Opener I,1/*1;1, v,i struehla of the Black 1 hwannanoa High school cut the squad to 12 . eP' up the pace in pre 1 ue boys for the scrimmage Black Mountain Lions "'la> evening and the : cr at Fairview on Dec ll,r the Lions encounter prior to the Christmas 'll be played assay from n V: "tile boys have been 0,.,' 'he squad and sent to j ,, !l 'he juniors, they may i(. 1 *le varsity at any time '■nough improvement. i ■ i,. ttien are back to form ir, around which the , and Cullowhee star a!, ‘ ; his team These are, faV(.,, hie. Dan Reese, Larry or,1 " orge Thompson, Wayne r h ( arl Barnwell. Other h<,. e in hers are Tommy tier,'. s,anlev Gregory, Bill ich;.: (’c°rge Fate. Albert h, aQd James Watkins, immunities are evenly ! six from each. ir . ' e hoys fighting hard bi rths, competition is h" keen. $1 Will Send $20 Worth Of Food Tc Needy Abroad A National Capital Thanksgivin obsonanco at the Washing^ ( aUudral at Mount St. Alban Washington. I) <•. a. 4 p.m. Sun < «*> • «\ 21 replete in huge colorful processional and massed choirs and with high dignitaries of church and state, and emba-v and legation officials in attendance launched a nationwide chain of tens of thousands of similar ser vices to be held throughout Amor ica during Thanksgiving Week dedicated to the Share Our Surphi program of 35 major Protestant denominations through Church World Service. Invited guests at the national capital service—a joint observance by Washington churches — were Dwight I) Eisenhower. President of the United States and Mrs Eisenhower, the President’s offi cial family and other national government leaders, embassy and legation representatives, and Na tional Council of Churches officials and other representatives from de nonnnational and interdenomina tional church life. Millions of pounds of surplus foods, it was announced today by the Rev. R Norris Wilson, execu tive director - elect of Church World Service, will be distributed free to the needy of foreign lands through the three-year Share-Our Surplus appeal beginning with these services in the great cities of the nation, in hamlets and vill ages. in civic auditoriums, in ar mories. in great edifices and in humble rural churches. laterally millions of Americans, he said, will demonstrate, in these Thanksgiving Week services, rec ognition of their privilege in shar ing—in brotherhood with all hu manity—the material abundance with they they have been endowed by Providence Through the Share-Our-Surplus program, surplus foods can be distributed in areas of distress abroad at a cost not exceeding one dollar for every $20 worth of food, Mr. Wilson declared. Recent national legislation, which has both greatly increased amounts of government surpluses available to the world wide relief program of the church and provided for their transportation abroad, has made possible this program under which me cnurcncs uisirinuuon oi sum necessities of life are expected to at least quadruple previous sched ules, Mr. Wilson said. Aim of the program being par ticipated in by the 35 major Pro testant denominations is a min imum distribution, during the next three years, ol 500,000.000 lbs. of surplus foods in addition to their regularly scheduled and continu ing world-wide relief, reconstruc tion and rehabilitation efforts. At least $7,500,000 will be nec essary, Mr. Wilson said, to carry out the program projected to reach to upwards of 40 overseas countries and areas Top ranking clerical and secular officialdom throughout the nation will be identified in the great chain of observances arranged through state and local councils of churches ministerial associations, etc. Smiths Purchase B. R. Soda Shop Mr. and Mrs. John A. Smith of St. Petersburg, Fla., have pur chased the Blue Ridge Soda shop and will operate it under the name Mountain View Diner. Before coming to Black Mountain, Mr. Smith was the cook at the Essex and Sussex hotel, Spring Lake, N. J, He began his cooking careei m railroad cooking cars in VMZ. Since then he has worked m sev eral of the best hotels in the south, the most recent one being the Vinoy hotel, St. Petersburg, Fla., where he was one of eight cooks. _ ... As soon as Mr and Mrs. Smith get established they will serve regular dinners, but for the p>es ent their service will be limited to plate lunches, short orders, sandwiches, and fountaii- •x 1 YDE WATKINS HEADS \SONIC COMMITTEE >R ANNUAL BANQUET lyde Watkins has been ap nted chairman of the commit to make arrangements for tlie ual Masonic banquet to be hi Id Dec. 10 at the Monte \ isLe isting will be George • (• 1 Leonard Keever. Those plan g to attend should see an> of these men for tickets ,11 reservations must be made 5:00 p m. on Dec. ft. IG STORES TO CLOSE 1 drug stores in Black Moun will be closed all day lhurs in observance of Thanksgn Day. —Photo by Gragg Studio Jim Cordell of Swannanoa ex hibits this 42 pound monster which he caught off Fort Fisher, N. C., on Oct. 28. This channel bass was probably headed for the open sea when he ran into Mr. Cordell's bait and wound up in the pan instead. 100 Percent Male Students-Both of Them-On H. R. The entire male enrollment of Montreat college is among the 48 students named to the select Dean’s List at mid-semester grad ing. Robert Hare of Chester. S. C.. and Frank C’sapo of Lackawanna, N Y . the only men enrolled here, both received the honor by amas sing term grades B or above, Reg ister Princie Maph'tt announced. A total of 48 students, includ ing 13 seniors, 11 juniors, 16 sophomores and eight freshmen, were placed on the honor roll. Seven of the group received all A’s. SWANNANOA SENIORS SELECT MISS PYATTE The senior class of Swannanoa High school has selected Phyllis Pyatte to be usherette at the night performance of the Navy band. She will also attend a dinner given for the usherettes. Ima Jean Cline was selected to represent Swannanoa in the Christ mas parade, sponsored by the Asheville Chamber of Commerce. A luncheon will be given immed iately following a television ap pearance. BUILDERS CLASS WILL SPONSOR PARTY The Builders Class of the First Christian church is sponsoring a Stanley party at the J.O.U.A.M. hall on Wednesday. Dec. 1, at t>:30. The public is cordially invited to attend. KLEINS WILL BE HONORED AT TEA A tea will be given in honor ol the Rev. and -„Irs William R Klein on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 28. from 3:30 to 5:30 in the fel luw.ship room of the Black Moun a.;n Presbyterian church. lhe public is cordialB invited to attend. Herman Talleys Entertain News Staff. Families Mr. and Mrs. Herman Talley en tertained members of the Black Mountain News staff and then families with a hamburger fry last Thursday evening at their home on Craigmont road. Those enjoying the occasion ,ere: Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Cunning iam Mr. and Mrs. Roy L. Russell ,„1 Ricky, Mrs. D. P. Dinwiddle, ’reston Osteen, Mr. and Mrs. Gor on Greenwood and Buddy. Terry „d Tim Talley and the host and i i-U'SS. School Safety Patrol Will Be Organized Here After a unanimous decision to organize a school safety patrol, the Black Mountain Elementary school went inft> action. Mrs. Roy Taylor, safety chairman, and F. I*. Higginbotham, president, re quested Mrs. James A. Crawford to serve as chairman and appoint ed the following committee to work with Mrs. Crawford in the organization of the patrol: par ents, Mrs. E. N. Crumpler as as sistant chairman: Mrs. Arthur Smith. Mrs. William Beha, Mrs. Charles L. Burks, and C. A. Stubbs; teachers, Miss Lou Lindsey, Mrs. Kelly, Miss Cauble, Mrs. Brown, Miss Jumper, and Miss Pauline Tipton, teacher-coordinator. The principal, A. W. McDougle and the P.T.A. president, Mr. Higgin botham, will also serve on this safety patrol board as it will be called. The safety patrol board met last Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. Crawford and formulated plans. The board hopes to have an actively operating school safe'-' ty patrol, made up of both girls and boys, by Jan. 15. A program will be given in chapel the first week of December to familiarize the girls and boys with the pur pose and the operation of such a patrol. Parents will be urged to attend this program in order that they may give their support and aid in the ultimate success of this worthwhile project. Training by a police officer or highway patrolman will be given the girls and boys who become members. The Black Mountain Woman’s club, the town council, and the Junior Woman’s club have all gone on record as endorsing this move ment, In a booklet issued last year by the American Automobile association it was stated that the school safety patrol was originated by three agencies: teachers and sen()()l oineiais in iiic niuuuiuuoi field, police officers and law en forcement agencies; and individ uals of the AAA and affiliated clubs. These agencies have de veloped this life-saving program for elementary school age young sters by their encouragement and sponsorship into the present na tion-wide organization. Missionary To India Is Speaker During the past two weeks in November the committee on miss ionary education of the Methodist church with Mrs. F.. N. Grumpier as chairman offered a study course on India, Pakistan, and Ceylon. Since most of the churches are working on the same study the M SGS invited other church women of Black Mountain to attend. Mrs. Henry Ware acted as teacher, hav ing attended a mission school of the USCS in Greensboro last Aug ust studying under the able lead ership of Miss Louise Robinson who spent tit) years in Asia teach ing in mission schools. But Black Mountain is particularly fortunate in having in the community the Kenneth Mackenzie family, who served as missionaries in the Pun jab for 18 years, and Mrs. Mac Ken/.ie gave the main lecture at each of the four evening meetings and served as consultant. Several members of the group gave special reports during the study. including Mrs. Gordon Greenwood, Mrs. J. R. Bumgarn er and Mrs G. E. Moray. Miss Mary E. Walters gave a report on the life of Miss Isabella Tho burn, the first woman teacher to go as a missionary to India. Miss Walters came from the same sec tion of the country as Miss Tho burn and has an intimate knowl cfl,<e of her history and knows members of her family. —Turn to Page 8 —Photo by Edward DuPuy With the gracious hospitality of the Montreat administrators who provided hotel accommodations, di rectors of the YMCA Conference Grounds of America met at Blue , Ridge Nov. 8-11. The Directors are, back row. left to right, H. L. (Doc) McConaughy, executive. Silver Bay camp. Silver Bay, N. Y., chair man; Fred R. Eckford, business , manager, George Williams college camp, Williams Bay, Wise.; Hugh , D. Allen, director, George Williams , college camp; LeRoy Congdon, ; camp's executive, St. Louis, Mo. | Front row, left to right, August , L. Johnston, resident manager, , Blue Ridge assembly. Blue Ridge; , Walter G. Reusch, managing di- , rector. Association camp, Estes Park, Colo.; Walter F. Slaymaker, > associate executive, Silver Bay , Camp, Silver Bay, N. Y.; Perry M. Sample, executive director, Holi- . day Hills, Pawling, N. Y.; Henry T. , Ware, executive secretary. Blue Ridge assembly, Blue Ridge. I Mr. Ware was elected Chairman i for 1954-55. The conference next 1 year will be held at George Will iams college camp, Williams Bay, Wise. Lions Club Teams to Play H. School The newly organized basketball teams of the Black Mountain Lions club will get their first test of the season next Tuesday evening when they square off against the Black Mountain-Swannanoa High school 1 cagers in a doubleheader. The girls will play at 7:30 and the boys an hour later. Heading the Lions delegation i will be two all-staters from the old American Legion club of a ' few winters back, E. K. Brake, < voted the outstanding player in the state, and Everette Stephenson, all-state forward. Other team members will include • Doyle Turner, Jack Edwards, Bob by Ritchie, Bobby Blair, Red Tay lor, Wilburn Waters, Glenn Mel ton, and Gerald Rurgess. For the Legion girls a full rost er was not available hut it is be lieved that the following may be seen in action: Arrietta Burnette, Valeen Cooper, Eloise Cooper, Lor raine Parker, and Alma Ballew. It has just been announced that the high school ticket takers will honor Lions club season ticket for the game. These tickets are be ing sold by Lions club members for $1 each for the entire schedule. Christian Church Architect Coming For Conference The chief architect of the Christian Church Board of Ex tension, C. Betts, will be here Dec. 5 to confer with officials of tlie Black Mountain First Christ ian church regarding the building program. At 3:30 p.m. he will meet with the building committee at the home of Frank W. Dixon, and at 7:30 he will meeting with the congregation in the Junior Order hall. All members are urged to be present at that time. Glen Morgan is chairman of the building committee. BM-S FOOTBALL TEAM IS ENTERTAINED AT MONTE VISTA BANQUET Last Wednesday night Mr and Mrs. Wayne (Spanky) Reese en tertained the varsity football team of Black Mountain and Swannanoa schools with a dinner at the Monte Vista hotel. In addition to 41 players, N. C. Shuford, Ned Straehla. Tom llorna day and Ralph Humphries were present. Mr. Shuford spoke to the group on “Healthy Living”. LAWRENCE ALLEN HOME Lawrence Allen arrived Sunday to spend several days with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Allen. Lawrence has been at Great Lakes, 111., for 15 weeks and is eh route to the naval base in Key West, Fla. Request For Six New Classrooms Fo Be Submitted Although the State School Plan ling commission in Raleigh favors me story buildings where practi al, the commission will approve he six additional classrooms at he old high school building here. The original plan was sent back iv the commission which asked hat consideration be given to con traction of a one-story self-con ained plant here. When it was minted out that this would be too xpensive and not practical at this ime, the commission asked that he plans be resubmitted for ap iroval. This was the decision reached it a conference held here last rhursday by state and county of icials, school principals, and mem jers of the PTA. The new plans vill be submitted to the state ilanning commission with a re luest for funds to build the new •lassrooms. The toilets at the present ele nentary school building will be idded as originally planned. The irst request was turned down be muse they were too close to class moms. Since these rooms can lever become standard rooms, the ifficials agreed that they would >e abandoned and used for other lurposes. They are on the north ;ide of the building on the first ind second floors near where the oilets will be built as originally ilanned. At the regular PTA meeting Thursday evening the group went in record by a unanimous vote as ipproving a supplemental tax on i county-wide basis as a long ange plan to improve the schools if the county. This plan will be iresented by the local group at he next PTA county council to >e held in Asheville on Jan. 3. F. P. Higginbotham, president, iresided at the regular PTA meet ng. Among those who met with he State School Planning com nission on Thursday were Frank ^aycock and J. G. Northcott, mem >ers of the county board of edu cation, T. C. Roberson, county iuperintendent of schools, N. C. Ihuford, A. W. McDougle, Mrs. A'illiam Styles, and Mr. Higgin )otham. Three Join Famous Gallon Club Here Sixty-three donors reported to he blood center which was set ip at the Black Mountain Presby erian church last Thursday, Nov. 8. Fifty-four pints were received. I'hree joined the famous gallon •lub. They are Max Willis, F. 3. Higginbotham, and D. C. Jordan. Although the day was cold and ainy doners came from as far iway as Broad River. Mrs. Charles fortune brought her small son ind the two of them represented hat township. From across the itreet Mrs. R. T. Greene reported o the center. Joe Simons pinch-hit for his ather, Col. W. J. Simons, local chairman of the Red Cross blood program, who is a patient at VIoore VA hospital. Mr. Simons minted out that all hospitals in Western North Carolina use blood collected through the Red Cross. I'his blood is not sold. The pa tient pays only for laboratory charges and hospital set up. The volunteers from the local chapter were on hand and their vork was praised by the substitute chairman who said: “They were eery efficient and it was a pleas ure to work with them at the dood center.” YOU'RE INVITED TO SUGGEST A NAME FOR NEW HIGH SCHOOL The board of the new Black Mountain-Swannanod Consolidat ed High school has asked that patrons and students submit their suggestions for a name for the school. The board took this action at its first meeting in order that everyone might have an opportunity to express an opinion. The blank below may be used. Additional blanks will be available at the banks and schools in Black Mountain and Swannanoa. Deadline for entries has been set at 6:00 p.m., Monday, Nov. 29. I suggest that the name for the new high school be: Signed Address Check One Student Adult Entries may be left at the school or bank in Swannanoa, at the school or News office in Black Mountain, or mailed to Box 968, Black Mountain. N. C. Please observe the deadline. Whitaker Assumes Duties As Mayor Dempsey Whitaker has been elected to serve as mayor to fill the unexpired term of G. L. Kirk patrick. Named to the town board at the last towm election, Mr. Whitaker is a native of Asheville where he starred with the Oakley High school basketball team. Following service with the 34th Infantry Di vision in Africa and Italy during World War II, he was returned to the States in July, 1944, for treat ment of wounds suffered at Cas sino. He came to Black Moun tain in late 1944 and was married to the former Miss Lores McBee I.-. Motmmhor conm \tnor The new mayor accepted a posi tion at Moore VA hospital after his discharge from the service and was employed there until he re signed in 1951 to buy Rice’s Qual ity store. He has operated it since as Lormay’s Department store. Since coming here Mr. Whitaker has been a leader in the civic and religious affairs of the commun ity. At present he is first vice president of the Lions club, a member of the official board of the Methodist church, director in the Chamber of Commerce, and commander of the Wacaster-McFee Post 129 American Legion. He is a past vice-president and president of the Men’s club of the Metho dist church. Men of Asheville Presbytery Elect C. Stubbs C. A. Stubbs of Montreat was elected president of the men of the Asheville Presbytery at the gen eral meeting in Asheville on Nov. 18. Native of Fairmont where he fin ished high school. Mr. Stubbs at tended the University of North Carolina for two years and com pleted a business course at At lantic Christian college before be coming manager of the 200-room Cherry hotel at Wilson. From —Turn to Page 8 ■EH ■ ■ - Gov. Luther Hodges (center above) and Dr. J. W. R. Norton, state health officer (right) buy the first Christmas Seals of the 1954 Ciristmas Se = l camainn from Carl O. Jeffress, state Christmas Seal chairman (left). In discussing health problems Dr. Norton said, "Tuberculosis remains our most serious communicable disease prob lem in North Carolina. We can be thankful for a lower death rate md improved treatment but should concern ourselves with the con tinuing damage known and unknown tuberculosis causes. We should not relax our efforts to control and eventually eliminate TB. Health departments and tuberculosis associations have this same goal. The people of North Carolina can help by buying Christmas Seals and supporting public health programs." N. C. Shuford Shuford Elected Principal Of New BM-S High School N. C. Shuford was named prin cipal of the new consolidated Black Mountain-Swannanoa High school at the first meeting of the board-Tuesday afternoon. Officials hope that the building will be ready for occupancy by the time the second semester opens in January. At this meeting, attended by T. C. Roberson, county superintend ent of schools, the board, which was appointed by the county board of education Monday, organized and elected officers for the year. They are: Gordon Greenwood, chairman. Roy Alexander, vice chairman, and W. W. White, secre tary. Harry Noblett and Max Woodcock are other members. Mr. White has resigned from the ele mentary school board. In addition to electing Mr. Shu ford to serve as first principal, the committee decided to request that citizens of the two commun ities submit their suggestions for a name for the new school. Brought out in this discussion was the fact thaf a name containing Black Mountain-Swannanoa might cause difficulty because it is too long and would hardly be pract ical. A blank for registering sug gestions for a name is published below. Additional blanks art available at the schools and banks in bqth communities. Native of Fairview and graduate of the University of North Caro lina, Mr. Shuford first came to Black Mountain in 1916. Follow ing one year here he left to spend two years in the armed forces with the 81st Infantry division and later as a member of a training company at Little Rock. He was a first lieutenant. Discharged in 1919 he spent the next six years here but left in 1925 to accept a position as super intendent of schools at Smithfield. From 1931 till 1942 when he was called to active duty as a captain he was superintendent here. His work for the next 4,/2 years vvao in n wim uu. v iv but in 1946 he was sent to Japan where he was chief of educational division of Kochi district, the equivalent of a section approxi mately as large as Western North Carolina. He was discharged in 1947 and returned to his duties as superintendent of schools here. Mr. Shuford has done graduate work at the University of Cincin nati and at George Washington university while stationed in Wash ington during World War II. His advanced courses included several in high school administration. Past president of the Lions club and chairman of the board of stewards of the Methodist church, the new principal is a trustee of the church, a member of the Swannanoa Men’s club, a Mason, a member of the Junior Order, and of the American Legion. Rehabilitation Workshop Held At VA Hospital A five-day Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Workshop Con ference was held at the Swannanoa Division. Oteen V.A. hospital last week. E. R. Belknap, chief of educational therapy, Veterans Ad ministration Central office, Wash ington, D. C., was the workshop leader and Mrs. Florence S. Lin duff, Chief of physical therapy. Veterans Administration Central office, was chairman. Those at tending represented physical med icine and rehabilitation services in 18 Veterans Administration hos pitals in the southeastern area and included chiefs of physical med icine and rehabilitation services, executive assistants, physical ther apists, occupational therapists, man ual arts therapists, educational therapists and corrective thera pists. The workshop opened on Mon —Turn to Page 8
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