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THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1955, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
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Ornnwood
a young man about
made a thorough
law of libel. If so
n(.ver have walked into
which he now finds
in gentleman (the
to keep from repeat
has no resemblence
or dead to the atti
character of the male
tion) had the nerve
a' an up and coming
and he sent it
mail. The only thing
him from being sued
has a nice wife and
want to deprive her
lor even a few short
he might have to
-R
Scotsmen were walk
the road when one
other: "With all
in your pocket you
lots of money in
said the first,
wife's false teeth,
been entirely too
between meals at
My wee wife
to eat us out
home."
—R—
a Black Mountain
1 want a glass of
radiator, a cup of
case, and a half
And that will
ain service station
Win be a cheap
t letting me cough
—R—
young thing and
late for the game
the park until
the ninth inning.
was nothing to
cooed: "Now, isn't
We haven't
R— •
the war Glasgow
easiest cllies in
m v h’-h *,o raise
sometimes you got
you wanted to
For that rchson I’d
which Dr.
and his team are
is little short of
I nothing against the
I city itself; seaport
la way of being that
in Glasgow late one
Inverness in North
walked from the
to the American
in the evening
by a huge crowd
gathered on a side
We went to in
soon learned that
stayed in bed. For
minutes we had a
one of the blood
anywhere off
continent. And it
management for us
involved.
able to "fight”
the crowd we
inside and stayed
light.
to mind an inci
in a town
When two
the door of one
ting places in this
an immediately
his seat, hurried
: "Am I glad
I'm going back
wait for you to
When you do
ble over and you
over here. We'll
place of Limeys in
Three of us can
with the gleam
spelled the lull
disgusted to
didn't want to fight
tion of molesting
civilians, and
Australian. New
Indian, and Free
who jammed the
ail boots which
soldiers wore
something to do
n was almi
demands that 1
When
kicked the leg
with such for
ts were start 1
With that
his disappoi
said:
fight plann
to spoil it. W1
are you? You
saw who did
Run on hon
i' mother mist
back to Scotland,
residents of the
a real laugh
looking
rn to Page 12
m
elementary PTA
Will Discuss
Band Al Meeting
All persons interested in having
a better sehool in Black Mountain
are invited to attend a very im
portant meeting of PTA on Thurs
day evening. April 21. at the pri
mary school at 7:30.
First, it is the meeting when
the officers for the next year are
elected. It is important that a
Rood attendance is present at this
meeting to show interest and sup
port for the officers for next year
Second, the question of what
PTA will do, in cooperation with
other interested groups and indi
viduals, to have a band or music
director, will be decided. Those in
terested in Black Mountain having
a music program should come out
and support it.
Third, the supplemental school
tax question will be presented by
the people most qualified to dis
cuss it. Either T. C. Roberson,
county superintendent of schools,
or his assistant R. A. Tomberlin.
The survey to determine the needs,
made by a competent committee
of Buncombe county citizens, prom
ient among them J. G. K. Me
t'lure and D. Iliden Ramsey, has
been reported on and this infor
mation is available and will be
discussed at this meeting. Also
the most important thing of all
elections, getting out the vote, will
be discussed and organization set
up for doing just this on May 10
when the election for the supple
mental levy is voted on.
You have long waited for an
opportunity to do something for
your school. The foundation is
now ready for the building. You
are the builders. If you do not
support this program and your
school is not what you desire, you
will have only yourself to blame.
Your school officials and PTA of
ficers can only go so far. We
have done this. The rest is up
to you. Are you behind us or
are you going to drop us in the
water?
—F. P. Higginbotham, president.
Black Mountain Elementary PTA.
Terrell Plans
New Techniques
For Pix Theater
Albert J. Terrell, owner-manager
of the Pix Theatre, has returned
from Charlotte where he was one
of a number of leading theatremen
who were guests of Metro-Goldwyn
Mayer at that company’s ' Work
shop’’, a one-day meeting at the
Hotel Charlotte on April 4.
Mr. Terrell says business anal
ysts. who spoke at the meeting,
revealed that there is a direct re
lation between the health of gen
eral business and the welfare of
the movie theatre in the same
community.
“In every town", Mr. Terrell ex
plained. "when people go to the
movies, it means thousands of po
tential buyers of every kind of
merchandise, for they all pass the
stores and shop the windows twice
—once coming and once going.
Smart merchants keep their win
dows lighted in anticipation of this
traffic.” Business surveys and
statistics prove that where movie
houses go out of business, the
chief sufferers are always the
merchants in the vicinity of the
theatre. In recent months, whole
communities of business men have
banded together to re-open closed
theatres to regain patronage lost
w'hen the movie traffic ceased.
Mr. Terrell has good news for
local business men, however, for
he says that movie attendance is
on the increase and that he is con
vinced it will continue to rise be
cause people are becoming increas
ingly aware of the efforts being
made in Hollywood to introduce
better screen attractions via the
new techniques including wide
screen, cinema scope, vista vision,
sterophonie sound, etc Mr |l’i
rell is planning in the ver.\ neai
future (perhaps by May 16) ,0
introduce these new technique- to
the patrons of the Pix 1’heatie
Mr Terrell was a luncheon guest
ot the Coco-Cola company while
in Charlotte
DR. DANIEL IVERSON
WILL BE SPEAKER
Dr. Daniel Iverson of Miami,
Fla , will be the speaker during
a special series of evangelise
services to be held at the b''ui
nanoa Presbyterian church - llM
17-22. The Rev G. B Talbot is
pastor.
The service will be held t«i“
daily, at 7:00 a m . and at 7:30 P-tn
Coffee and doughnuts will oi
served 15 minutes prior to
early morning service.
The public is invited to attend
the early morning breakfast am
the services.
—Photos by Charles Archer
Dr. J. Rupert McGregor, former pastor of the South Highland
Presbyterian church of Birmingham, Ala., assumed the presidency
?n/-r e ^ou.n,a'n Retreat association and Montreat college in January,
1947. Native of South Carolina, Dr. McGregor received his B.D. de
gree from Columbia Theological Seminary, his Th.D. from Union Theo
logical Seminary, and has done postgraduate work at Biblical Seminary
of New York. He has served as pastor of some of the largest Pres
byterian churches of the south. (Other pictures on page 7)
Montreat Is Unique Educational And
Religious Center of United States
By Charles Archer
The town of Black Mountain
lies in the heart of perhaps the
largest religious center in the
United States. True, we have not
the many churches of the larger
cities but from those cities all over
America come religious leaders to
teach, study, and to formulate the
religious programs of their re
spective churches. What happens
here reverberates across the na
tion and millions of people totally
unaware of Black Mountain are
nevertheless affected by the re
sults of these conferences and
study programs.
Legion Officers
Are Re-Elected
All officers of the Waycaster
McFee Post 129, American Leg
ion, were given a unanimous vote
of confidence and returned to of
fice for another year at the elec
tion held recently.
Those who will serve for 1955
56 include, Dempsey Whitaker,
commander; George McAfee, first
vice commander; Joe Bullock,
second vice commander; Lewis
Phillips, third vice commander;
Roy Russell, adjutant; W. A.
Huneycutt, chaplain: Arnold Jones,
sergeant at-arms; Weldon W Ear
ley, service officer, and Ray Cock
rell, athletic officer.
All post members have been
urged by Commander Whitaker to
attend the 32nd district meeting
at the Legion hall here on April
21. All post officers and post
delegates will be in attendance.
Presiding will be H. Penland, dis
trict commander.
GIRL SCOUT COOKIE
SALE SET APRIL 18-30
Twelve Girl Scouts and Brownie
troops in Black Mountain and
Swannanoa will cooperate with the
I’isgah Girl Scout Council in a
cookie sale from April 18—April
30. These are crisp cream filled
and chocolate mint cookies that
sell for 40c a box. Two cents of
this will be returned to the troop
as a bonus. The goal of $3000.00
raised by selling cookies will be
spent on the immediate needs of
a 131 acre camp site in Transyl
vania county, eight miles from
Brevard. The camp will be built
by cookie sales for as many years
as it takes, maybe 5—maybe 10
-maybe longer.
plans were made for the local
sale with the scout leaders at
Scout neighborhood meetings last
week under the direction of Mrs.
Ann Harrison, district chairmen,
and Mrs. L. H. Gregory, neighbor
hood chairman. Mrs. S. S. Cooley
is the director of the cookie sale
with Mrs Boy Alexander assist
ing in Swannanoa.
Everybody in the community can
help the camp project by purchas
ing cookies when the Gill Scouts
come to the door.
Among the many denominations
represented within this religious
center, Montreat offers to Presby
terians a unique center of Christ
ian experience.
Montreat, or the Mountain Re
treat association which is its of
ficial name, is governed by the
Southern Presbyterian church. It
is situated two miles from down
town Black Mountain and lies in
a valley surrounded on three sides
by mountains. Psychologically
completing the isolation is the
massive stone arched gates one
drives through entering Montreat.
Indeed, Montreat may be said to
be the city of stone. Of its perm
anence. both physically and spirit
ually. there can be little doubt.
Considering its physical side,
we find that Montreat has been
granted by the state of North
Carolina a unique charter as a re
ligious and educational institution
and has been granted municipal
powers of government and limited
powers of taxation. Montreat
operates as a township much in
the way as does Black Mountain.
They may maintain a policeforce,
jail, justice of the peace, marshal,
constable, and tax collector. They
have court jurisdiction within
Montreat limits, and their marshal
may make arrests and enforce all
their rules and regulations.
Montreat has its own water sup
ply and although they now buy
their electricity instead of gener
ating it, they maintain their own.
power lines from the gate on; they
service and install their electrical
equipment as well as put in their
own meters. They have a street
department, sanitation department,
and building and grounds maint
enance crews.
In comparing Montreat with a
city, Dr. Ruper McGregor, who
is president of the association
would be mayor. As his assistant,
and possible city manager would
be \V A Tucker, who is business
manager ol Montreat. Under him
as possibly city engineer would
be George D. Tatham, who is
superintendent of buildings and
grounds. These are the men who
make Montreat click as a city.
As an insight into the job they
are doing, look at the enormous
stone buildings, the miles of
paved streets, the hundreds of
houses that make up Montreat and
the more than 5.000 acres to be
taken care ol. Also, there are
the hotel and college, a grocery
store, post office and numerous
recreational facilities. Running all
this means having an able and in
spiring head together with a staff
of highly trained assistants. Not
ing the many calls that came to
Dr. McGregor during this report
er's interview with him, it is plain
that it is a tremendous job with
more than its share of response
bilities.
Another part of the city of
Montreat is Assembly Inn, under
the management of Clyde Stubbs.
Using the Inn and also other
building- available during the
—Turn to Page 12
WOMAN'S C. BIRTHDAY
LUNCHEON APRIL 16
The Senior Woman’s club will
celebrate its birthday anniversary
with a luncheon at Assembly Inn
at Montreat on April 16 at 1
o’clock.
Guest speaker will be Bob Sisk
of the Asheville Toastmaster club.
Music for the occasion will be
presented by Allen Guy of the
Montreat college department of
music.
Tickets for the luncheon may
be bought from Mrs. J. H. Carland.
Mrs. L. C. Jumper, Black Moun
tain; Mrs. W. M. Pate, Ridgecrest;
or Mrs \Y J. Gammon. Montreat.
Assembly Board
To Heel Friday
T h e Christ mount Assembly
quarterly meeting will be held at
Assembly Inn on April 15.
Convening at 9 o’clock at As
sembly Inn for the breakfast of
the C hristian Women’s Fellowship
of Christmount, the women of the
nine participating states will start
the assembly day.
Mrs. T. C. Snidow of Princeton,
W. Va., and Mrs. H. G. Haney of
Greenville. N. C., co-chairmen,
will preside at the business ses
sion immediately following the
breakfast.
At 11:00 a m. at Assembly Inn
the board of directors, six from
each of the nine states, will hold
a business session. Mrs. L. T.
New of Asheville, the interim
chairman, will preside. The lunch
eon of both groups will be at 1:00
o’clock with Ralph C. Neill of
Indianapolis, Ind.. as the guest
speaker.
Mr. Neill is the director of pub
lic relations of the International
Convention of the Disciples of
Christ.
Reports of officers and commit
tees will be heard and plans fur
thered for immediate develop
ments. The sewerage system at
Christmount is now being install
ed by the M. G. Aldridge Con
struction company of Macon, Ga.
Mr. Aldridge is chairman, and
George Cook of Christmount vice
chairman of water and sewer con
traction. The water system was
installed in 1954 under this com
mittee’s directions.
Permanent residences of Mr. and
Mrs. Lee Moore and Mr. and Mrs.
A. E. Watters are nearing com
pletion in Christmount.
A four-day assembly program
is being arranged by the Rev.
Harry Berry of Savannah, Ga., to
be held in connection with the
annual meeting in July of 1955.
Ministers of the Christian churches
of the area are again expected to
bring their families to “Wall
Street” at Christmount for vaca
tions as guests of the assembly this
summer.
WOW Presents
Flag To School
W. B. Wright of Asheville, dis
trict manager of Woodmen of the
World in Western North Carolina,
was master of ceremonies in a flag
presentation and dedication ser
vice Tuesday noon at the new
Charles I). Owen High school.
The students and teachers gath
ered in front of the school to wit
ness the flag presentation of the
Boys of Woodcraft Drill Team and
Junior Girls in Swannanoa under
the direction of Joe Porcher. Sgt,
Kankin Hipp led the drill team.
David Porter, Freddie Robinson,
and Wayne Oates with Douglas
Mahaffey, bugler made up the
color guard.
Y. L. Medlin, teacher at Owen
High, led the group in singing
America. The Rev. G. B. Talbot,
pastor of the Swannanoa Presby
terian church, gave the invocation.
11. A. Melvin, assistant state
manager for Woodmen of the
World in North Carolina, present
ed the flag. He brought out in
his talk important dates, events,
and the importance of remember
ing great Americans, the lives lost,
blood shed, and tears given witli
the flag from those who paid the
price that "we in America today
might never forget just what
America and the flag mean to us."
1'he purpose of the W.O.W. in pre
senting the flag is to be of ser
vice to the community, to the boys
and girls, and to be interested in
only one “ism"—Americanism.
N. C. Shuford accepted the
flag and spoke on behalf of the
student body, the school, and
community in appreciation of the
gift by the W.O.W. boys and girls.
This flag and pole were pre
sented to the Owen High school
by the Swannanoa Woodmen of
World Camp in cooperation with
National Service Fund of Wood
men of the World. 'Phis was a
Finer Carolina project.
CARD OF THANKS
The Bee Tree Baptist church
wishes to thank Donald Turner of
Ridgecrest for the kindness he
rendered in helping secure gravel
for I he church driveway.
Town Residents
Only Required
To Re-Register
Residents of Black Mountain are
reminded that the new registra
tion, which has been called by
the town board, is for the city
election only and has no connec
tion whatsoever with the coming
airport and school supplemental
tax vote.
In other words only those voters
living inside the corporate limits,
and who expect to vote for offi
cials in the town election on May
3. are required to re-register.
Registration books will be open
at the town hall from 9:00 am.
to 5:00 p.m. for seven days be
ginning Saturday, April 16 (ex
eluding Sunday, April 17). For
the convenience of those voters
who find it impossible to register
during these hours the books will
be open until 9:00 p.m. on April
16.
A mayor and three aldermen
will be elected on May 3. Any
resident of the town may become
a candidate by having his petition
signed by five qualified voters. Up
till press time no petitions had
been filed. It was rumored that
a veteran member of the board
would soon announce his inten
tions of retiring from public life.
Last week W. A. Bostic, .)r..
superintendent of the City of
Asheville Sanitary department,
demonstrated its downtown street
washer for town and Chamber of
Commence officials here. The crew
cleaned several blocks of streets
in what R. T. Greene, business
manager of the town, called a
“very satisfactory demonstration.”
rnmp btevens ana waiter
Burgess of the Black Mountain
Chamber of Commerce have stud
ied the situation and believe that
a similar street washing unit
could be secured for the town at
a cost of approximately $2200.
Town officials hope that a plan
can be worked out so that the
unit will be underwritten by a
local club or organization until the
town is able to take over the fin
ancing and operation.
Black Mountain officials will
confer later this week with Weldon
Weir, Asheville city manager, on
the possibility of establishing a
pumping station in the Lakewood
section here. Although town
water lines are hooked on to the
Asheville water system, the service
is not satisfactory unless the city
is using its pumps. Installation
of a pumping station in Lakewood
would assure the town of adequate
water at any and all times. The
big question to be discussed with
Mr. Weir will be the rate.
BINFORD TOPICS
The Rev. J. N. Binford, interim
pastor of Kerlee Baptist church,
will use as his subjects Sunday,
April 17: morning worship, “Do
you intend to do anything about
God’s plan for you?”. Evening
worship, “The new and the old”.
Swannanoa Dogs
Will Be "Shot"
Wednesday, April 20, appears on
lhe county health department rab
ies schedule as “D” day for the
dogs of Swannanoa, as well as any
others in the surrounding terri
tory which may have missed the
Black Mountain clinic last Wednes
day. A total of 417 animals were
vaccinated at the Fire Station
here, which was almost 100 fewer
than last year. While it is almost
a certainty that the dog popula
tion around Black Mountain has
not decreased within the past year,
it most be concluded that some
owners missed the clinic, and it
is hoped that everyone will bring
the animals to one of the clinics
which are held in accordance with
North Carolina state law requiring
vaccination of all dogs four months
of age or over each year.
The clinic will set up in the
Buckner building at 1:00 p.m. and
continue until 6:00. Volunteer
workers of the May Faircloth
Dixon Humane society will assist
the health department officials in
registering the animals.
A licensed veterinarian will ad
minister the rabies vaccine. No
tices of the clinic will be distrib
uted to all Swannanoa school
children, both high school and
elementary, and notices will be
posted in the territory by the
county dog warden. Fee is $1.00
per animal, and they should be
on leash.
Next week’s issue of the NEWS
will feature the story of the Black
Mountain clinic, listing the names
of all owners attending, as well
as the highlights of the event.
Each year Black Mountain and
Swannanoa clinics are the largest
in the county, and show the fine
cooperation of dog owners in pro
tecting the communities against
(he spread and outbreak of this
deadly disease.
—Photo by Craig Cooley
These are the students selected as' Good Citizens at Owen High
school for 1954-55. They, along with representatives from other Bun
combe county high school, were guests of the Asheville Civitan
club at a dinner meeting this week. This is an annual project of
the Civitan club.
In the picture, left to right, are Kenneth Elliott and Nancy Jo
Thompson representing Black Mountain, and Nancy Jones and Stan
ley Gregory from Swannanoa.
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—Official Naval Photograph
Ensign David George Kipp, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Kipp
of Swannanoa, was commissioned Feb. 3 and received his wings the
following day at the Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, Texas. He
received his education at Warren Wilson college and Maryville col
lege, Maryville, Tenn., where he received his B.S. degree in Pre-Med.
in 1953. He took his pre-flight and carrier landings at Pensacola,
Fla., then advance training at Corpus Christi, where he trained in the
multi-engine seaplane class. He is currently stationed in Bermuda.
—Photo by Gragg
Theodore M. Allred, who bought
the Allred Construction company
on Feb. 21 and changed the name
to the Allred Roofing and Siding
company. The company was
formerly owned by his father,
George M. Allred, who founded
the business and operated it until
his death earlier this year.
Native of Black Mountain, the
new owner attended high school
here. He entered the army air
force in 1943 and served until
1950, spending one year in Japan.
Following his discharge he was
manager of the Singer Sewing
Machine company at Greenwood,
S. C., for four years. He joined
his father's business here as a
salesman and served in that cap
acity until he took over the com
pany.
His wife is the former Miss
Lallic Morgan of Travelers Rest,
S. C. They have two children, Re
becca, 8, and Rickie, 5.
"The business will continue to
be operated under the same prin
ciples which my father instituted",
Mr. Allred said. "We will have
the same personnel and use the
same materials." The business has
moved to what was formerly the
warehouse, the Evans building half
a block north of the Key City
Laundry.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Rober
son of Swannanoa have a son born
April 5 in Memorial Mission hos
pital.
Chaplain and Mrs. James H.
Skelton of Western North Carolina
sanatorium announce the birth of
a son, April 11. in Memorial Mis
sion hospital.
Mrs. Lamar Ager
Dies In Kansas
Word has been received here
that Mrs. Law Lamar Ager. 29.
daughter-in-law of Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Ager of Black Mountain,
died in Topeka, Kansas, on Mon
day, April 4. Funeral services
were held at St. Mary’s-on-the
Highlands Episcopal church in
Birmingham, Ala., last Friday.
The Agers have resided in To
peka for the past two years while
Dr. Ager was completing advanced
residency at the Menninger Foun
dation. t
Surviving are her husband, Dr.
Ager; four children, Loyer Lawton.
Law Lamar, Jr., and Leila Lanier
and an infant daughter; her par
ents; a sister and two brothers.
PRE-SCHOOL CLINICS
PLANNED AT SWANNANOA
The pre-school registration and
clinic scheduled for Swannanoa
May 10 and 11 has been changed
to Thursday and Friday, May 5
and f>, beginning at 9 a.m. All
children who are to start to
school in the first grade in Sept
ember are to come to this clinic.
“If you cannot come with your
child please send a responsible
person who will be able to answer
any questions,” officials said.
PAUL WRIGHT PLEDGES
COLLEGE FRATERNITY
Paul N. Wright, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. N. Wright of Black Moun
tain. has pledged Tau Itho Chapter
of Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity at
Florida Southern college, Lake
land, Fla.
Paul was graduated from Black
Mountain High school in 1954.
He is an accomplished musician
and up to the time he left for
school was very active in the
Scouts.
MISS CHAFFIN WILL BE
PRESENTED IN RECITAL
Ivey Dee Chaffin, Montreat Col
lege senior, will be presented in
piano recital Monday evening.
April 18. at 8:00 in Gaither chapel.
Montreat.
Miss Chaffin, whose home is in
Jessup, Ga., will play compositions
by Beethoven. Bach. Rachmaninoff
and Kodaly. The recital is open
to the public.