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lei's Keep the Thanks in Thanksgiving. Drive Safely. Walk Safely. wo 12 1 «v MV24 1955 Weather Date High Low Pree. Nov. 15 75 44 Nov. 16 78 54 .10 Nov. 17 67 35 Nov. 18 57 23 Nov. 19 51 38 .31 Nov. 20 50 26 Nov. 21 65 28 - 24, 1955, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA .11 10 PAGES TODAY 5c PER COPY Elections By <*rd0 ,n Greenwood si'rmonette by , his Co Workers class at State church: "There minute school : r love for eople. in fact ' " ■ ... ]:,/ ut there isn t |*r.- even one per l .’or >'aI Hi!1’ ,,nvv of one person L ;«on U,ur whole life, make I 'rable 111,1 cauSC yOU Un _R— |0 this y^r the football % this section paid scant 0 f0 the Buncombe "teams, other than Lao , But consolidation has ,S‘ 11 that and indications . the Buncombe county ll get tougher as the squads at the various . start to make thair words of Bob Conway, writer for the Waynes I -3' , Mountaineer: ..... mgh Waynesville fimshod Ipigskm season with a r* Lble over-all record of 6 ■ H* team's Blue Ridga Con e record of 3-3-1 laft tha ,nd Black tied for fifth . in the loop with tha well itmbered Owen Warhoree*. „r records were made this by Hendersonville, Can [Brevard and Enka. L first three teams have L, been tough, but except I Lee Edwards of Asheville, li, Buncombe county squads r se|dom amounted to much t Western Carolina football however, as a raswlf of ilidations, Buncombe hes up with two new gridiron ,, in Enka (Candler-Send and Owen (Black Mountain manoa), and there may be to come. instance, Reynolds (Oak ‘airview, Haw Creek) didn't world on fire In its firef , but the groen-clad glad may get tougher ae time I the Ttus, Waynesville now has five tllengers to Mountaineer foot I supremacy in Western North rolina, whereas there were ierly only three. fherefore, Waynesville will to put forth more effort t ever to maintain a winning lord in the rugged Blue Ridge liference. an earlier edition the kntaineer said: [riday night, Owen Querter Larry Gravette looked like I better ball handler against Mountaineers than did tersonville's celebrated ilrterback, Don Heilig. wever, since the Bearcats lyed here on a muddy field, comparison may not be a ’ one. iravette's delayed handoffs the T formation, opened holes in the Waynesville line sistently. hat's quite a compliment, for vette, coming from an ob *r who saw both quarter in action during the see Fans may have wondered who i Mountaineer was that grab d the hall and took off in the ^9 direction early in the fe From the Mountaineer, blished by our good friends, dis Russ and Marion Bridges, ! learn that the lad's name was tb Lewis. But he more than 'k up for his honest mistake coring Waynesville's second f touchdown, recovering two 'en fumbles, and overtook Earl ui,t on the five when the fleet ,6n back had covered 85 yards I" a kickoff. —R— '^•'."1 from the exchanges: ; u> lightning never strikes :n the same place. It may utcause the place isn’t there mort “fter the first time.” -R rIHE W0RLD IS MINE) , uP°n a bus, I saw a *y.maid with golden hair, nvied her—she seemed so ~and wished I were es fair. ( n suddenly she arose to 1 saw the cruel braces ,i * hobbled down the aisle; , ,"'m of Polio was she. But hivVrid-a °h> h. * me when I whine. I tf,d "° straight feet. The •s mine! And then | km LWje,s' The l»d who sold h * had such charm. I talked P hl*- He said to me: “It's stopped to buy ,olk~*,ik* - ' tie said *!, r*' ,he ‘*'<1 "I'm blind." *tifte , or9iv# when I brld’;, ave ^o eyes. The 0 15 minel k down the street, l» 1toodCh,'d wi,h of blue, lay , and watched the others r' I S fr.nr.-J kid "wJ,Pped • moment, then Kr,' nT i don', row join the d‘°r' He looked ahead *ord, end tften I knew -Turn to Page 4 K.t, Payment of (. (. Membership Left To Individuals In a letter to all members this week the Chamber of Commerce directors and officers pointed out that the store-to store canvass was over and called on all members and those interested in the wel fare of the town to send in their memberships at once No little dissatisfaction had been voiced by the directors be cause of the lack of cooperation on the part of those who were contacted for dues. As a result the directors voted to send notices and to let the 1955 drive end there. "From now on it is up to the individual merchant or bus iness man as to whether or not he wishes to help his community or town. We have spent many hours as individuals collecting dues. The merchant has just as much at stake in this as we do. If he doesn’t want to pay up. why should we waste our time?" one veteran director said. The following letter has been mailed to the membership: Dear Fellow Citizen: The Black Mountain Chamber of Commerce wishes to close its membership drive within the next week, and your continued support will be appreciated. There will be no general canvass this year, for you are as much a member as any other person, and a re minder is the only notice to be given The Chamber is always working for the best interest of the town. It spends its funds to increase your business, and also the value of anything you might own here. Help it now. The Committee. Make checks payable to the Black Mountain Chamber of Commerce. The list of those who have paid their 1955-56 dues will be pub lished in the News as soon as released by the membership com mittee. Col. W. J. Simons Dies At His Home Unexpectedly Funeral services for Col. Wilbur J. Simons, retired air force officer, were held at the Black Mountain Presbyterian church at 2:00 o'clock Sunday afternoon with the Rev. William Kline, church pastor, pre siding. Burial was in Mountain View Memorial park. Col. Simons The veteran of 30 years' service with the U. S. Air Force died at his home unexpectedly Friday morning. Following his retirement from the air force, Col. and Mrs. Simons toured the country looking for a place to make their home. 1 he> drove out to Black Mountain one morning while visiting in Ashe ville, liked the community, came back later and bought a home and settled down. They at once be came active in the various clu s of the community and he. because of his great interest in civic at fairs, joined the American Bed Cross and became chairman ot the Black Mountain - Swannanoa chapter’s blood program. e served with distinction in t us capacity until his death. His tour of duty with the air force included service in Hawaii and other foreign posts During _Turn to Page ■* PECIAL SINGING ROGRAM ANNOUNCED OR CHURCH OF GOD There will be a program of >eeial singing at the ( hurt od, Lakey street, Sunday after Don at 2:30. A number of visit ig singers are expected . iv night pictures of the m- • elds will be shown. The you ■vival will continue through this eek. Everyone Is cordially invited to tend these services. College, Blue Mountain' "m iss f'S ti^6 n°W f"rolled in Blue Mountain Cramerton, Junior- Lula L*ft *? ri.9ht: Maude Pow' Gasperson Black Mountain ear W^,te' Harrellsville, junior; Rita sophomore. Mou"tam, sen.or; and Joan Cockrell, Rocky Mount, Annual Clean-Up Week Announced Al Swannanoa I he annual clean-up campaign for the Swannanoa Valley will open Thursday, Nov. 24, and close Nov. 30. The clean-up week is sponsored by the Swannanoa Finer Carolina committee of which Mrs Margaret Kelly is general chairman. Co-chairmen for the clean-up week are Joe Porcher and Fred Davidson. They have announced that the Boys of Woodcraft have offered their services for the week and are available for any clean-up task. All money received for their work will be used as a do nation to the Woodmen of the World Orphanage. “As we draw to a close with our Finer Carolina work, let us all join to give the Swannanoa Valley a face-lifting that will make everyone proud” officials for the drive said. "Every citizen should dean the rubbish out of the fence comers, the backyards, and all vacant lots. If every citizen will do his share, the task will not be hard and we’ll have no islands of rubbish left when the job is fin ished,” the co-chairmen pointed nut. Whitaker Names S-D Director For Community Pledging the full support of the :ity government, Mayor Dempsey Whitaker today asked every resi dent of Black Mountain to join in making a success of the Na lion’s second annual “S-D Day”— Safe Driving Day — Thursday Dec. 1. Mayor Whitaker announced hi; appointment of Mrs. James Craw ford as S-D Day director for Blacl Mountain. The program has the endorse ment of President Eisenhower Governor Hodges, and every othei governor in the United States. II is sponsored by the President’s Committee for Traffic Safety ir co-operation with scores of na tional organizations. The goal this year will be tc cut down on traffic accidents, nol jnly on xS-D Day, itself, but foi the 21-day period beginning No zember 21—“S-D minus 10”—and continuing through December 11 •S-D plus 10.” Mayor Whitaker said: “The purpose of the S-D Day campaign is the same this year is last: To prove that we can reduce traffic accidents by our jwn personal actions, as motorists rnd pedestrians. •'Last year, S-D Day did, in fact produce a reduction in the nation s leaths and injuries, and in the lumber of accidents. This year he urgency is even greater, be cause the nationwide death toll las been climbing again. “Nobody thinks that the streets md highways can suddenly be Tiade safe by a short campaign luilding up to a special ‘day’. Nor s the S-D Day program bein£ undertaken with the idea of en •ouraging people to avoid acci lents for a single day, and there o forget safety. "The S-D Day objective is tc -all attention to the necessity for iound, proven, year-around safety programs, supported — the year rround — by every citizen. his campaign offers us the itive to take stock of our jior—as individuals, and as mmunity—in the matter ol c safety. It is an opportun 0 remind ourselves of our 1 and civic responsibility for driving and safe walking. a chance to demonstrate that, can hold down accidents for day, or three weeks, we can > every day.” Miss Sandy Martin, granddaugh ter of Mrs. Mabel Martin of Swan nanoa, was graduated from Walt ers Modeling Academy in Balti more, Md., on Oct. 27. She is a senior at Sparrows Point High School in Baltimore. Following graduation in June she hopes to become a photographers model. A former student at Swannanoa and Black Mountain Elementary schools, Miss Martin has many friends and relatives in the com munity. Pfc. Cecil H. Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Wilson, was select ed as 502nd AAA Battalion "Sold ier of the Month" for October. The title was won in a close con test with men from other batter ies. Cecil is a graduate of the University at Chapel Hill. While there he majored in production management and was a member of Delta Sigma pi fraternity. After entering the service in September, 1954 at Fort Jackson, S. C., Pfc. Wilson completed the course at the intermediate speed radio school at that post. He has been a radio operator for head quarters battery since going to Alaska last February. tupperware party TO BE NOVEMBER 29 We are having a party — a Tupperware party and you are all invited! Tupperware is the beau tiful, useful plastic ware that women find indispensable once they try it. Mrs. Margaret Rich of Enka will have a lovely display of Tup perware at the Monte Vista hotel on Tuesday, Nov. 29 at 7:30 p.m. Since Tupperware makes wonder ful gifts as well as useful house hold articles, you can do most of your Christmas shopping while enioving refreshments served by voir hosts, the Black Mountain Junior Woman's club. Prices on Tupperware range from $03 to $4.98. Won’t you join us? _ Gordon and Ricky Greenwood ave returned from Mission Me lorial hospital where they under rent tonsillectomies last Satur ay morning. SERVICES ARE HELD FOR BARTLETT INFANT David Roger Bartlette, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bart lette, died Saturday, Nov. 19, in an Asheville hospital. Graveside rites were held Monday in Tabernacle 'emetery with the Rev. Eugene Byrd officiating. Surviving in addition to the par ents are three sisters, Norma, Dale, and Mary of the home; and ;wo brothers, Howard and Stephen )f the home. Harrison Funeral home was in :harge. Hoffman Speaks To JH&C Club On Indian Affairs The Junior Home and Civic club met at the home of Mrs. S. 3. Cooley on Nov. 15 at 7:30 p.m. Mrs. J. P. Williams served as co hostess. Mrs. Cooley and Mrs. Williams are the club sponsors. Mrs. Keith Townsend, president, presided. Mrs. W. R. Klein led the devotional period in the ab sence of the chaplain, Mrs. H. L. Lackey. Mrs. Klein read a poem “We Thank Thee” after which the members repeated the club wom an’s collect. Mrs. Townsend welcomed two new members, Mrs. William Senn and Mrs. T. C. Burnette Jr. into the club. The club voted to help with the Christmas Cheer baskets again this year. Each member present volunteered to prepare one or more baskets. The club also voted to spend $10 for gifts for the patients at W.N.C. San. for Christmas and each member will bring one or more items from home in addition to these. Mrs. Lewis Phillips, veterans stamps chairman, reported she had mailed 314 stamps. She urged each member to pledge a certain number of stamps and to strive hard to reach her goal before Ian. 15. Mrs. Lawrence Brandon, United Appeal chairman, reported ■hat the club was very successful in soliciting funds this year and ?xpressed her appreciation to the members who gave their time to :ollect $194.00 in door-to-door soliciting. She also read a letter ;rom W. S. Holcombe, local United Appeal chairman, who compli mented the club highly on the lart it played in making the drive successful. Mrs. Kenneth McCur -y, ways and means chairman, an lounced that the next money making project of the club would De selling a small kitchen gadget —Turn to Page 10 Capl. Coppedge Is Assigned To FI. Sam Houston FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEX.— Army Capt. Richard L. Coppedge, son of Mr. and Mrs. Llewellyn J. Coppedge, Montreat, N. C., recent ly was assigned to Brooke Army hospital at Fort Sam Houston, Tex. Captain Coppedge, assistant chief of general medicine, re-en tered the Army in February 1953. He is a 1942 graduate of David son college, a 1945 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and a former student at Tulane univer sity. He is a member of Kappa Alpha and Phi Chi fraternities. His wife, Eleanor, lives in San Antonio, Tex. Committees Are Selected For Masonic Banquet Committees have been named for the annual Masonic banquet which will be held at the Monte Vista hotel at 7:00 p.m., Friday, Dec. 9, Clyde Watkins, chairman, has re vealed. Publicity, Gordon Greenwood; tickets, George McAfee, chairman, Leonard Keever, Max Woodcock, and Ken McCurry; table arrange ments, Leroy Mashburn. Tickets are now on sale. Speaker for the occasion will be George Pennell, Asheville attorney, who has served as master of his own Lodge and who is in demand as a speaker throughout Western North Carolina. He is prominent in work of the church and is teach er of a Sunday school class at the Asheville First Baptist church. Ronald E. FMnch, Black Moun tain lawyer and former member of the State Legislature, will in troduce the speaker. A capacity crowd always attends these an nual dinners. Board Nixes Use Of Firearms In Town Limits The town board passed the firearms ordinance on its third and final reading in a short meet ing at the town hall last week. This makes it unlawful to dis charge a gun wilhin the town limits of Black Mountain. This changes the old law which was passed many years ago and which made it a misdemeanor to fire a gun within a quarter mile of the Southern depot. Extension of the town limits made this law impractical. The board voted to pay the expenses of Mrs. J. Crawford to the Governor’s Safety Council meeting in Raleigh on Dec. 6. It was explained that she had been appointed as a member of the governor’s safety committee and would represent the town and community. Plans were discussed but no action taken for pedestrian signs on Broadway and Montreat road. Adrian Hardwick, town business manager, reported that many more “stop” signs had been installed at various places around town and that the response had been good. Jaycees Will Start Annual Turkey Shoots The Black Mountain Junior Chamber of Commerce will start the annual turkey shoots at Nichols Airfield Saturday, Nov. 26. The time will be from 9:00 a.m. till the last turkey gobbler or ham has been picked up. Proceeds from the project will be used for community better ment. The Jaycees have also begun their annual pickup of toys for the Christmas baskets of the underpriviliged children of the community. Those with toys they wish to donate may either leave them at the Black Mountain Fire house or call any member of the Jaycees for pickup service. Toys contributed will be reconditioned and painted prior to the Christmas season. Baptist Women To Observe Special Week of Prayer The Women’s Missionary society of the First Baptist church will observe the Week of Prayer for Foreign Missions during the week of Nov. 28 through Dec. 2. Schedule of meetings is as follows: Monday, Nov. 28: 10:00 a.m., hostess, Miss Ethel Simmons. Pro gram, Lucy Wright circle. Tuesday, Nov. 29: 10:00 a.m., hostess, Mrs. Tom Blizard. Pro gram, Pauline Arnold circle. Wednesday, Nov. 30: 7:30 p.m., at the church. Program, Business Women’s circle. Thursday, Dec. 1: 10:00 a.m., hostess, Mrs. W. A. Huneycutt. Program, Naomi Schell circle. Friday, Dec. 2: 2:30 p.m. at the church. Program will be by the prayer committee. The Lottie Moon Christmas offering for fore ign missions will be taken at the Friday meeting. MRS. GEORGE CULBRETH HOSTESS TO W.S.C.S. Mrs. George Culbreth was hos tess to the Woman’s Society of Christian Service of the Taber nacle Methodist church Tuesday evening, Nov. 15, at her home on the Old Haw Creek road. Mrs. H. D. Smith, president, presided. Mrs. Percy Justus was in charge of the worship service. A pro gram on “Women of the Bible” was given under the leadership of Mrs. E. W. Jackson with all mem bers taking a part. A social hour followed the meet ing and refreshments served by the hostess to: Mrs. G. C. Quesin berry, Mrs. Claude Brooks, Mrs. Glenn Brooks, Mrs. Garland Reed, Mrs. W. S. Propst, Miss Carolyn Smith, Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Jack son. The next meeting will be a fellowship supper at the church on Nov. 29. —If you want to check the per centage of drivers who are ill equipped to drive a car just count the cars parked on unlevel streets that do not have the front wheels cut toward the curb. If Mr. and Mrs. O. Q. Surrett of Black Mountain announce the engagement of their daughter, Mary, to Boyce Layne Bartlett, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Bartlett of Asheville. A December wed ding is planned. Safety Boosters (Ed Note: In this issue Mrs. James A. Crawford begins a series of articles spotlighting those who helped Black Moun tain to win third place in the nation for its safety program last year. In this, the first of the series, she points out the excellent work accomplished by Miss Pauline Tipton with the school patrol.) By Clara Crawford Miss Pauline Tipton is the daughter of Mrs. W. H. Tipton and the former Rev. Mr. Tipton who was a Baptist missionary to China. Miss Tipton grew up in China and began her teaching career there where $he taught for three years. She has now taught in the state of North Carolina for 30 years, the last seven in Black Mountain. Miss Tipton Pauline is charter member of the local branch of the Business and Professional Women and has served this group both as presi dent and as safety chairman. She is also a charter member of the Black Mountain Safety Council and a former member of the Black Mountain Woman’s club. When this reporter asked her if she has any special hobby Pauline laughed and said, “Yes, resting and listening to the radio.” Knowing what a busy life she has as a teacher plus civic activities many nights during the week, we , can all understand that “resting ( and listening to the radio” can ] well become a rare privilege too. j We also know that the Element- ; ary School Safety Patrol has prob- , ably come nearest to being her real hobby. The following article written by your reporter for Miss Sanchez ( Mott of the B&PW to use in our ( State Magazine, can best give the , story of Pauline Tipton’s safety ’ activity, the Elementary School j Safety Patrol in particular. “From the very beginning of , the Safety Council, Miss Tipton . has been an actively loyal and ; enthusiastic worker. She is one , of those wonderful individuals who can work with other people and she is one of those on whom you can always depend to do an ( outstanding job. “When the Elementary School , P.T.A. voted to have a School Safety Patrol they asked me to , be chairman of this project, to get it set up. The first person , I thought of was Miss Tipton. (A teacher-supervisor is required) I knew that if she would and could take on the responsibility of being the patrol’s teacher supervisor, its success would be assured. —Turn to Page 10 V. Booster Club Opens Campaign To Light Field Plans have been completed for iedication of the Owen High gym lasium Friday evening, Max Woodcock, publicity chairman for ;he Valley Booster club, announced his morning. The club is spon soring the event to raise funds o be used for lighting of the athletic field at the school and 'or promotion of athletics in the hree schools of the community, rhe festivities will start Friday jvening at 7:30. A thrilling doubleheader, feat iring some of the foremost stars, aast and present, will participate n the big doubleheader which Eoach J. D. Hardin, chairman of the arrangement committee, has scheduled. In the “eye-opener” :he Owen High faculty, led by Med Straehla, Vernon Kyker, rommy Hornaday, Jug Walden, and a host of other stars will take an the high flying Owen High parents. The latter will have Dr. E. K. Brake, Dwight Morgan, Chic Hipp, Pud Penley, and many others ■vhose names were familiar to sports fans of the Swannanoa Val ley in years gone by. Following this endurance test, Coach Hardin will send his south ern champions, the Beacon Blank etmakers, against the papermen from Champion Y at Canton. Hardin has only five men back from the 1954-55 team that cut with an extra wide blade in southern competion but other men are on hand to fill the vacancies. Back for a second shot at the title are Jim Johnson, Martin Hair, Tommy Edwards, and Floyd Waldrop. Looking good as first year men are Dale Ritchie, Charlie Woody, and Dave Runion. Admission for the event will be 50 cents for adults and 25 cents :or children. Tickets are on sale iy members of the Valley Booster dub and at the schools, but there vill be plenty of tickets available )t the door Friday evening, offi :ials said this morning. A capac ty crowd is expected to attend. Dick Stone, president, and the ioard of directors, will announce >ther fund-raising projects in the lear future. Included in the plans vill be a fence for the field but he committee for this project has lot made a final report. The Valley Booster club, organ zed two months ago by a group >f citizens interested in promotion >f athletics at the schools of the swannanoa Valley, selected the ights as the first major project 'ollowing an extensive discussion if the fence and stands. When it lecame apparent that the club :ould not hope to build stands ind supply the lights and fence ill at one time, the members mted to change the style of the lence in order to conform to the ludget and to make the lights the najor effort for the time being. Estimates have been received but 10 final decision reached as to vhen the project will start, who —Turn to Page 4 Rev. C. Steigall Is Speaker At Special Service The annual Thanksgiving ser vice, which - is supported by the ihurches of Black Mountain, will >e held at the Black Mountain ’resbyterian church, Wednesday light, Nov. 23, at 7:30 o’clock, rhis service has been of great lopularity through out the years ind is well attended. This year the Rev. C. R. Steigall >f the Friendship Presbyterian :hurch will be the speaker. Mr. Iteigall has had wide experience n the work of the church. He las served as a missionary to the Belgian Congo. He has served :everal churches in this country, ind has recently come to Black fountain from Savannah, Ga., vhere he served the Lord effect vely. As is done every year, the of ering will go to the support of irphanage work, and the collect on will go to the Mountain Orph inage here in Black Mountain vhich is supported by the 33 ‘hurehes of Asheville Presbytery, mless you designate it for your >wn denominational orphanage. MEETING OF SAFETY COUNCIL CANCELLED The Safety Council will not neet again until the last Tuesday n January. The December meet ing has been cancelled.