WORLD DAY OF PRAYER SERVICES,
Friday, February 17
12:05 — METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. Cecil Perry, speaker
7:30 p.m. — ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Rev. Bernard Trexler, speaker
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Feb. 8 57 29
Feb. 9 63 36
Feb. 10 60 31
Feb. 11 50 42. 73
Feb 12 50 30
Feb. 13 51 31
VOL. II, NO. 24.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1956, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
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Beta Club Twirp
Hop Is Set For
Saturday Nigh t
The Owen Beta club proclaims
the week of February 13-19 Twirp
Week. During these six days (it
sayd here), The Woman Is Re
quested to Pay.
Some mean guitar picking by
the Morgail Brothers will usher
in the climax of Twirp Week, the
Twirp Hop, it 7:30 p.m., Saturday,
Feb. 19, in the school lunch room.
The occasion is officially a square
dance (informal) — wear your
wranglers!) but there’ll be some
smooth records in between the mad
scrambles.
This being Twirp Week and the
Twirp Hop, you girls grab a feller,
fork ovar 60c per couple or 35c
stag, and join the festivities,
dome one, come all, but come on!
: of c.
Will Sponsor
Brotherhood Week
The religious activities commit
tee of the Black Mountain Junior
Chamber of Commerce has an
nounced its plans to sponsor Broth
erhood Week observances in the
Swannanoa Valley.
The observance of Brotherhood
Week is a yearly project of the
National Conference of Christians
and Jews, a civic organization en
gaged in-a nationwide program of
inter-group education. It enlists
Protestanta, iQntholics, and Jews,
who without compromise of con
science or of their distinctive and
important religious differences,
work together to build better re
lationships among men of all re
ligions,
operation
though
broth
build,
religious
This
and nationalities. Its
civic and social al
ily, the roots of
which it seeks to
the moral law and
_ it D. Eisenhower
serveB as honorary chairman of
the Brotherhood Week Campaign,
‘ -*<• Brotherhood
Ui
In
has
ruary 11
and coiitmi
all the people.
itain, the Mayor
the week of Feb
Brotherhood Week
its observance to
The J. C.’s have
speakers and a film on this sub
ject and are eager to present a
program to any group, civic,
school, or church which contacts
th chairman by calling 7126 or
writing to Box 891.
The religious activities commit
tee of the Junior Chamber asks
all groups to hold some observance
of Brotherhood Week, and each
individual to observe the principles
of Brotherhood in his heart during
the week and throughout the year.
“We Americans of different be
liefs can work together in the
American way toward understand
ing and cooperation; toward a
democracy free of prejudice; to
waid|j§.5sH!i$©n unified against its
enemira ijrifehin and without the
gates,* Janlne leaders said.
NER MEETING
Mountain Junior
Commerce will have a
ig at 6:30 Thursday
16, at the clubhouse,
activities chairman
,m. The film “Jay
ill also be shown.
ts Will
te In
Here
Scout and Brownie
Swannanoa and
neighborhoods will
International pro
lay, Feb. 2B at 3
Owen High School
>ch troop will give
song representing
•me will be in cos
girl will contribute
Low World Friend
giving a penny for
r age.
^ Girl Scouts are
bring their cookies
troop leader or to
at Sarge’s Restaur
•day morning at 9
been made for Day
rl Scouts and Brown
vannanoa and Black
ghborhoods. Camp
days in June from
the 12-16 on the
William Styles at
. A Scout program
t crafts and activities
to two Brownie
Intermediate units
2:30 under capable
Nancy Campbell,
_ . or of the Pisgah
Girl Scout tomcil, will be the di
rector of the camp working with
the local committee com nosed oi
Mra. WilHam Styles, chairman
Mri. Victor Sliaaon, Mrs. Roy
Armctrong an* Mrs. E. C. Stew
art. Ragiottatfon for camp will
bo tahon caro of through the lo
cal (MOM,
Black Mountain,
Swannanoa Win
Contest Awards
Swannanoa won a check for
$500.00 for second place in the
1955 Finer Carolina contest, and
Black Mountain $100.00 for hon
orable mention, according to a
special story released today in
Raleigh by officials of Carolina
Power and Light company, spon
sors of the event.
First place and checks for
$1,000.00 went to Asheboro, Ram
seur, and Swansboro. Other win
ners of second place awards were
Roxboro, N. C., and Clio, S. C.
Weaverville, N. C., won $250.00 for
third place.
Swannanoa has won honorable
mention each year since the pro
gram was inaugurated. During
1955 the community was highly
praised by contest officials and
Visitors ior me magiuiuue ui me
program and the projects selected.
Mrs. John J. Kelly was general
chairman. During the year pro
jects included improvement to the i
community center, Swannanoa
school, roads and streets, picnic
grounds, and the launching of a
community activities project.
The story of the year’s work
was told in a full page of stories
and pictures which appeared in
the Dec. 15, 1955, issue of the
Black Mountain News at no cost
to the Finer Carolina committee.
It is estimated that the full cost
of the program for the year would
be several thousand dollars.
Maurice Jones has been select
ed chairman for the coming year.
The group will meet at the com
munity building in Grovemont at
6:30 Friday evening for the kick- ]
off banquet at which time projects
will be discussed.
With Charles E. Spencer as ’
chairman the program in Black 1
Mountain featured the youth pro
gram and safety. Many clubs and J
organizations participated and*
helped to renovate the clubhouse
in order to provide a place for
the youth of the community to ’
enjoy wholesome recreation. The '
safety program won third place 1
in the nation in the contest spon
sored by an oil company. E. N. 1
Crumpler is general chairman for
Black Mountain for 1956. '
Some 906 projects submitted
for the annual contest by 154
North and South Carolina com- i
munities were judged by Dr. S. H. '
Hobbs, Jr., professor of rural I
sociology, University of North Car- 1
olina; Gerard Appy, director of 1
communications, University of 1
Georgia Center for Continuing .
Education; and William P. Corley,
manager, advertising division,
Georgia Power Co.
The prizes will be presented by ;
Carolina Power & Light Company,
sponsor of the community-improve
ment contest. Under contest rules ,
the money is to be used for further
community improvements.
METHODIST CIRCLES
The circles of the Methodist
church will meet Tuesday as fol
lows:
Circle 1, home of Mrs. George
Moray at 3 o’clock.
Circle 2, home of Mrs. Mary
E. Aleshire at 10 o’clock. Covered
dish luncheon.
Circle 3, home of Mrs. E. N.
Crumpler at 10 o’clock.
Circle 4, home of Mrs. D. P.
Dinwiddle at 7:30 o’clock.
E. V. Gouge, Jr.
Arrives In U. S.
B. V. Gouge, Jr., airman, USN,
son of Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Gouge
of Black Mountain, and husband
of the former Miss Louise Haymes
of Richmond, Calif., arrived in
San Diego early this week aboard
the support aircraft carrier USS
Boxer which completed a seven
month cruise with the 7th Fleet
in Far Eastern waters.
Between task force exercises
during which she steamed 60,000
miles, the Boxer visited Pearl Har
bor, Guam, Okinawa, Hong Kong,
Subic Bay and Manila in the Phil
ippines, and the Japanese ports of
Yukosuka and Sasebo.
Props! Finishes
Boot Training
William W. Propst, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Woodrow Propst of route
1, Black Mountain, N. C. graduat
ed from recruit training Feb. 11
at the Naval Training Center,
Great Lakes, 111.
The nine weeks of "Boot Camp”
included drill and instruction in
seamanship, gunnery, life saving,
sea survival, boat handling, and
the use of small arms.
Following two weeks leave, grad
uates will be assigned to ship
board duties or service schools de
pending on the qualifications each
has demonstrated.
''V. -
Stefan Wolpe, director of music
it Black Mountain college, will
leliver a series of lectures in
Darmstadt, Germany, this sum
mer at the International Music
conference.
During Mr. Wolpe’s absence, the
lummer music program at Black
Mountain college will be directed
>y Thomas Nee, former student of
Mr. Wolpe’s and now professor of
nusic at Hamline university.
Science Circus
Coming Here For
5 Performances
Science fiction will come alive
'or pupils in the Black Mountain
trea when the Bob Brown Science
Circus visits the schools here
>n February 20, 21, 22. And
he pupils tnemselves will be the
ictors: they will see their hair
tand on end and will play with
nillion-volt charges of electricity,
■llowing it to flow as sparks from
nouths and fitigers.
While the show will be new to
nost of the pupils, it actually has
teen in the area schools three
■imes, and in Montreat six times.
Vpproved for its educational value
is well as entertainment, princi
tals invite it back every four years
>r so.
Science Circus has had several
lonors conferred on it in recent
nonths. Some seven State uni
versities have endorsed it, includ
ng the University of North Caro
ina. Two education magazines
lave carried articles with pictures:
,he North Carolina Education
rournal and Virginia Education.
Prior to that, the State maga
zine carried a three page article,
ind Life magazine used a full page
n color. Individuals in many ed
ucational and scientific organiza
ions have given endorsements, in
cluding Science Service and the
\tomic Energy commission.
Last summer Brown and his as
sistant, Miss Betty McCall, young
icientist from Henderson county,
vrote a booklet on how to build
ligh voltage Tesla equipment in
;he classroom and how to use elec
zricity safely in home and labora
—Turn to Page 8
MISSIONARY FILM TO
BE SHOWN SUNDAY
A missionary film will be shown
it Blue Ridge Chapel on Sunday
evening, Feb. 19 at 7:80. Portray
ed will be one hour and 15 min
ates of mission work in the heart
of Africa.
The public is invited.
Bob Brown, originator of the educational show. Science Circ
will entertain students of the Swannanoa Valley with two big s ...
on Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 20, 21. Mr. Brown is shown here
his assistant, Miss Betty McCall, standing behind the discharge
their million-volt Tesla coil which will be used in their tcle,’ll j
demonstration for pupils of local schools. The show has been c
"the funnest of science shows" and has been highly praised bv.
viewers from Canada to Florida. It is highly educational at
as interesting and antertaining.
Lions, T. Board
Protest Post
Office Closing
Letters protesting closing of the
Black Mountain Post Office at
1:00 p.m. on Saturday have been
written by the town board and the
Lions club to the United States
Post Office department in Wash
ington.
Decision to close was announced
Feb. 2 in a news story released
here for publication. The an
nouncement said, in part:
“In keeping with the Post Of
fice department’s policy to curtail
service at second and first class
offices on Saturday afternoons
when practicable, the Black Moun
tain Post Office will be closed
effective at 1:00 p.m., Feb. 4,
1956”.
This, of course, is in addition
to the closing on Wednesday af
ternoons.
In their letter the town board
pointed out that the proposed clos
ing would inconvenience all those
receiving mail at the post office
here. In addition it would be un
fair to all those who are waiting
for boxes and who now must re
ceive their mail at General De
livery. Since no more boxes can
be installed here, many must now
get their mail at the General De
livery window. Curtailing of ser
vice on Saturday afternoon would
mean that these people would be
deprived of mail service from 1:00
p.m. Saturday until 8:30 a.m. Mon
day, the letter continues.
Members of the town board,
Mayor Dempey Whitaker, and the
Lions club praised the excellent
service given by the local postal
employees and hastened to explain
that the letters were, in no way,
to be construed as criticism of
them, but against the inconsider
ate action which resulted in cur
tained service for the citizens here.
Other civic clubs and organ
izations interested in the progress
of the community have been asked
to register a protest to postal
authorities.
FLASH
Late Bulletin
Says Closing
Order Rescinded
Closing of the Black Mountain
Post Office at 1:00 p.m. on Sat
urday has been postponed, accord
ing to a bulletin given to the News
late Tuesday afternoon by Post
master H. A. Kerlec.
The news came after the above
story, telling of protests by town
officials and the Lions club, had
been prepared and set in type.
An editorial which pointed out the
seriousness of the situation to
citizens here was discarded.
Although the order to close the
post office at 1:00 p.m. on Sat
urday has been rescinded, this
could be only temporary. Civic
clubs and organizations or indi
viduals interested in restoring the
former schedule on a permanent
basis, should express their views
to the post office department. If
there is no complaint, officials
might go ahead with original
plans.
Positive action is needed at
once.
Black Mountain, N. C.
February 1, 1956
To: Editor, Black Mountain News
Fr: Postmaster
Black Mountain, N. C.
—Turn To Page 5
Final Services
Are Held For
Mrs. G. A. Mann
Last rites for Mrs. Agnes Sims
Mann, 79, widow of G. A. Mann
were held Friday afternoon Feb.
10, in the Swannanoa Missionary
Baptist church with the Rev.
Charles Smith officiating. Burial
lies in Mountain View Memorial
parte.
Mrs. Mann had been sick for
several weeks. She was a native
of West Virginia but had lived in
Swannanoa for the past 40 years.
Pallbearers were Henry Ingle,
Jr., Sam Davidson, Minor Sims,
Ralph Edmonds, Terry McMahan,
and Harrieth Sands.
Surviving are five sons, Wallace
A. Mann of Asheville, Mason
Mann of Charleston, W. Va., Ray
Mann of Oak Ridge, Tenn., Ernest ,
K. Mann of Swanquarter, N. C., (
and Verie G. Mann of the home; |
two daughters, Miss Eva Mann of ,
Arlington, Va., and Miss Leah ,
Mann of the home; two brothers, |
S. E. Sims of Alderson, W. Va., ,
and Hige Sims of Vallengee, W.
Va.; and five grandchildren.
Harrison Funeral home was in j
charge.
1
Two Services To
Mark Observance
World D. Prayer
‘‘One Flock One Shepherd” is
the theme for the World Day of
Prayer, which will be observed the
first FViday in Lent, this week.
Noon day worship will be at the
State Street Methodist church
with th Rev. Cecil Perry of the
Ridgecrest Baptist church speak
ing. Mrs. Barbara Guy of Mon
treat will sing “He Shall Lead His
Flock Like a Shepherd.” It is
hoped that many of the Black
Mountain business people will join
in the noon day moment of prayer,
and close for this service.
The closing service of the day
will be at St. James Episcopal
church. The Rev. Bernard Trex
ler, pastor of St. Marks United
Lutheran church, Asheville, will
speak. Hours of sendee are:
noon day—12:05 to 12:35: evening
7:30.
Friends of the Carver school are
most cordially invited to worship
with them at 11 a.m. on that day.
At Swannanoa.
There will be a Union World
Day of Prayer service on Friday
night Feb. 17 at 7:30 in the Free
Will baptist church in Swannanoa.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
At Bethel.
World Day of Prayer service in
the Swannanoa Valley will be held
at Bethel Methodist church Fri
day night, Feb. 17 at 7:30. This
year’s service is based on the
theme “One Flock, One Shepherd.”
A special offering will be taken.
Churches participating in this
union service are Azalea Metho
dist, Bee Tree Christian, Bethel
Methodiet, Riceville Presbyterian
and Warren Wilson Presbyterian.
AUXILIARY TO MEET
The American Legion Auxiliary
will meet Monday night, Feb. 20
at the home of Mrs. A. R. Rudisill.
All members are cordially invited
to attend.
Hayes R. Connor, former bursar
tnd budget officer at Western
Carolina college at Cullowhee, has 1
►een named assistant administra- ;
or of Western North Carolina san '
mcceeding J(h* Wallin who was >
»romoted to associate adminilstra
or. i
Mr. Connor is a native of Sylva
ind a graduate of Western Caro
ina college. He is " member of
he Methodist church. Mrs. Con
lor is the former Miss Juanita
Norton of Sylva. They have two
imall daughters, Shelley and Con
lie. They will reside in Black
^fountain. ^
P.T A. Groups
$et Meetings j
STUDY GROUP MEETING <
The Black Mountain and Swan
lanoa Elementary' PTA’s will hold j
i joint study group meeting Fri ;
lay, Feb. 24 at 1:30. The meeting 1
vill be held in the Black Moun- 1
ain upper Elementary school 1
ibrary (the old high school build- *
ng). ‘
Arthur Fabrick, psychiatric soc- ‘
al worker with the Mental Hygiene ^
;linic, will show a film entitled j
‘Preface to a Life” and lead a j
»roup discussion. This film begins ,
,vith the small child and traces
'rowth and development to adult- (
mod. All parents and interested ,
>eople are invited to attend. Mrs. j
2. N. Howell is Swannanoa study j
»roup chairman and Mrs. Roy Tay- j
or is chairman for Black Moun
ain.
SWANNANOA PTA
The Swannanoa PTA will meet
fhursday night (tonight) at 7:30
n the school auditorium. The
[light Reverend M. George Henry,
yishop of the Diocese of the West
»rn North Carolina Protestant
Episcopal Church, will be guest
speaker and will use as his sub
ject “Character and Religious Ed- ^
ication”. £
Miss Ruth Lomel, Bible teacher j
n the Swannanoa school, will pre- r
sent “Sword Drill”, a type of work
lone by her students in the Bible t
ilasses. Miss Jane Reese will sing. t
jhe will be accompanied by Miss t
toberta Reese. The Rev. Charles t
sV. Smith is in charge of the pro- 5
jram. All parents and friends are v
•ordially invited to attend. i
BLACK MOUNTAIN PTA >
The Black Mountain Elementary r
jchool PTA will meet in the Pri
nary Building at 7:30 p.m., Thurs- c
lay, Feb. 16. Speaker for the oc- >
:asion will be Judge William Hart t
—Turn to Page 8 B
This is a group of young Swan
lanoa people who had been to the
lome of Frank M. Jordan, recent
y deceased of Grovemont, Mr.
Iordan lived at that time in Ashe
’ille and the group had this pic
ure made while waiting for the
rain to bring them home to Swan
ianoa. It was made between 1895
nd 1900.
Of the group those still living
t're: Mrs. D. L. Parish (Kitty Sue
i’atton) of Badin, N. C.; Mrs. Jos
eph T. Croyle (Pattie Patton),
Pittsburgh, Pa.; Mrs. Yancey For
tune (Irene Burgin), Swannanoa,
N. C.; Mrs. Hess Eckles (Hess
Alexander), Asheville, N. C.; Mrs.
John Hawn (Doll Alexander),
Asheville, N. C.; Jim White, Mon
treat Road, Black Mountain; Mrs.
George White (Minnie Davidson),
Swannanoa, N. C.
Those in the picture are, front
•ow, left to right, Gene Patton,
tosh Burgin, and Farland Young.
Second row, LR, Kitty Sue Pat
;on, George Watkins, Arthur Wat
<ins, Pattie Patton.
Third row, LR, Ben Patton, Irene
Burgin, Bob Patton, Hess Alex
rnder, Doll Alexander, George
White, Maggie Clayton, and Sam
Alexander.
Back rowJuR, Charles Watkins, ;
Addie Dewey, Jack Davidson, Sue
—Turn to Page 8
Hear! Disease
Claims 43 Out
0! Every 100
(
i
Wont you please open your door
and your pocketbook on Feb. 26
to your local Heart Fund Volun
teer.
This day has been set aside all
over the United States as Heart j
Sunday. On this Sunday afternoon '
ane of your neighbors, who has ‘
seen appointed a Heart Fund Vol
unteer, will call by your house for
a donation to this great cause. In 1
■ase a volunteer misses your home 1
and you have not yet contributed. 1
please mail your contribution to
Heart Fund, Northwestern Bank,
Black Mountain, N. C., or Heart
Fund, Box 206, Black Mountain,
NT. C.
Your local representatives are
chairman, James A. Uzzell, Black
Mountain Drug Co., Box 206, Black
Mountain, N. C. Treasurer, Wil
liam Hickey, Northwestern Bank,
Black Mountain, N. C.
Ed Capps Is New
Manager Collins ;
Department Store j
Ed Capps of Conway, S. C., ar- 1
•ived Monday to assume the man- 1
igement of the Collins Store here. 1
He replaces E. N. Crumpler who
■esigned to enter another field.
A member of the Baptist church, 1
;he Woodmen of the World, and 1
;he Masonic Lodge, Mr. Capps has <
>een with the Collins store for •
Jiree years at several stores in <
3outh Carolina. Prior to that he
vas with the Leder Brothers store 1
n Marion, S. C., for 10 years. He 1
las had wide experience in the .
nerchandising field.
Mr. and Mrs. Capps have two '
:hildren, Eddie, 5, and Michael i
Ulan, 1%. They expect to move <
o Black Mountain as soon as suit- i
ible living quarters are found. ]
Joe 1). Wallin, assistant admin
istrator of Western Carolina san
itorium at Black Mountain, has
jeen promoted to the position as
associate administrator, replacing
\lbert T. Earley, who resigned to
iccept a position v>ith the Virginia
taptist hospital in Lynchburg.”
NatiVe of Madison county, Mr.
Vallin is a graduate of Western
arolina college at Cullowhee. He
s a member of the Black Moun
ain Lions club and the official
ward of the State Methodist
•hurch.
Brother Of Mrs.
Sidney Croy Dies
Funeral services for Earl D. En
glish, 56, were conducted Monday
it 2:00 p.m. at the Calvary Bap
ist church at Loyal!, Ky. He was
. brother of Mrs. Sidney Croy of
iwannanoa.
Mr. English, who died in a hos
lital at Norton, Va., Saturday,
vas a former resident of Asheville,
ie had been ill for several years.
Burial was in Rest Haven ceme
tery at Ixiyall with the Rev. K. D.
rrosper, pastor of the Calvary
Baptist church, and the Rev. Rob
ert Myers, pastor of the First
Methodist church of Loyall, offic
ating.
Pallbearers were Cam Howard,
—Turn to Page 5
Owen Will Close
Season Friday
Owen High will ring down the
■urtain on the regular season Fri
lay evening when they travel to
liltmore for a doubleheader. They
Oil start immediately (hereafter
ireparing for the opening of the
tuncombe County Basketball
ournament on Feb. 22. The
ourney this year will be double
■limination.
The Owen teams didn't fare too
veil during the past week, drop
>ing doubleheaders to North Bun
•oinbe and to Leicester. At Weav
■rville last Friday the girls lost,
i5 to 37. while the boys went
town 83 to 54.
Playing before a home crowd
lere Tuesday evening, the girls
ost a heart-breaker to Leicester,
19 to 37. The boys played on even
erms for the first half but the
dsitors- drew away in the final
juarters to take an 83 to 66 win.
,'harlofte Knoefel was high scorer
or the girls with 14. Gardner
>aced the boys with 25.