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fELP PAY FOR BAND UNIFORMS Buy Tickets To BAND, CHORUS CONCERT Owen High School Friday, May 4 r YOUR COUNTY newspaper Weather Date April 3 April 4 April 5 April 6 April 7 April 8 April 9 High Low Prec. 80 46 75 54 71 54 68 49 1 38 68 43 49 33 54 30 11, NO. 32. THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1956, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 10 PAGES TODAY 5c PER COPY Gordon Gr-enwood Istening to a lecture by lot her on tithing, Frank son of Mr. and Mrs. jford. Louisville. Ky„ ire information from his she attempted to make clear by pointing out: inkie, it's true that if 10 cents you are sup one cent or ten per . 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A lot could improve our looks half trying. —II— sham Lincoln wit the itt failure in the history United States, that is, ding to the record. | carried a crushing burden would have killed weaker Here's the record. ■1, Lincoln failed in bus defeated for State Leg 1, again failed in business, elected to State Legisla tes sweetheart died, suffered nervous break defeated for speaker, efeated for elector, afeated for Congress. I elected to Congress. * defeated for Congress, defeated for Senate, defeated for Vice Pres elected to Presidency, plus success. —R— ‘small world, after all. in 1943 the 102nd In Division moved out of Camp | Texas, for wider plains ' ener fields. For weeks aths the civilians around I“exas, had crepe on their the "Ozark” boys. There gns all around that said and good luck, 102nd.” ays wondered what kind utfit that was to have been liked by the civilian pop This week I had an op ' to meet a member of •it in person. He is Arnold distant engineer at West l Carolina san. a long discussion (Oden would say) in regard to ilaxey, the 102nd, and the sion. happy to see one of the —Turn to Page 10 lie Watkins wed Councilor Watkins of Black Mount elected 1956 councilor of [Order of Uuited American #cs for the first and second at a dinner meeting held feently. pt master of Black Moun ponic Lodge 663 AF and Watkins is a member of sal board of the Methodist ind has served other civic tions in various capacities, officers named were: J. Sderson, vice councilor; Worley, recording secre ibert Wright, assistant re secretary; E. C. Allen, ri Clarence Pegg, conduc Harris, warden; Leroy ■i: chaplin; Allie T. Cook, A. J. Brown, out and Ben Harris, the Children's Home. Councilor Robert the work being »• Children’s Home in i of which he is superin extra Rooms for Owen, Swannanoa Recommended Addition of four new classrooms at Owen High, six new rooms, four rest rooms, and renovation of the gymnasium at Swannanoa school were among the recom mendations made when the survey sub-committee of the Citizens Committee for Better Schools sub mitted its report at a dinner meet ing at William Randolph school Saturday evening. Members of the committee were D. Hiden Ramsey, chairman, who made the report, Mrs. Raymon B Bell, Mrs. Robert M. Gibson. Jr., Traynham Houston, and J. C. Rich. One of the most important re commendations made by the group was that serious thought be given to construction of a new elementary school in the Oteen section to alleviate the crowded conditions at Swannanoa and Haw Creek. The committee expressed doubt that the present Haw Creek school could be enlarged to meet the future needs of the commun ity. Although six new classrooms are needed at once, the County School Board is handicapped by lack of suitable property for ex pansion. xne sub-committee made no re commendations regarding t h e Black Mountain schools, noting only that six new rooms had been added, a new heating plant pro vided recently, and that the rest room facilities in the primary building are being modernized. The County Board was commend ed for recent addition of an aud itorium, classrooms, and cafeteria at the Carver school. Basing their report on the min imum needs for the next five years, the committee pointed out that to meet these needs an out lay of at least $3,744,000 will be required. It is estimated that school enrollment will increase by 7000 during the period, 1955 61, and a total of 235 new class rooms will be needed. One of the most drastic recom mendations made was elimination of the high schools at jBiltmore, Valley Springs, and Leicester where the students are mixed with elementary school pupils. Commenting on the report Frank E. Laycock, chairman of the Bun combe County Board of Education, pointed out that the board agreed with the report and realized that many of the recommendations must be put into effect as soon as funds were available. “It has not been a matter of knowing what to do but we have simply not had the means,” Mr. Laycock pointed out. The four additional classrooms recommended for Owen, and the other consolidated high schools of the county, were eliminated dur ing the building stage when costs of construction exceeded estimates. They could be added at Owen without interruption of the school program in any way. Elimination of adult bus drivers to be replaced by students was urged as an economy move. A large group attended from Black Mountain and Swannanoa, headed by J. G. Northcott, a mem ber of the Buncombe County Board of Education, N. C. Shuford, Owen High Principal, and EL N. Howell, Swannanoa school head. Owen High Future Homemakers Attend Meeting Twenty members of Owen High Future Homemakers of America club attended the state FHA con vention in Raleigh, April 7, ac companied by Mrs. Earl A. Taylor, advisor. En route Friday, the group visited several places of interest. Their first stop was at the home economics department at Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, where they saw the various foods, clothing and housing laboratories. Next the group visited Duke university, Durham. While there they saw Duke university chapel and the beautiful Duke gardens. In Chapel Hill, the girls at tended the showing of the Easter Story at Morehead Planetarium. After an almost sleepless night at the Sir Walter Raleigh hotel, the members attended the con vention held at Memorial auditor ium. A gift of appreciation was pre sented Mrs. Taylor, their faculty sponsor. A group of tired but happy girls reached home around midnight Saturday night. Those attending were: Donna Gray, Loretta Brooks, Elaine Wor ley, Wanda Ballard, Marie Clark, Bernice McElrath, Esther Farr, Mary Bannerman, Carolyn Mills, Margaret Watkins, Jewel Banks, Nonie Greene, Helen McKinney, Shirley Bell, LeVon Atkins, Alma Bird, Jewel Stroud, Jo Ann Sur rett, Jo Ann Allen, and Claudia Law. m —Photo by Darby Photo Service MEMBERS OF THE SWANNANOA FINER CAROLINA COMMITTEE FOR LAST YEAR GATHERED AT THE CLUB HOUSE IN GROVEMONT RECENTLY FOR A BANQUET A- GUESTS OF CAROLINA POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY TO RE CEIVE THE $500.00 CHECK FOR FINISH ING SECOND IN THEIR CLASSIFICATION IN 1955. THOSE IN THE PICTURE ARE, LEFT TO RIGHT, SEATED, MRS. JAMES PARKS, MRS. MARGARET KELLY, GENERAL CHAIRMAN, JOE PORCHER, ASSISTANT, AND MRS. S. D. ALEXANDER. STANDING, SAME ORDER, MRS. JOHN BROWN, MRS. W. W. CORNE, MRS. ROBERT DAVIDSON, J. J. WALDEN, MRS. LATT McMAHON, MRS. WALDEN, MRS. W. H. PENLEY, AND PAUL YOUNG. *— — —Photo by Jack Jones The** Montreat college students and President Dr. J. Rupert Mc Gregor gathered for an informal talk with Dr. Billy Graham when the world-famous evangelist and religious leader spoke to the student body recently during a special assembly program. In the picture, left to right. Miss Peggy Kim, Korean student. Dr. Graham, Miss Thelma Grant, Dr. McGregor, and Miss Ann Cox. Valley Booster Club Here Will Give Away Car The Valley Booster club launch ed the final phase of its “Light the Field in Time For the 1956 Season” at the April meeting held at Owen High school. This was also Ladies’ Night and a large crowd attended to hear the plan explained. Supper was served buffet style prior to the meeting. After announcing that the club had approximately $2500 in the bank or “in sight” of $7400 needed to fence and light the field, Presi dent Richard B. Stone revealed that the club will give away a brand new 1956 Chevrolet at a gigantic barbecue which will con clude the campaign on July 4, place and time to be announced. Tickets will be sold by members and friends of Valley athletics at $1.00 each. All those who buy tickets automatically become “as sociate boosters” and are entitled to attend the barbecue (tickets will go on sale later) on July 4. The new car, fully equipped and ready to go, will be given to one of the associate boosters. The reci pient does not have to be present. The Booster club officials and members emphasized that they are giving the car only to show their appreciation to the people of the valley who have responded, and who will respond, to the ap —Turn to Page 4 MR. & MRS. BALL LEASE THE GRILL It was announced this morning that the Grill, at the comer of State and Cherry streets, Black Mountain, has been leased to Mr. and Mrs. Vonna Ball, proprietors of the Varsity Grill. According to Mrs. Ball, they ex pect to open the restaurant on Monday, April 16, under the name, V. & H. Restaurant, using their first initials. The Varsity Grill will be operated as a sandwich shop, specializing in sandwiches, soft drinks, and malted milk. On April 22, the V. & H. will hold open house, and invite the people of this vicinity to visit. DAVIS WILL BE SPEAKER Walter Davis, chairman of build ing and construction for the thriving Christmount assembly, will be the speaker at the regular meeting of the Black Mountain Lions club at the Monte Vista to night (Thursday) at 6JO. SPORTSMEN'S CLUB FIELD TRIALS SET The Buncombe County Outdoor Sportsmen's club will sponsor field trials Saturday, April 14, 9.30 a.m. till 5.30 p.m. on the Warren Wilson college property across from the Berea church. All sportsmen of the surrounding area are invited to attend. A live coon will be used for the trials with blue ribbons and cash prizes going to the winners. A shooting match will be held during the same hours. The club will furnish guns and shells. BLUE RIDGE CHAPEL REVIVAL IN PROGRESS The Rev. Narvel Peek of Murp hy is the evangelist at the revival which is now in progress at the Blue Ridge Chapel, Blue Ridge road in Black Mountain. The Rev. R. L. Johnson, pastor, has invited the public to come and hear the talented speaker and participate in the special music which precedes each service. Start ing time is 7.30. Mrs. Winn E. Hughes, New Bern artist, who paints under her maiden name, Mary Trenwith Ihii fy, has been chosen to receive the award being presented by the Na tional league of American ', n Women for the "Best Portrait in Show” in Its National Biennial Art contest and Mrs. Hughes wil " presented the award at the mee ing of the league being held in Washington. D. C., beginning Apm 7., •• ' • I I Mrs. Hughes won the national award for her oil painting of a small Negro girl, having won the state league award in Asheville last fall. Mrs. Hughes was noti fied of this high honor by Mrs. E. Hewitt Dimmett of Silver Springs, Md., national chairman of art contest and awards for the league. Entries from the 49 states, Alaska, and Hawaii were made for the award by famous artists and such recognition is an honor to New Bern as well as Mrs. Hughes. Owen High School P.T.A. Elects Mrs. McMahon Over 200 persons attended the Owen High school P.T.A. dinner last Thursday evening. Parents of eighth grade students were es pecially invited. During the business meeting following the dinner, the following officers were elected for next year: Mrs. Latt McMahon, presi dent; Mrs. Walter Burgess, first vice-president; Mrs. Sam Alexand er, second vice-president; Miss Sara Rice, secretary; and Mrs. A. F. Tyson, Jr., treasurer. These officers will be installed at the May 3 meeting. At the conclusion of the bus iness session, grade-group meet ings were held. Eighth grade par ents met with Principal N. C. Shu ford to discuss proposed curricula and scheduling. Other groups discussed problems relative to their respective classes for next year, with special emphasis on college preparatory courses of study. A detailed list of projects was adopted by the 1956 Swannanoa's Finer Carolina committee at a meeting recently at the Commun ity center. With Chairman Maur ice Jones presiding, the commit tee discussed and approved pro jects grouped under the four gen eral headings of traffic and san itation; school and youth activity; community center; and long range planning. Considerable progress was reported by project chairmen on some of these undertakings. The traffic and sanitation project includes improvement of off-street parking facilities; re-lettering of street signs; and establishment of trash cans in business district and garbage dump areas for the com munity. The Swannanoa Men’s club is sponsoring this project, with Horace Stroupe as chairman. Under school and youth activ ity, with Roy Armstrong as chair man, projects are erection of pro tective guards around school grounds shrubbery; improvement of school safety and traffic condi tions; assistance in support of school band; improvement of in door and outdoor recreational fa cilities at school; sponsorship of Girl Scout Troop; improvement of Village Youth Recreation center; improvement of interior of school buildings; and sponsorship of water safety program for commun ity youth. Sponsoring organiza tions are Swannanoa School PTA, Swannanoa Men’s club, Commun ity Council, 1955 Finer Carolina committee, and Woodmen of the World (Swannanoa Camp). Improvements planned for the Community center are the pur chase of furnishings for the small club room, firescreen for large club room, and additional kitchen equipment; improvement of ap pearance of rest rooms; provision for storage and display of Finer Carolina scrapbooks and civic club records; obtaining sound system for Community center; tiling floor, painting and installing drinking fountain in basement club room; installing floodlight on west side of Community center; planting trees on Plaza; and in stalling handrail at north entrance of building. Mrs. John Kelly is project chairman, and sponsoring organizations are Swannanoa Wom an’s club, Junior Music club, and Community center operating com mittee. The Finer Carolina committee, Maurice Jones, chairman, is spon soring the long range planning project. It includes organization —Turn to Page 10 GORDON MEEKS TO CARRY MAY QUEEN'S CROWN George Gordon Meeks, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Meeks of Montreat, has been chosen to carry the crown for the May Queen at the May Day festivities to be held at Montreat college on May 5. Miss Eleanor Seagle of Lincolnton is to be crowned Queen of the May. - PAST MASTERS WILL CONFER DEGREES AT MEETING FRIDAY An emergent communication will be held at Lodge hall at 7:30 Friday evening for the purpose of conferring the third degree on a class of candidates. All degree work will be done by past masters of the Black Mountain Masonic Lodge. Refreshments will be served at 6:30 preceding the meet ing. All Master Masons are invited to attend by Cecil Ham, worship ful master. Leave Blasting Caps Alone, Sheriff Warns Sheriff Laurence E. Brown has a stern word of warning for every boy and girl in the county. “Leave blasting caps alone. One of them can cripple or blind you.” These caps are small aluminum or copper cylinders about as big around as a lead pencil. They vary in length from one to five and one-half inches. Generally caps are bright, but dampness may dull the metal when they are exposed outdoors and it may corrode, but even then the cap is deadly dang erous. The caps contain an extremely sensitive explosive. They are necessary to make dynamite useful in mining, quarrying and in build ing bridges, roads, dams, and sky scrapers. Farmers use caps to drain swamps and to blast bould ers. “We’re asking everyone, boys, girls, and grownups, to help our community score a perfect blast ing cap safety record,” the sheriff said. "I am distributing posters showing what caps look like and the dangers that threaten children f who touch, or worse, play with a ' cap. Those in charge of schools, 1 play grounds, and public libraries, will do their part if they will post these on bulletin boards where boys and girls can see them.” Sheriff Brown explained that he is pressing this safety drive at the request of the National Sheriff's association and the Institute of Makers of Explosives. “Persons experienced in handl ing caps,” the sheriff said, “know how to use them with safety to 1 themselves and others, but child ren are in extreme peril if they even touch a blasting cap. If youngsters find a cap they should report it immediately to me or one of my deputies. “Users of caps’,, the sheriff warned, “should do their part by keeping caps and other explosives under lock and key.” Mrs. Cannon New Leader Woman’s Club At Swannanoa The meeting of the Swannanoa Woman’s Club, Tuesday evening April 13, ended the calendar years work with Mrs. A. B. Whitt as President. Mrs. Arthur Ray Can non was installed as new presi dent at the dinner in the Com munity Building. Other officers: first vice president, Mrs. James Parks; 2nd vice president, Mrs. L. A. Smolinski; recording Secretary, Mrs. Robert Davidson: corresponding secretary, Mrs. Charles Hogscd; treasurer, Mrs. H. R. Miller; parliamentarian, Mrs. Holly Hipp; and historian, Mrs. J. J. Walden. Officers were installed by Mrs. W. A. Porter. t Mrs. Whitt introduced Mrs. < Vivian Bushong, Carolina Power and Light Co. representative, who presented Mrs. John Kelly with a $500 check for winning second , place in the Finer Carolina pro gram, which was for improve ments in the community. This check will be used to further im prove the community. Mrs. Buch ong paid a fitting tribute to Mrs. Kelly for the work accomplished in the Finer Carolina program. Entertaining for the Woman’s Club, was the Swannanoa Quartet, who sang several selections. Mrs. Sam Alexander introduced the Quartet. Mrs. Joe Duncan, Ashe ville, gave two readings: “I am * a Part of America”, and “Sleeping . at the Foot of the Bed”. Miss Ann Walker and Miss Annette Meek j played during the dinner. RESERVATIONS FOR COLORED POSTCARDS I OVERSUBSCRIBED j The reservations for the colored i postcards of Black Mountain were oversubscribed with many agree- j ing to take more, if necessary, to j make sure that the idea would be ] a success, M. E. Rondel, chairman, 1 said today. i "I should like to take this op- ' portunity to thank all those, both members and nonmembers of the Chamber of Commerce, who made possible the completion of this pro ject,” Mr. RoDdel said. Revival To Open Here Sunday At Baptist Church A ‘week-long revival will open at the Black Mountain First Bap tist church Sunday morning at 11:00 o’clock, the Rev. W. A. Hunevcutt, pastor, has announced. Services will be held at 7:45 p m. each week day and at 10:30 am. on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of next week. There will be no service on Saturday but the revival will close with the message on Sunday evening, April 22. Bringing the messages will be Ferry Crouch, pastor of the Ashe ville First Baptist church. He is known throughout the south and is recognized as one of the out standing ministers of the Baptist church. Dr. Perry Crouch Dr. Crouch has served as castor of churches in Oklahoma, Vlorganton. and Fayetteville. For five years he served as secretary of the Department of Christian Education of the North Carolina Baptist State Convention, lie be came pastor of the Asheville First Baptist church in 1944. Dr. Crouch is a graduate of Lenoir-Rhyne col lege and Southwestern Baptist Theological seminary. Special music for the services will he directed by Carl Perry, minister of music of the First Baptist church, Asheville. Carl Perry The pastor has invited the pub lic to attend these services, to listen to the inspiring sermons by Dr. Crouch, and to join in sing ing the great hyms of the church. Parking Meiers Are Ordered By Town Fathers Approximately 90 parking met ers have been ordered and will be installed within 30 days and ready for operation, Dempsey Whitaker, mayor of the Town of Black Mountain, announced today. The meters are being manufact ured and installed by a company of Chicago. A representative of the company spent several days here, meeting with town officials and discussing the parking prob lem of the community. Decision to install the meters grew out of a study made by a committee appointed by the Cham ber of Commerce. When the re port was made at the March meeting, recommending meters, and other changes to improve traffic conditions here, a large per centage of those present indicated by vote that they favored such a move on the part of the town board. Immediate action was taken. At present meters will be in stalled on both sides of Broadway and the north side of Sutton ave nue from Cherry street west to the parking lot. After a lengthy discussion the board decided to wait until later to consider meters, for Cherry street and other secC. : ions of the town. The meters will be the most modern type that have proved so' - —Turn to Page 5
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