Royal Art Gallery GRAND OPENING TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 19, 7:30 Weather Date High Low Prec. June 5 70 51 June 6 74 47 June 7 81 48 12 June 8 82 50 June 9 85 52 June 10 78 52 1.00 June 11 86 53 4* i b m THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1956, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 10 PAGES TODAY 5c PER COPY IEFLECTIONS By Gordon Greenwood Uttlr girl was not too happy first day at school. So other asked, "What did dear?” she had 0i waiting. nu.-t not have been enough,” ilained achev in a disgusted tone, aid I had to come students have strange regarding their beginning and weeks of school, pa Langdon, small daughter Ir. and Mrs. J. Lloyd I>ang Raleigh, didn’t think too of school at the end of her day. |e drew herself up to her height, put her hands on |hips and announced to her fell I didn't learn to read or today either one.” [certain young man wl|o has sEnce forgotten his early pi days, used every argu in the books to keep from ling to school. As with many rear olds, the idea of going school to be with all those youngsters had him slight bset. fter telling his mother in all (usness: "1 can’t go to school Bsc I can't tie my shoes,” Consented to go and try it day. Hut that afternoon snip home with what he »as the final argument. pH, 1 won’t be going to kil any more,” he proudly told fmother. "All they do is read write over there and I can’t (either one.” —R— fie re is one thing that all wo will admit. That is that they le no idea why they married the |n they did. —R— Watch the man who agrees kith everything you say. He jiav lie to others too. fit had been a good many years pee I had had the opportunity to |t< d graduation at one of the jrger schools. So when the in tation came to spend the week jnd of June 2 on the campus at the University of Georgia, Athens, in Atlanta we hastened to ac pt. ITe were greatly interested in new building program which been carried on by the Uni tsity since the end of World »r II, the new library, dormitor classrooms, and other facili , And we had an opportunity gather first-hand information |arding the reprimand which the rd of control handed the editor assistant editor of the school tW ■bed spa per. Without going into great detail editor and his assistant pub an article which had been limed by the board of control by ^ close vote 3-2. Written by the Eistant editor, the manuscript an editorial spanking to Her Talmadge, Georgia governor, her what the student newspaper lads considered unethical man pvering on his part. The board Bted in special session, after hav heard all sides of the case, hat it would not be in the best ptcrests of the university to pub Bh the article in question. But the boys had learned their ewspaper ethics well and telling em not to publish instead of sug changes here and there (fas like waving the proverbial Sag at the bull and it had the wnt effect. They left the meet ng and went straight to the pub —Turn to Page 5 THE BOYS BROUGHT HOME EVIDENCE OF TALL FISH TALE Fishing wasn’t so good in Lake Tomahawk for a couple of youngsters Monday morning, so the boys pulled in their lines and went “sightseeing” below the dam. And they saw plenty. The two, Wayne Burleson, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Burleson of the Gudger’s Bridge section, and Danny Pressley, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Pressley of Lakey street, saw plenty of sights. In a small pool just below the dam they first sighted a 7Vi pound carp sunning himself in a shallow pool. The boys didn’t fool around with fish hooks. They picked up a stick, lured Mr. f ish near the bank and knocked him in the head. Phis one safely on the bank they looked around some more. And they didn’t have far to look until they spotted what proved to be a second carp which they landed after a small fight. He weighed in at 4 pounds. The boys and the fish attract ed more than a little attention aa they proudly showed' their . ak " around town to unbeliev er fishermen who had traveled , * and wide to bring'home fttr ieBB. . . vacation Bible School Set By Churches Here PRESBYTERIANS Vacation Bible School will be held at the Black Mountain Pres byterian church for 10 days from June 18 29 from 9:30 to 11:30. Mrs. J, E. Corwin is the director. Bible stories, hand work, movie films and music will be included in the program. Mrs. Palmer Kinser will be in charge of the kindergarten, Mrs. A. F. Tyson Jr. the primary. Mrs. E. R. Akins the junior, and Rev. William Klein and Dick Bethune, the student summer supply pastor for Lakey Gap Chapel, will have a Pioneer Day camp. Sunday school age children of the com munity are invited. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Vacation Bible school will start Monday at the First Baptist church and last through June 29, W. A. Huneycutt, church pastor and school principal announced to day. The hours will be from 8:30 till 11:30. Transportation will be furnished for those who need it. In addition to the principal other department heads will be. beginner, Mrs. Frank Watkins; primary. Mrs. S. V. Hudson; jun iors, Woodfin C. Rhodes, and in termediates. Miss Lou Lindsay. For further information dial 6311. METHODISTS The Vacation Church School of the State Street Methodist church will begin June 18 and continue through June 29. Mrs. June Glenn. Jr. will be di rector. Teachers will be: Mrs. L. II. Gregory, kindergarten;; Mrs. —Turn tn Pnar* <=; Summer School Registration To Be Friday Registration for the first sum mer school session to be held at Owen High school will be at 9:00 a.m. Friday, June 15, at the school, N. C. Shuford, principal, announc ed today. English and world his tory will be offered and math if the demand is great enough. Mr. Shuford explained that for repeat courses a student must at tend for three weeks for a full day or for six weeks for one-half day, making a total of 75 hours to be spent in classwork. A student may take two repeat courses. For new courses a student will have to attend all day for the full six weeks and may take only one course, a total of 150 hours spent in class. Details of the various courses and for the school will be worked out and announced later. Black Mountain Leading League Black Mountain climbed to the top of the Buncombe County league Saturday by trouncing the Alex ander nine, 11 to 1, as Jess Owen by continued to blast down the opposition. He struck out seven and limited the losers to three safeties. This is the first time the locals have held undisputed possession of the loop lead. Black Mountain will play Bilt more here Saturday and at West Buncombe Sunday. Leading hitter for Black Moun tain was Guy Moore who had three hits in three tries, including a double and home run. League standings: W L Black Mountain -7 1 West Buncombe -6 2 Fairview -3 1 Biltmore - 5 4 Venable _3 5 Alexander _2 6 Beech -2 ins Free Will Baptist church, old i Mitchell Toll road, Sunday even ’> ing, June 10, and will continue foi two weeks. Everyone is cordiallj invited to attend services eacl evening at 7:30. The Rev. Clarence Davis ii pastor. The Rev. Clifford Reec of Swannanoa will be guest pastor Tennis Program To 0])eu Monday The tennis program for junioi and senior high school girls wil ?’ open at the Black Mountain clul 6 house next week and continue oi ° Monday and Wednesday morning: . throughout the summer. Hours wil be from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. e This is a part of the community recreation program and is spon 0 sored by the Buncombe Count; United Appeal. d Instructor for the program wil be from Camp Crestridge. ''Musical" Group - Or You Name It - To Meet Tonight On Thursday next, June 14, the musical world will be rocked by an absolutely original musical man euver that is destined to prove that any community that wants it can have a male quartet. And not only one, but several. Any church, men’s society, or club, any organization that has among its members men who like to sing, can have its own male quartet. Although first announced at a meeting of the Lions club, this is not a Lions club project. Although pulled off at the First Baptist church, it is not a Baptist project. It is to be held on the second and fourth Thursday nights of each month, because there was no whole night available, so the half night following the Lions club meeting was chosen. There are seven pianos at the Baptist church, so the Baptist church was chosen. Who is invited? Any man who likes to sing with men, whether he has a musical voice or not, whether he reads music or not, whether he can come to every re hearsal or not, whether he can be relied on to sing at any given time or not. Whiie men from Swannanoa, Ridgecrest, Broad River, Oteen and Black Mountain will make up the majority of those participating, all visitors are wel come. Men from Owen high are especially invited. There will be no roll call, no dues. Absolutely no pressure to attend rehearsals. Come when, and only when, you want to. Stay away when you choose. Is this to be a Men’s Chorus ? Absolutely not. Then what in the name of sense is it? It is a pool from which any organization that wants a male quartet for a special occasion can get it. Here’s how this is to be made possible. —Turn to Page 10 400 Delegates At Convention Six members from the Black Mountain Business and Profession al Women’s club attended the N. C. Federation of B&PW club con vention which closed Sunday at the Robert E. Lee hotel in Greens boro with the installation of new officers. More than 400 delegates registered. Highlighting the convention was an address at the banquet Satur day night by Judge Libby E. Sachor of Plainfield, N. J-, in which she urged members to use and contribute their abilities to world society. At a luncheon Saturday District 1, consisting of clubs from Bryson City, Sylva, Waynesville, Canton, Brevard, Asheville, Spruce Pine, and Black Mountain, was repre sented at a reserved table. The outgoing district director, Mrs. Lillian Madison of Sylva, was pre sented with a present and the in coming director, Mrs. Grace Stanl ey of Waynesville, was given a corsage. The convention delegates adopt ed a legislative program and made plans for the coming year. Officers officially presented in cluded Miss Lois Frazier of Leaks ville, president; Miss Margaret Johnson of Waynesville, vice-pres ident; Mrs. Stella Spencer of Le noir, 2nd vice-president; Miss Bess Oglesby of High Point, recording sec.; Mrs. Moses W. Briles of Ash'eboro, asst. rec. sec.; Miss Maude Schaub of Raleigh, corr sec., and Miss Charlotte Orrell of Wilmington, treasurer. Those attending from Black Mountain were Miss Sanchez Mott, Miss Pauline Tipton, Miss Sarah Thompson, Miss Lillian Russell, Mrs. Laura O’Connor, and Mrs. Florence Melton. Board Meets ror Routine Session „rr■" discussion of business. After hearing a complai residents of McCoy Cove «adthjt new connections were being a to the water line without th P ment of the town fee, the cil referred the mattei " ^ attorney for Oil company was asUO a letter to the owne «- ^ which is used to un oa - n). Qn at the Williams Brothei. ^ ^ Lakey street and wh , intg the cause for numerous ^ during past months. not be plained that the pu p t t0 tbe long to the local pl*nt • ,g the trucking company wmcn fue'- at some The board consider^ ^ ^ length the complaint tha ^ ^ per hour was too n> ^ Bhould parking meters am action be lowered to 6 cents, was taken. This is how the playground area at the Swannanoa school looked before the students and faculty members spread the gravel and made other improvements. This picture shows the same area, after the improvements hat been completed. Crushed stone is being spread over the ground tc eliminate muddy and wet areas. This is a project of the Swannanoj Finer Carolina committee. Miss Sue Anderson, outgoing president of Swannanoa Jr. Music club, recives a letter of apprecia tion from the Finer Carolina com mittee, presented by Mrs. Sam Alexander. The club is the first young people's organization in the community to assume full, respon sibility for a Finer Corolina pro ject. DILLON GASKINS RECEIVES DEGREE Dillon Gaskins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cortez Gaskins of Black Mountain, received his B.S. degree in industrial engineering at State college on Sunday, May 27. Dillon is a Black Mountain High school graduate. LAST CALL FOR LEGION FISH FRY TICKETS Have you bought your ticket to the American Legion fijBh fry? Get yours today because they are go ing fast. All the fish you can eat for $1. Black Mountain club house Friday night from 6 to 8 p.m. Several nice door prizes will be given. With The Sick C. M. Parsons of Lenoir is a patient at VA hospital, Swan nanoa. He is on Ward 208. The Parsons are former residents of Black Mountain. Pete Dotson continues ill on Ward 204 at VA hospital, Swan nanoa. Mrs. M. J. Robertson is a pa tient at Mission Memorial hospital, Asheville, where she underwent major surgery last Friday. HOME FROM BEREA Miss Betty Austin and Miss Shirley Mull of Berea School of Nursing, Berea, Ky., spent the week-end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. .Forest Austin and M1'. and Mrs. Frank Mull. Swannanoa Finer Carolina Groups Report Progress At a meeting Monday night, May 28, at the home of Chairman Maur ice Jones, Swannanoa’s Finer Car olina project chairmen reported good progress on their work. School project chairman Roy Arm strong stated that over 250 tons of crushed stone has been spread on playground areas at the elemen tary school. Of this amount, 100 tons were donated by Grove Stone & Sand company, and Bob David son’s trucks hauled it free oi charge. The Grove Stone com pany also allowed a reduction ir price on the remainder of the stone which was purchased for the sehoo grounds by the Community Coun cil. Students and faculty mem bers spread the gravel, openee drains and filled in low spots eliminating muddy and wet spots from play areas. Protective guards have been installed around shrub bery on school grounds. The Swannanoa PTA has donated an additional $300 to the school band, bringing their total band support to date up to a total of $400. Another outstanding achieve ment was reported by Dr. C. E. Bates, concerning the Village Re creation center in the Buckner building. The interior of the cen ter has been remodeled and paint ed, and new game equipment has been installed. More new equip ment has been ordered. Swannanoa Camp 970, Woodmen of the World, have bought 25 new chairs for the building, and the Community Council has given $275 to be spent at the center. John Love, a trained recreation worker, has volunteered his assistance on week-end eve nings to inaugurate a program ot planned recreation, and has held two meetings with volunteer chap erones and helpers. WOW mem bers will assist at the centei each evening it is open. Garbage cans for the Swannanoa Village area are ready for distri bution by Chairman Hoi ace Stroupe and his committee. Furth er work is going on toward pro curement of community garbage dump areas. The Junior Music club has raised over $80 toward their project of obtaining sound equipment for the Swannanoa Clubhouse, and the equipment has been ordered. This clipping will entitle F. H. McGinnis and one guest to free admission to see .The Man With The Golden , Arm” at the Pi* Theater., • , Larges! Musk Group Coming To Ridgecrest Over 2800 Baptist music lover will gather Thursday for the big gest Southern Baptist Music Lead ership conference in the histon of Ridgecrest. W. Hines Sims will direct the sixteenth (16'th) annual conference which opens at 7:'0 p.m. Thurs day. June 14. The devotion will be led by Dr. Donald F. Ackland. editor of the daily devotional magazine "Open Windows”. Dr. W. L. Howse, director of the education division of the Sun day School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, will speak tc the conference Friday and Satur day. The Sunday morning worship ad dress at 10:55 will be brought by W. A. Harrell, secretary of the department of church architecture of the Baptist Sunday School Board. The climax of the week will be the oratorio, "The Passion Ac cording To St. Matthew” by J. S Bach. Warren M. Angell. pro fessor of music at Oklahoma Bap tist University, Shawnee, Okla homa, will direct; others will in elude: H. Max Smith, organist Mary Ann Hunter, pianist; Farrok Stephens, tenor; Audrey Nossa man, soprano; Cecilia Ward, con tralto: Center L. Stephens, bari tone; James Berry, bass; Winfielc Crawford and William J. Rey nolds, baritone. Music classes will be conductec throughout the week by musical greats from the entire Southern Baptist Convention. FC Spotlights Recreation aid Beautification I Beautification and recreatio I seem to be the two most importan I aspects to any well balanced com munity development program. As this past month’s Finer Car olina report stated. “Recreation contributes to the health, happi ness, and prosperity of a commun ity. It molds pood character and encourages people to do things to gether. It creates a well balanced community, a good place in which to dwell.” We here in our own small com munity of Black Mountain this year are trying to secure better recreational facilities for our peo ple. This year an extensive plan is underway for improving our Club House recreation program. Sports equipment for volley ball, tennis improvements, horse shoe, shuffle board, ping pong, play grounds, wading pools and ball teams are of the new develop ments underway. “Beautification projects can pro duce gratifying results.” This is being realized at the present time in our town. Many organizations are hard at work making theii 1956 Finer Carolina Projects real ly tops this year. If all of our 1956 projects ari completed successfully, we wil 1 find Black Mountain a Finer Caro lina town. Let’s all pitch in and help wher called upon to complete our pro jects. Each individual person will realize some benefits from the work done. This is Our Town. Let’s make it a finer one. Announcement is made of the marriage of Miss Marion Dale Wrenn, daughter of Mrs. George W. Wren and the late Mr. Wrenn of Black Mountain, to Oran Kenny Woods, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Woods of Swannanoa, Aug. 18, 1955, in Greenville, S. C. Mrs. Woods was graduated from Black Mountain High school and attended Western Carolina college She is presently employed in the office of Beacon Manufacturing Co Mr. Woods was graduated from Swannanoa High school and wit be graduated from .Western Caro line college in 'August, ST. JAMES' PARISH WOMAN'S AUXILIARY CARD PARTY IS SET The Woman’s Auxiliary ol St James’ Parish, Black Mountain is giving a card party on June 1956. beginning at 8:00 p.rri at the parish house. Tickets for the party may be - purchased from members of the • auxiliary at 50 cents each Re • freshmenfs and table prizes will be included. The public is invited to attend. DO YOU REMEMBER? Big Blaze of JS92 Destroyed The Belmont Hotel An old Gazette newspaper clip 1 ing, yellow from age, ragged around the edges, has stirred an interest as well as curiosity The Gazette was an Asheville evening paper, which on August 25, 1892, in large print, described what was considered the most disastrous fire to ever occur in Buncombe county, the burning of the Bel mont Hotel. The clipping tells how the lire started in the laundry room at . 11:45, and before it was discovered . had made its way up the elevator . shaft. Most of the 175 guests got . out safely, with the exception of a half dozen. No one was able I to save his luggage, and all es caped in night shirts. Loss was . $60,000. The writer goes on to say, “E. P. McKissick, manager ol Battery Park Hotel, upon receipt of the news of the disaster, sent mes sages to all the livery stables in the city and hired carriages to go out to the fire. His carriages carried over 100 persons to the city. The majority going to the Park, Glen Rock, Swanncr.oa and European." The hook and ladder company started to the fire, got mired in the mud, was sent back, and the fireman had to continue on foot. After considerable delay the Asheville Street Railway and the Sulphur Springs line ran cars for the accommodation of citizens who a wished to go to the scene t Being curious to know the )o cation of the Belmont Hotel, sev eral of the old timers could nor remember. Miss Sally Kate David son came to the rescue Miss Davidson found it was; located about 5 miles north of Asheville, and was formerly known as the Sulphur Springs Hotel. Such is the account oi a lire so long ago, and reminds us of the changes which have been made with the changing times. —Mrs. A. C. Campfield Miss Davis Voted Beil All-Round Student At ACC Miss Mamie Davis, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Davis of Christmount, $as awarded the Faculty Loving Cup at her graduation from Atlantic Christian college June 3. This cup is given each year to the per son, who, in the judgment of the . faculty, has been the best all | round student in his or her class during four years at the college. The name of the senior chosen is kept secret until the time of an nouncement at commencement, when some distinguished person is asked to escort the honored stu dent to the platform to receive the cup. In this case, the person chos en was another graduate, H. C. Hilliard, Jr. Mr. Hilliard and Miss Davis are planning to be married later this month and will then leave for Lexington, Ky.,. where he will enter the College of the Bible to make preparation for the ministry. A further interesting feature of this award was the fact that Mrs. Davis, then Miss Christine Whit ley, was the second person to re ceive this cup at her graduation from Atlantic Christian, this mak ing the first time that a mother and daughter both had been so honored. Miss Davis To Be Married June 29 Mr. and Mrs. Walter Armistead Davis request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter, Mamie Martin, to Mr. Henry Collins Hilliard, Jr.,, on Fri day, June 29, at eight o'clock in the evening, Horne Memorial Methodist church, Clayton, North Carolina. The reception will be held immediately following the ceremony at the Clayton Woman’s club. > No invitations are being feent in Clayton or Black Mountain. Mr. and Mrs. Davis hope theirs and Mamie’s friends wij] . attend the wedding and reception, ---;-..-4- ■ This clipping wjl} entitle Victor Shuford and one guest to; free ad • mission to see “Two .Gyp! Lady” at the Pix Theater. |