AMERICAN LEGION CHICKEN BARBECUE Wednesday, Oct. 3, 6:00—8:0G p.m. Black Mountain Clubhouse Weather Date High Low Prec. Sept. 18 81 55 .02 Sept. 19 74 55 .70 Sept. 20 68 48 .14 Sept. 21 66 41 Sept. 22 83 48 Sept. 23 80 54 YOUR COUNTY NEWSPAPER VOL. 12, NU I / THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 27, 1956, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 8 PAGES TODAY 5c PER COPY I Reflections 3y Gordon Greenwood Los picked up around town th0 week end for B. H. Mac L. j0hn Brown, Sam Alex i Bubby Tyson and some of Ither State college men. And Laid notice a new spring in Ltep of Dick Stone, Ronald , \V. A. Huneycutt and more [ have followed the Wake Demon Deacons through | an(t thin and the lean and (cars for several autumns, t the biggest surprise in the b was the way that the State Ci Wolfpack greeted Jim t at Chapel Hill. While one (w certainly doesn’t make a jer. Earle Edwards seems t® Iconic up with the right boys lis multiple offense at State that could mean trouble for Atlantic Coast clubs. State Jjeen the underdog for so years that it seems odd to [ie smile on the face of a |ack Club member on the |y morning following their with Carolina. But this | they had it. And we’d bet jjjoy it while we can because Jht be a long time in coming bd again. It was 14 years fen smiles this time, ease with which Wake For bndled William and Mary Dick Stone to laugh right #ud. The new coach of the must have had more than tricks and new plays to at the Virginia team. Wake scored almost as soon as Igot the ball and kept rolling |e entire game, le's defeat at the hands of S Carolina speaks well for the coaching staff at Columbia, this was the first setback the Blue Devils by an At Coast conference 11 since eague was formed, it is said aany Duke alumni and sup were in a state of shock he entire week end. —R— own at Marshall Friday lit the Owen High Warhorses Khed the best offense of the r to defeat the home team, bard Barnwell, Marshall |h, stepped into a tough sit ion there but his team has to lose or to be scored on the Skyline conference. He Can excellent first team, and Klarence Edwards a boy who L break away at any spot on I field. Barnwell, a Black Lntain High school graduate, lone of the few high school ■ns that can shift from the T ■he single wing without a Eeeable slowdown in effi Irrounded by the local sup |rs in the Marshall press l| didn't have an opportun jb do much bragging on our H I opened my big mouth put my foot in it, almost, (than once during the game, instance, when Ronald lAni^ rotnrna/l tlia ■4 yards at the start of the pd half and the local press ■trying to find out where he I been all season I tried to pth things over by pointing Ithat it was one of the few ■s he had carried the ball all r. But he crossed me up a I plays later by grabbing a it and racing 42 yards for a jtnd touchdown. At this fit one of the fellows leaned I to remark, "Redmond just tied it again." fhe Marshall players, coach, I fans were good sports and k the defeat without alibi, fch Barnwell and others said pre the game that some of ir players were out but they t it more by way of explana » than anything else. It was farent from the first that y didn't have the manpower cope with the Owen High *en but they gave a good ae int of themselves for the first f and never stopped fighting, i quick opener and run by wards was executed as well ar>y play that I've seen all |r. lust as Edwards set out on touchdown run, Jim Storey, Kay Ballard ■iss Florence Ruth Roberts, renter of Mrs. Nell Roberts, P Mountain, and Willie Rob F’ ! orinessee, became the bride [Kay Vance Ballard, Jr., A.N., F of Mrs- W. G. Reed, Patton Ef road, Swannanoa, on Sept. 15. f v ceremony was performed at i. P m. by the Rev. Eugene L ’ ac'companied by Mr. and Mrs. |neo Ricketts. r*r' Ballard was graduated F1 'Rven High, class of ’56. ■ attended Swannanoa High I” and at present is with the —Turn to Page 8 Roberts Peonies Bride PHOTO QUEEN — Miss Marcie Hampton of Asheville has been selected as Miss Carolinas Press Photographers Queen. She was named at the recent Grandfather Mountain Camera Clinic and will represent the Carolinas Press Photo graphers Association in the national contest to be held in Washington, D. C., next March. Miss Hampton was 1955 North Carolina Apple Festival Queen at Hendersonville. This photo was made along the roadway leading to the top of Grandfather Mountain which may be seen in the background. On a Labor Day vacation in Portsmouth, Va., George Grindstaff of Old Fort hook ed this rock bass which weigh ed I8V2 pounds. The catch was made in a nearby river. Mrs. Rudisill ALA President Waycaster McFee American Le gion Auxiliary held its first meet ing of the new year Monday, Sept. 17, at the home of Mrs. H. E. Stinchcomb with Mrs. Clara Sny der serving as co-hostess. An in stallation of officers was held by Dempsey Whitaker, a past com mander of the Legion Post. Of ficers are: pres., Mrs. A. R. Rudi sill; vice pres., Mrs. Clarence Joy ner; second vice pres., Mrs. H. E. Stinchcomb; sec., Mrs. D. P. Din widdie; treas., Mrs. Clara Snyder; chaplain, Mrs. J. I. Cook, Sr., Sgt. at-Arms, Mrs. Morris Gardner. During the business session members voted to make a contrib uation to the Senior Woman’s club to be applied on the school shelter fund. It was also voted^ to make up a Christmas box for Korean or phans. Mrs. J. L. Potter, chair man, and Mrs. W. T. Wright will be in charge of the membership ive for the new year. A sweet course was served by e hostesses after the meeting Mrs. C. M. Ledbetter, Mrs. Ar id Jones, Mrs. Rudisill, Mrs Joe lllock, Mrs. Gardner, Mrs. Cook, rs. Potter, Mrs. Wright, Mrs. nwiddie and Mrs. Joyner. ,rbecue supper to SATURDAY NIGHT 'he Black Mountain Free Will itist church will have a barbe . supper at the Golightly house Vance avenue, Saturday night m 5 to 8 p.m. All proceeds 1 be used for the benefit of church. Everyone is cordially ited to come. _____ JEL CLUB TO START MING CLASS AT HAW K SCHOOL GYM Asheville Kennel club will an obedience training class Haw Creek school gymnas uesday, Oct. 2, beginning at For further information iain MacSorley, Black Moun Jaycees Conduct Safety Lane To Alert Motorists Safety for the community and state is of major importance to the 1956 Finer Carolina program of Black Mountain. The com munity has made, through the ex tensive safety programs sponsored by many of the local civic clubs much progress. Of last year’s traffic fatalities, more than one-fifth occurred on Saturday and over holiday week ends. Millions of dollars have been spent by Federal, state, and municipal authorities in an effort to provide better and safer roads and to educate the drivers. Never theless, accidents and death rates have risen. How to reduce this rising total is a never-ending problem. An arounsed interest of the lo cal Black Mountain Jaycees provid ed for a safety program over the previous holiday week-end. A three-day safety-lane was set up with the aid of the highway pa trol. Literature and words of caution were passed on to the long stream of drivers stopped at the last edge of town. Efforts such as that of the Jaycees will certainly help to re duce the number of accidents oc curring on the North Carolina highways. This safety movement is of great benefit in making Black Mountain a Finer Carolina town for 1956. DR. T. H. SPENCE WILL ADDRESS LIONS CLUB Dr. T. H. Spence of Montreat will tell about his recent trip to Scotland at the regular meeting of the Lions club at the Monte Vista today (Thursday) at 6:30. Will Hickey, program chairman, an nounced today. Mrs. Ronald E. Finch is a pa tient at Aston Park hospital, Ashe ville. Black Mountain Hit At .337 Pace During Season A look at the pitching and bat ting records of the Black Mountain entry in the Buncombe County league last summer gives a ready answer as to why the locals brought home the championship both during the regular season and the playoff. Leading hitter was Charlie Low dermilk with an average of .585, followed closely by Guy Moore with .529. The team slashed the enemy hurlers to slug at a .331 pace. Jess Owensby, star pitcher, wor 17 of the 23 games of the seasor while losing four. Plemmons wor four and Moore two. In the 18£ innings he pitched Owensby struct out 174 and allowed 117 hits. The following averages were compiled by Manager Dennis Hall B. Mtn. Team Batting Record AB Hits Pet Charlie Loudermilk __28 15 .535 Guy Moore _104 55 .52f Bob Bartlett_138 58 .434 Jess Owensby_122 47 .38? Robert Plemmons __ 35 13 .371 Arnold Curtis_ 55 20 .36? Dennis Hall_ 17 6 .352 Charlie Davis_113 37 .321 Kenney Wood_ 59 16 .305 Herschel White_ 20 6 .30(1 Clark Lindley _ 79 22 .278 Harold Plemmons __ 82 21 .256 Freddie Burnette __ 24 6 .250 Jim Suttles 90 19 .211 Bump Woody_13 2 .154 Charlie Smith _ 19 2 .105 Charles Moore_ 20 1 .050 Don Gilkey _ 4 0 .000 Dean Padgett 4 0 .000 1026 346 .337 —Turn to Page 8 Team Woman’s Club At Swann. Honors Owen H. Faculty Teachers of Owen High school and the Swannanoa Elementary schools were deli srhtf ally enter tained on Tuesday evening1, Sept. 11, with an informal reception in the Community building by the Swannanoa Woman’s club. Ap proximately 100 attended. The Woman’s club president, Mrs. Arthur Ray Cannon, receiv ed at the door while Mrs. Hubert Clapp and Mrs. A. B. Whitt wel comed guests. Guest book was in charge of Mrs. Robert Davidson. Adding to the evening pleasure was music in the form of a string trio composed of Miss Florence MacDonald, violinist, Mr. John Connet on the cello, and Mrs. Vic tor Eliassen at the piano. Mr. Byung Kwon rendered several so los, which were enjoyed, as well as Miss Annette Meeks, who played the organ. Kathy Lemieux, Anne Davidson, and Brenda Parks entertained with tap dancing. Committee in charge of the re ception were Mrs. James Parks, chairman; Mrs. George Leuschke, Mrs. Janies Davidson, Mrs. Charles Porter, and Mrs. Kenneth David son. Presiding at the punch bowl were Mrs. T. J. Hunter, chairman of the Garden club; Mrs. W. W. Corne, chairman of the Book club; Mrs. Roy Russel, chairman of the American Home club; and Mrs. Bill Darby, chairman of the Arts and Crafts club. The table was made attractive with a green tablecloth, centered with an arrangement of fall flow ers, and yellow candles burning at each end of the table. Green and yellow appropriately carried out the color scheme of the club. Sandwiches, mints, nuts, cook ies, and punch were served. R. A. Hardwick is a patient at Memorial Mission hospital. Onion Service For Christian Churches Set Members of all Christian church es of Buncombe county will .ioin in a basket dinner at 1 p.m. Sun day, Sept. 30, in Aldridge hall at Christmount. The Rev. Bruce Nay, pastor of the Bee Tree and Black Mountain Christian churches, will preach at 11 o’clock. After the dinner a business and devotional session will be held. The young people of the Ashe ville Christian church will present this program under the direction of Mrs. L. T. New. The public is cordially invited to attend these services. Michael L. Hoffman, Euro pean economic correspond ent for the New York Times, has been appointed director of the World Bank’s Economic Develpment Institute, the bank has announced. Mr. Hoffman, 41, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Hoffman of Black Mountain, is a native of North Carolina and has taught at Oberlin and Trinity colleges and has held government posts in the monetary and economic fields. The institute, which is designed to give advanced training to senior officials of the less developed countries, begins its second six months’ course next month and has announced that continued grants make it possible to continue a third year. Mr. Hoffman, who visited here last year, will assume his duties as a director about Jan. 1 when the present director, Pro fessor A. K. Cairncross, returns to Glasgow university from which he has been on leave. Miss Allred Will Marry Saturday Miss Barbara Allred of St. Pet ersburg, Fla., and Ridgecrest, laughter of Mrs. George Allred , it Ridgecrest and the late Mr. All- ’ "ed, and Norman Allen of Lecanto, Fla., will be married in the Ridge- ■ :rest Baptist church Saturday, 3ept. 29, at 7:30 p.m. All friends >f the family are cordially invited ‘ ,o attend the wedding. . 1 A^afetv lane was set in Black Mountain and operated tor three days during the t ahor Dav holiday by the Black Mountain Junior Chamber of Commerce, assisted by Labor uay no y j ttj0uw„v patrol The scene at left startled many motorists who members of the SfH the sien whkh said “My Late Friend.” The wrecked cars a short distance^away1 added a touch of realism and some stopped to inquire as to the people hurt hl thf the air on his own 16 and didn’t stop until he had crossed into he promised land 84 yards away, fhe point was good. —Turn to Page 4 500STER CLUB WILL VIEET TUESDAY, OCT. 2 The Valley Booster club will leet in the Owen High school li n-ary at 7:30 Tuesday, Oct. 2, to ontinue the study of plans for ighting and fencing the football ield. All citizens of the Swannanoa alley are invited to attend. Rich ird B. Stone, club president, said oday that the Boosters hope to be eady to award the lighting eon ract before too long. At the last neeting the club decided on the ype and number of lights and >oles to be used. Contractors have ;he specifications and will submit rids at an early date, Mr. Stone said. JAYVEES DRIVE FOR SCORE TO GAIN TIE John Woodcock smashed over vith the touchdown that gave the Jwen High school Jayvees a 6 to j tie with the Erwin eleven here ast week. Behind and with the ;jme running out the Open jun ors, put together a series of gains ;o carry the ball deep into enemy ;erritory. Woodcock drove over ■or the tally. The Jayvees will play the Rey lolds junior varsity on the Black Mountain school field Friday af ;ernoon at 4:00 o’clock. Mrs. Jack Adams Gives History of Bee Tree Picnic By Mrs. A. C. Campfield The Bee Tree picnic now is late news, but the memory of those past is still vivid in the minds of most folks. We heard of the interesting his tory given by Mrs. Jack Adams on Sept 1 and we thought perhaps it would not be amiss to publish her version of the picnic. “A church building is evidence that there are people of faith liv ing in that community. As one drives through the coun try he sees churches in every town and in the open country. Wher ever they lift their spires to heav en and open their doors they speak silently of the people who want to pray and worship together. So church buildings, though simple as this one, become monuments to Christian faith, and thus become monuments to Christian faith, and thus become tokens of Christian character and life. This church was founded about 1875 by approximately 25 Chris tian workers under the leadership of the Rev. Star, and met just above here, in the log building. Later in 1879, the congregation grew to approximately 50 mem bers and came into permanent or ganization with the Rev. Oshley S. Johnson as pastor, in what was known as Pine Grove church. The Rev. B. S. Tipton was pas tor when the congregation began meeting in the school building about 74 years ago. The church has been on the same site since that time; the present building was erected about 38 years ago. Among the founders and early members of this church were Jos hue Bartlett, Marshall Fox, Marve Stevens, John W. Boone, N. H. Melton, J. W. Coggins, Turner Sawyer, John W. Gragg, John Pittman, Carol Morgan, Mark Creasman, and Barry Melton. In the early fall of 1881 mem bers of these families decided to take a day off from their work on the farms and cutting timber in the mountains and get together for a picnic. The first picnic was held about a quarter of a mile above this church in a pine grove. These people enjoyed the day so much they decided to make it an annual affair. So for 75 years Bee Tree community residents have held annual reunions on the first Saturday in September. This occasion is looked on with much interest from year to year. This picnic has never been rained “out” and has been rained “in” only once or twice during its long his tory. It is not a Sunday school or : church picnic, nor a reunion of a ; family, but a reunion or nomecom- < ing for residents of the entire i community as well as from the i cities and from other states. ( The programs have been much 1 the same from year to year. 1 Around ten o’clock in the morn- 1 ing people start gathering in the 1 —Turn to Page 4 Ladies, This Is Your Opportunity To Learn To Seiv Have you heard the news ? The . vocational home economics depart ment of the Owen High school is offering a class in tailoring be- I ginning Monday, Oct. 8. The clas ses Will meet for six consecutive l Mondays from 3:30-5:00. Those in- 1 terested are invited to the plan- 1 ning meeting on Monday, Oct. 8, in the home economics depart- : ment. Come and make yourself i a fall suit, a coat, or an outfit for your child. The classes are offered free by | the home economics teachers, Mrs. T. W. Nesbitt and Mrs. Earl Tay- 1 lor. Because of a limited number of sewing machines the class will be limited to 20. WSCS WILL MEET The Woman’s Society of Christ ian Service will meet Tuesday, Oct. 2, at 3 p.m. in the fellow ship hall of the Methodist church. ' Circle 1 will be in charge of the program. Circle 4 will be host esses. —Photo by DuPuy These guards are a few of the reasons why opponents have found it hard to gain through the center of the Owen line this year. The tough looking hombre at left is Ray Thomas, who played one of his finest games Fri day night at Marshall. Next in line is Bill Shope, a hard hitting boy who loves to be in the thick of the action. The pleasant looking boy next in line is Bill Wade, but don’t let the smile fool you. The op position has learned this year that he may look pleasant but that he hits hard when the ball is snapped. Wayne Morrow, extreme right, has brought fame this year to the big “72” which decorates his uniform. They and the entire Owen team will need to be in top condition Thursday evening when the Warhorses clash with Coach Ralph Singleton’s Reynolds team at the stadium. James Stakias New Manager of kbtP Super MM. James Stakias of Hendersonville is the new manager of the A&P Super market here. He replaced Tom Ledford, manager for ap proximately three years, who was transferred to West Asheville. Native of Asheville, Mr. Stakias is a graduate of Lee Edwards High school and has been with the A&P Tea company since a student there. During World War II he spent three years with the Merchant Marine. He is a mem ber of the French Broad Methodist church of Asheville. Mr. and Mrs. Stakias have two children, Jimmy, 8, and Sandra, 3. rhey plan to move to Black Moun ain as soon as suitable living quarters can be found. John R. Nichols New Manager Old Fort 5. Market John R. Nichols, well known young man of Old Fort, has ac cepted the position as manager of the Old Fort Super market. He assumed duty Saturday. Harold Buchannan, who has done such a :ine job of managing the store, has i new position with the Pet Milk ompany. He will be a salesman pno calls on wholesale houses l'om Hickory to the western bor ler of the state. He says he will pork out of Marion and will be hrough Old Fort about every hree weeks. Mr. Buchanan says hat his new job will give him Sat lrdays free and that he hopes to :atch up on his fishing. John Russell Nichols is a native }f our town and has been in busi ness since a very young lad. He used to help his father, the late Willy Nichols, and his grandfath sr, T. L. Nichols, in their stores n Old Fort. f. L. MEDLIN TO LEAVE :RIDAY FOR EUROPE Y. L. Medlin, former faculty nember at Owen High school, is eaving this week end for Europe, le will sail on Sept. 28 from New fork aboard the SS United States ind land in England on Oct. 3. Af er a tour of the British Isles, Mr. dedlin will fly to Paris which he vill use as his headquarters for us stay on the continent. Leav ng France on Oct. 20 the former )wen faculty member will land in 'lew York on Oct. 27. The return rip will be made on the French iner Flandre. Mr. Medlin has not accepted a )osition as yet but will make a lecision soon after returning to the States from his European tour. 10ME FROM WASHINGTON Mrs. E. M. Hoffman returned Wednesday from Washington, D. 1, where she accompanied her laughter, Jean Stuart, last week. Jean is locating in Washington.