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YOUR COUNTY NEWSPAPER Weather Date Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. 6 Jan. 7 High Low. Prec. 57 35 48 15 39 10 48 24 . .10 53 40 .23 50 30 47 29 09 VOL. 12, NO. 19. -# THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1957, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 10 PAGES TODAY Sc PER COPY I I : i i I Carl Bowness, who moved to Black Mountain from Florida via California, has this bit of inform ation regarding some sections of the Sunshine state as a place for permanent residence. Sajra Mr. Bpwnees: ‘‘Out along the keys in t&e vicinity of the seven mile bridge in the overseas highway, which runs from Key Largo to Kay West, you can wave a pint CUp and catch a quart of mosqui toee. Be should know. For many Seasons he spent the week eadh *%»t work" on the bridges but Was fortunate enough never to h«m. been bothered by the pests. Not sjttjht they weren’t around. ThsljPlfere but he believes that aftafeijpa long a time of being ex poaaA to their worst behavior he dav<Mid a system too tough for thantlfb bother. jti|Jwast one woman took her htUMnd’s Christmas gift ser When she asked him a few day# bafore Christmas what he WMttsd 'for Christmas, he re plied, “a blonde!” Af|haugh his wife had always had coal Mack hair, come Christ mas morning her husband had Ida Monde—his wife. Just to please him she took him at his ward and dyed her hair as blonde as chemicals would make When Warren Hall’s mother died Mrs. W. H. Holman sent a message of sympathy which Ked on one of Mr. rams. Mrs. Hol iived a Colgate and letters from including Mas Texas. The writ le Star state wag . She sent along CtC Mrs. Holman's use 4 3 cent ■tamp Sad a piece of paper t« he St# for t! - reply, ‘w » The man was as proud as a pea cook St the state fair. His food freezer was filled to the brim with the medt from his fall and early winter hunting excursions and he had f% spring in his step as he went about his work. He could hardly wait for the day to come when the frfeezer would start giving up its delicacies. He and his family left for a month’s vacation. On their re turn someone remarked that there was* a peculiar odor in the room that housed the freezer, but it was pasped off without investi gation. But the odor grew worse instead of better until one day he opened the lid just to prove that everything was all right. But things weren’t all right. The en tire contests were ruined. Then it came to light. One of the small children had accidental ly pulled the cord one day (prob ably hiding behind the freezer to eseape the Indians) and the power had been off since before they had left on their trip. Among the Christmas cards was one with these wards: “Hi, yon old goat. Doesn’t seem like 11 years.” The Old Sarge. The Old Sarge sent me one night to “pick up" a loaf of bread at the cook house. When I asked naively enough how do you get it (he’d been coming back with a loaf without any trouble) he explained: “Just walk in and pick It up. They won’t care. That’s how I do.” I followed instructions, walk ed in and picked up the bread, and started to leave, thinking what nice fellows these boys are. But—the next thing I knew I waa getting the dressing down of my Hfe, being threatened with court martial, and all but thrown out the front door. I learned then that it makes a let ef difference—whether the aavge picks up the bread or sends a private. r. 8. . I got back with the bread, * Through thick and thin I held on. Even though the moes boys were rough and tough they wore not half as rough as the Old Serge would have been if I*d come back without the loaf of bread, sorry as it was. The Atlantic _ Coast, Pacific Coast, and Southeastern Confer ence teams didn’t fare well in the bowls on New Years. Looks as if the-only way to get an even match wiN be to match the Rig 10 and SotikkfMt Conference teams and let thU £*Mft of the conferences play ea«k other. Bigg. 1 mi'U . the w^Mmylor, third team in the Seull^^P^&EJonference, handled TenauHkMmteond ranking team in the natMmduring > n, son. VjHm is third best in the Southwest, tie other teams can be thankful that Texas A & M. con ference ehiMhion, was not eligible to go to a howl. It might even Junior Deputies To Participate In March of Dimes The 1957 March of Dimes will open in Buncombe county on Wednesday, Jan. 2. Richard B. Stone is directing the campaign in the Black Mountain community. “Peanuts for Polio” under the guidance of Sheriff L. E. Brown and Seth Perkinson, aided by the Junior Deputy Sheriffs, will again be a feature of the drive. The Mothers March on Polio will be on Thursday night, Jan. 31 and the drive will be climaxed by the March of Dimes Ball to be held at the Manor hotel on Feb. 2. The Rev. E. B. King has been appointed chairman of the Negro March of Dimes with headquarters at 23 Adams street. Rev. King will also be in charge of the Negro Junior Deputy Sheriffs. William W. Wells, campaign chairman, said, “This coming polio campaign is a time for renewed dedication. We’ve scored a great triumph with the Salk vaccine. Many Buncombe county children were saved from polio this past summer because they were protect ed by the vaccine. But we’ve got to finish the job. For real pro tection, everybody event ually should have three properly spaced injections. And we can’t forget the 80,000 victims of polio who still need our help in making their handicapped lives worth liv ing.” County school dime cards will be distributed this week. Twenty thousand contribution mailing envelopes which have been addressed by the Rhododendron club of which Miss Anne Evans is president, will be mailed out this week after being stuffed by the children of the Asheville Orthopedic hospital. Warlassies Hand Valley Springs First Defeat The Owen Warlassies staved off a last ditch rally by the Valley Springs girls here Tuesday evening to hand the south Buncombe county team its first defeat of the season, 31 to 30. In the nightcap the visiting boys pulled away in the third quarter to go on to a 61 to 47 victory over the Owen boys. The girls’ clash had been booked as one of the most important of the season and the fans were not disappointed. There was never more than a couple of points sep arating the two throughout the first half. Owen managed to edge through with a last minute goal to take a 17 to 15 lead as they took time out for the rest period. Both teams played a cautious, waiting game in the third stanza. Valley Springs tied it up at 21 -all seconds before the end of the period. Osteen, Morgan, and Greene combined their efforts to build up a 31 to 25 margin in the fourth but the visitors roared back to come within one point of knotting the count as the game ended. Lynn Morgan paced the Owen attack with 16 point. Outstanding for the locals was the great play of Bartlett, Robinson, and Clayton in the backcourt. This trio block ed shot after shot that might have made the difference in the final outcome. Jerry Bridges kept the Warhorses in the running with a fine ex hibition of shooting from the out side as the boys played the Valley Springs five on even terms for the first two quarters. The visitors jumped off to an 8-0 lead but Bridges cut the spread and the score was tied at 12-12 at the quarter. It was 27-24, Valley Springs, at halftime but the locals slipped in the final periods. Bridges led the Warhorses with 20 points. —GIRLS’ LINEUP— V. Springs (30) F—Ward (14) F—Moser (14) F—Ledbetter (2) G—Cornwell (31) Owen (16) Morgan—F (2) Watkins—F (10) Greene—F Clayton—G lrn to Page 5 TEEN-AIDERS INVITED TO WLOS-TV PARTY The Black Mountain Teen-Aiders have been invited to appear on the WLOS-TV Teen-Age dance party between 4-6 p.m. on Satur day, Jan. 19. The Teen-Aiders are all members of the 8th grade at the Black Mountain school. Reed Johnson is caller and he and his partner leader. Also invited to the party are couples that attend the regular Tuesday night dance club, which is sponsored by the Black Mountain Recreation council. Vernon John son is director of this program. A total of 67 attended on Tuesday night. This is an activity of the United Fund of Buncombe county. DAN NANNEY GIVES IDENTITY OF THOSE IN OLD PHOTOGRAPH How many of the former Black Mountain basketball stars did you recognize in the picture published in the News last week? If you didn't know too many of them, you had plenty of com pany, but at least one man knew them all. And he should. D. L. (Dan) Nanney, who is busy at the town hall now list ing taxes and will be for the rest of the month, remembered the picture immediately. He was present when it was made. In fact it is Dan’s handiwork— the B. M. H.—that you see so clearly on the ball. Now if you’ll have junior bring last week’s News in from the sun room, spread it on the table so that all may see, Mr. Nanney will give you the correct identification. He evidently is not afraid of the fairer sex or he may be hiding behind the fact that the year the picture was made is not given. Reading left to right, (same order for all rows) the girls are, Ruth Stepp Lance, captain; second row, Ellen Duvall, Lila Nanney Israel, (directly behind the captain) and Eleanor Miller; third row, Carrington Holman Green and Fay York; back row . Betty Johnson Wrenn. Mae Miller, Marjorie Kerlce, and Dollie Burnette. Several have asked where we got the picture. A stock reply is: “It was furnished by a friend.’’ Mrs. Olson's Mother Dies Mrs. Louise Strelow, 85, mother of Mrs. Arthur Olson of Black Mountain died Tuesday, Dec. 11, at her daughter’s home after a long illness. Mrs. Strelow was born in Chi cago in 1871. She was the daugh ter of William and Fredericka Held and the wife of the late Herman A. Strelow. Funeral services were held in Memorial Chapel, La Grange, 111., Friday, Dec. 14, with the Rev. Theodore Gerken of St. John’s Lutheran church, LaGrange, of ficiating. Burial was in Concordia cemetery, Forest Park, 111. In addition to Mrs. Olson, an other daughter, Mrs. A. C. Steinke, survives. Also Ruth and Charles Steinke, grandchildren and Charles Philip, a great-grandson. Dr. Vardell Will Give Lecture On Folk Music of NC The Montreat College Lecture Concert Series will present Dr. Charles G. Vardell, Jr., lecturing on The Folk Music of North Car olina, Jan. 12. 1957 at 8:00 P.M. in Gaither Hall at Montreat. The public is cordially invited. Dr. Vardell, dean of the con servatory of music at Flora Mac Donald college. Red Springs, N. C., is a very well known pianist, organ ist, composer, author, lecturer, and educator. » Previous to accepting his pres ent position he was dean of the School of Music at Salem college, Winston-Salem. He acted as pres ident of the same college during a prolonged illness of the pres ident. The Montreat College Lecture Concert Series will also present other outstanding personalities in the near future. The following will be presented in concert The Reisman Trio, (piano, violin, cello) Jan. 31: Dr. Frontis Johns ton. Woodrow Wilson lecture, March 4; Mary Hutchinson (niono loguist) March 30. Mrs. Julius Edward Blood good of Norfolk, Va., has an nounced the engagement of her daughter, Miss Barbara Ann Bloodgood, to Lt. (jg) Guy Rector Ledbetter, USNR, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rector Led better of Black Mountain Star Route. Miss Bloodgood, daugh ter of the late Mr. Bloodgood, :■> a junior at Westhamptwn college. Lieutenant Ledbetter is a graduate of Berea college (Kentucky) and is serving with the Sixth Fleet in the Medi terranean. Airman 3/C Norman E. (Ed dy) Harris will leave Old Fort Jan. 24 for San Francisco. He will travel across the country by air but will make the trip to southern Japan by boat. Airman Harris is on a 35-day leave at the home of his parents here. He entered the Air Force last June and spent four weeks at Lackland AFB, Texas, before being transferred to Scott AFB in Illinois, 10 miles from St. Louis. Harris is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Harris. He was grad uated in 1956 from Old Fort High school where he was outstanding in basketball and football. Eddie, as his friends call him. made the first touchdown ever made by a member of an Old Fort High school team. PRESBYTERIAN CIRCLE MAKES PLANS FOR YEAR “Jesus and Citizenship” was the theme for the year adopted by Circle No. 1 of the Black Moun tain Presbyterian church at its first meeting' held at the home of Mrs. S. S. Cooley Tuesday morn ing. Mrs. Carl Rowness, chair man, presided. The circle made plans for the year, named the devotions chair men for the months, and selected hostesses. The discussed plans for the Men’s club supper which they were to serve Tuesday night. Those present included Mrs. Roy Babb, Mrs. S. M. Bittinger, Mrs. Charles Carmichael, Mrs. Meta Case, Mrs. Cooley, Mrs. Ray Har rison, Miss Susan Hooker, Miss Sara Kirby, Mrs. S. I). Knight, Miss Catherine Mourning, Mrs. Jeter Riddle, Miss Rose Rule, Mrs. Tippie Wallace, Mrs. J. J. White, Mrs. W. A. Allison, and Mrs. Bow less. This picture of the Subscrip tion school at Piney Grove Presbyterian church, Swan nanoa, was made in approxi mately 1895. The school oper ated for only three months of the year and the pupils had to pay $1.50 per month for the privilege of attending. Classes were held in the old church building which stood at the foot of the hill near where the entrance to the parking lot is located now. , Teacher was C. C. Boone, right rear, native of the Bee Tree sec tion Mr. Boone later moved to Black Mountain and was a railway mail clerk for a number of years. He also taught school here. Grad uate of old Weaver college, he was in great demand as a speaker. Front row, left to right, Walter Patton and Jim Woodard. Second row, left to right, Zeb Corche, Gene Davidson, Irene Burgin (Mrs. Yancey Fortune), Kit ty Sue Patton (Mrs. D. L. Parrish), Patty Patton (Mrs. Joseph T. Crowell, Lizzie Sherrill (Mrs. Eliza beth Rubin), j^lice Davidson (Mrs. B. C. Outlaw), Bill Sherrill, Gussie Patton (Mrs. L. E. Reighard), and Bob Sherrill. Back row, left to right, Sam Alexander, Dick Fortune, Arthur Watkins, Arch Tyson, McFarland Young, Sallie Kate Davidson, and the teacher, Mr. Boone. Of the group all the girls are still living but only two of the boys, Bob Sherrill and Mr. Tyson. Mr. Tyson is an uncle of A F. Ty son, Jr., and Mrs. Allen Perlev III. He and his brother, the late A. F. Tyson. Sr., and their father, a Baptist minister, moved here from Eastern North Carolina and are given credit for introducing the feeding of cotton seed meal to live stock in this area. Arch later attending school in the Riceville section, boarding at the home of John M. Patton. Miss Sallie Kate Davidson, now dean of law stenographers in Ashe ville and Western North Carolina, came to Black Mountain shortly after this picture was made to be come postmaster and resided here for several years. LIONS CLUB WILL MAKE WHITE CANE REPORT Mrs. M. L. Williams, represent ing the Black Mountain Junior Woman’s club, will show a film of the Caswell Training school at the regular meeting of the Lions club at the Monte Vista tonight (Thursday) at 7:00 o’clock. The school is one of the projects which the Junior Women help to support. William Hickey is pro gram chairman. John J. O’Connor and Woodrow Beddingfield, co-chairmen of the white cane drive, will report and ask that all Lions bring in final memberships. HERE FOR VISIT Miss Mildred Hellen, cousin of Mrs. H. McGuire Wood of Black Mountain, was a house guest at Woods Wranch over the holidays. Miss Hellen resides in Baltimore, Md. This clipping will entitle Roy Burgin to two free tickets to see Walk the Proud Land at the Pix [.heater. Men's Club Sets New Record With Sale of Extra The Swannanoa Men’s club col lected a total of $185.82 on the sale of the Christmas extra for the Free Lunch Fund, Chairman Eld ridge Coggins announced at the regular meeting of the group Monday night. Mr. Coggins directed sale of the extra in the Swannanoa commun ity. His efforts and the work of the other members of his commit tee were praised by club presi dent, Dr. Hubert Clapp, who called it the finest thing this club has done. After hearing that there has been a great lag in the polio vac cine program, tbe club discussed ways of enticing more children between the ages of two or three months and 20 to take the shots which have proved very Effective against the disease. Many took the first two shots but few have bothered to take No. 3, described as the most important of all. It was explained that the shots can be taken by those up to 50. There is no charge for the shots at the clinics which are scheduled from time to time around the county. One will be heM soon at Dr. II. R. Miller’s office in Rlack Mountain. The Rev. William Ratchford an nounced that the American Red Cross Bloodmobile from the cen ter in Asheville will be set up in the basement of the Swannanoa Methodist church on Jan. 17 for a regular visit to the community. A film, “Live Better Electrical ly” produced and distributed by the Carolina Power and Light company, was shown. Pvt. Marie Melton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey D. Melton of Blue Ridge Assemb ly drive, spent a 15-day leave with her parents. Marie, a 1956 graduate of the Charles D. Owen High school-, en tered the (Wac’s) Women’s Army Corps in October of 1956. She took her basic training at Fort McClellan. Ala., where she finished Dec. 20. After her Christmas leave Marie will attend an Army Secret Ser vice school at Fort Slocum, N. Y . for eight weeks. STAFF TURKEY DINNER During the holidays Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Greenwood enter tained the Black Mountain News staff and their families with a turkey dinner at their home. Those enjoying the occasion were Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Cunning ham, Mr. and Mrs. George E. Moray, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Milovitz, Mrs. D. P. Dinwiddie, George Carder, Charles Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Hammond, Roy L. Russell, P. B. Nugent, and Buddy and Ricky Greenwood. ATTENDING SCHOOL Glenn Stafford is in Salisbury this week attending a mechanic’s school. Mr. Stafford is head of the maintenance department, troop E, of the N. C. Highway Patrol. This clipping will entitle Victor Shuford to two free tickets to see Between Heaven and Hell at the Pix theater. Edward N. “Ed” Howell, principal of the Swannanoa school, is the first president of I he Black Mountain-Swannanoa Kiwanis club which will ob serve charter night at 7:00 p.m. at the Monte Vista. Other officers are Chester Sobol, vice president, and Robert Carl Rowness, secretary-treasurer. Directors are John F. Brown. John C. Bennett, Jr., Charles S. Porter, James H. Parks, William Earley, Harold J. Boger. and Harry B. Hyder. Participating in the charter night program will be high officials from the Asheville club, which sponsored the group here, and district and state representatives. J. William Hendon will preside, Rev. William T. Ratehford, pastor of the Swan nanoa Methodist church, will give the invocation, and Mr. Sobol will deliver the address of welcome. J Frank Nolen, past district governor, will present the charter and Mr. Howell will accept for the Black Mountain-Swannanoa club. Robert Owen, past lieutenant gov ernor, will present the gifts and they will be accepted by Carl Bow ness. Benediction will be by the Rev. W. A. Huneycutt, pastor of the Black Mountain First Baptist church. Charter members of the club in clude, Ted Allred, John C. Ben nett, Jr., Harold J. Boger, John E. Boring, R. Carl Bowness, John F. Brown, Edwin L. Capps, William W. Earley, Stanley S. Garland, David W. Harrison, Edward N. Howell. Rev. Wilbur A. Huneycutt, Harry B. Hyder, E. H. Knight, John B. Knox. Harry M. McCall, Jr., William H. McMurray, Jr., David B. Morgan. Jr., Harry M. Noblitt, JameS H. Parks, W.' W. Phillips, Charles S. Porter, Rev. William T Ratehford, Chester T. Sobol, Steve C. C. Uzzell, and John L. Wiltshire. The club meets each Thursday at 12:10 at the Monte Vista hotel. Pvt. J. L. Sanders Conipletes Course In Maintenance FORT KNOX, KY. (AHTNC)— Pvt. James L. Sanders, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Sanders, Black Mountain, N. 0., recently was graduated from the automo tive maintenance helpers course at the Army’s Armor Training Cen ter, Fort Knox, Ky. The eight-week course included classes in engine electricity, trans missions, brakes, steering and sus pension systems and recovery of disabled vehicles. Sanders entered the Army last August. Jimmie R. Reid Wins Promotion In U. S. Navy WASHINGTON, D. C. (FHTNC) —The Navy Department announc ed the promotion Nov. 16 of Jim mie R. Reid, son of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Reid of Route 1, Rox 68, Black Mountain, N. C., to avia tion electrician’s mate third class, USN, while serving with Patrol Squadron 40, U. S. Naval Station, Sangley Point, P. T. The promotion followed success ful completion of a Navy-wide pet ty officer examination conducted in August. Southern Bell Appoints Wasson John M. Wasson, of Columbia, S. C., has been appointed North Carolina vice president and . gen eral manager of Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph company, effective immediately, it was an nounced Friday by Joe S. Stone, Southern Beil’s operations vice president-—east. Mr. Wasson, who is now South Carolina vice president and gener al manager, succeeds Mr. Stone as head of North Carolina opera tions. He is well-known in North Caro lina, having served from 1950 to 1954 as state plant superintendent of the company, making his head quarters in Charlotte. For the past several years he has main tained a summer home at Lake Junaluska. His wdfe i-s the former Louise Rlankenship from Harts ville, Tenn. Sen. Kerr Scott Requests Full Report On Moore The community today is await ing a report from Senator Kerr Scott regarding the closing of the Oteen VA Hospital Division at Swannanoa, Moore VA hospital. In a letter to the Black Moun tain News written Jan. 2, Senator Scott revealed that he and Con gressman George Shuford of Ashe ville have asked the Veterans Ad ministration for a full report on the situation. Senator Scott pointed out that in a letter Dec. It, 105(1, Dr. Wil liam S. Middleton, chief medical director of the VA, had assured him that there were no plans for the closing of Moore General hos pital. The director’s letter to Sen. Scott said, in part: “This is in response to tele phonic inquiry from your office concerning rumored plans for dis continuing operations of Moore General hospital or its consolida tion with the Veterans Adminis tration at Oteen, N. C. “We have no plans for th< clos ing of Moore General hospital at this time. The rumor may have started as a result of reports to this office concerning the station’s plans for the first phase of the Oteen modernisation program.” Although this was written on Dec. 11, a few days later the an nouncement was made that 180 employees at Moore and Oteen would be released immediately with approximately twice that number to follow by the end of June. At approximately the same time that the announcement was made here that Moore would close or be sharply curtailed for the sake of economy and because the beds were needed, Rep. Teague, chair man of the House Veterans Af fairs Committee, was in Georgia inspecting sites for a new VA hos pital. “I appreciate your recent letter letting me' have information about the announcement of the Veterans Administration concerning the proposed closing of the hospital at Swannanoa, and I can certainly see what this action would mean to the employees concerned and to the economy of the area,” Sena tor Scott wrote the News. Continuing he said, “1 had ear lier been assured by the Veterans Administration medical director regarding a reported closing of Moore General, or its consolidation with the hospital at Oteen, and I enclose a copy of his letter for your information. “I have been in touch with Con gressman Shuford, who is also con cerned with -this proposed action, and we have asked the VA to fur nish us with a full report on the situation. “I will write you again as soon as 1 have this report,” Croplands Commemorate Anniversary Punta Gorda, Fla., Dee. 20 (Spe cial)—Old timers throughout old DeSoto county, especially the im mediate neighborhood of Punta Gorda, well recall the marriage of Miss Emily Adelia Whitten to Thomas Cecil Crosland in the Pun ta Gorda Presbyterian church, Nov. 14, 190(1. Her father was a well-to-do member of the board of county commissioners, Mr. Cora land a fish dealer with his own boats and fish house. The home established that day has been a center of social and religious life that has made itself felt through out the vicinity and whole South land. Commemorating their fiftieth anniversary, Mr. and Mrs. Cros land welcomed their entire family during the holidays. Christmas dinner served at 5 pnn. was not just another Christmas dinner, but a long-delayed and joyous family reunion of the 37 members of the family and it was the real Golden Wedding Celebration. Seated around the festive board were father, mother, seven children, four sons-in-law, two daughters in-law and twenty two grandehil dren. A thumb-nail sketch of the chil dren and their families: Dr. and Mrs. C. W. Frambroug'h (formerly Mary Agnes) live in Ocala, Fla. He is a Chiropractor and she teaches in Ocala High school. Their sou Pole is also a chiropractor and was recently in ducted into the U. ii. Army, sta tioned at Ft. Benning, Ga. Mary Emily is a junior at Baylor uni versity, Waco, Tex., majoring in home economics and elementary education. Jim is a Junior student in Ocala High school. Rev. and Mrs. Charle-,; F. Smith (formerly Emily) live in Ridge crest, N. C., where he is assistant —Turn fo Page 10
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